1. Boot Windows 2. Create recovery disk, just in case (at least they could give you a proper setup CD) 3. reboot to reformat and install Ubuntu 4. Enjoy the laptop
>What i think could do a good Trek game for naval combat would be to focus on the more "fighter"-types ships of the latest shows. We would have more fun maneuvering some kind of shuttle that can only fire in front of itself than maneuvering a huge and slow ship that can fire anywhere it faces because the guns/phasers are mounted on turrets.
But that's not Star Trek. That kind of ship would be scrap metal as soon as it entered the firing range of the Enterprise. (except maybe once, as a terrorist strike, if Picard forgot to raise the shields).
Vtrek is a simpler game than BEGIN, but still has things like power distribution, damage control/repair, mining for dilithium (energy), stealing the romulan cloaking device, etc.
And Tribbles:)
Of course, it also has non-real-trek stuff, like the death ray or beaming the Enterprise to the nearest starbase.
- normal keyboard (I'd love a proper keyboard, see www.pckeyboard.com) - 2 hard drives (for RAID-1) - bigger battery or two - better cooling - more I/O ports - more expansion slots - maybe even include a resting/charging place for a (wireless) mouse
I also had a good experience with them (US Amazon).
I received a scratched DVD, and they sent me a new copy even without asking for the return. While I doubt this would be the case if it was a more expensive DVD (it was below $20), it's still nice from them.
And I'm just on the other side of ol' Iron curtain, in Slovenia.
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Currently, things are going more into the direction of Soylent Diesel.
People can eat cake.
Don't bet on it. Gene Roddenberry is dead, and now they will release new "Original" Trek episodes.
BTW: I have the "extended" LOTR. It's still in plastic, cause I've (besides cinema and TV) only watched the DIVX version.
Same here. I recently bought myself a HP laptop.
I took the following steps:
1. Boot Windows
2. Create recovery disk, just in case (at least they could give you a proper setup CD)
3. reboot to reformat and install Ubuntu
4. Enjoy the laptop
There is a problem though:
I've seen a S**Y TV that supports 1920x1080 over HDCP but only 1280x768 over VGA.
>What i think could do a good Trek game for naval combat would be to focus on the more "fighter"-types ships of the latest shows. We would have more fun maneuvering some kind of shuttle that can only fire in front of itself than maneuvering a huge and slow ship that can fire anywhere it faces because the guns/phasers are mounted on turrets.
But that's not Star Trek. That kind of ship would be scrap metal as soon as it entered the firing range of the Enterprise. (except maybe once, as a terrorist strike, if Picard forgot to raise the shields).
Vtrek is a simpler game than BEGIN, but still has things like power distribution, damage control/repair, mining for dilithium (energy), stealing the romulan cloaking device, etc.
:)
And Tribbles
Of course, it also has non-real-trek stuff, like the death ray or beaming the Enterprise to the nearest starbase.
DS9 was great with the Klingon story arc...
But everything related to Dominion IMO sucked.
There's also a more gooey-clicky alternative available: VTREK.EXE (google it)
Works nicely under dosbox.
Probably the most played trek game for me.
(Although the suckiness of 'Legacy has made me discover the ST Bridge Commander which is okay).
bulletproof -> I won't buy any of the HD movies.
Just make them obey the 3(+) laws of robotics.
Good advice. I'd never use Thunderbird (or any other mail client) without it.
(any good/simple one for Windows people?)
I wouldn't mind Shatner, as long as time travel was used to get the one from 40 years ago.
Better than EGATrek is VTREK. Google for it. Runs well in 'dosbox'.
I spent more time playing it than all other Star Trek games combined.
Perhaps it's time for North to secede and build their own wall.
Big screen laptop would enable many things:
- normal keyboard (I'd love a proper keyboard, see www.pckeyboard.com)
- 2 hard drives (for RAID-1)
- bigger battery or two
- better cooling
- more I/O ports
- more expansion slots
- maybe even include a resting/charging place for a (wireless) mouse
Weight is a minor problem, price is a bigger one.
It may be funny but it's true.
If there are no open source drivers for AMD/ATI chipsets (or nvidia), personally I will not buy an AMD machine again in the future.
Simplicity is a feature too. (One Windows doesn't have)
To prepare for the next desert storm?
I also had a good experience with them (US Amazon).
I received a scratched DVD, and they sent me a new copy even without asking for the return. While I doubt this would be the case if it was a more expensive DVD (it was below $20), it's still nice from them.
And I'm just on the other side of ol' Iron curtain, in Slovenia.
Not $7, but there might be a $9.95 one.
Descent 1 is the best though, especially for multiplayer.
It had nice small and simple levels, so you don't have to search for targets too much.
Seconded.
The problem with many 'X' file choosers is that one can't type the full file path manually and press Enter and have it just work.
Also, the file chooser shouldn't be the part of gtk (but of gnome), so under Windows, the native one should be used.
Are (good) Core2 boards available for ATX or BTX?
You see, I have several nice ATX cases and like to switch hardware between them.
If I have to buy BTX, my next CPU is still still likely to be AM2, not Core2 Duo...
I wonder, is this also true for movie soundtracks?
That's the only one I could think of too.