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0. le sigh

By dr k (Mon Oct 31, 2005 at 04:22:17 PM EST) (all tags)

I do not live particularly close to Oxnard
... though some people actually commute to and from Oxnard on a daily basis.
Those people are generally lawyers, real estate agents, and other high-income types.
But I did happen to be in the Oxnard area with time on my hands.
The Oxnard Fry's does not have a theme.
This is disappointing, to say the least.
Also disappointing: the performance of Civilization IV on my AMD64 system.
A 64MB video card is the minimum requirement? 128MB suggested?
Sure, my 64MB video card came out in 2003, and I got it for real cheap.
Is this really the same Sid Meier who wrote the original Civilization to run on a 486?
Not only does the game performance suck, the Bink playback is plagued by audio dropouts.
But that's okay, because the opening video is fucking trite.
I didn't like Civ III much either
... but at least I could play it on my laptop
... which had a 2 1/2MB video card.
It feels like 1995 all over again.
Which I guess means we've reached another legacy marker for PC hardware.
Save that old Windows 98 box if you ever want to play Starcraft again.
In other news:
The SCORM 2004 spec is about 200% better than the previous version.
Real estate inventories are growing.
My local 7-11 is out of ear wax candy.
NaNoWriMo begins tomorrow.