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Article #68851Re: alt.games.duke3d FAQ
From: The Pacifist
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 00:00
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Well... you mention it a lot in your signature (Old one - Star Trek NG Sigs and "Member of ST Weapons patch") And you said something like "My Spock logic dictates that Duke will run slowly on my PC. This does not mean that I will spend $2000 on a new one" on an old remark The Pacifist King of Cyberia wrote in message ... >I just got back from saving the world from aliens, when I overheard >The Pacifist remarking on Oct 27... > >>I know! I know! I know! I heard your "Spock Logic". No matter what you say, >>Duke will not run as well on a 486 as it will on a Pentium........ >I also know that, but it bothers me that you keep insisting! >If you went one step further, _really_ desperate to get people to upgrade, >you would be wiring $1000 to every 486 owner in the world. > >As for the Spock thing, who told you that I watch Star Trek? > >>>---------------------------------- >>>Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 11:14:41 -1000 >>>From: King of Cyberia <g...@SPAMSLAMhawaii.edu> >>>Newsgroups: alt.games.duke3d >>>Subject: Re: alt.games.duke3d FAQ >>> >>>I just got back from saving the world from aliens, when I overheard >>>The Pacifist remarking on Oct 5... >>> >>>>Oh right. Sorry... I'm not dismissing 486s, but you can't hide the fact >>>>that they ARE slower than modern PCs....... >>>I acknowledge that. But I don't want you instilling what astro called a >>>"trendbitch" mindset in faq readers, that's not the impression that I'd >>>like. >>> >>>If someone wants to play with a 486 like me, then they have to forego the >>>craving and peer pressure to upgrade and settle for a lower standard. >>>;-) Hope you got all that. >>>-------------------------------- > >-- >Thank you. > >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >Designation: King Gary C Li >Post: Cyberia, Tkon Empire >Role: Unofficial AGD3D spamhunter, > Troubleshooter, Beta tester, > Gameplay counselor >TREKnology www2.hawaii.edu/~gli/startrek.html >IP Address Finder >http://kryten.eng.monash.edu.au/gspam.html >================================= >
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From: "The Pacifist" <ne...@pacifist.freeserve.co.uk> Subject: Re: alt.games.duke3d FAQ Date: 1999/10/28 Message-ID: <7va7d7$2tm$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 541754304 References: <7v4tbi$fu2$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk> <Pine.GSO.4.10.9910262315100.27900-100000@uhunix2> <7v7ep2$ac2$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> <Pine.GSO.4.10.9910271120290.24286-100000@uhunix1> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Complaints-To: ab...@theplanet.net X-Trace: news7.svr.pol.co.uk 941138151 2998 62.136.132.147 (28 Oct 1999 19:15:51 GMT) Organization: Customer of Planet Online NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Oct 1999 19:15:51 GMT Newsgroups: alt.games.duke3d MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit