Quickie Questions

I've done it once but it was ages ago so I'll have to check...

Right. It's (from the menu on the top of the main Steam client screen) "Games->Activate a product on Steam". It asks you to input the CD-key (or equivalent) from your retail-bought game. Steam won't recognise all games, obviously, but if it's available on Steam I think it probably will go through.

Through Google I found a list of games that can be registered this way; though I don't know if it's at all up-to-date.

When it comes to the difference of Voluntary law and Required law, there is none, correct?

Required law is a law where you are punished for not following it, and voluntary law is a law you can voluntarily break, but you will be punished for breaking it, essentially making it the same thing since there are no required laws that are impossible to break.

Why is there such a distinction in Tax and Traffic law? Why not just call both categories laws?

Also is it true that Episode I was racist?

Star Wars: Episode I?

Watto is a big-nosed, money-grubbing Jewish stereotype, and Jar-Jar is a buffoon who talks like a plantation slave.

I never caught onto that until now.

It had to be pointed out to me too. Especially Watto.

Oh, also the race running the Trade Federation looks like 19th century Chinese caricatures.

I noticed Watto immediately. But this is the first I've heard of Jar Jar being racist.

@Voluntary and Required Law: If I understand your question correctly, it's that voluntary Laws are not strictly enforced. That is to say, they are punishable, but the point of them is for people to follow of them of their own accord, and not because police or similar is making it so that you don't. Taxes are "voluntary" in the sense that the tax-payer primarily is responsible for saying how much money he's got and thus deduce taxes out of that, instead of the government going in and saying "you shall pay this much money now" from the get-go.

Of course, that's a different beast from the distinction between compulsory laws and laws that can be deviated from.

@Best Of: I lost the CD, so I can't put the code in.

Oh. I thought you lost the CD but not the case (don't know why I would've thought that).

In that case I don't know what you should do. Who knows, maybe there's a way to retrieve your CD key somehow from the game files but I have no clue whether that's possible.

Thanks Lemurian!

To add to what Lemurian said - there's also a distinction between them in some nations, where a voluntary law is one which has a strict way of working, but it's one you agree to upon entering an activity covered by it. As an example, banking law - if did not have a bank account, I would not yet be covered by laws covered by banking, but if I were to open an account tomorrow, then I would agree to follow and be covered by those laws.

Laws concerning say murder though I have no choice to, because I will always have to follow those, whereas I can choose not to follow banking laws by simply not dealing with banks at all.

Alright, I need the most Disney Channel-sounding name you can think of (and preferably one that isn't already shared with a big DC star/character).

Mirta Gev: Girl BountyHunter?

Disney is probably working on something like that as we speak.

look to your heart you know it to be true

What does 'doubling' mean in the context of an orchestra?

What should I read "Four flutes (doubling: piccolo)" as?

Playing the same stuff as the piccolo?

Hey, can someone name me some good space simulation/4x games?

I think this thread is what you are looking for.

Ah, okay, sorry, didn't know where to ask for this.

Disney Channel person: animated stuff or kidcoms?

My laptop won't boot. It's windows 8, figures.

It all started when it was lagging, so i clicked restart to try and fix it.

Sometimes it just stays on the "please wait" screen for eternity until i shut it off, usually it gets to the desktop but then nothing loads, not the start or the icons.

I've tried to get to startup repair/advanced boot options, but pressing F8 before it boots and holding Shift while clicking restart, but nope. Not working.

Halp?

This happened the other day but it seemed to fix itself overnight, not this time

oh and it doesn't seem like a virus as such

edited 27th Nov '14 5:04:23 AM by ElectricNova

Are there any type of amulet/necklace that begins with "a" other than the Ankh?

There's various jewels that start with "a", such as amethyst.

There's this one indie videogame recently that's some sort of 3D FPS game that has a lot of white environments and geometric red shapes that you shoot. The name was a minor meme for a while. What is it called?

edited 28th Nov '14 6:33:51 AM by GlennMagusHarvey

Super Hot?