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jend80 @jend80 (2071) • United Kingdom 31 Mar 07

Which books of the trilogy in 5 parts is your favourite or least favourite? or do you prefer the radio series or film?

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alexdiazgranados The sad thing about the feature film is that Douglas Adams actually was working on it at the time of his too-early death of a heart attack in 2001. As of this writing, by the way, I still have not seen it.

19 Aug 08

alexdiazgranados @alexdiazgranados (678) • United States 7 Feb 07

Since 1992, I've been a fan of Sid Meier's Civilization series, a so-called "god game" where you start a civilization from the humblest of beginnings, then slowly but surely get it to expand into a mighty empire by gaining...

god games

historical simulations

pc strategy games

sid meiers civilization series

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alexdiazgranados You really should at least try getting Civ IV. It really can get addictive, so be prepared to love the Save Game option to avoid getting your wife mad at you!

23 Dec 07

axelady @axelady (145) • Portugal 22 Apr 07

Do you play any game related to Star Wars movie series? What is the game name ? What kind of game is it ? (shooter, strategy, arcade etc). Post a list with all star wars game you know, maybe we talk about it, make a top of it.

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alexdiazgranados Right now, the only Star Wars game I've played recently has been Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter. I've attempted to play Empire at War but it's harder to figure out than I figured.

23 Dec 07

hora_fugit @hora_fugit (5862) • India 6 Nov 07

Once my mouse just stopped to work and for many days we had to do all the work with keyboard only. Well, that was not much trouble for me as I am a 'keyboardist' (as my sister calls me) and had found beforehand how to move mouse...

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alexdiazgranados I don't think I could ever function without either a mouse or a keyboard. I write for a living, and for me to depend on an onscreen keyboard substitute would drive me crazy!

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Kareng @kareng (71007) • United States 2 Nov 07

I remember last year in November that gasoline prices hit an all time high in my area. It seems to be happening again this year. We are almost up to the spike of 1.89 a gallon here already in the beginning of November. My...

gasoline prices

heaters

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alexdiazgranados I'm not sure if it's simply a case of the oil companies taking advantage of us. Partly, maybe, but oil products are decreasing while demand is rising. So I'm more inclined to think it's the supply-and-demand effect rather than corporate greed. Also, part of...

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Kareng @kareng (71007) • United States 2 Nov 07

I remember last year in November that gasoline prices hit an all time high in my area. It seems to be happening again this year. We are almost up to the spike of 1.89 a gallon here already in the beginning of November. My...

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alexdiazgranados Oh, yeah. The travel season. Forgot about that increase in demand in the holiday travel rush. Imagine, in Europe they consider us "whiners" because we complain about high gas prices. There, in some countries, it's like $6.00 per gallon.

3 Nov 07

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vivasuzi @vivasuzi (4127) • United States 20 Oct 07

Are you a procrastinator? I am but I'm not. For example, I had stuff complete for my wedding way ahead of time, but now I have to pick 70-80 pictures for my wedding album and it's just taking me forever!!! It seems I can be fast...

wedding album

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alexdiazgranados That is one of the biggest headaches about being a regular reviewer at Eps. There is so much pressure to produce reviews on an almost daily basis, particularly with the First Review Sweepstakes, that sometimes my mind will rebel and go into "writer's shock"...

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patgalca @patgalca (18439) • Orangeville, Ontario 21 Oct 07

My daughter is in grade 9 and has started reading/studying this book. I vaguely remember reading this myself. It is a book that has been on several banned books lists. My daughter came downstairs the other night crying at the...

banned books

grade 9

helping with homework

homework

to kill a mockingbird

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alexdiazgranados I think that what bugged teachers was the fact that students were basically answering questions about the books in ways that showed that they were relying exclusively on the Cliffs Notes and not forming any opinions or getting any personal insights about stuff...

22 Oct 07

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patgalca @patgalca (18439) • Orangeville, Ontario 21 Oct 07

My daughter is in grade 9 and has started reading/studying this book. I vaguely remember reading this myself. It is a book that has been on several banned books lists. My daughter came downstairs the other night crying at the...

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alexdiazgranados Apparently what happened when I was in high school was that so many students were relying on Cliffs Notes and not reading the books assigned, so teachers got fed up and forbade us to use them. Unfair, maybe, but that's how that came about.

21 Oct 07

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new_waver @new_waver (198) 20 Oct 07

I've got a Bachelors in classical singing, and I definitely consider the voice to be an instrument. I've tried playing various other instruments, including piano, drums and tablas (Indian percussion). I was terrible at all of...

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alexdiazgranados I think my problem is that while I can grasp non-abstract concepts easily, abstract subjects, whether they are math or musical notation, really stump me. My chorus teacher did say that I compensated for that because I had (have) a good ear for music. And I...

21 Oct 07

patgalca @patgalca (18439) • Orangeville, Ontario 21 Oct 07

My daughter is in grade 9 and has started reading/studying this book. I vaguely remember reading this myself. It is a book that has been on several banned books lists. My daughter came downstairs the other night crying at the...

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alexdiazgranados I have to admit that I haven't read To Kill a Mockingbird in ages; it's kind of a difficult "read" emotionally speaking for me for the reasons you state, but as far as reading-comprehension goes, it's not that terribly complicated. (Then again, we now live in...

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alexdiazgranados @alexdiazgranados (678) • United States 7 Feb 07

Since 1992, I've been a fan of Sid Meier's Civilization series, a so-called "god game" where you start a civilization from the humblest of beginnings, then slowly but surely get it to expand into a mighty empire by gaining...

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alexdiazgranados I dunno. I find Civ IV to be quite difficult at times, particularly in the Earth scenarios.

16 Oct 07

alexdiazgranados @alexdiazgranados (678) • United States 29 Jan 07

With the success of Star Trek:The Next Generation, itself a spinoff of Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry and Rick Berman ensured that the visionary view of the future would thrive in the vast wasteland of TV and capture the hearts of...

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alexdiazgranados DS-9 was definitely a great show. Thanks for replying!

27 Sep 07

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