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Sander Rossel wrote: A welcome vacation (I finished Dragon Quest XI, awesome game) 
I've got it installed and waiting.
Player reviews say it's almost as good as Dragon Quest 8, so it must be bloody marvellous!
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This was my first DQ and I loved it.
I played this one because it was one of the best games of 2018 and because I read that this is the best DQ to date.
Took me 130 hours to beat (at 100%), that's what I call your money's worth
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DQ8 and Outcast[^]* are my two most favourite games ever, so let's see if the latest DQ can knock Outcast of it's pedestal.
DQ2 was my first in the series, then DQ1, and then all the others as they came out. They beat FF hands down.
* Don't bother with the "updated" version of Outcast unless you're happy playing games sitting at a desk, with mouse & keyboard; it's the same game, anyway.
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Best of luck!
Sander Rossel wrote: with Azure they're modern and future proof
At least until Microsoft decides it is not profitable and closes it...
Or they discover that centralized computing isn't that good (they already did it when switched from Mainframe to PC)...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: At least until Microsoft decides it is not profitable and closes it...
With that logic we'd never be using anything new and we still be writing 0's and 1's, or be stuck in the stone age because this newfangled wheel thing will never last 
Anyway, Azure and the cloud have been around for a while now and since so many companies are using it, it solves real problems, and it's Microsoft's biggest cash cow I doubt it's going anywhere soon.
And if it does that means more work for me
Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: Or they discover that centralized computing isn't that good (they already did it when switched from Mainframe to PC)...
The cloud is anything but centralized.
I can put some resources in West Europe, another in America and yet another in Asia.
Or have one resource in multiple regions for disaster failover, etc.
And there's also nothing stopping me from using Azure and AWS, except that I don't know AWS.
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Congratulations.
BTW, I retired, but after 3 weeks, my wife chased me out off the couch. I'm surprised she put up with me that long, a new record. I figure, that if GVod waNTED ME TO WORK HE'D FIND ME A JOB.
oTHERWISEOTHERWISE...
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Big problems need big solutions: Wizard of Id[^]
Spritz, by the way, is one of my favorite words. Why don't you guys adopt that one?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: Why don't you guys adopt that one?
I would but there's adoption papers, shots, spay or neutering and the whole thing when you bring them home will they play nice with the other critters.
Give me coffee to change the things I can and wine to accept the things I cannot!
JaxCoder.com
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CodeWraith wrote: Spritz, by the way, is one of my favorite words.
You would LOVE Venice 
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I prefer to do the spritzing, not so much to get spritzed.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Flawed policeman brings in female and removes shirt! (9)
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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DEFECTIVE
Policeman (detective)
removes shirt (no T)
and brings in female (F)
== Flawed
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You are up tomorrow! 
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
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Defective ?
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Gets a , even if you were just beaten to it!
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Ta, and Tim did provide an explanation
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Extinct bird re-evolves[^]
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Hardly surprising; we evolve to adapt to circumstances - given similar circumstances one would expect similar solutions. It almost feels like "math"
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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It is. Evolution is driven by probabilities. Given enough time and enough individuals, any useful adaptation will show up again.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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This looks more like nurture than nature.
The statement:Quote: But researchers believe that after the sea levels dropped and the bird reappeared, it became flightless once again
makes it sound like the birds miraculously gained flight when the islands sank, then lost their wings again when they islands came back, which is more than a tad beyond the pale.
I'd be looking for chemical/bacterial/viral reasons for the birds losing their wings, not marvelling at how logical it all is -- because it's not logical, at all; evolution works by random mutation, not according to set formulae.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: makes it sound like the birds miraculously gained flight when the islands sank
No, they were wiped out, but a similar species that could fly re-inhabited the island, and then lost its ability to fly when sea levels dropped. Apparently.
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Typical reporters not understanding evolution: just because "Species A" evolves into "Species B" that doesn't mean "Species A" automatically goes extinct. So the flightless one dies out, a "modern" version of the original population recolonizes and makes similar adaptations to the local environment. Losing the ability to fly when there are no predators around to make it necessary is common - it's an expensive ability - just look at New Zealand!
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As far as I read there wasnt a suggestion that species A evolved into species B.
I see it as
Species A (flight capable bird, on the mainland), migrates to island xxxx years ago. Becomes species B (flightless bird).
Island gets wiped out, species B dies out.
yyy years later, Island pops out of the sea, Species A migrates to island. Becomes species C, also flightless, but heavier than species B, but in other respects very similar.
At least that is the way I read it.
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The question is; do they taste the same?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Losing the ability to fly when there are no predators around to make it necessary is common - it's an expensive ability - just look at New Zealand!
Sheep used to fly?
You're the expert, so I'll take your word for it.
And I guess it explains why they're all over the world.
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