<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>Stardock Forums » RSS Feed » Life, the Universe and Everything Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/Stardock_com/forum/170</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In Life, the Universe and Everything</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 9:34:57 PM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 9:34:57 PM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>LightStar</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/541248</comments><description><![CDATA[         I hope everyone has a very Happy Easter today!      &nbsp;              ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/541248</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/541248</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 2:57:02 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2026-04-06T02:57:02-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Happy Easter!!!</title></item><item><author>BigDogBigFeet</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/483568</comments><description><![CDATA[Signs seen at the restaurant workers' pep rally.  &nbsp;  "EMPLOYEES MUST WASH HANDS AFTER THEY PICK IT"  "NO CRACK MINING AT THE KID'S MEAL STATION"  "PLEASE DON'T SNEEZE IN THE CARRY OUT BAGS"  "REMEMBER TO SMILE AND SAY WELCOME TO FLUFFY'S FOOT LONGS"  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/483568</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/483568</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 9:05:41 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2026-03-26T09:05:41-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>I need a joke today</title></item><item><author>gypsy2299</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/541111</comments><description><![CDATA[Chuck Norris has left us  Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (March 10, 1940 &ndash; March 19, 2026)&nbsp;  RIP Walker  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/541111</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/541111</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:43:50 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2026-03-20T09:43:50</pubDateParsed><title>Chuck Norris has past away</title></item><item><author>Jafo</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/540949</comments><description><![CDATA[Microsoft no longer supports its all-time most popular OS.  We get that.  It also FORCES people to purchase new hardware that is compatible with its new adware [OS].  Around about the 19th of Feb [last week]&nbsp; Adobe Acrobat Reader auto updated...  To a version that is broken in Windows 7.  People are reliant on "legacy" OS systems { I use the word 'legacy' with sarcasm], often in critical and time-sensitive situations.  And good old Adobe auto-updates and breaks.  It's such a s...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/540949</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/540949</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 1:23:05 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2026-03-10T13:23:05-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Adobe is now officially as bad as Microsoft.</title></item><item><author>teddybearcholla</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/540861</comments><description><![CDATA[ https://www.cbs58.com/news/oscar-winning-actor-robert-duvall-dead-at-95   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/540861</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/540861</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 1:13:35 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2026-02-17T13:13:35-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>The passing of Robert Duvall</title></item><item><author>Jafo</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/540731</comments><description><![CDATA[As some might know, I was 'class of 72' at RMIT Architecture and had actual drawings [not CAD] that dated from then all the way through to the last which was in 2018 [OK, so 46 years].  Managed to move plan drawers a few times, even after actually 'retiring'.  Every time I thought "these are a record of a heck of a lot of blood, sweat and tears'&nbsp; I couldn't see myself parting with them as scrap-paper-in-the-recycle-bin.  Then I had an idea..."digitize" them.&nbsp; Modern Mobile Phones...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/540731</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/540731</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 7:51:52 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2026-01-27T07:51:52-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>50 Years of Architectural Drawings</title></item><item><author>Jafo</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/539577</comments><description><![CDATA[You know you're getting old when you can say "52 years ago I saw Hair".  Today, I saw Hair again.  This time I was 'front and centre', and dang it was good.  The previous time meant I was sweating out the dates and times for my potential Conscription, and the Musical was pretty darn relevant.  Part of the Architecture 'Sociology' course was to sit in on a County Court trial of a Draft-Dodger....  In '72 I had a beanie my mum knitted and I sewed in a peace sign [in wool] and wore it 'al...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/539577</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/539577</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 1:07:35 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-11-16T13:07:35-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Hair</title></item><item><author>Chasbo</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/539262</comments><description><![CDATA[So I'm getting&nbsp;cataract surgery. Right eye tomorrow and left eye next week. I'd love to hear if any of you have had this surgery and what it was like to go through. Did your vision improve? I also have macular degeneration. Wet in my left eye and dry in my right eye. Hell, I'm 73 and I guess it's time to fall apart!&nbsp;  &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/539262</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/539262</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 1:21:43 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-11-16T01:21:43-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>cataracts</title></item><item><author>teddybearcholla</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/539333</comments><description><![CDATA[I was wondering if it would be possible for someone to take a brush made in&nbsp; PS6&nbsp; and make images with transparent backgrounds out of them so I can use them in say Artrage?