rec.autos.simulators

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Nocksto

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by Nocksto » Mon, 17 Dec 2001 18:21:29

(...and who gives a shit about your impressions anyways, eh?:)

I was turned on to this group by a fellow journalist.

I figured I was smart enough to keep my mouth shut since I was out of my
league.

It's hard to see sometimes when you grind day in and day out at something.

Outside looking in:

FIRST OFF: Never, ever install any version of XP. I was flabbergasted. What
an appalling piece of shit this must be for you guys

SECOND: The discussion here and the participants pretty much exceeds every
other newsgroup I have ever witnessed on Usenet. You have a special
community here. Work hard to maintain that. It's as rare as an Unicorn. It
will be mentioned in the mainstream press. At least you'll know the source.

Bravo, guys. It's a very special thing.

FINALLY: When are you guys ever going to realize that DETHKARZ was the
greatest racing game of all-time??

:-)

Just a quirk of mine. I just love the game and have donated a couple
marriages to it.

OK .. now that I've lost all credibility, I'll move back to lurker mode.

Great newsgroup. Just fantastic.

An avid fan now ..

redTe

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by redTe » Mon, 17 Dec 2001 19:40:19

Great post. Absolutely marvellous etc...etc...

First:  What's the problem with Windows XP ?
Second:   You are getting dangerously close to being
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame38.html
Third:  Dethkarz was pretty cool. But, two marriages ???? That's a little
far fetched, mate.

Txl

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by Txl » Mon, 17 Dec 2001 21:03:39

XP runs here with GPL N4, F1Rc and F1 2001, pluis IL-2 but it's not from
this group....

no prob, no crashes no worries...

Dan Leac

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by Dan Leac » Mon, 17 Dec 2001 21:17:47

heheh dethkarz was great fun .. i think ill go and re-install it :)
 dan

John

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by John » Mon, 17 Dec 2001 22:18:24


You forgot a couple...

No fair use, no privacy, no freedom of thought...

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by Rob Swindell » Mon, 17 Dec 2001 22:53:32

Do we win an award? :)


> SECOND: The discussion here and the participants pretty much exceeds every
> other newsgroup I have ever witnessed on Usenet. You have a special
> community here. Work hard to maintain that. It's as rare as an Unicorn. It
> will be mentioned in the mainstream press. At least you'll know the source.

> Bravo, guys. It's a very special thing.

 >
ymenar

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by ymenar » Mon, 17 Dec 2001 23:10:16


> FINALLY: When are you guys ever going to realize that DETHKARZ was the
> greatest racing game of all-time??

Actually, it was a pretty good arcade game.  I really loved the sense of
speed, and the way the physics acted on the cars.  It was similar in style
to WipeoutXL.

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Eldre

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by Eldre » Tue, 18 Dec 2001 04:19:23



>FINALLY: When are you guys ever going to realize that DETHKARZ was the
>greatest racing game of all-time??

Dethkarz?  Never heard of it.  Looking for the demo now...<g>

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David Butte

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by David Butte » Tue, 18 Dec 2001 05:07:36


<snip>
<snip>

For me at least, it's not so much the software itself as Microsoft's
attitude - John elsewhere in this thread puts it in a nutshell. I'm
sticking with Win98SE for as long as I can, and if XP is still the best
Windows on offer when I eventually have to change, then...

"Hi diddly dee, the Linux life for me!"

(GPLinux *will* be available by then, wont it? ;0) )

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Uncle Feste

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by Uncle Feste » Tue, 18 Dec 2001 05:10:48


> You forgot a couple...

> No fair use, no privacy, no freedom of thought...

... easily cracked...  :-P

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Uncle Feste

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by Uncle Feste » Tue, 18 Dec 2001 05:12:13


> FINALLY: When are you guys ever going to realize that DETHKARZ was the
> greatest racing game of all-time??

> :-)

> Just a quirk of mine. I just love the game and have donated a couple
> marriages to it.

Dethkarz was kinda cool, but 2 marriages??  I mean, it's no GPL!

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Juan Vizos

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by Juan Vizos » Tue, 18 Dec 2001 08:21:04

Windows XP is gonna have to be REAL good before it gets near my pc... and
since i have 3 of em ..won't that mean i gotta buy 3 copies of the thing
..hehe thats 3 times as good then.... Over macho grande ?
         Liked the link ..  especially this fellow ...
http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame71.html

                                      hehe                       jv

Phillip Malphrus, Jr

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by Phillip Malphrus, Jr » Tue, 18 Dec 2001 10:18:29

Great post but I have XP and the only program I cannot run is Pcanywhere
10.0. Everything else works better and I wouldn't go back. Symantec won't
patch it either, you have to buy 10.5 or you are out of luck. Now, that's
the kind of company attitude I despise ...

Phillip

Goy Larse

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by Goy Larse » Tue, 18 Dec 2001 20:01:14



> > You forgot a couple...

> > No fair use, no privacy, no freedom of thought...

> ... easily cracked...  :-P

Not to mention that with SP1 MS has eased up on the reregistering
requirements when swapping your hardware about

Ran Rally Trophy on my V5 equipped PC with WinXP this weekend, no
problems there either

Beers and cheers
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Ashley McConnel

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by Ashley McConnel » Tue, 18 Dec 2001 20:04:57

Lol, its no GPL :)

....i reckon i am going to search google to see how many times that
phrase has come up over the years :)

brb

Ash


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