The Gaming Den

- Not too many many games utilize multiple cores, let alone more than 2. Dual core processors are probably fine (and much cheaper). Unless you actually want the best, AMD is currently much for bang for the buck. So AMD dual core, AMD triple core or quad core if you can find one cheap. Processor spe...

Question: How can you judge where the bottleneck is in a computer? I'm sure it depends on usage, so let's assume for the moment that I'm designing a new computer for gaming. How can I judge how to balance processor speed, cores, RAM, etc?

Another question, around here (Austria) if you dont pay your bills, you get another bill with "Verzugszinsen" (late payment penalty?). Is there something like this in the USA? Depends primarily on your contract. Basically, if you're the party with less bargaining power (i.e. an individual...

Question: Does reformatting a computer actually significantly improve performance? If so, why?

The #1 problem I've had is plugging in the positive/negative polarity of wires backwards. I've found on most motherboards and connectors I've used that they are marked very poorly among many other poorly marked pins, so you're never sure what goes where. Good to know. I'm planning to assemble a new...

As someone who has been eagerly awaiting Starcraft 2 for years and who got only a tantalizing taste of the beta, it depresses me to think how many people I'll be fighting will be using maphacks. Here's a question: what are some common mistakes people make when assembling computers (such as, but not ...

Hm, I just realized that I made a mistake bringing in IP law on the internet. I don't want to invite another massive congregation of internet lawyers onto a thread that's supposed to be about something much more awesome, so I retract my question.

Frank, out of curiosity, are you planning to actually go somewhere with these ideas, or are we too worried about copyright concerns? Cause if you decide to throw together some mechanics I'll be only too happy to dive back into the Avatarverse and write some stuff up.

Didn't we establish that the thing we're talking about is a temporary extension of the license while, I assume, Topps finds someone else to take it over, rather than a full renewal?

Option 1: IMR sells book to PSI for $12, who sells it to Amazon for $15, who sells it to the customer for $18 plus shipping. Option 2: IMR sells book to PSI for $12, who sells it to Borders for $15, who sells it to the customer for $30. Option 3: IMR sells book to PSI for $12, who sells it to Allia...

Also, a new concern: the possibility of "underserved victory". Let's say it's a 4 player game. Player 1 to 3 play very well. Player 4... does not. However, during Player 3's turn he miscounts his final combo and leaves 1 card in a deck. Player 4 then swoops in and takes the final card and...

Yeah, the math just doesn't really add up at any point. It's +3.5 non-multiplying damage (assuming no resistances) compared to +1 damage and an extra 5% to hit, which you can put to a number of good uses. Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of walking around with a +1 flaming shocking frost acidic s...

I've played Mouse Guard several times. The incentives line up in such a way that encourage a lot of arguing with the GM to say this trait or that skill should apply, or begging to do a skill check because the way you get better at skills is by doing them, but you can only do a certain number of skil...

Cynic wrote:terminal velocity calculation?

I doubt it, four stories isn't enough to reach terminal velocity. Maybe something to do with the way the bones crumple?

The sooner you force bankruptcy, the less time and chance someone else convinces the bankruptee to pay them off first. And like I said, if the Colemans were driving the bankruptcy, the limited liability of the llc would definitely be used to its utmost. -Crissa I wouldn't be too worried about the &...

I expect diamonds labeled as "lab-created" would have some trouble in the wedding ring market, but in the industrial/manufacturing setting? It'd be a benefit.

I know nobody in IMR/CGL is going to file criminal charges, but could the plaintiffs in the civil case do so? Or, could facts come out in the civil matter that would force the case to be referred to the criminal courts? It is illegal to perjure yourself, even in civil cases. So a civil suit could b...

Well, the problem is that someone has been using their position as the owner of a company to sell fake shares in... something. It's really weird in that there's not actually shares to sell. It's just...nothing. It's just making promises of *something* and delivering *nothing* and getting paid for i...

That is a definitive legal statement. Loren & Heather Coleman literally *are* IMR. That means that IMR is a partnership, with two partners, set up under an LLC. If you'll forgive my legal nitpicking, that is not exactly accurate. Loren and Heather Coleman are the members of IMR, which means the...

I don't think it was an overpayment. It was ten grand. Which sounds like a lot, but WildFire wnt to court stating that they were still owed thirty seven thousand dollars. My impression is that IMR is trying to convince the Judge that WildFire agreeing to accept money means that they don't owe them ...

Gelare, Sorry about the confusion, what I was trying...and failing miserably to ask :confused: (mea culpa everybody), was if this goes down the way it looks like it will, does that mean, an immediate seizure by the courts if there is no appeal, or a transition process to receivership, or what? Hey,...

2. If this doesn't go IMR's way, can they a)appeal? and b)what usually happens in cases like this? Immediate liquidation? Or some sort of receivership where the court does this in an orderly manner? The entire point of bankruptcy is that the court takes your assets and gives them to creditors in an...

endersdouble wrote:It depresses me that in Glee, I just saw the one time Artie will ever dance in that show. He's too good to be stuck in a fuckin' chair.

True fact. It was a good number, though.

I'm still amazed that there aren't more people gunning for Loren Coleman himself. I mean, he's got a perfectly good, brand new house to take as judgment, and all the corporate structures and veils in the world can't protect you from direct tort liability (like fraud or negligence) (unless it's to fe...

I love Scrubs, but can't quite understand why everyone loves J.D.'s fantasies but condemns Family Guy's manatee jokes. They're not functionally different. I much preferred J.D.'s fantasies earlier in the show when they actually had some relation to what was actually going on (the Kelso/Cox lightsab...