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  • G glennPattonPub

    "4800" Youngster, it was "1200" in my day...

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    CodeWraith
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    300, but we tuned up our software until we had at least 1200. Disable interrupts and we could get 2400. 4800 could only be reached by clocking the CPU at maximum. If you were really good, you did everything to overclock the CPU (including *gasp* active cooling) and maybe even reached 9600.

    I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      So break out the Doom disk and settle down for a good day ... :laugh:

      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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      OriginalGriff wrote:

      Doom

      That was such a fun game for me back in the day. Good memories about that one.

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        OriginalGriff wrote:

        Doom

        That was such a fun game for me back in the day. Good memories about that one.

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        I was somewhat obsessed with it myself ... :-O I bought a new computer kitted out specifically for playing Doom II: DX/4 100, 32 Meg RAM, solid Graphics card, SoundBlaster, ... Did you get the "Doom dreams"?

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        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

          I was somewhat obsessed with it myself ... :-O I bought a new computer kitted out specifically for playing Doom II: DX/4 100, 32 Meg RAM, solid Graphics card, SoundBlaster, ... Did you get the "Doom dreams"?

          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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          I was terrified the first time I played the game. I didn't get "Doom dreams" but we would dial the volume up on the speakers to get maximum effective crap your pants effects. :)

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          • M megaadam

            Has Anyone Seen Mike Hunt wrote:

            isn't

            That may be true in some remote parts of the world. Anyway, I am not the first one to use it here in the Lounge. [^oxforddictionaries](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/prolly)

            ... such stuff as dreams are made on

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            megaadam wrote:

            Anyway, I am not the first one to use it here in the Lounge.

            Prolly not the last either... :)

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            • S Slacker007

              I was terrified the first time I played the game. I didn't get "Doom dreams" but we would dial the volume up on the speakers to get maximum effective crap your pants effects. :)

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              Yeah, I know what you mean. That first "dark area" ... Even now the sound of an Arch-Vile seeing you raises the hair on the back of my neck. You knew there was trouble when you heard that!

              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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              • G glennPattonPub

                ToDo lint Done Bits: 1. Have motored around the office on a chair 2. Office supplies, already raided (got quite a nice stapler) is locked 3. Beer in the fridge, you are joking, care has to be taken Friday lunch times as we have random breathelizer tests 4. Pub opposite doesn't open 'till midday! 5. Post random s*** on CP 6. Stare a pidgeon feet on the sky light

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                glennPattonWork wrote:

                3. Beer in the fridge, you are joking, care has to be taken Friday lunch times as we have random breathelizer tests

                :omg: :wtf: :omg: :wtf: My current job's about as far from that as you can get. There's normally beer in the fridge where I work, might even be some free for all left overs from the holiday party (vs a few people who bring their own in), and in the last few months the boss's brought in enough champagne and tequila to give everyone who wanted one a drink during the workday day. :-\ :cool: For better and worse that's really about the extent to which this company really does have "startup culture". :rolleyes:

                Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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                • G glennPattonPub

                  Hi, It's a bloomin ghost town (cue the tune!) today in the office, nobodys here. Taking advantage of the Easter break to get a long holiday or mass UFO abduction. :~

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                  glennPattonWork wrote:

                  cue the tune!

                  OK, since you asked for it![^] :-D


                  "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

                  "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                  • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                    glennPattonWork wrote:

                    cue the tune!

                    OK, since you asked for it![^] :-D


                    "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                    Thats the one, Harlod Pinter doing his thing! :)

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                    • D Dan Neely

                      glennPattonWork wrote:

                      3. Beer in the fridge, you are joking, care has to be taken Friday lunch times as we have random breathelizer tests

                      :omg: :wtf: :omg: :wtf: My current job's about as far from that as you can get. There's normally beer in the fridge where I work, might even be some free for all left overs from the holiday party (vs a few people who bring their own in), and in the last few months the boss's brought in enough champagne and tequila to give everyone who wanted one a drink during the workday day. :-\ :cool: For better and worse that's really about the extent to which this company really does have "startup culture". :rolleyes:

                      Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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                      Well for me it's the Construction Industry, Once your full time you get a high-vis jacket etc. I have only worn it three times twice on a customer site, once 'cause it was raining and I didn't want to get my usual coat wet. How can I get a job where you get tequila for elevenes...

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                      • G glennPattonPub

                        Well for me it's the Construction Industry, Once your full time you get a high-vis jacket etc. I have only worn it three times twice on a customer site, once 'cause it was raining and I didn't want to get my usual coat wet. How can I get a job where you get tequila for elevenes...

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                        Work for a small SW co with a boss trying to be cool. The champagne was when a few big contracts he'd been chasing for months came in right before Christmas. Dunno what the Tequila was for, he asked if I wanted a shot at 4:50pm on a Friday. I declined because it conflicted with my 0% alcohol when driving policy; and I never found out if he was celebrating landing something or just splurged on a bottle of Patrón and wanted to share.

                        Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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