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Random Topics / Re: Pizza Toppings... Everything You Want To Be
« on: September 29, 2013, 01:47:53 PM »Sausages turn the consumer into a random canid.I'd say dachshund.
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Crimson Flag Comic / Re: Comic 266
« on: September 21, 2013, 07:18:02 AM »
Wall of fire in 3... 2... 1...
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Crimson Flag Comic / Re: Comic 265
« on: September 14, 2013, 07:47:32 AM »
*yawn* Depressignly predictable, including the dramatic music.
But it's cute... and the *plop* makes it funny, too.
But it's cute... and the *plop* makes it funny, too.
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Random Topics / Re: Weird Dreams
« on: September 01, 2013, 04:39:00 AM »
So I was catching up on Wasteland 2 forums yesterday. Read a lot.
And well, in the result I've dreamed of some odd cross-over where the WL2 game UI and rules mostly applied, but the only "Ranger" I had was Elwood Blues, and the world was a kind of a mix between the two.
I remember opening a safe in the middle of the desert that was belonging to some gangster (who drove us there to shoot the player characters, but got killed himself),
and having a Highway Patrol car approach, the officer get out, and having to bluff him (mixed success, he let us free but took the stuff from the safe).
Also, thinking "Too bad there was no budget to include car chases in the game" at one point.
And well, in the result I've dreamed of some odd cross-over where the WL2 game UI and rules mostly applied, but the only "Ranger" I had was Elwood Blues, and the world was a kind of a mix between the two.
I remember opening a safe in the middle of the desert that was belonging to some gangster (who drove us there to shoot the player characters, but got killed himself),
and having a Highway Patrol car approach, the officer get out, and having to bluff him (mixed success, he let us free but took the stuff from the safe).
Also, thinking "Too bad there was no budget to include car chases in the game" at one point.
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Random Topics / Re: Regarding my prolonged absence
« on: August 29, 2013, 04:32:49 PM »
Best of luck, Dragyn. You don't need it, you'll do great job anyway... but I'm sure you'll find a way to use it to make things easier. 
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Art Gallery / Re: What should I turn into next? -- 2 (Nominate!)
« on: August 15, 2013, 05:13:17 AM »
Capybara, dude! CAPYBARA!
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Game Room / Re: What are you playing?
« on: July 29, 2013, 01:14:05 PM »Borderlands? That's not a game I expected you to get into.
![]:O](https://crimsonflagcomic.com/forum/Smileys/default/arctic_surprised.gif "Surprised Arctic Fox")
Not the first FPS game I ever played.
But I was thinking of the fact that one of these games is MUCH older than the rest.
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Game Room / Re: What are you playing?
« on: July 28, 2013, 07:48:46 AM »I made the mistake of reinstalling Civilization 5 and now i can't stop playing.
And it's all my fault.
Sorry, cat.
As of m'zelf?
Right now, juggling time between, erm... Dust:AET, Antichamber, The Longest Journey, and Shadowrun Returns (OFFICIAL BACKER, YEAH!).
With a dash of the first Borderlands on the side when everyone involved ends up at the right place, at the right time, and in the mood.
One of these games is not like the others. Spot it.
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Crimson Flag Comic / Re: Comic 253
« on: June 22, 2013, 07:33:24 AM »
... and this is how Virmir has been created.
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Game Room / Re: Playing EE again :O!
« on: June 21, 2013, 04:15:38 PM »
Honestly, I've not followed that thread since over two years, so I still don't know if Greth somehow got his paws at Sparkplay's code, or is he that very badass at reverse engineering... but in both cases, it's epic that his *cough* unofficial server project got so far.
Really epic.
I so wish I'd have time for this...
Really epic.
I so wish I'd have time for this...
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Random Topics / Re: Motherboard Help
« on: June 19, 2013, 01:19:09 PM »
The current motherboard is a Dell one, which means the OEM Windows' activation key is flashed into the BIOS. So yes, if you change the board, Windows will deactivate - but there are some tools that could help undoing that.
Yes, it will also need either do a reinstall/recovery or some major trickery for the OS to load the drivers for the new mainboard.
However, this is going to happen for either kind of replacement - a new-old Core2-class mainboard, or a totally new one.
