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Collateral Damage posted:Pretty much yeah. This is a pretty good history of the game and the companies surrounding it: Excellent video and channel.
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Has DRM ever not mainly served to inconvenience the people who actually bought the thing? CD checks, manual codes, FBI warnings, etc? I also remember when going to gamecopyworld to get the no-cd crack was a practical necessity for games I actually bought just so I wouldn't have to put the CD in the drive every time I loaded it up.
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Imagined posted:Has DRM ever not mainly served to inconvenience the people who actually bought the thing? CD checks, manual codes, FBI warnings, etc? I also remember when going to gamecopyworld to get the no-cd crack was a practical necessity for games I actually bought just so I wouldn't have to put the CD in the drive every time I loaded it up. Yeha, GCW was at least as much about the convenience as the piracy. I'm sure it has driven some sales, but it pales in comparison to the "just make it convenient to pay" model of Steam. I've bought games there I never plan to play just to kick some money to companies that ... may not have gotten the money they deserved back in the day.
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I don't remember the name of the Apple II copy program I used, but this one was my go-to on the Amiga:
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LifeSunDeath posted:OOF, you getting steroid injections or a spinal tap? Either way no thanks...I too suffer herniated discs and it's a nightmare I wish upon few. Steroid injection in the SI joint. It was bad, took 3 or 4 tries to get it into place. 
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Nocheez posted:Steroid injection in the SI joint. sounds like a real... ...pain in the rear end. (:
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Laughter truly is the best medicine. Thanks for the Dune 2 video. I had no idea about the history, I just blasted Harkonnen and the Sardaukar with my pew pew guys and tanks. Nocheez has a new favorite as of 00:56 on Sep 21, 2021 |
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Software piracy? Yeah I remember software piracy:
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You've never lived until you spent the early to mid 80's pirating software from a BBS with a C64 and a 300 baud cartridge modem. Very, very slowly.
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His Divine Shadow posted:I recently bought a cassette deck. Nothing's too late. My pickup's glove box is packed with cassettes. It only had an AM/FM radio to begin with. I found a mostly compatible cassette unit at a thrift shop for $5, used a dremel to cut it down until it fit, and wedged it in. This was circa 2016. IMO a cassette adapter is easier to use than an FM transmitter, although I have both.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Software piracy? Yeah I remember software piracy: I had that exact box. The speakers were removable.
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It used to be a thread staple, but for the sake of delivering goodness to new thread readers this show is a must for anyone wanting a really good 'kinda historical' high budget drama about various parts of computing history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWrioRji60A
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That show was loving amazing.
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The Imp of Nipples posted:I had that exact box. The speakers were removable. Any speaker is removable.
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Humphreys posted:It used to be a thread staple, but for the sake of delivering goodness to new thread readers this show is a must for anyone wanting a really good 'kinda historical' high budget drama about various parts of computing history. I'm literally wearing a Cardiff Electric T-shirt right now. (It's from teepublic or some such legal-gray-area T-shirt site, I'm not aware of any official merchandise from the show.)
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Ouch, right in my nostalgia.
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Sep 21, 2021 11:57
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The Imp of Nipples posted:Now I've spent the morning nostalgically watching old C64 crack intros. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBkHHoOIIn8&t=49s After the line "Got another mouth to feed," 49 seconds in.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Software piracy? Yeah I remember software piracy: You laugh, but this exactly what killed the music industry.
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Trabant posted:mIRC channels Refererring to IRC channels as "mIRC channels" is definitely an early 2000s thing. mIRC seems to still technically exist, but given that modern IRC is overwhelmingly comprised of open source community members, I can't imagine it sees as much use as it once did.
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Humphreys posted:It used to be a thread staple, but for the sake of delivering goodness to new thread readers this show is a must for anyone wanting a really good 'kinda historical' high budget drama about various parts of computing history. It really was much better than I expected it to be.
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Athas posted:Refererring to IRC channels as "mIRC channels" is definitely an early 2000s thing. mIRC seems to still technically exist, but given that modern IRC is overwhelmingly comprised of open source community members, I can't imagine it sees as much use as it once did. The military is obsessed with calling it mirc.
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Athas posted:Refererring to IRC channels as "mIRC channels" is definitely an early 2000s thing. mIRC seems to still technically exist, but given that modern IRC is overwhelmingly comprised of open source community members, I can't imagine it sees as much use as it once did. I loving paid for mIRC once...
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I still use mIRC every day. Have been since 1995.
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His Divine Shadow posted:I loving paid for mIRC once... After 20 of freeloading on mIRC I bought it. Then Discord came out and immediately obliterated IRC.
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Athas posted:Refererring to IRC channels as "mIRC channels" is definitely an early 2000s thing. mIRC seems to still technically exist, but given that modern IRC is overwhelmingly comprised of open source community members, I can't imagine it sees as much use as it once did. Modern IRC is like 99% twitch chat, probably higher
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Discord is just IRC with media embedding.
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Gromit posted:I don't remember the name of the Apple II copy program I used, but this one was my go-to on the Amiga: I spent much of my childhood watching green zeros appear.
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Collateral Damage posted:Discord is just IRC with media embedding. It kind of blows my mind that, as far as I know, nobody ever put image embedding into an IRC client. Image embeds plus the history commands in the IRCv3 spec gets you pretty close to Discord/Slack.
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Pham Nuwen posted:It kind of blows my mind that, as far as I know, nobody ever put image embedding into an IRC client. Image embeds plus the history commands in the IRCv3 spec gets you pretty close to Discord/Slack. This interested me so I did a little search, and there are some options out there. https://thelounge.chat/ looks to be a pretty straightforward one.
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Pham Nuwen posted:It kind of blows my mind that, as far as I know, nobody ever put image embedding into an IRC client. Image embeds plus the history commands in the IRCv3 spec gets you pretty close to Discord/Slack.
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Humphreys posted:It used to be a thread staple, but for the sake of delivering goodness to new thread readers this show is a must for anyone wanting a really good 'kinda historical' high budget drama about various parts of computing history. Cathode Ray Dude has a new video out and it's really neat. I love the footage he found on his new toy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgOwTm2XTkU
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Pham Nuwen posted:It kind of blows my mind that, as far as I know, nobody ever put image embedding into an IRC client. It kind of blows my mind that you don't know a lot about IRC 
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an actual frog posted:Agree, H&CF is a great watch. Damnit this is my favorite CRD video yet. This thing is rad as hell and seeing him geek out about it is so fun.
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Phanatic posted:You laugh, but this exactly what killed the music industry. then why's it still around and trying to kill streaming and youtube all the time?? 
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Light Gun Man posted:then why's it still around and trying to kill streaming and youtube all the time?? Light Gun Man... That industry died THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_qbGJuxCYY
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Light Gun Man posted:then why's it still around and trying to kill streaming and youtube all the time?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Taping_Is_Killing_Music
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Neito posted:Light Gun Man... That industry died THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY! 
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Neito posted:Light Gun Man... That industry died THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY! Man, Tonetta is so.good.
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