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Reply to Adventures in Self Publishing in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Thanks for posting this. I tried the demo and loved the game. Well, actually played through it 3 times, and played 10-12 multiplayer games. Its certainly refreshing. But as a desire to support companies like IG that "Just say no" to rotten publishers that try to control what their games end up as, they must be supported so we can send a message to the industry of what we want and don't want. We must show support for these efforts, and show

Reply to Review: ClamWin Antivirus SourceForge Project of the Month February 2005 in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Let me correct some things here before people jump on board with ClamWin. ClamWin is not sufficient to be used as an exclusive AV on any system. I believe last time I talked to ClamWin people, they had about 28,000 Virus/Trojans in their database. To let you know how inadequate this is, the average commercial antivirus has roughly 90,000-120,000 definitions. Second, ClamWin doesn't utilize a realtime monitor, so its essentially usel

Reply to PC Gaming - Threatened? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Your are partially correct, but also wrong. Publishers are to blame for much of the decline in PC gaming. Not because of copy protection, but because publishers dictate how a game should be made, and what should be in it and we all know, they are the LAST people you'd want telling you how to make a game. Publishers are fully willing to blow up a good francise, or a great game idea, with the lure of attracting "A broader Market" to a particu

Reply to Gaming Addiction? in WoW Stardock Forums

Maybe i've grown out of the MMO grindathon type games, but I can't see the addition in WoW or why people have it. Overall it seems more of an exercise in wasting time than actually "Enjoying" a game to me. I mean, what the heck do you find so compelling in it that wasn't already done years ago with another MMO? I got bored to hell of WoW by level 12, managed to continue to level 20, then never loaded the game ever again. Overall, the lack of

Reply to Social Security: The Big Lie in Politics JoeUser Forums

The blogger of this article is misguided.. You ignore the simple fact that a VAST MAJORITY of people in this country, are actually better off if someone else handles their money. American People have proven they are spendaholics and unable to invest properly and invest in their futures. They have a distinct lack of ability to save much of anything, and make wise decisions on investing.. Also, other countries have tried these investment-secur

Picking your nose and eating buggers is healthy? in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

I remember Draginol posting a month ago about how his son eats his own buggers. At the time, I remembered several articles saying this was actually supposed to be beneficial, and is natures way of strengthening a childs immune system. Well I found the article, but google yields many more on the subject. ;-) http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_903083.html?m

My conclusion - Trymedia and DRM not a good thing. in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

I'm a huge proponent of Digital Distribution, I love it. If I can buy a software product online, download it, and have it up and running without the inconvience of driving to the store or waiting for it to be mailed, I will do it. However I have a few specific things that I require from digital purchases I make. 1) The product MUST be cheaper than in

Reply to I need a new car... in Misc JoeUser Forums

However, buying a Honda is not supporting American Made cars. You are correct, thats because buying a Honda *IS* buying an American Car, even more so than buying many of the Big Three's cars. But I get the distinct impression that you are disagreeing for the sake of disagreeing, without adding any ad

Reply to I need a new car... in Misc JoeUser Forums

They import all the parts, and some of it is even assembled before it gets to the plant. This is completely incorrect. I researched Honda extensively before I decided to buy "Two" of them for our household (One I bought last year, and another I bought last week because the first one is flat out the be

Reply to World of Warcraft fanboys attack! in WoW Stardock Forums

Nothing new there, i've watched fanboys or otherwise known as "God Lovers"(because the devs are gods in that game), ruin more games than I can count anymore. Worse, now the fanboys are smart, they start during the beta of games, and ruin games straight away before they reach the starting gate. Fanboys in general are pathetic. Not sure why, but I have no alliegence to any particular product or developer. I buy whatever I feel like at the time

Reply to My Average Day in Misc JoeUser Forums

LMAO, sounds like things at work are going about as well as they did for me.. ! PS: I've already lost 5lbs since leaving, life is good, no offense but that place was sucking the life out of me.

