> If Mods had to write a reason why they downmodded, it might slow down the trolls among them, or just give MetaMods something to make their job easier.
Offtopic, but: I've often wished there were a way to see how my moderations fared in metamoderation.
Hmm... I decline to comment on my relationship.:-)
More seriously, I've managed to go through >25 years of computer geekhood without even once using the term "PC" that way. I use "IBM-PC contemptible", or "pentium (or whatever) system" or "windows machine"... I won't contribute to the misuse (or co-opting) of a generic term.
The one and only time when I was fencing that I forgot my cup, I received saber whipover (the relatively bendy end of my opponent's blade struck my saber's bell-guard and whipped around) to the testicles. I was *not happy*. I did go on to win the bout, though... We weren't naked; I was wearing standard fencing gear (except for the lack of said cup - as I recall, I had worn it to a paintball game and forgotten to put it back in my facing bag).
Yes... To me, the 80's are the best years, too. Add Robotron, Final Mission, Gauntlet, Star Wars, Glory Road, Space Duel, Scramble, Gyruss, Tempest, and others I'm forgetting.
Time for another pilgrimage to NH Fun Spot. I'm lucky I'm only an hour or so away from it...
I had Atari 2600 and 800 at home. There was certainly some great stuff for the 800. I particularly enjoyed Gauntlet (no relation to the multiplayer arcade dungeon game). It was a shareware game, basically a side-scrolling shooter (except it didn't actually scroll). You flew a UFO around, destroying an enemy batlegroup dug in on a small moon. Great game, I wish I had sent in money to the author for the expanded version, but I was speding most of my money on my D&D habit in those days...
> Wing Commander and Tie Fighters game mechanics resembled earlier space shooters, I can remember having played a storyless space shooter on my Atari XL computer in the 80s
Similar story: My old Windows tower machine used to sit on the desk next to my monitor. It had the type of CD-ROM drive with the little drawer that slides out so you can get media into it. Well, late one night I decided I wanted to play a game, so reached up, pressed the open button, dropped my Orion Pirates CD into the drive, and pushed the drawer shut. When the horrible scraping, grinding and clacking noises started, I realized that there had already been a CD loaded...
The CD that had originally been in there, I couldn't get out. Luckily it was just a backup or something. I was able to fish out about 1/8th of the game CD. After removing the drive and playing with it a bit I was able to get rest of the disks out; they were both broken, but were very scratched up and would have been unusable even if they weren't.
> Come on admit it, you thought Windows Defender was Microsoft's version of the popular 1980's arcade game didn't you?
Somehow, I don't see Microsoft coming up with a working Smart Bomb. (Unless its version destroyed not only all enemies on the screen, but all humanoids as well).
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Maybe it's "De-Intelligent Design"?
> If Mods had to write a reason why they downmodded, it might slow down the trolls among them, or just give MetaMods something to make their job easier.
Offtopic, but: I've often wished there were a way to see how my moderations fared in metamoderation.
>1. Build walking robot
>2. Install Linux
I, for one, look forward to the day when we can program a robot to install linux on itself.
More like:
Bang your head!
Microsoft will drive you mad!
Etc.
>I loved my Atari
:-)
I loved mine, too. 800 with maxed RAM.
>(in a strictly platonic way, of course).
Hmm... I decline to comment on my relationship.
More seriously, I've managed to go through >25 years of computer geekhood without even once using the term "PC" that way. I use "IBM-PC contemptible", or "pentium (or whatever) system" or "windows machine"... I won't contribute to the misuse (or co-opting) of a generic term.
> I'm confused.. is that an offer?
Remember, there's no 'I' in "drone".
So you're saying that replicators have military uses beyond providing "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot"?
Well, it was said by *a* hobbit :-)
The one and only time when I was fencing that I forgot my cup, I received saber whipover (the relatively bendy end of my opponent's blade struck my saber's bell-guard and whipped around) to the testicles. I was *not happy*. I did go on to win the bout, though... We weren't naked; I was wearing standard fencing gear (except for the lack of said cup - as I recall, I had worn it to a paintball game and forgotten to put it back in my facing bag).
> Agreed... but then that leads to the question: How do we know when the shit has hit the fan?
Buy a new fan with an integrated shit-detector.
Yes... To me, the 80's are the best years, too. Add Robotron, Final Mission, Gauntlet, Star Wars, Glory Road, Space Duel, Scramble, Gyruss, Tempest, and others I'm forgetting.
Time for another pilgrimage to NH Fun Spot. I'm lucky I'm only an hour or so away from it...
I had Atari 2600 and 800 at home. There was certainly some great stuff for the 800. I particularly enjoyed Gauntlet (no relation to the multiplayer arcade dungeon game). It was a shareware game, basically a side-scrolling shooter (except it didn't actually scroll). You flew a UFO around, destroying an enemy batlegroup dug in on a small moon. Great game, I wish I had sent in money to the author for the expanded version, but I was speding most of my money on my D&D habit in those days...
> Wing Commander and Tie Fighters game mechanics resembled earlier space shooters, I can remember having played a storyless space shooter on my Atari XL computer in the 80s
Star Raiders?
>>"not everything is a conspiracy"
>That's EXACTLY what THEY want you to think!
Or... IS it?!?!
Some of the other threads call it a "cup holder", perhaps you're more familiar with that term? :-)
I described it that way to try to differentiate it from the type which just have a slot for the disk, and the old kind which had removable caddies.
Similar story: My old Windows tower machine used to sit on the desk next to my monitor. It had the type of CD-ROM drive with the little drawer that slides out so you can get media into it. Well, late one night I decided I wanted to play a game, so reached up, pressed the open button, dropped my Orion Pirates CD into the drive, and pushed the drawer shut. When the horrible scraping, grinding and clacking noises started, I realized that there had already been a CD loaded...
The CD that had originally been in there, I couldn't get out. Luckily it was just a backup or something. I was able to fish out about 1/8th of the game CD. After removing the drive and playing with it a bit I was able to get rest of the disks out; they were both broken, but were very scratched up and would have been unusable even if they weren't.
Rather embarassing...
My car is an inclined plane, you insensitive clod!
How many Backs would a SlashBack Slash if a Slashback could Slash Backs?
... but I don't think I need pictures of the backs of ^%$#ing SUVs, since that's all I get to see when I'm driving anyway.
And in Glen Cook's Darkwar trilogy, the opposite is done: mirrors are used to keep the planet out of an ice age.
(uninstalls adblock and waits)
"Vote TEWTBEP!"
:-).
Doesn't work for me
Speaking for myself, eating "cured entrails" would be likely to cause "sick entrails"...
> Come on admit it, you thought Windows Defender was Microsoft's version of the popular 1980's arcade game didn't you?
Somehow, I don't see Microsoft coming up with a working Smart Bomb. (Unless its version destroyed not only all enemies on the screen, but all humanoids as well).
> Some sports games might qualify, but only if your goal is to simulate not only the game but the entire stadion atmosphere as well.
This is what drove me away from "professional" sports in the first place.
People must not be rolling high enough to overcome his Tag Resistance.