Gorth

Agrarian socialism?

That was my thought too when reinstalling the 3rd time in 2 months

Best thing would be if you could borrow a PSU and try out for a few days. Unfortunately I gave my old Antect TruePower Quatrro 1000W to my dad when I gave him my previous components (pre-I7 architecture). About the HDD's though, I would say it can be darn hard to get anything reliable these days. When I built my curret PC, no less than 3 drives failed withing 2 months. First two Samsung drives, which I got replaced (a different brand). One of the replacement drives then failed and I thought I was cursed. According to the vendor it was unfortunately not unheard of. The symptoms were strange "struggling" noises and a creeping increase in bad sectors. Are your drives new?

I'm using an Antec TruePower Quattro 1200W. Helps keep the place warm during Winter Best question to ask might be, do you have any stability issues or are you planning on adding a handful of extra HDD's? 750W should be plenty for most needs. I got the overkill version because a) I didn't know better and b) the price difference was insignificant when I had to buy all new components anyway (and I planned on adding 6 HDD's and a few extra gadgets). Apart from a seasonal lack of time, it has been a smooth ride so far and quite a relief getting the new 590, as the past constant 'display driver has stopped working...' were really driving me up the wall

Well, North Americans do sometimes write 31st of December, 2011 as 12/31/11 or 2011-12-31, so it might have been a fair question

I've got that one on my wishlist at Gamersgate. I enjoyed the first one tremendously.

Mudcrab! Mudcrab! Mudcrab! Two choc-ices please. I haven't got choc-ices. I only got the Mudcrab. Mudcrab! What flavour is it? It's a crab, innit? It's a bloody mud crab . .. it's not any bloody flavour. Mudcrab! Do you get wafers with it? Course you don't get bloody wafers with it. Mudcrab! How much is it? Ninepence. I'll have two please. Crustacean on a stick. I might have to satisfy my curiosity sooner or later...

Reminds of the time when the Faroe Islands had decided that all the flag waving was good and it was time to become fully independent. They probably had it all planned out from the goodbye speeches to the discussions about a foreign minister until somebody tapped them on their shoulder and said something to the effect of "Great, that means we no longer have to pay billions in subsidies, as that would be a grave insult to a foreign and independent nation to support them like a third world country". First they tried to argue that of course they could be independent and still receive subsidies, but eventually the sillyness of it became obvious to even the most die-hard nationalist and the plans are currently put on hold (last time I checked, about a decade ago).

It took Isabella of Spain (i.e. "the state") to finance Columbus' journey across the Atlantic with nothing but the *potential* of riches as incentive. Today people travel across the Atlantic as if it was just a minor inconvenience, relying on commercial carriers. Different scales, similar mechanisms

Much of Europes history is about the houses of Anjou, Bourbon and Habsburg slugging it out on the battlefields with the Medici's cackling gleefully in the background while financing the wars The "colonial" comparison is actually pretty apt, as it describes the quest of the old strong economies to cultivate new markets and resource sources. I think it was Enoch who described the Greek tragedy as a third world country economy trying to play in a first world league, paraphrased. Now Scotland suddenly wants to throw in their lot too. I can understand the feeling of disenfranchisement (probably not a real word) with having too many layers of administration. Local parliament, then the one in London and finally eurocrats in Brussels trying to assert themselves as executive, unelected rulers of member states. It would have made sense doing it 10 years ago when the common currency was looming on the horizon. The train has probably left the station by now. ...insert Monty Python skit with instantaneous turning into Scotsmen here...

Questions about the independence referendum After having ruled England for centuries (The Stuarts), England is now ruled by the Germans (the Hannovers). Apparently some highlanders thought it time to clamp down on the import of cheap haggis or whatever. Strange, I always thought Belgium would be the next European country to split up, followed by a north/south divide of Italy. Dear Scotsmen, you've picked a hell of a time to join the Euro

I like big worlds and lots of things to do... was part of the charm of the BG's too. I might just get the game some day. Need to finish FO:NV first though, which in itself looks like becoming a Christmas project with my current schedule Like FO3 and FO:NV I'll probably end up playing it when everybody else has finished it a handful of times and moved on

I've heard about some people leaving a bad taste in your mouth... For somebody who hasn't played it, does it compare to anything I'm familiar with? Closest things I can think of would be Witcher 2, Fallout 3 and Oblivion which I tried out a very long time ago (on an xbox, so no mods). The action parts of Witcher 2 sucked and Oblivions story/characters (and level scaling) was a major turn off, yet despite it's warts and all, FO3 had some good qualities. Enough to keep me playing for lots of hours anyway. Just trying to make up my mind if the game would be something that catches my interest enough to keep playing.

