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jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote in 
news:1myvn0j.j1gw...@wizardling.geek.nz:

> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
> 
> Have a most diabolical New Year!
> 

Hey Jamie!

Merry Krismas and cracked sashes all round.

Mark.

-- 
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On 2016-12-26 00:23, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
>
> Have a most diabolical New Year!
>

I think this is the first year Mickey hasn't posted his traditional 
Christmas Diablo poem. Sad!

But Merry Baalmas to all!

-- 
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pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses.

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ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2016-12-26 00:23, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> > ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
> >
> > Have a most diabolical New Year!
> >
> 
> I think this is the first year Mickey hasn't posted his traditional 
> Christmas Diablo poem. Sad!
> 
> But Merry Baalmas to all!

That's what prompted me. I was saddened to see no Christmas greetings
even as Christmas in the US was nearing it's end.

My gods... could I be... the next Mickey? I am getting grumpier as years
pass... :-)
-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

On 2016-12-27 01:02, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2016-12-26 00:23, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>>> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
>>>
>>> Have a most diabolical New Year!
>>>
>>
>> I think this is the first year Mickey hasn't posted his traditional
>> Christmas Diablo poem. Sad!
>>
>> But Merry Baalmas to all!
>
> That's what prompted me. I was saddened to see no Christmas greetings
> even as Christmas in the US was nearing it's end.
>
> My gods... could I be... the next Mickey? I am getting grumpier as years
> pass... :-)
>

Aren't we all? ;)
The last few days I turned my back on new games and strolled back to the 
one true greatest game ever made - Quake II. (D2 comes a very close 
second.) I'm either getting nostalgic or turning into a grumpy old man.

Stay a while and listen!

-- 
I have yet to meet a C compiler that is more friendly and easier to use
than eating soup with a knife.

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Once upon a time on usenet ImperiusDamian wrote:
> On 2016-12-26 00:23, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
>>
>> Have a most diabolical New Year!
>>
>
> I think this is the first year Mickey hasn't posted his traditional
> Christmas Diablo poem. Sad!
>
> But Merry Baalmas to all!

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all.

Mickey didn't post his Xmas message last year either - it was commented on 
here. I hope he's well. I keep getting notifications of posts from 
'Mouseypounds' on an old basiner group that I'm unable to read or unsub from 
as I don't remember passwords etc. Maybe that's him?
-- 
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy 
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) 

On 2016-12-27 18:19, ~misfit~ wrote:
> Once upon a time on usenet ImperiusDamian wrote:
>> On 2016-12-26 00:23, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>>> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
>>>
>>> Have a most diabolical New Year!
>>>
>>
>> I think this is the first year Mickey hasn't posted his traditional
>> Christmas Diablo poem. Sad!
>>
>> But Merry Baalmas to all!
>
> Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all.
>
> Mickey didn't post his Xmas message last year either - it was commented on
> here. I hope he's well. I keep getting notifications of posts from
> 'Mouseypounds' on an old basiner group that I'm unable to read or unsub from
> as I don't remember passwords etc. Maybe that's him?
>

It could be? IDK? Given his absence here I can only imagine he's long 
since moved on from D2 and is doing something more productive with his 
time. Unlike us. ;)

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On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 20:47:14 -0500, ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com>
wrote
>On 2016-12-27 18:19, ~misfit~ wrote:
>> Once upon a time on usenet ImperiusDamian wrote:
>>> On 2016-12-26 00:23, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>>>> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
>>>>
>>>> Have a most diabolical New Year!
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think this is the first year Mickey hasn't posted his traditional
>>> Christmas Diablo poem. Sad!
>>>
>>> But Merry Baalmas to all!
>>
>> Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all.
>>
>> Mickey didn't post his Xmas message last year either - it was commented on
>> here. I hope he's well. I keep getting notifications of posts from
>> 'Mouseypounds' on an old basiner group that I'm unable to read or unsub from
>> as I don't remember passwords etc. Maybe that's him?
>>
>
>It could be? IDK? Given his absence here I can only imagine he's long 
>since moved on from D2 and is doing something more productive with his 
>time. Unlike us. ;)

He's probably still playing Mafia Wars on facebook.