&nbsp; Thanks much. TBC   https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/graphics/921/ &nbsp;    https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/graphics/899/ &nbsp;&nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/539333</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/539333</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 4:04:47 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-11-01T16:04:47-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Is it possible?</title></item><item><author>Frogboy</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/528060</comments><description><![CDATA[When I look at the people who have gotten "canceled" over things they posted on the Internet, it's disproportionately GenXers. &nbsp;  Why is that?  I think it's the awkward timing. GenX grew up on BBSes and Usenet which were a free for all. &nbsp;It wasn't until the Millennials and later GenZ came on the scene that the raunchy, insensitive, or intentionally trolling behaviors of GenX got us into trouble.  &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/528060</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/528060</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 5:06:44 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-07-31T17:06:44-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Forever Internet and GenX</title></item><item><author>pelaird</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/529571</comments><description><![CDATA[Microsoft President Brad Smith promotes a new "Real or Not" AI deepfake quiz website  by John Callaham @JCalNEO&nbsp; Aug 5, 2024, 12:24 EDT    https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-president-brad-smith-promotes-a-new-real-or-not-ai-deepfake-quiz-website/   Very interesting article on Neowin  I took this quiz and got 12 out of 15 correct. Take the quiz and see how good you are at detecting AI generated images.  pelaird  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/529571</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/529571</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 2:23:48 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-07-31T14:23:48-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>"Real or Not" AI Deepfake quiz</title></item><item><author>BohandiAnsoid</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/537041</comments><description><![CDATA[Alien mythologies  &nbsp;  Mythologies are a pretty important part of cultures here on Earth. At least they were in the past. And I would think this would be the case for alien civilizations as well. Especially aliens in the way they often are in science - fiction and most aliens in my universe, too.&nbsp;  &nbsp;  I did think a little bit about the Bohandi in this regard. I even wrote a legend for them. They also don&rsquo;t seem to have much of a religion. Most of them anyway.&nbsp; ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/537041</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/537041</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 12:53:35 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-07-05T09:53:35</pubDateParsed><title>Alien mythologies</title></item><item><author>roberttorres899</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/536749</comments><description><![CDATA[I am looking for a free way to change the way that Windows 10 looks. I personally hate the default appearance and would like to replace it with the look of Windows XP's Royale theme. Something similar to WindowBlinds would do this well. I looked through custom (UltraUXStylePatcher   Geometry Dash Lite  ) themes, but most of them seemed to be either outdated or paid.  I could have been a bit clearer. I'm looking for a way to change the appearance of window borders. Taskbar/start are already sor...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/536749</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/536749</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 3:02:38 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-06-24T03:02:38-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Free alternatives to WindowBlinds</title></item><item><author>BohandiAnsoid</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/536090</comments><description><![CDATA[I recently experienced a problematic event when people think my posts are AI, I am a bot and therefore does not respond. I am trying to energize Gal Civ community, because I know it is pretty stale right now. But some people think I am a bot. Is there any way it is possible to make sure people know a human is wiriting, and not AI?  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/536090</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/536090</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 2:35:12 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-06-11T02:35:12-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>How to make sure peole knows I am human and not AI?</title></item><item><author>BohandiAnsoid</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/534302</comments><description><![CDATA[      How F&rsquo;Rak and D&rsquo;Ara were made  F&rsquo;Rak and D&rsquo;Ara are two Bohandi characters I made. However, they are not typical Bohandi characters. And I would like to share how they were made.  The characters were made for Star Home: Bohandi, a series of stories told from an alien point of view (Bohandi's, in this case). This was actually the first place I showed the Bohandi point of view. The entire series is told from it, and humans are enemies here. Generally, at this point, hu...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/534302</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/534302</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 9:23:46 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-05-23T09:23:46-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>How F’Rak and D’Ara were made</title></item><item><author>DrJBHL</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/511377</comments><description><![CDATA[I rarely post about new pharmaceutical technology...but this is nothing less than miraculous.&nbsp;  Read the article linked above. This new technology enables researchers to synthesize and analyze 40,000 molecules in a bubble smaller than the head of a pin.  This will accelerate vaccine and pharmaceutical development by a factor of one million. This should also make the R&amp;D cheaper, and far less wasteful of energy, materials, time and labor and therefore the cost of medicines should dro...