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Re: UC ships to retailers at $19.99

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From: br d
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:21
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:07:25 +0000, Lemming
<thiswillbounce@bumblbee.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:02:29 GMT, "FLY135" <fly_135(@ hot not
>not)notmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Lemming" <thiswillbounce@bumblbee.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:lpbn20dht13armea523onm4as72elo4412@4ax.com...
>>> On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:54:59 GMT, "FLY135" <fly_135(@ hot not
>>> not)notmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> >"FLY135" <fly_135@(hot not not)notmail.com> wrote in message
>>> >news:4dhWb.20237$jH6.14061@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>>> >>
>>> >> "Shingen" <Shingen@aolsukd.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>> >> news:ps3j209m1rqp5bee4f2277c3ssn516uold@4ax.com...
>>> >> > BCM came with both a 76 page manual and a key-card. Did you get yours
>>> >> > second-hand?
>>> >>
>>> >> No, $7 new in box at EB.  Maybe I should go back and take a second
>>look.
>>> >>
>>> >> BTW, I played again tonight for about an hour.  Average time between
>>> >CTD...
>>> >> 15 minutes.  And most of the time I was just sitting looking at the
>>manual
>>> >> when it dumped.
>>> >
>>> >Followup.  I played for 2 hours last night without a single CTD.
>>Apparently
>>> >the CTD's I related in the previous post were from misc button pressing
>>due
>>> >to my state of confusion about what I was supposed to be doing.
>>>
>>> That's a statement worthy of the SC himself.  "The game crashed
>>> because the <insert suitable adjective here> user pressed the wrong
>>> button."  Beautiful.
>>
>>That was a completely objective statement relating the only the explanation
>>I had as to why it was crashing every 15 minutes in one session and not any
>>in the other.  I suppose if I has interjected a few "f*ck'g, stoopid,
>>crappy" clauses thoughout my statement it would have been more palatable to
>>some readers.

Personally, I don't trust a man who's afraid to write swearwords.

Ack! Palmfile Palmfile!

br d
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Subject: Re: UC ships to retailers at $19.99
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:21:24 +0000
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