Recent content by zerosignal

I'll try and use a really simple example to illustrate this point. If i get anything wrong feel free to point it out, i'm no expert. Example #1) Your screen is set to a resolution of 640x480. This resolution indicates that horizontal plane of the monitor is 640 pixels across, and the...

yup, your right. my memory must be failing from old age.

Alice was a very cool game. It wasnt impressive because of its size or because it was cutting edge. The environments and atmosphere of the game were what made it great. The level design was amazing, the weapons and enemies very unique. I'd call it a good thing in a small package. Try taking...

im just figuring this out myself, but since the highest resolution listed in your xorg.conf file for 32bit is 1152x864, it wont let you resize above that. you should just be able to add whatever resolution you would like to use in the line for 32bit color depth, or for 16bit if you are using...

You said, "conservative/libertarian" websites, i'd classify the RNC website as conservative wouldnt you? In essence, written material is no different than software/music/movies. They are ALL intellectual property that can be copied without actually stealing a physical copy of the product. So...

Another cop-out, give me some valid points rather than insults.

Point... Counterpoint. a. i never said that you were talking about republicans/democrats, i simply referred to the republican party because it is the main "conservative" party in this country. i said that by saying, and i quote you, "also espouses a lot different philosophies than any other...

Once again, you're still not getting it. Most trial software is not only crippled, but very often based on alpha/beta versions that are extremely buggy. You tell me i'm making excuses, but then you go and blindly defend every software maker despite any of their faults. Like the other guy said...

yah, i thought he was a bit brave to be posting that, guess theyre taking that stuff way more seriously than when i used to hang here. editing my quote of him to get rid of it just in case.

agreed, i will never feel safe if i know there are security holes and i don't get them patched. any updates i do install are typically ones that ive read about on security websites as being something that definitely needs to be patched. it seems that alot of the other updates MS includes are...

hehe, i was just reading about that trick on another website. if i didnt already have my copy of xp pro activation disabled it would be very usefull. as for Windows Update, I don't trust MS enough to let them blindy update my system files. something shady about those guys in redmond :p

Exaclty! If i pirate something and end up hating it, then i won't buy it, and that means they didnt lose a sale. If i pirate something and end up loving it, i will definitely purchase it. Therefore the corporation probably just made a sale they wouldnt have otherwise. The only thing piracy...

Allright, I will explain how it doesnt hurt their business. When a person pirates a piece of software, they are basically saying, "i'm not sure if this software is worth $xx.xx, i'd like to try it out first." One act of piracy does not automatically equate to one lost sale. I pirate software...

Exactly. What alot of people don't see about the whole piracy issue, including our own supreme court, is that it is more than a simple issue of buying vs. stealing. Intellectual property rights are the legal issue of this generation. I'll stick with my belief that you should be able to freely...

I completey agree with you, I have a copy of Corporate on my computer. This also brings up an interesting question, Why should a private individual, who also happens to be a hardware enthusiast be forced to buy a more expensive version of Windows to get around a feature that was put in to...