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Reply to Obama on Mandate, not a Tax in Politics JoeUser Forums

Auto-insurance? Kind of a really stupid comparison... because you can choose not to drive... and if you are working, in poverty and need transportation... you don't need to buy auto-insurance to take the bus. You'd figure he'd have an aid who could make a better analogy. :D I prefer to look at it this way.... The US was originally designed to tax corporations instead of individuals to avoid the whole "NOT WITH MY TAX DOLLARS!" problem in the first p

Reply to Obama and Freedom of Religion in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote who="lulapilgrim" reply="44" id="3182898"] Quoting LORD-ORION, reply 40Come on sing it... you know the song... "Now the world doesn't move to the beat of just one drum... what might be right for you, might not be right for some" Actually, I don't know the song, but the message it's indoctrinating is moral relativism, a mindset one would be smart to avoid adopting. Moral relativism doesn't recognize anything as definitive and has as its hi

Reply to Fast and Furious in Current Events Stardock Forums

Why would the pres invoke executive privilege? Seriously? For the same reason every pres has done it since Washington in 1791... I actually think Cheney summed it up best "clear that the president's authority to receive opinions from executive officers is not subject to interference from or control by other branches"

Reply to Top 5 Star Trek TNG episodes in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

Inner Light Pen Pals Peak Performance The survivors The wounded I do not like Darmok...

Skyrim: Dawnguard- PC ver not for 30 days after Xbox in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

I am always mystified why publishers do crap like this. 1) There are already Dawnguard spoilers all over the place now because of the Xbox 360 release, I am sure I will have already explored every aspect of the game in my imagination before it is actually released. 2) Do you think the gamer demographic is filled with reasonable and understanding members who won't feel any sleight by this? I mean really, I own an XBox, but I played Skyrim on PC. What Bethesd

Reply to Obama and Freedom of Religion in Current Events Stardock Forums

Such a bunk argument on religious liberty conflicts... Nobody is forcing you as an individual to get involuntarily implanted with an IUD or disallowing you to abstain from sex before marriage. What they are forcing is freedom from religious tyranny... for people who do not want to live under such oppressive patriarchal Religious rules. Decision making is also being made by non-elected officials without expertise in evidence-based medicine or public health. That is where the

Reply to IN1's 3v3 Sedna build in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

For some reason this commercial reminds me of IN1 pretending to be nnnils Must be the "N" at the end

Reply to Does anyone play anymore? in Demigod Multiplayer Demigod Forums

Psychozen from Rise of Immortals should be a demigod

Reply to The lights go out: What happens if the grid goes down? in Everything Else JoeUser Forums

I think you are underestimating how mean the middle class will be in this situation. (eg: Power collapse and not severe natural disaster which forces a disorganized eviction from their community) I would expect a quick circling of the wagons, and shoot on sight mentality to outsiders. You have to remember, most of the professionals will be living in these communities. They will have the essential personnel (nurses, doctors, organizers, military officers, AND people who have gun

Reply to Civilization: 20 years of destroying lives in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote] Lord-Orion is VGA Planets the game you are trying to remember? [/quote] Yes it was. Thanks I could have swore we played this before CIV though, and ver3 seems to have better graphics then what I remember.

Reply to Does anyone play anymore? in Demigod Multiplayer Demigod Forums

Sorry man, I think you mostly missed the party. Some things you can do, Download Pacov's mod package , enable the Enhanced AI and play hard and nightmare AIs, when you can win these games, you are set to start playing n00b games. Check the open game website from time to time, when there are open noob games, have at it.

