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Thanks for heads up Doc.

Reply to What happened to Global Warming? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="Daiwa" reply="2889" id="3633071"] [e digicons]:beer:[/e] Need bail money? Behaviors (take murder) can rightfully be 'criminalized.' What behaviors qualify for criminalization is a legitimate political discussion. Opinions, speech, disagreements and other 'thought crimes' - not so much. IMHO [e digicons];P[/e] [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] I appreciate your thoughts, Elana. Back atcha. [/quote]

Reply to European DVD RESOLVED in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

Ok, cool, will report back, expect I will have items in hand and set up. Say 10 days... :)

Reply to European DVD RESOLVED in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="willistuder" reply="13" id="3633888"] HDCP is a copy protection protocol that has been around for about 15 years. It has gone through a few versions, and it seems that newer versions may not be backwards compatible with v1.0. Most new devices have it built in; your older TV may have it. Look in the manual (or search online for the manual) to see if your device is compliant. If not, apparently this HDMI splitter <a href="http://www.amazon.

Reply to Decryption Tools for Ransomware in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote who="admiralWillyWilber" reply="25" id="3633688"] Some ransomeware lock up the internet if they do just clear your history and exit out of the internet. This seems to work. [/quote] \ I did not know this. The one time I thought I was getting ransomeware I immediately cut the power to my PC. all was fine afterward.

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[quote who="LightStar" reply="11" id="3633844"] Samsung DVD players work great Elana, a friend of mine has had one for years. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] [/quote] what aboout > "This unit features HDCP copyright protection technology, and must be connected to an HDCP-compliant device." < I will have to figure out oif my HD TV (old) will work with this DVD player. :) Oh, basic HiDef TV sets (not hooked to cable/web/pc) and D

Reply to No, really tell me how our award-winning game = worst RTS in years in Stardockians Elemental Forums

Looks like he named himself accurately. To bad his review didn't follow suit.

Reply to European DVD RESOLVED in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="willistuder" reply="9" id="3633806"] It looks OK to me. I have no experience with Samsung players, but it fits your requirements. Have you looked into converting your present player to region free? I've tried it on a couple players of mine over the years, and it works fine. The manufacturers build them that way; you aren't hacking it in the normal sense, you are utilizing the manufactur

Reply to MS retreats regarding W7, W8.1 Support on computers having Skylake processors in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote who="starkers" reply="22" id="3632504"] And in other news today, the British army sank the entire fleet of IRA submarines submerged in Belfast Harbour... they went around and knocked on all the hatches. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] [/quote] and then ate the submarine sandwich buns.

Reply to MS...oops! in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Thread correctness police!

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Looking at this: thoughts? Product Name Unit Price Qty Subtotal

Reply to Stardock now boarding GOG.com in Fallen Enchantress Elemental Forums

[quote who="LordCobol" reply="6" id="3633750"] Sorry for the thread-o-mancy, but... ... I'm one of the original WoM beta testers, so entitled to free upgrades to FE & Fe:LH, but I passed on FE:LH because of Steam. Recently found out it is available on GOG, so I plan to buy it there and kiss of my free steam key for it. Just want Stardock to know that their Steam deal is not universally popular. [/quote] agree re steam.

Reply to Software – Hall of Shame in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

Post fine by me. And my preference is win 7 on my PC. Hope it doesn't die. If/when I am forced to win10, I will, hopefuly have a suite of addons/adjustments that take out the call home, spy-ware sleeze-ware built into it. If not possible, than, I guess I will have to, for the first time since I left the old Apple//+ OS seriousy consider a totally different OS - a non- MS based OS. Not looking forward to that day.

Reply to European DVD RESOLVED in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="LightStar" reply="1" id="3633650"] Lots of information here Elana... ( LINK ) [e digicons]:)[/e] [/quote] Thank you Lightstar. I alre

European DVD RESOLVED in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

Thank you all for really helpful advice and info to help me cut thru all the 'noise' and get to solid info. :) A friend visiting from Germany has the Battlestar Galactica complete series (the more recent one with olmos, etc, not the ponderosa in space older version) on dvd. Won't play on my dvd player, nor my PC. Went www to find solution. I get all this jive about regions (USA = #1, Europe = #2... china = #6) ) and data about region r

Reply to MS...oops! in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Now thats creative marketing!

Reply to I gotta rant! in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="Uvah" reply="41" id="3633240"] [e digicons]:w00t:[/e] I told the cap'n to be careful with them cabbages. But alas, he loves his curry. @Doc......your shops are out of this world. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] [/quote] Finally got a rise out of 'em?

Reply to What happened to Global Warming? in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="Daiwa" reply="2869" id="3630931"] No offense, but I don't buy your premise or comparison, Elana. And I promise not to push for a law making you a criminal for having an opinion different than mine. [/quote] My point is that, given how politicized the current environment is, I feel it behooves us to chose illustrations that are not seen as favoring one party over another. You chose an illustration that hits the Dems. My po

Reply to Gamespot’s disgraceful Ashes of the Singularity review in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I've never played Ashes. But from the vids I have seen, and the forum discussions I have read, its clear the GameSpot reviewer was reviewing something other than Ashes of the Singularity.

Reply to I gotta rant! in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="24" id="3632959"] Now, what sort of punishment can we give to folks who don't use paragraphs? [e digicons];)[/e] [/quote] a final sentence, period.

Reply to Profound thanks on ANZAC Day in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

May their memories be a blessing to us all today.

Reply to I gotta rant! in Life, the Universe and Everything Elemental Forums

Responsibility is shared between parents, product manufacturers, advertisers, stockholders. We're all connected. We live in a pervasive web of sometimes perverse and cleverly disguised persuaders' messages. Lightstar rightly points out one example of a set of parents that somehow slipped through the Darwin Awards selection process. (sad) Doc points out some basic, common sense practices that everyone should be taught in our educational system. (Its easier

Reply to Moving Along in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Dear Trudy, I feel sorrow at hearing of your recent losses. I don't know your hurt. But I do know what hurting feels like. Deep hurting bites the big one. May I gently suggest that you embrace your sorrow and hurt. But embrace it mixed with the fondest and happinest memories you have of them.

Reply to MS Patches and Security Bulletins for April 2016 in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote who="WebGizmos" reply="37" id="3632141"] MS hasn't lost direction...still trying to get as much money as possible as always. [e digicons]:erk:[/e] [/quote] as always! true.

Reply to MS Patches and Security Bulletins for April 2016 in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote who="starkers" reply="31" id="3631891"] Damned 'page reset' double posting again. GRRRRR!! [e digicons]>:([/e] And now both of 'em are gone since editing. GRRRRR!!!!! [e digicons]>:([/e] Anyway, so I'm not going all over it again, what I wrote can be seen by clicking on 'see editied content' below. [/quote] edit says '... updated lust..." ummmm no