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I've been watching the conflict between Apple and the RIAA for a while, so I kind of figured something was going to change eventually... This was long overdue.

Forum drama always makes for great April Fool's Day jokes. XD

This may very well be the most unique remix I've ever heard... But I'm not so sure it's OC ReMix material. It just seems like it lacks polish... If more time had been spent on the mix, I'm sure it would of been much better.

Make no mistake, Square Enix definitely knows how to make things flashy. Have you seen the FFXIII trailer? I think it's absolutely jaw-dropping. But lately, it's begun to dawn on me that being flashy is almost all they are anymore.

Catchy, and makes a nice addition to my OCR collection. Can't say it's ground-breaking, but it's definitely enjoyable.

What's even worse is that there's a spin-off of FFXII in the works for the DS: http://www.gamespot.com/ds/rpg/finalfantasyxiirevenantwings/index.html?q=Final%20Fantasy%20XII http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=3491 Ever since Enix bought and merged with Square, the FF series seems to have taken more of a "quantity over quality" approach. Just the name of FFX-2 was terrible... Why would anyone call a game "10-2"? And this whole "Compilation of Final Fantasy VII" crap is just awful, it's a rape of one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) games of all time.

Yeah, the excessive grinding was one of the biggest problems I had with the game. After every dungeon, I'd have to spend anywhere from 2-3 hours grinding so I can gain a few levels and buy new equipment so the monsters in the next area don't completely annihilate me. It took me 75 hours to beat the game, and I probably spent half that time just grinding. Even worse, I had a 4 level advantage over the final boss, and I just barely won the battle with him by the skin of my teeth. He'd just sit there and pummel my entire party with one flare-based spell after another, effectively cleaving off half of my health per hit.

Man, what you've done with this song is incredible. It's hard to find dark remixes that are really well-balanced, but this one pulls it off great. Most remixes with a dark theme tend to come off a little too strong and exaggerate the darkest parts of the song, but fortunately this one doesn't have that problem.

Man, I just can't get enough of this one. Totally awesome, dude.

I like the chill-out feeling it gives you, but I could of done without those last few seconds. They didn't seem to go with the rest of the song.

The stuff people come up with here... XD Great job.

It's difficult to make a remix with lyrics that's any good, but this one is one of the few exceptions. I think the lyrics really add something to the song, and without them it would sound kind of bland. Good job overall.

That's exactly how I feel, right down to wanting to play the game myself. Sadly, I don't really have the money for it and a DS at the moment. =(

Holy crap. I've always been a fan of bLiNd, so I'm definately looking forward to more remixes from him.

I've always liked Frog's theme, and I like where you went with this. Unfortunately, the song was just way too short for me. I'd actually prefer a song that's too long than too short.

I don't see any kind of decline in the quality of the remixes being posted. I've heard a lot of new and old stuff... For a long time now, I've listened to every new remix that's been posted. There just doesn't seem to be a change in the quality of the remixes the judges are posting.

Sweet. Hardware problems have plagued Linux for a long time, it's good to know that things could change soon.

I don't think FFXII is the best, but it's in my top 3 favorite FF games (FFVII is still at the top). I didn't like the general lack of direction in the game. I'm always wondering where I'm supposed to go next, and the license board just doesn't seem very creative. Not being able to see spaces on the license board until you've activated the space next to it makes planning ahead pretty hard.

Hmm, not familiar with that problem. Of course, someone at the Ubuntu forum could probably help you. I've never had trouble getting help at the forums for any of the Linux distributions I've used. Seems like hardware issues are coming up a lot in here. The only hardware I've had trouble with on Linux is my wireless card (Broadcom). Ubuntu has a list of wireless cards it's compatible with somewhere on it's site, so I'll have to keep that in mind when I get a new computer. I know I can use ndiswrapper to get the wireless working on my current computer, but I'm having a little trouble figuring out how to use it... Wish I had more time to play with it.

If you back up anything important, you shouldn't be. Ubuntu walks you through the re-partitioning process. It's pretty easy, actually. The only issue is that if your computer came with Windows already installed, then Windows will already be taking up all of the space on 1 partition. You can try to resize the partition to free up space for the partitions Ubuntu needs, but I had to reformat Windows entirely to set up a new partition for it. I tried to resize the Windows partition, but I couldn't move the data all to one side so I just re-formatted it. That doesn't seem to be a problem on Ubuntu, though. There's an icon right on the desktop that lets me access my Windows files. I know you can do the same with other Linux distributions, but you have to set it up yourself.

There's nothing wrong with that. I can't get enough of Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge on the Command and Conquer: The First Decade collection.

If you're a Linux user, what's your favorite distribution? I've used Fedora Core, Ubuntu, and Kubuntu. Ubuntu is my favorite, and is currently the one I have installed on my dual-boot PC.

If Mac became the most-used OS around, then it would have it's fair share of viruses and spyware, too, you know. :/ It's not that no one bothers to hack it because it's so safe, it's because not many people use it yet. Hackers typically make viruses that target the majority of the computer users.

When the time comes for me to buy a new computer, I think I'll get a wireless card that's more compatible with Linux and pretty much just use Linux from then on. I still don't like Macs, anyway. The fact that Vista is actually making Mac look good is something I find pretty funny. XD It's not that I have a problem with Mac's functionality, I just find the interface to be... Awkward at best. Plus, I like being able to right-click. =P

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070128-8717.html "Upgrade versions of Windows Vista Home Basic, Premium, and Starter Edition will not install on any PC unless Windows XP or Windows 2000 is already on the machine in question."