LostInSpace

Crap, you mean that is hitler. I saw that picture the other day and thought it looked liked him but then thought it was probably a picture of a scientist that just resembled him seeing that one of streets intrests is Physics. Doh!

Talk about runaway technology . A missing unmanned submarine that eluded the U.S. Navy for a week was found Tuesday by a man strolling along a beach in western Norway.

I was never in doubt about this game even with the fiasco. And just think, I'm getting my copy free compliments of buying the ATI 9600xt.

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: Saw the trailer with Van Helsing this past week. I think the headgear part of the costume is. Well, rubbish - and corny looking. It looks just like the Daredevil one, though that one seemed to fit Ben's head better than this. You're right about the headgear. In the Photo Gallery there's a side shot of it. Don't know if anyone can do a better job portraying CatWoman than Michelle Pfeiffer did. However, Halle Berry sure is eye candy .

Can't post about the movie without also talking about the game Catwoman First Look

Catwoman Official Web page all I can say is here kitty kitty kitty!!

I've carried this over into a new topic New Topic

quote:Originally posted by street: "And, if there be NO GOD, NO AFTERLIFE, and NOTHING worth dying for....? do you honestly believe, the united states would exist today, if the founding fathers were not willing to die for what they believe? Again a double standard in philosophy is quite apparent."Thanks for bringing the revolutionary war up it will make for a nice parallel. Anyway, I did not say there was nothing worth dying for just particular suspect ideologies one in which claims that there is a benevolent God and afterlife awaiting them if they blow up as many people themselves included. Do you agree? If you donÔÇÖt, then you are also saying that the TerroristsÔÇÖ and even HitlerÔÇÖsÔÇÖ ideology has/had as much legitimacy as our founding fathers. ÔÇØWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..ÔÇØ IÔÇÖd cut the Creator part out but the rest is of sound principle. Sure you may say that this is just my opinion and youÔÇÖd be right but even I as dumb as I am know good things and not so good things when I see them in other words if it walks like and talks like a duck itÔÇÖs a duck. Anyway about the revolution, King George III and his ilk were putting the tax thumbscrews (among many issues) to everyone and bleeding the Americans dry of a decent way of life and standard of living. No higher purpose than the fight for a way of life they came to this new country to obtain and had it being ripped away from them by King George III. We owe much to our allies in this war, namely the French and American Indians (the ones that fought with the Americans). However, it was mostly the late involvement by the French that we are who we are today because of them for it was only because of the French involvement into our war that we were able to defeat Cornwallis at Yorktown. And donÔÇÖt think for one second that every American was in favor of this war either. These people were called Loyalists because they wanted to remain subject to the English. Starting to get the picture yet? No well let me break this down for you. 1: Tyranny under Saddam Hussein (Tyranny under King George III) 2: Economic and Political hardship under the Saddam regime (again King George III) 3: ÔÇ£In American history, the Loyalists, or Tories, were the men and women who refused to renounce allegiance to the British crown after July 1776; they demonstrated that the American Revolution was a civil war as well as a quest for independence. Approximately 500,000 persons, 20 percent of the white population, actively opposed independence; probably a like number were passive Loyalists. There were Loyalists in every colony, but they were most numerous in the Mid-Atlantic states and in the South.ÔÇØ Much like we see today in Iraq. There are just those who wanted to keep Saddam and his policies in power for one reason or another. The majority of the population wanted him gone but unlike the early Americans they had to contend with very power weapons and because Saddam controlled the media we just donÔÇÖt know what kind of home grown resistance there was. Saddam didnÔÇÖt have a bunch of doppelgangers running around for nothing. So like the French did for us we did for the silent majority in Iraq. Sure we have our motives but so did the French with us. Would you say that the French should not have gotten involved because of their less than shiny motives in aiding those that wanted to break from England and remove the Tyranny imposed by King George III? And in the end England and America are the best of friends. We can all hope the same goes this way between us and Iraq and wish them a full and peacful prosperity now that Saddam is gone. [ 05-11-2004, 01:32 AM: Message edited by: LostInSpace ]

