I am a gamer, I play all kinds of games: shooters, strategy, rpgs, etc etc etc I have never been the victim of any spyware programs or virusses from games.
On the C64, I had a really old Inspector Gadget game, but during loading this other game came up, took me a while to figure out that the game was loading while this pre-game was playable (I was quite young at the time)
I agree completely, here in the Netherlands on may 4th we honour and mourn the dead and soldiers who fought for our freedom from WW2. We do that by going to remembrance statues (can't think of the correct word) and all of the Netherlands is silent for 2 minutes at 8pm. It's something we must never forget, so that it never happens again. The next day is a celebration day to celebrate our freedom.
Heh, you didn't get the subtle misdirection the gpp did just there, he made a deliberate spelling faux pas to deflect any Office stabs directed at his person.
And keep up with the coverage, I get many hours of enjoyment out of this guy and I don't even have to pay for it.
The guy's an ineffective joke, so what if he harasses Rockstar, they didn't stop making GTA or Manhunt (even if Manhunt possibly sucked, dunno, haven't played it yet). This guy is a comedian and he isn't even on stage, in time he will hang himself careerwise and it will be the end of an era.
So to you Jack Thompson, I say "Keep doing what you do best" you won't make a dent but you'll keep me laughing:)
I appreciate all the helpful hints everybody dropped, but I DID!! turn off auto reboot to try and produce the BSOD I wanted (the irony, it's delicious) but I didn't get it. Read my other comments here for a bit more info
heh, Vista is ok for me for now, wouldn't use it in the workplace yet though.
2 Cool things:
Aero (for 10 minutes, then I went back to classic) Nice volume manager (better than the one in XP)
and for now it has been as stable as a rock, all my hardware was supported.
Me co-worker though, he hates it with a vengeance, he is very annoyed by all the confirmations it asks for, even though he knows how to turn it off, he's always thinking about how a "normal" user would respond to this experience. I completely understand that, but for personal use, it's fine just now.
Well, since XP didn't give me the bsod (and yes I turned off autoreboot), I didn't have much to go on, stripped the pc to its barebones, and still had the issue. Since I already bought Vista (bought it cheaply earlier since I was thinking about leaving my employer, can't beat that price unless you go to the piracy place, something I was kind of tired of) I thought I'd give it a try (to make sure it wasn't an incompatibility/error in XP) and lo and behold, the cause was found.
(btw, dutch guy here, so my spelling or grammar could be a tad bit off)
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I run Vista myself and I haven't had problems playing different kinds of video files.
Only thing I needed was the VLC player.
Even ran fine with Aero turned on, looked pretty cool, the slides of the different apps with the movie playing in the VLC slide.
heh I just quit WoW last week and I also have Bioshock, it hasn't been a problem at all :)
I am a gamer, I play all kinds of games: shooters, strategy, rpgs, etc etc etc
I have never been the victim of any spyware programs or virusses from games.
to each his own though
No that's what I do and it hurts like a mofo.
On the C64, I had a really old Inspector Gadget game, but during loading this other game came up, took me a while to figure out that the game was loading while this pre-game was playable (I was quite young at the time)
Correct and the patentholder is Namco if I'm not mistaken.
Heh learned a new word, but no, I meant monument, although some ppl go to some tombs as well to mourn and remember.
:)
Thx for the word
Don't worry, I won't hunt you down ;)
Thanks, I'm banging my head into the table at this moment, so stupid that I couldn't remember that word.
:P
I'll blame the flu I'm suffering from at the moment
I agree completely, here in the Netherlands on may 4th we honour and mourn the dead and soldiers who fought for our freedom from WW2. We do that by going to remembrance statues (can't think of the correct word) and all of the Netherlands is silent for 2 minutes at 8pm.
It's something we must never forget, so that it never happens again.
The next day is a celebration day to celebrate our freedom.
yeah make fucked up dutch the main trade language, that'll teach them ;)
Heh, you didn't get the subtle misdirection the gpp did just there, he made a deliberate spelling faux pas to deflect any Office stabs directed at his person.
It worked, like a charm ^_^
I prefer:
Death by Snu-snu!!!
^_^
That's a bit harsh isn't it?
;)
putting your kid in the microwave?
Ah well, to each his own I guess
Or you could stumble into the 21th century, but who's counting ;)
(agree with you completely though)
And keep up with the coverage, I get many hours of enjoyment out of this guy and I don't even have to pay for it.
:)
The guy's an ineffective joke, so what if he harasses Rockstar, they didn't stop making GTA or Manhunt (even if Manhunt possibly sucked, dunno, haven't played it yet). This guy is a comedian and he isn't even on stage, in time he will hang himself careerwise and it will be the end of an era.
So to you Jack Thompson, I say "Keep doing what you do best" you won't make a dent but you'll keep me laughing
I agree, I'm not a whore I'm a manslut :P
;)
Come here hot women
I dunno about that, could he on the other hand, have invoked the wife of Godwin's law?
They're interesting and fun interviews to read as well :)
I appreciate all the helpful hints everybody dropped, but I DID!! turn off auto reboot to try and produce the BSOD I wanted (the irony, it's delicious) but I didn't get it.
Read my other comments here for a bit more info
^_^
Drivers weren't the problem :)
Thanks for the compliment, I'll see what I can do about the parentheses :)
heh, Vista is ok for me for now, wouldn't use it in the workplace yet though.
2 Cool things:
Aero (for 10 minutes, then I went back to classic)
Nice volume manager (better than the one in XP)
and for now it has been as stable as a rock, all my hardware was supported.
Me co-worker though, he hates it with a vengeance, he is very annoyed by all the confirmations it asks for, even though he knows how to turn it off, he's always thinking about how a "normal" user would respond to this experience. I completely understand that, but for personal use, it's fine just now.
Well, since XP didn't give me the bsod (and yes I turned off autoreboot), I didn't have much to go on, stripped the pc to its barebones, and still had the issue.
Since I already bought Vista (bought it cheaply earlier since I was thinking about leaving my employer, can't beat that price unless you go to the piracy place, something I was kind of tired of) I thought I'd give it a try (to make sure it wasn't an incompatibility/error in XP) and lo and behold, the cause was found.
(btw, dutch guy here, so my spelling or grammar could be a tad bit off)
Wheeeeeeeee, I've got a friend.
Seriously though, Linux (in all/most its incarnations) is damn good.
Fast, stable and really usefull (sp?)
But I've always been a windows user, gamer, etc. It just doesn't do it for me, but that's ok, to each his own right?
^_^