Re: MAybe a strange question... not about computers but about swiming)

Posted on 2017-07-28, 13:20

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In the UK here. We swim in the sea, and in purpose-built swimming pools. I personally never swam in freshwater lakes or rivers or canals except in scuba diving gear; but then the lakes I've come across tend to be unsuitable - very muddy; full of ducks; given over to fishing or boating or windsurfing …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2017-07-23, 20:31

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FWIW in view of mention of the seller above - pretty sure I bought a video card from electromyne and it came wrapped in plain bubblewrap. It worked, but for the price I expected proper antistatic.

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Re: How reliable compact flash is?

Posted on 2017-07-23, 08:48

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not had a problem with CF but then I don't use my cards much, photography or otherwise. With SD I think I've only had problems with corrupted files using a Sigma camera which produces 46mb files and takes ages to clear the buffer [writing to disk]. Pretty sure my corrupted files are down to me not …

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Re: What is a 'physical' CPU?

Posted on 2017-07-11, 08:42

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Maybe the marketing team wanted the message simplified so people got the gist of the argument ; not everything needs to be taken absolutely literally all of the time; ought to be reasonably obvious what they mean.

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Re: FalconFly 3dfx Archive to Close by mid-2017

Posted on 2017-07-05, 21:02

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Would like to add my thanks to those archiving this.

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Re: 15th Anniversary of VOGONS!

Posted on 2017-07-02, 19:58

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Happy Birthday and thanks for a great forum.

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Re: A lesson to any would be game devs

Posted on 2017-05-25, 10:41

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I gave up on Fallen London because of this kind of thing. You play for free, but only up to a point beyond which you more or less have to pay for tokens to progress in any sensible timeframe. IIRC anyway. Not worth it for such a casual game.

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Re: Anyone find early 2.5 shooters had more charm than early 3D shooters?

Posted on 2017-05-24, 14:40

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I don't know about 'charm' but Doom sure was more frightening to play than Quake. To me, Doom is exciting, but not frightening at all. Quake, on the other hand, is really creepy. I remember the first time I played Quake; I wasn't familiar yet with Lovecraftian Universe at that time, but the game …

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Re: A lesson to any would be game devs

Posted on 2017-05-23, 09:24

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Apart from the first one, the others all seem to form an MMORPG code of practice 🤣. err... that's a joke... sorta...

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Re: Anyone find early 2.5 shooters had more charm than early 3D shooters?

Posted on 2017-05-23, 06:27

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I played Quake before the others - probably well before - and loved it, still do, it's one of my all-time favourites. i never play the music though, not my cup of tea. But the atmosphere, architecture, mobs, weapons - all good to me. The expansion packs though really did not grab me - seemed dull …

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Re: Windows 10 and Windows 7

Posted on 2017-05-21, 09:42

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It seems to me like I keep hearing stories about disastrous Windows 10 updates (the "Anniversary Update" is the big one that comes to mind) that turn up unexpectedly and take ages to install before breaking everything. I had to do a fresh install on one box to get Win10 updates working; it was 1607 …

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Re: Windows 10 and Windows 7

Posted on 2017-05-19, 21:35

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Windows 10 to my mind is much cleaner and simpler, much easier to use; in some respects it feels somewhat like a return to XP, whereas 7 was in retrospect a bit of a clunky aberration. I don't see why you'd want both 7 and 10 unless you have some specific reason to do so [in which case you'd already …

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Re: AMD drops the mic

Posted on 2017-05-18, 08:37

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Sure, and i question whether all that many new servers will be required for VMs running 32 bit let alone 16 bit operating systems. Btw i dont have an info source, i make it up as i go along.

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Re: AMD drops the mic

Posted on 2017-05-18, 06:57

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Backwards compatibility to 32 bit OS [when there seems an easy workaround anyway] doesn't sound like a deal-breaker for power users which are presumably where the money mostly lies.

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Re: What computer related book are you reading now?

Posted on 2017-05-16, 06:37

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Finally got round to reading Masters of Doom that I bought years ago. Feels like a film script. Similarly finally got round to Eduard Castranova's Virtual Worlds. Only about half way; fascinating for a WoW player to see the same issues in minds then as now [WoW had a few hundred thousand subscribers …

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Re: Is win2000 as great, as every claims it to be?

Posted on 2017-05-06, 11:00

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Back in the day, though win 2000 upset me a bit because of issues with dos games [kinda why i ended up here ofc] i loved it because to me it was clean and uncluttered, and stable - far fewer bsods than i got with 98 or 95, and a lot better for gaming that nt4 had been.

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Re: Bored of vintage computing?

Posted on 2017-05-06, 09:43

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I get this with anything - if you overdo it you can get burnt out, punch dunk, whatever you want to call it; the romance cools off a bit. I've been in a cool phase with old gear for a year or two. Having been round this particular block a few times, this time round I down-sized a bit, logged my …

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Re: New OS/2 version imminent

Posted on 2017-04-27, 06:43

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Their website suggests it's about supporting current users, rather than changing the world or even being a toy os. Not immediately clear what hardware is supported. It mentions windows 3.1 and dos applications, and things being ported from linux. Doesn't sound like a windows 10 substitute nor is it …

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Re: Do you ever

Posted on 2017-01-02, 20:34

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I either just stare at the screen when installation is going on, or go and do something in the real world instead. I stopped playing solitaire once they made it on-line with adverts and rankings and achievements or whatever it was they did - I forget, the insane rage that followed that discovery …

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Re: Anyone speak Russian that can give me a synopsis of a review?

Posted on 2016-12-22, 15:51

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mind-boggling, such audacity

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