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    From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 18 12:20:33 2022
    Be careful with your clicks. That's a lesson I should have taken to
    heart a long time ago. But - while trying to uninstall a
    just-completed game - carelessness reared its ugly head and a game
    that had happily enjoyed a place on my hard-drive for years* got
    removed instead. Yup, it's goodbye to "Eurotruck Simulator 2".

    Does this mean no more monthly comments on how I've - yet again -
    spent hours hauling freight from Czechoslovkia to Iceland? Hell no. As
    soon as I realized what I'd done, I quickly hit the "install game"
    button and "Eurotruck Simulator 2" re-established itself in its usual
    place. It took a lot longer to tweak the game's configuration back to
    the way I liked it - all those mods had to be redownloaded, all those
    config files edited - but that was more annoyance than difficulty.

    There's no story here, no lesson to be learned. It's just a random
    thing that happened, a 'day in the life' event that was only notable -
    and only to me - because of that heart-sinking feeling when I realized
    what I had so stupidly done. But hey, I can't every day be writing
    about free games or NFTs ;-)




    ======================
    * well, technically, only a few months since that drive got recently
    replaced. But the new drive got its drive from an image made of an
    older drive, where the game has lived for years... and prior to that,
    on an even older drive. Whether that counts or not as 'years on the
    hard drive' is the sort of 'Ship of Theseus' issue philosophers love
    debating.

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Tue Oct 18 11:49:07 2022
    On 10/18/2022 9:20 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    Be careful with your clicks. That's a lesson I should have taken to
    heart a long time ago. But - while trying to uninstall a
    just-completed game - carelessness reared its ugly head and a game
    that had happily enjoyed a place on my hard-drive for years* got
    removed instead. Yup, it's goodbye to "Eurotruck Simulator 2".

    Does this mean no more monthly comments on how I've - yet again -
    spent hours hauling freight from Czechoslovkia to Iceland? Hell no. As
    soon as I realized what I'd done, I quickly hit the "install game"
    button and "Eurotruck Simulator 2" re-established itself in its usual
    place. It took a lot longer to tweak the game's configuration back to
    the way I liked it - all those mods had to be redownloaded, all those
    config files edited - but that was more annoyance than difficulty.

    There's no story here, no lesson to be learned. It's just a random
    thing that happened, a 'day in the life' event that was only notable -
    and only to me - because of that heart-sinking feeling when I realized
    what I had so stupidly done. But hey, I can't every day be writing
    about free games or NFTs ;-)




    ======================
    * well, technically, only a few months since that drive got recently replaced. But the new drive got its drive from an image made of an
    older drive, where the game has lived for years... and prior to that,
    on an even older drive. Whether that counts or not as 'years on the
    hard drive' is the sort of 'Ship of Theseus' issue philosophers love debating.

    "My Grandfather's Hard Drive", an update to "My Grandfather's Axe".
    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Wed Oct 19 09:21:38 2022
    On 18/10/2022 17:20, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    There's no story here, no lesson to be learned. It's just a random
    thing that happened, a 'day in the life' event that was only notable -
    and only to me - because of that heart-sinking feeling when I realized
    what I had so stupidly done. But hey, I can't every day be writing
    about free games or NFTs 😉

    Well if you haven't seen this one yet it's got everything. NFT's, a
    crash of crypto currency and mid-management.

    https://kotaku.com/nft-crypto-blockchain-game-fail-bust-dead-1849496441

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Oct 19 10:17:11 2022
    On Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:21:38 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
    On 18/10/2022 17:20, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    There's no story here, no lesson to be learned. It's just a random
    thing that happened, a 'day in the life' event that was only notable -
    and only to me - because of that heart-sinking feeling when I realized
    what I had so stupidly done. But hey, I can't every day be writing
    about free games or NFTs ?

    Well if you haven't seen this one yet it's got everything. NFT's, a
    crash of crypto currency and mid-management. >https://kotaku.com/nft-crypto-blockchain-game-fail-bust-dead-1849496441

    I have, but with great strength of will managed not to comment on it.
    Sure, I burst a few blood vessels in my brain and now I have to learn
    how to walk again, but the alternative was to annoy people here with
    more NFT talk, and that just wouldn't do! I hope you all appreciate
    the sacrifice. ;-)




    (Instead, you got an post from me talking about how I accidentally
    uninstalled a game and then spent a few minutes reinstalling it. Truly
    riveting stuff, I know ;-)

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Wed Oct 19 23:59:38 2022
    On Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:17:11 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    On Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:21:38 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
    On 18/10/2022 17:20, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    There's no story here, no lesson to be learned. It's just a random
    thing that happened, a 'day in the life' event that was only notable -
    and only to me - because of that heart-sinking feeling when I realized
    what I had so stupidly done. But hey, I can't every day be writing
    about free games or NFTs ?

    Well if you haven't seen this one yet it's got everything. NFT's, a
    crash of crypto currency and mid-management. >>https://kotaku.com/nft-crypto-blockchain-game-fail-bust-dead-1849496441

    I have, but with great strength of will managed not to comment on it.
    Sure, I burst a few blood vessels in my brain and now I have to learn
    how to walk again, but the alternative was to annoy people here with
    more NFT talk, and that just wouldn't do! I hope you all appreciate
    the sacrifice. ;-)




    (Instead, you got an post from me talking about how I accidentally >uninstalled a game and then spent a few minutes reinstalling it. Truly >riveting stuff, I know ;-)


    Actually, I thought you might have had a stroke when I read that
    uninstall post. Are you sure abstaining from talk of NFTs is good for
    your health?

    I mean, holy hell, we don't talk much in here, and NFTs have a lovely schadenfreude to them, so I would love it if you don't have to go on
    blood pressure medication by continuing to post about them.

    Only making light of health considerations are sarcasm/humor. I really
    actually like reading your NFT posts.

    --
    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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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Thu Oct 20 12:02:33 2022
    On 19/10/2022 15:17, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    (Instead, you got an post from me talking about how I accidentally uninstalled a game and then spent a few minutes reinstalling it. Truly riveting stuff, I know 😉

    It started of well, by the middle the anticipation was raising to untold
    levels and the climax, well I had to sit down and regain my breath :-)

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Thu Oct 20 12:02:25 2022
    On 20/10/2022 05:59, Zaghadka wrote:
    I mean, holy hell, we don't talk much in here, and NFTs have a lovely schadenfreude to them, so I would love it if you don't have to go on
    blood pressure medication by continuing to post about them.

    Generally I agree but with this particular story, and others, there is
    part of me that has sympathy for collateral damage caused to others.
    This is taken down a bit when you think that the devs who were doing the
    real work knew this was an NFT game but also pushed up by knowing that
    it's easy to be virtuous when the consequences don't fall on you.

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to JAB on Thu Oct 20 11:26:18 2022
    On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:02:33 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:

    On 19/10/2022 15:17, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    (Instead, you got an post from me talking about how I accidentally
    uninstalled a game and then spent a few minutes reinstalling it. Truly
    riveting stuff, I know ?

    It started of well, by the middle the anticipation was raising to untold >levels and the climax, well I had to sit down and regain my breath :-)

    If you all had been as lively in the newsgroup on the 10th as you all
    are today, I wouldn't have told that thrilling tale. ;-)

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