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  • in reply to: Software: On & Off the Web #413
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      Yes, from Virgin Interactive (Prince of Persia, Earthworm Jim, Resident Evil, Flight Unlimited)!
      Played it back then, it was pretty good. Now, there’s the re-issue, just extract the files into a directory like C:\Guest and run. If that doesn’t work, try it from Old Games, for extra options try it with an MS-DOS conf file and run it through PrgLnch.

      in reply to: Random #408
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        Sharktopus; and the never to be released spinoff: Jabberjaw Grows a Tentacle. (wouldn’t be technically correct since octopuses only have arms. But hey, it’s SliFi right?)
        Cheap set looks spiffing enough, looks like you are starting a collection, how about a dice bath bomb?
        The ozemail email address is finally downstream, took ages to change it in existing accounts, what with Google’s password management clunky at best, and weird setups at the places holding the account. The most annoying thing was the import not working as it should. 🙁

        in reply to: Hardware Relics #405
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          Not quite a relic yet, the UPS purchased for the downstairs PC is getting on in years, and doing rather well. As for the place it came from, not so. Turns out they went belly up the very year the unit was purchased, and all of 5 years to learn of the plight of Warehouse1. 😛

          in reply to: Software: On & Off the Web #401
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            Ah yes, thanks, do have an account with the old SysInternals, but what happened to the old forums?

            in reply to: Legend of Zelda #398
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              Zelda is getting better all the time it seems. Over here the ABC State Channel runs a weekly game review show mainly for kiddies, but adult kiddies like yours truly get a buzz out of it as well. This is their review of it – not region blocked over there at all?

              Honestly, it’s looking more and more like the game of the decade, what a shame they aren’t going to have a port for other platforms.

              in reply to: Timestamps #391
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                How odd, if it does happen again, troubleshoot the server-side cache by shooting a PM over here so the site cache can be cleared. Else it could be something awry with the client-side caching, an area which isn’t currently under focus (yet).

                in reply to: Films & TV Shows #388
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                  My goodness, that’s going back a bit again. Those kinds of movies are the spookiest of all, the PuppetMaster movies feature prominently on the Horror Movies with Dolls list.
                  They used to play the made for television Trilogy of Terror on late night TV, here’s the promo:

                  Recommended! 🙂
                  They are repeating Robot Wars on FTA again, it was kind of fun while it lasted, the problem ultimately ended up as sponsorship, what respectable and trusted corporation is ever going to fund a .5 ton mean mechanoid of mayhem?

                  in reply to: Cooking #386
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                    Love scones! Apricot might make for a good flavour combination:Apricot Scones!
                    The recipe also suggests a lower protein flour – very good idea!
                    Called my neighbours up to collect a bunch of ripe/ning persimmons I harvested 10 days ago. They suggested the best recipe was persimmon muffins. Yum! They kindly brought some plum jam and pickles, which I know for a fact will be excellent. 🙂

                    in reply to: Timestamps #361
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                      Is that for your posts only? Does it apply to the last post only, or all posts in the topic? The date/time won’t change after a page refresh? Does repairing the forums in Tools change anything?
                      I usually see the dates of the last posts on the forums page where they look to be reasonably consistent.

                      in reply to: Random #358
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                        Yes! here’s hoping they have a horror fest on FTA SBS channel over here. It’s a made-for-television film which is synonymous with don’t_have the_funds_for_Box_Office_promos, and being less of a worry for the producers, the films turn out to be better than expected.
                        Wonder if they do lines on trick die, or ones with a slight bias? Good for a chuckle at the next hook-up at the community board game centre. 🙂
                        Good news about the workbench, is it in the garage?

                        in reply to: Random #342
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                          In the final movie, were the same characters all killed off in a similar way? Hmmm, such a bloodbath would have engendered a greater hue and cry for sure!
                          Reviewed the clock, kind of like it, but wanted a bit more, I guess.
                          Reminiscence is on FTA tonight, might give it a miss being absolutely spooked by the reviews. Box Office Bombs aren’t my thing either. 😛

                          in reply to: Random #326
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                            Has the Zelda come in yet – Tears of the Kingdom is it? There are mods for it on Nexus, would those be usable for the Switch? Are these games bundled with modding kits, or is it stuff from (ex)gamedevs?

