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too bad.... in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Saturday, March 20 2004 18:11 Profile Homepage #5
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Does apple support plug n play?
I would rather have an upgradeable unit than having to buy whole new setups with no choice of os? You have to run a mac os on a mac machine right?
I dont know much so forgive me if I am wrong
Also I wouldnt know how to rate macs, I use the pc mainly for video editing which is cpu intensive
I currently have a p4 3 GHz 800 MHz FSB cpu with HT, what kind of cpu do mac use
I also capture video with my radeon card...what kind of video cards for mac?
I could ask more but...oh well
In order of your questions:

Support plug and play? Apple practically invented it.

There's no reason you can't upgrade your Mac's hardware and software.

I don't know much about performance rating either, although the consensus seems to be that Macs are pretty good with graphics work. If you're using your computer for serious video editing, I'd advise you to talk to a wide range of experts in the field.

You can run Linux on a Mac if you want, and there are good Windows emulators available for Mac as well.

Once again, I'm not a hardware expert by any means. If performance is important to you, check your facts with people in the know.

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The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure!
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
too bad.... in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Saturday, March 20 2004 17:46 Profile Homepage #1
Jeff is a Mac user so he designed it on a Mac. The fanbase is split about 50/50 Mac/Windows users.

Maybe this ought to be in the FAQ.

[ Saturday, March 20, 2004 17:46: Message edited by: The Soviet Onion ]

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The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure!
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Mac or PC? in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Saturday, March 20 2004 15:02 Profile Homepage #7
Well, any computer that's used by multiple people is likely to have more problems than one that's just used by one person.

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I'd be tender, I'd be gentle
And awful sentimental
Regarding love and art
I'd be friends with the sparrows
And the boy who shoots the arrows,
If I only had a heart.
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Who's Lurking? in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Saturday, March 20 2004 14:22 Profile Homepage #30
I've seen the name "Game pu" in the recent visitors bar a couple of times. While I don't know who this is, apparently this is a name that means something to the real oldbies.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Mac or PC? in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Saturday, March 20 2004 14:20 Profile Homepage #2
Jeff programs the damn things on a Mac and then has to port them to Windows. What do you want him to do, delay the Mac release until he can get both out simultaneously?

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I'd be tender, I'd be gentle
And awful sentimental
Regarding love and art
I'd be friends with the sparrows
And the boy who shoots the arrows,
If I only had a heart.
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
The Don't Fix The Shark Competition! in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Saturday, March 20 2004 14:04 Profile Homepage #5
quote:
Originally written by The Creator:

4) Does responding in this manner mean I am completely bereft of a sense of humour?
I'm not sure how you can say this. I mean, even Revenge had completely inappropriate moments of comedy, to say nothing of IoBo. :P

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The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure!
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
The Don't Fix The Shark Competition! in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, March 19 2004 17:14 Profile Homepage #2
Alec's in Queensland now? That's far too close for comfort.

Also, was that reply intended to make any sense at all?

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The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure!
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Screwed up notes in Avernum 3 in Tech Support
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Monday, March 15 2004 02:52 Profile Homepage #1
"Doctor, it hurts when I try to raise my feet above shoulder height!"

"Don't do that, then!"

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The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure!
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Languages of the World in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Sunday, March 14 2004 18:58 Profile Homepage #44
Geography and cartography in the pre-industrial era weren't very accurate in the real world either. That would explain the signs. :P

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The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure!
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Spiderweb Newbie Looking to Find a Good RPG to Begin With in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Sunday, March 14 2004 18:03 Profile Homepage #2
If you don't mind 2D tile-based graphics, Exile 2. If you prefer isometric graphics, Nethergate. If you want something a little different, Geneforge. If you decide you like the Exile engine, get Blades of Exile for sure, but I wouldn't recommend trying it out first; the BoE demo isn't very representative.

There's a continuing story between members of each series (the Avernum series is just a remake of the Exile series with a new engine, by the way), but in any case, I wouldn't recommend starting with Exile 1, or you just might be scared away from the Exile series.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
I'm Baaaaak in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Saturday, March 13 2004 11:42 Profile Homepage #18
Dolny was apparently from Poland, so that might well have been a form of his real name.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Suicide in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, March 12 2004 11:34 Profile Homepage #79
If you want to know what real depression is like, come to coastal northeastern Australia sometime and get stung by an irukandji jellyfish or infected with dengue fever by a mosquito bite. These both produce severe depression out of all proportion to the severity of the illness; in fact, depression is worst when the patient is physically recovering, and can linger for months afterwards. Both syndromes are rarely fatal from physical causes alone: patients are hundreds of times more likely to commit suicide afterwards than to die from the disease, and they usually do so during or soon after recovery.

