On 10/13/2024 10:43 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

How about a short CRAP poll for once? I know, you're looking askance
and saying, "You? Short? I don't think so. This is going to be a
five-page essay and have thirty options to chose from." But just you
watch! It's gonna be real short!

Here we go:

Subtitles: On or off?

0) Off
1) On
C) I never play games were people speak

See? I _can_ do short!

Me, I almost always turn 'em on. Partly, because -yes- I'm getting a
wee bit older and the ears just aren't as good as they used to be. But
also, I read a heck of a lot faster than people talk, and that either
lets me skip through superfluous conversations without missing
context, or lets me focus on other things (like the visuals) while the
NPCs are yammering away. Plus, sometimes the subtitles give a bit of
extra context that I find interesting, especially if it adds to the world-building.

So, a definite 'on' for me.

What about you? Where do you stand on the vital 'subtitles' issue?
Please provide your short answer below ;-)

Default is "Off". That said unfortunately there are times when one has
to turn them on for some reason like the voice actor is speaking a
foreign language phonetically. Very badly.


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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

How about a short CRAP poll for once? I know, you're looking askance
and saying, "You? Short? I don't think so. This is going to be a
five-page essay and have thirty options to chose from." But just you
watch! It's gonna be real short!

Here we go:

Subtitles: On or off?

0) Off
1) On
C) I never play games were people speak

"Were people speak?"

Off always unless I'm playing late at night (apt dweller) or the voices
are hard to understand.

Just like music is almost always off, and a lot of times voices are off
too (especially with STO in ay mission Sela is in, (Denise Crosby has a
voice like fingernails down a blackboard, turned up to infinity.)

Xocyll

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On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 13:43:14 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

How about a short CRAP poll for once? I know, you're looking askance
and saying, "You? Short? I don't think so. This is going to be a
five-page essay and have thirty options to chose from." But just you
watch! It's gonna be real short!

Here we go:

Subtitles: On or off?

0) Off
1) On
C) I never play games were people speak

I usually don't play games where characters talk very much so if I had
to pick one here, I would go with C but on the occasion that I do, I
leave subtitles off. I just adjust the various sound sliders (speech,
sound effects, ambient sound, etc) to make sure I can hear what they
are saying.

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On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:32:40 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Music off? You're _are_ a monster! ;-)

Nothing hits me harder nostalgia wise then hearing the soundtrack
from the games I really care about. Music definitely ON.

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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 23:34:33 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the >>entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

How about a short CRAP poll for once? I know, you're looking askance
and saying, "You? Short? I don't think so. This is going to be a >>>five-page essay and have thirty options to chose from." But just you >>>watch! It's gonna be real short!



Here we go:

Subtitles: On or off?

0) Off
1) On
C) I never play games were people speak

"Were people speak?"

Ummm... would you believe me if I said it's a clever social commentary
on how the lycanthrope community has been silenced by modern culture?

Off always unless I'm playing late at night (apt dweller) or the voices
are hard to understand.

May I introduce you to this new invention called headphones? ;-)

I use headphones with the TV in the bedroom, but while gaming I am also listening to music (Old computer is basically a music, video and display computer (game info mostly).)

Just like music is almost always off, and a lot of times voices are off
too (especially with STO in ay mission Sela is in, (Denise Crosby has a >>voice like fingernails down a blackboard, turned up to infinity.)

Music off? You're _are_ a monster! ;-)

Nah I just always got tired of in game music pretty quickly and would
rather listen to the radio or mp3s instead.

Really wish I could turn off the music in some movies and TV shows (I
really don't like hip-hop, especially the ones that show a vocabulary
worthy of an 8yr old.)

Xocyll

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On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 13:43:14 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

See? I _can_ do short!

Temporarily. And then...

Me, I almost always turn 'em on. Partly, because -yes- I'm getting a
wee bit older and the ears just aren't as good as they used to be. But
also, I read a heck of a lot faster than people talk, and that either
lets me skip through superfluous conversations without missing
context, or lets me focus on other things (like the visuals) while the
NPCs are yammering away. Plus, sometimes the subtitles give a bit of
extra context that I find interesting, especially if it adds to the >world-building.

Spalls: "Me? I choose option 1."

That is what short is, sir.

Zag: "I, personally, choose option zero. It's more cinematic that way."

^^ Also short.

Oddly enough though, in an rpg I like to have all the numbers pop up on
the screen like a Bat-Man fight with "Zap" and "Pow" flying across the
screen. I want CRITICAL HIT to come screaming at me in living color. If I
can see the rolls too, great! I want all those glorious numbers flying
all over the place. But dialog? Nah. Not even if they're speaking in a
language I don't know. I don't care. Video game dialog generally sucks,
to this day, and is generally irrelvant. I rely on a dialog history if I
miss something important.

^^ Not short.

