Sins of a Solar Empire. It's definitely got the scale you're looking for, and while micromanaging makes the battle tilt in your favor more often than not, it's not necessary for the larger battles. No DRM to screw up the system, either.

Flame wars, however, have that added danger that makes them even more fun.

Hamachi has a 15 user per network limit unless you pay for it though, so you might want to also look into OpenVPN. It's much harder to initially set up, but it's much more flexible.

It doesn't need a conversion. It has internal storage and uses SDHC and Memory Stick for storage expansion. When plugged in, it acts like any normal thumbdrive, so there's no extra software you need unless you want to use Sony's store. It also is one of the few readers that supports EPUB.

I just look at it like a game of Ikaruga... just make sure the dark bullets and ships don't touch your light-oriented ship. Or else you explode violently.

Turbo button would be nice, but what about a turbo dial?

So I guess an air pump doesn't count as a moving part?

Nope. The copyright aren't expiring, the original owners just get to take them back if they want to.

I have to say, the subject line made me snort my Coke. Thanks.

There are some new external video cards that don't require anything but drivers and a USB port, such as the EVGA UV Plus. AFAIK, all USB video cards use a DisplayLink chipset, and there are rudimentary drivers here. It's not a very elegant solution, but if you want to use any sort of GUI, this should work.