I think it was jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) that
wrote something like...

>...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
>
>Have a most diabolical New Year!

Merry Christmas!

I haven't played D2 in years, but I did have a bit of a rampage in D3
a few days ago since WoW had gone down for maintenance or something.
:)

I do keep thinking I should load it back onto my computer so I can
make another fireball/forb sorceress to blow things up with, but never
seem to find the time. ^_^


Ashen Shugar
-- 
The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule!

ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2016-12-27 01:02, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> > ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2016-12-26 00:23, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> >>> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
> >>>
> >>> Have a most diabolical New Year!
> >>>
> >>
> >> I think this is the first year Mickey hasn't posted his traditional
> >> Christmas Diablo poem. Sad!
> >>
> >> But Merry Baalmas to all!
> >
> > That's what prompted me. I was saddened to see no Christmas greetings
> > even as Christmas in the US was nearing it's end.
> >
> > My gods... could I be... the next Mickey? I am getting grumpier as years
> > pass... :-)
> >
> 
> Aren't we all? ;)
> The last few days I turned my back on new games and strolled back to the
> one true greatest game ever made - Quake II. (D2 comes a very close 
> second.) I'm either getting nostalgic or turning into a grumpy old man.
> 
> Stay a while and listen!

I liked Quake 2's weapons the best. Having to control the machine gun's
pull was great. You couldn't just hold down the trigger and mow
everything down.
-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

~misfit~ <shaun.at...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Once upon a time on usenet ImperiusDamian wrote:
> > On 2016-12-26 00:23, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> >> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
> >>
> >> Have a most diabolical New Year!
> >>
> >
> > I think this is the first year Mickey hasn't posted his traditional
> > Christmas Diablo poem. Sad!
> >
> > But Merry Baalmas to all!
> 
> Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all.
> 
> Mickey didn't post his Xmas message last year either - it was commented on
> here. I hope he's well. I keep getting notifications of posts from 
> 'Mouseypounds' on an old basiner group that I'm unable to read or unsub from
> as I don't remember passwords etc. Maybe that's him?

He's safe and well on Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/SarasotaMickey>. I see occasional grumpy posts
and updates on games he's playing. I just miss his presence here, even
if he was a stirrer, heh.

-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

jerk-o <jer...@yomomma.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 20:47:14 -0500, ImperiusDamian
> <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote
> >On 2016-12-27 18:19, ~misfit~ wrote:
> >> Once upon a time on usenet ImperiusDamian wrote:
> >>> On 2016-12-26 00:23, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> >>>> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
> >>>>
> >>>> Have a most diabolical New Year!
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> I think this is the first year Mickey hasn't posted his traditional
> >>> Christmas Diablo poem. Sad!
> >>>
> >>> But Merry Baalmas to all!
> >>
> >> Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all.
> >>
> >> Mickey didn't post his Xmas message last year either - it was commented
> >> on here. I hope he's well. I keep getting notifications of posts from
> >> 'Mouseypounds' on an old basiner group that I'm unable to read or unsub
> >> from as I don't remember passwords etc. Maybe that's him?
> >>
> >
> >It could be? IDK? Given his absence here I can only imagine he's long
> >since moved on from D2 and is doing something more productive with his
> >time. Unlike us. ;)
> 
> He's probably still playing Mafia Wars on facebook.

He was, and beat the game into submission some time ago :-D

I'll say this for Mickey - he'd make a great beta tester, so long as
he's into your game, cause he'll play it obsessively with a laser like
focus till he's been everywhere, done everything, and achieved all
possible goals, heh.

-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

Ashen Shugar <death...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> I think it was jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) that
> wrote something like...
> 
> >...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
> >
> >Have a most diabolical New Year!
> 
> Merry Christmas!
> 
> I haven't played D2 in years, but I did have a bit of a rampage in D3
> a few days ago since WoW had gone down for maintenance or something.
> :)

I've not played D2 since I upgraded past OS X compatibility with the
carbon version. I did try the new compatible version, but it effed up in
such a way you could tell there had been no testing, and I lost interest
before they sorted their shit out.

