The Tech Question Thread

[dorian gray]

i don't think that's entirely true

i mean sure ea are probably douchebags who don't give no shits but yeah i just don't think that's entirely true

it's a pretty heavy game for the time any way you look at it and there were a few updates that improved it

wheres these updates you speak of?

heh, btw, the game played just as bad or perhaps even worse after I doubled my RAM.

 

[einride]

http://www.simprograms.com/simcity/simcity-4/patches-simcity-4/ <-- heres i think the last patch

you are either bad at computers or your computer is/was really bad

 

[dorian gray]

being good at computers is not something I would be proud of/that computer was pretty bad

 

[einride]

being good at computers is a necessary skill in today's fast-paced business environment

 

[dorian gray]

I agree. But that still doesn't mean that being good at computers is anything to be proud of.

 

[Vittra]

there was this kid who was proud to drink gasoline

you don't have to approve of that either you son of a bitch

(STOP HURTING MY FEELINGS)

 

[dorian gray]

u mad?

 

[Vittra]

in tears actually, my keyboard barely works from the moat that has formed between the keys

 

[Hell Mike]

Not being "good at computers" would be kind of embarrassing I think

 

[dorian gray]

Whatever "good at computers" means
I think Erik was saying I am "bad" at computers because I couldn't find an update for my SimCity4 game. If that's what good means, then that's pretty lame.
I mean, yeah, I wish I thought to look for a repair but it didn't cross my mind. I'm not saying I'm bad at computers, just that I spend my time being good at other stuff. There's only so much time in a day, yeah? I can't be good at everything.

 

[lurch70]

being bad at computers is divine.

 

[einride]

Whatever "good at computers" means
I think Erik was saying I am "bad" at computers because I couldn't find an update for my SimCity4 game. If that's what good means, then that's pretty lame.
I mean, yeah, I wish I thought to look for a repair but it didn't cross my mind. I'm not saying I'm bad at computers, just that I spend my time being good at other stuff. There's only so much time in a day, yeah? I can't be good at everything.

naw its more like if sim city 4 runs WORSE with twice the amount of ram you must be extraordinarily terrible at computers

 

[dorian gray]

heh

 

[Vittra]

The point that should be taken from all this is that sim city fucking sucks

If I wanted to make a shitty god damn city I would have been a toronto city planner, this place is a FUCKING MESS

 

[lurch70]

If I wanted to make a shitty god damn city I would have been a toronto city planner, this place is a FUCKING MESS

Come to Manhattan ... we live on a grid.

 

[einride]

i was a huge sim city nerd when i was little

i had sim city, sim city 2000, sim city 3000, sim farm, sim tower, sim isle, and a million other build-shit games

sim city 2000 was always da best though

 

[dorian gray]

whats wrong with Toronto?

 

[Reign in Acai]

A lot of people with dots in the middle of their foreheads.

 

[Vittra]

The subway is a total of two feet which would now cost a fortune to expand, bicycle lanes are erected in the most congested of areas (in the shittiest implementation known to man), meanwhile other areas where cars speed at 80+KM/h in 50 zones have no bike lanes. One way streets plague certain core areas, which are a cool idea for the first 5 minutes and then cause veins to burst with unbridled anger rising at exponential rates every second beyond said 5 minute limit, etc. The list of failures goes on and on.

There was no foresight in the initial stages of planning and now any choice in correcting this is a half measure that is flawed in some way.

Come to Manhattan ... we live on a grid.

I wouldn't mind seeing Manhattan actually. I imagine much like one way streets the appeal of such a layout would wear off.. almost instantly to me.

 

[lurch70]

one-way streets rock ... ESPECIALLY in Manhattan. I wouldn't want to have those psycho cab drivers coming head on with me constantly.