I should learn how to do that some day. Maybe start with one shirt. Of course I would need to buy an iron first

Well, it's the only Batman game I've "played" (not enough time to form a real opinion, mind you), so I don't have any references. Mind you, Batman and TR (the originals) are completely different breeds, Batman and later TR games being "fighting" games and older TR games exploration and discovery. Sort of comparing Apples and Oranges. The fist fighting was nice enough, but the constant flailing around of the camera, zooming in and out for "kill cam" effect annoys me in any game. I think my problem is, I really don't care about "interactive movie" effect developers/publishers are trying to push for. I'm sure many gamers appreciate it, I'm just not one of them

If you make it past chapter 4, you can tell me in a few short words how it ends (I gave up on it a short ways into that) Edit: Installed it and tried it for 5 minutes last night. Between steamworks, GFWL DRM and limited activations I'm fairly happy not to have paid any money for this game (it came free with my EVGA card). It plays like a watered down Tombraider, even if the textures are a bit higher resolution

Amazon has a few (assuming you are looking for PC versions). Also check the "Resellers" for more options.

I don't think this "Occupy Something" phenomena is going to accomplish much in itself. I know what I fear and I know what I expect to happen. My fear is that a world without any "leaders" will not get the economy under control and bring the finance system to heel. Increasing social unrest will be the consequence. Even worse if they start panicking and do stupid things like printing money, thinking inflation something to be dealt with another day. Say hello to the global Weimar Republic where agitators and their henchmen rule the street. What I expect to happen, is a slow, never ending pain, where some will try to renovate the financial systems while others will resist as they have a vested interest in maintaining Status Quo. Stagnation until entropy gets the upper hand will be the result. No serious improvement on the horizon the next 10 years. I think I should take up hunting, it might come in handy.

Played 60 seconds of The Witcher 2, just to remind myself why was I put it aside. Ran straight into a QTE and watched my character die, because I couldn't care less. Between the uninteresting story, boring gameplay and piss poor UI, I decided enough was enough and uninstalled it. Rather write it off as a loss than wasting a single hour more of my life on it. Might just use the freed up HD space for that new Batman game I got a steam coupon for when I bought my gfx card. Oh yeah, and start a new game of The Witcher.

Heh, bought all the FO:NV DLC's and installed them. Found the place under data files where I had to select them and loaded my current game in progress (still my first playthrough). Didn't have time to play at all, but just wanted to check it worked. (Insert sound of Gorth being crushed under 3 tonnes of concrete here) Should have had a warning label on the tin that says something like 'Consuming content may result in considerable weight gain' Long live companion inventories.

All FO:NV DLC's at something that looked like half price on steam... I caved in and bought the lot. Looks like I won't need that catchup edition next year after all. Edit: I'm getting weak. Thats the 3rd time I buy DLC's. That is, if the FO3 all in one bundle and Magicka bundles counts >_

I'm an ungrateful bastard. Still, Happy thanksgiving to you North Americans (and Kanadians) >_

I actually have that game. I just completely forgot about it. Have an xbox360 controller too for my PC, which I bought when playing Dead Space. Maybe I should dust it off some day. In the meantime, managed to put in 30 minutes of FO:NV last night. How many shovels are there in this game? I could have sworn I ran across one some time during the beginning and misplaced it, as it was rather heavy at the time (much more interesting junk to carry around). Why isn't there an option to use dynamite to excavate all those graves around the wasteland, I really need to see what is inside them >_

Sorry, my verb thingies are all bunched up. Too much beer on an empty stomach. I _was_ in London today. Not going. Re marbles, suggest you just do as Lord Elgin did, and walk off with them. Come to think of it it just shows how blisteringly lazy the Greeks are that they didn't think of that. There must be some legal term probably written in greek which describes this process. ??????????... when a people completely lose their marbles.

That does suck somewhat. Was it decently insured? It might not be the same as getting the old one back and it doesn't give the satisfaction of kicking a bike thief in the balls, but if you at least get all/most of your investment back, it is easier to move on.