Wolferz

I checked it. Works as designed on my rig.

Noob Commanders are always shocked by the crew's practical jokes... NO:"Tommy, are you going to reverse the polarity on the hyperdrive on this guy? CE:" You betcha! When do you go off duty? I'll set it up to happen when only the Commander is on station."

quote: Originally posted by Shadow5731: EVE has that stuff in it? Glad I didn't get that game then... Pop-ups online are bad enough, you don't need crap like that showing up in a game you bought FROM them too...and SC? I'm glad you don't plan on doing that to us. They aren't popups. It's part of the game's background scenery. No commercial ads at all. Just things like in game wanted posters and storyline garbage. But it still loads this junk on your hard drive. Be very glad you didn't buy this wanker of a game.

quote: Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: Ah yes, intruders; the bane of every Green commander. rotflmao Green Commander, indeed!!! edit: LOL at Ben too. I know how to recover a stolen craft. But this guy wasn't running. He was stuck against the side of Wraith Station, So there was no need to shoot up my shuttle with PTA fire. The stinking Gammulan Cop that stole the craft self destructed it as I approached for tractor lock.

Eve Online has billboards at every jump gate already. So far,the only ads appearing on these hazards to navigation are of the in game type. But, always the big but, the images displayed on these billboards are loaded into a cache file every time you pass by one. After travelling through a huge portion of Eve's HUGE galaxy and encountering a billboard at thirty or more gates, this cache file grows quite large. Filled with hundreds of duplicate images to the point of slowing the game and my PC to a crawl. If an online game starts putting in commercial ads to clog up my hard drive guess what? I won't be playing the game very long.

Currently, Galcom has seen fit to make my ship the location of the First annual Prisonerpalooza. I picked up a detention hold full of intruders out in Lyrius. Tried to offload them at Wraith station. After undocking I check Perscan and find that I still have eight prisoners. So, I head back to Earth and dock at Galcom station for supplies. I go into Tactical/Crew/Prisoners and watch in utter dismay as more prisoners are brought onboard and locked up in my hold. I could only spew five letters after watching this.... WTF SC???? Derek! Ewe evil bastage! I had already lost a shuttle and a fighter to intruders. One of the thieves was a Gammulan cop! He apparently boarded my ship at Wraith station, then went straight to shuttlecraft 4 and launched the second we undocked. He then got the shuttle stuck against the outer spars on Wraith. There were a few goods on the shuttle and a medic who was in the wrong place at the right time. I closed on the shuttle, intending to tractor it in and KABOOM! The Gammulan tit self destructed. Crap! There goes another 3 million credits! Because that eeediot Resnig is always lounging in his quarters and doesn't bother to give an intruder warning, most of the time, I have spent alot of time cloning pilots and alot of money replacing support craft. I have also noticed that intruders will head straight to my research lab and kill my RE the moment her AI hits 21. Truely wicked coding on your part Derek. Derek,It would be extra nice of you to return our ability to beam prisoners into oblivion, I mean c'mon, Why should you care "how" we play the game? As long as we buy it and play it, right? Anyone want to take these 40 prisoners off my ship? They're crimping my play style severely.

Ya got my twenty bucks See? I ain't cheap, old man. I am looking forward to a new round of CTDSDC's

quote: Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: quote:Originally posted by Wolferz: I was extremely glad that my bridge crew draws RT41 shotguns from supply. hehe, yep. Only one problem: Shotguns make such a sticky mess.

OMG! ROTF *cough* LMAO *cough cough hack* *wheeze* That was classic!

That's nothing, I have had as many as two waves of 20 intruders beam directly to my bridge while commanding an Aestrom. It's really discomforting to see 40 prisoners in the detention block while checking perscan. I was extremely glad that my bridge crew draws RT41 shotguns from supply.

LOL I thought I was going to hear some Chinese cursing. Did you notice that the restaurant guys were starting to speak with a little bit of a British accent?

Greetings yoyo, Welcome to the BC universe. Real time is the name of the game. Want your crew to get smarter? Park your Command Carrier on a planet(Space is highly dangerous) and let the program run. Be sure you have enough Radine. There are links at the top of the main board page that cover the rules and regulations for communications here at Galcom. Please peruse them at your earliest convenience. Especially THIS one

The Matrix is coming.

