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Peter Jackson rules. George Lucas can suck it. The actor who plays young Bilbo is the same actor who played Tim in The Office, right? Looks like him, and if so, good choice. DT

My friends were into it, and I had the basic set. I liked it because it was a very visual game and not overly complex allowing you to actually get a battle done in a reasonable amount of time. I would have liked to have played it more but it is my experience that among my group, the games I am interested everyone loses interest. DT

"the charge was reduced to the lesser charge of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility, to which the shitbag pleaded guilty. I guess the diminished responsibility relates to being a murderous mental religious nut job." The American comedian Dennis Miller had a bit about that along the lines of: "Oh you're not guilty because you are insane, huh? Well, great. Then I want to see you sitting in a jail cell cackling away like Woody Woodpecker for the rest of your life." "The eminent young neurosurgeon who operated on me a couple of years ago is a practising Muslim. I can confidently say that he has all the qualities that place a person head and shoulders above the baying mob as typified by the blogger that JP unfortunately stumbled upon." A big part of the problem is that the political correctness and bowing down to the altar of multiculturalism ignores everything that does not jibe with the narrative of poor persecuted minority. In the US, when people were protesting the building of the Ground Zero Mosque they were labeled anti-Muslim bigots or reactionaries besides the fact there were Muslims in the US and Canada ALSO speaking out against it, warning it WAS a big FU from the radicals. Some of these people lived in countries where radicals ran the show, and they know how they operate. They, of course, are ignored because it does not fit the narrative of the radicals only being radicals because they are so badly treated. Let's face it, it is part of a larger problem where certain people sympathize with the perpetrators of crimes rather than the victims. DT

I don't get it...Why didn't he eject and then hit refly? DT

Painless, No expert am I, but what is Bojan trying to run it on? A XP machine, Vista, or MS7? I had the problem with it crashing to desktop on my wife's laptop (MS7) , and I screwed around with various settings from the RAM setting on RC4 start-up screen to fiddling with the compatibility modes. Eventually I got it to work in a stable enough fashion to do FMB, play tracks and run tests of missions. I can't, however, explain to you WHY that worked. I hope he is able to figure it out. If I come across something I will let you know. DT

Guys, I can't swear its the same link (although it seems like the same video), but the last time this was posted, I remember some sort of malware/virus issue. Be wary. DT

Try something called MPEG stream clip for the MAC. http://www.squared5.com/ We use it at work, and it's fairly easy to use. It might still take a while because converting a two hour movie in high quality video is a lot of processing. It does have it's limits. Last time I tried to convert FRAPS video with it to MOV files, there was a CODEC issue that forced me to use something else. DT

I'll have a wee bit of scotch tonight in yer honor, M8! Rest in Peace

Just remember, I was the victim! (sniff) DT

True, but I remember one time that the AI came to my glorious rescue. Was playing a coop of some sort in the Pacific, and I had Psycho on my ass as I tried to make it back to my ship. Bastard would not let me go, and I kept calling for AI help. Well, I was in a last ditch dive after trying to lose Psycho in the clouds. I emerged from the clouds, and there was Psycho, right behind in his Zero. I was looking back and up at him, trying to evade and keep track of how much alt I had left when what do I see but 4 Hellcats come screaming out of the clouds in a dive like they were pissed, right after Psycho. They proceed to lit him up like a dry Christmas dipped in gas. Oh my GOD, do I have a good laugh at that one. Yee-HAA! DT

...What a bunch of shameless, kill-stealing weasels the AI are. SCENE - SKIES OVER FINLAND 1942 ME: "Uh, red 3, no need to shoot that guy..." RED 3 AI :"RIGHT! I will shoot him." ME : "NO! You don't need to shoot him, he's going down." RED 3 AI : "He's still flying..." ME : "His engine's dead. I saw his prop stop turning..." RED 3 AI : "He's trying to get away!" ME : "What part of dead engine do you not..." RED 3 AI : "He'll glide over the border." ME: "We're 30km in, he won't..." RED 4 : "I see a Mig trying to sneak away. I'm going in!" ME and RED 3: "NO! That's my kill!" ME : "Shut up, RED 3!" RED 4 : "Looks like he shut his engine off so he can sneak away..." ME : "HE DID NOT TURN HIS ENGINE OFF." RED 3 : "Yeah, I just disabled it." ME : "You did NOT $^% disable it." RED 5 : "Hey, anyone going after this Mig I am shooting right now??" ME, RED 3 and 4 : "YES!" RED 5 : "What? Oh, look, I got him flaming...and BOOM! Down he goes! I'm an ace!" ME : "MOTHER-*%&$&!"