Draginol

Draginol

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Facts vs. Narrative on the Internet in Business JoeUser Forums

The more well known you are, the less control one has over the narrative. That’s why those who try to “leak” things to the media or try to manipulate the media narrative are playing with fire. Most situations situations are fairly boring. Boring doesn’t generate page views. As a result, there is a tendency to spice those headlines up. Brad: The Narrative To use myself as an example, here are some facts vs. narratives I’ve read. <table cellspacing="

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Being a forum moderator: Accumulating Trolls in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

If I knew then what I know now… Recently on my favorite non-Stardock site, Quarter to Three we celebrated its 10 year anniversary. 10 years ago was before Galactic Civilizations (for Windows), Sins of a Solar Empire, ObjectDock, Fences, Tiles, Demigod, etc. So what was my biggest internet activity 10 years ago and before? Moderating our forums. I also was a moderator of Neowin.net’s forums

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Random Frog Thoughts, Summer 2012 in Stardockians JoeUser Forums

I used to have more time to blog. Then I had kids. Here’s a random stream of consciousness. Wish I had something handy to clean my keyboard. I love these old Dell keyboards but it might be time to get a new one. Seen a lot of articles about lawsuits lately. It’s a shame people don’t read the actual filings and instead focus on the sensational, misleading, headline. Speaking of lawsuits, if you operate an IP-based company, lawsuits are daily life u

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The lawsuit against Alexandra Miseta in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I’ve received a number of inquiries today regarding the lawsuit Stardock filed against its former Marketing Manager, Alexandra Miseta in federal court. Unfortunately, our policy is to not comment on ongoing litigation. Someone chose to publicly post the filing (which you can see here ). I presume they did so to capitalize on their marketing knowledge to create a false narrative of t

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Reply to A serious question to Stardock...... in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="13" id="3204321"] Quoting starkers, reply 11that would be a welcome addition to desktop users should MS not relent on this Metro UI thing Quoting Frogboy, reply 9Even Windows 8, minus "Metro" is pretty outstanding IMO. But you're not going to be able to do that, are you..... or... are you? [/quote] Stay tuned. ;)

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Reply to The Art of the Starting position in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Flexie216" reply="1" id="3204295"]I doubt anybody thinks it is easy, but it is something that needs to be improved, sometimes I've had plenty of resources around, sometimes almost non, or useless ones for early game. When that is the case I almost always felt obliged to start a new map.[/quote] Yep. We've put a lot of time into this since Beta 3.

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Reply to Higgins Lake - Save the dam in Politics Stardock Forums

Yep, the study doesn't go over whether the dam should be kept or not. It is designed to find out the effect of different water levels has on the lake. With that information, the residents can have a better idea of what the best lake level should be.

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Reply to The state of Steam in 2012 in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

Well if you buy a Stardock game on Steam, you're fine as long as either Stardock OR Steam are around. ;) Of course, if Stardock were ever to fold (not bloody likely) we'd just put our stuff out into the public domain.

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Higgins Lake - Save the dam in Politics JoeUser Forums

Sometimes the local politics of Higgins Lake Michigan can be very frustrating. The latest example has to be the "save the dam" advocates. Briefly, MSU in cooperation with the DNR are conducting a study of the effect the dam has on Higgins Lake. The dam is used to help control the lake water level. Many decades ago, a dam was put on the lake to keep the water level high enough to use the lake effectively for for boats. As more people bought cottages on the lake, the deman

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Reply to Valve just did something really evil- mandatory binding arbitration in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Alstein" reply="5" id="3199519"]That last section was pretty hidden: That's enough for me to tolerate and not boycott (I wasn't going to boycott forever anyways)- but valve is now a last resort purchase for anything over say $5. Hopefully Stardock doesn't make Steamworks mandatory in future, though I have a bad feeling about this given how Rebellion did. I'd pay more for a non-Steamworks version.[/quote] The problem for us

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Reply to Obama thinks government built my business? Really? in Politics Stardock Forums

The basic problem I have with Obama's statement and one that my friends on the left just can't seem to...grasp is this: We, as a society, use government to perform certain services that all of us use. We pay for it via taxes. Having used those services, one is not beholden to society or the government for having used them. They have no moral or legal claim to the fruits generated that made use of them any more than a carpenter has a claim on the home you paid him to build. Too o

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Would you listen to a Lottery Winner's views on business? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Just curious, how serious would you take the views of someone who made their money by winning the lottery when it comes to economics and business? So picture this, 40 some year old couple with a yearly household income of around $200k suddenly has a windfall of over a million dollars in one year. Not from their job. Not from a business. Not from meeting some life long goal. The money just suddenly showed up. What do you think their attitude would be towards other people who we

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Reply to Valve just did something really evil- mandatory binding arbitration in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Having had more than my fair share of experience with arbitration and federal/state and county courts, I would say that if you want to talk about Kangaroo courts, it's definitely not arbitration. Lawyers looking to prey on businesses love county courts because they can run up the legal costs massively and help force a settlement. They tend to be very plaintiff friendly, regardless of how frivolous the case.

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Higgins Lake Road Ends in Politics JoeUser Forums

I see a lot of people in politics support the concept of "local control". But as a dogma, it falls apart at a certain point. Let me present you the example of Higgins Lake, Michigan. Higgins Lake is a beautiful lake in the northern part of the lower peninsula. It has two large state parks, a couple first class marinas and several public boat launches. The lake itself is beautiful. Shallow and sandy by the shore and very deep (over 100 feet deep) in the middle. So w

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Reply to Obama thinks government built my business? Really? in Politics Stardock Forums

Well you have convinced me, FunkMaster. I vote that we insist that the federal budget concern itself exclusively with infrastructure, defense, and education. I look forward to a huge tax cut now that we can get rid of things that have absolutely no net benefit to businesses.

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