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Article #99431Re: UC ships to retailers at $19.99
From: br d
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:21
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:21
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:07:25 +0000, Lemming <thiswillbounce@bumblbee.demon.co.uk> wrote: >On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:02:29 GMT, "FLY135" <fly_135(@ hot not >not)notmail.com> wrote: > >> >>"Lemming" <thiswillbounce@bumblbee.demon.co.uk> wrote in message >>news:lpbn20dht13armea523onm4as72elo4412@4ax.com... >>> On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:54:59 GMT, "FLY135" <fly_135(@ hot not >>> not)notmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> > >>> >"FLY135" <fly_135@(hot not not)notmail.com> wrote in message >>> >news:4dhWb.20237$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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