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and some of us remember getting rid of those ads by either modifying the client or logging the DUN connection, to get the password so you can use a regular dial-in client.

Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way.
(lyrics)

"Cold wars are heating up again!"

(not that this much is news to anybody...)

You know you want to be like Corey Hart

Thatlittle old lady from Pasadena little old lady from Pasadena won't have nothin on Giuseppe's mother in law.

This took me a second to place as "Little GTO", so don't expect too much from the mods. It's actually pretty clever, though it would have fit a little better if it were GM being sued.

There's plenty to keep them busy for the forseeable future. Lemme see, there's :

Fire - fly

Fire - storm

Fire - engine

Fire - hydrant

Fire - alarm (add-on for the calendar module)

Fire - bird (doh! no already had that one)

Fire - at will

Fire - in the hole

Fire - those responsible

Fire - those who did the firing

Fire - ooh oh oh I'll take you to burn

Come on now, join in everyone ...?

Blame Canada

Maybe it would be faster for me to learn Japanese?

So long as you are not turning Japanese that will be fine.

I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so"

- The Vapors

It does seem somewhat ironic. This might be a time when the RIAA would like plenty of copies of that song being distributed.

From the article: ACPF: Finally, for the peace of mind of the gaming community, how is life treating you at the moment?

Wow, these are some mighty depressing quotes:

Jeff: ...I work mostly to satisfy myself and am easily pleased. I like trying my hand at a variety of tasks...

Translation: He has no life, to speak of.

Warren: ...Iâ(TM)m working on a prototype of a new game at the moment. I recently directed a short film, and I continue to work as an actor on stage and occasionally on screen.

Why didn't he just say he's working on the Great American Novel? As in, he's bought the typewriter and blank paper...

David: ...My new challenge it to prove to potential employers that I have something to offer as my last game audio is older than the many of the companies that I am applying to.

The most damning eventuality of all: the expert buggy-whip maker returns to the business, only to find that the Model T has been invented. Myself, I used to be a pretty good "C" programmer... and got sidetracked into the Visual Basic world just as something called "C Plus Plus" was being developed...

Overall, it's not good news for the generation that was *there* when Pac Man and Space Invaders were new. As much as we'd like to think "everything old is new again", it's more like "they put a car park on the piece of land..."

Actually, I believe the song was rearranged around Juice Newton's hit Angel of the Morning.

> Was this less so in the past generations?

Apparently not much has changed since 1974:

I am the entertainer, the idol of my age
I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage
You see me in the papers, I've been in the magazines
But if I go cold, I won't get sold
I'll get put in the back in the discount rack
Like another can of beans [...]

(Billy Joel, The Entertainer, from Streetlife Serenade)

There's a reason it's called the music industry. Most of them are in for the bucks, not for the love of the art. And we, the customers are shouting Here we are now, entertain us.