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2 years ago ::
Feb 09, 2011 - 9:39AM
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Date Joined:
Mar 11, 2009
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Just changed my subscription to "manual" and going to let it expire.
I continue to use the old stand-alone CB, and since it's not being updated I don't need to pay Wizards for this crap they're doing now that I am not using.
I used to buy the books too, but stopped buying them when I needed 4+ books to look up how some mechanic was currently being used. Perhaps I'm just a simple man, but I just want to play without having to access the library of effing congress to figure out how to take 3 steps in a given game module.
The old CB was a great source, and I could customize it to suit my needs, and it had all the new items and powers. I can't abide the web version, and I'm disappointed that old CB updates stopped when the web CB came out. I mean, sheesh, update both until the web CB approaches the utility of the old CB. The web CB kills my fun for the game.
I'll continue to play for a while, as long as I can. Maybe even look at the web CB again at some point in the future. But I'm through paying for the privilege of being a beta tester.
Bye, folks. I wish you well and good gaming. I'm indefinitely outta here.
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2 years ago ::
Feb 09, 2011 - 11:20AM
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Date Joined:
Sep 13, 2007
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Just a fun note, Macs actually use Linux....
Ubuntu, Red Hat, Solaris, Mac, HP-UX, AIX, SUSE, Fedora, and many others are all flavors of *NIX or Unix derivatives. While they share many common qualities, Macs do not actually use Linux. This is similar to how many modern languages are derived from the same root language.
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2 years ago ::
Feb 09, 2011 - 6:09PM
#2143
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Just a fun note, Macs actually use Linux....
Ubuntu, Red Hat, Solaris, Mac, HP-UX, AIX, SUSE, Fedora, and many others are all flavors of *NIX or Unix derivatives. While they share many common qualities, Macs do not actually use Linux. This is similar to how many modern languages are derived from the same root language.
Ah, I looked it up and aparently they use their own version of UNIX that was influenced by BSD, sorry for the unfactual info...
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2 years ago ::
Jun 05, 2011 - 6:14AM
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Just a fun note, Macs actually use Linux....
Macs run on UNIX as far as I am aware. Linux is a cousin.
If by "run on" you mean "copied tons of ideas from" (which UNIX encourages) then yes.
But don't expect UNIX/Linux programs to run on the mac, or vice versa.
Actually a lot of them do. Not the same binaries, but with a simple recompile (if you have the source), or different binaries (if the creator provides them), most do run without problems, especially since the switch to Intel hardware.
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