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Oh-HO!

Here's a little tidbit that I just acted on, may fix that device bug, and people should know. (I had to google and do some MS page digging to find it)

If you install DirectX 9.0a or 9.0b, you must uninstall and reinstall your display device drivers for your system to operate properly, or the system may become unstable, including possible program crashes or fatal system errors.

So, did so, system still seems stable again, and I will attempt re-install of SWG tomorrow.

Between this and the lovely time spent with my sweet skarlette today on the phone and online, I think I'm going to sleep a hell of a lot better.
( Oh. And a meme. )

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Ngghg. We had 4 servers and a release station die just as I was about to leave work. I've been helping fix them. Yay for being salaried.

Also got him with a pet peeve while I was documenting what happened: Got contacted by the new Blues@M3 to help him with questions and such.

Seems nice enough, but there was one thing that raised my hackles a bit: His IM (and apparently his email) already refer to him as Protoman@m3.

You got the character yesterday, you arrogant fuck.

You have not proven you can fill the shoes. You have been given the chance. You do not own him. You have no right to claim that you do. You are standing on the shoulders of a lot of people, particularly Spork and Terry, and in no way shape or form are you justified in claiming that. I played Blues for more than a year, almost 2 years, and I never felt I was solely responsible for the character or should be that closely identified with him.

The only two people at M3 who could really legitmately make the claim that it's all them, and nobody else, are Cookie and Snake, because No-one else in the history of M3 has ever played either character except them.

There is no shame in following a line of predecessors, so long as you act at the same or greater level of excellence. But don't try to diminish all the hard work they did.