LadyCrimson

What's in space should belong to everyone. I'd hope that by the time we actually have the ability to not only discover, but effecitvely utilize, space-related resources, the human race would have grown up a little. Course, that's just what I dream during feverish bouts with the flu. More likely, we'll go out there and ruin other planets & pollute space with warp core emissions.

I'd like one set in the US Civil War period. Most Civil War games are RTS. Ancient civilizations like someone else mentioned would be cool, too. Actually, combining RPG with city building somehow would probably turn me on quite a bit, if it was done creatively/well.

You mean like these noises?

I don't recall exactly, but I think you needed a repair of 15? 20? or so to get max value during breakdowns....and until you reached the magical skill number what you get stays fairly low.... Plus, in the beginning/early of the game, most items pretty much have a default value of 1 (or 2, 4, 5, 10 etc), no matter what your skill. The items just aren't 'worth' much.

You can turn virtual memory off, y'know - tho a little is always taken up for the Win OS, that 'reserve' doesn't show up in the swinfo test. As long as there's enough RAM, there's no problem with having it off. A lot of people prefer it disabled, in fact.

My favorite style is what I call science fiction lite, ie, sci-fi that is not too technical or dry, with plenty of fantastical elements, ala Alan Dean Foster or Jack L Chalker. I used to love fantasy too but I finally became a little bored with the whole castles-swords-magic-horses-Kings & Queens routine. I think Stephen R. Donaldson is fantastic - both novels and short stories. His collection of shorts "Reave the Just" has a few wonderful gems. Most of the time these days tho, my nose is usually buried in magazines (all kinds), non-fiction (usually psychology oriented) or reference manuals.

Yup, it has to be base consitution, not from equipment.

I read Game of Thrones when it was first printed...I remember it looking very lonely on the bookshelf, lol. Started slow and it's not the technical writing style I tend to enjoy most (a bit ponderous/stiff), but by the end I really wanted to know "what happens next" and I was agitated that the next book didn't appear to be coming out for another year and a half or two...I've since bought 2 and 3, but haven't read them. I keep meaning to....just haven't wanted to read the 1st one again, as I barely remember it by now. I could use those cliff notes.

I am definitely not a devout fan. I don't even like the books all that much. But the films are entertaining fantasy, and there's so few of those to choose from...I liked them, and more of what I like is always good...kinda like chocolate...

Y'know, I almost revived this thread the other day, because I've been making more dialogue files, only mp3's this time, and they sound better. Not the cut stuff....Battlewookie's pretty much got that covered...it's just that I realized that I could just record the dialogues w/wavpad in the background, while actually playing the game, which 1) is a lot easier, even if I have to edit out silences and a few 'boops' and 2) comes out sounding a lot better than cobbling together directly from the .wav files in the directory. Why, I don't know...but it does. I can't for the life of me figure out why I didn't think of it before. Doh! At least now, I have my Di battle-cries. haha! :D

Isn't it funny how sometimes one can sit for hours watching TV or on the computer (or for work) and yet sitting in a theater for 3+ hours is grating? I personally wasn't bothered by the theater-length at all...I hardly noticed...but I certainly know plenty who are. Hehe, yeah, the ending of the 3rd went on too long for filmdom. What works in a book doesn't always work in a movie, no matter how you try to shortcut it. I think Jackson did a great job picking what to include and what not, plus his plot/sequence alterations were generally fine. Except for the Ents motivation to "go to war" - that one annoyed me a lot. But I got over it eventually.

My opinion is: if you've read the books or just like more details, you'll generally like the extra content/bits of the extended versions, and they won't seem "too long." What's nice about them is they add those little bits that seemed like a horrible omission in the theater releases, such as the talk with the wizard in his tower, and the 'trees' being part of the end of the Orcs at the end of the first battle, etc. Nothing in-depth, but it was enough to satisfy my sense of "it doesn't make as much sense without at least a hint of those things". There's still a lot missing of course - and altered from the book, which I don't neccesarily think is a bad thing...but I think the extended films make them more complete.

