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  1. Merkuri

    Firefly - First Episode: Serenity

    They like to slip very subtle Firefly references into Castle. The first one I noticed (and I wasn't even sure if it was a reference at the time) was one where he shot a bad guy in the knee, Beckett tells him, "Nice shot!" and he says, "I was aiming for his head." More recently, Beckett and...
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    Ethics: do you have to help your no-good sibling?

    You have to take things like this on a case-by-case basis. Family is important, but sometimes you have to use "tough love" to help them learn how to live on their own. For example, if you've got a deadbeat relative that keeps losing their job because they "weren't into it" or were too stoned...
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    Bunch of new smilies & thread prefix icons

    Note that if you can't read a banner you can hover your mouse over it to see what it's for.
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    Bunch of new smilies & thread prefix icons

    I agree that now that they're in their own cell, one that's much taller than the icons, that they could be made taller. They wouldn't be so hard to read, then.
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    ESP and the Scientific Journal

    In the cases you mentioned, the brain was basically putting more power towards processing stimuli it already knew how to process. Getting the brain to process entirely new stimuli is probably a different story. Plus, you'd need some way to get that new stimulus into the brain.
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    Number of disks for Mass Effect (original)

    Oh, really? That's interesting! I would've thought that if they were doing it that way they'd only let you install one copy at a time.
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    Appropriate place for development?

    Reported.
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    Number of disks for Mass Effect (original)

    I'm installing it now. I didn't want to install it at first if there was a chance I'd need to return it since I had heard that the game used some sort of DRM that would only allow you to install it so many times, and I didn't want to take away one of those from this game if I wasn't going to...
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    Looking for a map

    Cartographers' Guild - The Front Page may be a good place to start, either to look for an existing map or request somebody make one for you.
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    Vista on old HD. Blank new HD. Upgrade download for Win7. Will it work?

    If you go with my advice, you may want to try it on the new disk before you do anything to the old disk. If it doesn't work then you can still put your original disk back in and you haven't lost anything. And if it does work you can use your original disk as a secondary drive, in case you need...
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    D&D 4E 4E solo advice

    You can take some inspiration from video games and give the PC a companion, using the companion rules in the DMG2 (I think that's where they appeared). The player gets to control the companion in battle, but the DM controls the companion's personality and stuff like that. It can give you a...
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    Vista on old HD. Blank new HD. Upgrade download for Win7. Will it work?

    Do you have the original Vista disk? If so, you can install Vista onto the new hard drive and then upgrade it to Win 7. You could also add the 1TB drive as a secondary drive and just use it to keep all of your files and only keep the Windows system files on the original drive, but you won't...
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    Number of disks for Mass Effect (original)

    Thanks! I'll probably install it to make sure that it works and that the key number they gave me hasn't been activated too many times (if they're still enforcing that) then ask for a partial refund since it's not a new game. It really doesn't look like it's in bad condition - but I could've...
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    Bunch of new smilies & thread prefix icons

    I imagine it would work pretty similarly to ignoring threads or users, but if it's not a built-in feature of whatever you're doing then it would probably take somebody who knows more about vBulletin than I do. :) It was just an idea. By the way, I like the alt text that's appearing on the...
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    Bunch of new smilies & thread prefix icons

    Hmm, in the future will we be able to designate labels that we don't want to see? For example, if I really don't like Mutants and Masterminds* for some reason could I set up my account to hide all threads with that tag? * I just picked the name at random to use something as an example. I have...
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    Number of disks for Mass Effect (original)

    So, I'm a little miffed that the "new" copy of Mass Effect that I bought off of an Amazon seller (not Amazon itself) is obviously not new. The seal was broken, the manual is a tad wrinkled like it came in contact with some moisture, and the DVD itself has some slight wear scratches on it. Now...
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    What is the best computer game you have ever played?

    Why does how long it's been out matter? It still falls into the time span of "ever". :) After loving the heck out of Dragon Age: Origins I have a copy of Mass Effect coming in the mail in a week or two (bought with Christmas gift cards).
  18. Merkuri

    Disable F8 on startup?

    That would not prevent the kid from booting into safe mode. Choosing what mode to boot into happens before Windows is loaded (and thus, before you log in). However, it may be possible to restrict certain users from being able to log in while in safe mode. I'm not sure how to do this, but I...
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    Backstory - How Not To

    Have you ever played the computer game "Planescape: Torment"? Aside from being set in Planescape, the game's whole idea was that you played a person trying to figure out who he was and what he did in his past. You don't even know your own name (you're referred to as Nameless for the whole...
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    What's up with Google? (anyone having trouble reaching google.com?)

    Where are you located? I think this is a regional problem. Google works fine for me, and I searched for "root. phishing-warning-site.com" (which seemed like a very distinctive part of your error) and found that people in West Virginia were having this issue yesterday. You might want to check...
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