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It was probably riding a bicycle too because it was too tired.

I thought is was going to have something to do with Asterisks or Colons...

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True,  but you balance Risk-Reward scenarios, just like in other aspects of life.  It will vary by individual,  but many times the risk is worth the reward;  Example,   PlayStation 2!   Everybody wanted one on Launch Day,  Very few available.  We had no idea how reliable they would be or not be,  But being a Sony fan,  I'm glad I took the risk!  The one I bought on Launch Day still works like a dream and I had the privilege of being an early adopter 

I'm usually a "laggard." That's seriously the real term marketers use. But it's nice stepping outside of the hype zone.

Sunk cost fallacy? I think that's reading into it too much.

EmuDX? Maybe.. The replacement graphics would need to be sized exactly to maintain proper collision detection.

Under the hood it'd prolly need to use the original graphics if that mattered, only *displaying* the custom graphics.

I can sympathize with that man.  Should have done it years ago but didn't.  Too late now.

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For the love of Krom..if someone is behaving so badly, just tell us exactly who you are talking about. This cryptic stuff is tiresome...

People who do that should be assaulted by seaweed.

(And to those who would say "but social media is just a tool!" ... I would disagree.  McLuhan said that "the medium is the message," by which he meant--among other things--that the real impact of a medium is what you have to become in order to use or consume it.  Social media is not a neutral tool; using it changes you.)

Lol, yup. Nowadays, yur gonna be forced to "keep talking about it", until the dominant person gets you to agree, McCarthy-style, or the relationship is screwed.

My Family has been complimenting me recently about how "agreeable" I have been.

Lol, if they only knew.

"Whatever, right?"

Had a civil political conversation on Facebook a month back.   I started it by saying "Curious... w/out comparisons to other candidates & respectful to all posting: What Presidential candidates do you like and why?"    With that in place, we had a great discussion from those voting Republican, Democrat, and Libertarian.   People were astonished.

The clouters or the poggers (I'm a gen z'er so I can make these jokes). Or gen 01

Coronaboomers™.

"Accidents".

I just jot it down and good enough for me.  It's not like I can lie to myself

^I agree!   If it's a personal Best,  I probably write it down.

Yes, it has happened MILLIONS of times....allegedly. 

That's why I like loader solutions. 1 console, 1 cart, all the games. PS1 with PSIO. Dreamcast with GDEmu. Everdrive carts.... all great solutions.

You don't really need to continually upgrade though. Unless there is a new feature in the emulator you want, or a new game supported that you like that wasn't supported before - the constant stream of updates are mostly unnecessary. The vast majority of Arcade games have been accurately emulated for over a decade now. the last few years worth of MAME updates are adding nothing but bloat to support obscure Japanese Casino Video Slots, and not actual arcade video games. Same with most Consoles. Except for the newest systems, pretty much every classic console has been 100% emulated for years, and the newer emulator updates aren't adding games or consoles. Just extra features you probably don't need.

The version of MAME running in my Arcade1up cabinet is from 2003.

With emulation updates there's always something new and interesting. Even new host features which add richness and convenience to your classic experience. In some cases these eliminate tedium and headaches. And they just plain allow you to have more fun!

I don't usually have much to back up on my computer, so all the files I want to keep backed up are on a couple USB thumb drives. Simple, hard to hack (when they aren't in the computer) and I get a very good return on the money spent on them.

Yeah, if they are not attached it does not get more secure than that.  I use a USB hub with push button switches to turn things on and off like external memory devices, web camera and a couple of other items.

Hear Hear!   I'll drink to that!  When I get better and can drink again.

I thought you were going to say "stepping on brass tacks."

Let the hate flow through you... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_VCS_(2019_console)

Yeah, it's probably why I usually don't pay too close attention to people's WIP's. Too many projects left unfinished, be it books, games, whatever. And then there's preorders that take forever or worse - never see the light of day and you wonder if you'll even get your money back. 

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My step-grandparents had a hand operated water pump in the back yard. That was literally free water (after putting in the hand pump, of course). I vaguely remember using different ones a few times in the 70's.

There was a spring where we used to live.     There are probably several where we live now but I don't know where

they are.

In my village, our tap water tastes like salt with the texture of milk. Even with a filter, it tastes bad.

Very true in the Apple II ecosphere. 3.5 drive cards, HDDs, and SCSI cards sit rotting on ebay for $300+.

They've made getting anything a pain in the butt. Not like I'm looking for much anymore, but there were a few small items I still wanted. Oh well, greed has to ruin everything.

@John Stamos Mullet Actually, it was at E3 with reference to the Xbox One launch and was about, as I said, used games, not operating systems or utilities, which used to come on physical media, as well  So, next thing will be requiring non-transferable licenses for all games. 

Yes. Would that be so terrible? Secondary markets in most industries range from frowned upon, to outright illegal. Not really sure how this is any different, either the exception that places like Funcoland and GameStop exploited the industry by creating a grey market they were never really entitled to. Again, it's all about licensing. They're not selling a physical product, they are selling a license to install and use their proprietary game code. Most other license types are non-trasferable. 

@John Stamos Mullet Yes it would be so terrible.

doh!

Not with computers or systems, but many many times with games.

How about opening a box/container and be surprised and think "When the hell did I buy this?"

Me too thanatos!  Why do I keep replying to old updates?  heh...

When it has that peculiar mothball scent.

About age 40.

When it loses it's usefulness to the user when they get or require somthing better.

Texas Instruments much?

Perhaps one big part of the truth also was he spent more money on his video games than on her.

I've dated women who hated video games and they were totally cool with me playing and collecting because I knew what moderation was and I didn't ever let them interfere with our time together (minus seeing the occasional flea market/store that I HAD to visit). Balance, balance, balance.

I prefer to play with the women, so doing video games on my own time is no problem

^  true words! Or in the case of today's software and OS's... sell it broken and/or unfinished. Goes for pinball machine software too. What a world.  

What if you know it will break soon?  Would you wait, or fix it, before it croaks?

At work when I was a tech:   If it ain't broke,  give them time,...They'll break it, then they'll tell you it's "fixed".