TheMightyEthan

I can never put screen protectors on right either, but when I got my phone the girl at the store did it for me and she got it perfectly. I shall have to study her art.

Yeah I don't think so either. Here are the system requirements as listed on Steam: Minimum: OS: Windows® XP SP3 / Windows Vista® SP2 /Windows® 7 SP1 Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo E4400 @ 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4000+ @ 2.1GHz Memory: 1.5 GB Windows® XP / 2 GB Windows Vista, 7 Graphics: 256 MB DirectX® 9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 4.0 or higher (see supported list)* DirectX®: DirectX® June2010 or newer Hard Drive: 12 GB Sound: DirectX 9.0–compliant sound card Peripherals: Keyboard, mouse, optional controller Internet: Temporary broadband connection required for one-time product registration at first launch, permanent broadband connection required for multi-player. *This product does not support Windows® 98/ME/2000/NT Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: AMD Radeon™ HD2600XT or better/3000/4000/5000/6000 desktop series NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600GTS or better/9/GT200/GT400/GT500 desktop series Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT officially supported. These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game. For the most up-to-date minimum requirement listings, please visit the FAQ for this game on our support website at http://support.ubi.com. Recommended: OS: Windows® XP SP3 / Windows Vista® SP2 /Windows® 7 SP1 Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo E6700 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 6000+ @ 3.0 GHz or better Memory: 2 GB Windows® XP / Windows Vista® / Windows® 7 Graphics: 512 MB DirectX® 9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 5.0 or higher (see supported list)* DirectX®: DirectX® June2010 or newer Hard Drive: 12 GB Sound: Surround Sound 5.1 capable sound card Peripherals: Keyboard, mouse, joystick optional (Xbox 360® Controller for Windows recommended) Internet: Temporary broadband connection required for one-time product registration at first launch, permanent broadband connection required for multi-player. *This product does not support Windows® 98/ME/2000/NT Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: AMD Radeon™ HD2600XT or better/3000/4000/5000/6000 desktop series NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600GTS or better/9/GT200/GT400/GT500 desktop series Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT officially supported. These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game. For the most up-to-date minimum requirement listings, please visit the FAQ for this game on our support website at http://support.ubi.com. @FDS: I know system requirements aren't the be-all and end-all, but they can give you an idea.

How do we know who their other kids were? Besides their names, I mean. Also, if bending is genetic then non-benders must at least be able to be carriers, or Katara and Aang had a lot more kids than we know about:

If you're worried about Aero hurting your battery life you can always turn it off. I actually like the Aero-less interface (even though Aero is so pretty...)

You can get good CF's that don't flicker and are the same color as incandescent. Ours are all nice and yellow.

Yeah, as soon as

I want to make clear that I am not in favor of government replacing private industry or anything like that. I think we're all in favor of balance, it's just we differ on where to strike that balance.

Of course it does, but part of its own interest is keeping the people happy, which involves serving their interests (or at least making them think that you are).

Not really. See, the electric company doesn't make anything off of electricity they provide to your house, just a "delivery" or "transmission" charge. Besides, if they can reduce the amount of power being supplied they won't have to purchase as much. Energy efficiency and conservation help the utility industries actually. Edit: That reminds me, the new house is filled with incandescent. I'll have to start replacing them soon. I wonder where I can get a good deal on LED bulbs. Then how do they make money? Also, how do LED bulbs compare to CF? We've got all CF right now.

You said your parents wouldn't accept welfare or food stamps because they're "not lazy people who sit on unemployment for years and do nothing to better their situation." That pretty strongly implies that you think that people who DO accept those things ARE that way. Simple, it's not the government's job. Why not?

You're electric company will give you a rebate for appliances that use less energy? That seems... odd. I will occasionally buy service agreements if they cover more than the warranty does.

A misplaced sense of pride? Nope, just not lazy people who sit on unemployment for years and do nothing to better their situation. Yes, everyone who's ever accepted any form of state assistance whatsoever is a lazy asshole who's never worked a day in their life. That certainly is an intelligent and reasonable stance.

I wonder if anyone's made an Alpha Centauri mod for Civ V...

I have mine boot from HDD first and then I just hit the F-whatever button during BIOS load to select boot device if I need to boot from a CD for some reason. Re: Windows Experience Index: Mine's a 5.9, though it would be a 7.5 if not for my slow HDD (you'd think 6GB/s SATA would be good enough...) and I don't really have problems running games.

Because it's awesome. *Edit* -

I liked Definitely, Maybe.

You don't literally penetrate both of them simultaneously.

Naked Sandra Bullock is a good selling point...

Two in the same calendar year is impossible?

I too would like $1B. *Edit* - Okay, yeah, based on all this info that's coming to light there is something seriously wrong with Activision's case.

One of my lifelong dreams is to see the Earth from space. (Not mocking, that's actually true.) I'm not sure whether that's going to be feasible within my lifetime or not. Ideally I would like to set foot on another celestial body (Moon would work, Mars would be better), but I'm reasonably sure that won't be feasible.

*Edit* - Here's the issue I take with the "anyone can make it" attitude: Yes, anyone can do it, but not everyone can. The system simply would not work without people in shitty-ass, low-paying jobs, so I don't see what's so wrong with trying to increase their standard of living.

I usually find subtitles distracting for the first few minutes, but after that it's like they're not even there.

Yeah, even when I'm wearing headphones I usually leave subtitles on because games often have just atrocious sound design.