Plus the new version was going to break the Runeword mod that allows
Bnet ladder gear in SP. Bugger that.

> I do keep thinking I should load it back onto my computer so I can
> make another fireball/forb sorceress to blow things up with, but never
> seem to find the time. ^_^
> 
> 
> Ashen Shugar

I've been playing a lot of Pokemon since ORAS, and I'm now into Sun and
Moon. Also I dip my toes back into the EverQuest 1 1999 server from time
to time.

Oh, and I setup a Raspberry Pi 3 B running RetroPie, to play old console
titles on my TV, a couple months ago :-)

-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 21:41:50 +1300, jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn
Genet) wrote
>jerk-o <jer...@yomomma.org> wrote:
>
>> He's probably still playing Mafia Wars on facebook.
>
>He was, and beat the game into submission some time ago :-D
>
>I'll say this for Mickey - he'd make a great beta tester, so long as
>he's into your game, cause he'll play it obsessively with a laser like
>focus till he's been everywhere, done everything, and achieved all
>possible goals, heh.

So what's he doing now?

jerk-o <jer...@yomomma.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Dec 2016 21:41:50 +1300, jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn
> Genet) wrote
> >jerk-o <jer...@yomomma.org> wrote:
> >
> >> He's probably still playing Mafia Wars on facebook.
> >
> >He was, and beat the game into submission some time ago :-D
> >
> >I'll say this for Mickey - he'd make a great beta tester, so long as
> >he's into your game, cause he'll play it obsessively with a laser like
> >focus till he's been everywhere, done everything, and achieved all
> >possible goals, heh.
> 
> So what's he doing now?

Nowadays he seems - based on Facebook messages - to be intent on vastly
expanding his virtual criminal empire by recruiting others.

Me - I've yet to find a native Facebook game that holds my interest past
a couple weeks.

The powers alone know what Mickey would manage if he turned his focus to
RL troublemaking :-D

-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 04:46:40 +1300, jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn
Genet) wrote
>jerk-o <jer...@yomomma.org> wrote:
>
>> So what's he doing now?
>
>Nowadays he seems - based on Facebook messages - to be intent on vastly
>expanding his virtual criminal empire by recruiting others.
>
>Me - I've yet to find a native Facebook game that holds my interest past
>a couple weeks.
>
>The powers alone know what Mickey would manage if he turned his focus to
>RL troublemaking :-D

I'd say become President, but he was born in Israel, not the US, so he's not
eligible for that.

On 2016-12-27 22:20, Ashen Shugar wrote:
> I think it was jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) that
> wrote something like...
>
>> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
>>
>> Have a most diabolical New Year!
>
> Merry Christmas!
>
> I haven't played D2 in years, but I did have a bit of a rampage in D3
> a few days ago since WoW had gone down for maintenance or something.
> :)
>
> I do keep thinking I should load it back onto my computer so I can
> make another fireball/forb sorceress to blow things up with, but never
> seem to find the time. ^_^
>
>
> Ashen Shugar
>

I started a HC spearazon this ladder although she's still a baby. I mean 
like level 17. Too little time, sadly!

-- 
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a nerd than one of the herd!” — Mandy Hale

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On 2016-12-28 03:41, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2016-12-27 01:02, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>>> ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2016-12-26 00:23, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>>>>> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Have a most diabolical New Year!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think this is the first year Mickey hasn't posted his traditional
>>>> Christmas Diablo poem. Sad!
>>>>
>>>> But Merry Baalmas to all!
>>>
>>> That's what prompted me. I was saddened to see no Christmas greetings
>>> even as Christmas in the US was nearing it's end.
>>>
>>> My gods... could I be... the next Mickey? I am getting grumpier as years
>>> pass... :-)
>>>
>>
>> Aren't we all? ;)
>> The last few days I turned my back on new games and strolled back to the
>> one true greatest game ever made - Quake II. (D2 comes a very close
>> second.) I'm either getting nostalgic or turning into a grumpy old man.
>>
>> Stay a while and listen!
>
> I liked Quake 2's weapons the best. Having to control the machine gun's
> pull was great. You couldn't just hold down the trigger and mow
> everything down.
>

