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rnbergren wrote: feces throwing Hey - keep that kind of talk to where it belongs: Q&A.
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But is it a simian, or a rutangutan ?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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OriginalGriff wrote: simian This specific word triggers some goooooood memories!
"Greetings. I am Edwin Odesseiron. You simians may refer to me merely as "sir" if you prefer a less... syllable-intensive workout."
If you know, you know
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I haven't played Baldor's Gate for years!
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I actually played BGII last year.
All of it (as a mage, of course)
Still one of the best games ever made.
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Best games ever made?
Doom / Doom II would have to be in there; the first Civilization; Unreal Tournament 2004 which I last played ... um ... 3 hours ago); Might and Magic IV / V; GTA V (if you can get a non-toxic server which is a good game all on it's own); Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion; Postal 2; The Witcher series; ... the list is pretty long, I couldn't pick just one!
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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We have different gaming tastes... And some overlap I guess.
I'd at least put Final Fantasy VII, X and XII in such a list, maybe also VI and IX, but a little lower.
NieR: Automata also blew me away.
Dragon Quest XI (it's almost a best-of Square Enix at this point), Ni No Kuni, Borderlands II, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Skyrim...
And in the vein of BGII, Planescape Torment!
OriginalGriff wrote: the list is pretty long, I couldn't pick just one! Indeed, indeed!
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Sander Rossel wrote: Still one of the best games ever made. ROGUE !
Took me five years to win once - layout randomized for each game. Perma-death as it's now called.
As I've posted before, to this day it still has not only support but development. One of it's descendants, Dungeon Crawl (which I now play) is updated several times a year. Feature-rich is a double understatement.
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You monkeying around again.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Watch your organs, they might get ground.
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Birthday of Moore's law. 1965.
(Does not predate the birthday of Murphy's law)
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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you really should not mention Murphy's law. To speak of it is for it to happen.
Moore's law on the other hand is just fun.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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I celebrate this every year but I have noticed that each year I spend less on the party and it goes by quicker.
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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But do you have twice as much fun every year?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Not to nitpick, but Moore's law says that the number of components doubles every two years.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Okay, Okay.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Does he get twice as old every 18 months?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Only if he visits the QA.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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We're looking to get rid of satellite TV and go full streaming, and we're looking for a streaming device. We already do Netflix and Amazon Prime (although we're not happy with the content choices on prime) through our Blu-Ray DVD player, but we can't add apps to the player, so here we are.
It looks like the top 2 choices are Roku and Amazon Fire Stick, I'm looking at the Roku Ultra 2020, mostly because it supports wired ethernet without any additional hardware... and it's not from amazon, but I'm willing to entertain the Firestick because you can get a wired ethernet adapter for it (and even with the ethernet adapter, it's cheaper than the roku). I'm still trying to fiond out if the ethernet support is GB or MB...
My primary concern though is whether or not I can plug the devices into my A/V receiver, and possibly program my Logitech remote to replace the device's remote.
So, if anyone here has used either device, I'm interested in how you like it. Is it easy to install streaming apps on it? Is it easy to configure/use?
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We have a Roku 3 and an Ultra (not sure of generation, 2 yo), and are very happy with them. The Ultra is connected to a Samsung "smart TV" whose native SW software isn't good enough to suck. Performance of the Roku is really good, especially compared to the TV's built-in sw.
I haven't installed any apps on it as it came preloaded with everything we have (Spectrum, Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime) and I've tried Apple and Hulu. It's easy to use and plays nicely with all the services we've tried. And it's not Amazon ...
The remote has a headphone jack, and if plugged in it shuts off the TV's sound. This is handy as I can watch something and my wife doesn't have to listen to it. However, this eats batteries so I purchased a couple packs of rechargeable AA's.
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We own a Fire Tv Stick and meanwhile you connect it into the HDMI port, and your TV is capable of doing it, you can control the Fire TV using your TV remote or any other remote that can control the TV itself.
To know which apps are available for Fire TV you can enter the amazon page and look for apps, you can even download them to your fire TV from there which is very convenient. Once apps have been downloaded you can install them from your remote.
We are using it via WI-FI so no idea about the connection to ethernet directly.
The fire TV stick is the easiest thing to use in the world, Netflix app works well, YouTube works again there and of course the Amazon Prime app also works there.
I've only heard good things of the ROKU devices which seemed the best thing to get in the USA, but here (Spain) they are not available officially as far as I know.
Hope this helps.
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We have a Fire TV as well - the latest version as the old one just couldn't cope with HD and spent most of it's time buffering.
The Fire remote works well, but only really with voice as the Amazon "keyboard" is a PITA to use. I got a little bluetooth keyboard for the old one which helped a lot.
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