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quote:Originally posted by mentis: if you're a fan of the series there are things you should be aware of: And if you're not a fan, and want to give one of them a try, you can download and play Ultima IV legally and for free from many sites, including my old one, Download Ultima IV Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: Just look at that mug I can't wait untill spammers and virus-writers (who basically work together these days, just look at MyDoom and all the latest outbreaks before that, they were all designed to turn millions of computers into happy spam-speweing proxys) will start using these defenses. Can you see that? Sorry, I was just hired by some spammer to make this. Yes, I know i am causing billions of dollars each day in damages and lost time, space and bandwith, but I can't pay it from my allowance so you can't punish me. Makes me mad, it does. Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

quote:Originally posted by echo: I know most of you guys build your own machines, however I am hoping someone can give me ideas or help me make decisions.Hello, If you are smart, you don't buy a machine from HP, DELL or any other brand. Why? Because you only buy a label on the outside, and junk on the inside. I often had people complain to me, and lose data, simply because something broke, and they put in a new no-name brand part in it, which made windows lose it's guts and lose years of people's documents and such. Sure, that doesn't happen all the time. But the best thing to do, is to buy brands inside the computer, so that if something breaks, you can get that fixed, and if that doesn't work out, at least buy just one replacement, that can cost you only half till 1/5th of the price that brands charge for no-name stuff. So, in short, brands inside, not outside. You will get a machine that runs faster, better, longer, and cheaper then one with a brand outside. Greetings, wouter Dijkslag

Hmm.. blown up hardware? My latest thing is that I fried a AMD athlon 1Ghz, I replaced the fan and everything was fine, but after a few minutes it jumped off by itsself and that chip was a goner. Weird though, no magic smoke came out. First thing I ever burned out was a ZX Spectrum, I simply used it too much, so the cables to the keyboard (made of paper) burned out. Almost all Spectrums have this problem. Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

Hi, At first I thought they found out about me, but as yet I'm still undiscovered. Phew. Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

Hi, I feel a bit the same as Draeda, these days it seems people don't see the consequences of their actions. And also, I wanted to add something. The kind of things that happens in such institutions are not rare. They go on daily in almost every mental hospital. When you have a simple disease such as schizophrenia, or something like that, they just drug you and you can be in society, no probem, but as soon as you have anything that is not so easily identifiable, they will use any means neccesary to not cure you, but to break your personality, so they can build something from the pieces that can function in society. This institution simply doesn't try to find out what is wrong first, but just breaks a mind and builds it from the ground up. So, it is not rare at all. Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag P.S. And yes, I speak from experience, my parents put me in a mental hospital for 3 years.

quote:Originally posted by Cmdr Nova: Also, it seems that SunnComm decided to back off. [/QB]This article from news.com has a bit more sinister words about what SunnComm bas said: SunnComm won't sue grad student Basically saying, they are dropping it because it would take too long. Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

Hi, I bet I can get sued next! Let's see, Hmm.. How to turn Autorun off without using a Shift key Yep! That's getting sued without actually using or doing anything. What a wonderful world we live in. Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: uhm, wow? When I play these games, I like the violence. Afterwards, I feel relieved, and relaxed, and got rid of my agression. So, my theory is probably that we would not see this kind of news, if we didn't have games, because people would be so violent, and agressive, that these things would happen daily. *checks crime statistics* Oops, sorry, I guess it happened before games too. Scratch that theory. So, what's next? Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: ...when you have this? Hmmm... asteroid, R.A.N.D.O.M.... However Resnig gets it, as long as it splatters him that's fine by me. Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: If you speak French, post in here please. Bonjour. Je ne pas speaky the frenchy. But if you nice lady, I frenchy you non? Mais non de French lenguage, me no speaky. Only frenchy-frenchy. Si? Comprende Senor? Au revoir, Wouter Dijkslag Oh! Me stupido! I forget to put in zee little fishy! Babelfish Oh, I've been in the french airport Charles De Gaulle near Paris a few times, they don't speak English so I had to save myself with the few words I know. Merde! that was so hard! Adios!

