Phone virus found in the wild.
You're talking to Serenity. And, Early... Serenity is very unhappy.
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§ ita § - Feb 22, 2005 4:31:47 am PST #1794 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Lilty Cash - Feb 22, 2005 4:54:58 am PST #1795 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
This is going to sound like the silliest question in the world, but my copy of The Sims 2 runs horribly on my (newish) laptop. Would this have anything to do with me running the game off of a dvd instead of a cd?
The next thing I'm going to try to do is see if I can find newer drivers for my video card. Where on my computer can I find my video and sound cards listed? Is googling generally the best way to find new drivers?
tommyrot - Feb 22, 2005 5:14:28 am PST #1796 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Would this have anything to do with me running the game off of a dvd instead of a cd?
Possibly (although I've never used the Sims). Can you watch the CD activity light while the game is playing? if it's on a lot, then the CD is slowing you down.
eta: ignore this....
Lilty Cash - Feb 22, 2005 5:20:08 am PST #1797 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
That's a possibility- I'll look at a cd-rom edition today and see if the info is any different. So far I've looked at the processor and memory, which should both be more than adequate, so I'm going back to the video card- the instructions say that if the most up to date driver isn't installed, it can interfere with game function, and that the video card must have more than 32 MB of memory and one of these T&L capable chipsets: ATI Radeon 7200 or greater, or NVIDIA GeForce2 or greater.
tommyrot - Feb 22, 2005 5:25:53 am PST #1798 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, I misread your post, sorry. I was thinking you were running it from the CD instead of the HD.
I think DVD drives are slower when it comes to reading a CD, but I'm not positive. And this shouldn't have that big of an effect (I think).
What kind of laptop? If it's a budget laptop the graphics system might not be up to snuff.
Lilty Cash - Feb 22, 2005 5:34:12 am PST #1799 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I am running it off of a dvd, but there is a cd version available. I've got a Toshiba Satellite- I'll bet it's the video card. I'm getting a brand new driver right now for it, so we'll see.
Maybe it's time I soup this up. (Well, not me, obviously, for I am feeble and know not what I am doing.) I've already used more storage than I thought I'd have used, so I'll need more. My dad used to do all my souping for me, but since I got a laptop I'll have to bring it somewhere.
tommyrot - Feb 22, 2005 6:07:48 am PST #1800 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tommyrot, have you found out this info, yet? I've got about 2 weeks to take advantage of the Qwest pricing.
Oh, sorry. It's a Flowpoint 2210.
I don't remember if I mentioned this, but my boss isn't sure if this would work for a home application, as it's SDSL, and most home connectons are ADSL. I don't know myself if that is something that's hardware-specific. (S=symmetrical, so upload and download are the same speed. A=asymmetrical, so download is faster than upload.)
edit to fix the wrongness....
Tom Scola - Feb 22, 2005 6:10:58 am PST #1801 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
It's symmetrical/asymmetrical, not synchronous/asynchronous.
tommyrot - Feb 22, 2005 6:12:08 am PST #1802 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It's symmetrical/asymmetrical, not synchronous/asynchronous.
Oh. Now that you mention it, that makes a lot more sense.
I blame lack of caffeine.
tommyrot - Feb 22, 2005 10:01:36 am PST #1803 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
These images are the result of 8 years in the retail computer industry - 8 years that are thankfully behind me. I used to work in the service department in a retail store of a very famous computer company (think cows...). During this time, I was able to observe (and preserve for posterity) the aftereffects of the - shall we say - "technology challenged" folks. My friends and relatives couldn't believe the stories I told - thus this collection of photos.