Now now Gentlemen, Not everyone knows about these things because They Don't : have the resources to find the information have The expertise to locate and assimilate the information Have the time needed to perform a study This debate, like so many others around here, is falling into the negative due to snide behavior. I'm guilty of it too and I apologize profusely. It's like this, and I'm sure everyone of us has run into this.... You're working at a job with other people. One of your coworkers discovers a mistake. Instead of just fixing the mistake they make it a point to run and tell the boss, usually graphically fingering the coworker that screwed up. I always made it a point to quietly repair the damage and educate the coworker on their mistake. It's always better to illuminate others if they don't possess the knowledge that we retain. Each of us has had our share of snide instructors that we swore we wouldn't be like. Why be one now? With age comes knowledge and with knowledge comes wisdom. But that gives noone the right to be a wiseass. Think about it Oh, and thank you Cmdr Chavik for the link on Ponzi Schemes. Very educational. Now that I think about it. Social Security IS a Ponzi Scheme and everyone was FORCED to buy into it.

quote: Originally posted by Remo Williams: I wrote off SSI long ago they'll never fix it. You better start a 401k or something along that line. It's way too late for me to do that. I'm at the mercy of the Neocons now I'm afraid. Mr Bush spoke of anyone born prior to 1950 as having nothing to worry about. Yeah, right. I was birthed in 1954, so I guess I'm probably going to get screwed with the rest of the Baby Boomers. But, ha ha, I'm already getting my money back through disability. Sorry to be a burden on the rest of you fine folks. Hold onto your jobs, my future is at stake.

What is a Ponzi Scheme? Anyone with one eye and half a brain could see that the whole deal was a flim flam. But people were less in the know back in the 30's. Since then everything has advanced except the house and the senate. No matter how they slice it, this ham smells. I call it theft by deception. There are alot of people sitting in jail cells for doing the same thing. Q: So why do the politicos get away with it? A: Because they control the law from the bottom to the top and they only do things that are good for them. It's stranger than strange. Mr Bush has given us nothing but vague references on what can be done to fix the problem. I think I can say with reasonable assuredness that whatever is decided will cost us all and someone is going to make a tidy profit from it. I have some ideas for a cure, Take away the president's personal aircraft. That sucker costs alot of money to put in the air and Mr Bush has been using it to tour the country and the world. Alot! Put his arse on a military transport and I betcha he'll keep his butt planted in the Oval Office. Take away the cushy retirement programs the politocos created for themselves. Then we'll see who is genuine in their desire to serve the country and not themself. Pass a law that requires workers to have a 401k plan and show proof of their contributions to it on their tax returns. Fund the current system with a national sales tax of 1%.on the dollar. Doing that alone would probably erase that national debt within a year and provide enough money to give our aging population a decent stipend to live on and better medical care to boot. Start cutting back on the pork barrel spending that provides billions of dollars to their wealthy buddies

Bureau of Public Debt. Indeed! My off! Notice that Mr Bush didn't mention any details about those IOUs But, we all know; [*]Where they came from [*]Who wanted the money [*]What it was wanted for [*]Who wrote the loans Bless your heart Mr Bush, if you think for one second that I'm going to swallow that load of horse manure. America is paying taxes upon taxes to support a huge conglomerate of blood sucking pigs that wallow in an eastern U.S. swamp. Q: Where the hell is all that cash going???? A: Spent it all and then took out loans against future revenues. Spent that. took out more loans, spent that, took out more loans, etc etc ad nauseum..... So, what were you trying to tell us Mr Bush? That those IOU's are being paid with inbound funds from Social Security taxes? Or maybe the interest on the loans? I guess it's all the Federal excise taxes we pay that pays your salary, huh? America will pay for your retirement too Mr Bush, Not Social Security. Let's take a look at what the honorable Mr Bush will get from America when his final term is up... * Thank "Supreme deity of your choice" [*]One hundred thousand dollars a year until he croaks. [*]Then, Mrs Bush gets it until she croaks. [*]A free home (Read Mansion) [*]The best personal security America can buy [*]A couple million dollars on the lecture circuit and maybe a book or two [*]Free medical care by the best doctors Jiminy! I could get by very nicely on $8300.00 a month and free medical. Title of the first book should be.... HOW I SCREWED AMERICA WITH MY BIG DICK CHENEY- Don't worry I used Oil Second book title... It's Great to be the son of a Bonesman Mr Bush and his pals have many more dirty secrets. The latest being; How can we get out of the retirement(Deadbeat) dole out and start making some money off of our workers, without them knowing about it? I don't think that Americans need the Federal Government running their retirement programs. Allowing that to happen would be another travesty like the current system. Maybe we should declare bankruptcy and start over. Oh wait, they changed those rules. That option is out. *Big sigh of relief from the owners of the banks that make up the Federal Reserve* You know, the people that keep floating loans to the government and collecting prime interest from the treasury. Whaddya know? Aren't they the same guys who... [*]lobbied to have the bankruptcy laws changed [*]bombard everyone with credit card offers? [*]promote deficit spending? Yup, same ones. It doesn't matter if they shift gears and change the Social Security arrangement. It's still the government controlling your money and your life. I call Bullshit!