Oh yeah. And the incredibly satisfying BOOM of the super shotgun as you 
unload both barrels into a scumbag Strogg. Let's not even go into the 
BFG... ;)

-- 
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On 2016-12-28 03:41, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> ~misfit~ <shaun.at...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Once upon a time on usenet ImperiusDamian wrote:
>>> On 2016-12-26 00:23, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>>>> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
>>>>
>>>> Have a most diabolical New Year!
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think this is the first year Mickey hasn't posted his traditional
>>> Christmas Diablo poem. Sad!
>>>
>>> But Merry Baalmas to all!
>>
>> Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all.
>>
>> Mickey didn't post his Xmas message last year either - it was commented on
>> here. I hope he's well. I keep getting notifications of posts from
>> 'Mouseypounds' on an old basiner group that I'm unable to read or unsub from
>> as I don't remember passwords etc. Maybe that's him?
>
> He's safe and well on Facebook
> <https://www.facebook.com/SarasotaMickey>. I see occasional grumpy posts
> and updates on games he's playing. I just miss his presence here, even
> if he was a stirrer, heh.
>

I will have to look him up on FB!

-- 
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On 2016-12-28 03:41, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> jerk-o <jer...@yomomma.org> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 20:47:14 -0500, ImperiusDamian
>> <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote
>>> On 2016-12-27 18:19, ~misfit~ wrote:
>>>> Once upon a time on usenet ImperiusDamian wrote:
>>>>> On 2016-12-26 00:23, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>>>>>> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have a most diabolical New Year!
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I think this is the first year Mickey hasn't posted his traditional
>>>>> Christmas Diablo poem. Sad!
>>>>>
>>>>> But Merry Baalmas to all!
>>>>
>>>> Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all.
>>>>
>>>> Mickey didn't post his Xmas message last year either - it was commented
>>>> on here. I hope he's well. I keep getting notifications of posts from
>>>> 'Mouseypounds' on an old basiner group that I'm unable to read or unsub
>>>> from as I don't remember passwords etc. Maybe that's him?
>>>>
>>>
>>> It could be? IDK? Given his absence here I can only imagine he's long
>>> since moved on from D2 and is doing something more productive with his
>>> time. Unlike us. ;)
>>
>> He's probably still playing Mafia Wars on facebook.
>
> He was, and beat the game into submission some time ago :-D
>
> I'll say this for Mickey - he'd make a great beta tester, so long as
> he's into your game, cause he'll play it obsessively with a laser like
> focus till he's been everywhere, done everything, and achieved all
> possible goals, heh.
>

I need to get him to beta-test Gemstone if I ever go back to it. LOL!

-- 
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pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses.

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On 2016-12-28 03:41, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> Ashen Shugar <death...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>> I think it was jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) that
>> wrote something like...
>>
>>> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
>>>
>>> Have a most diabolical New Year!
>>
>> Merry Christmas!
>>
>> I haven't played D2 in years, but I did have a bit of a rampage in D3
>> a few days ago since WoW had gone down for maintenance or something.
>> :)
>
> I've not played D2 since I upgraded past OS X compatibility with the
> carbon version. I did try the new compatible version, but it effed up in
> such a way you could tell there had been no testing, and I lost interest
> before they sorted their shit out.
>
> Plus the new version was going to break the Runeword mod that allows
> Bnet ladder gear in SP. Bugger that.
>

This is when you set up a WinXP virtual machine and run 1.13d and play 
Gemstone. ;)

-- 
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pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses.

