Re: [H] ok so online music renting blows

2007-08-25 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
That would be cool to have their integrated content! Michael Decker wrote: On 8/24/07, Anthony Q. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Also, I think the XM guys bought Sirius or they merged, or something. I heard blurs about it on XM. [snip] They're trying to merge, but they need FCC

[H] Better Vidcard for Old System?

2007-08-25 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Ok...I know my PC is getting old.since I don't play games, I've been forcing myself to stay off the upgrade curve so much...I'm still running a Pentium 4 @ 3.06 GHz with 2 GB ram and plenty of HD space. I have an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro AGP driving the displays. I just added a second Samsumg

RE: [H] Better Vidcard for Old System?

2007-08-25 Thread Bobby Heid
Anthony, I have a p4 3.0GhZ, 2GB RAM, with an NVidia 7800GS AGP graphics card in it. I do not know how it compares to your VC, but it is supposedly near the top for the AGP cards. I have been able to play all of the games that I have with this card. Anyway, since Vista Aero uses the

Re: [H] Better Vidcard for Old System?

2007-08-25 Thread j maccraw
If your not gaming or transcoding video, I'd leave the 9800pro alone since any new AGP card is a dead-end in the long run. Best answer to the upgrade question: is it working for you? A real upgrade worth the money would mean switching mobo's which has a forced cascade effect of new video, ram,

Re: [H] CD Question

2007-08-25 Thread j maccraw
Thanks for the tip Wayne, I'll check out your code! In this case Thane was looking for an automated way of getting to a sub-folder without knowing it's name or asking for user input. Wayne Johnson wrote: At 02:00 08-24-2007, j maccraw typed: There is also a method I've seen DriverPacks use to

[H] The Disaster that is BioShock

2007-08-25 Thread CW
Thank goodness someone else had these thoughts and put them to pen: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=41921 Let me add what is not in the above: Running Vista 64 bit? Prepare for wild, uncontrollable crashes at random. Have K-Lite or other CODEC packs installed? Good luck avoiding blue

Re: [H] The Disaster that is BioShock

2007-08-25 Thread j maccraw
Funny how most non-game software vendors do just fine with license keys internet validation. At least HalfLife 2 switched to only needing a valid serial number steam account to install play without the media checks. CW wrote: Thank goodness someone else had these thoughts and put them to

Re: [H] The Disaster that is BioShock

2007-08-25 Thread zaske
Speak of the devil and he will appear. Steam is another DRM disaster! j maccraw wrote: Funny how most non-game software vendors do just fine with license keys internet validation. At least HalfLife 2 switched to only needing a valid serial number steam account to install play without

Re: [H] The Disaster that is BioShock

2007-08-25 Thread j maccraw
Something specific Stan? I know I was not happy with it at HL2 release and there have been troubles with availability All I can say is after a year of my game box being dead, I simply signed on to my steam account had a full patched version of HL2 downloaded installed without the need