RE: [H] no video

2005-07-23 Thread Mark Dodge
I'm having this same problem. Mark Dodge MD Computers 602-421-0329 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 7:18 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] no video I have heard of the problem, and n

[H] Re: GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Chris Shaw
On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:53:21 GMT Al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As I understand it, she pretty much launched a campaign against the game. > > After some further searching: > > That's not good enough, according to U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, on

[H] no video

2005-07-23 Thread Winterlight
I have heard of the problem, and now I have it. This is a very new XP PRO build fully patched. The problem is that I can not play streaming video within Internet Explorer. I get a can't find server error for any video link I click. I can play the same video file on another computer, or save it o

RE: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Hayes Elkins
From: "Analyst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 21:31:49 -0500 Hayes, > I mean, GOD FORBID there is the natural act of love in a game, > nevermind that for over 5 years this se

Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Hayes Elkins
And the aussies, and all of south america (especially brazil) and japan, and From: "Gary VanderMolen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: "The Hardware List" Subject: Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:29:37 -0700 Hayes Elkins wrote: One

RE: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Analyst
On 24 Jul 2005 at 11:12, Tony Antoniou wrote: > That's very funny Vince. It is ? > So if I take my car and modify it to break the speed limit quicker than > anyone else, it's the manufacturer's fault for supplying me with the > necessary tools to do that? Non sequitur ? > Spare me dude. It

RE: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Analyst
Hayes, > I mean, GOD FORBID there is the natural act of love in a game, > nevermind that for over 5 years this series encourages you to KILL > COPS and saw people in half. But OH NO! TITS! HUMPING! THROW THEM IN > GITMO! > > One of the few times I agree with the rest of the world when I join

RE: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Tony Antoniou
Does this sad-case Thompson look for nudity for a living? Did his mother refuse to breast feed him as a child or did he refuse her breasts because they were not for minors to see? Adios, Tony --- TAMA - The Strongest Name in Drums --- -Original Message- From: [

RE: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Tony Antoniou
That's very funny Vince. So if I take my car and modify it to break the speed limit quicker than anyone else, it's the manufacturer's fault for supplying me with the necessary tools to do that? Spare me dude. It was a hidden feature which a group of hackers released, not the manufacturer. Time to

RE: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Tony Antoniou
More to the point, there's plenty other areas where minors can observe this stuff ... even when they sneak down to the TV late at night to watch a dirty cable channel or download a porn AVI. One game cannot and will not make a difference. Adios, Tony --- TAMA - The Strongest Name in

RE: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Tony Antoniou
She's a bitch who didn't bang her way to the top. Her husband did the banging for her 3#-) That makes her a real bitch to me. Heh. Adios, Tony --- TAMA - The Strongest Name in Drums --- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Be

Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Al
"Gary VanderMolen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hayes Elkins wrote: > > One of the few times I agree with the rest of the world when I join them in > > laughing at the spectacularly stupid double standard of America's shunning > > of nudity in mainstream media and unabashed acceptance of wanton v

Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Gary VanderMolen
Hayes Elkins wrote: One of the few times I agree with the rest of the world when I join them in laughing at the spectacularly stupid double standard of America's shunning of nudity in mainstream media and unabashed acceptance of wanton violence. Rest of the world? I think only Europe is more no

Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Ben Ruset
Exactly. What a horribly puritanical society we live in. No wonder the Puritans got thrown out of England. Excuse me, I have to go raise a barn now. Hayes Elkins wrote: It is NOT X-rated. NO genitals are viewable. No penetration of virtual polygons are at all present. It's nothing that you ha

Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Hayes Elkins
It is NOT X-rated. NO genitals are viewable. No penetration of virtual polygons are at all present. It's nothing that you haven't seen in a movie theater packed with teenagers...or on "Nip 'n' Tuck" on FX. From: "Analyst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: The Hardware List

RE: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Hayes Elkins
"So today daddy I was playing this game where I was picking up prostitutes and slitting their throats to steal money from them so then cops chased me around in a stolen car as I ran over dozens of people and blew up an oil tanker then the cops chased me on foot so I found a machine gun and kille

RE: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Hayes Elkins
On her way to become this decade's Tipper - and she does not give a flying f about it, only to appeal to conservatives in her '08 run. I mean, GOD FORBID there is the natural act of love in a game, nevermind that for over 5 years this series encourages you to KILL COPS and saw people in half.

Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Steve
Not a good analogy in my books. Cars need gas to work...the game doesn't need X rated material to run. What if each car manufacturer placed a booby trap in each vehicle that would cause it to explode, but such booby trap was "not accessible through normal methods". Could you sue *if* it did go o

Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Ben Ruset
It's buried, and not accessable through normal methods. Without someone hacking the game, you're not going to get at that content. How can the game manufacturer be held liable for that? My gas tank is full of gasoline. If I shot a hole through it, my car would explode. Can I sue Jeep if that h

Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Analyst
On 23 Jul 2005 at 6:32, Al wrote: > Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As I understand it, she pretty much launched a campaign against the > > game. Well, the game-maker, Take-Two, has admitted they buried X-rated material within the PC, Xbox and PlayStation 2 versions of the game. The

Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Ben Ruset
It's a VIDEO GAME. Not real life. Parents should control what their children sees and does, not the government. gibney wrote: MINORS. This is really a bad idea? Dave Gibney Pullman, WA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread gibney
MINORS. This is really a bad idea? Dave Gibney Pullman, WA > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al > Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 5:33 AM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves > >

Re: [H] RE: FFL

2005-07-23 Thread joeuser
I had same issue and sent email to jim at his private address that he posted with the other day - works fine now and I sent the email this morning. Wayne Johnson wrote: At 12:46 AM 7/23/2005, Chris Reeves typed: We absolutely welcome newbies; just as long as you don't abandon your team and

RE: [H] RE: FFL

2005-07-23 Thread Wayne Johnson
At 12:46 AM 7/23/2005, Chris Reeves typed: We absolutely welcome newbies; just as long as you don't abandon your team and pay attention :) But it's not that hard, and if you can spend 15 minutes a week on it, it's worthwhile ;) The SpamCop settings won't let me post to the FFL list & just when

Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Al
Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I understand it, she pretty much launched a campaign against the game. After some further searching: That's not good enough, according to U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, one of several politicians who have placed a priority on creating more stringent leg

Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Al
Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I understand it, she pretty much launched a campaign against the game. I hadn't heard that. I could be wrong about her involvement Al

Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Ben Ruset
As I understand it, she pretty much launched a campaign against the game. Al wrote: Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://ydr.com/story/main/78396/ Thanks, Hillary! :( For the sake of fairness: I'm not particularly fond of Hillary, but she didn't have any thing to do with it's rati

Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Al
Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://ydr.com/story/main/78396/ > > Thanks, Hillary! :( For the sake of fairness: I'm not particularly fond of Hillary, but she didn't have any thing to do with it's rating change resulting in it removal from the shelves. The article only offers her reac

[H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

2005-07-23 Thread Ben Ruset
http://ydr.com/story/main/78396/ Thanks, Hillary! :(