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Reply to Have you guys seen this??! in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Ahhh that old cheastnut - well even their shades got replaced with others, let alone the suitcase they had for a radio

Reply to Have you guys seen this??! in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Voice will replace keyboards. This "replaces" (conceptually) the mouse. The human hand is far more flexible and responsive than a mouse. As always with concept models, there is some way to go, of course. In the same way concept cars are demonstrators for future models a few years ahead. However by the time the touch screen technology (which is all this is) takes another step forward, as it surely will, voice recognition will be a mature technology - then life is going to get

Reply to Does Anyone Buy a 35mm Camera Any More? in Photography JoeUser Forums

SLR cameras will still sell because digital ones have limitations with high end photography. The problem is the optics, at present digital ones are still aimed at the mass market, thats where the quick money is made. Consequently, decent optics are no where to be seen, you dont need them for that market. Some high end digital cameras are starting to appear at sensible prices (as such) with good optics, but choice is limited. The only way t

Reply to Guess Who Wants to Help With Your Mortgages? in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

If you promise to vote for her - probably

Reply to Oh no, not me. Why me? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It’s funny to me to think I could have a social anxiety disorder That's a tad like self diagnosis gone wrong ..... why think that just because you read a description in a book? I do tend to over analyze everything You sure did then imho Because I like attention Dont we all to

Reply to Dressing for Church in Religion JoeUser Forums

By your standard though, no one saw my effort, all knew I owned better clothing, so I was being disrespectful. Thats the whole point - who cares what they think - who cares if they saw "effort" or not - if in your circumstances at the time, thats the "best" that can be achieved, fine, no issues with that whatsoever. If you can say to yourself that you did do the best you could under the circumstances that surround you, thats all that matters. W

Reply to PC Games sales decline: Piracy vs. Quality? in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

The piracy bandwagon is a useful one as it can be used to "explain" all sorts of ills and still sound credible. Many have put that boogey-man to rest eg Stardock with its lack of copy protection. Spending a chunk of cash on developing and enhancing copy protection is a pointless exercise, it will always get cracked, no matter what you do. Its more economic to plough those resources into the game, not chase a fools paradise of simplistic in year bonus fads. Bad Quality etc? In the end

Reply to Dressing for Church in Religion JoeUser Forums

The problem that I see with the whole "dressing for church" idea is.....people who can't afford to dress, or whose "best" is just their everyday stuff, don't "fit." So what you say? So then they don't come because they can't dress "appropriately." Of course not, that would be utterly rediculous, I doubt anyone with even minimal sanity is even remotely alluding to that, let alone suggesting it. Too often dress is seen by the brain dead as the be all and

Reply to Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

Immense Galaxy "Vastly bigger" ......... I play Gigantic ones at present. Immense .... I know I will get sucked into 'Immense' .... *Twitch* ..... more hours playing, more life gone ..... *Twitch* Even my Therapist cant help, he got into Gigantic as well after my first addiction session with him

Reply to Surrendering as a human player in Diplomacy GalCiv2 Forums

I cant see the majority of Players rushing to use a surrender option, they have one already called "Cntrl-N"

Reply to WWIII --> a possibility? in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

For the most part, i do not think greed and power are relevant to war anymore, because anyone who is greedy or power hungry will not want nukes dropped on them. We have not exactly been a Planet of peace and love since nukes were invented They are effective in preventing major conflict, but there will always be wars, nukes or no nukes. No one is going

Reply to Man’s Inhumanity to Man in Politics JoeUser Forums

I've seen the film and found it to be mostly a Hollywood hack job Thats for sure, and a scumbag he most certainly was. At least poor old Dreyfus really did do nothing wrong, I could think of better ways of topping up the tan on a sun bleached island - and imagine the compensation he and the ambulance chasers would have got these days ......

