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Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator load faster and searching for files is easier. Is that really beneficial though, since it Vista basically uses twice as much CPU and memory to begin with?

Please don't leave Alex! I will destroy you.

Have you heard of Ubuntu? Version 9.04 will come out in April. I'd suggesting that you get it in May or so (to ensure bugs are ironed out). Ubuntu is basically THE Linux operating system for new people. It has a simple and largely familiar desktop environment, and an immensely large and powerful package repository system. It's run by a millionaire from South Africa who started Canonical to oversee development, so it's more focused and user-friendly than other distros. Generally any software that you need from Windows (including drivers), you can find a free, constantly updated version of in the repositories (you type in a word and it does a search for similar matches). If you can't find one, or don't like it, then sure, try WINE. WINE would probably work. The only major problems I have with WINE is trying to play 3D computer games. It's hit and miss. I recommend you use a dual-boot. Have Windows XP on backup in case you can't do something on Ubuntu (e.g. a computer game). Look, the best advice anybody can give you is: try it. Try it for a month and then decide. I'm here if you've got questions, but the Ubuntu forums are very comprehensive and friendly and a Google search of your problem almost always has an Ubuntu forum thread as the first result where somebody asks the same question as you and others have solved it for them. There are things Ubuntu is better at then Windows, and vice versa. The beauty of Ubuntu is that it only ever gets better, it's always the same programme (not Windows ME or XP or Vista etc), it's more secure than Windows by virtue of the way it's built, it updates every 6 months (including the nuts and bolts - the kernel), programmes update all the time, as do security fixes, and best of all, it's free. Edit: you can get 8.10 now if you want. I'm on 8.04 personally. I just suggest 9.04 because that way you won't have to upgrade (which can sometimes be unstable). Here's an example of why I'd choose Ubuntu over the others (the simplest reason would be that it's the most supported, and has the growth trend on its side): http://www.google.com/trends?q=ubuntu%2C+f...=all&sort=0 Edit 2: I run Icewind Dale 1 fine on WINE. Same with Fallout 1. It's simple. You install it, you run it (double click). If it doesn't work, you can try and fiddle a bit, but if you don't like doing that, just switch to the XP boot. The Ubuntu Live Cd makes it REALLY easy to make a dual boot (e.g. XP) when you're installing Ubuntu.

Ho boy. I'm sorry but it's absolutely ridiculous to hear about somebody fudging server-side scripting with VB and then actually advocating it to others as a replacement to PHP!

That looks eerily like that Giles dude from Buffy.

I want blue. I want to pretend I'm a Twi'lek.

Your website is based on VB? lol

This is a ****ing epic suggestion.

You can tell me, guys. I'm good for it.

J.E. is prominent in our thoughts because he communicates a lot with the fanbase, but as I undestand Obsidz' setup, he's nowhere near a "co-leader." The corp has 5 founding officers (F.U., Monahan, and the Chrisses Parker, Avellone, and Jones) who I assume hold the bulk of the equity interest. Josh is an employee with some management responsibility (and good for him for not exploiting that responsibility by asking co-workers to help on his side-project), but he's still just an employee. I get that. I know he wasn't even there when Obs split from Interplay, but he's still been with them as long as anybody, overall, and must have some serious connections there. You can get talented people you know to help you out without it being exploitation of your position, Enoch. Unless he's a ruthless tyrant I imagine quite a few people at Obs would be willing to help him on Black Hound if he broached the matter, purely for the interest of doing something on the side. That said, I fully understand why he'd prefer the game's assets to be distinct from any ties to Obs - I was mainly just being facetious.

