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Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 09-05-2004, 05:47 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,231
Posted By Wysardry
Yeah, great. If things go on as they have been,...

Yeah, great. If things go on as they have been, in 30 years a CPU will be the size of a grain of sand...

...and glued on top will be a heatsink the size of a house with a jumbo jet engine as the...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 06-18-2004, 10:50 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 4,847
Posted By Wysardry
I'm Waldorf and Statler, but I knew that anyway. ...

I'm Waldorf and Statler, but I knew that anyway. :D
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 06-18-2004, 10:44 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 7,395
Posted By Wysardry
I recently started playing Morrowind, Warcraft...

I recently started playing Morrowind, Warcraft III and Might and Magic IX, in that order.
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 06-01-2004, 08:59 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,136
Posted By Wysardry
Ah, well the X3DO name wasn't mentioned in the...

Ah, well the X3DO name wasn't mentioned in the last post because it wasn't finalised until the meetings.

I figured that anyone that had been following our progress would recognise the name, but...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-31-2004, 01:54 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,136
Posted By Wysardry
TheCrimsomBlade: I started with "As you may...

TheCrimsomBlade: I started with "As you may know..." because I previously posted here with a longer explanation prior to the first set of meetings.

I'm not asking for any money, unless you meant...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-30-2004, 10:20 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,136
Posted By Wysardry
Serious enough to spend a large chunk of change...

Serious enough to spend a large chunk of change on domain registration and a vBulletin license, yes. ;)
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-30-2004, 06:53 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,136
Posted By Wysardry
As you may know, some of us will be participating...

As you may know, some of us will be participating in a second set of IRC meetings to discuss which options 3DO game fans and site owners have for working (and playing) together. This will be open to...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-23-2004, 05:53 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,051
Posted By Wysardry
If you send people to http://www.telp.org...

If you send people to http://www.telp.org instead, they then have a choice of taverns (forums) for MM VI to IX, and game info pages for MM VIII and IX. ;)
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-21-2004, 11:11 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,051
Posted By Wysardry
One of the first features I hope to get up and...

One of the first features I hope to get up and running on the X3DO site is a links directory. It would be helpful if some of you could provide details of any sites or communities that relate to 3DO...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-21-2004, 08:00 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,821
Posted By Wysardry
These sentences do seem very fragmentary to me,...

These sentences do seem very fragmentary to me, and how "correct" they are would depend on what form the test took.

If the idea was to translate the words exactly without restructuring the...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-18-2004, 07:22 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,867
Posted By Wysardry
Toshiba also provide online support, including...

Toshiba also provide online support, including .pdf versions of manuals for a wide range of machines.

Just visit www.computers.toshiba-europe.com (http://www.computers.toshiba-europe.com)
...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-18-2004, 12:28 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,867
Posted By Wysardry
It's user interaction that determines the...

It's user interaction that determines the activity level, not what programs are running. If you aren't using the mouse or keyboard, that's a period of inactivity as far as power saving features are...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-17-2004, 08:44 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,867
Posted By Wysardry
It's the fact that you weren't providing any...

It's the fact that you weren't providing any input both times that makes me suspect the machine's own (not Windoze) power settings.

When I first got my laptop (which was used), it was set so that...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-17-2004, 08:11 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,867
Posted By Wysardry
Sleep mode, hardware standby mode, hibernation,...

Sleep mode, hardware standby mode, hibernation, whatever you want to call it, is not necessarily the same on a laptop as it is on a desktop machine.

On a laptop the screen, laptop, hard drive,...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-17-2004, 07:45 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,867
Posted By Wysardry
When my Dell Laptop goes into (hardware) standby...

When my Dell Laptop goes into (hardware) standby mode, the power goes completely off, but it saves the current status of Windoze first (what applications and files are open etc.), and will restore...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-17-2004, 07:37 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,888
Posted By Wysardry
38/75, which is surprising considering how...

38/75, which is surprising considering how obscure some of the questions were.
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-17-2004, 07:24 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,867
Posted By Wysardry
Did you check the Windoze power-saving settings,...

Did you check the Windoze power-saving settings, those in the BIOS and the machine's own setup screens?

It sounds to me as if it's switching to standby mode due to lack of keyboard/mouse activity.
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-13-2004, 08:02 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,784
Posted By Wysardry
The special effects in movies from that era...

The special effects in movies from that era weren't that impressive or convincing, so it is highly unlikely that the footage of the first moon landing was a fake.

Besides, these days the public...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-13-2004, 11:26 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,654
Posted By Wysardry
I have posted edited versions of the logs from...

I have posted edited versions of the logs from the recent IRC meetings in the "Suggestion Box" forum at Wysards' Realm (http://www.wysards.com/realm/) if anyone wishes to read them.

As they total...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-12-2004, 02:15 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,438
Posted By Wysardry
It's Welsh rarebit, not rabbit. ;)

It's Welsh rarebit, not rabbit. ;)
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-11-2004, 08:14 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,654
Posted By Wysardry
If you're using IE6, there's a possibility that...

