Posted 11/13/2008 at 10:25:46pm

Now that's a great idea!

John

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Posted 11/12/2008 at 03:11:59pm

Not trying to be a pain, but the article should read four branches of the military - unless you are counting the Marines and the Navy as one branch.  I wouldn't want to be you if that's so... lol

Beyond that, it's a very cool idea for the troops!

John

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Posted 11/11/2008 at 02:08:41pm

I don't know what others do, but I've had pretty good luck gaming on Ubuntu with Wine.  You don't have to like it, and admittedly there is a ways to go, but since I don't play at ultra high resolutions - only 1280x1024 - I can pull off a few things as have others that actually get in there andlearn what they are doing.  Not just sit there and dog on something without knowing all the facts.

John

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Posted 11/03/2008 at 11:33:28am

Like I've said before, what IE has going for it is that most users don't know there are alternatives to IE.  They buy or receive their new pc and just start using whatever is installed on it.  IE's slow decline shows that people are slowly figuring it out though.

Maybe Mozilla needs to work out a deal with the big pc makers to get Firefox included on retail computers.  Hey, it works for Googl's Toolbar and all sorts of other crapola, why not something useful for once?

John

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Posted 10/16/2008 at 10:49:20am

I've played with Vista on and off again since it came out, but I won't be adopting it at all. My copies of XP Pro will carry me into either Windows 7, or since Ubuntu is getting more and more gaming capable and I'm already a dual boot user...

John

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Posted 10/15/2008 at 02:52:34pm

I just got the same headache I get when I listen to politicians explain something...

John

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Posted 09/30/2008 at 09:08:49am

I get around the DRM dungheap by just buying the music I want to listen to and keep it forever. I've got something around 400 cds and another 200 vinyl albums that are copied to my hard drive for pc jukebox duty or mp3 player duty. I like to show my appreciation for the artists and musicians that make the music I enjoy by not ripping them off. Of course, most music today obviously isn't good enough to respect, so...

John

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Posted 09/26/2008 at 12:08:18pm

Like anything else when predicting the future, only time will tell.  However, I don't mind Gigabyte not getting into a price war with Asus as long as their quality and service are improved.  Not that I've ever had a problem with Gigabyte's quality at all, though I've never had to try out their service thanks to their quality.  I haven't been as lucky with Asus.

John

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Posted 09/16/2008 at 01:10:44pm

I've been using various Mozilla/Firefox, currently Firefox 3, incarnations since the first time I read about them in MaxPC years ago. I believe it's a matter of getting the knowledge out there about alternatives to IE. I spent over 4 years at Best Buy as a pc tech/Geek Squad before moving to a corporate IT position, and ALL of my repeat customers from BB are using Firefox and they love it.  Once they found out there was an alternative to IE, and that it was normally more secure, they were all over it.

The only reason, in my opinion, that IE has such a large user base is that most of those users don't realize there is something else, whether it's Firefox, Chrome, Opera, or whatever.  They start their pc, open IE because it's there and nothing else is, and go on about their business on the internet never knowing there are alternatives readily available to them that won't harm their pc.

John

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Posted 09/05/2008 at 08:52:15am

Now, I know this is before alot of you were even born, but...  Back around '90, there was this miniatures/board game from FASA called Battletech, though most of you would remember it better by its electronic versions - Mechwarrior.  FASA released an expansion back then called The Clans, with all new tech, better weapons & equipment, and better pilots or mechwarriors than what the game had previously.  Two things happened.  Most of the existing players jumped on the bandwagon to use the new toys, with most of the remaining players whining about how the Clans were too powerful a factionand it was unfair and no fun.  A few of us did neither.  We adapted our tactics (read - USED tactics) and continued to kick ass... names didn't matter!  That's how I play pc games today.  I want to be challenged and surprised, and not just by uping the number of monsters while cutting down on the amount of ammo.

 If the game is "too hard" for you, practice!  Adapt your play style and find a way to win.  Just stop whining...

John

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