Oh, Charles didn't actually say that, did he? I knew him way back when we were coding for the Atari ST. I always thought he was a level-headed fellow. Did he have a stroke or something?
That would be the good old Adaptec 4000A. I still have a few of those laying around. Near some Seagate and Micropolis MFM drives. Yeah, in a box with an ICD 256K MIO and an Atari 130XE for a BBS system. Ahhhhh, the good old days.
IIRC, when jms started the show, he ran everything he could past the JPL (who were big fans) to get their take on things.
I can confirm this. I was one of the people contacted by the Bablyon 5 production team. It's also true that there were a lot of fans up at JPL. When the call came in, I thought it was just one of my friends goofing me. After a few seconds, I realized it was legit. Basically it was 'twenty questions'. I long for the days when my e-mail address always ilicited a reply.
I'm still waiting for the Eudora integration. Eudora, an excellent mail client in my opinion, was abandoned for Penelope which is an open source integration project with Thunderbird.
As amazing as it sounds, our gaming group, who has been meeting for about 20 years now, still use the AD&D 2.0 edition with the Skills & Powers expansion. Some of the same customization without the lethality and long battles of RoleMaster. Since we all have extensive libraries of these older 2nd edition books, the odds are not good that we'll migrate to YAEODD (Yet Another Edition Of Dungeons & Dragons).
I remember the WotC Slashdot questions regarding the release of the 4th edition. One of the questions was why we should bother to upgrade our libraries since D&D edition 5 is probably just around the corner? The answer was, and I'll paraphrase since I'm getting old, "Because it's just better." Great logic. I read that as "We need more money."
Of course, a lot of our group play World of Warcraft between games and from all indications, 4th edition is tabletop WoW.
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Oh, Charles didn't actually say that, did he? I knew him way back when we were coding for the Atari ST. I always thought he was a level-headed fellow. Did he have a stroke or something?
That would be the good old Adaptec 4000A. I still have a few of those laying around. Near some Seagate and Micropolis MFM drives. Yeah, in a box with an ICD 256K MIO and an Atari 130XE for a BBS system. Ahhhhh, the good old days.
Excellent! Mine will be self-powered.
And we're usually drunk.
Without a doubt. hic!
IIRC, when jms started the show, he ran everything he could past the JPL (who were big fans) to get their take on things.
I can confirm this. I was one of the people contacted by the Bablyon 5 production team. It's also true that there were a lot of fans up at JPL. When the call came in, I thought it was just one of my friends goofing me. After a few seconds, I realized it was legit. Basically it was 'twenty questions'. I long for the days when my e-mail address always ilicited a reply.
Come on. Cut McGrew a little slack. He probably just got back from Felber's or any of the other dozen bars he frequents.
An example of a through process...
I read the title.
"Why would nerds rap in the first place?"
They already aren't cool so maybe it was contamination of the water supply.
"And why would they be rapping about Light's Hope Chapel?"
LOL WAT?
And no, I will NOT turn in my geek badge.
To rain down death from above with no more danger than psychological harm? This can be mitigated with the "sleep of the just".
I grab my wizards hat and robe.
Where do I sign up?
I'm still waiting for the Eudora integration. Eudora, an excellent mail client in my opinion, was abandoned for Penelope which is an open source integration project with Thunderbird.
As amazing as it sounds, our gaming group, who has been meeting for about 20 years now, still use the AD&D 2.0 edition with the Skills & Powers expansion. Some of the same customization without the lethality and long battles of RoleMaster. Since we all have extensive libraries of these older 2nd edition books, the odds are not good that we'll migrate to YAEODD (Yet Another Edition Of Dungeons & Dragons).
I remember the WotC Slashdot questions regarding the release of the 4th edition. One of the questions was why we should bother to upgrade our libraries since D&D edition 5 is probably just around the corner? The answer was, and I'll paraphrase since I'm getting old, "Because it's just better." Great logic. I read that as "We need more money."
Of course, a lot of our group play World of Warcraft between games and from all indications, 4th edition is tabletop WoW.
I'm waiting for the next sequel.
GTA5:JT Needs Soap-On-A-Rope
Just let me get a pencil and some paper.
"All your base are belo"
Oh crap.