Mellowe

Mellowe

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Finally: It's good! in WinCustomize 2011 Feedback WinCustomize Forums

I'm not a WinCustomize guy, but I've visited the site a few times. I was always turned off by the primitive nature of the old site. It was ugly, outdated, and unintuitive. The new site (beta) is absolutely wonderful. I think it'll go a long way in attracting new users for several reasons: Clean and simple (so important!) Great header (useful mouseovers are always a plus) Better organization of information (news, popular skins, etc.) Bravo!</p

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Reply to Where does the US's obsession with the free market come from? in Everything Else Stardock Forums

The Founding Fathers, inspired by Enlightenmight scholars, determined the following: * Humans are imperfect * No agency, when directly controlled by a human agency, can hope to be objective or just, due to the flaws of men The free market and the United States Constitution are in essence "blind" agents. They do not suffer from subjective bias. The market allows for dynamic valuation of goods, while the Constitution cannot judge

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Reply to Where does the US's obsession with the free market come from? in Everything Else Stardock Forums

[quote who="zigzag" reply="316" id="2566341"] Overemphasis on terms can be misleading. The majority of Americans support 'international cooperation' but not 'multilateralism'. [/quote] Okay, replace "socialism" with "collectivism," "welfare state," or "expanded entitlement programs" and you'll get the same response.

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Reply to Where does the US's obsession with the free market come from? in Everything Else Stardock Forums

[quote who="SwerydAss" reply="310" id="2565851"]As an everyday american myself I can tell you that most people over here want it to be more socailist. [/quote] Where do you live, Boulder? San Francisco? SoHo? Newton? Chicago? Most people (as in a plurality of citizens of the United States) do not want a system that is "more socialist." Politicians avoid the word "socialism" unless they are using it to tarnish an opponent. Americans respond negatively to the word.

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Reply to CPU Upgrade for gaming? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Moosetek13" reply="11" id="2564521"] You don't mention what seems to be your problem. Your system looks good enough for most current gaming needs.[/quote] Newer, physics-intensive games seem to be bottlenecking on my CPU rather than my GPU.

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Reply to CPU Upgrade for gaming? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

So newer titles (such as Bad Company 2) are really pushing the multithreading. Some titles (such as the aforementioned BC2) even recommend a quad core processor. I'm wondering if I should upgrade now or wait for the AMD hex-core. I may wait for the following: Hex-core CPU USB 3.0-ready motherboard Total price of CPU + motherboard under $300 I hope that the above will be a reality come December 2010 or so.

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Reply to Impulse gets Total Annihilation! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Entorwellian" reply="132" id="2561390"]For those complaining about no music: Just burn the mp3's onto an audio CD (no need for a blank track at the beginning) and make sure to remove out the 2 second pause-between-tracks command. It works wonderfully in-game.[/quote] Are you implying that the game will know what to play from the CD as you run the game? If so, that is an interesting workaround.

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Reply to Impulse gets Total Annihilation! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Sycraft" reply="104" id="2558541"]The Sycraft is angered. There is no music! That was one of the best parts of the orignal game (full orchestral score) . [/quote] Here's the deal: Stardock couldn't get the music to play in-game, since the engine is hard-wired to play music from a CD. Instead, Stardock has included the entire soundtrack in mp3 format, so you can play it in the background, if you wish.

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Reply to Where does the US's obsession with the free market come from? in Everything Else Stardock Forums

[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="278" id="2556720"] I must respectfully but strongly disagree. Democracy is fundamentally dependent on the equality of citizens, which means that large differences in wealth are a problem for democratic systems. In the mercantilist world, the monarch's claim to absolute authority was the ultimate form of private ownership (the absolute monarch/owner thing also applies to many non-European cultures, like the pre-conquest Inca). In a democratic environment, pe

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Reply to Impulse gets Total Annihilation! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="34" id="2556078"]The music has been converted to MP3 and put in the music directory. [/quote] Yes, but it doesn't play within the game itself. Not a major issue to some, but it is a tad annoying that the user must manually play the music in the background. Of course, an added benefit to this is that users get the soundtrack included, for free. ;)

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Reply to ImpulseTV is Here! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Would Stardock consider Silverlight or something other than Flash for ImpulseTV? Flash videos at high resolutions really eat up CPU cycles.

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Reply to Where does the US's obsession with the free market come from? in Everything Else Stardock Forums

Better question: Why is the world (read: collectivist nations of Europe et al) obsessed with the political philosophies of Americans? Are we not free to choose our own system and reap its benefits? Why does it concern you that we are different? Is it envy? Fear? Ignorance? Since the United States of America declared itself free from the whims of European leaders, the rest of the world has scowled at our independent nature. We are not like you. Leave us be.

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Reply to Bears taking over my backyard! in Everything Else Stardock Forums

Black bears (American Black Bear) are more dangerous than most people understand. They are cute, yes, but black bears have killed more people in North America than brown bears (such as the infamous Grizzly Bear). Black bears present a real challenge to certain communities. They have attacked children for the sake of predation, which is alarming. They are not cuddly, loving creatures.

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Reply to The most sexist video ever in Everything Else Stardock Forums

[quote quoting="post"]Someone over at the STO forums pointed this out. It's so sexist it's funny. God help the poor women if men like this truly exist, though I have to admit when I was 14 this could have been my theme song lol. [/quote] Uh, this is satire. You realize that, yes? [e digicons]x_x[/e]

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Reply to The liberal plan. in Everything Else Stardock Forums

[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="5" id="2526400"] On the other hand, I most certainly whish for a '3rd choice' in the long term. All we need is a constitutional amendment that shifts the House from single-member, winner-take-all districts to a party-centered system of some sort. The details would not be quick or pretty to hammer out, but in the end we'd have elections where citizens more reasonably expect that their choice of candidate would have specific policy outcomes. Basically, we nee

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