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[quote who="heft" reply="11" id="3457133"]Quoting Jafo, reply 10 Quoting heft, reply 9pardon my ignorance, but how does one make a bootable disk image? Means a full system [os] disk image...the sort of thing that can be restored via recovery media [dvd] to a normal boot OS....[or can be mounted as a VM]... What program would I use?[/quote] Sorry I asked this question. I was being lazy. [e digicons]:blush:[/e] So I researched a little bit. It turns o

[quote who="Jafo" reply="10" id="3457126"] Quoting heft, reply 9pardon my ignorance, but how does one make a bootable disk image? Means a full system [os] disk image...the sort of thing that can be restored via recovery media [dvd] to a normal boot OS....[or can be mounted as a VM]...[/quote] What program would I use?

pardon my ignorance, but how does one make a bootable disk image?

What do you think are the best iPad games? Here's my short list: 1. Sttarbase Orion (turn-based) - close to MOO2 - my favorite iPad game 2. Panzer Corps (turn-based) - modernized Panzer General - very close to the PC version - seems very stable 3. Scrabble 4. Civilization Revolution (turn-based) - not near as good as any PC version of Civ, but similar 5. Sid Meiers Pirates - a lot like the PC version 6. Spaceward Ho! - MOO Lite

I'm no opera fan (actually I prefer rock and metal) but, wow... I never thought I'd actually consider wanting to listen to it. All of these are intuitively gifted in such a way that is incredibly inspiring. And so young...

I don't care what language that was. It gave me chills. Stunning...

1. Civ 2 - I played this more than any other game to date. It's still installed on an XP box in the house. 2. Civ 5 BNW 3. Gal Civ II 4. Master of Orion II 5. Alpha Centauri

i hardly played any new games in 2013...but there were two new ones (actually expansions) that I enjoyed: Civ V BNW Panzer Corps: Allied Corps

[quote who="Chibiabos" reply="10" id="3425659"] Not just 4X games, but PC gaming is completely dead ... and for that matter, the PC itself is dead![/quote] Oh, man... Again? I still never got over the last few times it died. I had to drown my sorrows in new PC games on a new PC.

It seems like my middle portion is what grows the fastest these days... Seriously, I enjoy mostly middle market games. I think the only AAA game I play right now is Civ V. Other games are from Stardock, Matrix, Paradox and GOG. They are IMO some of the better games.

One of my favorites... [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O_YMLDvvnw[/video]

[quote who="Phoon" reply="45" id="3402210"]Kona.. really.. there are way too many bullshit answers/suggestions here and you are going to spend 3 times as much time exploring some of them.[/quote] Having worked customer support at one point (in other words, a newbie with Google) I forgot the number one troubleshooting step (in other words, keep the customer busy while I Google this). Did you check to make sure the PC is plugged in? [e digicons]:D[/e]

[quote who="Wizard1956" reply="9" id="3401858"]Switched her to MSE as did I on XP. The speed gained was significant. Give it a try, Terry.[/quote] Not my experience at all. In fact precisely the reverse. MSE slows everything down on XP compared to Avast. On my Win7 machines, it's not noticeable, I think because they have better hardware.

I am ashamed to say that I don't know how to make a backup bootable... Any hints on how to do that?

[quote who="psychoak" reply="1" id="3398883"] Sorry, I'm not that old. [/quote] lol...took me a minute...

Could this be the beginning of psychohistory? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/09/3000-years-of-human-history-described-in-one-set-of-mathematical-equations/

De gustibus non est disputandum - "In matters of taste, there can be no disputes" - good advice

[quote who="Timmaigh" reply="25" id="3397796"] Quoting heft, reply 16 IMO iOS 7 is kinda ugly... The first time Ive seen Apple mimic Microsoft's style. Well, they mimic it cause its modern and minimalistic, therefore good. I quite liked the old style as well, bar some details, but new one is IMHO better. Actually it managed to copy modern look of Windows while being not as impersonal. [/quote]</p

IMO iOS 7 is kinda ugly... The first time Ive seen Apple mimic Microsoft's style.

Banned for the mere mention of zombies

Thanks kryo, for your responses. I decided to just put GC2 back on my PC, and I purchased a copy of GC1 for my laptop. A win-win for me and Stardock [e digicons]:D[/e] .

Thanks for the reply. The debug is below... Debug Message: Version v1.53 last updated on: Tue Nov 4 11:55:35 2008 Debug Message: Checking DX Version. Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info Time: 6/28/2013, 13:57:00 DirectX Version: DirectX 11 Machine Name: KRISTI-PC Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130318-1533) Languages: English (Regional Setting: Engli

No go... Crash to desktop three times. Guess I'll load it back on the desktop...at least it works on there.

I was thinking of moving GC2 to my laptop, but I'm not sure whether it would run on the onboard graphics card. Here are my specs: Win7 64 4 GB RAM Intel i3 Intel HD3000 onboard gfx

[quote who="Draginol" reply="24" id="834355"]Moreover, we don't want GalCiv II to be that much like MOO because it is a different kind of game. It is not a tactical-oriented game. It's about building up a civilization. MOO centered around tactical ship battles, GalCiv centers around building an overall civilization. Military strategy is only one aspect of GalCiv. In MOO, it was all about the military.[/quote] This is exactly what I like about Ga