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That's about the size of it. A very good system as a way to (micro-) manage the character and all the NPCs in the vicinity. Not so much fun to play, though, as it tends to become quite tedious.

Are you raising a point of interest due to the cybernetic nature of HAL 9000, or because it (he) was actually doing what it (he) thought was right ... the first objection would invalidate Shodan, the second would invalidate an awful lot of villainous characters, in literature and real life. E.g. I could mount a pretty convincing argument that Hitler was "just doing what he thought was right" for the German people (apart from the small matter of genocide, of course).

Cigarettes are a leading cause of impotence. BBC News tinfoil hat wearing and chemtrails

Ah. As long as it wasn't an email bomb ... "

I doubt it. The problem is that there is a significant population of people who hate Microsoft and want to hurt the company, and their products are complicated and created by large teams. There will always be bugs, regression errors (where a bug that was fixed in one release is not in a subsequent release, due to the bug being added to one development code and that not being used for the newer release, usually due to simultaneous development by more than one team) and general logic flaws (compromises) in the designs. IE 7 is playing catch-up to Firefox, but should be equivalent in features (Opera still has better features that the others are implementing catch-up); I would predict that IE 7 will not be fall behind Firefox by as much (if at all) again, because M$ is now prioritizing it (and must have some spare capacity when Vista rolls out the door). Firefox is regarded as the underdog, so it doesn't attract every script-kiddie trying to make a name for themselves / stick it to da man, though there are viruses and trojans for EVERY OS, including Linux and OS X.

I agree. I am becoming increasaingly irate with the boot time of my laptop with XP.

Yes, but it will take about a year for GAMES to actually use DX10.

So that's what happened! I must be about 100 of those read requests ...

What did you email the website owners?

And that is the most suitable punishment I can think of.

Only know that there is no spoon.

new link as the old one does work anymore. Nice. linkie IMDb trailer linkies

Well, I think it was a good idea ... maybe it could have been implemented better, but it wasn't awful: certainly adds a bit of depth to the usual selection answer options "1, 2, 5, 2, 4, ..." etc

It may not be as popular with others, but the persuasion mini-game is in fact a meta-game ("flatter" instead of actually selecting the flattery, etc). Nice innovation, even if it isn't as popular as it may have been. I didn't think it was that bad, personally.

Seems pretty straight forward to me.

:Darque:

And I will play them with the patches.

(w00t)

Um, you are now saying that all (RPG) games would not be enjoyable. Which is patently the reverse of the evidence. The comment was not "games on handheld versus games on PC", it was "what sort of RPG on the handheld".

I was drawn into watching The Sting (again) last night, despite being very tired and wanting to go to bed ... Paul Newman was even better than Roberts Shaw and Redford. Brilliant film, with great wheels-within-wheels for all the (healthily) paranoid out there.

Converting a less-detailed signal is AT LEAST going to slow the system down (especially if it is just software). Not exactly conducive to demanding high-definition graphics in the latest games. Also, the fact that they are quoting "p" as "parity" and not progressive makes my query the factual basis of the review ... sounds more like the "software upgrade" will convert 1080i to 1080p. Otherwise it is just an interpolation heuristic.

Iron Jack Flint A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you a tough person. Like the rock flint, you're hard and sharp. But, also like flint, you're easily chipped, and sparky. Arr!