The AI-generated cat pictures thread
#4801
Lots of vids in here… sometimes I start watching one and soon decide it sucks so I hit pause and move on to the next one. Yet the paused vid naturally keeps loading, which obviously slows down the subsequent vids.
Is there a way to stop the loading of an embedded Youtube video without reloading the page?
Is there a way to stop the loading of an embedded Youtube video without reloading the page?
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My first inclination would be to call it DB15 as well, but a few years back when I looked into this the internet corrected me and Ive since been able to remember its DA15.
I didnt realize the reasoning behind it though, or that the DB9 is a DE9. Now I know, haha
Speaking of geeky, my relatively new motherboard has a serial port on it, and it actually gets used occasionally (albeit mostly because of loathsome USB to serial drivers)
I didnt realize the reasoning behind it though, or that the DB9 is a DE9. Now I know, haha
Speaking of geeky, my relatively new motherboard has a serial port on it, and it actually gets used occasionally (albeit mostly because of loathsome USB to serial drivers)
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speaking of which, does anyone have any use for a SB Live Value! card? it has a joystick port!
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I still have an old 15-pin Logitech Flight Stick in a bin in my basement. Looks like this but the base is gray.
I used to play the hell out of Microprose's F-19 Stealth Fighter on a 386 with that bad boy.
I got F-117 Nighthawk when it came out. Sweet!
I still have an ISA sound card & ISA modem in an old Micron baby AT that was my computer in college. Don't know why I haven't thrown it away yet; all the good/sentimental pr0n has already been archived off it.
I used to play the hell out of Microprose's F-19 Stealth Fighter on a 386 with that bad boy.
I got F-117 Nighthawk when it came out. Sweet!
I still have an ISA sound card & ISA modem in an old Micron baby AT that was my computer in college. Don't know why I haven't thrown it away yet; all the good/sentimental pr0n has already been archived off it.
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And it has a Turbo button, just like the old NES Advantage. Makes all the difference.
Speaking of which, I still have an Advantage lying around somewhere. I need to get off my *** and convert it to USB.
my first 16bit game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmHvqAr__qk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmHvqAr__qk
PQ1 ran in the same engine. PQ2 was written in SCI and ran at 320x200 (EGA).
The first PC game i ever had, purchased from the local Radio Shack store. I still have the original box and floppy disk.
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it's been a long time.
what I really meant to say was 256 colors.
I used to play The Black Cauldren before Gold Rush, in 16 colors, and we got a new video card for our 286 to play Gold Rush in 256 colors!!!!
what I really meant to say was 256 colors.
I used to play The Black Cauldren before Gold Rush, in 16 colors, and we got a new video card for our 286 to play Gold Rush in 256 colors!!!!
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The lack of Sierra games in exsistence today is depressing...
I never even finsihed King's Quest 8.
It was so fail. **** 3d enviroments.
Now King's Quest 7 was actually good.
I think this was the last game of its kind...so sad. depressed mode again.
I never even finsihed King's Quest 8.
It was so fail. **** 3d enviroments.
Now King's Quest 7 was actually good.
I think this was the last game of its kind...so sad. depressed mode again.
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256 colors is newfangled whippersnapper stuff. I was playing Summer Games in monochrome on an Apple IIe. That **** is so old there's not even a youtube vid of it that I could find.
I used to play Accolade's Test Drive on a 286 with CGA graphics. Boo for only showing the intro and none of the titillating game play.
We were livin large when we got a 386 that supported EGA.
I used to play Accolade's Test Drive on a 286 with CGA graphics. Boo for only showing the intro and none of the titillating game play.
We were livin large when we got a 386 that supported EGA.
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Last I heard, he had finished sailing across the Atlantic in a powerboat and was moderating an online forum where people pine about the old days. I was active there back in '03 or so, it's kind of depressing, though. http://www.sierragamers.com/
I always thought Ken was kind of weird. I first got into Sierra games back when the company was small enough that it was actually possible to write a letter to the owners of the company and get an actual response back. I still have a letter that Roberta wrote to me tucked away somewhere, along with several dozen letters from the Hint Department. (Remember them?)
I sort of lost interest in KQ after #5 (that was the first VGA one, right?)
Space Quest was my favorite series, and I had kind of the same let-down experience there. #1-3 were great, 4 was good, and I never finished 5. It just sucked that much.
By that time, of course, LucasArts had really gotten into full swing. Monkey Island, Sam & Max, Full Throttle, even Grim Fandango was excellent, despite being in a foo-foo 3D environment.
What would you say if I told you that it wasn't?
http://frostbytei.com/space/
http://www.wiw.org/~jess/replicated.html
There you go. Enjoy not being able to interact with others for the next week.
Huh. I never realized that they did a VGA remake of Gold Rush. The original was most definitely 16 colors, 160x200, under the AGI engine.
You know which game really sticks out in my mind, though? Manhunter 2: San Francisco.
I always thought Ken was kind of weird. I first got into Sierra games back when the company was small enough that it was actually possible to write a letter to the owners of the company and get an actual response back. I still have a letter that Roberta wrote to me tucked away somewhere, along with several dozen letters from the Hint Department. (Remember them?)
I sort of lost interest in KQ after #5 (that was the first VGA one, right?)
Space Quest was my favorite series, and I had kind of the same let-down experience there. #1-3 were great, 4 was good, and I never finished 5. It just sucked that much.
By that time, of course, LucasArts had really gotten into full swing. Monkey Island, Sam & Max, Full Throttle, even Grim Fandango was excellent, despite being in a foo-foo 3D environment.
I think this was the last game of its kind...so sad. depressed mode again.
http://frostbytei.com/space/
http://www.wiw.org/~jess/replicated.html
There you go. Enjoy not being able to interact with others for the next week.
Huh. I never realized that they did a VGA remake of Gold Rush. The original was most definitely 16 colors, 160x200, under the AGI engine.
You know which game really sticks out in my mind, though? Manhunter 2: San Francisco.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Advantage
moar:
On a totally unrelated yet highly ridiculous note, while my wife and I were in Thailand on the island of Samui, we stayed at a resort that happened to have a restaurant. And at this restaurant they had this heavily accented guitar and vocalist. he played all the weird songs of our youth and random ones from adulthood and **** me if he didn't just roll from some james taylor into the super mario music. it sounded really good on an acoustic guitar!
so weird.
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There are two orchestral groups doing tours in homage to some of the great games in history. one is Video Games Live, the other is Play! A Video Game Symphony.
Etc.