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General Discussion / Got Win XP now...
« on: 2001-11-28 21:04:00 »
Actually Most ms-dos games I've tried in XP run great. XP appearently has ms-dos cd and sound driver (sb) emulation. I ran into no probs running any games.
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General Discussion / IMPORTANT: The final forum URL
« on: 2001-11-27 00:44:00 »
Yeah, I know. I'm talking 2Mb (~256KB). The RJ45 connect on the modem supports 100Mb (~12.5MB), but I've always understood Coax from the cable co. supported a max of 45Mb (~5.625MB). I could be wrong though...
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General Discussion / The X-Box looks like.....
« on: 2001-11-27 00:38:00 »
Well, I'll say I certainly wasn't impressed with the new style for link, but I'll give the game a shot.
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General Discussion / Got Win XP now...
« on: 2001-11-27 00:34:00 »
You can use that compatibility mode with the final build of XP. As to wether or not it makes FF7 work? I seem to remember getting it working before I did a clean reformat and install, but I can't be certain if it did or not. I'll get back to you about that in a few.
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General Discussion / 100 Greatest movies.
« on: 2001-11-27 00:25:00 »
Of course the movie's not accurate. It's fiction. The whole thing. It's very very loosely based around a generalized event. Soldiers capturing a U-boat and securing an Enigma machine for the Allies.
Of course they're going to use an American Naval crew for the film. They most likely felt that an American audience would probably relate better to a boat full of Americans. Hollywood is out to make money, not documentarys.
You're absolutely right. It's quite unfortunate that people are so ignorant as to believe a movie instead of going out and finding multi-documented proof. But then again, I thought it was no big mystery that the movie was fiction. "Based on actual events" in no way means "historically accurate". At least everyone I know seems to have understood that.
That's why the statement, "I can remember this film U-571 that was based on a true story about a BRITISH submarine..." was silly to me. The point I'm making here is how do you know the author based it solely on the first British crew? How do you not know that he was basing it on the American crew that captured a U-boat and Enigma? It seemes to me that he was making a fiction from the generality of the three captures that were cited at the end of the movie.
ADDED: Incidently, in case you didn't tell by the smiley at the end - I wasn't arguing the fact that Hollywood tends to change things to make money off of it - I was merely joking around.
[edited] 9 2001-11-27 01:31
Of course they're going to use an American Naval crew for the film. They most likely felt that an American audience would probably relate better to a boat full of Americans. Hollywood is out to make money, not documentarys.
You're absolutely right. It's quite unfortunate that people are so ignorant as to believe a movie instead of going out and finding multi-documented proof. But then again, I thought it was no big mystery that the movie was fiction. "Based on actual events" in no way means "historically accurate". At least everyone I know seems to have understood that.
That's why the statement, "I can remember this film U-571 that was based on a true story about a BRITISH submarine..." was silly to me. The point I'm making here is how do you know the author based it solely on the first British crew? How do you not know that he was basing it on the American crew that captured a U-boat and Enigma? It seemes to me that he was making a fiction from the generality of the three captures that were cited at the end of the movie.
ADDED: Incidently, in case you didn't tell by the smiley at the end - I wasn't arguing the fact that Hollywood tends to change things to make money off of it - I was merely joking around.
[edited] 9 2001-11-27 01:31
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General Discussion / 100 Greatest movies.
« on: 2001-11-26 21:53:00 »
Partially true.
Both British AND American subs recovered Enigma machines from multiple German U-Boats.
If you watched the end of the movie they give credit to 3 Naval crews (two British, one American) that recovered the machines.
...but why bother about such insignificant details?
Both British AND American subs recovered Enigma machines from multiple German U-Boats.
If you watched the end of the movie they give credit to 3 Naval crews (two British, one American) that recovered the machines.
...but why bother about such insignificant details?
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General Discussion / IMPORTANT: The final forum URL
« on: 2001-11-26 00:07:00 »
?! Your the only person I know with anything over 2Mb cable... In fact was was always told cable has a physical limit of 45Mb...
EDIT: Damn "" key
EDIT: Damn "r" key
[edited] 9 2001-11-26 01:10
EDIT: Damn "" key
EDIT: Damn "r" key
[edited] 9 2001-11-26 01:10
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General Discussion / Got Win XP now...
« on: 2001-11-24 07:39:00 »
Mirex: What was that proggie supposed to do? Because it just printed out txt and sat there doing nothing...
EDIT: lol, ran it again and this time let it sit there for 30 secs. Never mind.
[edited] 9 2001-11-24 08:50
EDIT: lol, ran it again and this time let it sit there for 30 secs. Never mind.
