Messages posted by "Spike"

Re:The Secret World

Spike — GMT

Pricey with all the extras... the base game has 3 char slots?

Re:The Secret World

Spike — GMT

I'll have to check that out - I've played just about all MMO's with very few exceptions (my guild had MMO-ADD it seems). Last one we tried was Star Wars the Old Republic - but it just didn't hold my interest.

Re:What are you reading now and your area of interest in books.

Spike — GMT

Did it survive??

Re:GW2 beta!! Signups open for 48 hours...

Spike — GMT

LOL! Let me know how you like it - I might give it a try :)

Re:Grats Cribbage!

Spike — GMT

woohoo! grats! ^:)^

Re:Computer Crash

Spike — GMT

That's why I would lean towards the power supply as well. Or heat?

Re:Computer Crash

Spike — GMT

Wow - that would be a really bad issue with RAM. Typically that type of error would be corrected and just flagged as a bad spot (or at least logged in the error message). Did you see anything in the event logs?

Re:RETIREMENT

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(DC)DEMONSLAYER wrote:

I read in an article the other day that if you put $250.00 per month away for 40 years, you will have an egg nest of over 7 digits. Unfortunately, there are very few folks that can do that while trying to raise a family, pay bills, and cover the essential expenses of living

Very true - not many of us that had to start from zero (and possibly more than once) could afford that. When I first got married we didn't go hungry, but saving $250 (or even $100) was just impossible for us. Again, glad you are getting to retire at all - some of us may never have that luxury. Though I've never had my own business, this might be the time to get that going but it is one of the biggest risks - I wouldn't want to dump money into it that I could have used for retirement. Tough choice.

Re:RETIREMENT

Spike — GMT

Nice! Congratulations and best of luck. I still have a few years to go but may take longer since I'm looking at changing jobs after 20 years. Enjoy your retirement and again, congratulations :)

Re:DIABLO III BETA TEST OBSERVATIONS

Spike — GMT

That's just cool (geeky but cool) :)

Re:HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Happy New Year DC'ers - hopefully 2012 will be much better.

Re:Merry Christmas

Spike — GMT

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and wishing you a Happy New Year! 2012... why does that ring a bell?? ;)

Re:IT'S HERE! Almost... But a trailer is finally HERE!

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I just hope they don't take too many liberties with the story - for example, in the book there were no elven archers in the battle of Helms Deep.

Re:What are you reading now and your area of interest in books.

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Flak Monkey wrote:

Hope it's better than the movie "Hackers" I tore that one apart.... they really played on the ignorance of the public.

Not related to the movie - this is more of a history of hacking and the hacker mentality. Written by Steve Levy and published originally in 1984 with a few updates since then. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer_Revolution

Re:What are you reading now and your area of interest in books.

Spike — GMT

An old series I liked by R.A. Salvatore was The Cleric Quintet (Canticle). I don't just read fantasy - currently reading an old book titled "Hackers" about the history of computer hacking.