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On 2016-12-28 18:12, jerk-o wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 04:46:40 +1300, jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn
> Genet) wrote
>> jerk-o <jer...@yomomma.org> wrote:
>>
>>> So what's he doing now?
>>
>> Nowadays he seems - based on Facebook messages - to be intent on vastly
>> expanding his virtual criminal empire by recruiting others.
>>
>> Me - I've yet to find a native Facebook game that holds my interest past
>> a couple weeks.
>>
>> The powers alone know what Mickey would manage if he turned his focus to
>> RL troublemaking :-D
>
> I'd say become President, but he was born in Israel, not the US, so he's not
> eligible for that.
>

He could become president of Israel?

-- 
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ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2016-12-28 03:41, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> > Ashen Shugar <death...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >> I think it was jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) that
> >> wrote something like...
> >>
> >>> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
> >>>
> >>> Have a most diabolical New Year!
> >>
> >> Merry Christmas!
> >>
> >> I haven't played D2 in years, but I did have a bit of a rampage in D3
> >> a few days ago since WoW had gone down for maintenance or something.
> >> :)
> >
> > I've not played D2 since I upgraded past OS X compatibility with the
> > carbon version. I did try the new compatible version, but it effed up in
> > such a way you could tell there had been no testing, and I lost interest
> > before they sorted their shit out.
> >
> > Plus the new version was going to break the Runeword mod that allows
> > Bnet ladder gear in SP. Bugger that.
> >
> 
> This is when you set up a WinXP virtual machine and run 1.13d and play
> Gemstone. ;)

I'm still on a 4GB RAM machine *grumbles* I can and do dual boot to
WinXP, but it's obviously not a spur of the moment thing, heh. Not given
how slowwwww XP is to boot up.

-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

On 2017-01-02 02:06, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2016-12-28 03:41, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>>> Ashen Shugar <death...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think it was jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) that
>>>> wrote something like...
>>>>
>>>>> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Have a most diabolical New Year!
>>>>
>>>> Merry Christmas!
>>>>
>>>> I haven't played D2 in years, but I did have a bit of a rampage in D3
>>>> a few days ago since WoW had gone down for maintenance or something.
>>>> :)
>>>
>>> I've not played D2 since I upgraded past OS X compatibility with the
>>> carbon version. I did try the new compatible version, but it effed up in
>>> such a way you could tell there had been no testing, and I lost interest
>>> before they sorted their shit out.
>>>
>>> Plus the new version was going to break the Runeword mod that allows
>>> Bnet ladder gear in SP. Bugger that.
>>>
>>
>> This is when you set up a WinXP virtual machine and run 1.13d and play
>> Gemstone. ;)
>
> I'm still on a 4GB RAM machine *grumbles* I can and do dual boot to
> WinXP, but it's obviously not a spur of the moment thing, heh. Not given
> how slowwwww XP is to boot up.
>

Yeah I'm on a 4GB machine too. Can't save any money. Blah. :P

Running Windows 10 on mine. It starts up fast for various reasons. I 
hibernate mine most of the time just for fast startup.

-- 
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William Riker

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ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2017-01-02 02:06, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> > ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2016-12-28 03:41, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> >>> Ashen Shugar <death...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I think it was jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) that
> >>>> wrote something like...
> >>>>
> >>>>> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Have a most diabolical New Year!
> >>>>
> >>>> Merry Christmas!
> >>>>
> >>>> I haven't played D2 in years, but I did have a bit of a rampage in D3
> >>>> a few days ago since WoW had gone down for maintenance or something.
> >>>> :)
> >>>
> >>> I've not played D2 since I upgraded past OS X compatibility with the
> >>> carbon version. I did try the new compatible version, but it effed up in
> >>> such a way you could tell there had been no testing, and I lost interest
> >>> before they sorted their shit out.
> >>>
> >>> Plus the new version was going to break the Runeword mod that allows
> >>> Bnet ladder gear in SP. Bugger that.
> >>>
> >>
> >> This is when you set up a WinXP virtual machine and run 1.13d and play
> >> Gemstone. ;)
> >
> > I'm still on a 4GB RAM machine *grumbles* I can and do dual boot to
> > WinXP, but it's obviously not a spur of the moment thing, heh. Not given
> > how slowwwww XP is to boot up.
> >
> 
> Yeah I'm on a 4GB machine too. Can't save any money. Blah. :P
> 
> Running Windows 10 on mine. It starts up fast for various reasons. I 
> hibernate mine most of the time just for fast startup.

