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[quote who="kryo" reply="57" id="3120421"]If the fixes mentioned in this thread don't work for you, please contact [email protected] directly and they should be able to help. [/quote] I would recommend to just do what the boss said there. The technical support solved my problem quickly and uncomplicated, thanks guys =)

My story: I bought a new sATA DVD burner around 2 years ago. I installed a new mainboard some time later. Everything was fine except that my DVD drive was not working correctly. It did not read stuff anymore, and almost all reading processes crashed. At some point i figured out, it would work when i disconnected my second, older IDE-harddrive. While testing different things almost to insanity like reinstalling windows, checking drivers yaddayadda, finally i borrowed a v

[quote who="Charvel1" reply="12" id="2017899"] Thanks again for all the comments. Also, I tried the demo but with no tutorials included I was quickly lost. Looking forward to seeing the tutorials in the real game and playing through the campaign to get the hang of things.[/quote] Just dont expect too much from the tutorials - they cant give you more than a basic instruction. It is normal to be a bit overwhelmed but once you managed the learning curve it becomes rew

I like GalCiv II way more than Civ4. The setting in space is just much cooler. I do not like the comic style of Civ4. Besides these issues of taste - GalCiv II is another game than Civ4. Maybe the basic system is in parallel, but you cannot compare them i think. And i believe GCII is more complex. It may be because i spent much more time with GCII and it reveals more and more of its tactical complexity when you get deeper into it. Just give it a try, at least the demo. If you are into

There isnt an option to tell the governor to upgrade improvement x to y (not being the same, telling the governor to upgrade every farm for a factory for example), is there? Would be nice because if i traded for a better, race specific technology it would be nice if i could upgrade all my own ones in one try.

Very good argumentation on the side of Mumblefratz and very little energy on my side to get deep enough into the material to be able to proof the opposite. But it leaves my opinion, one should view these topics critically, because it has important political and economical impact and has the tendency to be strongly influenced by certain interests.

Just look at this list and accept the problem isnt that clear it seems to be: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scientists_opposing_the_mainstream_scientific_assessment_of_global_warming

Actually if you look closely into the statistical data you can obviously see that global warming is a direct effect of the shrinking number of Pirates. In fact it is the Flying Spagetthi Monster that is behind all this.

[quote who="Mumblefratz" reply="15" id="2003216"]What's wrong with a plain old .zip file that requires *no* ancillary program to open?[/quote] It is just better, more options, more compression. I thought it is stadard by now. Just download winrar and you dont have to worry about compression file types most of the time.

[quote who="Mumblefratz" reply="8" id="2003153"] it is just a fact, that among experts the question whether global warming is really affected by atmospheric CO2 in relevant orders is not answered that easily. This to me is vlearly a topic where public opinion is formed in a way that serves a specific lobby.This is the standard defense that the tobacco companies have used for decades. The argument is that as long as there is at least one crackpot with even the most tenuous credential

I`ll just do it to save money. ^^ But at least i realize that i am not rescuing the world by it ;)

I did not read it, but i just tell you something: The whole CO2-thing in fact isnt that clear the media suggests us to be. That is the impression hearing the opinions of some profs and students involved in this topic in my university. Actually the reduction of CO2 emission has gotten so involved with money that there are is a huige industry behind it, interested in making the people believe, that reduction of CO2 emission is an important topic in controlling global warming. And this is not a

Actually Call of Duty 4 is rated M correctly i think. The modern setting implies that a political stance in the game cannot be avoided that is relevant for today. CoD5 is about a part of history, that is another thing if displayed correctly. CoD4 is just set in a fictional setting but very close to actual political situations. This is critical i think and it needs a bit of maturity and knowledge to be able to fully disconnect the game from actual politics. CoD4 just doesnt ask questio

[quote who="Iroc1983" reply="4" id="2001469"] I think a terror star would be far more valuable if it was a mobile military starbase with all the trimmings.[/quote] I call that a very nice idea... Give the TS military starbase modules and the option to join a fleet. That would be great.

[quote who="lifekatana" reply="13" id="1999878"] . Also, this whole "go play outside" is a flawed argument. Gaming with friends will only strenghten social contact. Not playing or knowing about games is probably worse for your social contacts . Games like WOW are pretty lethal to your social life though, but you can also see the other side of the coin; many people that get addicted to these games, aren't super social to begin with. Making them

[quote who="Luckmann" reply="14" id="1999837"] Quoting di55ec7ion, reply 13Actually here in germany we shout happy new year on january 1st and not 31st of december. You really made my heart stop for a short moment because i had to look on my watch to be sure i did not miss the new years eve party tonight, which would be unbeatable in terms of embarrassment ^^ so - shame on youI can't account for every culture in the world, in these terms, people can only speak from a subjective viewpoint

Look at this screenshot of my last gigantic, crippling game: [link="http://img514.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen2jo7.jpg"][IMG]http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/8076/screen2jo7.th.jpg[/IMG][/link] I started war with the terrans on November 1st 2229 ( too bad there is no possibility to track the exact date on the timeline), this will be just before their military rating went up. Actually they rely heavily on defenses, which will prove to be the

The next weapon syndrome is bad because it often means no weapons at all ^^ I can not point out enough how important it is to build something. Get these small ships with 1 attack soon. Get military starbase to amplify their attack. It is not that you should be able to pull down a whole army of an enemy he throws at you. That will not happen. You might think "they are not fast enough and not strong enough, so i have to get the hulls first and then the speed and the weapons and...". Tha

Luckman, [quote]before the 31th of December (New Year's Eve) kicks off and it becomes mandatory to run around shouting "Happy New Year!"[/quote] Actually here in germany we shout happy new year on january 1st and not 31st of december. You really made my heart stop for a short moment because i had to look on my watch to be sure i did not miss the new years eve party tonight, which would be unbeatable in terms of embarrassment ^^ so - shame on you </

[quote who="The_Regicide" reply="10" id="1999778"]11h 29m 53s by my count...[/quote] Yeah lets update this every one of the next 41393 seconds to be exact about the statement...

We are in the same timezone so one of us must be TOTALLY WRONG ;D i do actually count 11 hrs and 30 mins left until New Year... *edit:* [quote]It's about 10ish minutes here in Sweden right now, before the 31th of December (New Year's Eve) kicks off[/quote] Do you crazy swedish really wish a "happy new year" when the 31st arrives? Where is the logic in that?!?! What do you do at the evening of the 31st towards

I am 24 and i was playing a lot at that age and still am. But on the other hand i can understand the opinion of your friends father. Being older now i realize i spent lots of time with this "pointless entertainment" while i should be really going out and rather making social contacts and experiences in real life. Shooters are quite harmless in this aspect, at least if you do not do massive online gaming, there are things worse like World of Warcraft that really substitu

[quote who="Sole Soul" reply="3" id="1998812"] I always run at 100% production. Always. [/quote] Yes. It is a possibility to save a game that went a bit to deep into minus, not more. It makes you lose a lot of turns though but i had a game i could rescue this way. It is all about getting a lot of population as quickly as possible. I have begun a gigantic map game today on crippling. At first it is a bit luck involved because if your starting posi

A very good improvement to gameplay though...

[quote who="WIllythemailboy" reply="1" id="1996645"]It's a secret school for new recruits that turns all of your soldiers into Chuck Norris clones.[/quote] Actually the soldiers there only learn the roundhouse kick "Tir" = foot "Quan" = face