quote:Originally posted by street: 1: It takes a DIFFERENT kind of strategy to eliminate the kind of threat,.............. It takes an INTELLIGENT mind, NOT a powerful military, to have victory in this arena. 2: which has NO physical, governmental BODY, And NO specific PHYSICAL location. 3: Even Germany's great military machine, and their SS were no match for the spirit of the underground. 1: What strategy do you propose? The kind of mindset you state does not matter in the least. Weather you're an idiot or genius you are still vulnerable to other people's mindsets. That's the problem. This is not an issue of intelligence but ideology. When I say ideology, I'm talking about religion. Do you think those suicide bombers would be so fast to kill themselves if they knew that God is just a construct of our minds to keep us from going mad about death. No afterlife glory, no heaven, no hell, no green fields to run through when ya pass on. Nothing, absolutely nothing. When you are dead, that's it. If people had that kind of mind set, I bet if someone approached them to sacrifice themselves for their god or the person issuing the request they'd say "You want to make a point, you do it yourself". 2: Don't kid yourself with that. These people would not be able to exist without taking refuge in other peoples back yards or given safe haven there. 4: Again, don't kid yourself. We just got lucky with that. Do you think that Hitler would have gone as far as he did if we intervened sooner in that mess. But nooooo, as usual we sat on our a$$es while he trampled and took over Europe and anyone else he could think of he'd like to take over.

All of you are forgeting one thing also: People learn differently and at different rates of speed. This is not taken into consideration in any school system. Everyone must be taught the same and expected to learn at the same pace with that in mind it's either sink or swim. I, myself, am a visual learner. I cannot (and hate) just sitting there listening to some teacher/professor drone on day in and day out about any particular subject. Too bad I was a bit late for this multimedia revolution. I bet you if I was going to school during 90's I'd get all A's and that would be just elementary school. I tell you, I've learned more from the History, Discovery channels (Discovery science, Discovery civiliation etc..) and PBS (for PBS I'm talking about the teacher taping service they offer from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.) and Cuny channel(City university of New York). From programs like Mechanical Universe (physics), World of Chemistry (college edition they also have a high school version), Earth Revealed (college geology) and many many more. I've learned more from watching these programs that I have in all the years of sitting and listening to a teacher. But alas, in school you are expected to learn the same way as everyone else. Reminds me of that segment Another Brick in the Wall in the Pink Floyd the wall movie. I hope you all know the scene I am referring to. If not, it's an animated part with a teacher grabbing a hand full of kids and putting them into a meat grinder and all coming out the same old shape. All in all were just another brick in the wall. For your entertainment: "You! Yes, you! Stand still laddy!" When we grew up and went to school there were certain teachers who would hurt the children anyway they could by pouring their derision upon anything we did and exposing any weakness however carefully hidden by the kids But in town it was well known when they got home at night their fat and psychopatic wives would thrash them within inches of their lives We don't need no education We dont need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone! All in all it's just another brick in the wall. All in all you're just another brick in the wall. We don't need no education We dont need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone! All in all it's just another brick in the wall. All in all you're just another brick in the wall. "Wrong, Do it again!" "If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?" "You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still laddy!" And in the end the trial sequence: Call the schoolmaster! I always said he'd come to no good In the end your honor. If they'd let me have my way I could Have flayed him into shape. But my hands were tied, The bleeding hearts and artists Let him get away with murder. Let me hammer him today. [ 05-10-2004, 02:32 AM: Message edited by: LostInSpace ]

Just a little more info on how this whole fiasco came to light. Headline:Had courage to tell the truth

quote:Originally posted by Wolferz: The whole incident smells of frame to me. 'nuff said. You know I was going to say that yesterday but I thought better of it. "Oh here comes the conspiracy nut again" is all I kept hearing in my head. All the events of this just doesn't smell right to me. That the pictures were taken in first place, the way they were posed for and then emailed. How brain numb are those people. Don't they realize you never email sensitive things like that or for that matter how proud can one be to even take pictures of this. Proves my point about dying for this country. I'll go to war to protect my family (and even some of them are questionable too) but not anyone else.

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: quote:Originally posted by eyequeue: Hmmmm, I've uninstalled Clone CD and still have the issue. I've now since uninstalled Norton and still have the issue. I can't figure this one out. Then you must have some remnants of CloneCD still on your system. I agree. I was chatting with him last night thru IM and told him just that. Recommended that he scan his registry and delete any Clone CD entries he finds in there. I also recommended that he try DennyMala's solution (since he has XP also) "uninstalled and reinstalled CLONE CD and the small sheep head returned in the task bar, I unticked the indicated option and boom.... the game starts again." Hope all this helps him out. (Not a question but a rumination) It's still odd as to why the safedisk is picking up the clone cd this time around though since you have stated "The RC7 patch and the 2.00.00 patch both use the same version of SafeDisc." Curious that but oh well I don't use the Clone Cd that often so uninstalling it is no big deal. I just thank god that it wasn't Nero burner then I would be in doggy poo cause I use that one all the time for file backups. [ 05-08-2004, 01:07 PM: Message edited by: LostInSpace ]

