Before you diss civ IV for micromanagement you should try playing it. One of the best parts is specialization where you can go for culture, domination, economics, etc. You don't need two dozen cities anymore you can easily win with 6. You can beat everyone down or just mind your own business. By the time you get to Beyond the Sword you have about 6 dvds worth of game running. Talk about options to micro manage, if you want, but if you don't then no big deal. Gotta love Civ IV!
I vote CIV IV Beyond the Sword as the top PC game. It's the only game I have that never gets old. Even when I put it down to try everything else that's what I go back to the second others get dull.
I only use IE for microsoft updates. If I see someone using my computer on IE I totally spaz out. "You are freaking ruining my computer I'm going to have to reinstall!!!!"
I was reading through this and saw people talking about aliens killing us because of Hitler. There are people right now enslaved all around the world. Genocide takes place with or without the German puppet.
Let's say the aliens land in the middle east over in Saudi, Egypt, or Iran. What do you think will happen? The US wouldn't stand one moment for that. Blammo!
I believe it to be a terrible idea sending out signals. We as a people are not ready for peace. An evolved species capable of replying is going to realize this. If they are capable of getting here who represents us? Who do they talk with? They are going to have to deal with all of these militarized countries squabbling over who talks in the first place. That right there is enough to start a world war. Not to mention all the religious zealots who would just straight up flip out. If anyone shows up they'll have to get down here quick and take over before the nukes start flying. We have some extremely smart people out there but politics as a whole is really whack and not ready for it, neither is the population. Signals to enslave us... not so good.
Well, if you were to include people that I happen to know I could tell you that none of them were touched. That's about 500k bots right thar people. They are never going to stop this.
I purchased Generals, Zero Hour, and now C&C3 all from EA games. All of these games are victim to the exact same exploit EA knows about and refuses to fix. They release the game again anyways claiming a totally new version. It's never new it's the same engine with the same units rearranged. Oh, let's take the weapon off this and put it on that then put it on a new faction. Now it's a new game. Forget about those exploits everyone quit over, this will sucker them back!!! That's the EA approach to things. New ideas, not likely unless they buy those off some other gaming company. Then you can bet it will go backwards from there on out not forwards.
As for innovation... when everyone freaked out that they bought WestWood repackaged the crap on a new engine and keep selling the exact same game as something new and they plan to release a new expansion next month again as the same crap but call it new... they distract everyone buy putting girls in t-shirts with their product. That's their innovation. Chicks in a T-shirt. Good job EA, bravo.
There is nothing you can do. It is as simple as that. You see, America is for the corporations now not for the people. If you turn them expect the FBI to visit you. They'll be investigating you for harassment.
Workers who sabotage corporate systems are almost always disgruntled, paranoid, generally show up on time, harassed by colleagues, and perform tasks that resemble in no way their job description. In fact many of them should be on the IT team, have a better grasp of security, and for some reason get looked over at every opportunity and grow tired of working in the mail room. Results of the study show that brow beating, poor raises, and working with people who don't work but have the title of boss leads to pissed off workers that will backdoor your comps, piss in your plants, and slash your car tires.
I loved Carbon, for an entire evening. By the time I had acquired some of the fast cars it occured to me that the competition the computer threw at me was not elevated in any way. I could purchase all of the upgrades, go back to a very early race and the computer still kept up. Well kinda, it was keeping up do to extreme rubber banding. At that point I realized the best way to win a race is hang out with the pack, then only take off at the very end. Otherwise it's going to slingshot right back in front of you. This game has ruined racing games for me. The AI rubber banding stands out here so badly that you will throw it in the trash. I must admit I ripped the game before purchase. Thank god cuz I never played it again.
The lamers have learned how to use the internet and they love it. They can spend their entire paycheck online and not even leave the house these days. Everything including their groceries will be delivered. The bubble will not pop again.
We need to get these boxing games banned from the stores so that we can make room for war games where you murder entire countries. People have their priorities all screwed up. Bully is lame because you just can't kill enough people. I agree with PC world it's just not family oriented.
