Borg999

I just visited a forum where a woman was complaining that it was difficult for her to make ends meet. Then in the very next sentence, she started gushing on about her new expensive smart phone… I found her cognitive disconnect to be disturbing. I just couldn’t believe that she was serious. [faceplam] I was going to state the obvious…”Maybe if you didn’t buy a smart phone, and sign up for an expensive contract, you might find it easier to make en

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="597" id="3403050"] What are you talking about? Until the 1930s, the country worked as originally intended via enumerated powers. Tax dollars weren't given to someone else simply because they had a pulse. Tax dollars were spent on things explicitly enumerated by the constitution. It's not that complicated to make the distinction between whether money is going for a service or whether money is just being redistributed.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="573" id="3402742"] Quoting Borg999, reply 569 Ok, I just read your last post. You have an issue subsidizing consumer products. Fair enough. I agree. But I would say that if you live outside a city, a car is a necessity. Sure. But where do you want to draw the line? I think the Windows Start button is a necessity. The government should subsidize (i.e. give money to people) to buy Sta

[quote who="Kantok" reply="575" id="3402748"] Quoting Borg999, reply 568 What is it about electric cars you don't like? The gov't takes money away from people (taxes) and uses it for all sorts of things. The problem is do-gooderism never runs out of uses for other people's money. That's Brad's whole point. The solutions to these problems ALWAYS revolve around taking money from people and using it for all

Ok, I just read your last post. You have an issue subsidizing consumer products. Fair enough. I agree. But I would say that if you live outside a city, a car is a necessity.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="562" id="3402724"] And someone suggested that if society decides it needs electric cars then the government should take money from people and redistribute it so we can have it. Now we have people who don't think that's communism. Maybe they're right. Maybe it's just a little bit of communism? I mean, what's the big deal? Just a car. In fact, maybe we should just make the cars free. After all, we need them and it'

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="548" id="3402697"] Quoting Borg999, reply 546 It's a catch 22. Without sufficient volume, prices (upfront cost) can't be reduced, but demand for electric cars won't increase until the price goes down. So, if we believe as a society that electric cars are necessary, then the production and/or purchase price of electric cars should be subsidized in some way by the gov't. And if we don't, then we won't.<b

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="539" id="3402680"] Quoting Borg999, reply 494 government to step in and incur some of the risks and cost on projects that are deemed important for the betterment of the country as a whole. Are you suggesting that gas stations around the country sprang up due to the government? The reason electric cars aren't that popular yet is because there is a hefty up front cost involved. I've never used an electric "fueling

[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="511" id="3402558"] Quoting Borg999, reply 494 It actually is the egg. In other words, people will buy electric (which are not CO2 friendly considering the power source) when they become price competitive. So entrepreneurs will not build charging stations because it is not cost effective. It all comes down to cost. You do not see whale oil filling stations, yet we moved off of whale oil onto petroleum.&nb

As far as alternative fuel technologies are concerned. We seem to be locked into a chicken or the egg loop. For example, people won’t buy electric cars until there are enough “fueling” stations available. But without sufficient demand for electric cars, very few entrepreneurs are willing to open fueling stations. Same issue with the cost of electric cars… A large number of people won’t buy electric cars until the price goes down and the mileage on a single charg

[quote who="GFireflyE" reply="109" id="3402244"] Quoting Borg999, reply 108 Now, choosing beast lord has become even more OP! not sure if this was a stab at me or not... I was asking that XP be removed from the end amount for each tamed creature....tamed. This would not make Beast Lord even more OP. This would help balance as your heroes would level slower and you would need to rely on beasts more.

Now, choosing beast lord has become even more OP! [e digicons]\o/[/e]

Not sure how I feel about animal intellence creatures being able to cast summon spells. Glad to see weapon damage getting buffed, not nerfed! Oh well, the world has gotten a lot more dangerous. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] "Hoarder Spiders can summon Gatherer Spiders into battle" "Giant Ravenous Harridan can summon Ravenous Harridans into battle"

I designed it from the in-game design new unit function (I didn't build it directly from xml) As far as I'm aware, a weapons upgrade path, should be independent of basic unit design.

[quote who="joasoze" reply="5" id="3399164"]I will consider it when it comes to Android. Until then I forget about the mobile division.. [/quote] Yes SD, please consider Android next.

If you cast inelectable vison in the late game you'll see a large swarm of red dots on the map around the AI, which pretty much proves that the AI factions don't attack monsters, and more than likely, the monsters don't attack the AI. (Otherwise they wouldn't have many cities left, if they did)

Thanks Everyone!

13 Types Of Troll You’ll Meet On The Internet http://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/types-of-troll-youll-meet-on-the-internet I encounter type 8 on a regular basis. They are the bane of my online existence. Making a comment that isn't perfectly PC, sends them into a tissy fit. Handling them with kid gloves isn't good enough... "They tend to take ev

I was going through the Skin Studio tutorial, and it mentioned that Photoshop is needed to build various components of the Windows Blind Styles. I Googled Photoshop, and it's pretty pricy..for a casual user like me. Is there a decent Photoshop alternative?

[quote who="Jafo" reply="40" id="3400114"] Quoting Borg999, reply 37I've joined a number of boards, where if you express an opinion that differs from the majority, you will get banned... Not on Stardock's sites you won't....provided that opinion is not racist or discriminatory or incites criminality...[/quote] Yes, I know. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

Thanks everyone for your help!. I adjusted the opacity in the Explorer background for one of the styles and that worked. It was my fault for not looking more closely in the background tab...as I though that section was strictly used to change the desktop image. LightStar, to answer your question. Here are the names of some styles that have transparent Explorer windows by default: Azur lite, Blue eyed, Echo, Kahlua, Diamond, Corporate, Lagu

Most of the styles I've downloaded have the Windows explorer background set as transparent. I would like to change them to solid. I've tried to alter transparency in the colors section, but that has no effect on Windows explorer. (I'm referring to the main window of Explorer that list your folders, not the bar at top) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/87241447/explorer.jpg</

[quote who="Hankers" reply="5" id="3399916"] Quoting Borg999, reply 4is skin studios included in the full version Included with purchase. - https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/download.asp[/quote] Thanks Hankers! I just purchased WB, but I lied. I have one more question. I see a bunch of styles on Wincustomize, but no textures. <p

I'm trying out the 30 day trial version. According to the ad for WB, you should be able to customize ever aspect of the desktop. For example it says if you select a theme but don't like the color, you can change it, but as far as I can tell, the theme colors are fixed. Also, I found the option to change the transparency and texture of the task bar, but not the color. Does the trial version have features disabled? Is there a help file avail

I have another thought about the loot pack (and DLCs in general) In addition to more content... First and foremost, a DLC that people pay for shouldn't never contain detrimental items (e.g. cursed items) Second, a DLC should "reward" people who chose to buy it with a significant in-game advantage over those who didn't buy it. IMO, this DLC didn't achieve that. My additonal 2 cents... Now I'm up to 4 cents. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] </p