Any questions? ;^P

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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 17:43 this Sunday (GMT):

How about a short CRAP poll for once? I know, you're looking askance
and saying, "You? Short? I don't think so. This is going to be a
five-page essay and have thirty options to chose from." But just you
watch! It's gonna be real short!

Here we go:

Subtitles: On or off?

0) Off
1) On
C) I never play games were people speak

See? I _can_ do short!

Me, I almost always turn 'em on. Partly, because -yes- I'm getting a
wee bit older and the ears just aren't as good as they used to be. But
also, I read a heck of a lot faster than people talk, and that either
lets me skip through superfluous conversations without missing
context, or lets me focus on other things (like the visuals) while the
NPCs are yammering away. Plus, sometimes the subtitles give a bit of
extra context that I find interesting, especially if it adds to the world-building.

So, a definite 'on' for me.

What about you? Where do you stand on the vital 'subtitles' issue?
Please provide your short answer below ;-)

I'm the type to always turn on subtitles, unless I'm watching on my
phone or it's the terrible auto-captions. I don't want to miss stuff!
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 14:32 this Monday (GMT):

On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 23:34:33 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the >>entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

How about a short CRAP poll for once? I know, you're looking askance
and saying, "You? Short? I don't think so. This is going to be a >>>five-page essay and have thirty options to chose from." But just you >>>watch! It's gonna be real short!



Here we go:

Subtitles: On or off?

0) Off
1) On
C) I never play games were people speak

"Were people speak?"

Ummm... would you believe me if I said it's a clever social commentary
on how the lycanthrope community has been silenced by modern culture?

Off always unless I'm playing late at night (apt dweller) or the voices
are hard to understand.

May I introduce you to this new invention called headphones? ;-)

Just like music is almost always off, and a lot of times voices are off
too (especially with STO in ay mission Sela is in, (Denise Crosby has a >>voice like fingernails down a blackboard, turned up to infinity.)

Music off? You're _are_ a monster! ;-)

I used to be music off because I played youtube videos in the background instead, now I do both :D
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Mike S <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote at 14:39 this Monday (GMT):

On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:32:40 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Music off? You're _are_ a monster! ;-)

Nothing hits me harder nostalgia wise then hearing the soundtrack
from the games I really care about. Music definitely ON.

Yeah, but then I end up humming them randomly for weeks after
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On 10/14/2024 7:32 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 23:34:33 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

How about a short CRAP poll for once? I know, you're looking askance
and saying, "You? Short? I don't think so. This is going to be a
five-page essay and have thirty options to chose from." But just you
watch! It's gonna be real short!



Here we go:

Subtitles: On or off?

0) Off
1) On
C) I never play games were people speak

"Were people speak?"

Ummm... would you believe me if I said it's a clever social commentary
on how the lycanthrope community has been silenced by modern culture?

Off always unless I'm playing late at night (apt dweller) or the voices
are hard to understand.

May I introduce you to this new invention called headphones? ;-)

Just like music is almost always off, and a lot of times voices are off
too (especially with STO in ay mission Sela is in, (Denise Crosby has a
voice like fingernails down a blackboard, turned up to infinity.)

Music off? You're _are_ a monster! ;-)

The monsters are the ones who force us to listen to the same 60 seconds
of music for an hour or more!

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On 10/14/2024 8:49 AM, Xocyll wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 23:34:33 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

How about a short CRAP poll for once? I know, you're looking askance
and saying, "You? Short? I don't think so. This is going to be a
five-page essay and have thirty options to chose from." But just you
watch! It's gonna be real short!



Here we go:

Subtitles: On or off?

0) Off
1) On
C) I never play games were people speak

"Were people speak?"

Ummm... would you believe me if I said it's a clever social commentary
on how the lycanthrope community has been silenced by modern culture?

Off always unless I'm playing late at night (apt dweller) or the voices
are hard to understand.

May I introduce you to this new invention called headphones? ;-)

I use headphones with the TV in the bedroom, but while gaming I am also listening to music (Old computer is basically a music, video and display computer (game info mostly).)

Just like music is almost always off, and a lot of times voices are off
too (especially with STO in ay mission Sela is in, (Denise Crosby has a
voice like fingernails down a blackboard, turned up to infinity.)

Music off? You're _are_ a monster! ;-)

Nah I just always got tired of in game music pretty quickly and would
rather listen to the radio or mp3s instead.

Really wish I could turn off the music in some movies and TV shows (I
really don't like hip-hop, especially the ones that show a vocabulary
worthy of an 8yr old.)

Eight year olds!?! My, you only listen to the really high-brow hip-hop. ;)

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On 10/14/2024 2:34 PM, Zaghadka wrote:

On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 13:43:14 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

See? I _can_ do short!

Temporarily. And then...

