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The shootings are the sad result of much deeper issues that should be addressed first.  I don't think we should focus on the fact that guns are easy to obtain, but why the fellow felt inclined to do what he did.

i think the deeper issue with any shooting has to be the availability of firearms, trying to find out the cause/reasoning behind each shooting after it happens is pointless if measures aren't taken to ensure situations like that can't happen easily.
and although a majority of gun crime may or may not be comitted with weapons obtained illegally by the shooter, if the gun was stolen there's a high chance it was originally purchased legally, or is only made illegal due to the removal of a serial number.
i think it would be more productive to eradicate the main cause of the problem rather than analyse the byproducts and stop protecting the second ammendment, if the real cause of all the gun related problems is the availability of the weapons then surely it would be better to sacrifice the so called freedom to own a firearm for the good of the country. if a second ammendment can be made in the first place then it's not likely that the constitution (or whatever you call it) is actually set in stone and can't easily be ammended again, and it's not like the precious 'freedom' of speech and press are actually taken any notice of in america.
so, in short, the real problem IS the availability of firearms and people need to stop protecting them.

if he doesn't show up by tomorrow some time we, being those who entered BEFORE the deadline, should perhaps take it to a vote to decide a winner rather than just somebody deciding they think they have a cool idea and starting another competition themselves.

do you by any chance have a Radeon graphics card (a 9xxx series to be more specific)?
when i was using a 9600XT i noticed it wouldn't play 16bit colour AGS games, it'd just get a blank screen, but nothing like windows freezing, although i am using 2000 and not XP.
i remember i got Robotragedy 2 just after it came out and it worked fine for me, i'll try downloading it again and see if works though.

there are apps out there more suited to platformers than AGS, such as GameMaker and Scrolling Game Development Kit

i tell you what, with a good firewall, a bit of common sense and actually knowing how to use a computer you can pretty much avoid ever getting a virus. i have AVG but i only run it every 4 months or so and have never had a virus, and the hardware firewall helps a great deal (although it also hinders me a great deal too, or rather the router itself does because it's shit).
it's usually kids that treat a computer like a toy (not true of all kids, i know) or silly girls with their dumb msn smiley packs and just blindly accepting every file sent to them without stopping to think "hang on, pictures usually have thumbnails..." (i'm going by personal experience of my sister with that one, luckily it was her pc and not mine, i'd slap anyone if i caught them using my pc).
it was all the other crap that comes with systemworks that messed my pc up, all i wanted to use was anti-virus and speed disk, but it goes and protects my recycle bin and generally makes it impossible to do anything on my pc.

everytime i install a norton product, systemworks to be precise, i end up having to re-install windows due to it messing everything up and not uninstalling properly. the last time i used systemworks 2003 i got bombarded with viruses while anti-virus was updating, so now i just stick with free alternatives.

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i worship you Dave
anyone who thanks me personally, not via an automatic response, for purchasing their game is awesome by my books, makes you feel like your support is actually appreciated and not just more money for the pile.
long live Dave Gilbert!

here is the tune http://www.lumpcity.co.uk/~boyd1981/fishes.ogg
and here is the picture. it's from the original flash version of the game flOw (http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/flowing/)


i've made the music so that it will loop seamlessly if your player doesn't create a slight delay when repeating.

does firefox not have the ability to resume downloads built in? i know that opera does, although i think file resuming depends somewhat on the server the file is hosted on.
the only download manager i've ever used is MyGetRight when i had dialup a long time ago, although it was a standalone programme into which you just pasted the file url so i've no idea about the plugin variety.

my boxer is 13 this year but luckily he has no major health problems, although quite a few years back he was diagnosed with spondulosis of the spine or something, the second worst case the vet had seen, or so he says atleast, he reckoned that within a few years it would be too painful for him to walk, but i reckon he fed us a pack of lies because it was about 6 or 7 years ago and he's just fine although he is getting on a bit now although he is still pretty active, but recently he keeps collapsing on his back legs, usually when playing when he tries to move backwards or turn quickly and sometimes when he walks up the stairs, i really hope he gets to live out his days on his own terms and we never have to make the decision to put him down.
my aunt has his older brother who is in a bit of a bad shape and on lots of medication, he lost a lot of weight and couldn't walk for a while and lost pretty much all his fur due to thyroid problems, but he's on the mend and is really quite a lucky dog as about 10 years ago he was hit by a car and suffered brain damage.
my nan also has a dog from the same bloodline who is just a few years old and a really great dog, although he's scared of pretty much everything
once my dog does go we're all pretty adamant that we won't get another one, firstly because the one we have now doesn't get taken for walks anymore (although that's more to do with him than us), and secondly because it just wouldn't be the same as he's such a great character.
i always find it really sad when i hear about other peoples' pets dying or having to be put down, especially dogs because it makes me think about how lucky i am to still have mine.

i lost my original copy so i'll definitely be buying this in the next week or so.

7-Zip is also rubbish, i always liked PowerArchiver until it became popular and therefore commercial software, but now i just use a completely authentic and legal version of WinRAR because it's very cheap and excellent.

i think one of my cousins is just entering hers too, and my sister is about 8 weeks pregnant, plus my older half-sister is a couple of months into her pregnancy too, so there's a lot of breeding going on in my family right now, though i'm looking forwards to being an uncle, although i bet it doesn't beat having a sprog of your own 

i'd like the original version of Flashbax please.

awesome game, i just completed it after failing level 12 like 10 times (got down to just one monster a few times but then accidentally stepped on a trap and almost punched a hole through my monitor  ), it's great working out strategies to use and i had a lot of fun playing it, the music was great too.
but i agree you're gonna have to come up with a better ending 
also, do you think you could add a 'snot counter' to future versions/the full game and perhaps even a 'master' type mode where you get a limited amount of snot to use? 
i didn't encounter the save bug fortunately, but i did get eaten through a wall once on the last level by the first monster, he saw me so i ran to the right bottom corner of the starting area but he didn't follow me, he just seemed to go through the wall and eat me.
really great game.

i once left something to go away by itself instead of going to the doctor... 2 years on and i'm still waiting to have an operation for a very painful pilonidal sinus that gets worse the long it's left untreated.

i have a weird breathing problem that started one night when i was laying in bed and thought to myself "hmm, wouldn't it be strange if i couldn't breathe in all the way" and ever since then i've had problems taking deep breaths and it can also stop me from yawning properly. i probably am taking in full breaths but it doesn't always feel like it and i don't always notice it.
but anyway, i'd suggest you go see a doctor.

a lot of the older adventure games that are worth playing will work just fine with the use of scummvm, classics like Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max Hit The Road and Beneath A Steel Sky all work fine, and you can get Beneath A Steel Sky for free from the scummvm website http://www.scummvm.org and there are always DoTT + S&M double packs floating about, i'd also recommend The Longest Journey, although i'm not sure about XP compatibility i know it works fine under Windows 2000, and there is it's sequel Dreamfall released last year.

well i actually meant any setup menu on the DVD itself, but yeh, check the DVD player too.