He deserved compensation for wasting his time attempting to return the software. Too long has big biz been getting away with bully tactics. I would have been their worst nightmare. Except for Milady, who has dealt with Microsoft and got her money back for two copies of XP Pro. This was long after thirty days from the purchase date and the software had been opened and installed. I think she WAS their worst nightmare.

"More Cider, SC?

Why is he wasting time playing video games? There are several space shuttles to put up for bid on Ebay.

Maybe we could call it a case in point for the wonders of modern medicine. She was kept alive after the initial trauma in the hope that she might recover. Fifty years ago she would have died in the hospital. That's why I say that we put far too much faith in the healing arts. Modern medicine has made leaps ahead of itself and to what end? To continue living the lie that it can heal our physical miseries. For some it has. But we will meet our physical end no matter what the medical community comes up with to prolong our suffering. Excuse me while I go Bungee jumping. I have a theory to test.

quote: by Jaguar:We care about life, we care about the sick and the helpless. And Terri was about as helpless as they comeLMAO Jag, The quote above is not indicative of the Jaguar I know and it's the most hypocritical statement you have ever uttered. Coming from a guy who professes that he would dismantle Social Security, Medicare, and Welfare if given the chance. Admit it, If Terri Schiavo had been drawing disability and Medicare was paying her medical bills, you would have yanked her feeding tube a year ago. Along with everyone else who has met with physical misfortune and can no longer earn a living. You know. That "survival of the fittest" crap you are always telling us about. Keep walking the fence brother, eventually you'll fall off and hurt yourself. Maybe then you will have the opportunity to walk a mile in extremely unfortunate shoes and your opinions about government funding for the needy among us will do a complete flip flop. For now, spare us your diatribes of feigned concern, please. At least I won't have to be concerned about putting my family through the wringer if I suffer a similar misfortune. I have a Living Will in force. One I prepared some years ago. It states that I am not to be given any artificial life saving treatment If my Homo Sapien robot becomes damaged beyond proper natural function or repair. It gets no jumper cables or a quart of oil.

I stand corrected on the feeding tube. From the news camera footage I have seen of this woman, she isn't a skeleton. I reiterate again, By law it is her husband's right to decide what's best for his family. Not Congress, a court, or even her parents. Forcing anything on another citizen, as Barbara Walters would say, is wong wong wong. Pewiod. Chalk it up to Terri for making a bad decision in a husband and butt out. End of arguement. However, I did hear on the news this morning that Mr Schiavo has now consented to an autopsy. I am well aware that it doesn't help Terri now. but, it's irrelevant how we shuffle off the mortal coil. Terri goes to a much better place.

Well said TAC, It also begs the question; "Why should the line guys want to honor a contract when the brass doesn't?" Combat boot on the other foot so to speak. The grunts have no legal recourse when their TOS contract is broken by the Pentagon and they are literally held as paid slaves beyond the TOS because it's convenient for the military. It's a two edged sword and it cuts both ways. But the poor grunts are given the dull edged weapons thanks to congress. Every swinging **** in the command chain from the CiC on down has been double dealing the enlisted personnel all through this conflict. If they want to sing Duty and honor they should start with themselves first. It's a HMMT (pronounced Himmett) load of Bovine Scatterings in my book. Especially when I consider that the Chief Mo Fo in charge avoided combat duty himself and couldn't even be bothered to make it to his MUTA's I have a message for him; "eff you! and the limo you rode in on"

Stick a G I Joe in it and watch him melt Really cool piece of work.