                            in reply to: Software: On & Off the Web #319
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                              Use Clipgrab for youtube, which has undergone some criticism in the past – for me it is not problematic, mind you the ~100 mb d/l size does not account for relatively simple and uncluttered user interface. Clipgrab relies on this yt-dlp, an enormous project with no other purpose but to download stuff from youtube.
                              Signed up with PlayOK around 4 or 5 years ago, where I built up passable stats and rep, and after a recent enquiry about account accessibility, the reply was:

                              Yes, this is a normal practice to remove unused accounts
                              We are not able to restore accounts that were auto-deleted

                              A better way for a site like that to avoid excessive user hair pulling, is to automate emails to recipients deemed as inactive after a time, requesting them to sign in if their desire is to hold on to the account.

                              in reply to: Software: On & Off the Web #318
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                                Indeed, awesome actually! 🙂
                                Something going on with the Facebook account over here – probably hack of the email address. It isn’t easy to determine via Google what methods are exactly constituent to Facebook security, no doubt they have hived it off to a lo-cost OEM. One capable of capturing hack events very much on statistical inference.
                                (A fun alternative could be a brightly themed, chatty, free-for-all open source Github project: FakeSec, with the Issues tab replaced with Tissues, and the Security tab replaced with Jokes & Humour. Might turn a few eyebrows! 😛 )

                                in reply to: Sounds and Music #295
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                                  Seeing this is also a Sounds topic, how about the sound of the Large Hadron Collider?

                                  (What would you call a vigorous shaker for pineapple cocktails? A Pina Collider of course!)

                                  in reply to: Films & TV Shows #293
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                                    Yes, the Goondocks, hey that’s – we’re in it. (Aside: Probably a good thing with own water as it is getting expensive around the city up north.)
                                    Well, a “quality” creature feature – see what you mean – a popular one here on FTA that came close was Rampage.
                                    Oh, you mean the 2021 version? The 1982 version doesn’t rate well compared to Sleepaway Camp, for instance.
                                    Almost completed the first season of Wayward Pines – working well for me though it’s not quite classic grade.
                                    The state FTA are screening the Documentary Now shows, wow, the “DRONEZ: The Hunt for El Chingon” episode is actually quite alarming as they release footage indicating the sudden demise of journalists at the hands of drug thugs.
                                    Another one relates the story of The Blue Jean Committee “Catalina Breeze“.
                                    The channel is also flooding us with more Armisen, this time, Portlandia. Fast paced, punchy comedy routines, which strikes out in all directions, so making it quite unique. There’s of whiff of Seinfeld, The Goodies, Goons, and even The Big Bang Theory (detracts for me – not being a fan).
                                    Pity it had to end though. 🙁

                                    in reply to: Random #290
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                                      Reading about ejector seats in planes, and naturally the question arose as to were there any accidental touches on the ejector seat button. Turns out there was, in Vietnam apparently, amazing how the plane later survived the landing on autopilot.
                                      The literary circles over here have been abuzz with controversy over plagiarism, this by John Hughes. Taking a passage like that out of The Great Gatsby with such modifications is running very close to the edge IMOP.

                                      in reply to: Random #278
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                                        You know, Alan Partridge has a poetical streak:

                                        Reading them again? Must be good! When very young, read a lot of the William Books, and enjoyed them so much that read some of them again. Didn’t know there was a TV series made though.
                                        Yeah, more threads, especially one for games!

                                        in reply to: No Post Previews #277
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                                          Thanks! Have a link to it? Might come in handy if we decide to use it- right now the chief reservation being that it might put something else off kilter – if for no other reason than some unintended consequence of our dear old friend, Murphy, and his Law. 😛

                                          in reply to: Random #254
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                                            You could hire a model and take some – ahem – mag snaps – might be best done in a studio though. 😛
                                            Oh, absolutely no problem with subs, just hanker for the human interaction, and the expressions on the faces of other customers when I go in to ask questions re MAD ETA. 😛
                                            Who’s Action?
                                            Currently streaming Wayward Pines, it’s rather good. Never realised it’s from as far back as 2015 though. What really curled the eyebrows was the link to Bloody Disgusting in that article about the trailer crashing in. What is really bloody disgusting is the number of spooky video box ads crawling all over the site. 🙁

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