If you're using IE6, there's a possibility that you might need to download the Java language, as it isn't included as standard with that browser (Microsoft apparently upset Sun in the past and are no...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-10-2004, 09:35 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,654
Posted By Wysardry
I have posted a brief summary of the decisions...

I have posted a brief summary of the decisions made in the 3 meetings in the "Suggestions Box" section of Wysards' Realm (http://www.wysards.com/realm/).

There is also a thread where those that...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-07-2004, 05:21 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,167
Posted By Wysardry
I think this is starting to be less a matter of...

I think this is starting to be less a matter of whether admins in general should be allowed to play a game and/or kill players and more a question of whether specific individuals are responsible...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-06-2004, 08:06 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,167
Posted By Wysardry
Yes, admins should have the right to play the...

Yes, admins should have the right to play the games they manage, partly because they deserve it for the amount of work they put in, and also because it gives them a better understanding of the game....
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-05-2004, 05:58 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,783
Posted By Wysardry
One question: did you actually manage to run the...

One question: did you actually manage to run the Windoze version of scandisk? If not, that would explain all those file errors, as DOS did say it couldn't fix some errors on the disk.

If Windoze...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-05-2004, 05:48 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,076
Posted By Wysardry
Yes, I guessed that, but many manufacturers...

Yes, I guessed that, but many manufacturers provide a special partitioning and formatting utility to get around that.

Western Digital definitely do, but you can't use it for non-WD drives.
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-05-2004, 11:18 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,076
Posted By Wysardry
Also check the hard drive manufacturer's site, as...

Also check the hard drive manufacturer's site, as sometimes they provide utilities to get around the 32Gb limit.

Splitting the drive into two (or more) partitions might also help.
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-02-2004, 01:00 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,036
Posted By Wysardry
The general rule of thumb usually given is: the...

The general rule of thumb usually given is: the page file should be twice the size of your physical RAM.

It is also much more efficient if it's a fixed size (rather than a range of values) and...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-01-2004, 04:55 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,654
Posted By Wysardry
Well, nothing is set in stone at this stage,...

Well, nothing is set in stone at this stage, particularly as the times haven't been specified yet, but moderators/admins from TELP, MMT, the Heroes Round Table and several LoMM/MM communities have...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 05-01-2004, 09:44 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,654
Posted By Wysardry
I've decided to hold 3 meetings over next...

I've decided to hold 3 meetings over next weekend, the times for which I'll announce in 12 to 24 hours from now.

After they are over, we can then decide when to hold another for those that...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 04-30-2004, 06:35 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,596
Posted By Wysardry
I would assume that previous sentences describe...

I would assume that previous sentences describe how certain other bandits did end up being killed.
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 04-30-2004, 01:34 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,654
Posted By Wysardry
Actually, UbiSoft are currently developing HoMM...

Actually, UbiSoft are currently developing HoMM V, and when the producer was asked if another MM game will be made, his response was "almost certainly".
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 04-30-2004, 12:54 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,654
Posted By Wysardry
Okay, how would the following Thursday at about 2...

Okay, how would the following Thursday at about 2 AM GMT (Wednesday at 10PM Eastern, 7PM Pacific daylight savings time) be for you?
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 04-29-2004, 11:34 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,654
Posted By Wysardry
Well, one thing my posts at various communities...

Well, one thing my posts at various communities have shown is that although weekends are convenient for the majority, they don't suit everybody.

Hopefully, once everyone has tried the IRC channel,...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 04-29-2004, 11:13 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,596
Posted By Wysardry
It's a good job that there was only one sentence...

It's a good job that there was only one sentence causing problems as it would probably take about ten years to create a single chapter of a novel using this collaborative method. ;)
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 04-29-2004, 07:17 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,596
Posted By Wysardry
There's also a third option: "Dron decided...

There's also a third option:

"Dron decided to simply tie up the two living bandits rather than kill them. So he did... To a nearby tree... By their feet."
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 04-29-2004, 07:06 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,596
Posted By Wysardry
I prefer the latter, as it seems...

I prefer the latter, as it seems "neater".
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 04-29-2004, 06:24 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,654
Posted By Wysardry
I know this community doesn't really focus on any...

I know this community doesn't really focus on any specific 3DO title, but I'm hoping that at least some of its 14,000+ members have an interest in at least one of them.

Since its demise, most of...
Forum: General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) 04-03-2004, 04:33 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 9,217
Posted By Wysardry
You might want to consider using Google AdSense...

You might want to consider using Google AdSense (http://www.google.com/ads/products.html) for the site and/or forums. ;)
Forum: Dungeon Craft - RPG Game Maker 02-05-2004, 06:17 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 239
Posted By Wysardry
I know that it is possible to redefine the size...

I know that it is possible to redefine the size of the wall sets, borders etc., but is it possible to customise other screen areas?

For example, could someone add extra graphical interface...
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