I've got this awesome news about how our new ant overlords are only temporary and will be replaced by rabid fluffy bunnies... I'd love to show you the evidence I've compiled but you'll have to wait until next summer!
Just more proof that the idiots with a positive rating are truly idiots.
I admit it. I'm addicted to all of the things I like. Including reading slashdot when I'm at work. Just the other day SlashDot caused me to miss my service level agreement. I intend to sue them for addicting me to their blog, but I'm willing to settle out of court for 2 or 3 million dollars. I'm warning you Slashdot either take your addictive site down or prepare to face the consequences!
I don't think the SlashDot crowd needs me to tell them what a bad ass computer they could build these days for 600 bucks by visiting Frys Electronics or shopping around online... Sony is joke. The only reason I'd buy something like this is so that I can drink beer with my friends and beat them at Madden. There is no way in hell I'd pay 600 bucks for it, do you have any idea how much beer and drugs I'd be wasting?
Sony is for rich kids. I could slap a bad ass exhaust on my ride and put ground effects on it for this price.
This will be a huge exercise in frustration. It's a neat idea but they have used alot faster computers and it won't matter what OS you throw on them. The kids are going to say the computers suck and they will have no interest in them whatsoever. I don't think they will be heavily entertained by Unix ability to parse quickly.
If someone calls the bank and cons them out of 50g I sure as hell don't want to bare the responsibility for it. So if someone calls me and cons me out of 50g I sure as hell wouldn't believe it's the banks fault. The person stupid enough to do it is at fault.
So, I assume the RIAA is going to take this money and give it to people like John Denver and Frankie Banali. People who got totally screwed over by the recording industry and could use some cash. Right?
What do you mean no?
Who gets this money. Rich people you say?
OMG say it aint so!!!
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Before you diss civ IV for micromanagement you should try playing it. One of the best parts is specialization where you can go for culture, domination, economics, etc. You don't need two dozen cities anymore you can easily win with 6. You can beat everyone down or just mind your own business. By the time you get to Beyond the Sword you have about 6 dvds worth of game running. Talk about options to micro manage, if you want, but if you don't then no big deal. Gotta love Civ IV!
I vote CIV IV Beyond the Sword as the top PC game. It's the only game I have that never gets old. Even when I put it down to try everything else that's what I go back to the second others get dull.
I only use IE for microsoft updates. If I see someone using my computer on IE I totally spaz out. "You are freaking ruining my computer I'm going to have to reinstall!!!!"
I was reading through this and saw people talking about aliens killing us because of Hitler. There are people right now enslaved all around the world. Genocide takes place with or without the German puppet. Let's say the aliens land in the middle east over in Saudi, Egypt, or Iran. What do you think will happen? The US wouldn't stand one moment for that. Blammo!
I believe it to be a terrible idea sending out signals. We as a people are not ready for peace. An evolved species capable of replying is going to realize this. If they are capable of getting here who represents us? Who do they talk with? They are going to have to deal with all of these militarized countries squabbling over who talks in the first place. That right there is enough to start a world war. Not to mention all the religious zealots who would just straight up flip out. If anyone shows up they'll have to get down here quick and take over before the nukes start flying. We have some extremely smart people out there but politics as a whole is really whack and not ready for it, neither is the population. Signals to enslave us... not so good.
Well, if you were to include people that I happen to know I could tell you that none of them were touched. That's about 500k bots right thar people. They are never going to stop this.
I can't believe this. Let's all switch to uh... uh... uh...
Oh, that reminds me... I forgot to download the Prince discography. Thanks again homie! :D
It is more likely that he refused to pay the Mafia and they had him capped.
I feel discriminated against. They always refer to my adware as backdoors and reference the word "hacking".