quote:Originally posted by echo: I think she should be forced to have her tubes tied. I am soo tired of people! I agree but the problem is will this issue end there? Knowing how the government and legal system is they have a tendency to go to far. If they get away with it this time, there is no telling if they won't go further and try this on any person they in "their wisdom" deem unfit to be a parent and bare children. That is what the danger is here. I'd rather see them force adoption and make the adoption process easier and get them out of the foster care system rather than them issuing a forced medical procedure. There are so many people in this country that can't have children and would love to have them but the adoption process in this country is a joke. I can give you an example my sister who's a trained nurse and her husband who's a cop and for one reason or another couldn't have children even going the medical intervention route twice which didn't take still had to wait years before they could even be considered a candidate for adoption then had to wait years until the adoption is final. They got so disgusted with this system here they went to china and adopted a baby took only a year and a half between all the government paper work for this country and china. Does that make sense or what? Our government makes it more easier to adopt a baby from another country than it does it's own home grown babies. It's insane I tell ya.

A couple has been ordered not to conceive any more children until the ones they already have are no longer in foster care.. Hmmm, not sure how to react to this. On the one hand I agree but on the other civil liberties are being trampled on.

Okay found the problem. Strange I'm getting this problem now since I didn't get it with the RC7 patch. The problem was my Clone CD install. So I Un-installed it and as in the previous posts above solved the issue.

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: quote:Originally posted by eyequeue: Hello All, I get this same error after applying the new UC 2.00.00 patch (downloaded at 3D Gamers, the first site on the list.) UC ran fine with the RC7 patch. After installing 2.00.00 I get... CD/DVD emulation software has been detected. Please disable all CD/DVD emulation software and re-start the game. Read this and send in the NFO file and I'll look into it tomorrow. The RC7 patch and the 2.00.00 patch both use the same version of SafeDisc. So I think that something must have changed on your system in the interim. And why do you still have Norton AV running? I'm running into the same problem CD/DVD emulation software detected.... I haven't had this problem with the intial install and the R7 patch but I'm getting it now. The only programs running in the background are Explorer and Systray as usual when I run UC. I will tell you that when I first click on the UC icon I get the splash screen and the game is reading off the CD like mad (as usual) then just as you think the game is going to run the message appears. BTW: I did think I borked the patch when I first got the message so I uninstalled the game, deleted the directory and any entries to the UC install from the windows98se registry. I reinstalled the game and ran it before patching and no problem. Patched it with this current patch and got the CD/DVD message again. Nothing has changed at all with my system since originally installing UC. I'll keep playing around with it until I find the culprit causing the problem. Just wanted to let you know.

Hah, I'm one of those window 98SE die hards and so are alot of people I know that have used XP and went back to 98. I knew it was only a matter time until developers would buckle under the pressure of Bill Gates and his new wack OS's. However, it does say it's unsupported, not that it will not install under the other OS's. So if I run into any problems, I'd have to iron it out myself. All the other stats I'm more than covered for it.

quote:Originally posted by Scrivener: 3:4 aspect ratio. In widescreen you get the full image as it was recorded. I said Time Bandits was an exception - as it was actually filmed in 3:4 then cropped for the big screen, Not meaning to nit pick but I do believe you mean 4:3 aspect ratio.

quote:Originally posted by Wolferz: And we all know Hemp makes better rope and clothing than Nylon ever could, Using only the oil needed to run the farm equipment used for tilling it.(insert double middle finger Graemlin here) directed at the Big money behind Big Government. Bayer(the man who brought us mustard gas and holocaust human experimentation) cried because he couldn't sell enough aspirin, and DuPont cried because he couldn't sell enough of his new Nylon wonder material, due everyone's preference for goods made from Hemp fiber. So our steadfast Stewards in DC smiled and said, " Don't worry boys, we'll fix everything for ya." Right before they deposited the big campaign checks in their accounts. Fabrics Hemp Industry (Thailand) Co.,Ltd. The Alternative Fiber Pulp Mill Potential of Industrial Hemp to Displace Fiber from Forests Hemp for fibre, food and fuel "Hemp oil is so versatile that it can be used instead of diesel fuel or you can fry tempura in it. Before petroleum and electric lightbulbs, lamps burning hemp seed oil illuminated homes around the world. One ha of seed hemp produces about 1000-1500 litres of hemp oil plus several thousand kg of cellulose-rich fibre. One ha of fibre hemp produces about 8000-11000 kg of dry biomass. As a renewable resource from living plants hemp does not contribute to the greenhouse effect. The growing plants absorb as much CO2 as will later be released when oil or other plant matter is burnt. Unlike fossil fuels (oil, coal, gas) or nuclear fuels hemp could supply us with raw materials for thousands of years, without ever changing our climate and without producing waste that remains radioactive for millions of years." Have a good read I did. Do I smell fear from some industries?

quote:Originally posted by Scrivener: Just when we thought adventure games would be making a comeback all the big studios cancel the most promising projects. Bastards. Guess all I have to look forward to now is Dreamfall: The Longest Journey 2. Don't forget about the upcoming Leisure Larry. Anyway, too bad Gabriel Knight is tied to Sierra I'd love to see another one. I don't understand that mentality. They don't want to make another adventure game cause it might not sell as well a FPS or whatever and then refuse anyone wanting to buy the rights to the game that they know they will never make again.

