Aluvus

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  1. Tried it (and others), wasn't really hooked.

    I never go to the main Google page normally (I use Opera, it has integrated search), and I'm usually not on the search page for long. So I had to change habits to use the Google page, and that didn't really happen.

  2. well that sucks....  what ever happened to the freedom of information act?

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    That act requires the government to make records public. Privately-owned ISPs are not the government.

    There are tools to find the general region (the city, maybe), but that's as precise as you're gonna get.

  3. Civilization and its descendants would fit the bill, except that, despite the apparent attempts of the designers, they always end up being war games if you're playing against the computer.  In a multiplayer they could be run as pure politics and economics, but probably not very well.  (This is unhelpful, but I like to complain about it.)

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    Civilization 3 (with the expansions, anyway) allows you to reduce AI aggressiveness independent of difficulty level. Though it's still hard to play an entire game at peace. Unless you chicken out and reload the last auosave every time someone declares war on you :blush:

    When war does break out, it's at least a "thinking man's" approach to war.

  4. Wow, the old version was weak sauce. Kudos for making something respectable out of it.

    I went ahead and made a spelling fix, and will try to look for other things of similar nature. If this weren't a test week for me (and if I hadn't recently opened up several other projects), I'd have more time for such things.

  5. Something else I am unclear on...while looking around, I see some brands that come with heat spreaders, and others that don't. Are heat spreaders something I absolutely need, or would the normal airflow inside the case be sufficient enough to cool the RAM in the type of setup I'll have?

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    Heat spreaders on RAM are like spoilers on Toyota Corollas. They are for looks. In addition to not improving performance, they can actually damage performance (for heatspreaders, by interfering in the transfer of heat from chips to air).