Reply to Man’s Inhumanity to Man in Politics JoeUser Forums

56 - the wife's already got the Rose Garden picked out for the ashes

Reply to Man’s Inhumanity to Man in Politics JoeUser Forums

The checks and balances in the system worked (in the end) for this one thats for sure, but it took almost the last safety fence to catch it, which is a bit sad. Regretably I agree, there will always be cases, unfortunately. I sometimes wonder if the lesson is taken aboard by those who rush to positions of "power" without really understanding what Responsibility is, and the fact that they actually have to do something when they get

Reply to Do you usually ctrl-N til you get a map you like? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Nealy always use cntrl-n, sometimes not but thats rare. I use it not so much for the starting resource (in any event the overall resource level spread across the game will be the same anyway, its a balanced game), its more a personal choice about where I am in the Galaxy in a relative sense to others. The scenario mix gives different issues to resolve, and some scenarios I loath - its a game, not a method of inducing a stressed out heart attack <img src="http://images.stardock.com/gc2/T_DL/sm

Reply to Creating military starbase arrays in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

with 300 huge ships maxed out with weapons & defenses Thats where it went wrong, for that to work you need to use minimal armed ships aka one hit defence and/or one hit attack due to the way the scoring works. Using large armed / defence ships is virtually meaningless for that bit of cheese. Its always obvious when it has been used by someone anyway, so its a bit pointless. Once you get hold of the technique its frankly a bit of "so what", its

Man’s Inhumanity to Man in Politics JoeUser Forums

I put this in the Politics section, as in a way its a story of what happens when domestic politics, grandstanding, bigotry, grace & favour etc, get out of control and we loose sight of reality in the race to become "Mr Big". A couple of hours ago I finished watching a DVD called “Murder in the First”, first released to cinemas in 1994. Its an adaptation of

Reply to Rolling Stones Announce It's Over in Music JoeUser Forums

The power of Sponsorship

Reply to Rolling Stones Announce It's Over in Music JoeUser Forums

Todays Bands are tomorrow's Has Beens, it'll always be that way. I'd be very happy with the Has Been's bank account tho .....

Reply to Do Democrats Rely on "What's Bad" to Win Elections? in Democrat JoeUser Forums

I cant comment on the US, I dont live there, but in UK its similar. In my view Politicians as a genre are always Long on what has happened, and Short on what to do about it (apart from the usual bland and tired generalisations). As a society I guess we have grown Short on responsibility, and Long on Spin; they therefore get away with it, because we let them, its easier to pass the buck. Kind of harsh I guess, but its not far from the truth. It would be nice to have elections f

Reply to Child Abuse in Parenting JoeUser Forums

Its relatively clear why it happens, its been studied enough. However no explanation from such studies of any nature can excuse it - period. I doubt even the most devout Religious individual would use the phrase "its Gods will". If I were a religious person, which I am not, I think I also would like an answer, but I doubt I would agree with any reply. There's always a reason, for sure, but there can be no excuse. The individuals concerned should be locked up and

Reply to AGP is not dead! in ATI JoeUser Forums

AGP may not be dead yet, but it in its terminal phase - inevitable, as all technologies become overtaken in time. Its good some attention is still payed to it though, just because it has no long term future doesnt mean it has no place now. The vast majority dont need top end go-faster cards, and buying an updated AGP card can be very cost effective if your mother board has AGP slots. The vast majority are not gamers or into serious graphics,

Reply to Cannibalism Parties in Health & Medicine JoeUser Forums

Geeez the things people will do to be "different". That one is seriously wierd. Try that in Western countries, and the feminists would have you for breakfast - with a lot of justification. Yuck.

Reply to Live in the past? in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

And to some, it doesn't matter...as long as you can attack someone...all gloves can come off. You can take what they say and use it against them...you can make up all sorts of crap, get mad at them constantly over time and focus on things long ago passed. It doesnt matter...your followers will read, like flies to a light. Got a feeling your "followers" will diminish pretty quickly in that event tho <img src="http://images.stardock.com/ju/T_JU/smiles/Lau

Reply to Its not all guns and bombs.. in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

"I am not critizing U.S. Army's efficiency at saving a boy. I am critizing the Iraqi Army & Security forces for having to rely on a foreign army to do the basicest service an army is required to do" Take another look at the kids eyes - you think he cares about political debating points. Whatever the rights and wrongs of the surrounding madness, my hat is off to those guys, not only did they work hard for hours in bad conditions, they also exposed themselves to snipers by bein