not just souLLy now wrote:so a hurricane must be heading california's way now right?

Not yet -- that requires stickers on books that say "Evolution is only a theory" and banning any form of civil unions altogether.

Rand.

The Red Cross has a long history of misleading people who donate money -- unless you specifically write on your check, etc. which disaster you want the money to be allocated for, they will use it how they see fit. ie. If you don't write "for hurricane Katrina victims" ON THE CHECK, the mon...

With all the problems facing the world today, and especially the US recently, where these morons have chosen to focus their collective efforts is truly sad.

If a requirement to get into heaven is being a good person, they don't have a snowball's chance in hell.

Rand.

I wonder if all the looters are "good enough to go to heaven"... of course, they're probably all gay anyway so it wouldn't matter.

Rand.

In the minds of the faithful, everything can be rationalized.

Rand.

40% is the lowest a president has had in a VERY long time -- I'm not sure if there's been a lower rating, but figured there *had* to be. FYI, Nixon's approval rating was 44% at the height of Watergate. http://www.pollingreport.com/national.htm#Bush http://www.surveyusa.com/50StatePOTUS0805.htm Not r...

So, were you able to make the ISO?

Did you find out what was causing the problem?

Rand.

Jesus taught love and compassion and most of his energy was focused on protecting and caring for those in society who were most persecuted and most hated. Jesus cared most for the weak, whilst he turned away those who persecuted others. Christians are called to follow this example, showing love and...

if the drive is fine with other stuff (ie. try it now), chances are good that it's fine and it's one of the problems above. The symptom of a highly accelerating disc that comes out of the drive warm is usually a media error or copy protection. Rand. edit: The symptom above was what you described in...

Every so often a disc comes out bad from the plant -- you might have to take it back and exchange it because it will never work. It's also possible that their copy protection (assuming there is some sort) has trouble with your particular drive -- check their website and/or support links to see if th...

Since 9/11 the US added taxes and fees to flights that average $20 per ticket -- and it's supposed to go up again.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/ ... 2515.shtml

2 or 3 euros doesn't seem like a lot in comparison.

Rand.

I wonder what that group would say about the significant storms and disasters that have repeatedly struck South / South-East US over the past few years.

Rand.

I certainly didn't mean to imply that any progress was insignificant -- clearly any increase in peace is a *huge* accomplishment for all the parties involved... ... and it gives hope to the notion that peace can, and does, happen ... but despite steps taken to improve things, the sad fact is that te...

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin I'm not sure that people would be so quick to give up their freedoms if they actually recognized that was going on... ... hence "I'm not a terrorist, I h...

JMD,

You're quite welcome -- it's been a very long time since I've even thought about the Amiga, though -- still one of my all-time favorite machines... by FAR.

Quzar: The copy protection was custom, not bought.

Bender: The code will NOT be released.

Rand.

The Alchemist wrote:In this case, with all respect due to Rand, I doubt his protection scheme would stand up to the commercial interests of modchip makers and their development teams - just as the Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube discs were cracked in time.

Rand wrote:Given time and incentive, anything can be pirated.

Rand.

Media <> Software

Rand.

Given time and incentive, anything can be pirated. Games for mass-market devices are typically launched by large companies with huge multi-million dollar initial sell-ins -- more than enough to recoup most costs, and well beyond the concerns of casual piracy. Infact, the people hurt most by piracy a...

Does this sound to you like the same kind of filtering and blocking that certain other countries like to do while claiming to "protect" the people?

Rand.

jaredfogle wrote:Sounds like fun to me.

You need to get out more

Rand.

edit: sonic boom was at 5:06am -- congrats to the crew et al on a safe landing.