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/511377</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/511377</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2025 3:13:32 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-05-11T03:13:32-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Revolutionary DNA Microtechnology</title></item><item><author>Frogboy</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/535272</comments><description><![CDATA[We don't generally allow politics on the forums.&nbsp; With the obvious exception of The Political Machine.&nbsp; The Political Machine - The Power of the Presidency Can Be Yours! Forums   But the world trade situation is probably something worth discussing provided people can avoid assuming "the other" are stupid or evil or greedy or whatever.&nbsp;&nbsp;  Now, I'm a child of Michigan USA.&nbsp; Detroit area.&nbsp; That means cars.&nbsp; And I can say, regardless of political association, t...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/535272</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/535272</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 4:28:20 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-04-23T04:28:20-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Tariff and World Trade talk</title></item><item><author>pelaird</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/533301</comments><description><![CDATA[Well, it's that time of year when there are a plethora of Best &amp; Worst lists everywhere!  On the top of my Best list is Start11v2 version 2.5 with the vertical taskbar. Stardock has once again outdone itself. And at the top of my Worst list is Microsoft Recall.  What's on your Best &amp; Worst lists for 2024?  Here's to a great year for everyone in 2025!&nbsp;  &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/533301</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/533301</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 1:12:11 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-04-21T13:12:11-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>It's that Time of Year for the Best and Worst of 2024</title></item><item><author>LightStar</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/535458</comments><description><![CDATA[Just thought I'd say Happy Easter to everyone, hope you have a great day!     ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/535458</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/535458</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2025 11:57:57 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-04-20T12:57:57</pubDateParsed><title>Happy Easter Everyone!</title></item><item><author>Jafo</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/534818</comments><description><![CDATA[Gene Hackman has passed away at 95.  Always enjoyed his films...as a goodie or a baddie.  He'll be missed.  R.I.P., Gene  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/534818</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/534818</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2025 8:33:17 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-03-08T08:33:17-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Gene Hackman Has passed.</title></item><item><author>BohandiAnsoid</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/534301</comments><description><![CDATA[ Similarities between Star Wars: Rebels characters and Swallows and Amazons characters  Swallows and Amazons is quite an old series. It is written for children, but it is good for adults too, and is unique in that it was written for both boys and girls and have male and female children. And was written between two World Wars. And in that book, set in that time, equality between genders is treated as a normal thing and anything against it as not normal (but it happens).&nbsp;  I would like to sha...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/534301</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/534301</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 8:36:31 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-02-07T08:36:31-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Similarities between Star Wars: Rebels characters and Swallows and Amazons characters</title></item><item><author>LightStar</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/533374</comments><description><![CDATA[   &nbsp;  I really hope everyone has a fantastic new year... what are you wishes for 2025?  Mine? That the entire planet is at peace and works together as one for the benefit of all mankind. It's a big dream I know, but we all have dreams...&nbsp;   &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/533374</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/533374</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:28:07 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-01-02T12:28:07</pubDateParsed><title>Welcome to 2025!</title></item><item><author>LightStar</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/532129</comments><description><![CDATA[For all my fellow Veterans out there, may your day be great!&nbsp;  &nbsp;     ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/532129</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/532129</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:43:13 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2024-11-11T09:43:13</pubDateParsed><title>Veterans Day</title></item><item><author>PapaBravo</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/531948</comments><description><![CDATA[How do I clear the search box history in the forums home page or in a forum ? I'm using Microsoft Edge and tried clearing history.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/531948</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/531948</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 7:22:02 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2024-11-05T07:22:02-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>How do I clear the searh box history in the forums?</title></item><item><author>Matchbook</author><comments>https://forums.stardock.com/531898</comments><description><![CDATA[I'm home from having my gallbladder out (laparoscopic surgery). To say I'm in pain understates my position. It's mostly the nerve pain in my (right) shoulder, I guess common with the gasses they use to expand the abdomen?  Anyhow. I'm not sleeping well at all, or for long and am feeling more than little under the weather so if you guys want to share a pic, of your pets, of your workspace, of that which inspires you, I'd love to see it.  This is Finnley. &hearts;  Lots of love.   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.stardock.com/531898</guid><link>https://forums.stardock.com/531898</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Nov 2024 5:29:05 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2024-11-02T17:29:05-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Post your joy</title></item></channel></rss>