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I bought the computer game 'Majesty' today. I first played it about 3 years ago so it was good to track down a copy again. I'm not quite sure how the guy justified charging me £1.95 for postage and packing considering he stuck the cd and sleeve into a cd-sized envelope and sent it for $2 CDN. Thieving Canucks. Maybe I'll even get to play this game if I find some free time soon. I almost played a bit more Civilization III on Sunday night, but then realised I had to go to band practice instead. I'd just realised that I'd not played it for 6 weeks, too - where does the time go? Tip for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
yourapocalypse - to avoid being beaten by the Romans... play as the Romans. It works for me.
Band practice was amusing, as anticipated. I'm not sure if we were better or worse than I expected. I discovered that singing in the rehearsal room is just not an option though. There's no chance of getting it sounding remotely good if I can't hear myself. Probably for the best.
Latest annoyance: "Sony tries to patch up piracy row". Summary: Sony make a cd which, when put into a computer rather than a cd player, prompts you to accept a license agreement which allows them to install software on your computer. This software alters your copy of Windows so that it can't see files with a certain name, and installs device drivers under those names that you can't see, effectively hiding them from you. Then these drivers run when you play their CD (using their bundled player), lie to your system about what they actually are, and checks your system to ensure you're not running copying software or the like, every 2 seconds. (Details for the technically oriented here.) Basically, this is Sony putting something largely equivalent to spyware or a virus on your system in order to prevent you from copying CDs. Not good. Watch what you buy, and beware these multinationals trying to control what you do with your computer.
More amusingly: "Children's names 'spell trouble'". Apparently, 'Kyle, Liam, Wayne, Charmaine and Charlie are among the names teachers say they associate with problem children.' I can't say I'm surprised, since those certainly tend towards chav underclass names. Conversely, "Names which teachers associate with delightful children include Kate, Gregory, Sean, Charlotte, Jamie, Daniel, Lucy, Isobel, Ben, Sam, Harpreet, Imran, Asam, Alice and Joseph." Another problem name is allegedly "K'tee"... I mean, if your parents called you that, what's the chances of them taking any kind of interest in your education or upbringing? Shocking.
PS. Most amusing condition attached to a competition I've seen for a while: "Winner will receive ownership of a ghost for one year from date of visit to Chillingham Castle. Promoter cannot guarantee that the ghost will appear on the visit. The ghost will remain at Chillingham Castle."
PPS. http://www.theonion.com/content/node/42365
yourapocalypse - to avoid being beaten by the Romans... play as the Romans. It works for me.Band practice was amusing, as anticipated. I'm not sure if we were better or worse than I expected. I discovered that singing in the rehearsal room is just not an option though. There's no chance of getting it sounding remotely good if I can't hear myself. Probably for the best.
Latest annoyance: "Sony tries to patch up piracy row". Summary: Sony make a cd which, when put into a computer rather than a cd player, prompts you to accept a license agreement which allows them to install software on your computer. This software alters your copy of Windows so that it can't see files with a certain name, and installs device drivers under those names that you can't see, effectively hiding them from you. Then these drivers run when you play their CD (using their bundled player), lie to your system about what they actually are, and checks your system to ensure you're not running copying software or the like, every 2 seconds. (Details for the technically oriented here.) Basically, this is Sony putting something largely equivalent to spyware or a virus on your system in order to prevent you from copying CDs. Not good. Watch what you buy, and beware these multinationals trying to control what you do with your computer.
More amusingly: "Children's names 'spell trouble'". Apparently, 'Kyle, Liam, Wayne, Charmaine and Charlie are among the names teachers say they associate with problem children.' I can't say I'm surprised, since those certainly tend towards chav underclass names. Conversely, "Names which teachers associate with delightful children include Kate, Gregory, Sean, Charlotte, Jamie, Daniel, Lucy, Isobel, Ben, Sam, Harpreet, Imran, Asam, Alice and Joseph." Another problem name is allegedly "K'tee"... I mean, if your parents called you that, what's the chances of them taking any kind of interest in your education or upbringing? Shocking.
PS. Most amusing condition attached to a competition I've seen for a while: "Winner will receive ownership of a ghost for one year from date of visit to Chillingham Castle. Promoter cannot guarantee that the ghost will appear on the visit. The ghost will remain at Chillingham Castle."
PPS. http://www.theonion.com/content/node/42365
