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ElTerprise: Good evening DD *big good evening hug* :).

Doing good now, but was really growing desperate earlier on the stubbornness these italian blokes in the one witcher 3 thread who bought the game on a shady third party reseller...
Good evening! *return hug*

Yeah, I read a little of it, and how GOG is apparently not as good as Steam because GOG deactivated fraudulent codes. But GOG only has itself to blame, they wanted to attract more Steam customers, and often Steam customers have a very bad and entitled attitude. Not that all Steam users are like that, of course. I have never used it, but I have no problem with people using Steam.

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moonshineshadow: Also tired here. I think I'll go to sleep now, I am feeling out of energy.

*good night hugs and waves*
I am glad I was in time for a quick hug.

*Another big tired hug*

Goodnight, Moonshine. Sleep tight! I hope you feel a lot more energetic in the morning.
Post edited April 30, 2015 by ddickinson
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ddickinson: Good evening! *return hug*

Yeah, I read a little of it, and how GOG is apparently not as good as Steam because GOG deactivated fraudulent codes. But GOG only has itself to blame, they wanted to attract more Steam customers, and often Steam customers have a very bad and entitled attitude. Not that all Steam users are like that, of course. I have never used it, but I have no problem with people using Steam.
Yeah. I tried to be reasonable - big mistake in that case...

I used Steam a lot earlier and i also don't think all steam users are like that (of course ^^) but there are some with that attitude...
But Steam also cancelled fradulent keys earlier with Sniper Elite V3 for example... (technically Rebellion did that but it concerned Steam nonetheless)
Post edited April 30, 2015 by ElTerprise
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blogstory: HUGS ({})

If webrings are already forgotten then the BBS, ftp and Usenet really would have been inappropriate as too ancient?
The early 1990s were exciting times for computer entrepreneurs until the DOTCOM Wall Street bubble burst.
In fact, rarely talked about, the world's economy never fully recovered from the "Y2K" scare...

Then the epidemic of consecutive institutional disasters: in 2001 the 9/11, Afghan 2.0, Iraq 2.0, 2008 "Great recession", Libya, Syria, Egypt, Ukraine, economic sanctions against Russia...

I may have left out some events but the 21st century is 180 degree out of phase with what my generation had hopes for the future 21st century to become.

I am now convinced this current sad state of world affairs is a necessary part of a great transition, outing the institutional governance rot and systemic contagion that needs to be permanently removed...
Perhaps the 22nd century will reveal an advanced community of People world wide. In that vein P2P is a promising trend.

Hug to all (({}))
LOL :D
Just a few thoughts before I'm off to bed:

BBS are kind of "museum"-famous and the Usenet is alive still - even if it a rather retired life (so0me would call it undead). And (S)FTP is my daily bread and butter. I think webrings are kind of an "inside thing" of the early www. I thought they were kind of a cool idea and I used them often. But with the commercialisation of the www the idea kind of "withered". Webrings depended on the goodwill of the participants and the enthusiasm of the organizers... well look what became of the www.

BBS was before my time, but I used to use the Usenet in the 90's and was a great lurker in IRC ;-)
Now, honestly - while the Iron Curtain had me lagging behind in computer technology, regarding the internet I was on the forefront (comparatively, in Europe and especially Germany). I had a 2MBit connection to the university backbone in 1994 (shared by the whole dorm, but only a handful of people had an internet (or network at all) ready machine at that time. By 1995 I knew HTML, which kind of laid the foundation of what I'm earning my bread with today.

And how I miss IRC...

Concerning your visions of the development of society I wish I could share your optimism. While I'm all for P2P and freedom of information and so on... I think the most accurate visions of what will be were written by William Gibson (I'm sure you know what I mean).
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LaPtiteBete: Glad you got your chocolate :-)... It took time... I'm awaiting impatiently for your "review", now... ;-)
And, yeah... this poor DD is not there, anyway... ;-p
**Crushing hug back**
*AgentBirdnest had died from an overdose of chocolatey goodness*
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moonshineshadow: Also tired here. I think I'll go to sleep now, I am feeling out of energy.

*good night hugs and waves*
*tight good night hug*
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ElTerprise: Yeah. I tried to be reasonable - big mistake in that case...

I used Steam a lot earlier and i also don't think all steam users are like that (of course ^^) but there are some with that attitude...
I guess he was just annoyed that someone had scammed him, but rather than take it out on them he decided to lash out at GOG and the community here. Sometimes you can not help people. Or maybe he was just hoping that GOG would feel bad for him and give him a replacement code. :-)
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AgentBirdnest: *AgentBirdnest had died from an overdose of chocolatey goodness*
*Here lies AgentBirdnest a brave man who died in the line of duty when he was overwhelmed with the awesomeness of chocolate* :P
Post edited April 30, 2015 by ElTerprise
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ddickinson: Good evening, everyone!
*Really great hello and good night hug*
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ddickinson: I guess he was just annoyed that someone had scammed him, but rather than take it out on them he decided to lash out at GOG and the community here. Sometimes you can not help people. Or maybe he was just hoping that GOG would feel bad for him and give him a replacement code. :-)
Apparently that was exactly what he/or she (they i guess) tried to do talking about reenabling the key...
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AgentBirdnest: *AgentBirdnest had died from an overdose of chocolatey goodness*
You should have known not to drink it all at once. I know you were excited about getting Owl's hot chocolate, but it can be dangerous to overdose on chocolate.

Oh well, I will go get the stomach pump and see if we can get you back on your feet. :-)
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ElTerprise: Et tu...

Three or four times? Wow....

I took a look at the website of the Adventure Game Studio...looks interesting...maybe i try that out to creat something with it at some point...
Yep! Humble, Steam, GOG and Android. :) That's how awesome I think they are.

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LaPtiteBete: \o/ I'm not alone !!! \o/
**Crushing Blackwell Fan Hug**
*enormous fan return hug*

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ElTerprise: Yeah heard about it, sorry. I frightens me actually as i wanted to install it and play it on upcoming the long weekend. But you're welcome :).
It really is an awesome game, despite its problems. :)
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toxicTom: *Really great hello and good night hug*
Hello!

*Big hello hug, and a big goodnight hug!*

I hope you have a wonderful nights sleep!
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AgentBirdnest: *AgentBirdnest had died from an overdose of chocolatey goodness*
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ElTerprise: *Here lies AgentBirdnest a brave man who died in the line of duty when he was overwhelmed with the awesomeness of chocolate* :P
;'-O,,',,',',',',',',','' Boohoooohhoooooooohoooooooooooooo....
This is all my fault.......
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FearfulSymmetry: Yep! Humble, Steam, GOG and Android. :) That's how awesome I think they are.

It really is an awesome game, despite its problems. :)
They are on Android too?
Yeah i played a bit of KOTOR years ago and i liked it :)

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LaPtiteBete: ;'-O,,',,',',',',',',','' Boohoooohhoooooooohoooooooooooooo....
This is all my fault.......
I think he's all right...It's just the awesomeness of that chocolate. :D
Question: Was that Belgian chocolate?
Post edited April 30, 2015 by ElTerprise
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ddickinson: I guess he was just annoyed that someone had scammed him, but rather than take it out on them he decided to lash out at GOG and the community here. Sometimes you can not help people. Or maybe he was just hoping that GOG would feel bad for him and give him a replacement code. :-)
Thing is, I could literally hear the Italian temperament and enthusiasm for "complaining" (for lack of a better word) in his posts. I've know a few Italians and the inflection and intonation and drama was present with me at once.