Addiction to technology is becoming the fastest growing Illness of the 21st century - Page 2

Skybird · 02-08-08, 01:30 PM

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Ask yourself this: What would you be doing if there was no PC in your household.:hmm:

Well, I have no problems with having no PC. I spend alot of time on the PC, but when summer comes, I cant wait to go to our summer cottage on weekends. It's in it's own island, so no power, expect what the small generator gives to power the lights when the nights get darker in Fall.

That seems so...two centuries ago...

It's a paradise compared to the city. When it's calm and no clouds in sight. You can literally hear the silence. Now, take the sunny day, calm waters, the silence and the beautifull finnish nature and add a nice smooth rock to sit on and a beer to your hand. Priceless, wouldnt give that away with any price.

So wouldn't I - sounds too good to give it up!

kiwi_2005 · 02-08-08, 05:25 PM

I think Dowly got the best escapism. I know the feeling I lived near bush nearly all my life then became a townie and i become this...

silentrunner · 02-08-08, 07:51 PM

Technology is just modern times. When farming was just about the only thing to do in rural America nobody said that people were addicted to farming.

silentrunner · 02-08-08, 07:53 PM

Ask yourself this: What would you be doing if there was no PC in your household.:hmm:

I would get the hell out of my household and go somewhere with a computer!
DUHH!!!!!!!!

Blacklight · 02-09-08, 12:45 AM

If there was no PC in my house, I'd be even more obsessed about playing my cardboard wargames and my pencil and paper role playing games.

Also.. My music reccording quality would stink. Editing on a multitrack tape deck is REALLY hard and you lose sound quality with each edit.

joea · 02-09-08, 05:33 AM

Since no one got my comment I think it's funny complaining about technology on an internet forum.

Kapitan_Phillips · 02-09-08, 06:55 AM

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Also.. My music reccording quality would stink. Editing on a multitrack tape deck is REALLY hard and you lose sound quality with each edit.

Yep, same here. No music for me without FruityLoops

Skybird · 02-09-08, 07:34 AM

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If there was no PC in my house, I'd be even more obsessed about playing my cardboard wargames and my pencil and paper role playing games.

Ha!

And if that is not battlespace enough, these cuties fighting on 8x8 squares (and representing half of my collection):

what was it with avoiding modern technology?

I need a generator to bridge any powercuts...

kiwi_2005 · 02-09-08, 09:52 AM

Ha!

Now though, how are ya when it comes to forums 24/7:hmm:

August · 02-09-08, 11:20 AM

Hey Skybird,

Nice collection!

I've got Ambush and several of its "expansion packs" including a two player version.

Torplexed · 02-09-08, 05:57 PM

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If there was no PC in my house, I'd be even more obsessed about playing my cardboard wargames and my pencil and paper role playing games.

Ha!

Hexagons....unmounted maps.....arcane rulebooks...unpunched counters.....dice!

AAUUUGGGHHH! I can't go back!

I think I still have a few of those titles tho. :hmm:

Skybird · 02-09-08, 07:38 PM

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If there was no PC in my house, I'd be even more obsessed about playing my cardboard wargames and my pencil and paper role playing games.

Ha!

(the Quran black on white demands Muslims to systematically disciminate Chroistzioan and Jewish infidels, and tolerate them in that inferior status only if the submit and accept that - else they, like members of other religoons as well, must be killed.
AAUUUGGGHHH! I can't go back!

Aaaahhhh! I think it's wonderful! I even like the smell of the old boxes, counters, and papers!

A lot of memories. I think I have saved Europe as often as I devastated it

Hexfield strategy never was beaten by any of the RTS titles. Steel Panthers beats C&C anytime for me. RTS like Earth and C&C for me never was much different from hectic action games with too much mouse-clicking in too little time (that was the key to win the game, wasn't it). I am waiting for the release of Word in Flames. Judging by the screenshots and the indepth information of the community, this will become a hell of a title that does not give up on the hexfield- and many-counters-feeling.

Stealth Hunter · 02-10-08, 06:19 AM

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Ask yourself this: What would you be doing if there was no PC in your household?

Read a book, watch TV, listen to the radio, listen to music, play the PS3... got three-dozen others.

Puster Bill · 02-10-08, 06:25 AM

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Ask yourself this: What would you be doing if there was no PC in your household.:hmm:

Those of us with a more, erm, mature outlook would simply be doing other things.

Probably if I weren't doing stuff on the computer, I'd fire up the Kenwood TS-520 more often, making some CW contacts.

02-08-08, 05:25 PM	#17
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	I think Dowly got the best escapism. I know the feeling I lived near bush nearly all my life then became a townie and i become this... __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

02-08-08, 07:51 PM	#18
silentrunner Watch Officer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mind your own business English Types Posts: 334 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Technology is just modern times. When farming was just about the only thing to do in rural America nobody said that people were addicted to farming. __________________

02-08-08, 07:53 PM	#19
silentrunner Watch Officer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mind your own business English Types Posts: 334 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ask yourself this: What would you be doing if there was no PC in your household.:hmm: I would get the hell out of my household and go somewhere with a computer! DUHH!!!!!!!! __________________

02-09-08, 12:45 AM	#20
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	If there was no PC in my house, I'd be even more obsessed about playing my cardboard wargames and my pencil and paper role playing games. Also.. My music reccording quality would stink. Editing on a multitrack tape deck is REALLY hard and you lose sound quality with each edit. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

02-09-08, 09:52 AM	#24
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Ha! Now though, how are ya when it comes to forums 24/7:hmm: __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

02-09-08, 05:33 AM	#21
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Since no one got my comment I think it's funny complaining about technology on an internet forum.

02-09-08, 11:20 AM	#25
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,212 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hey Skybird, Nice collection! I've got Ambush and several of its "expansion packs" including a two player version. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.