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remember the good ol days when a ps2 game was 20 bucks. when you can get ratchet and clank for such a low price. then everything skyrocketed when the 7th gen came out. 

 

i miss those simpler times. 

 

what are some of your good ol' days moments? 

Space Journal #1: So Apparently i  was dropped on the moon like i'm a mars rover, in a matter of hours i have found the transformers on the dark side of the moon. Turns out its not that dark since dem robots are filled with lights, i waved hi to the Russians on the space station, turns out all those stories about space finding humans instead of the other way around is true(soviet Russia joke). They threw me some Heineken beer and I've been sitting staring at the people of this forum and earth since. 

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Yeah the economy went like this:

That's due to the people allowing it to end up like that. If everyone was better educated on economics it probably would have steered us in a different direction. 

Who remembers 2008? 

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Inflation, economy, cost to make and advertise said games are all reasons why they seem/are more expensive.

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That's due to the people allowing it to end up like that. If everyone was better educated on economics it probably would have steered us in a different direction. 

Who remembers 2008? 

Short term is all that matters obviously, even if you're pointing a shotgun at your foot in the process.

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Well there's this thing called "inflation" 

well yea, but stupidity had a huge role in that, the main purpose was for you to share your "good ol' days" moment. 

Space Journal #1: So Apparently i  was dropped on the moon like i'm a mars rover, in a matter of hours i have found the transformers on the dark side of the moon. Turns out its not that dark since dem robots are filled with lights, i waved hi to the Russians on the space station, turns out all those stories about space finding humans instead of the other way around is true(soviet Russia joke). They threw me some Heineken beer and I've been sitting staring at the people of this forum and earth since. 

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well yea, but stupidity had a huge role in that, the main purpose was for you to share your "good ol' days" moment. 

I don't have any reconciliation of the "good ol' days" unfortunately. I like the present far better than the past.  

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I don't have any reconciliation of the "good ol' days" unfortunately. I like the present far better than the past.  

i do as well. the present and future will always be better than the past. but there are always some good parts about the past as well. 

Space Journal #1: So Apparently i  was dropped on the moon like i'm a mars rover, in a matter of hours i have found the transformers on the dark side of the moon. Turns out its not that dark since dem robots are filled with lights, i waved hi to the Russians on the space station, turns out all those stories about space finding humans instead of the other way around is true(soviet Russia joke). They threw me some Heineken beer and I've been sitting staring at the people of this forum and earth since. 

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1999-2006 joined the PC-MR on amd (k6), then intel p3...then p4, then amd (athlon 64), then stopped caring and did cars/bikes for years.

came back in 2010 after the core2 duo/quad transistion with a q6600 (im poor okay?)...phenom's in 2011, fx in 2013, working great so far, will see what the future holds.

....so glad I don't mind games being 1/3rd price or less and having free online play.

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When i had a AMD 64 X2 and i wished to get a 8800 GT...........but i had a crappy rig. BUT HEY AMD WAS BETTER THAN INTEL AROUND 2005...........

AMD 64 X2 WAS BETTER THAN A PENTIUM D........

Pentium D was basically 2 P4 in a single die.

2 dies one package*

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 CASE:-NZXT S340 Black, CPU:-FX8120 @4.2Ghz, COOLER:-CM Hyper 212 EVO, BOARD:-MSI 970 Gaming, RAM:-2x4gb 2400mhz Corsair Vengeance Pro, GPU: SLI EVGA GTX480's @700/1000, PSU:-Corsair CX600m, HDD:-WD green 160GB+2TB toshiba
CASE:-(probably) Cooltek U1, CPU:-G3258 @4.5ghx, COOLER:-stock(soon "MSI Dragon" AiO likely), BOARD:-MSI z87i ITX Gaming, RAM:-1x4gb 1333mhz Patriot, GPU: Asus DCU2 r9-270 OC@1000/1500mem, PSU:-Sweex 350w.., HDD:-WD Caviar Blue 640GB
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GPU's:-GT210 1GB,  asus hd6670 1GB gddr5, XFX XXX 9600gt 512mb Alpha dog edition, few q6600's
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i do as well. the present and future will always be better than the past. but there are always some good parts about the past as well. 

Good parts? Eh maybe one or two.... 

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Good parts? Eh maybe one or two.... 

thats still something :) 

Space Journal #1: So Apparently i  was dropped on the moon like i'm a mars rover, in a matter of hours i have found the transformers on the dark side of the moon. Turns out its not that dark since dem robots are filled with lights, i waved hi to the Russians on the space station, turns out all those stories about space finding humans instead of the other way around is true(soviet Russia joke). They threw me some Heineken beer and I've been sitting staring at the people of this forum and earth since. 

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Like a balloon? :o I like balloons.

 

Can I have a balloon?

Due to people getting loans they can never pay off because "I WANTS IT NOOOOOWWWW!!"

 

Freaking morons.

Ketchup is better than mustard.

GUI is better than Command Line Interface.

Dubs are better than subs

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My 1994 IBM aptiva has a 5400rpm 6GB IDE HDD and has 32 bit windows xp on it (the disk is 90% full) and it has 512MB RAM with a Pentium 4 or 2 i cant think of hand.

My point is it boots in 45 seconds and it still runs like its brand new. Now this is QUALITY.

What computer built in the last 5 years will last 21 years and boot at the speed it was originally made at? NONE. 

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My 1994 IBM aptiva has a 5400rpm 6GB IDE HDD and has 32 bit windows xp on it (the disk is 90% full) and it has 512MB RAM with a Pentium 4 or 2 i cant think of hand.

My point is it boots in 45 seconds and it still runs like its brand new. Now this is QUALITY.

What computer built in the last 5 years will last 21 years and boot at the speed it was originally made at? NONE. 

true. but todays programs and other stuff demand more as well. im sure that my computer right now, if used right will last another 12 years. (i have my cpu and ram and stuff from 2012

Space Journal #1: So Apparently i  was dropped on the moon like i'm a mars rover, in a matter of hours i have found the transformers on the dark side of the moon. Turns out its not that dark since dem robots are filled with lights, i waved hi to the Russians on the space station, turns out all those stories about space finding humans instead of the other way around is true(soviet Russia joke). They threw me some Heineken beer and I've been sitting staring at the people of this forum and earth since. 

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That's due to the people allowing it to end up like that. If everyone was better educated on economics it probably would have steered us in a different direction. 

Who remembers 2008? 

You should go on youtube and look up John Finnemore's Eurozone Crisis analogy, it's brilliant, and it's hilarious. My dad's a financial analyst and he was in stitches, he really liked it.

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