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Michael Cash

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Jul 13, 2003, 6:11:08 AM7/13/03
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I'm going to install a video card now. If I'm not back for a long long
while, you will know that I have managed to kill the patient.

--

Michael Cash

"There was a time, Mr. Cash, when I believed you must be the most useless
thing in the world. But that was before I read a Microsoft help file."

Prof. Ernest T. Bass
Mount Pilot College


http://www.sunfield.ne.jp/~mike/

Michael Cash

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Jul 13, 2003, 8:34:53 AM7/13/03
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On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 19:11:08 +0900, Michael Cash
<mike...@sunfield.ne.jp> belched the alphabet and kept on going with:

>I'm going to install a video card now. If I'm not back for a long long
>while, you will know that I have managed to kill the patient.

Despite my most fervent efforts, the patient survived.

Kevin Gowen

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Jul 13, 2003, 12:16:01 PM7/13/03
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Michael Cash wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 19:11:08 +0900, Michael Cash
> <mike...@sunfield.ne.jp> belched the alphabet and kept on going with:
>
>> I'm going to install a video card now. If I'm not back for a long
>> long while, you will know that I have managed to kill the patient.
>
> Despite my most fervent efforts, the patient survived.

What are the specs on the implanted organ?

--
Kevin Gowen
"The constant loss of U.S. soldiers in Iraq--after the war is "won"--is
a tragedy. However, if this is what it takes to retire the Bush
administration at the next election, the sacrifice is justified."
- Arie L. Bleicher of Mill Valley, California, expressing leftist
respect for human life

Michael Cash

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Jul 13, 2003, 3:50:59 PM7/13/03
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On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 12:16:01 -0400, "Kevin Gowen"
<kgowen...@myfastmail.com> belched the alphabet and kept on going
with:

>Michael Cash wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 19:11:08 +0900, Michael Cash
>> <mike...@sunfield.ne.jp> belched the alphabet and kept on going with:
>>
>>> I'm going to install a video card now. If I'm not back for a long
>>> long while, you will know that I have managed to kill the patient.
>>
>> Despite my most fervent efforts, the patient survived.
>
>What are the specs on the implanted organ?

Only 64mb

Kevin Gowen

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Jul 13, 2003, 4:20:03 PM7/13/03
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Michael Cash wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 12:16:01 -0400, "Kevin Gowen"
> <kgowen...@myfastmail.com> belched the alphabet and kept on going
> with:
>
>> Michael Cash wrote:
>>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 19:11:08 +0900, Michael Cash
>>> <mike...@sunfield.ne.jp> belched the alphabet and kept on going
>>> with:
>>>
>>>> I'm going to install a video card now. If I'm not back for a long
>>>> long while, you will know that I have managed to kill the patient.
>>>
>>> Despite my most fervent efforts, the patient survived.
>>
>> What are the specs on the implanted organ?
>
> Only 64mb

That's not shabby at all. It should be just fine even for playing super
heavy duty graphics intensive games. Something tells me your submarine
simulations won't be taxing it.

Brett Robson

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Jul 14, 2003, 1:28:05 AM7/14/03
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On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 16:20:03 -0400, "Kevin ...

>
>Michael Cash wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 12:16:01 -0400, "Kevin Gowen"
>> <kgowen...@myfastmail.com> belched the alphabet and kept on going
>> with:
>>
>>> Michael Cash wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 19:11:08 +0900, Michael Cash
>>>> <mike...@sunfield.ne.jp> belched the alphabet and kept on going
>>>> with:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm going to install a video card now. If I'm not back for a long
>>>>> long while, you will know that I have managed to kill the patient.
>>>>
>>>> Despite my most fervent efforts, the patient survived.
>>>
>>> What are the specs on the implanted organ?
>>
>> Only 64mb
>
>That's not shabby at all. It should be just fine even for playing super
>heavy duty graphics intensive games.


You are making this too easy for me, I'll just let that one go.

