Let's try a computer analogy here. This is kinda' like having an iPod or MacBook with non-replaceable battery. It actually is replaceable but is PitA to do so and Apple says it should be performed by warranty type shop. And if you bought an aftermarket battery, with longer life, yeah, Apple probably wouldn't do that under warranty either.
Beats me. We sold our house (52' above sea level, 1-1/2 miles from beach) in Florida at top of housing bubble (2005) and moved to mountains of New Mexico. We're just over 7,500 feet up now. Darned hurricanes can sink Fla for all I care.
Exactly. I can't think of any game that had me twitching and jumping like that. A large part of it was the sounds. Really well done. Is too bad Halo and even the other two Marathon games lost that dark, brooding atmosphere.
I wouldn't mind a refresh of the original Marathon. Upgrade the engine and graphics but keep the game play and sounds, other than converting to true surround sound. Was totally creepy playing that at 3am, even with just a stereo setup.
Yeah, we're raising a geek girl. Interesting thing is, compared to her mother and I, she's really popular. When we drop her off at daycamp, there's always a bunch of kids calling "Sally's here!". Have heard her setting up games involving space ships and wormholes and the other kids go along with it. Wife and I, our childhood experiences were more your standard geek "Get outa' here, loser!" ones. Maybe is just a better time for such interests.
Baldur's Gate series for RPG. Still cool and is what I'm introducing my daughter (8 yrs) to, for computer RPG. I've been explaining how it's based off of paper D&D and she's getting interested in trying that out. The cool looking dice help.
SMAC/X (Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri) for strategy game. I still play this one several times a year. Would be cool if could network each player's world and allow cross play. Just need a few drop ships, maybe a dinosaur killer and you're set.
Heh. Go back and Fix her mistake. Is that what you young people call it? In my day, we used to call it realigning her flux capacitor or, if she was really hot, aligning her main dish. Just sayin'.
His father was a lawyer and his firm specialized in intellectual property cases. His firm also represented Microsoft from when they moved up to Seattle.
At least they're not breaking the barrel connecters on the motherboard. Repairing iBook/Powerbook power connectors to the motherboard has been a staple of Mac repair shops for years now.
Ooh, I don't think I want my future customers to think about gaining weight. I better tell them to stay as still as possible, as opposed to all the running around and stuff.
I wonder if people give off neutrons as well? Could you pack enough people around a lump of u-235 to cook it off? Or would it make more sense to be like a breeder reactor and start with u-238?
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Oh yeah, I know it wasn't a very good analogy. Was just jumping at chance to make a computer analogy on a car issue before anyone else.
Although, making a bad computer analogy does sorta' fit in with the bad car analogies...
Let's try a computer analogy here. This is kinda' like having an iPod or MacBook with non-replaceable battery. It actually is replaceable but is PitA to do so and Apple says it should be performed by warranty type shop. And if you bought an aftermarket battery, with longer life, yeah, Apple probably wouldn't do that under warranty either.
Just watch out for that guy on the grassy knoll.
Maybe he's dead in a ditch?
(I'll feel really bad if this turns out to be the case)
Seven digit'r up there. 'Course they expect folks to RTFA.
Could you install an 'ASP' light on dashes that traffic control could activate when they need 40% ASP participation?
And what if you didn't want to deploy the whale skin hubcaps? Would you get a ticket for driving lawfully while being tasked to be an asshole?
Finally, would everyone have to carry around a Space Balls helmet?
Yeah, sorta' like boobs.
At least they're not throwing around a lot of radioactive stuff in space. Would turn it in to some kind of inhospitable void.
Beats me. We sold our house (52' above sea level, 1-1/2 miles from beach) in Florida at top of housing bubble (2005) and moved to mountains of New Mexico. We're just over 7,500 feet up now. Darned hurricanes can sink Fla for all I care.
Exactly. I can't think of any game that had me twitching and jumping like that. A large part of it was the sounds. Really well done. Is too bad Halo and even the other two Marathon games lost that dark, brooding atmosphere.
Ooh, Oregon Trail, 20,000 B.C. That would spice it up!
I wouldn't mind a refresh of the original Marathon. Upgrade the engine and graphics but keep the game play and sounds, other than converting to true surround sound. Was totally creepy playing that at 3am, even with just a stereo setup.
Yeah, we're raising a geek girl. Interesting thing is, compared to her mother and I, she's really popular. When we drop her off at daycamp, there's always a bunch of kids calling "Sally's here!". Have heard her setting up games involving space ships and wormholes and the other kids go along with it. Wife and I, our childhood experiences were more your standard geek "Get outa' here, loser!" ones. Maybe is just a better time for such interests.
Bridezillas, huh?
Baldur's Gate series for RPG. Still cool and is what I'm introducing my daughter (8 yrs) to, for computer RPG. I've been explaining how it's based off of paper D&D and she's getting interested in trying that out. The cool looking dice help.
SMAC/X (Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri) for strategy game. I still play this one several times a year. Would be cool if could network each player's world and allow cross play. Just need a few drop ships, maybe a dinosaur killer and you're set.
Heh. Go back and Fix her mistake. Is that what you young people call it? In my day, we used to call it realigning her flux capacitor or, if she was really hot, aligning her main dish. Just sayin'.
And chicks!
You mean having his Mom and the VP in charge of micro computers at IBM on the same national board of United Way?
That is a clever plan.
His father was a lawyer and his firm specialized in intellectual property cases. His firm also represented Microsoft from when they moved up to Seattle.
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At least they're not breaking the barrel connecters on the motherboard. Repairing iBook/Powerbook power connectors to the motherboard has been a staple of Mac repair shops for years now.
Ooh, I don't think I want my future customers to think about gaining weight. I better tell them to stay as still as possible, as opposed to all the running around and stuff.
I wonder if people give off neutrons as well? Could you pack enough people around a lump of u-235 to cook it off? Or would it make more sense to be like a breeder reactor and start with u-238?
Do photons have mass?
Can I market a quack diet scheme to people by convincing them that if they just get 'brighter' they'll lose weight?
My what is not alone? My winkie? I mean, sure, my wife's near by but not that close.