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That's probably the best way to go. I'm dual booting Vista and Ubuntu 7.04 at the moment.

I think we're going to have quite a trek-less year :-\

I'll take Clinton-nomics over Bush-nomics any day. Still, there's no way I'm voting for Hillary.

Ramscoop Also known as a Bussard collector. A ramscoop uses magnetic fields to collect hydrogen from interstellar for fuel. Chief O'Brien compared ramscoops to the arva nodes in Tosk's ship damaged in 2369, since the nodes served the same function.

What about the Enterprise OV-101 (space shuttle)?

Just tried out the Beyond the Red Line demo. Definitely can't wait for the full game. The development team is getting quite close to capturing the feel of a viper. As soon as the full game is released, there will be a ton more features, as described at the site's forum. Some of the stuff they're working on is just insane.

Just a side note, the game runs under Vista with no compatibility options enabled.

it's a directx 10 thing. dx10 does not support directplay. this rules out some microsoft games, specifically freelancer (one of my favs, of course)

the promos for episode two show centurions shooting up a basestar

I'm just excited about Spore because I've been playing Will Wright games since the beginning. One of the first games I ever played was SimCity. Spore is the most ambitious project Will Wright has ever undertaken. It could be one of the best games ever made, or it could be an epic failure.

I personally have had a positive experience with Vista. The SP1 upgrade did not kill my drivers, install was very streamlined, my system is now more stable than it was under XP. Still, that's not saying much. Yes, it boots and shuts down faster than XP, but that's still slow compared to MacOS and Ubuntu. Yes, it crashes less than XP did, but it can still have an epic crash from time to time.

ok, so they're cheaper than I thought. It's like the soda or pop debate. Neither side is right, they just like to argue :D Both Vista and Leopard have major flaws. No one makes a perfect OS, not even Ubuntu. Vista----- can it sync with my Zune? yes can it run my vpn software? yes does it crash and have trouble running some of my favorite games? oh god yes can it run design software efficiently? yes does it boot/shutdown quickly? oh god no MacOS--- can it sync with my Zune? no can it run my vpn software? probably does it crash and have trouble running some of my favorite games? oh god yes can it run design software efficiently? yes does it boot/shutdown quickly? yes, very much so Ubuntu--- can it sync with my Zune? no can it run my vpn software? only if i were some linux genius who could install it properly does it crash and have trouble running some of my favorite games? it doesn't crash, but it also can't run my games can it run design software efficiently? not OEM versions. only the half-retarded cousin of OEM versions does it boot/shutdown quickly? i could boot/shutdown twice before MacOS boots once It's all about what you consider the lesser evil.

suppose they get to earth and no one is there...

I installed Vista SP1 a couple of weeks ago and the experience has been very positive. I have had absolutely no driver issues and all of my programs still work. I would say that reports of SP1 breaking Windows are largely exaggerated.

photoshop isn't a game

SPORE SPORE SPORE SPORE sorry, let me try to stifle my ecitement...

MAC's would have to be about $1000 less for me to even consider buying one. I won't spend $2000 on a baseline MAC, not when I can build a top-of-the-line PC for around $500.

yep, according to that voyager 2 part episode.

Well said

Ok I guess we start by levelling all major cities??

Wow. Crazy. He will be missed.

Being unable to transport away is an often used plot device in every Trek series. A bracelet would have really changed things.

I forgot also. Saw it on trekmovie.com this morning and couldn't help but post it here!

Exactly, my friend. That's what got me hooked.