Hello, quote:Originally posted by IceCold: My vessel is the I always use Dragon as a name, because I'm an Ultima dragon, or Red Dwarf, when I'm going anywhere and have no idea what I'm doing or where I'm going Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

Hi, I get -6.00/-3.74 But I have no idea what that should mean for anyone, so I guess it's just what you make of it Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

Hi, Just wanted to say, one of these days I should sue the US for not being able to do such things over here since there seems to be some more sense into people Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: Yeah, I'd like to be ruined like that. Where do I sign up? Hmmm.. well, The Sims was a fairly niche market, so I guess what you do, is you take some idea, and then make a game out of it. But not another hack & slash game, something new, or something original that others haven't done. Then, you get it out to people, and build a nice customer-base, with things like forums and downloads and nice screen-shots where people want to go and be a member of a great community and be fulfilled in awe with the new updates and updated state-of-the-art products. I guess, not everybody can do this however, but you seem like a guy who can might be able pull it off Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

quote:Originally posted by kiloton: I want to hear it, too. Hi, I put the song on my website, so you can download it there too: The song Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

quote:Originally posted by Aleksey Kichigin: cause in nvidia's site old drivers absent. there is a link to archive (for old version of detonator), but its deadHello, Did you bother to actually go to nVidia's site, at http://www.nvidia.com and select download drivers, and followed the instructions for downloading the graphics drivers? Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: Each and every member of the armed forces is required to take an oath to the constitution of the United States.Unfortunatly, there is no constitution in the US, The patriot act thing that was passed after 9/11, is so that the president can declare a national emergency without explaining what this emergency is, which suspends any human rights and the constitution, for an indefinate period of time. So all the US is right now, is two words away from a dictatorship. Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

quote:Originally posted by fendi: And now GI Joe has to contend with playing with Ken in jail for a very long time..So Ken was pimping Barbie? No wonder GI went a bit strange at the airport and got arrested. I'd get mad if my girlfriend did that too, imagine, landing at the airport in your cruiser, and then hearing your girlfriend has been out and about. They should have arrested Ken, not GI Joe! Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

quote:Originally posted by Epsilon 5: Subject: Confidential Business Proposal These are called Nigerian scams, or 419's. Never reply to them, as you can end up getting killed: Nigerian scams As with most spam, it is best to report them to the originating ISP's, since these people are breaking the TOS of the ISP. Also, it might be a good idea to get the relevant authorities involved. Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

Hi, In your info I see you use the 28.32 drivers, which are not current, they are the 29.42 drivers. If your monitor clicks, usually it means it turned itself off, I see that your monitor is up to 7 years or so old, so maybe it is simply worn out and broken, it may not be BCM, especially not if it happens with other games and general applications too. Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

Hi, In my mind, whenever I see 'a true story' I always read 'somebody truly wrote this fairytale' Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

Hello, Whenever you get a new operating system, the best thing to do is backup your data, then wipe the system and install the new operating system, with all drivers meant for the new operating system. Then, if something does not work, follow the standard troubleshooting-procedures. Upgrading from one OS to another usually leaves files and things behind that affect the new operating-system, and may be the cause of lots of trouble. Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

Hi, MG didn't come out for FMSX, it came out for the MSX home computer. Funny that those old machines (they came out in the beginning of the 80's, untill the beginning of the 90's) had better sound and graphics capabilities then PC's for a while because there are still people developing new hardware for them. Konami rocks. As a matter of fact, right next to this computer, I have a MSX-2 hooked up to a 400MB harddisk, and I have about 5-10 others around. If you want MG, you can get everything from http://www.classicgaming.com/metalgear/ More info about MSX etc at http://www.faq.msxnet.org Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag

Hi, I feel sorry for the computer... Being abused, and such. No computer deserves that fate. But then again, mine behave properly most of the time so I'm biased towards that hehe Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag