Computer Question

[Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by Moonlight

There is a simpler way to bypass the UAC security problem and that is to take ownership of the Ubisoft directory.
Find the install of SH4, my example is D:\Program Files(x86)\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific. Right-click the Ubisoft folder and select properties, select the Security tab at the top, and then select Users (your name-PC\Users), it will show you in the Permissions for Users section if you have got full control of it or not. If you haven't, select the Edit tab and select the Users (your name-PC\Users) again and then select Full control, make sure everything is ticked except the Special permissions box and select Apply. That should stop all the UAC nonsense from your Win7 OS, you should only do this for software that you trust though, so be careful how you use this feature.

OOOO, that's an exact analog of how we do it in Linux! I always turn UAC off in Win 7 and rely on other protection schemes. You can do that in Control Panel.

I can't wait for all these game companies to realize that when you have a free operating system (that IS ready for prime time!) and free system and utility software that people are left with lots more money to buy games. The lack of games is the only thing holding Linux back. Even Apple OSX is Linux/Unix based because it really is much more robust. When I play Counterstrike Source on Steam in Linux I don't notice any difference from the Windows version except that I have more FPS in Linux.

Interestingly, in Ubuntu, I leave protection on and do your procedure above or do the sudo thing in a terminal, or you can do a sudo terminal, or............. I guess when I'm in Windows I have a Windows user mindset!

[HertogJan]

Pie, Cake, Ice cream...

Don't know what the fuss is all about

I take my ice cream with a slice of cake or pie on the side with a boat load of whipped cream

[in_vino_vomitus]

Originally Posted by BigWalleye

'Scuse me, IVV. 'Twas written in jest. It's your language, you can use as many extra letters as you like. (But "defence"? That's offencive.)

Up Nort'. it's called Kool-Whip, and we love it! In fact, I'm going to have some right now on my apple pie a la mode. Yummm!

It's cool - I was joking too - I guess I could have done more to make that obvious - besides, I admire someone who has a strong opinion and is prepared to stand by it - I can tell you're not the type to sit on the fense about this....

On the other hand, Kool-Whip - Mr Whippy - call it what you will, it's an abomination...........

[BigWalleye]

Thanks. Never was one to sit on de fense. (Ow! That made me wince!)

Kool-Whip is the national dish of Up Nort', yah. Along with brats and hot dish, you betcha! Kool-Whip on Jello is the ultimate comfort food.

Are we OT yet?

[in_vino_vomitus]

Originally Posted by BigWalleye

Thanks. Never was one to sit on de fense. (Ow! That made me wince!)

Kool-Whip is the national dish of Up Nort', yah. Along with brats and hot dish, you betcha! Kool-Whip on Jello is the ultimate comfort food.

Are we OT yet?

I don't know - Does OT mean getting reacquainted with our breakfast?

Not sure if we have a national dish in the North of England - If we do it will involve chips, but certainly in this corner of the North West, the Butter Pie is the weapon of choice to punish our arteries with

[BigWalleye]

There really is a Butter Pie? I thought it was just a Lennon-McCartney lyrical mashup.

[in_vino_vomitus]

Yep - it's more like a potato and butter pie, but calling them that, doesn't do them justice - I'm kind of assuming brats refers to a type of sausage - perhaps made from unruly children - But what's hot dish?

[BigWalleye]

Yes, brats are a sausage - familiar for bratwurst. Never inquired about the meat. Figure that where sausage is concerned, ignorance is the best policy.

Hot dish is an Up Nort' specialty. It's a fairly generic term for a casserole, which MUST contain one item from each of these categories: cooked starch (pasta, rice, diced potatoes), diced cooked meat (chicken, sausage, beef, pork, venison, whatever), canned condensed soup (usually cream soup - cream of mushroom, cream of chicken, cream of asparagus - but let your creativity run wild!) and may contain anything else, at the cook's discretion. Ingredients are combined and placed in a casserole dish, topped with either crumbled potato chips or crumbled canned fried onion rings (It is NOT a hot dish without one of these toppings!) and heated in the oven until browned on top, Serve with beer and your preferred condiment - ketchup, tabasco, sriracha, A-1, to taste. Makes a fortifying and warming meal when the temperature outside dips to -40. (And it does up here.) Known in other parts of the country as Methodist pie. (Refers to the Methodist tradition of potluck suppers, not to an ingredient. At least, not as far as is discussed.)

Don't they eat the justly infamous black pudding in your area?

[in_vino_vomitus]

Originally Posted by BigWalleye

Yes, brats are a sausage - familiar for bratwurst. Never inquired about the meat. Figure that where sausage is concerned, ignorance is the best policy.

Hot dish is an Up Nort' specialty. It's a fairly generic term for a casserole, which MUST contain one item from each of these categories: cooked starch (pasta, rice, diced potatoes), diced cooked meat (chicken, sausage, beef, pork, venison, whatever), canned condensed soup (usually cream soup - cream of mushroom, cream of chicken, cream of asparagus - but let your creativity run wild!) and may contain anything else, at the cook's discretion. Ingredients are combined and placed in a casserole dish, topped with either crumbled potato chips or crumbled canned fried onion rings (It is NOT a hot dish without one of these toppings!) and heated in the oven until browned on top, Serve with beer and your preferred condiment - ketchup, tabasco, sriracha, A-1, to taste. Makes a fortifying and warming meal when the temperature outside dips to -40. (And it does up here.) Known in other parts of the country as Methodist pie. (Refers to the Methodist tradition of potluck suppers, not to an ingredient. At least, not as far as is discussed.)

Don't they eat the justly infamous black pudding in your area?

Yeah - Who was it that said "He who loves sausages or the law should watch neither being made" Bismarck is ringing a bell....

Hot dish sounds good - I'm saving the recipe - will be trying it out soon...

There's nothing infamous about Black Pudding - they do seem more common in Lancashire and Yorkshire and the further South you go the less chance of getting a proper one. The plastic-covered supermarket variety are ok, but really you can only fry them - you need to get the real deal from a butcher - boiled for 10 mins and served with mustard - Delish ......

Does this count as a thread hijack? - I mean the OP nudged it in theis direction before he disappeared......

Food trivia time: What's the connection between Doughnuts, JFK and Bismarck......

[BigWalleye]

I tried Black Pudding in Edinburgh and in York. Tried second time because I thought the Scots might have gotten it wrong. They didn't. It may be am ethnic thing, like lutefisk or kimchi. Liked the pork and beans for breakfast, though.

OK, I'll bite. (Poor choice of words, perhaps.) What's the connection between doughnuts, JFK, and Bismarck?

[in_vino_vomitus]

Pork and Beans - I thought that was a C ration delicacy?

As for the other thing - A very tenuous connection - JFK, famously once said "I am a Doughnut" to the people of Berlin, and in Germany at least, doughnuts are sometimes called Bismarcks, because he [Bismarck] was reputed to be rather fond of them...

[Admiral Halsey]

Originally Posted by in_vino_vomitus

Pork and Beans - I thought that was a C ration delicacy?

As for the other thing - A very tenuous connection - JFK, famously once said "I am a Doughnut" to the people of Berlin, and in Germany at least, doughnuts are sometimes called Bismarcks, because he [Bismarck] was reputed to be rather fond of them...

That whole thing about JFK calling himself a "Jelly Doughnut" is completely false. If you don't believe me just ask a German what "Ich bin ein Berliner" means.(Or just look it up on Wikipedia.)

[BigWalleye]

Here's a sampling of the results of googling baked beans uk breakfast:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic...d_Kingdom.html
http://voices.yahoo.com/baked-beans-...04.html?cat=22
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...2203724AAIUR6p
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_breakfast
http://www.englishbreakfastsociety.c...ish-breakfast/
http://britishfood.about.com/od/faq/f/breakfast.htm

I grant that they make a distinction between UK "baked beans" and US "pork and beans", but the dish called Heinz Baked Beans looked and tasted identical to Campbell's Pork and Beans. (Don't let the name fool you. YOU try and find the "pork"!)

I thought the beans, like black pudding, fried bread, and fried tomatoes, might be something that was served up specially for unsuspecting Americans. But my web research says you guys actually eat - and relish - all of them first thing in the morning, when I'm barely handling toast and coffee. Gad! You guys are tough!

BTW, filled jelly doughnuts are Bismarcks over here, too. Hence, the coffee break call: "Let's go sink the Bismarck!"

Yes, JFK said "Ich bin ein Berliner." Fortunately, he didn't visit Vienna.

[in_vino_vomitus]

Yeah - I've heard people say that the usual rules of grammar didn't, for some reason, apply in that particular situation. I can't say I'm convinced - Makes no difference really - it was a great speech - everyone knew what he meant, a minor error on the part of a speechwriter doesn't alter that.

[in_vino_vomitus]

Originally Posted by BigWalleye

Here's a sampling of the results of googling baked beans uk breakfast:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic...d_Kingdom.html
http://voices.yahoo.com/baked-beans-...04.html?cat=22
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...2203724AAIUR6p
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_breakfast
http://www.englishbreakfastsociety.c...ish-breakfast/
http://britishfood.about.com/od/faq/f/breakfast.htm

I grant that they make a distinction between UK "baked beans" and US "pork and beans", but the dish called Heinz Baked Beans looked and tasted identical to Campbell's Pork and Beans. (Don't let the name fool you. YOU try and find the "pork"!)

I thought the beans, like black pudding, fried bread, and fried tomatoes, might be something that was served up specially for unsuspecting Americans. But my web research says you guys actually eat - and relish - all of them first thing in the morning, when I'm barely handling toast and coffee. Gad! You guys are tough!

BTW, filled jelly doughnuts are Bismarcks over here, too. Hence, the coffee break call: "Let's go sink the Bismarck!"

Yes, JFK said "Ich bin ein Berliner." Fortunately, he didn't visit Vienna.

Yep - The Full English breakfast - aka: Heart Attack on a Plate - And another delicacy - this time from Liverpool - The Docker's butty: An unsliced loaf, hollowed out and smeared with butter and a bag of chips dropped in - You guys call them french fries, but certainly anything I've seen labelled a french fry, bears little resemblance to a real chip. Too thin and not enough grease - mind you decent chip shops are getting thin on the ground, even over here