I Love This Game

Arryn · #1 March 5th, 2004, 06:46 AM

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Originally posted by Ctennyson:
Except that meant I had to do 9 times the work, since I'm the tech support guy in the family

Hehe. If you were *truly* sharp (joke, no offense meant) you'd've figured out a way to teach at least one of your family members basic competency and stuck them with the role of support ...

Norfleet · #2 March 5th, 2004, 06:51 AM

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Originally posted by AztraGoth:
First Person Shooter MP forum and you will run away screaming....

Yeah, tell me about it. That's where I learned "smacktard" from. It so eloquently described the feelings I had about the issue, that I was instantly enamored by the word. Arryn seem to have taken a liking to it also.

Arryn · #3 March 5th, 2004, 06:51 AM

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
I get asked "did you get into computers right out of High School" and I answer "no... lets see... oh yeah, there werent any!" and Im not even the oldest one here.
(no PC's, just mainframes when I grad'd HS)

Yeah, my intro to computers in high school was an IBM 360 mainframe. In those days, you got a *real* feeling of power sitting at the ops console to key in your code, while peons had to use the card reader. And then there were the poor schmucks who had to use paper tape on the PDPs, or worse, the front panel switches (a few years later) on the first IMSAI PCs ...

Arryn · #4 March 5th, 2004, 06:54 AM

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Originally posted by Norfleet:
I was instantly enamored by the word. Arryn seem to have taken a liking to it also.

I've taken a liking to all your pithy one-liners. Must be an age-related thing, since I'm much closer to your age than I am the average age on this forum.