Most are not really in need of any updates I would think. Aside from some, I’d venture to guess these are standalone systems running machinery. If they’re linked up then it’s with something else that’s not really vulnerable such as Lantastic or Novell maybe? Or I could be talking out of my ass entirely. But these are not systems that they need to worry about the modern threats of cyberspace.

More like great great great grandpa, realistically. I think it’s absolutely commendable that anyone has maintained compatibility with it for this long. Expected? Hell no. Deserved? Arguable on either side. But mighty damn admirable that the effort was made.

The speed of tech in many sectors tends to just blast away and leave everything behind and say screw it, keep up of fuck off. The classic desktop architecture seems to be where they’ve held off of that mentality the longest and with most integrity.

No, I use whatever is most apropos for my needs and the hardware. I do stick to my preferred bases though.

On Android I use Seal. Aside from an occasional hiccup it’s awesome and does a phenomenal job 99% of the time. If I ever can’t get one item to work and there’s no alternative, I use one of the ones on my Linux machine. I’ll post the name when I’m home and can check.

Ah, see I am interested in a lot of variety but these days I don’t really have the time for extremely involved stuff. I enjoy games that you can spend small clips of time on, rather than having to devote a lot at once. I like cool visuals and gizmos - that’s why Torchlight appealed to me so much. Upgrading and advancing. I loved all the Angband clones I played over the years. I love lots of the BigFish style games like where there’s a cool story, hidden object puzzles, other types of puzzles, click / find stuff, and problem solving. Also I enjoy really good musical score. Ever play Drawn the Painted Tower and its sequels? Absolutely mesmerizing game of artistic beauty. I liked games like Sword of Fargoal, as well - also a sort of fancier Angband. Dungeon crawlers, adventure stories, cool gadget type equipment / magic spells etc.

I think it would be easier to specify the things I definitely won’t devote a single second to: sports, racing, RTS, hugely long-term upgrade stuff à la Sim City (though I used to love it). Roads of Rome is an exception. God I love that. And I also loved loved loved Magesty. Nothing where reflexes are needed. Again, used to be great in my youth but it’s not my thing anymore.

I loved the Krondor series by Raymond Feist. I enjoyed every Zork incarnation, especially Return to Zork, Zork: Nemesis, and Zork Grand Inquisitor. Might & Magic I loved, as well as Wizardry. Kings Quest series and of course Hero’s Quest. I liked the Diablo editions that were very like Torchlight.

Most of all is that I prefer it be on Android or Linux.

Wow did I just write ALLLL of that? Meh. Just sharing my game tastes.

P.S. oooh I LOVED the Samorost series. Amazing style, beautiful gameplay simulation and just plain fun and moderately challenging.

Wow I’ve never seen anyone actually argue their own hypocrisy with hypocrisy.

Motivations are irrelevant. Equality is equality, you can’t give rights to one demographic and deny to another because you think the other is ‘icky’. That is discrimination. Kinda the very thing we’re trying to argue against, and yet you used it as part of your reasoning.

Nice! Thanks.

Anything else out there these days worth putting time into?

I’d love to see Torchlight ported to Android.

No, I was joking.

Link please? (New game)

Well this is not a tech issue at all, it’s the fact that global economics have become a dumpster fire - particularly, in America. I can’t say I’m certain there are no other factors, but economically everything has gotten out of hand.

So you want to be a hero!!! I only ever played the first one but fell in love with it.

Erana’s Peace. hidengoseke. Meep’s Peep, my friend.

Well, retro etc. but I wouldn’t consider this to be that. There’s no inherent value of a run-of-the-mill drive with merely lower storage capacity. And certainly not worth a premium.

Verbatim in my experience have consistently been the best of everything they’ve made. Also usually the most expensive so they’re not really what most people will buy, unfortunately. Memorex has been a pretty good mid-range, I’d even put it just below Verbatim. But when people buy these shit TDK stuff… you’re not gonna be happy.

Anyway these days you can stick what… 2TB yet? on a microSD. I know that discs offer the not subject to magnetic damage but still… they fail after age far earlier than promised when they were sold.

Fault tolerance is the best for anyone who can afford it. Only way to make sure stuff lasts.

”although inevitably not until after they go whining to all the world’s governments about wanting a bailout”.

Ahem… Whining? Wanting? Try instructing. They own the governments so they will just tell them to do it, and it will be done.

I think ten years from now you’ll be hard pressed to find anyone even wasting their time on something so small.

8TB? That’s my ideal RAM configuration lol. ;-)

Brave got into bed with google.

You’ve used so many childish 1337 h@xx0r buzzwords, you’ve tripped a troll catch, and your credibility is gone before it started.

Gee, and all the people who opposed involvement with Gemini get to say “I told you so!” Question is, will Mozilla start listening again? I recall they used to, once upon a long time ago.

Seriously. I, too, was wondering what rivers had to do with this lol.