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Thanks for that information! Maybe I'll try that next time I play PS:T in order to avoid the mouse trails that I get once I try the workaround with lowering the hardware acceleration, and inform the people who for some reason can't do that.

Also makes selling such a game on eBay rather difficult.

Some problems with copy protection systems: That it's not PC dependent but configuration dependent. I don't know for ME because I don't own it, but it's possible that if you install a new processor or graphics card, the DRM will not recognize it as the same PC. Other systems like the one used in NWN2, MotB, can wreck your DVD drive. Some hide from the system, antivirus etc. and can do what they want because the OS doesn't see them, effectively acting as rootkit (--> Sony) or driver (--> Starforce). Others require you to stay online while playing or at least be online when starting the game which is a) not an option for some people b) not a wise thing to do anyway, even if it's becoming more and more common with broadband connections. Some of these won't allow you to install or play the game anymore if the publisher goes from the market or decides that it's too expensive to keep registration servers running (has happened and is currently happening for certain DRM protected music). Some don't allow you to have virtual drives nor programs that could be used to run virtual drives installed, as is the case for NWN2, which doesn't allow me to have something installed I'd need for my work (MS SQL ISO, am now working in a virtual machine with a virtual drive ). Etc. If there's some FUD about what I just said: Sorry, it's late here (4 am)... I thought he wanted to play when there, because he understood that no playing at the same time is possible, which would only make sense if it was he who played... But I think you're right.

Interesting, yet well known to almost anyone on these boards, although by most known better than by you: Baldur's Gate was developed by Bioware. And how does this connect to MMOGs or your plead to create one? All the more reason not to invest the millions needed to create and sustain an MMORPG for an oversatisfied market when even the most hyped games tend to fail. And it wouldn't interest the persons interested in Obsidian's games, read: target audience. At least it's neither my nor many other's cup of tea as shown by the answers in this thread. Alright, but again: how does it connect to the topic or your plead for an MMOG? If people are derailing your very own thread, it's usually best not to participate in its derailment

Who ever did say that?Securom didn't slowly convert my drive to electronic junk, so I'm lucky. I'd just prefer my hardware not being endagered by a piece of intrusive software, to always and guaranteed be able to reinstall the game after having uninstalled it, or reformatted my Windows partition, or bought a new PC, even if some licence server of the publisher should be down, and play it while not being connected to the internet. If a copy protection fulfills these criteria every piece of useful software should fulfil, I'll happily live with DRM.

Locksmith would probably have been interpreted as expert (an NPC class ) and scout as ranger, which is even further from a dwarven hero. I phrased it thus in order to make the simple people understand that I meant the DnD rogue class Whose alt I am is my affair...

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Probably I'll recreate my TOEE-party consisting of four dwarves, including a mage and a thief It's not as much fun with PB 32 however, as they'll be too strong... Maybe again a party of two drows, one female as the boss, one male underling and two slaves (duergar and svirfneblin)? Hm... Looking forward to create many a party for a playthrough each

To support the devs: buy the games regardless of copy protection! Then, to make the game playable without wrecking your DVD drive or it being unable to installed after reinstalling windows: do somthing illegal to your legally bought copy. Not that hard, not as unfair as pirating the game. Also, to send a clear signal to the industry: Buy more games without copy protection (instead of just not buying those with it, which punishes the mostly innocent devs).

Moonspell - In and above men

You're wearing a mask Alistair? Cool name The 69 Eyes - Crashing High Fun, fun, fun

So, anything new on SoZ?

Fields of the Nephilim - Psychonaut Lib III Cryptic and great. Good job from Pettit on bass, too Pray now for how long We're falling from ecstasy Like changelings Freedom returned for new souls Here or after Well enrapture me and I'll change...

Blackops anyone?

I found Akachi to be an interesting opponent, because he was partially you, or you partially him, so you were fighting a part of yourself. An anwanted one, but none the less. This is an analogy to Planescape: Torment, and not the least of the reasons I loved the game. It also motivated the strange interest of the Red Wizard, and it presented you a very good reason to play the game through to the end. Really, one of the best opponents from multiple perspectives, even if he as a figure remains unknown until the very end.

Are you the guy with the glasses seen quite prominently? Fields of the Nephilim - Sumerland (whole Elizium album, that's just the current song)

Idiots. Here I was considering one of their mainboards for my next PC, but this project is now officialy dead. Did you know they were manufacturing Intel's mainboards too? Just an interesting bit when combined with your information. Thanks for sharing.

Disable AI, or set all members to puppet mode.

Unforeseen Seed Ship's always coming early, I suppose. Desperate Explosion. "Aarh, what should we do now?" "It's time to explode."

Both Birthday Massacre and Fatboy Slim were huge letdowns live So were London after midnight... London After Midnight - Revenge

I have no idea how two PSUs are synchronized. Never tried, sorry... The efficiency could also be lower if you split it. An example: Let's say your computer uses 150W while surfing, 100W for board, CPU, graphics card, and 50 W for drives and whatever else needs power. Let's say a single PSU of 1100W has an effiency of 75% at 14% load (that's 150W). It will draw 150W/0.75 = 200 W out of its wall socket. Let's say the PSUs of 650W and 550 W have an efficiency of of 75% at 15% load (that's 100W for the 650W PSU) and 65% at 9% load (that's 50 W for the 550W PSU). They will draw 100W/0.75 + 50W/0.65 = 133W + 77W = 210W out of their wall socket. If you use only the 550W one alone, you'd be at 27% load already and thus in a better range for efficiency, nowadays over 80% for good PSUs. So at 80% efficiency it would draw 150/0.8 = 187.5W from its wall socket. The efficiency percentages are fictional, of course, but it should just show that it isn't guaranteed that it'll save power to have two lower rated instead of one higher rated PSU. The good thing about the two is that you can run your PC with only one of them (possibly the 550W one, if it works as demonstrated in the example above) until you upgrade it sometime and you'll need the 650W one, or upgrade it even more until one isn't enough any more and you really need the 1.1kW [edit] Damn, 550W+650W is 1.2kW. But I'm too lazy to edit my na

Imo it is but it's getting better with the first 80+silver psus showing up... I hate the server at work, why does it have to be in that stupid rack? If it was in a normal tower, it could be cooled so much quieter, instead it now has these jet engines of 50mm fans or something. Gorgon: What sherman tank case? Antec's a quality brand, so I'd guess it'll be alright.

Only wizards wear monocle. And what did you expect from a goth party, all distand faces and silence? Today, I worked on two different databases, and I must say, MSSQL may be good, professional and all, but I don't like the syntax additions to SQL the "canon" uses (all the ugly [s and GOs and the documentation). Also I helped my girlfriend fixing feathers on a coat and we looked some FotN DVD. I wish I looked as good as McCoy (no, not Bones), preferably with his voice and presence too. Ah well. Mine must suffice, and does fortunately most of the time.

Well, at least you haven\'t been contradicting youself in such an important matter, that could and would have been used against you... I also still like the same beers (Locher and some czech), and I prefer them cool.