[Audyssey] make things last! - Re: What has happened to Liam?

2014-09-02 Thread Charles Rivard
If I buy something, or if a State agency does, I try to take good care of it. I am careful when handling expensive technology. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From: "john" To: "Gamers D

Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam?

2014-09-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, I don't blame you a bit. I have never liked the slate and stylus myself, and as I indicated another post as soon as the notetakers like the Braille N' Speak came onto the market my use of braille pretty much vanished. I went from there to using laptops and other devices. So these days I h

Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam?

2014-09-02 Thread dark
That was why I bought the surviver case for my Iphone. I've dropped it off my bedside locker a couple of times and I don't worry sinse apparently with the surviver case an Iphone has survived being chucked out of an airoplane :D. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "lor

Re: [Audyssey] looking for mysteries of the ancientsbeta(preferably 18)

2014-09-02 Thread Bryan Peterson
Well admittedly it has been a while since I've played. I could be mistaken, but I do remember there was one particular Beta that was particularly stable. COuldhave been either eighteen or twenty-two. Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul. -

Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam?

2014-09-02 Thread loriduncan
Lol John, I did the same with my iphone, accidentally knocked it off the desk with my arm when I was hurrying to plug in my laptop before the battary died. -Original Message- From: john Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 1:07 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] What h

Re: [Audyssey] looking for mysteries of theancientsbeta(preferably18)

2014-09-02 Thread dark
H, that is quite possible too john there were lots of betas and lots of changes and reshuffles and it was a while ago, it is entirely possible I deleted the wrong program. Beware the Grue! dark. - Original Message - From: "john" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Tuesday, Septe

Re: [Audyssey] looking for mysteries of the ancientsbeta(preferably18)

2014-09-02 Thread john
The sound issue was fixed at some point, I'm not sure if it was beta 21 or 22. - Original Message - From: "dark" wrote: Any beta would be great. The reason I wanted 18 specifically was because its the one I personally enjoyed playing most; I found it quite a bit of fun to come up with

Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam?

2014-09-02 Thread john
Random fact: I believe its about 9% of people who do regular backups. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward wrote: So did I tom, a fuzzing hard drive I had died, I recovered to another drive. That drive went boom. After that I was able to get most data back from the broken first drive,

Re: [Audyssey] the keeper of the keys - Re: What has happenedtoLiam?

2014-09-02 Thread john
That's a matter of perspective; I only get scisors to work one out of 10 times. - Original Message - From: "Charles Rivard" http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org.

Re: [Audyssey] looking for mysteries of the ancientsbeta(preferably18)

2014-09-02 Thread john
They were, for the most part, all pretty stable. There were just subtle differences in gameplay. I don't think I've ever seen any of them crash. - Original Message - From: "Charles Rivard" wrote: Any beta would be great. The reason I wanted 18 specifically was because its the one I per

Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam?

2014-09-02 Thread john
Its drive serial numbers, which happen to change when you reformat. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any q

Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam?

2014-09-02 Thread john
Motion seconded. I'm far from what anyone would call nice to my technology, but somehow most of it keeps right on going. Its absolutely amazing to me considering all the things I read on the net. Just goes to show you that manufacturers really do build these things to last; if you don't get a lemo

Re: [Audyssey] looking for mysteries of the ancientsbeta(preferably18)

2014-09-02 Thread john
The main thing for me is that in beta 18, when you jump, you can keep running without having to re-press the arrow keys. This means that you can run straight through the levels and its a lot more of a challenge on the reflexes than the later versions which require you to press the arrow to start m

Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam?

2014-09-02 Thread john
Have you considered something like dropbox or backblaze? Personally, I'd probably go with a safe deposit box at the bank for my flash drive before I used a stylus or a brailer. - Original Message - From: "Charles Rivard" wrote: Exactly. Not everyone can use a slate and stylus. I can't

Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam?

2014-09-02 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Well you could buy Super Egg Hunt Plus I guess since the key is tied to the user name. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 01/09/2014 10:18, shaun everiss wrote: I agree. I wouldn't advise anyone to buy his stuff because he seems to be never arou

Re: [Audyssey] i'm back.

2014-09-02 Thread Lisa Hayes
Thanks Dark it's brilliant being back, so liam's gone walkies hsw he/ grin. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes - Original Message - From: "dark" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] i'm back. Hi lisa and welcome

Re: [Audyssey] i'm back.

2014-09-02 Thread dark
Hi lisa and welcome back. Hope you have fun. All the best, ark. - Original Message - From: "Lisa Hayes" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 7:09 AM Subject: [Audyssey] i'm back. HI all, After taking a break for a bit i've rejoined the list. i"m glad to

Re: [Audyssey] looking for mysteries of the ancientsbeta(preferably 18)

2014-09-02 Thread dark
Hi Tom. Beta 18 is the last beta I have stored a copy of. if I remember rightly hadn't you changed to using some other sound library in the later betas which made things much less reliable as regarded sound sources etc? I do remember there was a general dip in stability due to some massive c

Re: [Audyssey] looking for mysteries of the ancientsbeta(preferably 18)

2014-09-02 Thread dark
Hi Tom. That would be appreciated, particularly sinse I could then also update the audiogames.net db and entry with the information as right now the mysteries of the ancients entry is sort of hanging in limbo where as if there was a file of the last beta I could explain what was going on on th

Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam?

2014-09-02 Thread Charles Rivard
Ah, if only the Grue were transferable via a thumb drive! Think of the fun you could have by going to other homes and giving them the Grue without their knowledge! Of course, I still wouldn't beware the Grue. I still refuse. (rotten grin) --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated,

Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam?

2014-09-02 Thread dark
Hi Topm. I was only ever forced to use a stylus once by my evil special school and have never owned one, nor would I actually ever want to sinse hell I don't even braille anymore so why would I want to go further back? To be honest I never liked writing quick notes or important info in braill

[Audyssey] i'm back.

2014-09-02 Thread Lisa Hayes
HI all, After taking a break for a bit i've rejoined the list. i"m glad to be back. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your s

Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam?

2014-09-02 Thread dark
Interesting Tom. As I said, I now use the Sea gate drive as my main backup, the passport drive was for a friend of mine who travels round the world and has a rather weerd habbit of digitizing films on dvd rather than just taking the disks so wanted a large harddrive. I only tend to use memory