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by spacewhale
Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:41 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Page 220: Clearing the Path
Replies: 84
Views: 232783

Re: Page 220: Clearing the Path

Tempo as a character could have been conceived later as well, long after the original interrogation scene was done. I wasn't around in the Outsider eocene era though, so I assume Arioch would be the only one who'd know the answer to that.
by spacewhale
Tue Mar 28, 2023 2:51 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: How Do You Adapt Outsider Space Battles To Film/TV?
Replies: 15
Views: 12301

Re: How Do You Adapt Outsider Space Battles To Film/TV?

Yesterday's Enterprise (TNG) had one theme that was pretty great, 'Skin of Teeth' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cdy-vIbbeA, for the battle with the alternate timeline Enterprise-D fighting the Klingons. Helps set a different tone than the typical optimistic space explorer vibe of TNG.
by spacewhale
Mon Mar 27, 2023 11:29 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: How Do You Adapt Outsider Space Battles To Film/TV?
Replies: 15
Views: 12301

Re: How Do You Adapt Outsider Space Battles To Film/TV?

Who is your preferred composer for space battles?
by spacewhale
Sat Mar 25, 2023 10:22 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Off-Topic: Gaming
Replies: 35
Views: 57373

Re: Off-Topic: Gaming

All is quiet on the front.
by spacewhale
Wed Mar 15, 2023 4:59 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Good Scifi Movies You Recommend...
Replies: 2
Views: 3200

Re: Good Scifi Movies You Recommend...

Starman is pretty good. Advanced alien energy being needs a ride to Arizona.
by spacewhale
Sun Mar 12, 2023 3:36 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: SSD Versus HDD For Computer Storage... Pros and Cons
Replies: 8
Views: 7840

Re: SSD Versus HDD For Computer Storage... Pros and Cons

SSDs do have data loss, you're going to get bit rot (which will occur largely without your knowledge, silent data loss), errors with controllers, what-have-you, just not mechanical errors like hard drives, but both types of storage can most certainly fail catastrophically. If you've got a machine wi...
by spacewhale
Sun Mar 12, 2023 5:45 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: SSD Versus HDD For Computer Storage... Pros and Cons
Replies: 8
Views: 7840

Re: SSD Versus HDD For Computer Storage... Pros and Cons

Newer computers support NVMe SSDs which absolutely dust older hard drives (consider a typical laptop hard drive, a Seagate Momentus, pushing around 60MB/sec read/write versus an average of 2500MB/sec read/write from a Samsung 980 Pro NVMe, it's such a spanking it's not even funny, though even a SATA...
by spacewhale
Fri Mar 10, 2023 7:39 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Is the comic dead?
Replies: 102
Views: 454664

Re: Is the comic dead?

…So how comes the page-finishing?
by spacewhale
Sat Feb 25, 2023 8:11 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Miscellaneous Umiak/misc. races question-and-answer thread
Replies: 764
Views: 517302

Re: Miscellaneous Umiak/misc. races question-and-answer thread

New here, hi. Is there an in-universe reason why the Historian Emissary acts so blatantly rude and untrustworthy (not only does this sabotage his effectiveness in arguing any particular point, it sabotages the reputation of Historians as it serves as their public face), or is that just following ge...
by spacewhale
Sat Feb 18, 2023 3:48 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Off-Topic: Gaming
Replies: 35
Views: 57373

Re: Off-Topic: Gaming

I'm surprised they let you kill your teachers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE1mWiafbMk
by spacewhale
Fri Feb 17, 2023 2:17 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: TALON vs. ECHO (Computer Issues)
Replies: 34
Views: 43139

Re: TALON vs. ECHO (Computer Issues)

I'd love to get one of those enormous full tower cases from the 90s. Maybe in a shiny black. Think:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWs3c3YNs4&t=40s
Fan noise frightens the apes though.
by spacewhale
Thu Feb 16, 2023 7:36 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread
Replies: 6272
Views: 4271666

Re: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread

She could just use his red marker to write a message. Chekov's space pen.
by spacewhale
Thu Feb 16, 2023 3:33 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread
Replies: 6272
Views: 4271666

Re: Miscellaneous Loroi question-and-answer thread

So maybe instead of "I'm watching you", Fireblade was gesturing "I saw you." He just misinterprets her RBF.
by spacewhale
Sun Feb 12, 2023 1:45 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: TALON vs. ECHO (Computer Issues)
Replies: 34
Views: 43139

Re: TALON vs. ECHO (Computer Issues)

What are the characters on your desk?
by spacewhale
Sun Feb 05, 2023 9:29 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: TALON vs. ECHO (Computer Issues)
Replies: 34
Views: 43139

Re: TALON vs. ECHO (Computer Issues)

LED keycaps?
by spacewhale
Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:07 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: TALON vs. ECHO (Computer Issues)
Replies: 34
Views: 43139

Re: TALON vs. ECHO (Computer Issues)

icekatze wrote:
Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:16 pm
I wonder if there is some way to adjust the computer's or the monitor's color settings to help with the washed out look?
Color profiling? Something like the Spyder X with DisplayCAL
by spacewhale
Sun Feb 05, 2023 6:05 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: TALON vs. ECHO (Computer Issues)
Replies: 34
Views: 43139

Re: TALON vs. ECHO (Computer Issues)

Yeah, now you've got the wacky Big-Little design with the 12th gen Intel procs. Windows is probably better at actually scheduling the 'efficiency cores' for use. Presumably will be a better gaming PC too, just in time for HW3. :ugeek:
by spacewhale
Sun Feb 05, 2023 5:15 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: TALON vs. ECHO (Computer Issues)
Replies: 34
Views: 43139

Re: TALON vs. ECHO (Computer Issues)

Madman, sounds like you could just get a newer monitor (just making note of VGA) from this decade as well, though I figure DP + DVI should be fine, if a bit long in the tooth. Wish I could toss you one of my junk drawer sata -> usb3 docks, something like this https://www.microcenter.com/product/4324...
by spacewhale
Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:38 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: TALON vs. ECHO (Computer Issues)
Replies: 34
Views: 43139

Re: TALON vs. ECHO (Computer Issues)

Can always pop on a Linux livecd and `rsync -rav` the files over to your new box if you want to handle it pretty forensically (esp if the problem is more software than hardware). Otherwise I'd just get a SATA dock or caddy and just dump the contents over en masse. What'd you get for your new compute...