Reply to I need a new car... in Misc JoeUser Forums

What you should get is hands down, the best car i've ever driven in my life. Link http://automobiles.honda.com/models/specifications_descriptions.asp?ModelName=Accord+Sedan&Category=EX+V%2D6 Honda Accor

Reply to Class Action Lawsuits Have A Limit: SOON in Politics JoeUser Forums

Any infringement on the ability to file class action suits makes me VERY scared. Few methods have been more effective at bringing publicity to an injustice, and law to law breakers than big time class action suites. This is a basic freedom being removed, and it bothers me badly. I've been involved with 5 class action suits in my lifetime so far. I am currently directly named in 2 active suits, one of which against my old Employer (Radios

Reply to Announcing Multiplicity in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I use multiplicity for simple things that used to be highly annoying.. For example, ever install a product on one computer, then type in a rediculously long CD-Key. Then 2 minutes later you want to install the same product on the computer next to it, and don't want to retype all of that? Clip and Paste between machines solves this quite nicely. Or for example, I will be on one computer messing around, my wife will be on the other, and she w

Reply to Announcing Multiplicity in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I still say Multiplicity screams to be shown in a video. Do a before, with you trying to run a game and chat and stuff at the same time, moving from keyboard/mouse back and forth. Then have you install multiplicity, showing it installs in seconds, and then show you tossing those extra keyboards/mice in the trash and doing it all with multiplicity. Some people just have a huge difficulty understanding what it can do for them, and constantly refer to i

Reply to Announcing Multiplicity in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

It seems like its difficult for people/companioes to understand what multiplicity does, and how it can seriously impact your performance at home and work. I mean, if you've never worn shoes before, you really don't know how cool it is to wear shoes. This is pretty much the story with this product. For example at the company i'm starting work at in a couple of weeks, when I took a tour of the department I would be running, I was FLOORED at ho

Reply to Announcing Multiplicity in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Essentially there are freeware versions of almost every product out there - even Microsoft Office! Generally, with freeware, you get what you pay for, and I can sum that up as: 1) Underdeveloped products. 2) Less than stellar support. 3) Infrequent updates/stalled development. 4) Less than responsive developers. Now I do have some first hand experiance with some of these things. For the last few weeks i've been

Reply to Announcing Multiplicity in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Alphadog I recommend re-reading what it does, you are obviously fairly confused about it. MP allows you to control multiple computers(Including their monitors) with a single keyboard and mouse. Not sure how you misread that to be that it shares mouse and keyboard. Whoever wrote that press announcement, I recommend the following changes: Requires: Windows XP or Windows 20

Reply to EBay to Boost Support, Cut Fees in Internet WinCustomize Forums

This is AFTER they TRIPLED their fees last month. So its not a boost at all, rather a reaction to their customers discontinuing doing business with them due to their outrageous price increase last month.

Reply to "But the Government Says It's GOOD For You" in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Floride is poison, and has never conclusively been proven to reduce cavities. The reason its used in some municiple water supplies is two fold. One, it was regarded as a "mild" sedative, and years ago it was thought at that adding it to large municiple supplies would reduce crime and violence in the cities. (no, i'm not joking). Another reason its used is money, chemical companies make a fortune out of supplying it to cities, and despite it being pro

Reply to Want to Create More Jobs? Lower Wages! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

That, in effect, is lower wages. Since the Hospital only has X amount for Nurses, Hiring more nurses, since they work less,means each nurse is paid less. And you are correct. It would increase employment, but not make the current employees happy. Not true about the pay.. She works 35 hours, but is pa

Reply to Want to Create More Jobs? Lower Wages! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Actually, there are several efficient ways to create more jobs.. None of which have anything to do with trickledown economics or the current administrations policies. Also, we're in danger in this country because skilled workforces aren't utilized well since we moved entire industries overseas. Years ago, your grandparents, could make good money in textile plants, steel mills, electronic plants and other production areas. Now, most of the those jobs

Reply to JOBS in Politics JoeUser Forums

Bush has killed the job market, and continues to kill it. One only has to look at his recently pushed through overtime reform laws that cost 3 million Americans their overtime. The guy is destroying our economy, and its funny people line up and follow right along without even the slightest second thought. Its sad really.

Reply to State of the Union 2005 in Politics JoeUser Forums

Do we trust bush and his teams to handle this? Is this the right time to do this? We're already in a war, or a couple wars if you think about it. We're already in some financial poop as a country right now, and our dollar value is at an all-time low. Overseas investors are pulling cash out from the US quite rapidly. I don't really have much comfort in thinking Bush should be "The Guy" to handle this. I mean heres a guy thats a multiple-failure at running businesses, has a proven track reco

Reply to How Much Competition Can The Market Bear? in Industry WinCustomize Forums

It makes no logical sense to use IE, just the basics of risk and security alone is enough to warrant the use of an alternative browser. The reason 75% of the Malware out there can spread to other PC's is because of people using IE. Using Firefox alone, is the best thing someone can do for the security of their system, and its FREE.. But like I said, Firefox/Moz is stealing 1-2% of the IE browser market every single month, so its only a matter of time. I've also r