[FFML] Farewell Old Friend...

Wed Apr 7 18:17:05 PDT 2021

I can't do any of that now.

This is a custom built computer from the 2000s. Most of the hardware is 
built to use XP. It won't run on anything else. Most of the stuff is 
jury-rigged. It's a unique thing that does what it was made to do well.

My Win 7 computer is a damaged mess. It's been in the shop for a couple of 
years. I can't afford to pay the money that's needed to fix it and preserve 
the data that's on it's harddrive. Stuff that I can't afford to loose. It's 
being stored until I can pay. ... Possibly some years.

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From: "Alexander CHEEZEM" <aleh at aol.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2021 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [FFML] Farewell Old Friend...

> Okay. What you want to do -- and the people who design this stuff are 
> putting in a good bit of effort into making it as easy as possible -- is 
> to install a Linux build, either in a dual-boot setup or on a dedicated 
> box. Steam has a credible Linux version, and they're working on 
> compatibility a good bit.
> Given that you're still running Win XP, I suggest either Linux Mint or 
> Zorin OS, both of which can be rather Windows-like... although I'm not at 
> all familiar with the fiddly bits of the latter.
> You can find Linux Mint at https://linuxmint.com/ .
> Zorin OS is at https://zorinos.com/ . Notably, it has a "lite" version for 
> older computers, and if you're still using a Win XP box, that may be 
> helpful.
> Again, there's a version of Steam that works with Linux OSes, so you'd be 
> fine there.
> After you've done that, you should take a look at WINE ( 
> https://www.winehq.org/ ) and Lutris (https://lutris.net/ ). The former is 
> a somewhat-fiddly program that lets Linux systems run Windows programs 
> with a minimum of slowdown; the latter is a system to help you set things 
> up and avoid fiddling with the details of the former manually. It also 
> functions a lot like Steam from what I understand (I haven't used it 
> much), so it should be rather simple to get used to.
> 'Course, Lutris's installation scripts are user-submitted, so expect some 
> to be better than others... but damn near anything would be better than XP 
> nowadays.
> Importantly: Everything I've mentioned so far is free. Hopefully that info 
> will help.
> -- Aleh
>
>
>
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> From: Weiss Schnee <weissschnee333 at gmail.com>
> To: The Fanfiction Mailing List <ffml at chez-vrolet.net>
> Sent: Wed, Apr 7, 2021 7:46 pm
> Subject: Re: [FFML] Farewell Old Friend...
>
>> Master of the Crystals, a story of Spirit Construct, a flame being in
>> service to the Crystal Master, but sometimes unquestioningly doing
>> your job is not always the right thing to do.
>> https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=232590630&searchtext=
>
> Could you put that somewhere besides Steam? Steam doesn't play very well
> with XP. And I'm stuck using a XP computer. Can't use Steam. Man... I 
> really
> do miss Skyrim. I haven't been able to play that for years about now.
>
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Benjamin A. Oliver" <benjamin.a.oliver at gmail.com>
> To: <ffml at chez-vrolet.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2021 1:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [FFML] Farewell Old Friend...
>
>
>>I like using the FFML's digest post system. I'm glad a few came out
>> of the woodwork to comment!
>>
>> From: Robert Geiger <rgeiger2001 at yahoo.com>
>> "Nuke Em till they Glow. That is the one with the Arby Fish?"
>>
>> G'day! Indeed, it iz, Tha' one n' the Terra n' Tokyo where we 'ad ta
>> dial back th' cockney, otha'woise noone'd unda'stand th' jargon,
>> y'see. Gotta 'ave jargon n' proppa' accents.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> There may have been an ethnic or socio-political group I offended
>> while writing some of my stuff. Hopefully it wasn't too extreme. I
>> expected most just rolled their eyes and moved on.
>>
>>
>> From: David Nolen <kthardin at tenchifanart.com>
>> "It has been some time, hasn't it? It was certainly a lot of fun to
>> watch you get that pink haired chibi into all sorts of messed up
>> trouble."
>>
>> Glad you liked it! I think I was inspired to write it because I
>> thought Carrot Glace's Insertion was too tame of a concept. And
