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#222884
Topic
Hilarious Stories
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/222884/action/topic#222884
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This is an actual transcript from a WordPerfect Customer Help Desk. The employee in question was fired; I think he should have been promoted. He is now sueing the Word Perfect company for 'firing him without cause'

SERVICE: "Ridge Hall computer assistance, may I help you?"

CUSTOMER: "Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."

SERVICE: "What sort of trouble?"

CUSTOMER: "Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words went away."

SERVICE: "Went away?"

CUSTOMER: "They disappeared."

SERVICE: "Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"

CUSTOMER: "Nothing."

SERVICE: "Nothing?"

CUSTOMER: "It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type."

SERVICE: "Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?"

CUSTOMER: "How do I tell?"

SERVICE: "Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?"

CUSTOMER: "What's a sea prompt?"

SERVICE: "Never mind, can you move your cursor around the screen?"

CUSTOMER: "There isn't any cursor. I told you, it won't accept anything I type."

SERVICE: "Does your monitor have a power indicator?"

CUSTOMER: "What's a monitor?"

SERVICE: "It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a T.V. Does it have a little light that tells you when it is on?"

CUSTOMER: "I don't know."

SERVICE: "Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where the power cord goes into it. Can you see that?"

CUSTOMER: "Yes, I think so."

SERVICE: "Great. Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's plugged into the wall."

CUSTOMER: "Yes, it is."

SERVICE: "When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"

CUSTOMER: "No."

SERVICE: "Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find the other cable."

CUSTOMER: "Okay, here it is."

SERVICE: "Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into the back of your computer."

CUSTOMER: "I can't reach."

SERVICE: "Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"

CUSTOMER: "No."

SERVICE: "Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?"

CUSTOMER: "Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's because it's dark."

SERVICE: "Dark?"

CUSTOMER: "Yes, the office light is off, and the only light I have is coming in from the window."

SERVICE: "Well, turn on the office light then."

CUSTOMER: "I can't."

SERVICE: "No? Why not?"

CUSTOMER: "Because there's a power failure."

SERVICE: "A power... A power failure? Aha, Okay, we've got it licked now. Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff your computer came in?"

CUSTOMER: "Well, yes. I keep them in the closet."

SERVICE: "Good. Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up just like it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store you bought it from."

CUSTOMER: "Really? Is it that bad?"

SERVICE: "Yes, I'm afraid it is."

CUSTOMER: "Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?"

SERVICE: "Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
Post
#222771
Topic
The Non-Biased PS3 Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/222771/action/topic#222771
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Originally posted by: theredbaron

Being able to save anywhere at any point in the game doesn't affect anything at all memory wise - you still have the space, and when you run low you just save over older saves - I've always done this even when I've had tonnes of memory, so I assume a lot of other people would too. It is present in games like KOTOR and Jade Empire among others.


Jade Empire and KOTOR are exceptions, as they don't have an easily exploitable XP system, and are on the X-Box which has a MASSIVE hard-drive. Saving the game exactly as is almost requires one, which is why Zelda games always start you off at the begginning of a level or your house when you load a game.. Also, a game like Grand Theft Auto would be made a lot easier if you could simply save mid-mission and load it back.

You'll probably see a lot more "Save Anywhere" functions in the next generations as hard-drives on systems become more prevalent, but in other systems, like the PS2, GC, DS, PSP, and GBA, it's rather more practical to use save points.

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#222631
Topic
TV Shows on DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/222631/action/topic#222631
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Originally posted by: TheSessler
True. They even ruined Boomerang. I thought it was a channel for classic cartoons like Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry, but I looked at the schedule and found hours and hours of shows like Two Stupid Dogs and Dexter's Laboratory...classics? I think not, they aren't even 10 years old yet.


Well, I'm inclined to agree with you, but hey, if Cartoon Network isn't gonna show them, Boomerang is all we got. Though I do question their sanity of putting awful shows like Two Stupid Dogs on there.

They also now have Batman: TAS, Superman: TAS, and Justice League on Boomerang in week nights, with old Superfriends shorts in between.
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#222626
Topic
The Non-Biased PS3 Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/222626/action/topic#222626
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Originally posted by: sean wookie
I don't think the ghetto can afford the PS3.

That's what I was thinking, Wook. If the PS3 is successful, it will be because of the installed base of the PS2--those who think Playstation = gaming, who grew up while Nintendo was waning but before Microsoft bumped in.

Originally posted by: theredbaron
I'm starting to believe that the entire gaming industry will crash. It'd take me too long to explain why, but basically, there's not enough fun or immersion, and we've been seeing the same annoying contrivances on the last two (and in some cases, 4) generations of console. Including, but not limited to:

- Loading times (you know, them being there AT ALL)

Um, Loading times are just a part of storing games on CDs. They will always be there as long as systems can't store 5 GB as ram and still put out a decent graphics. Which they definitely can't yet.


- Save points (as in, not being able to save whenever you want)

Erm... Saving wherever you want requires a LOT of memory and would be IMMENSILY cheap in RPGs and Platform games.

- Lack of Effective A.I. (falling back on multiplayer to give an FPS opponent some INTELLIGENCE)


Well, games tend to be the funnest against another human anyway. Effective AI is hard to do, but there have been some recent strides forward.

- Invisible walls in mid-air (I'm look at you, random snowboarding game! Put a cliff there, or something!)


DEFINITELY agreed. If you can't go there, why bother rendering it in 3D?

- Uninteractive, indestructable environments (why can I shoot the Coke can and not the magazine next to it?!)


Totally uninteractive invironments annoy me too, especially if they're rendered, but destruction also requires a lot of memory. Which is why you don't see games like Mercenaries on the DS.

- Shoddy cameras (designed to show off the pretty graphics, not to see the character and PLAY)


I've seen some bad cameras, but most of them are in games with bad production values. Most games with good cameras I've seen also have good graphics.
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#222075
Topic
Ages of Luke & Leia
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/222075/action/topic#222075
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Agreed. I have no idea what Lucas was thinking having Padme die in birth. It completely destroys the continuity.

As for Leia being the youngest Senator, I believe she was elected in her late teens, whereas Padme says in "Clones" that they 'ammended the constitution' to allow her to serve multiple terms as queen, so she was probably 20 or so when she started.