Only way to avoid this would be finding another Inspiron 530 mainboard, and this being a "home" series and not a "business" series, you'd need to get lucky and patient with ebay to find one.
So maybe, as Pontos suggested - for the first step, try buying a $10 USB controller in form of a PCI or PCIe-x1 card, and hope it'll get detected by Windows without extra drivers, so you can just plug your keyboard in and keep chugging along on this machine?
It's a small initial investment so a small loss if it end up not working.
(If you'll do that, make sure to let it wait a few minutes after boot before giving up and assuming it did not install.)
Yes, it will also need either do a reinstall/recovery or some major trickery for the OS to load the drivers for the new mainboard.
However, this is going to happen for either kind of replacement - a new-old Core2-class mainboard, or a totally new one.
Only way to avoid this would be finding another Inspiron 530 mainboard, and this being a "home" series and not a "business" series, you'd need to get lucky and patient with ebay to find one.
So maybe, as Pontos suggested - for the first step, try buying a $10 USB controller in form of a PCI or PCIe-x1 card, and hope it'll get detected by Windows without extra drivers, so you can just plug your keyboard in and keep chugging along on this machine?
It's a small initial investment so a small loss if it end up not working.
(If you'll do that, make sure to let it wait a few minutes after boot before giving up and assuming it did not install.)
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Random Topics / Re: Motherboard Help
« on: June 18, 2013, 01:16:22 PM »
For sake of clarity.
You have a Core2-based system. It'd be somewhat hard to find a new mainboard for one, and in any case it's a "dead end" to put money on.
The mainboard I've linked there, would take up all your remaining components (old DDR2 memory, GPU, power supply, disks, etc) and should fit into your existing case, though I'm not sure if the Dell front-panel LEDs and switches won't have some weird custom connector (but if yes, you'd have same problem with any other non-Dell mainboard).
However, it'd need a new AMD AM3 or AM3+ processor.
The reason I suggested this one is that you could in the future "upgrade parts as you go", replacing DDR2 with DDR3, GPU with a better one, maybe CPU, then get a new (AM4?) mainboard that'd take your next CPU and other components... i.e. make smaller investments once in a while, instead of paying for whole new computer every couple of years.
However, Pontos pointed out that this mainboard is based on an out-of-manufacture chipset, which might not be the best choice.
And you said you would want to buy a whole new PC in a few months.
So finding a used mainboard for Core2 that fits, or a matching Dell refurb mainboard, might be a good cheap way to re-animate the current PC.
The big question is - which way would you want to go?
You have a Core2-based system. It'd be somewhat hard to find a new mainboard for one, and in any case it's a "dead end" to put money on.
The mainboard I've linked there, would take up all your remaining components (old DDR2 memory, GPU, power supply, disks, etc) and should fit into your existing case, though I'm not sure if the Dell front-panel LEDs and switches won't have some weird custom connector (but if yes, you'd have same problem with any other non-Dell mainboard).
However, it'd need a new AMD AM3 or AM3+ processor.
The reason I suggested this one is that you could in the future "upgrade parts as you go", replacing DDR2 with DDR3, GPU with a better one, maybe CPU, then get a new (AM4?) mainboard that'd take your next CPU and other components... i.e. make smaller investments once in a while, instead of paying for whole new computer every couple of years.
However, Pontos pointed out that this mainboard is based on an out-of-manufacture chipset, which might not be the best choice.
And you said you would want to buy a whole new PC in a few months.
So finding a used mainboard for Core2 that fits, or a matching Dell refurb mainboard, might be a good cheap way to re-animate the current PC.
The big question is - which way would you want to go?
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Crimson Flag Comic / Re: Personal guesses on what is likely to occur with the comic.
« on: June 09, 2013, 11:25:31 AM »If it is that sort of fusing, I wonder what Luciel will look like if it came to that. Fire Spirit and fox merged.
I suspect you'd have to call the result "Mozilla".
hahaha
Y'know, Mozilla was a green lizard who grown up into a red T-rexish 'saur.
The Firefox mascot, as far as I know, is just named Firefox (and is a red panda!)
Though, his Japanese cousin Foxkeh, is an actual fox.
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Art Gallery / Re: Sketches!
« on: May 29, 2013, 03:07:40 PM »
You should find a way to halt it at the sixth panel next time. With that head and cape it looks most Virmirish. 