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Is it even hand-eye coordination??? I mean, I know I can take things for granted. I used to be (and can still be) really bad for explaining how to do something to a computer user, because I'd use common computer terms, and just the fact that my expertise with them puts me at a leg up compared to many people. But I really can't see how it's not working.... She should make a video or something to show us what she is doing, because the answer seems so obvious to me that I can't imagine how it doesn't work.

I decided he was a basketcase when he started singing that "I'm so Ronrey" song.

Why couldn't they just be put up by some random joe? Unless you're thinkinging EB employees, not Ebay employees. While the guy is complaining because EB Games/Gamestop employees don't have to wait in line, what EB/Gamestop did is hardly unique, nor do I really mind that the store wants their employees to be able to get one. Sounds a bit like sour grapes to that Kotaku writer. As for his suspicions about the evil EB Games people buying it and selling it, I guarantee that if I could get a copy of that console I'd sell it on EBay too.

Oh baby, Nik Lidstrom with 3 assists, +3, and 2 PPP! Only other player in action for me is JayBo, who was +1 and had 4 PIM. I'm thinking on trading him in for Carle, a he's a dman on a much more potent offensive team. Oh wait, Niittymaki was playing too. Solid numbers in a losing effort.

Urge to kill rising.

Errrr....I don't know what to say. It's literally equip them (so you see them in your hands), walk up to the box so that it's highlighted, and click your mouse button (assuming you didn't change mouse1 to anything else). Then proceed to watching the lock percentage decrease.

My inventory bar doesn't stretch all the way across the screen like that. Is this a different version or are youy playing at a low resolution. FYI you can change the hud colors. I think that defaukt color scheme is hideous. I usually go with starlight or nigh vision. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The inventory doesn't scale 100% with resolution. I know at 1024x768 it would stretch the entire bottom of the screen.

Equip them and then "attack" with them.

Answered by "Why shouldn't he be?"

I think they go to your Stronghold and chill there.

I didn't care much for the NPCs in BG1, but in BG2 I preferred Jahiera and Imoen.

Blame monsieur Forsberg.

You stated straight up that "US involvement in WWII establishing that the US was not a proactive participant (Many contries were conquered while we stood by)" By stating that they weren't proactive, it gives the implication that they weren't being active in dealing with the situation. Or in other words, that they were being passive.

I think that that was because your argument presented itself as being excessively passive, which actually was not the case. China, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union all received significant amounts of aid from the United States. China received significant loans from the US (and the UK), while the US also placed embargos on Japan. Funding was given through the cash and carry provision of the Neutrality Act, providing financial assistance to China. Pilots went overseas in the summer of 1941 to join the Flying Tigers. Despite the UK not having any more money, FDR started the Lend-Lease, which ultimately provided $50 billion ($30 billion to the UK) in equipment and supplies. They also provided escorts and ships for the convoys, while also enacting a "Destroyers for Bases" exchange which gave the UK 50 destroyers in exchange for base rights in the Caribbean. There were also American volunteers taking part in things such as Eagle Squadron. And to be fair, Americans (and the Western Europeans) were still remembering the horrific experience of The Great War. The US may not have immediately jumped into the war, but the UK and France seemed equally as disinterested in going to war, opting for a policy of appeasement rather than resistance to Hitler's claims. Hitler was able to reoccupy the Rhineland, take control of Austria, claim the Sudetenland (and later all of Czechoslovakia), as well as Memel, without any retribution from the Western Powers. A lot may have happened before the US was officially brought into the war on December 7th, but I wouldn't say they were just sitting around doing nothing before that happened. As for the USA's participation in Europe, some like to say that it only occurred because Hitler declared war on the USA. But unfortunately we'll never really know. Hitler did it in hopes of convincing Japan to help with the Soviet Union, but we can't say whether or not the USA would have just avoided the war in Europe. Given Roosevelt's sympathy for the plight of Western Europe, I doubt it'd be as difficult of a thing to do as it would have been prior to Japan attacking.