I purchased Generals, Zero Hour, and now C&C3 all from EA games. All of these games are victim to the exact same exploit EA knows about and refuses to fix. They release the game again anyways claiming a totally new version. It's never new it's the same engine with the same units rearranged. Oh, let's take the weapon off this and put it on that then put it on a new faction. Now it's a new game. Forget about those exploits everyone quit over, this will sucker them back!!! That's the EA approach to things. New ideas, not likely unless they buy those off some other gaming company. Then you can bet it will go backwards from there on out not forwards. As for innovation... when everyone freaked out that they bought WestWood repackaged the crap on a new engine and keep selling the exact same game as something new and they plan to release a new expansion next month again as the same crap but call it new... they distract everyone buy putting girls in t-shirts with their product. That's their innovation. Chicks in a T-shirt. Good job EA, bravo.
There is nothing you can do. It is as simple as that. You see, America is for the corporations now not for the people. If you turn them expect the FBI to visit you. They'll be investigating you for harassment.
Slashdot blows. These threads aren't even worth replying to anymore. I've seen better discussion material on the back of a roll of Charmin.
Workers who sabotage corporate systems are almost always disgruntled, paranoid, generally show up on time, harassed by colleagues, and perform tasks that resemble in no way their job description. In fact many of them should be on the IT team, have a better grasp of security, and for some reason get looked over at every opportunity and grow tired of working in the mail room. Results of the study show that brow beating, poor raises, and working with people who don't work but have the title of boss leads to pissed off workers that will backdoor your comps, piss in your plants, and slash your car tires.
I loved Carbon, for an entire evening. By the time I had acquired some of the fast cars it occured to me that the competition the computer threw at me was not elevated in any way. I could purchase all of the upgrades, go back to a very early race and the computer still kept up. Well kinda, it was keeping up do to extreme rubber banding. At that point I realized the best way to win a race is hang out with the pack, then only take off at the very end. Otherwise it's going to slingshot right back in front of you. This game has ruined racing games for me. The AI rubber banding stands out here so badly that you will throw it in the trash. I must admit I ripped the game before purchase. Thank god cuz I never played it again.
The only talent or skill in an MMORPG is staying online.
The lamers have learned how to use the internet and they love it. They can spend their entire paycheck online and not even leave the house these days. Everything including their groceries will be delivered. The bubble will not pop again.
We need to get these boxing games banned from the stores so that we can make room for war games where you murder entire countries. People have their priorities all screwed up. Bully is lame because you just can't kill enough people. I agree with PC world it's just not family oriented.
Insurance companies will be using them for along time. Big huge warehouses full of em that the "cleaning crew" can weed through after everyone leaves.
I've got this awesome news about how our new ant overlords are only temporary and will be replaced by rabid fluffy bunnies... I'd love to show you the evidence I've compiled but you'll have to wait until next summer!
Just more proof that the idiots with a positive rating are truly idiots.
I admit it. I'm addicted to all of the things I like. Including reading slashdot when I'm at work. Just the other day SlashDot caused me to miss my service level agreement. I intend to sue them for addicting me to their blog, but I'm willing to settle out of court for 2 or 3 million dollars. I'm warning you Slashdot either take your addictive site down or prepare to face the consequences!
I don't think the SlashDot crowd needs me to tell them what a bad ass computer they could build these days for 600 bucks by visiting Frys Electronics or shopping around online... Sony is joke. The only reason I'd buy something like this is so that I can drink beer with my friends and beat them at Madden. There is no way in hell I'd pay 600 bucks for it, do you have any idea how much beer and drugs I'd be wasting?
Sony is for rich kids. I could slap a bad ass exhaust on my ride and put ground effects on it for this price.
This will be a huge exercise in frustration. It's a neat idea but they have used alot faster computers and it won't matter what OS you throw on them. The kids are going to say the computers suck and they will have no interest in them whatsoever. I don't think they will be heavily entertained by Unix ability to parse quickly.
If someone calls the bank and cons them out of 50g I sure as hell don't want to bare the responsibility for it. So if someone calls me and cons me out of 50g I sure as hell wouldn't believe it's the banks fault. The person stupid enough to do it is at fault.
So, I assume the RIAA is going to take this money and give it to people like John Denver and Frankie Banali. People who got totally screwed over by the recording industry and could use some cash. Right? What do you mean no? Who gets this money. Rich people you say? OMG say it aint so!!!