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It truly is a shame to watch something like this unfold. EA has the market cornered except for a few of the larger game companies and I am sure if someone were to call unfair/unsanitary business tactics, the feds and judges would point and laugh. If I walk into a gaming store one day and see nothing but one or two game companies including EA, I will hurl on spot. First Microsoft then Wal-Mart now EA. I think a more or less fitting equation would be: Microsoft + Wal-Mart = EA

This is a common problem when you forget to install the AGP Controller drivers... Go to Start Menu, Control Panel, System, Hardware, Device Manager. Click on System devices. Make sure you have a Processor to AGP Controller driver installed. When I bought an Nvidia card, they did not remind you to do this. The recent ATI card I bought makes a point of it however. If you can not find the driver then theres your problem. Heres what mine looks like. Intel® 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Processor to AGP Controller - 2561

All of this is really covering the much more important and mind boggling issue. That is, irresponsible uneducated immature people are allowed to reproduce. Its then up to society to parent and pay for what is now a burden. This is where TV, computers and video games become the parents... and all of which are far from ideal. You want the largest internal problem the US faces? IMHO, here it is.

I also had some questions relating to a hardware upgrade... instead pertaining to the FSB and processing power of 2 chips. Chip 1: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (2.2GHz) 1600MHz FSB (NO HTT) 512KB Cache socket 939 at $284 boxed Chip 2: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (1.8GHz) 2000MHz FSB (with HTT) 512KB Cache socket 939 at $148 boxed In both instances, I would be running low latency 1GB Dual Channel (2 sticks) DDR PC3200 RAM a 7200RPM 8MB Cache 9ms seek hard drive and Radeon 9800 with 256MB DDR-SDRAM. Not so much worrying about money, which chip would have the best performance overall on games? Obviously, higher numbers are better but I am also wondering about optimization between all of these components. Is there an easy way to tell what the best clock/FSB/RAM/HD pipeline (hard drive transfer rate) numbers would be to get maximum performance or any combination of the above? If you know a tech site that covers this question please share Thanks in advance

I went to see National Treasure expecting it to be good and was pleasently surprised. It was the first exceptional movie I have seen in a while. There are only a couple parts which were rough around the edges that left you feeling awkward, otherwise very well done. 9/10

*struggles to breathe while salivating* Must... have... now... gah...! Computer is getting an overhaul for this game If it is leaked before the release date, there are going to be some heads to kick in...

Grand Theft Auto: San Andres Knights of the Old Republic 2 Battlefield 2 btw, nice sig/quote Grayfox.

hmmmm... What is happening with Lucas Arts? When was the last time they released an exceptional game? X-wing vs Tie Fighter?

Props to the Doom 3 fans out there who are willing to spend time and mod this game making the experience all the much better and increasing the lifetime of this game past what it would have been.

And they changed the original UO big time from UO: Renaissance edition. Did they want to become trendy and go with more of an Everqrack feel? Personally I feel UO: Renaissance was the best mmorpg ever to be released; I loved the feeling it conveyed. You do not need awesome graphics if you sell the game on gameplay. After they pulled that whole 3d stunt in the following versions, I stopped paying my UO bill and said good bye. Feels like they are just making silly mistakes now and throwing in the cards when the stakes get high. Cancel this, cancel that, lets make this more trendy... blah blah blah. Guess you can not blame them for wanting a bigger crowd eh? Then again if they kept something original running and started making better games like Ultima X: Odyssey, they would have their own fan base.

I had a very similar problem with my modem line. There used to be two lines in my house. One for house calls and the other for personal modem use. It was great for a long while until I started having sporadic connection problems. The early stages included not being able to connect, authentication problems, and being disconnected at random times. The later stages were when I did not even have a dial tone on the modem line. I would have to switch over to the house line which never had any problems and was part of the same phone company. I would call them up to see whats up and they would tell me you have to switch wires around inside the wall... but it worked fine before. Not quite sure what was happening to my modem line to this day, but it seemed like a lot of unnecessary bs was going on with the phone company. Personally, I have had alot of phone line issues regarding the internet. I heard high speed internet (cable) was very good in the area I live and I have since then switched and dropped the modem line. There have been no issues thus far for over a year now. How many lines do you have? Did Verizon check lines in your house or on the box? Do you know any one in your neighborhood with high speed internet connections (cable)?

quote: Only because, IRAQ was, and still is, an insignificant 3rd World country!!, who could only be a threat to an even smaller and more insignificant neighbor. Certainly NO ONE else!!. Okay I was not going to get involved till this post popped up. Do you have any idea the kind of person that was leading Iraq at the time? No, you do not, because if you did you would not have said the above. Saddam Hussein had no regard for his people or for human life. He treated his own followers like garbage yet they still had and have the devotion to blow themselves up on command. A person with this mindset and any kind of country with that amount of devotion is not only a threat to his neighbors, but a threat to the well being of mankind. Only threaten smaller insignificant neighbors? Lets not forgot what put us in this war... a smaller insignificant 3rd world country taking a chunk out of the free world super power that is America on 9/11. We are in this spot because the only words Saddam would understand is a kick to the ass and the loss of his power... 3rd world or not.

GhostPilot and DennyMala said it... With HJ transit and recharge times of 15 seconds and a double payload of the other shuttles, there is no question which shuttle is superior completing trading runs, cargo pod wreckage grabs or any other long range operation suitable for a shuttlecraft.