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"he [John Ashcroft] deliberately left Jesus out of office prayers to avoid
offending non-Christians." - Ben Shapiro 27/2/2003

Michael Cash

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Jul 14, 2003, 7:56:42 AM7/14/03
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On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 16:20:03 -0400, "Kevin Gowen"

<kgowen...@myfastmail.com> belched the alphabet and kept on going
with:

>Michael Cash wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 12:16:01 -0400, "Kevin Gowen"
>> <kgowen...@myfastmail.com> belched the alphabet and kept on going
>> with:
>>
>>> Michael Cash wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 19:11:08 +0900, Michael Cash
>>>> <mike...@sunfield.ne.jp> belched the alphabet and kept on going
>>>> with:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm going to install a video card now. If I'm not back for a long
>>>>> long while, you will know that I have managed to kill the patient.
>>>>
>>>> Despite my most fervent efforts, the patient survived.
>>>
>>> What are the specs on the implanted organ?
>>
>> Only 64mb
>
>That's not shabby at all. It should be just fine even for playing super
>heavy duty graphics intensive games. Something tells me your submarine
>simulations won't be taxing it.

No, they won't. None of them require it.

I got it for playing Il-2 Sturmovik: The Forgotten Battles. It
requires at least 32mb and 64 is recommended.

Looks to be a hell of a game
(http://www.il2sturmovik.com/forgotten_battles/fb_features.php)
and I'm looking forward to wasting my happy hours with it.

Also recently managed to do some online multiplay on Silent Hunter II.
The cool thing about this is that from the beginning it was designed
to be compatible with a companion product, Destroyer Command. So what
you have are some people commanding Allied destroyers and others
commanding U-boats, each running different games, and engaging in
multiplay together. Pretty damned interesting, if you like that sort
of thing. The software has been out long enough now that it is dirt
cheap. And, best of all, game connections are peer-to-peer so you
don't have to pay any fees to play online.

More info at http://www.sh2fleet.com if anyone is interested.

Kevin Gowen

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Jul 14, 2003, 8:17:00 AM7/14/03
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Michael Cash wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 16:20:03 -0400, "Kevin Gowen"
> <kgowen...@myfastmail.com> belched the alphabet and kept on going
> with:
>
>> Michael Cash wrote:
>>> On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 12:16:01 -0400, "Kevin Gowen"
>>> <kgowen...@myfastmail.com> belched the alphabet and kept on going
>>> with:
>>>> What are the specs on the implanted organ?
>>>
>>> Only 64mb
>>
>> That's not shabby at all. It should be just fine even for playing
>> super heavy duty graphics intensive games. Something tells me your
>> submarine simulations won't be taxing it.
>
> No, they won't. None of them require it.
>
> I got it for playing Il-2 Sturmovik: The Forgotten Battles. It
> requires at least 32mb and 64 is recommended.

Star Wars Galaxies has the same graphics requirements, which is why I bought
my new video card. I was going to get a 64 MB card, but they had a 128 MB
card for $99 so I snatched it up.

> Looks to be a hell of a game
> (http://www.il2sturmovik.com/forgotten_battles/fb_features.php)
> and I'm looking forward to wasting my happy hours with it.

I see that it is a combat flight simulator. I really like that kind of game.
I used to play a lot of Falcon 3 and MiG-29. A buddy of mine has a
flightstick for his PC that is made from an actual flightstick of a jet,
F-14 or F-16, IIRC. He got the stick somehow and then shipped it off to some
company that put the guts of a joystick inside it. It was VERY cool.

> Also recently managed to do some online multiplay on Silent Hunter II.
> The cool thing about this is that from the beginning it was designed
> to be compatible with a companion product, Destroyer Command. So what
> you have are some people commanding Allied destroyers and others
> commanding U-boats, each running different games, and engaging in
> multiplay together. Pretty damned interesting, if you like that sort
> of thing. The software has been out long enough now that it is dirt
> cheap. And, best of all, game connections are peer-to-peer so you
> don't have to pay any fees to play online.

Online multiplayer games are fun, aren't they? I tend to be more of a role
playing fan, also I used to play online combat flight sims like X-Wing Vs.
Tie Fighter. When the SWG Space Expansion comes out next year it should have
this feature.

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