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Not if you don't like the taste of it... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The human animal is an omnivore. Sure, one doesn't have to eat meat, it's just that the alternative is very very difficult to maintain. For example, brain-surgery patients in hospital are fed brains. This is mainly because the proteins are readily absorbed in their state: manufacturing a different sort of protein form another is quite resource-intensive and non-trivial. Also, a study of vegans a few years ago (no details, sorry) found that nearly all of them were deficinet in most B group vitamins, and all of them were deficient in B12, which causes problems with thinking ... So make sure you get all the micro-nutrients that are found in meat products from whatever substitute you eat ...

As long as they adhere to the standards, rather than make their own up (which they, and the others, usually do), then I don't see that as "stealing", more "subscribing to the standard" ...

Internet Explorer 7 has been given the green light as far as rendering behaviour is concerned and the latest version unveiled at the MIX06 conference will remain the standard, aside from bug fixes and security updates, until launch. Markus Mielke on the IE7 development team wrote in the team blog that 'we don't plan to add more layout features or drastically change layout behaviour'. This means that certain features won't make it into the first release of IE7: CSS display tables and generated content are mentioned. CSS expert Eric Meyer wrote in response that this is the point from which web developers will be expected to test and tweak websites to get them working with the new version of IE: 'We have a calm period of at least three months in which to find out how things stand before IE7 goes final.' IE7 is due to go to a final release in the second half of the year, following a preliminary Vista Beta2 release for the browser. Mielke added that the IE is working on 'a public bug database where you can submit your issues, track their progress and see when we internally fix an issue' - a feature not unlike Mozilla's Bugzilla, used to channel bugs found in its products. Meyer claims that despite the clear indications that Microsoft has been paying close attention to the success of Firefox for IE7, this should not be viewed negatively. 'The IE team has looked over what happened while they were in hibernation and is emulating the best of it. That's not lame, that's smart. And it should have other browser makers a little bit worried. A lot of their success has been due to Microsoft's complacency. They're going to have to be a lot sharper and more nimble now that the 800 pound gorilla is actually awake and paying attention to its surroundings.' Matt Whipp

What do you mean? (Aren't ALL Tombraiders auto-aim?)

Doesn't Ford own Rolls Royce? "

A US judge has deemed that Michigan's attempts to ban retailers from selling violent video games to children is unconstitutional. The ruling is a success for trade groups representing US games publishers, which filed a lawsuit last year. Federal District Judge George Caram Steeh has ruled in favour of a lawsuit declaring that the law is unconstitutionally vague and limits First Amendment rights (regarding freedom of expression), reports The Washington Post. The governor of the US state signed the law in September, which was intended to take effect 1 December 2005, but Judge Steeh issued a preliminary injunction back in November. His latest ruling, made at the end of last week, will make the injunction permanent. 'Video games contain creative, expressive free speech, inseparable from their interactive functional elements, and are therefore protected by the First Amendment,' the paper quotes Judge Steeh in his ruling. A spokesperson for Governor Jennifer Granholm said she would discussing legal options, including the possibility of appeal. Michigan is not alone in trying to curb the sale or rent of violent games to minors - California, Illinois and Washington are among those who have attempted similar legislation, which has also been struck down or put on hold. Alun Williams

Oh, i just noticed that the version tested was XBox! So there is still no definitive comment on the PC version!

I used to have this problem with my 6600GT while playing HL2. However, in my case it seemed to be completely random. I don't believe my card was overheating. My best guess was that either some pipes in the GPU or some of the memory modules were buggy and couldn't take the high clock speeds. Eventually my card blew up. I don't know if the blowing up had anything to do with this problem, though. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Mus?, I got that a few times when I was playing Bioware's KotOR for more than ten hours straight: those sort of artifacts seem to be more memory related, rather than heat. (Once I rebooted it was fine.)

http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=81800# It has a LOT of special features. The best part is that it has two different spaces for the PSU/HD's and motherboard/CPU. There's a huge fan supplying the lower part (PSU/HD's) of the case with cooling, and TWO huge fans supplying the bigger, upper part (motherboard/CPU) with lots of cooling. It's also built in aluminum, with three layered sides and plates everywhere, seriously reducing the sound levels from the fans. The HD's are fastened on silicone "pillows", which hinders vibration noises from transplanting through the chassis. It's perfect for those noisy Raptor drives. It's also very robust and cleverly built, with a lot of nice touches everywhere. It feels well thought-out. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Custom PC just did a lab test on cases, and the Antec came out best for heating. (They used a temperature-controlled chassis-testing chamber from Intel's Platform Engineering Department, together with a

Well, at least he's a dead-end in the germ-line ...

open a window ... "

Here's a positive review from game No surprises that they give it a thumbsup; I don't remember them even reviewing other games before ... I don't like this sound of this: ... Too much like the pretentious nonsense that AoD was trying to be. I think that just about sums it up ...

Steam allows me to log onto any PC that is internet-conneted (download Steam, if necessary, which is < 1MB), and play all of my registered Steam games. That's brilliant.

Mr Wookiee, meet Steam.

You are decended from the legendary line of asterices?!

He has been assimilated by the collective!

*note to Hades's physician: reduce dosage marginally*

I believe the audition process is to write a brief paragraph here ... ... or in a PM if you are a wussy.

OMG! You use Outlook!?

Meat is your friend!

You have a better half?

Well, it would mean uninstalling Tombraider 3, which I am about 2/3 of the way through (but have stopped playing because it is so tedious: I'm just at the kayak bit). Hmmm. You're right! (w00t)

But you won't want to play the first game after the second one ... :|