Me, I almost always turn 'em on. Partly, because -yes- I'm getting a
wee bit older and the ears just aren't as good as they used to be. But
also, I read a heck of a lot faster than people talk, and that either
lets me skip through superfluous conversations without missing
context, or lets me focus on other things (like the visuals) while the
NPCs are yammering away. Plus, sometimes the subtitles give a bit of
extra context that I find interesting, especially if it adds to the
world-building.

Spalls: "Me? I choose option 1."

That is what short is, sir.

Zag: "I, personally, choose option zero. It's more cinematic that way."

^^ Also short.

Oddly enough though, in an rpg I like to have all the numbers pop up on
the screen like a Bat-Man fight with "Zap" and "Pow" flying across the screen. I want CRITICAL HIT to come screaming at me in living color. If I
can see the rolls too, great! I want all those glorious numbers flying
all over the place. But dialog? Nah. Not even if they're speaking in a language I don't know. I don't care. Video game dialog generally sucks,
to this day, and is generally irrelvant. I rely on a dialog history if I
miss something important.

^^ Not short.

Any questions? ;^P

Why is the sun bright and the night dark?

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1) ON due to my poor hearing since birth. :( It's not just for gaming
too! TV, movies (finally tried AMC Theatres' closed caption device https://www.amctheatres.com/assistive-moviegoing [device #3] for awesome Deadpool & Wolverine), iPhone's real time [not perfect], online videos,
etc.


Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

How about a short CRAP poll for once? I know, you're looking askance
and saying, "You? Short? I don't think so. This is going to be a
five-page essay and have thirty options to chose from." But just you
watch! It's gonna be real short!

Here we go:

Subtitles: On or off?

0) Off
1) On
C) I never play games were people speak

See? I _can_ do short!

Me, I almost always turn 'em on. Partly, because -yes- I'm getting a
wee bit older and the ears just aren't as good as they used to be. But
also, I read a heck of a lot faster than people talk, and that either
lets me skip through superfluous conversations without missing
context, or lets me focus on other things (like the visuals) while the
NPCs are yammering away. Plus, sometimes the subtitles give a bit of
extra context that I find interesting, especially if it adds to the world-building.

So, a definite 'on' for me.

What about you? Where do you stand on the vital 'subtitles' issue?
Please provide your short answer below ;-)

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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:

What about you? Where do you stand on the vital 'subtitles' issue?
Please provide your short answer below ;-)

On, these days. Used to be off unless music or something drowned out the
speech or it was otherwise hard to understand.

I suppose I'm also getting old and, well, I don't have much exposure to
native English speakers currently. I have exactly one US native
colleague, everyone else speaks broken English, more or less. I'd think
that would improve my understanding but apparently not.

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Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> writes:

On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:32:40 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Music off? You're _are_ a monster! ;-)

Nothing hits me harder nostalgia wise then hearing the soundtrack
from the games I really care about. Music definitely ON.

Maybe game music could be a topic for another CRAP poll. I can't say I
much remember a theme from any game, apart from some of those from the Commodore 64. Or now that I thought about it, Deus Ex. And Fallout:
NV. Both of the Horizon games a little too, I think the theme music is
the same on Zero Dawn and Forbidden West. But it's pretty rare.

OTOH, licensed music in some games has sometimes become even fairly
important.

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On 10/16/2024 7:41 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:59:12 +0300, Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> wrote:

Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> writes:

On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:32:40 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Music off? You're _are_ a monster! ;-)

Nothing hits me harder nostalgia wise then hearing the soundtrack
from the games I really care about. Music definitely ON.

Maybe game music could be a topic for another CRAP poll.

We've done one on that before (not that's stopped me from repeating
poll topics). But it's been a while. I'll add it to the list.

(yes, I have a list... largely because I kept repeating poll topics
and wanted to try to avoid that in the future)

Which has now evolved to the point where it is used to repeat topics....

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On 10/17/2024 10:41 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 08:14:25 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 10/16/2024 7:41 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:59:12 +0300, Anssi Saari
<anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> wrote:

Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> writes:

On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 10:32:40 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Music off? You're _are_ a monster! ;-)

Nothing hits me harder nostalgia wise then hearing the soundtrack
from the games I really care about. Music definitely ON.

Maybe game music could be a topic for another CRAP poll.

We've done one on that before (not that's stopped me from repeating
poll topics). But it's been a while. I'll add it to the list.

(yes, I have a list... largely because I kept repeating poll topics
and wanted to try to avoid that in the future)

Which has now evolved to the point where it is used to repeat topics....

So you're saying I need a list for that too? ;-)

In fairness, we've (most of us) been doin' this Usenet thing for so
long that it's a bit hard _not_ to repeat topics every now and again.

Although if you really want, maybe I could dig up a new game-industry-does-NFT story to keep things fresh? ;-P

How much would we have to pay to get the second paragraph?