I could probably afford to save for a new desktop, it's just really hard
to justify all that money (for a decent one, otherwise what's the
point?) when I can still do almost everything I normally do on my old
one. So I put it off year after year, and tell myself I'll act when my
hand is forced by hardware failure or something else serious.

I wouldn't have expected my mid-2007 iMac to remain useful for so long.
Or simply to last so long, given it runs rather hot.

Am I complaining about my computer not dying? :-D

-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

On 2017-01-07 18:15, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2017-01-02 02:06, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>>> ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2016-12-28 03:41, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>>>>> Ashen Shugar <death...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think it was jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) that
>>>>>> wrote something like...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have a most diabolical New Year!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Merry Christmas!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I haven't played D2 in years, but I did have a bit of a rampage in D3
>>>>>> a few days ago since WoW had gone down for maintenance or something.
>>>>>> :)
>>>>>
>>>>> I've not played D2 since I upgraded past OS X compatibility with the
>>>>> carbon version. I did try the new compatible version, but it effed up in
>>>>> such a way you could tell there had been no testing, and I lost interest
>>>>> before they sorted their shit out.
>>>>>
>>>>> Plus the new version was going to break the Runeword mod that allows
>>>>> Bnet ladder gear in SP. Bugger that.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is when you set up a WinXP virtual machine and run 1.13d and play
>>>> Gemstone. ;)
>>>
>>> I'm still on a 4GB RAM machine *grumbles* I can and do dual boot to
>>> WinXP, but it's obviously not a spur of the moment thing, heh. Not given
>>> how slowwwww XP is to boot up.
>>>
>>
>> Yeah I'm on a 4GB machine too. Can't save any money. Blah. :P
>>
>> Running Windows 10 on mine. It starts up fast for various reasons. I
>> hibernate mine most of the time just for fast startup.
>
> I could probably afford to save for a new desktop, it's just really hard
> to justify all that money (for a decent one, otherwise what's the
> point?) when I can still do almost everything I normally do on my old
> one. So I put it off year after year, and tell myself I'll act when my
> hand is forced by hardware failure or something else serious.
>
> I wouldn't have expected my mid-2007 iMac to remain useful for so long.
> Or simply to last so long, given it runs rather hot.
>
> Am I complaining about my computer not dying? :-D
>

Yeah mine is pretty antiquated. It's had a few upgrades in its time but 
it's reached the limits now; I can't find non-ECC DDR2 RAM that'll give 
me more than 4GB total so the RAM isn't upgradeable; I doubt it would 
support an SSD even if they were affordable; and my external HD died 
recently so I'm limited in storage space!

-- 
There is an old saying that if a million monkeys typed on a million
keyboards for a million years, eventually all the works of Shakespeare
would be produced. Thanks to Usenet, we now know this is not true.

SweetSpearGirl stories and Gemstone Mod:
http://imperium.elementfx.com/ - Now With Forums

ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2017-01-07 18:15, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> > ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2017-01-02 02:06, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> >>> ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 2016-12-28 03:41, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> >>>>> Ashen Shugar <death...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I think it was jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) that
> >>>>>> wrote something like...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Have a most diabolical New Year!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Merry Christmas!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I haven't played D2 in years, but I did have a bit of a rampage in D3
> >>>>>> a few days ago since WoW had gone down for maintenance or something.
> >>>>>> :)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I've not played D2 since I upgraded past OS X compatibility with the
> >>>>> carbon version. I did try the new compatible version, but it effed up in
> >>>>> such a way you could tell there had been no testing, and I lost interest
> >>>>> before they sorted their shit out.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Plus the new version was going to break the Runeword mod that allows
> >>>>> Bnet ladder gear in SP. Bugger that.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> This is when you set up a WinXP virtual machine and run 1.13d and play
> >>>> Gemstone. ;)
> >>>
> >>> I'm still on a 4GB RAM machine *grumbles* I can and do dual boot to
> >>> WinXP, but it's obviously not a spur of the moment thing, heh. Not given
> >>> how slowwwww XP is to boot up.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Yeah I'm on a 4GB machine too. Can't save any money. Blah. :P
> >>
> >> Running Windows 10 on mine. It starts up fast for various reasons. I
> >> hibernate mine most of the time just for fast startup.
> >
> > I could probably afford to save for a new desktop, it's just really hard
> > to justify all that money (for a decent one, otherwise what's the
> > point?) when I can still do almost everything I normally do on my old
> > one. So I put it off year after year, and tell myself I'll act when my
> > hand is forced by hardware failure or something else serious.
> >
> > I wouldn't have expected my mid-2007 iMac to remain useful for so long.
> > Or simply to last so long, given it runs rather hot.
> >
> > Am I complaining about my computer not dying? :-D
> >
> 
> Yeah mine is pretty antiquated. It's had a few upgrades in its time but
> it's reached the limits now; I can't find non-ECC DDR2 RAM that'll give
> me more than 4GB total so the RAM isn't upgradeable; I doubt it would
> support an SSD even if they were affordable; and my external HD died 
> recently so I'm limited in storage space!

Yuck! I'm sorry to hear that, mate :-( I've not had storage space
limitations since I was a poor student in my late teens to early 20's. I
lived within the confines of a 6GB HD (inside my first Mac) for about
five years. I'm amazed it was other parts and not the CD-ROM drive that
eventually died in my first Mac, as I lived with a CD-ROM (usually D1 or
Starcraft, and then D2!) in the drive all that time, lacking the space
for full installs.

Once I finally started working and had money, it was a thing of wonder
moving to HDs in the hundreds of GBs (with an upgraded HD inside my
first Mac) and then TBs (in my 2007 iMac).

Having since dealt with illness on and off, I've not been so flush with
cash, so I still know very well how tough it can be replacing gear that
dies. Everything is a financial juggling act.

I'm actually very glad I went a bit nuts back in 2007 and spent nearly
six grand on a top end machine. If I'd bought a lesser machine with the
idea to upgrade sooner, illness would have ruined those plans, and I
expect I'd never have got ten years of satisfactory performance for most
tasks.

Unless my life radically changes, my 2007 iMac will be the last top end
machine I ever enjoy :-D It was a blast for about a year never feeling
like I was hitting a performance wall, heh. Now all I have to do in 2017
is open a browser tab to experience slowdowns as virtual memory grinds
and the CPU maxes for several seconds! Ha.