The "crowd" here sometimes scares me a little...but in a good way. I think. I own no blades, since I'm not into collecting stuff much - not to mention I'd probably cut my own toe off or something - but I love non-mechanical weapons, both for looks and for their historical impact and tacitcal use. Plus of course, they look cool. Personally, I want a huge jousting lance for a room corner. Alongside a suit of armor. If someone broke into my house, I would likely cower in the bathroom (or better yet, my neighbor's bathroom) while calling the police. I do not have the skill or the physical attributes to be deadly or intimidating thus I would avoid such a confrontation if at all possible. But I'd probably prefer blunt over sharp because it requires less finesse/skill to use.

Warm Hex Color Codes Proxy Servers list thesaurus.reference.com godaddy domain registration The rest I visit on a frequent basis are a few forums, blogs, and various software program homepages. Almost everything else I might visit once a month, once in a lifetime, or never.

Re-installed Majesty, after reminding myself of it in another thread... I'm soooo behind the times in terms of playing new games - I always seem to go back to the old favorites. heh

I'm not a tech person so can't be of help...but from other threads I know there's some catalyst driver issues with radeon+kotor, ie it works best with certain ones. If you think that's a likely possibility, do a search or three, there's been quite a few threads of catalyst discussion.

Judge Hades, there is some truth & realism to your point of view, but you are taking those cynical truths and turning it into an extremist way of living/viewing the world. You have given up hope and the heart to even leave open the option to help other people outside your own small circle, and that path, IMO, leads to self-immolation at some point or another - not only for yourself but for the world at large if everyone succumbed to it. As to Iraq - I think we shouldn't have gone in with guns blazing, 9/11 or not - I was pretty disappointed when fear after 9/11 had so many public polls saying we should go stomp 'em out, as if you could get rid of terrorism that way - but now that we're in it, I don't think we should just up and leave them to chaos, either. But I do think Bush is a stupid self-serving ignoramus who will probably fumble and bungle the situation, and I wish it would end.

Like these? Playing portrait Character-creation pick-a-portrait screen P.S. - I put up a zip file of all 15 male PC's pick-a-portrait screens in the reference section of my gallery. Females to follow. Link in sig.

He said it wasn't the in-game picture, which is essentially the portrait next to your name in smaller-size. I don't remember them being different except via LS/DS. (edit - maybe I'm misunderstanding what he meant by in-game faces tho..) In any case, they're very small files. Perhaps he wants it for an avatar? (not hard to do)

I'm unclear what you mean by a portrait. Do you mean just screenshots with your chosen character in it? Standing still? Action? Saber carrying? I could try to put that 'face' to a character in a save game via the editor and take a few, but requests like these are difficult because other people are rarely ever going to take a screenie akin to what you're actually envisioning inside your own head. edit - if you're really desperate, you're better off buying the PC version, downloading the editor, and making your own.

I just liked Tumnus because he was the only character that had any emotional character development in Narnia - hence I cared about his character. After him, it was just stupid wisecracking beavers, chases, and sword waving etc. and I couldn't have cared less about any of them - not even Aslan. I thought the Snow Queen was ok...but she played it too over the top evil step-mother like and was not how I personally pictured her from reading the book.

Chiming in on the "I saw Narnia" bandwagon. I didn't think it sucked - but it is a kids movie...and a Disney one at that. Not horrible, starts off ok, but a little too long for it's style and the middle/end was pretty slipshod. There were some funny moments. Mr. Tumnus was well done. Mostly, it's a 'cute' movie. I'd give it a C+

I don't have any ipod vs other advice, but if you're mostly interested in something that will play mp3's that you make yourself, you don't need an Ipod...any ol mp3 player with enough memory & 'features' for your purposes will do. If you want more of the interactive/internet stuff as well, ipod is currently king, tho I think Consumer Reports has reviewed a few others to decent effect.

After a little Googling I'd say $28.99-29.99 is the average/typical price these days for new. That doesn't count store sales discounts, which no one here can predict. Just call around and see what their prices are at the time you want to buy.

Nar Shadaa, because the idea of civilizations reaching that point of skyscraper/over-teched living creeps me out, like the environment of the film 5th element etc. :D