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On 17/10/2024 18:41, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Although if you really want, maybe I could dig up a new game-industry-does-NFT story to keep things fresh? 😜

There you go.

https://kotaku.com/flappy-bird-nft-crypto-blockchain-telegram-1851649000

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JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote at 10:32 this Friday (GMT):

On 17/10/2024 18:41, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Although if you really want, maybe I could dig up a new
game-industry-does-NFT story to keep things fresh? 😜

There you go.

https://kotaku.com/flappy-bird-nft-crypto-blockchain-telegram-1851649000

This one extra sucks because the creator of Flappy Bird is a
genuinely good person who removed his game out of concern for its
players.
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:21 this Wednesday (GMT):

1) ON due to my poor hearing since birth. :( It's not just for gaming
too! TV, movies (finally tried AMC Theatres' closed caption device https://www.amctheatres.com/assistive-moviegoing [device #3] for awesome Deadpool & Wolverine), iPhone's real time [not perfect], online videos,
etc.

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

How about a short CRAP poll for once? I know, you're looking askance
and saying, "You? Short? I don't think so. This is going to be a
five-page essay and have thirty options to chose from." But just you
watch! It's gonna be real short!

Here we go:

Subtitles: On or off?

[snip]

i didn know ants could hear ;)
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candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:21 this Wednesday (GMT):

1) ON due to my poor hearing since birth. :( It's not just for gaming
too! TV, movies (finally tried AMC Theatres' closed caption device https://www.amctheatres.com/assistive-moviegoing [device #3] for awesome Deadpool & Wolverine), iPhone's real time [not perfect], online videos, etc.

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

How about a short CRAP poll for once? I know, you're looking askance
and saying, "You? Short? I don't think so. This is going to be a
five-page essay and have thirty options to chose from." But just you
watch! It's gonna be real short!

Here we go:

Subtitles: On or off?

[snip]

i didn know ants could hear ;)

Not very well. We can feel and we love bass. ;)
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:12 this Sunday (GMT):

candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 02:21 this Wednesday (GMT):

1) ON due to my poor hearing since birth. :( It's not just for gaming
too! TV, movies (finally tried AMC Theatres' closed caption device
https://www.amctheatres.com/assistive-moviegoing [device #3] for awesome >> > Deadpool & Wolverine), iPhone's real time [not perfect], online videos,
etc.


Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

How about a short CRAP poll for once? I know, you're looking askance
and saying, "You? Short? I don't think so. This is going to be a
five-page essay and have thirty options to chose from." But just you
watch! It's gonna be real short!

Here we go:

Subtitles: On or off?

[snip]

i didn know ants could hear ;)

Not very well. We can feel and we love bass. ;)

cute :)
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On 10/22/2024 2:16 PM, Justisaur wrote:

On 10/18/2024 3:32 AM, JAB wrote:

On 17/10/2024 18:41, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Although if you really want, maybe I could dig up a new
game-industry-does-NFT story to keep things fresh? 😜

There you go.

https://kotaku.com/flappy-bird-nft-crypto-blockchain-telegram-1851649000

WTF!?!?!  I didn't think you could take control of a trademark that'd
been abandoned?

Even so, wouldn't copyright apply?  Don't we have 100 years after the author's death?

I suspect the answer to both questions depends on what country you are in.

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Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:

WTF!?!?! I didn't think you could take control of a trademark that'd
been abandoned?

There was never a registered trademark for Flappy Bird, and when someone
else attempted to register the trademark the author never took the
opportunity to challenge the application. So the registered trademark
was eventuly granted to someone else, effectively superceding the Flappy
Bird author's (unregistered) trademark.

Even so, wouldn't copyright apply? Don't we have 100 years after the >author's death?

Copyright only applies to the game, it's code, graphics, story, and stuff
like that. It doesn't apply to the name of the game. There's lots of
games, books, movies and other works that have identical names depsite
being completely unrelated. So the author could presumably sue or issue
DCMA takedown notices against other games and other kinds of works that
copied Flappy Bird too closely (though the gameplay mechanics aren't copyrightable). But as he wants nothing to do with the game anymore,
that's unlikely to happen.

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On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 14:16:16 -0700, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Justisaur wrote:

On 10/18/2024 3:32 AM, JAB wrote:

On 17/10/2024 18:41, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Although if you really want, maybe I could dig up a new
game-industry-does-NFT story to keep things fresh? ?

There you go.

https://kotaku.com/flappy-bird-nft-crypto-blockchain-telegram-1851649000

WTF!?!?! I didn't think you could take control of a trademark that'd
been abandoned?

In the US? Yup. It's called "dilution."

Even so, wouldn't copyright apply? Don't we have 100 years after the >author's death?

Copyright has nothing to do with branding. It protects the exclusive
right to copy and publish specific content.

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Zag

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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