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December 21st, 2001, 07:43 PM
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Re: Off Topic DO NOT BUY CIV 3
Growltigga, have you checked out Baen.com, it gives preview of the lst 10 chapters of the book, good reading. I agree some books become dry or go to far outbound from where they began, one such was the GOR series, lst number of books were ok but then went down hill to where I quit reading them. Another good series is the Lost Regiment by Fourchan (not sure on spelling).
PS. tks Atrocities for heads up on CIV3, from what most everyone hear says, I'll wait until they clean it up first before I decide to buy it.
just some ideas mac 
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December 21st, 2001, 07:51 PM
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December 21st, 2001, 08:12 PM
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quote: Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
Windows XP = Windows Exposed
Oh, yeah, I wanna have the very LATEST software and be up to date!
Think I'll stick with 98 and a decent third-party firewall, actually. [/QB]
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Win98 for me too. But sooner or later... upgrades happen.
Will my old MOO run on XP? How about Privateer II?
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December 21st, 2001, 08:14 PM
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My Win XP has been great so far...so much better than '98 in terms of reliability. It also seems to use much more of my available memory and use it more efficiently.
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December 22nd, 2001, 01:03 AM
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Re: Off Topic DO NOT BUY CIV 3
[quote]Originally posted by mac5732:
[QB]Growltigga, have you checked out Baen.com, it gives preview of the lst 10 chapters of the book, good reading. I agree some books become dry or go to far outbound from where they began, one such was the GOR series, lst number of books were ok but then went down hill to where I quit reading them. Another good series is the Lost Regiment by Fourchan (not sure on spelling).
Mac, I checked out the Baen site, damn good reading and a nice way to while away a few hours in the office one afternoon but Baen are cruel to taunt fans like this with only half the story!! by chapter 10, I was getting anxious to work out how the Star Empire turns the tide
Messrs Weber and White are class. The Honor Harrington books by David Weber are damn fine reads I think. Altho' I love the Starfire books, I do find myself occassionally stopping half way through and turning to Terry Pratchett as the starfire story has just got a bit depressing
You are so right about the Gor books - I still pick up Tribesmen of Gor every now and then and read it - fantastic fantasy story - imaginative and fast flowing - after about book 12, John Norman seemed to get more obsessed about enslaving girls - obviously got carried away!!
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December 22nd, 2001, 06:08 AM
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Re: Off Topic DO NOT BUY CIV 3
Hey a MAJOR GRIPE about Civ3....
my goodness, they list the F-15 eagle as the successor to the F-14 tomcat. IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The F-14 is a carrier based interceptor. the F-15 is land based interceptor. The F-14 and F-15 have very similar missions. You can't say that the F-14 is being replaced by the F-15
ITS SO DUMB!
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December 22nd, 2001, 01:54 PM
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Re: Off Topic DO NOT BUY CIV 3
About a stable (mor or less, is MS) OS i think W2K-sp2 is the best.
About hardware, well i allways use components made by serious companies (MSI,ASUS,MICRON).
In the game side, only after the first or second patch is out and the news from the players say is ok, then i buy it.
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