>> Carrot mentioned NETTG as an inspiration for Insertion. It's mutual
>> cannibalism, y'see! It's really a story I could only write while
>> bouncing ideas constantly off another person. A lot of fun, as I
>> mentioned, but time-consuming for all parties.
>>
>> "And it was good to see that as well, as I enjoyed them all immensely. "
>>
>> Cool. Well, beyond that, the only other thing I can offer as a
>> content creator is a non-fanfic game I threw together in RPG Maker VX
>> Ace a few years back:
>>
>> Master of the Crystals, a story of Spirit Construct, a flame being in
>> service to the Crystal Master, but sometimes unquestioningly doing
>> your job is not always the right thing to do.
>> https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=232590630&searchtext=
>>
>> I've got a version I adapted into RPG Maker MV, and am doing an MZ
>> version as motivation allows. If there's interest, I can make a copy
>> available to download via Google Drive if the Workshop link isn't
>> useful. Or I could finish a working copy of the MZ version and post
>> that. Was a short story (maybe 2-3 hours worth with bugs), but the VX
>> Ace version pretty much told what there was to tell.
>>
>>
>> "Heh, I understand that all too well. I've had a few inklings over
>> the years to finish a few of my stories (not that any of them were any
>> good, but then that was never quite the point), but to be honest the
>> reason I wrote them seemed to fade. It seems the same for many that
>> were on the list. I've had some thoughts about entering into the
>> foray of trash serial novels on Amazon, but I don't know that I have
>> the time or interest to do something like that."
>>
>> I once considered a career in fiction writing, but instead I chose MIS
>> and tech writing, as it seemed my odds for survival were better that
>> way. Maybe when I retire I'll become a writer for real. It's a great
>> feeling to be writing, but inspiration doesn't always strike.
>>
>> "I think it was more on the order of if you were even still alive
>> and/or kickin'. I wonder if this is how it would be at the end of the
>> universe; all the evolved cosmics, the gods, the eldrich horrors,
>> Arbyfish, Pink Spores, Mad Scientists, etc who'd may have have known
>> each other at the beginning had all scattered to the infinite
>> vastness, now come back together to watch as the last black hole
>> bleeds off into zero energy photons and all matter and energy finally
>> return back to what they were before they were matter and energy.
>>
>> All things come to an end, but it's good too see how many are still
>> here at the end."
>>
>> Yup, still alive. Experiments to run and research to be done on the
>> people who are still alive.
>>
>> Hmm... FFML: Ragnarok! After the passing of the great hero Mythril
>> Moth, the Eternal Lost Lurker, the seal is broken on Osciir, the
>> trickster god and lover of many cats, who wreaks havok and defeats the
>> final vanguard of heroic fic writers... With no other choice, the
>> final heroes must unleash the resurrected Tybalt to finally drive a
>> spear into the heart of the FFML List Serve!
>>
>> (Taika Waititi voice) "As you can see, I'm made of Ranma fanfics..."
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Yeah, no way to write that story in a non-offensive way. ^_^;; (slinks
>> away)
>>
>>
>> From: Peter Ahlstrom <ahlstrom.peter.f at gmail.com>
>> "Ah Benjamin, I will truly miss those peeks into the amazing place
>> that is your brain."
>>
>> It's a wild place to live, let me tell you. When I wrote NETTG, that
>> was my most serious and straight-faced attempt at a story that I'd
>> ever done. Naturally it was hailed as a very silly parody, so you can
>> imagine what might have happened if I wasn't toning it down.
>>
>> "Nowadays all my work in the fiction world is for my boss, fantasy
>> writer Brandon Sanderson. You'll find me hanging around the community
>> for that."
>>
>> Ah, nice! You actually got a job writing fiction. That guy does some
>> real doorstoppers of novels. Hopefully the work environment has been
>> pleasant and your job has survived the pandemic.
>>
>> -- 
>> Benjamin A Oliver
>> benjamin.a.oliver at gmail.com
>>
>> Technical Writer / Translator
>> M3 Engineering & Technology
>>
>> Master of Science in Management Information Systems
>> Eller College of Management
>> University of Arizona
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