Still, it seems like a pretty genuine and legitimate complaint for the toolset that comes with the game. Optimally people shouldn't have to rely on other modders for weapons, especially if they are common weapons like long swords and scimitars.

Yes it has just come out

<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hahaha, that is quite the catch-22.

I think the impression given by Owerwinde is that you CAN'T fashion your own weapons.

You're the one talking about backwards compatibility (which as far as I know, wasn't an issue for Windows ME and Windows 98), and bringing up Halo (a game published by Microsoft) as an example of software being Vista only. If you don't see the relevancy, then I think you're just standing there with your fingers in your ears saying "I'm not listening." Based on what? The structure of the operating systems were exceptionally similiar. Besides, what your discussing is hardly unique to Microsoft. Apple already went through a big giant "We're not supporting you guys any more" when they shifted from OS 9 to OS X. Furthermore, as I stated in the previous post, Apple's track record with backwards compatibility of its OS is much worse than Microsoft's. And given the poor reception ME was starting to get before XP was released, no, I do not think people would have wholeheartedly embraced it. Given the fact that MAJOR OEM retailers like Dell had stopped shipping Windows ME preinstalled, and went back to preinstalling Windows 98 SE, is pretty friggin' huge. Because the "most people" that you were talking about buy their computers from places like the Dell. I think XP could have, but I also understand the woes of code bloat. I'd rather it didn't support 16-bit applications and earlier Windows versions, because legacy support is not always a good thing. XP has enough overhead as it is....I'd rather it not have even more overhead by worrying about whether or not it can run MS-DOS applications effectively. Unless you think that there's a significant benefit to still having full MS-DOS support. No operating system maintains that type of backwards compatibility. I'm not too aware of many operating systems that maintain full backwards compatibility for the last 20 years. But hey, Microsoft is big, and it's cool to hate them, so let's hold them to standards higher than everyone else. But hey, I'm sure people will have no problems loading up a draconian operating system (which Vista allegdly is) that will basically take away from the capabilities that the vast amount of computer users today enjoy. But wait, it's Microsoft, they're so big, that they can push it through regardless. IBM once thought the same thing. As did Apple, though to a lesser extent (and Apple knows full well how well an operating system will do without software support...it's arguably the reason why they lost their edge when the Macintosh came out). EDIT: Besides, is what you are asking for even "backwards compatibility." It sounds like you're complaining that something designed for Me would not work with 98. Which really isn't backwards compatibility. Unless you want your operating systems to never provide additional functionality, what you are looking for just isn't a possibility. Same goes with processors and other hardware. Backwards compatibility typically entails whether or not stuff designed of 98 would work on ME. Should software designed for Windows ME still be fully functional in MS-DOS? And no, it's not just Microsoft's fault, because much of the incompatibilities are in fact going to come from 3rd party hardware manufacturers no longer making drivers because there just isn't a point. Unless you want all hardware manufacturers to bloat their drivers so that they can run in 16-bit mode in addition to their 32-bit mode, which would essentially be a giant waste of money since people typically don't use MS-DOS any more. The PS2 is backwards compatible with the PSX. That doesn't mean that PS2 games will work on a PSX, nor should it.