Megaron all the way. Fell in love with it in BCMG, and it is still the best all around starship in UC. The fact it has no MK1 shuttles is the biggest down side for me because I love doing trading runs with them.

Whoa, wait a min, you mean, save anywhere?! Wow, this is huge!... Even more shocking is the fact they are STILL working on this game. Anyone actually know what engine they are building it around?

If the bots were not pathetic, like I knew they would be, then I would consider buying BFV. You would think they could have made improvements on them from the original, but they behave poorly as ever. As for UT2K3 and UT2K4, there is just too much. I get the feeling someone is trying too hard to impress. They got it right with UT creating an awesome gaming experience; then create UT2K3 changing some mechanics of the original's gameplay and generally adding too many unnecessary extras. You want a success story to go off of? Half-life and Counterstrike. Counterstrike is just a mod! And if we are not limited to FPS... Diablo and Diablo 2. Infact, all of Blizzard's games have a similar 'feel' to them; you need look no further for a good example. Oh well, UT is still great fun. Maybe they will learn by UT2K5

Very nice There seems to be one more I can think of. I DON'T CARE When you ask her for an opinion. She actually has one but wants you to guess it somehow which is followed by LOUD SIGH if you do not guess correctly.

Incredible movie. There was no part I could say that I disliked or could be made better. Just go see it... NOW. 10/10

I can not wait... I wonder if it will have a single player option like BF1942 did? Would be nice if they made the bots smarter... heh.

OMFG Makes you wonder what the world would be like if these people got their way every time they wanted something changed...

quote: what do the machines plan to do with Neo? Exactly what, I do not know. Religious people I have talked to speculate something like save his body and remember him as the savior because he did save the Machines and Zion... quote: How the hell could the defeat of zion, etc, already have happened? For that matter, how could Neo already have happened? Blerm nailed it. "The One" exists to counter the program Smith... to balance the equation as so stated in the movie. Smith was created as you might remember in part one to aid in the war for the machines to find the computer hackers in the Matrix and disable them... but Smith was special and needed to be countered. quote: How the hell was Neo able to affect things in the real world? Blerm got it again. quote: What exactly is with that little girl? She is the program responsible for at least the control of the sky/weather in the Matrix... possibly more. Note the ending when the Oracle asks if she made the sun rise for Neo... quote: If Neo and all the people possessed by Smith died, then how the hell is the Oracle still alive? The program could not be reset because Smith controled the Matrix, hence the reason for all the strange letters on the Matrix part way in "Whats wrong with the Matrix feed?" "Nothing, we are seeing the same thing you are". "The program Smith has grown beyond your control." The Machines CONTROLED The Matrix before Smith took over that is how they kept humans busy in incubation... when Neo died, his opposite had to die... to balance the equation. After Smith died, the machines regained control, and reset the matrix... hence that one scene where color came back and the girl woke up. quote: OR, if somehow everyone survived... then Neo also survived... so, again, what's going on with him? Neo, as you know him, is dead. The ending is very important however. The oracle says he might come back. What this means is that "The One" will be created again when balance is required. The Architects line asking about how long the peace would last was crucial here. The machines STILL control humans in incubation, and the oracle says something about this at the end. If the war starts again, you better believe something will start like this again. quote: What EXACTLY happened between the Oracle and the Merolvingion [sp?] (Ambiguous flashback needed)? the Oracle and the Architect are opposites... balancing and unbalancing each other. If one does something the other counters it. Oracle understood choice, the Architect does not. He fears it. See it again and again until the answers are clear in your mind... like I said. If you are going there in the wrong mind set, you will leave utterly confused. Every single answer is there, but hidden and VERY deep... The ending is amazing... its unbelieveable how much fore-shadowing and answers they stuffed in it. Probably the deepest ending I have ever seen in a movie.

The problem is, they created so much for part 1 and 2 to answer that when they did in part 3, it was just too much to stuff in the amount of time they had. If you are not thinking about the previous 2, especially the deeper parts of Reloaded, you are going to be left confused. Revolutions has so many moments where the meaning is hidden and what the characters are saying is important. I felt a little overwhelmed when I left the movie. As I think more about it, things start to make sense. All I can say is that the Matrix Trilogy is different from any other I have seen before. See Revolutions for what it is worth. However, if you go in there expecting the answers to be told to you directly, you will leave quite a bit more confused.

ECM can be a great ally... Simply hit the E key and missles will become dumb. You will not be able to use your missles, but you do not need to because both laser and PTA systems work. ECM also blocks transporters at 100% which is VERY useful. Like others have said, find the PTA sweet spot first which will rape fighters. I also suggest setting your engine power level to 10 and use the ~ and tab keys... the ~ will activate afterbunerers shooting you forward quickly while tab activates retro-rockets shooting you backwards. Use both sporadically while at throttle of 4 or so. This makes it VERY difficult to hit with main guns. Use this and alot and this technique will be of great use. You can also use these keys to gain advantageous shots then quickly dart away before others can hit you Using ECM and the dodging technique will make you very good very fast

The future is now... hehehe Very cool stuff.

quote: these are companies i view as monopolies 1. Bellsouth 2. Microsoft 3. 3000AD( j/k )