-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

Once upon a time on usenet Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2017-01-07 18:15, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>>> ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2017-01-02 02:06, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>>>>> ImperiusDamian <damianbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2016-12-28 03:41, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>>>>>>> Ashen Shugar <death...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think it was jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet)
>>>>>>>> that wrote something like...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ...to all residents of Sanctuary, past and present! :-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Have a most diabolical New Year!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Merry Christmas!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I haven't played D2 in years, but I did have a bit of a
>>>>>>>> rampage in D3 a few days ago since WoW had gone down for
>>>>>>>> maintenance or something. :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've not played D2 since I upgraded past OS X compatibility
>>>>>>> with the carbon version. I did try the new compatible version,
>>>>>>> but it effed up in such a way you could tell there had been no
>>>>>>> testing, and I lost interest before they sorted their shit out.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Plus the new version was going to break the Runeword mod that
>>>>>>> allows Bnet ladder gear in SP. Bugger that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is when you set up a WinXP virtual machine and run 1.13d
>>>>>> and play Gemstone. ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm still on a 4GB RAM machine *grumbles* I can and do dual boot
>>>>> to WinXP, but it's obviously not a spur of the moment thing, heh.
>>>>> Not given how slowwwww XP is to boot up.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yeah I'm on a 4GB machine too. Can't save any money. Blah. :P
>>>>
>>>> Running Windows 10 on mine. It starts up fast for various reasons.
>>>> I hibernate mine most of the time just for fast startup.
>>>
>>> I could probably afford to save for a new desktop, it's just really
>>> hard to justify all that money (for a decent one, otherwise what's
>>> the point?) when I can still do almost everything I normally do on
>>> my old one. So I put it off year after year, and tell myself I'll
>>> act when my hand is forced by hardware failure or something else
>>> serious.
>>>
>>> I wouldn't have expected my mid-2007 iMac to remain useful for so
>>> long. Or simply to last so long, given it runs rather hot.
>>>
>>> Am I complaining about my computer not dying? :-D
>>>
>>
>> Yeah mine is pretty antiquated. It's had a few upgrades in its time
>> but it's reached the limits now; I can't find non-ECC DDR2 RAM
>> that'll give me more than 4GB total so the RAM isn't upgradeable; I
>> doubt it would support an SSD even if they were affordable; and my
>> external HD died recently so I'm limited in storage space!
>
> Yuck! I'm sorry to hear that, mate :-( I've not had storage space
> limitations since I was a poor student in my late teens to early
> 20's. I lived within the confines of a 6GB HD (inside my first Mac)
> for about five years. I'm amazed it was other parts and not the
> CD-ROM drive that eventually died in my first Mac, as I lived with a
> CD-ROM (usually D1 or Starcraft, and then D2!) in the drive all that
> time, lacking the space for full installs.
>
> Once I finally started working and had money, it was a thing of wonder
> moving to HDs in the hundreds of GBs (with an upgraded HD inside my
> first Mac) and then TBs (in my 2007 iMac).
>
> Having since dealt with illness on and off, I've not been so flush
> with cash, so I still know very well how tough it can be replacing
> gear that dies. Everything is a financial juggling act.
>
> I'm actually very glad I went a bit nuts back in 2007 and spent nearly
> six grand on a top end machine. If I'd bought a lesser machine with
> the idea to upgrade sooner, illness would have ruined those plans,
> and I expect I'd never have got ten years of satisfactory performance
> for most tasks.
>
> Unless my life radically changes, my 2007 iMac will be the last top
> end machine I ever enjoy :-D It was a blast for about a year never
> feeling like I was hitting a performance wall, heh. Now all I have to
> do in 2017 is open a browser tab to experience slowdowns as virtual
> memory grinds and the CPU maxes for several seconds! Ha.

I also bought / built what will probably be my last brand new machine in 
2007. However having already been on a very tight budget and having watched 
how computer components loose value quickly I built with a top-end CPU in 
mind but started with a midrange one until a second-hand top end became 
affordable. So for about NZ$2.5K to date I got the machine I'm still running 
(with no issues at all), most of the money going on a top end motherboard 
and PSU with expansion in mind. I didn't get the QX9650 CPU that I wanted 
until 2009. It was ~NZ$1.5K new in 2007 and I got it as NOS for $300 in 
2009. :)

The machine is maxed out at 8GB RAM (bought over a few years) and was 
upgraded to a 120GB SSD for OS and programmes in 2015 for not much more than 
$100. (I think that, if I need to in future I can use the spare PCI-e x 4 
slot to fit a PCIe-to-RAM adapter.) Since the initial build no (pre-planned) 
upgrade has cost more than $150. It's on it's fourth graphics card and all 
of them were mid-range cards obtained second-hand at about a year old so 
$100 at the most. The price I quoted, $2.5K was about half up front and the 
other half includes all upgrades to date. The machine plays PoE with no 
issues at all.

<fingers crossed> Going by trends over the last 25 years it should last me 
another few years before it starts to feel like it's slowing down.  Then 
maybe I'll put up with it for another five years before having to decide if 
I'm going to buy a new one.
-- 
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy 
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)