RollinThundr wrote on Apr 17, 2013, 18:15:

What isn't these days? Plus it's so easy to get Beamer's bleeding heart all well, bleeding. Kinda hard to resist. But focusing on one word in say a 2 paragraph post, ignoring the rest of said post's content, then just labeling it trolling because it's something you don't agree with politically isn't exactly legit.

Blue wrote on Mar 7, 2013, 21:12:

No, someone bought keys with stolen credit cards and sold them, and when the cardholders protested the chargebacks occurred.

I'm not surprised that reception is worse than patchy, but even just the phone looking for a tower, or a wifi hotspot, would be enough to give away your position. All the more reason to keep it in airplane mode I suppose.

Are there any checks made to ensure the solders' private equipment is safe?

The Half Elf wrote on Feb 23, 2013, 21:24

Quboid wrote on Feb 23, 2013, 13:31:
Why would a soldier in combat have an iPhone, except to act as body armour? Isn't that all kinds of dangerous?

It could give away his position (by triangulating its cell connection), photos could be geotagged or give away sensitive information - ....

Cutter wrote on Feb 23, 2013, 15:09:
Propaganda much? An Iphone didn't save him, an object that changed a bullet's trajectory did. Why wasn't he wearing body armour?

Taskeen wrote on Feb 6, 2013, 18:08:
It is going to be some time before the game reaches the type of scale that the developers have envisioned, where there is a larger galaxy to fight over (The Inner Sphere of Battle Tech). It'll be some time before that stuff is implemented, I'd say a year or two. And being an 'free pay-if-you want to' MMO, changes and additions are going to happen slowly.

Its going to be some time before it approaches something like Eve or MWBT: 3025.

Creston wrote on Dec 16, 2012, 17:08:
75 Mbps over FIOS? I thought the lowest they went was 100?

Creston

xXBatmanXx wrote on Dec 16, 2012, 19:01:

South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana.......no it doesn't. In South Dakota you go to the Sheriff, who just hands you a little piece of paper that he signed. Boom, carry a firearm. I grew up there, there are guns EVERYWHERE. Any of the homicides that happen are usually stabbings in Rapid City. Gangs are bad and the homeless drink and fight a lot....

jdreyer wrote on Dec 16, 2012, 13:40:

Did you know ANYTHING about statistics? VT is obviously an outlier, but on the average the correlation holds up.

jdreyer wrote on Dec 15, 2012, 16:10:

So, what to do? Can't we agree that a 10-day waiting period and extensive background check to purchase a gun should be the bare minimum nation-wide?

jdreyer wrote on Dec 15, 2012, 16:10:
Gun regulations correlate with lower gun violence. That's just a fact.

But it isn't those people I worry about. It is the 10x offender that is going to carry a gun no matter what, and they aren't punished for it when we catch them.

It isn't about guns. It is about control. It isn't about guns it is about people. Lets not blame the tool, lets put the focus on the person. I grew up aruond guns (in south dakota it was still ok to have a loaded gun in a gun rack in your truck) and this stuff never happened. It is a bigger issue than guns. It is a society issue. Violent offenders are accepted and released after very short terms.

nin wrote on Dec 10, 2012, 00:11:

Jeraxle wrote on Dec 10, 2012, 00:08:

Ant wrote on Dec 9, 2012, 17:46:
I still have GameSpy Arcade v2.0.5 installed on my old, updated Windows XP Pro. SP3 machine. It still runs except script errors from web pages. I didn't try gaming with it though. There are still people in a few lobbies!!

Do you know of a good download link Ant?

Google sez...

Thanks nin!

Ant wrote on Dec 9, 2012, 17:46:
I still have GameSpy Arcade v2.0.5 installed on my old, updated Windows XP Pro. SP3 machine. It still runs except script errors from web pages. I didn't try gaming with it though. There are still people in a few lobbies!!

nin wrote on Dec 7, 2012, 10:41:

Jeraxle wrote on Dec 7, 2012, 10:32:
It's also the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.

Ouch, you're right. Awkward. I didn't realize that at all.