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: OK, I found this quite amusing. Umm, I'd like to know why some people insist in posting their opinions in a theme that is for Technical support. The other theme (you must remember it where everything was the wild wild west on dreamcatcher) is where that belongs if it still existed. Oh well, I guess some will still keep trying.

quote:Originally posted by Kalshion: And Bush is responsible... how exactly? Just because they added that doesn't mean jack crude, it's a FEDERAL thing (GOVERNMENT not ADMINISTRATION) You're right. I didn't have time to research the issue because I needed to get to work. Call it a heat of the moment thing when I saw the Email and the first thing that came to mind was Bush and his 2007 plan. In, fact this FUSF was initiated 1996 during clinton's reign. FCC NTIA's Guide Oh, I'm not done yet I'm gunna find out what culprit initiated this in the first place. I'll be dammed if I'm gunna pay $2-$3 a month so that others (those of low income or just plain lazy bums with 5+ kids and more on the way who live off of welfare) afford a phone and internet connection. It's bad enough that the taxes and fees on my phone bill almost equal what I spend for my calls. Now they have the nerve to hit me up for $3 more bucks. I'm mad as hell now and I'm not gunna take it no more!!! States Decry FCC's Universal Service Plan "Competition is supposed to drive down rates, but who will want to compete where the infrastructure is so much more expensive?" My sentiments exactly. [ 05-05-2004, 11:43 PM: Message edited by: LostInSpace ]

WTF!? I just found out how Bush is going to pay for this and I am mad as hell now!! Dear Valued Verizon Online DSL Member, We'd like to inform you of an important charge that will affect your Verizon Online DSL bill. Starting May 1, 2004, Verizon Online will begin adding a monthly Supplier Federal Universal Service Fund (FUSF) Recovery fee on DSL Service. Verizon Online is assessed the FUSF fee by its suppliers (companies that provide the network services Verizon Online uses to bring you DSL service), which are required to contribute to the Federal Universal Service Fund on revenues they receive for transporting Internet services over telephone lines. The fee will be no greater than the current quarterly rate set by the Federal Communications Commission to cover the FUSF fees Verizon Online pays to its suppliers. For the vast majority of our customers, the fee will be between $2.00-$3.00. Some customers with higher-grade DSL services, primarily business customers, will pay more depending on their type of service. While the price of your Verizon Online DSL Internet service itself will be the same, your bill will now include this new additional monthly charge. More information is available online at www.verizon.net/fusf. Thank you for choosing high-speed Verizon Online DSL. We value your business. Sincerely, Verizon Online"

quote:Originally posted by Wolferz: 1:Corporate America wipes its' feet on the Bill of Rights on a daily basis and our governments back it. 2:It's really sad to even entertain the idea that "Big Money" controls our freedom. You are only as free as your bank account will allow.1:Our government is guilty of this as well not just corporations. So of course our government is going to back whatever corporations do because it'll take the heat of them. 2:That's the way it has always been. You've got the cash you go to washington and lobby the politicians for your own social restrictions or agenda. Some lobby types comes to mind are cigarettes, food, games, broadcasting etc.. The one that really ticked me off was the food one IE Mcdonald's super size fries. Now comon! I weigh 165 and have never gone above 175 no matter how many super sized fries I ate in a day which is just one order since it was just right amount for me. Now with the banning of it I'll have to order two large fries to make up the difference which will now cost me more and give me more fries to eat. Don't you think that overweight people are going to do the same? Banning the super size isn't going to stop them eating. It's just insane. The only thing they did was take away my freedom of choice. Why should I be made to suffer cause of some idiot who can't control their eating. If you people aren't careful, alot of things will be taken away very sneakily under the guise of "it's in your best interest that we take this freedom away" which I've advocated they were going to start doing since the cigarette bans cropped up and they got away with it. It's amazing what you can get away with if you got the cash to back it up. I've used this cigarette ban analogy before and I'll use it again. A drafty runs from the front line back to his command post "Private what are doing back here?" "Sir, it's a mess up there. All my friends are getting blown to bits! Could I please have a pack of cigarettes? Just to calm my nerves." "No private. Your government in it's wisdom specificaly states it will not supply cigarettes because they are the leading cause of death. Now get back to the front line!" So much for the freedom you speak of.