[edited] 9 2001-11-24 08:50
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General Discussion / Hello
« on: 2001-11-24 07:33:00 »
"Anyone played Serious Sam - its cool, doesn't take v. long to complete though "
What's great is getting 5 people at a lan party to play co-op on the hardest level. crazy fun.
What's great is getting 5 people at a lan party to play co-op on the hardest level. crazy fun.
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General Discussion / The board URL
« on: 2001-11-20 21:36:00 »
appearently I have another username that I don't know of. I got 22 emails (one of my emails fwds to another). Yeeehaw
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General Discussion / Phew!
« on: 2001-11-11 07:01:00 »
Ouch. Yeah, last winter here we had an icestorm. Was about 25-30 deg F. 200000 people lost power. Mine was out for 7 days. Talk about suckage.
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General Discussion / Our members...
« on: 2001-10-06 03:27:00 »Quote
On 2001-10-05 15:07, M0T wrote:
I learnt about half lifes and I always wondered if that meant that the radioactive isotopes could never lose all of their radioactivity?
Ever learn about Limits in Calculus?
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General Discussion / If you want to save your eyes, read this....
« on: 2001-10-05 05:38:00 »
Heh, actually that avatar of mine is a picture of some random SWAT officer in training.
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General Discussion / If you want to save your eyes, read this....
« on: 2001-10-03 05:49:00 »
Ahh yes. That black scheme is muchh better. Much thanks, SaiNt.
[edited] 9 2001-10-03 06:50
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General Discussion / SHIT!
« on: 2001-09-13 05:11:00 »
To whoever posted the "Nostradamus" quote:
http://www.nostradamus-repository.org/cityofgod.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.nostradamus-repository.org/cityofgod.html
http://www.nostradamus-repository.org/cityofgod.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.nostradamus-repository.org/cityofgod.html
Appearently that 'quote' is a hoax...
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General Discussion / A warning...
« on: 2001-09-13 02:29:00 »
I've used both Detonator drivers v12.41 and v14.10
Text is not screwed with 8bit pallete support on or off, using or not using the TNT Patch. There are no noticible graphical anomolies for me at all.
Text is not screwed with 8bit pallete support on or off, using or not using the TNT Patch. There are no noticible graphical anomolies for me at all.
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General Discussion / A warning...
« on: 2001-09-12 02:48:00 »
Actually I'm not using the TNT patch...
8bit palletised drivers have been ennabled since Detonator v.12.41
8bit palletised drivers have been ennabled since Detonator v.12.41
Edit: It's looking equally bad with/without the TNT patch for me.
[This message has been edited by Trilinear (edited September 11, 2001).]
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General Discussion / A warning...
« on: 2001-09-11 03:38:00 »
The new Nvidia 21.80 Detonator 4 drivers, while much faster and assists in more drawing functions, seem to break the gfx in FF7. I mean to the point of being unplayable.
Just thought I'd give everyone a heads up.
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General Discussion / Not FF related...
« on: 2001-08-26 10:05:00 »
Yeah, I should clarify myself. I dont mind an animated look at all. I mean, the game has always had it. It's the specific style they popped into that I find unappealing. I'll still give the game a chance, as I will Metroid (FPS -- why??), but I can't say I like it one bit.
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General Discussion / Not FF related...
« on: 2001-08-25 22:33:00 »
Hehhhh Whoops. Guess I should have pointed out the new footage I was talking about. My bad.
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General Discussion / Not FF related...
« on: 2001-08-25 13:49:00 »
What do you think of the new artistic style of the Gamecube Zelda game?
I have to go with:
My god, what have they done??
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General Discussion / Final Fantasy Chronicles
« on: 2001-08-23 08:49:00 »
I maybe wrong, but believe that's just the Japanese psx remakes of FF4 and CT translated to English and released in the US. I think it's been out some time.
http://www.babbages.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=261389" TARGET=_blank>http://www.babbages.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=261389
http://www.babbages.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=261389" TARGET=_blank>http://www.babbages.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=261389
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General Discussion / FF7 and WinXP
« on: 2001-08-19 03:20:00 »
With the Nvidia 12.41 Detonators, I can run 4x FSAA w/o a problem. Well, I should say without a problem with ff7.
I've been having wierd problems having the system lock and shutdown when moving the mouse cursor over text sometimes. Windows claims its a problem with a drawing function caused by the "Nvidia Geforce DDR Device". Might be the drivers, I dunno.
Bird Race? Ship me a save file at that point and I'll test it.
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General Discussion / FF7 and WinXP
« on: 2001-08-18 12:17:00 »
Just like to say: FF7 appearently has no problem running in Windows XP with no fixes at all (I'm running the 180day trial release.) So, yay.
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