Re: If I didn't have enough things to worry about

Posted on 2023-10-01, 22:24

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by tannerstevo

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What are you talking about? A lamp with a USB-C cable? No way, I never heard of this unless that is fancy wifi lamp but your implies it is not. That what I'm confused. You are talking about one item: lamp. Now you mention the second item, the USB-C cable also burnt? Keep in mind, that USB-C cable …

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Re: Company names with abbreviations

Posted on 2022-07-19, 19:54

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GEIL: Golden Emperor International Ltd.

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Re: Reasons to hate modern games

Posted on 2022-06-19, 16:37

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That is roughly 24 megabyte an hour.... Are you on dial up or something? Dialup at best was half that It was the best that I was able to calculate in a hurry. But yeah, that is low. Perhaps it was meant differently in a different context, yet came off as totally wrong. I just took the person at his …

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Re: Reasons to hate modern games

Posted on 2022-06-18, 21:03

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leileilol wrote on 2022-06-18, 20:53: It's Rockstar, that filesize is going to be the least of your problems. Hope you're putting that on a SSD... My download speed is 1GB per day if I am lucky, so the size is a factor for me. I have some games in my steam library that I will most likely never play …

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Re: PC/Mac Hybrid CD-Games

Posted on 2022-06-11, 21:32

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by tannerstevo

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Found a couple more in my collection. One is Jonny Quest Cover up at Roswell, And the other is Connections Its a mind game. Based on the tv series of the same name. James Burke is in the game.

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Re: PC/Mac Hybrid CD-Games

Posted on 2022-06-10, 20:24

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I recently bought a game called Traitors Gate that is Windows / Mac. Windows 9x or mac OS 7.5

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Re: Some eBay sellers are assholes

Posted on 2022-05-03, 22:44

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Just my personal experience with this a t work, we had one UPS driver that left deliveries outside in the parking lot and entered the managers name as the person receiving the shipment. That could be easily done with a home delivery, just use the name on the label. We lost some deliveries this way. …

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Re: Some eBay sellers are assholes

Posted on 2022-05-03, 21:09

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by tannerstevo

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tell the seller to get insurance or signature confirmation next time to protect THEIR interest Just my personal experience with this a t work, we had one UPS driver that left deliveries outside in the parking lot and entered the managers name as the person receiving the shipment. That could be …

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Re: PC shutting off, freezing, crashes

Posted on 2021-12-08, 22:55

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by tannerstevo

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Just a shot in the dark, but I had a similar issue with a asrock board. Exact same issues. Turns out the memory was not on the qvl and the bios was default to set timings automatically. Every time it was powered on the timings were set differently. I fixed it by setting them manually. Hope this …

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Re: Socket 939 system... shows 4 bit colour only.

Posted on 2021-11-15, 19:47

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by tannerstevo

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I bought a used MSI Z170 board that had that same issue. When I did some investigating I found that none of the USB ports worked, so I think it got zapped by a power surge or something. Your board may just be damaged.

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Re: Any solution to remove spray paint from plastic?

Posted on 2021-11-14, 21:46

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I have had some good results using of all things, DOT3 brake fluid. It takes off the paint but does not harm plastics (in most cases).

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Re: Most stable and compatible win9x configuration

Posted on 2021-07-10, 18:42

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IMO, asking what is the Most stable and compatible win9x configuration, is kind of like going to a car collectors forum and asking "What is the best motor oil."

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-03-06, 21:15

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Honestly, I would have preferred if id Software kept going on the route they took for Doom 3. I liked Doom 2016, but Eternal didn't do it for me at all. I don't understand what's the necessity of limiting most combat to "arenas" with endless waves of enemies popping up, and all of this "combat loop …

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Re: Keep GeForce 4 to cards from dying

Posted on 2021-02-15, 22:06

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Uhm but he said that the card(s) died after few weeks of usage, how this can be due to ESD? I mean, unless he touched them while electrostatically charged when they were running, but I guess he didn't Well not related, but I had a usb port die a few months after I plugged in a thumb drive. There …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-12-03, 22:12

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Went through another Dark Forces mission. I'm currently at mission 9: Nar Shaddaa. This game has been so far really funny, however I had to patch it to support mouselook, since I can't play with keyboard only anymore. I started playing a few months ago and got frustrated with the (seemingly) …

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Re: dogs in video games

Posted on 2020-09-19, 17:39

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The junkyard dog in Full Throttle.

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Re: Drivers doing stuff on their own and other horror stories

Posted on 2020-09-12, 17:32

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by tannerstevo

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Yes, they identify it by certain pattern on banknotes. Only main ones though, like dollar and euro. Nobody cares about currency from some african republic. Just out of curiosity, I tried making a copy of a $20 bill with my All-in-one, (HP Envy 4520) and it did make a copy. But it is out of black …

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Re: Drivers doing stuff on their own and other horror stories

Posted on 2020-09-12, 16:52

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by tannerstevo

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Errius wrote on 2020-09-12, 16:08: Jo22, that's hilarious. I didn't know it was illegal to photocopy banknotes. Who would be fooled by such a thing? Where I work we had a cashier accept a photocopy of a $100 bill. Some people just do not pay attention.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-07-03, 23:50

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My problem is that I have a lot of free games on Steam and Epic store, but with my internet I will most likely die of old age before I get them downloaded.

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-06-27, 23:15

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by tannerstevo

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This buyer is not complaining https://www.ebay.com/itm/Turtle-Beach-Montego-II-Aureal-Vortex2-A3D-AU8830-PCI-Sound-Card-Vortex-2-/143639829995 Not trying to be an a**hole but I could not find any reference to the listing you posted as far as feedback. I don't know what you mean, but I was referring …

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