I'd say that's pretty convincing evidence that depression is, or at least can be, fundamentally related to a chemical imbalance.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Of Damage Caps & Screenshots in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Wednesday, March 10 2004 23:43 Profile Homepage #18
Or maybe he meant "fixed" as in scenario designers can't change it. :(

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The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure!
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Suicide in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Wednesday, March 10 2004 01:43 Profile Homepage #34
There's a difference between mood swings and multiple personalities, you know. In genuine Dissociative Identity Disorder, some of the personalities are unaware of the existence of the others. The personalities are also generally more differentiated than your moods, often being of a different name, age and even ethnicity.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Suicide in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Tuesday, March 9 2004 20:01 Profile Homepage #31
Saying that listening to music about suicide causes people to kill themselves is like saying that eating pesto causes people to become gay.

I don't think I'm at any real risk of committing suicide. Sure, I've been severely depressed and wished I could just die at times, but when I'm at that low an ebb I don't have the energy to do anything, even to end my life.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
This sentence describes a topic containing an entirely self-referential short story. in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Monday, March 8 2004 19:20 Profile Homepage #11
Nope, this wasn't written by Alec. He most likely found it on www.everything2.com , a website for which he has a secret and shameful fetish.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Looking for someone in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Monday, March 8 2004 04:17 Profile Homepage #8
Googling "night's chill" along with "sands of time" just results in bad goth poetry and Xena slash fiction. I wish I were surprised by this.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Developer's Update in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Sunday, March 7 2004 23:56 Profile Homepage #97
The number of axioms depends on what system you're working in, actually. Non-Euclidean geometry has 4 axioms and Peano arithmetic has 5. I'm not sure what has 7 axioms: set theory? Although it's my understanding that set theory has a number of "optional" axioms, like the axiom of choice.

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The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure!
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Best Free RPG's and MMORPG in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Saturday, March 6 2004 20:52 Profile Homepage #26
You're back? Why, Dac Vin, your lasting impact on these boards has been such that I hardly even realised you were gone.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Purpose? in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Saturday, March 6 2004 11:59 Profile Homepage #67
And yet the topic lives.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Developer's Update in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Saturday, March 6 2004 03:44 Profile Homepage #80
So if a legitimate purchaser of the game gets a new computer, they'll just be able to redownload it and get it re-keyed to their new computer? I guess I can see how this might work; it'd require a confirmation email or something to be sent to make sure people didn't give out whatever details were necessary to download the software. Unfortunately, I suspect people could get around the confirmation email system by setting up an email address which automatically gives an appropriate response.

Realistically, though, anti-piracy measures are more about discouragement than prevention anyway, and a sufficiently solid registration system is going to discourage practically everyone (hopefully not including legitimate customers!)

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The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure!
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Developer's Update in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, March 5 2004 15:08 Profile Homepage #76
People can still get around that by distributing the full version to others once they've purchased and downloaded it. Some kind of online registration process allowing a purchased copy to be installed only once isn't a solution as it unfairly impacts on legitimate customers; people do transfer to different computers.

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The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure!
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Looking for someone in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Friday, March 5 2004 01:29 Profile Homepage #5
If you didn't get the email bounced back to you as undeliverable, he probably just isn't answering.

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I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Developer's Update in Blades of Avernum
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Tuesday, March 2 2004 19:37 Profile Homepage #67
Actually, most real lava rapidly forms a reasonably solid crust as it cools; you can walk over it if you don't mind getting your feet horribly burned. The item thing is a reasonable point, though, I suppose.

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The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure!
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
RPG Hybrids in General
Thuryl
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Member # 869
 written Tuesday, March 2 2004 19:15 Profile Homepage #2
Hm. Well, many Bungie games are FPS/RPG hybrids of sorts. I can personally vouch for Marathon and its predecessor, Pathways into Darkness (although both are rather old, and only available for Mac so far as I know.)
Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00

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