Reply to Civilization: 20 years of destroying lives in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

There was this crazy old indie game that I played back in about 1990? It was a 4x with no AI, so you had to multi-play it. It had all sorts of crazy sci-fi races combined, like the Borg, and you and all your friends took turns issuing orders and then ending your turn. Combat was kind of interesting, it basically played like Gratuitous Space Battles, where the 2 fleets just met up on the opposite side of the board and started pummeling each other as the drove towards each

Reply to Microsoft Unveils Surface in WinCustomize News Stardock Forums

IF VS2012 ends up with proper HTML5 and CS support....(as in proper enough so people don't need to do any work to make one multi-platform app) ... then it might not be a fail to get one. The one thing I bet MS can do right is their app store, and it looks decent enough in Win8 preview. So if the apps can be found on any platform you should be OK. (because really, I bet there are few real native apps over 10 bucks you'd ever buy for any tablet, and I really doubt anyone doing a c

Reply to IN1's 3v3 Sedna build in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

I've been tempted too... to get myself intentionally banned... as the only way to stop myself from lurking this awesome, but dead game. :D

Reply to Another Windows 8 Horror Story! in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

I am not worried, It took years for mainstream users to switch from XP to Win7.... there is absolutely no way they will be interested in Win8. I also see most of my comrades from MS .net development jumping ship to do cross platform development. MS also made a major error in thinking they can defeat Apple's inertia in the table market. This is what I am seeing in my circles -Business professionals who need desktop software -> Already have windows 7 now (T

Reply to Obama and Freedom of Religion in Current Events Stardock Forums

Cell clusters are not babies. (I think I can agree that there must be a "universal" point in which abortion should not be allowed. eg: I can agree that partial birth abortions are far over the line, but this doesn't seem to be the place where you are picking your fight) The rhythm method of birth control produced more dead "cells" then birth control, so once again there is an all around wrongness in understanding the reality of the situation by a certain demographic of people.

Reply to Jon Shafer's new game in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Azzazell" reply="7" id="3164472"]Jon Shafer working on the MASTER OF ORION IV [/quote] *shudder* I hope what you actually meant Master of Orion: Battle at Antares II .... let's just pretend the whole Moo3 fluff does not exist.

Reply to Obama and Freedom of Religion in Current Events Stardock Forums

So, do you believe that faith trumps negligence? I don't see the difference between denying someone basic healthcare vs sending your kid to a faith healer instead of a hospital. I'm not being facetious, please explain the difference because I can't find a view on this dilemna.

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

-Do I like having my games available online in one convenient place? Yes -Have I been unable to play my favorite games because I ruined the disks, but they were old enough that it wasn't worth it/not possible to replace them? Yes -Do I trust these guys? Hell no. They are no better then Facebook or Linked-in for compiling pieces of personal information and selling it. You should be affraid that a potential employer will one day be able to put the pieces of the jig saw puzz

Reply to Why Free to Play is taking over and why that’s a good thing in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/06/10 I think inevitable everything can be made F2P The formula is: You build your game You give your gamers 1 way to interact with the game for free, while offering more variations for money. eg: A "side" in a 4x game A "character class" in a RPG A "hero" in an arena game (like Skylanders or Rise of Immortals) and so on The trick will be to mak

Reply to New players in Demigod Demigod Forums

Hi, I was just calling because I live down the street from you, and your daughter come to my house today and she kick my dog.

Reply to artillery tower files in Demigod Modding Demigod Forums

In DGDATA,zip You can find the folders for them in dgdata\units\ug\b

Reply to Balance mod 1.31 Final in Demigod Modding Demigod Forums

Not sure what you mean be "easier"... I'd say it is harder now. It is far easier to die, and far easier to get out built. In a nutshell 1) Decreasing the cost of items (as in 1.1) ultimately really wasn't as great as increasing the flow of gold. It pretty much does the same thing with more flexibility. (items or cit upgrades?) - Look a the flow of gold in normal Demigod; Everyone ends up mostly on 1500 to 1750 itemization, and saving for reinforcement upgrades

Reply to Balance mod 1.31 Final in Demigod Modding Demigod Forums

One! One download! AH AH AH AHH! *thunder and lightning* +1 to whomever downloaded :D

Balance mod 1.31 Final in Demigod Modding Demigod Forums

The final version of BalanceMod, Version 1.31, can now be grabbed in Pacov's Mod Installer Package . This will alleviate the previous hoop jumping of having to do a manual update to get the latest version. As always, it should be played with the latest Uberfix, Enhanced AI and Enhanced UI mods that are included in the package. The 1.31 Tour Guide file is avai