LadyCrimson

I don''t either. I pay for certain services, like webservers or downloadable software sometimes, but I generally avoid it. For retail, I like being able to go home with something and if it doesn't work/you hate it, you can take it back the exact same hour. The only time it's a big hassle is during Xmas...or if the only time you have to shop is during rush hour traffic. Or you don't have a car. It's good to know that Kotor appears to still be out on the shelves in some places, at least.

To me Q & Data were the best parts of that show. Not that I didn't love Picard, of course. :D My husband rented Basic Instinct2 ... no comment.

At least they're giving a partial refund. And you still get to go to the Carribean. Bummer about losing a couple days tho.

Yes...but only after I installed sp2. I installed Creatives recent drivers because I was having trouble already. I know some people have problems w/Audigy - I didn't have any issues w/the card at all with a default XPPro installation and no updates installed. So I just think Audigy hasn't been able to/hasn't yet altered their software to work properly with Window's changes. That doesn't surprise me. More profitable to keep cranking out new cards than to make sure past ones are compatible. I agree that Creative is overbloated - I've thought that for years. Course, I personally believe any hardware that pretty much forces you to install anything but just the drivers is bloated. I also have some friends who say sp2 has been really wonky for them...and others who say it's all been fine. As usual I'm afraid it boils down to what system you have, your hardware (including things like motherboard blah blah), and what programs you're trying to get to run. Stuff like this occasionally makes me consider a Mac. Then I slap myself and I'm ok again. ...No offense to Mac-lovers intended, heh...

No. I don't even like the fact he's fiddled with the original cuts as much as he has. I prefer new stuff to trying to improve or rehash the already done.

So don't watch/play it. :D But I know what you mean. I felt the same way about Star Trek after a while, even if I was quite a fan for years. By the time Voyager spin-off came I didn't care anymore...too much too fast. Since I wasn't a part of any of of the original SW hoopla beyond seeing the films in the theaters, the SW universe still feels like it has some room, to me. Especially since the recent trilogy wasn't that great.

I either pick some random name from a Baby Name book I have that I bought during my Baldurs Gate1 days, or make up random names on the spur of the moment. Sometimes I use variations on my internet nicknames as well. Aname is a particular favorite of mine when I'm in a hurry and just want to play. :D

Peragus didn't bother me until I replayed the game for a 2nd time. After that I began to actively dislike it.

I can't hear the term "younglings" without wanting to laugh.

Indeed. Let's remember that if you have nothing to contribute, it's often best to say nothing at all. As to what I'd like to see - I'd like a Star Wars film that feels less like Disneyland in space. I liked the 3rd film in the prequel trilogy the best of those 3, because it had less of that sensation. I'd also like to see better scripts, where the characters have more than one-liners and aren't background for the special effects. In terms of games...since all I've played are the Kotor's I'm not really sure. But I do prefer roleplaying games - whether it's roleplaying Jedi or some other aspect of the SW universe doesn't really matter much to me. It might be nice to be a character who isn't a Jedi and never becomes one, tho - just an adventure RPG set in the SW universe. Could be, for instance, a game based on Leia's youth or something. Ok, maybe that's not so great, I'm no idea-mogul - but you know what I mean. A non-Jedi experience. I wouldn't even mind a game that was more adventure based with solutions/endgames that weren't the 'final battle' combat-oriented routine. Course, that might not have as wide an appeal, thus may never get made - but it would be a nice change of pace to me.

Well, now the headphones are going wonky and Creatives volume control auto-mutes when I close programs and other odd stuff. It's been really hot the past few days - maybe the soundcard itself is just acting up. Guess it's time for the uninstall/reinstall to see if that actually helps.

Hehe I saw that...it's pretty good. I'm often amazed at the creativeness you find on youtube, both serious and silly.

The Matador, w/Pierce Brosnan. It was so odd and off-wall that it became more amusing than I think it really was...one of those 'it's not really that great but there's something about it that makes you end up liking it' films.

I'll probably be busy...sleeping.

That looks a bit pricer than I'd want to spend...well, at least for walk-in prices. On-line only $80-130 difference I guess. mkreku, that's something my hubby would likely say... :D I'm not sure I really have the best room set-up for surround, I'd have to mount them on closet doors I think. 3-speaker would probably be fine for me but they're not much cheaper for decent sets...

I smell Spam-derailment.

Like I know anything about speaker tech. I find out if they'd work on my PC then plug and forget 'em. I'm staring at these. ? http://shop2.outpost.com/product/4288354

It's an excuse to update my speakers at least. Should I go for seven?

OK, I feel stupid now. I guess the speakers/plug/whatever just plain broke. It didn't even occur to me to think of that. Always so busy trying to find the software/driver problem, kind of the opposite of the infamous 'is it plugged in?' haha! Oh well... Edit: Anyone got any speakers they really like? :D

Yes I know that, meta - tho I didn't when I first bought the card and wondered why there was no sound then. :D

Hehe...yeah, pretty silly. Someone else just mentioned it might be because my speakers are powered and something blew up or something, causing a 'ground loop'. Guess I'll have to steal some old non-powered speakers from hubby's desk and see if they work.

1st, yeah, I've googled it, still thought I'd ask here. 2nd, two questions: 1 - Anyone have an Audigy 2ZS and had weird speaker problems with sp2? 2 - Can your (analog) speakers be so ancient that the new OS patches crash when you try to connect them (cause they aren't compatible or something?) I ask the 2nd one because at the moment my headphones seem to work fine but every time I disconnect them and try to plug in the speakers the system freezes or spontaneously reboots. If the speakers are plugged in upon reboot, there's no crash upon Windows starting, but no sound either. Odd that the headphones work. I installed newest drivers, nothing. It all worked fine before sp2. :angry: The only maybe solution I've found so far is to uninstall drivers, remove/replace card, remove entries from the registry, reinstall drivers, but that was for a minor speaker-unrelated issue that I'm also having.

That's pretty weird and not very, uh, random, haha. You didn't go in the cave before, to do something else earlier, before you went in to get the crystals? Probably not...just checking. :D I think I remember getting a couple of one type in the cave before, but not where they're all the same. As to color...sometimes I think there's a random seed generator that kicks in when you start a new game and determines a favored color. I've had games obsessed with purple, blue, green...where 90% of the sabers or crystals were initially one color before constant reloads. Even the sith guys would attack me with purple sabers.

The scene where you're falling through the floor via multiple portals made me dizzy. Looks pretty neat.

When all else fails, Amazon.com often works. They're still selling new copies. But yeah, walk-in stores stop stocking many old titles (often sooner rather than later) because it's not profitable to them anymore...only so much shelf space. As to being out of actual production/discontinued - no idea. The sales clerk could've just meant it's a discontinued stock item for their store.