Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Post by Dr_Strangelove » Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:04 am

The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Schnelly had not a moment to think about stopping himself before he found himself falling down a very deep well.
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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Post by 32wildbilly » Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:43 am

Dr_Strangelove (whew!) wrote: Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:04 am
The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Schnelly had not a moment to think about stopping himself before he found himself falling down a very deep well.
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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Post by 5chn3ll » Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:09 pm

Carroll was a very creative pervert...gotta hand it to him.

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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Post by 5chn3ll » Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:53 pm

I'm going back to flying pretend airplanes until the election is over...

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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Post by 5chn3ll » Wed Oct 28, 2020 1:42 pm

As an aside - I've never had a gaming rig that was all SSD before. It's so quiet...and the boot time. Holy shit.

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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Post by 32wildbilly » Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:22 pm

5chn3ll wrote: Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:53 pm I'm going back to flying pretend airplanes until the election is over...
Sounds like a good plan. If only I had disc drive...
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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Post by 5chn3ll » Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:32 pm

Heh. A disc drive...you mean, like, for loading games?

Do the words "steam" and "client" mean anything to you if you juxtapose them?

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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Post by gnat » Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:05 pm

5chn3ll wrote: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:32 pm Heh. A disc drive...you mean, like, for loading games?
I once downloaded Win95 off Usenet onto 90 something 3 1/4" disks.

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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Post by 5chn3ll » Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:47 pm

Damn, I remember trying to uudecode massive multipart binaries...those were not the good old days.

I was thinking last night of the 3-node FidoNET BBS I used to run out my room as a kid. I used to dial into Las Vegas from midnight to 4AM to pull down my chunk of the West Coast mail feed. We could get a message anywhere in the world in a day or two using nothing but off-peak long distance. "Mail" back then was largely comprised of grainy, interlaced images of naked chicks...

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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Post by Dr_Strangelove » Wed Oct 28, 2020 4:11 pm

32wildbilly wrote: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:22 pm
5chn3ll wrote: Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:53 pm I'm going back to flying pretend airplanes until the election is over...
Sounds like a good plan. If only I had disc drive...
5chn3ll wrote: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:32 pm Heh. A disc drive...you mean, like, for loading games?

Do the words "steam" and "client" mean anything to you if you juxtapose them?

Steam client? Schnell you're talking to a train mechanic here.
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