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Here's a Risk game I downloaded yesterday that was pretty fun. Lots of weird maps: http://sillysoft.net/lux/ Both online and offline play, but it's a demo and only works for 30 days, after which you have to pay for it ($25 I think?). Which brings me to a question for the risk experts here (I oinly play occasionally). When I was playing online yesterday, I was chastised for not letting people get their countries. Apparently the ettiquette was to let people get the countries that they called out at the start of the game. So everyone teamed up on me after I stopped this one player from controlling europe and canada (the map gave bonuses for canada, US, and central america individually). I thought the goal was to STOP the other players from getting all those army bonuses? Am I Just a clueless player? CW

So first you complain that your friends drink too much, now you're complaining they don't drink enough. Sheesh Goldielocks, you're picky

Well he does have to take part of the blame... He's the one who moved to North Carolina. I was just kidding around though, and I think (hope) he realized that. If you want some real advice, I'd recommend finding some groups. If you like photography, find a photo club or take some photo classes. If you like remote control stuff, there's tons of clubs for RC racing, flying, etc. Get out and meet people that you know will have similar interests and you'll find people to hang out with eventually. There has to be a Bills group in NC, no? CW

Maybe it's you?

Details please?

You have some great luck to win multiple computers! I've never even won one...

Yeah, generally.... To millbank's point, I don't know how Fox decides what to allow and what not to allow, or if they only report things that they hear about or what. Lots of companies send letters to YouTube (Google, now) asking them to take stuff down all the time, so that's why I'm assuming it was taken down. No idea for sure. CW

My guess is that Fox sent YouTube a cease and desist letter telling them to take it down, so they did. It's copyrighted work, so...

To put that into perspective -- I have season tickets for the Minnesota Swarm (indoor Lacrosse; same league as the Buffalo Bandits, 8 regular season games, no preseason). My cost for 2 season tickets was $480. The only advantage was that this year, they include free parking passes with the season tickets. So you guys should stop complaining about Bills season ticket prices. CW

So you're saying the Supreme Court is wrong? http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/175 A number of years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt with a man named Dowling, who sold "pirated" Elvis Presley recordings, and was prosecuted for the Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. The Supremes did not condone his actions, but did make it clear that it was not "theft" -- but technically "infringement" of the copyright of the Presley estate, and therefore copyright law, and not anti-theft statutes, had to be invoked. So "copying" is not "stealing" but can be "infringing." Of course John said pretty much the same thing in this thread, but hey, call it what you want - who needs to be accurate on the internet, right? CW

Wow, the rumors are true, you really are an idiot.

And you say other people are being babies. Nice.

You forgot that part where, technically speaking, it was agreed that it's not stealing or thievery to download music, but is instead copyright infringement. Yes, it's a pet peeve of mine, deal with it. CW

If I steal 50 CDs, I'll be charged with petty larceny, no big deal (relatively speaking). If I download those same songs from the CDs, I can be fined $150,000/song. That's quite a difference... And just because you see stealing music as stealing music, doesn't mean it's true. The definition of theft (from the Merriam-Webster dictionary) is: "the act of stealing; specifically : the felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it " Notice the "deprive the rightful owner of it" portion. Without that, it's not theft or stealing, regardless of whether you want it to be or not. I'm not saying it's legal by any stretch of the imagination, but let's call it what it really is. CW

Yeah, I was never trying to imply that it wasn't illegal, just that it wasn't theft. CW

It's not theft. Theft involves physical property. If I steal something, I deprive someone else of the use (ie: if I take a CD from a store). Of course I do find it odd that I can go to Best Buy and steal 50 CDs from them and I'd get a much less harsh sentance than if I downloaded the same 50 CDs. Weird, no? Cw

If you're going to call someone names, at least get it right. Downloading music is not theft, it's copyright infringement. CW

http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?showtopic=59387

http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/07/bill-ba...-streets-comin/

I hope you just forgot to press the sarcasm button.

Pine? Puh-lease. I still use mailx. I've decided to start using mutt when I need to send/receive attachments though, so I'm not totally living in the dark ages.

It's ok, girls aren't supposed to be good at math

Yup, it's web-based email. You can view it on your phone as well if you have internet access on the phone - works well. http://www.gmail.com Looking at the site, it appears that you can register an account if you give them your cell phone number (they'll text you a message). Otherwise, you can IM me your email address and I can send you an invite that way if you're interested.