What software worked on ME but not on 98? I know that some MS-DOS applications no longer ran that required Real Mode MS-DOS, but I'm unaware of issues with stuff that could run on ME but not on 98. Also, when I was talking about 3rd party developers, I was referring to driver releases. And I should have said Win9x instead of just Win98, though the reason why I had said Win98 was because I was discussing the official date that support for Win98 was stopped (which, not too coincidentally, happened to be the day that support for WinME also stopped). I find your labelling of the blame to be absurd though. It sounds like you are holding Microsoft accountable for not maintaining 100% backwards compatibility in their OS. Sorry, but I'd rather my OS no longer rely on the old 16-bit DOS architecture anymore. The funny thing is that I found Apple much less forgiving with their OS upgrades than Microsoft. Even now, I can still install and run Win9x applications in WinXP. Sometimes there are issues, but often they can be remedied simply by enabling compatibility mode. Mac OS 9 users are flat out screwed if the software only supported Mac OS X when it came out. Even before that, stuff that ran in System 6 often didn't work when System 7 came out. The issues continued through to OS 8 and OS 9 as well. Backwards compatibility was very, very poor. My familiarity with linux isn't so hot, so I'm not so sure how backwards compatible it is (whether with linux or unix). Neither do I. Not too surprisingly though, Halo 2 is a Microsoft product. And they recognize that Software Support is required for the success of an operating system. They're just doing what they can to support their own product. However, the only real way Microsoft can get other developers to do something like this is if they offer an incentive to developers to do it (usually money). If the OS doesn't initially take off, this can get quite expensive, with little return on investment. Your example of Halo 2 is hardly a good one. I don't really see it as being the "killer app" of the OS, that spearheads the success of Vista. Especially if Vista is as bad as much of the hype is trying to convince us it is. In fact, I see Halo 2 as being enough of a niche product (in the grand scheme of computer users) that appeals to a single demographic (gamers, whom are typically power users ahead of the curve) as a way to possibly promote sales of the OS. Any hardcore anti-console fanboi that wants to play it will probably buy Vista. Ironically, these same people will also be the testbed that provides the feedback for the rest of the world for how ****ty Vista really is (not unlike ME, which had strong initial sales, but was eventually surpassed by 98 SE). I think you may be confusing "most" people with "hardcore" people. According to Google (which seems to be as unbiased of a source as I can quickly find), the percentage of operating systems that accessed Google was lead by Windows 98 until June, 2003 (Windows ME never made any significant impact on this list). I'm not sure of the biases this information may have (personally I think it's conservative), but it's the best I could do on short notice. I think the fact that Microsoft continued support for Win9x until 2 months ago, despite it not being the main OS marketted by Microsoft for 5 years indicates that people aren't necessarily that quick to jump off the 9x boat. Yes there's a lot of people that like to keep up with the Jones', but there's also a lot of people that find computers intimidating, and adopt an "if it's not broken, don't fix it" attitude. Especially when concerning costs, and all the hassles that go with upgrading an operating system. As for never knowing, I still find it interesting that the successor to 98 (windows ME) was not the alternative OS for the home user. It was Windows 98 SE. When big OEM distributors like Dell revert back to preinstalling Windows 98 SE from Windows ME, I have a feeling it's not just because XP is coming.

Here's an old school bump. In any case, it seems as though Eastside Hockey Manager 2007 opted for digital distribution only for their game. While it did anger some people (many of which weren't really sure what DD entailed, judging by their forum), they went with this model because they had too many hassles with boxed distribution, particularly in North America, and getting shelf space for the game.

I have never played Obi-Wan. Just Episode 1 and Jedi Power Battles.

I'm not convinced people would have just bought Windows ME. This is because people were opting to buy Windows 98 SE instead of Windows ME, and distributors were opting to NOT stock Windows ME, and instead continue ordering Windows 98 SE. There became a point in time when my Dad (who own his own computer shop) was unable to buy Windows ME, but could still get Windows 98 SE. Windows ME was discontinued before Windows 98 SE. And the sales trends were not that people were buying XP instead. Before XP was even released, ME was already losing any steam, and people were continuing to buy 98 SE. They weren't all buying XP instead of ME. Windows 98 SE still continued to sell after XP was released. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by this. It was still possible to run MS-DOS applications in Windows 98 SE (which many actually criticized it for). Microsoft didn't drop support for Windows 9x until July 11, 2006 (2.5 years later than they originally planned to drop support for it). I know 3rd party developers stopped supporting Win98 before this, but I'm curious what drivers you are talking about that Microsoft decided to stop making backwards compatible. According to Google, Windows 98 was still making up 16% of the Operating Systems that accessed Google in June 2004.

Auld's horseshoes almost pulled out a victory. That must have been a frustrating game for a Leafs fan. The highlight real is all Leafs, yet they win in the shootout.

I won't presume to make any estimates on how long it would take to do it, assuming it's actually possible.