Oh god, mate. Can I just give you one tip? If you learn any programming language, let it NOT be Visual Basic (or any of the BASIC line). I highly recommend something like Python instead. Java is less fun and more obfuscated but also comes highly recommended. Both see massive use in the tech industry (from gaming to Google). You could always dive in the deep end and start with C, then move on to object oriented design from there (C++). I wouldn't recommend that, but some would. http://www.python.org/ Here's 'hello world' in Python: print("Hello, World!") Here's a factorial function: def factorial(number): answer = 1 while number < 0: answer = answer * number number = number - 1 return answer #you could also use *= and -= above #alternative version with recursion: def factorial_rec(number): if number == 0: return 1 else: return number * factorial_rec(number - 1)

You don't know what you're talking about. Use of WP against enemy targets (including soldiers) is not banned by the Geneva Convention, nor is it classified as a chemical weapon by the Geneva Convention. Oh, hey, Yuusha, I've got one for you: Calax: False. America's use of WP was completely legal.

Windows 7 aka "Guys, you really ought to buy this from us. It's Windows Vista, but possibly not ****!" 'Cause god knows they're done for if this flops too. I sure as **** am not budging from XP and Ubuntu.

Willy Peter is often used as a smoke screen. It is only illegal against military targets in built-up areas due to the potential for civilian loss of life. It certainly reasonable to call on Israel to stop using it in such areas if indeed they are (which has not been determined). Nice use of unbiased sources, BTW. I love Iranian journalism. It always touches my special place with it's mischaracterisations and propaganda.

Yeah but America's system is completely unproportional. There's not even preferential voting, so parties with only like 30% to 40% of supports can gain power (look at the Minnesota Senate race: 15% of the voters didn't get their voters counted - wasted votes - because they voted Barkley). Similar situation in Canada, where currently the government in power was only voted for by 40% of Canadians (the rest voting for centrist parties). America's Senate also requires a 60% majority (de facto) because of filibuster/cloture (which is an oddity in the Western world and gives the minority party basically complete veto power as long as they have 40% or more of the vote). Nobody would really seriously hold up America's electoral system as a role model. No. It's got nothing to do with ethnicity. It means if there's 30% of people who vote for party A, and 50% who vote for party B, and 10% who support party C, then that's how many seats each party gets as a proportion, roughly. Eh, as I said it's not based on ethnicity, and moreover, non-citizens don't get to vote in most countries (including Israel, Australia, and America).

Doet.

And you'd rather silence the people you disagree with? Do you have any evidence of this, or is it just your gut feeling? Maybe your system in Britain is weird, but you only need a 50% majority to pass law here, which means nothing goes wibbly unless both the Opposition party and third parties are opposed to some plan, in which case it probably damn-well shouldn't pass! Rubbish. If Israel didn't have proportional representation, the only groups that would become more powerful are the extremely hawkish ultra-right-wing parties. How does that lead to peace? I'm Australian. We use proportional representation in the house of review (the senate).

It's called having a social life that relies heavily on drinking alcohol.

In the meantime, if you don't get a copy in your country, you can always legally buy it online and have it shipped there.

Wouldn't work very well. I'm pretty sure that the Arab League passed a resolution disallowing Palestinians citizenship in Arab states, precisely so they'd continue harassing Israel instead.

There's a virus on both of your links btw. What? It's Game Trailers. I know - I just had a virus warning in both, that there was a Worm in the links.. Tried following them now, but then I didn't get it.. It sounds more like your browser has been hijacked by a trojan or spyware, Rosbjerg.

I don't have NWN2 or its expansions yet because I don't have a good enough computer, but BH is extra incentive for me to buy these games once I do upgrade.

Well the funny thing is that Arabs make up like 20% of the Knesset (Israeli government) but just cast a vote of no confidence in every decision. Even though 20% is a massive amount and certainly enough to influence decisions, force compromises, and actually represent their constituents. BTW, that's an pretty silly blanket statement about proportional representation, Wals.

Actually, Israel considers it favourably, as does the Palestinian president (responsible for the relative peace in the West Bank), while Hamas rejects it. But Hamas doesn't really get a say in the matter unless they want to start killing predominantly Muslim peacekeepers - which would be a really bad idea, since the world would come crashing down on them like a bag of bricks. It's absolutely short-sighted of you to assume Palestinians will always back Hamas, Volourn, as an epic failure by Hamas in this war is more than enough to switch popular support to the Palestinian Authority and lead to the same situation of calm you see in the West Bank (I bet you thought fighting would continue forever there as well, no doubt).