MystikIncarnate

I've been considering my options for a living room, couch gaming/emulation system for a while. I want something with a mid tier GPU for anything remotely modern that I might want to play there.... My criteria for couch gaming vs desktop is whether it's easier/better to play the game with a controller... One example would be driving/flight sims, the analog controls are generally better than mouse/kb... The only way desktop wins in that scenario is if you own a driving sim wheel/hotas for your desktop, otherwise, gamepad is generally better for the fine controls.

I don't generally play a lot of driving/flight sims, but it's a good example.

Anyways. The primary focus is on console exclusive games via emulation, specifically retro stuff. SNES/N64/Genesis/etc. Maybe to stuff as new as the Wii? IDK. But being able to play other PC titles would be helpful.

I'm thinking about a fair high clock speed, fairly recent CPU with a fair amount of memory. IMO, clock speed is more important so the reaction times of the emulation is minimized. I don't think emulators can really take good advantage of multi threading.

My main issue is that any systems that fit the bill are super expensive. Something small/compact, with a high clock CPU, and something for graphics better than integrated.... It's not easy to find something like that for cheap.

It's not something I would use all the time, so it's not really very high on my priority list.

Working in IT, mainly with older neurotypicals, unfortunately, calling, is sometimes the only way to get things done.

I've emailed, and even left voicemails for people that go completely unanswered for weeks. When I finally get lucky and get them on the line, the issue gets fixed in minutes.

I appreciate when people actually engage through text. Often, after an unsuccessful call (getting voicemail or whatever), I'll follow it up with an email. It's getting to be more common, but not universal yet, that the emails get a reply within hours.

There's still a lot of "old guard" in business, and I can usually tell by someones name and position, whether they're going to be a phone call only user, or someone who will reply to emails.

VP Edward Jones? Probably need to call that guy.

Junior data entry person Emily Smith? Email. 100%.

Everyone else lies somewhere in-between.

If I email someone and ask for a date and time for a call to look at an issue and they reply but don't give me one, saying something to the effect of "just connect as soon as you can", I'll literally forego calling, connect to their system and pop up a chat so we can talk.

I take hints.

I also prefer text over talking. Calling someone (or getting a call from someone) used to give me anxiety. After many years working in IT support, making/taking a phone call barely even registers now. I don't like it, but I don't have to. RFC 1918, rule #1. It has to work.

Anything that helps me get from "thing is broken" to "thing is fixed" is fine by me. I just want your ticket off my board.

Indeed it does. I noticed that immediately after I posted my comment.

Oh well.

No need to apologize. I'm used to it.

I didn't really say that the fear was that they would launch WMDs at a specific target.

I made no comment about how they would be used by Iraq forces if they did have them.

I'm just saying.

I did, however, very clearly state that Russia is primed and ready to blow up America on a whim (or at least, try to.... Honestly, I hope I never find out which it is). So preventing another country from developing nuclear technology is essentially playground bullying on an international level.... I'm not trying to imply that they shouldn't investigate when a country starts building possibly dangerous military technology. However, clear parallels can be drawn to playground games like "keep array"

A femur? That depends, is it your femur? Or is it a femur you acquired?

In the former, you may be eligible for a lifetime of less-than-poverty wages, for free from a thing called "dys ahh bill eee tee"...

If it's the latter, you can get an all expenses paid trip to the local penetentary! Where you will be given free food, clothing and shelter, possibly for years!

Either way, you may not have to work, ever again... Or maybe you just won't be able to! Who knows!

You shut your whore mouth!

.... You'll spoil the joke! C'mon man.

Let's just feed them to the plants by burying them alive.

I'm sorry, IMAP? Like... The mail protocol?

.... I'll ask. Does it matter if they're one or the other? Will you somehow like them more if they're a specific one of the two?

Anything left of the far right, is a liberal idea to someone who lives their life on the far right.

IKR, I just read the community info, and all it contained was guidelines about what not to post.

What's supposed to be here? I'm lost.

I am a lost Leeming.