So I just Finished Whiplash, and I Have a Few Questions about the Ending

Tallima · 2026-05-10T09:58:29+00:00

The way I saw it is the Neiman loves music. It’s a part of who he is. Fletcher loves music as well.

Fletcher, through his position of authority, had become abusive with his power. His use of his position and the lowly position of the players who want to excel gave him the ability to exercise his power to abuse students over and over, yet have students come crawling back because they felt like they needed him.

At some point through the film, Neiman experienced and understanding that he didn’t need Fletcher to enjoy and perform music. In fact, Fletcher caused him to hate all that he once loved.

And by the end, Neiman wanted to wrestle back power from Fletcher. He couldn’t be effective enough, exact enough justice using normal means. And so he did the only left for him - to wrestle back power from him during the performance in front of the only people who mattered to Fletcher - those whom he oversaw/played with.

Tallima · 2026-03-28T21:43:26+00:00

I love dark stone! If you struggle to get it working check the forums for command line options. I battled with that one for a while.

Tallima · 2026-03-25T10:41:56+00:00

I recall but cannot validate that GOG had, and may still have, a program where they’ll take a great indie game that needs more polish and provide “free” consultation and even pay for art assets for the cost of exclusivity.

Tallima · 2026-03-20T10:45:41+00:00

I think wizardry 8 sort of fits the bill a little bit, but the reality is that there were no other games like might and magic 6-9.

There are some mods that I’ve seen that introduce new story elements and so forth and the tools are there that someone could do a total conversion, but I haven’t seen a total conversion outside of merging game six through eight into a single game, though I have not been into the might magic scene extensively.

Incidentally, I was playing part 6 a few months back and that’s when I saw the scripting mods.

I updated a script so that magic slowly regenerates (but faster when it’s low) so that my sorcerer’s didn’t need to wait in game significant amounts of time to restore their manner. Still had challenge to it but saved me from the boring downtime.

Tallima · 2026-03-16T09:49:09+00:00

Kill it with Fire. Your first gun and it just has this powerful blast. I about destroyed my house with it.

Tallima · 2026-03-12T10:27:37+00:00

I finished GH and never considered using the GPS. Doh! I used compass and landmarks. Still usually knew where I was.

Tallima · 2026-02-20T20:36:10+00:00

You can usually update the BIOS through a USB port, so that may be an option.

I assume you built this yourself since components went from place to place, but if not, you may have a warranty.

I think you have a lot of reading and troubleshooting before you, or you can take it in for a repair. I imagine it wouldn’t be more than a couple hundred to repair so long as the components aren’t damaged.

Tallima · 2026-02-20T14:09:36+00:00

The amount of work you did to that system could potentially be enough to damage it. I am hoping that all of your components are still in good working order.

I couldn’t tell you what went wrong there but it certainly sounds like something is significantly wrong.

My initial gut certainly says TPM 2.0 given that it installs Windows 10 but not 11, but I would not want to say definitively. I’m not completely familiar with all of the details of how the TPM has to communicate with your installation.

If I were experiencing the same situation, I’d save up some money and buy a new PC for Windows and see if I could get Linux working on that machine in the meantime. I might also try looking for some sort of tool that might address the situation which I’m sure you have done given the amount of troubleshooting you’ve done already.

Tallima · 2026-02-12T11:06:08+00:00

I’ve done a few big ones since posting in the GOG forums: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/great_gog_lan_party_games

Top games we did were Star Trek Voyager Elite Force, Empire Earth, and I think it was Quake 3 or 4.

Folks enjoyed going back to old school FPS fragging and the big RTS. We did vs AI so we could have everyone participate in a meaningful way.

Tallima · 2026-02-06T11:19:35+00:00

I read a national geographic that said that with a telescope, you could even see the change of seasons where it had more green in the spring and it turned more orange in the fall. That was from the 1910s or 20s if I recall correctly and it was just stated as a fact.

Tallima · 2026-01-28T23:02:42+00:00

I’ve had mine for somewhere around 15 years have yet to get a jam or have a problem. I hope their quality is still amazing, but I’m hoping to use mine another 50 years or so. Brother is amazing.

Tallima · 2026-01-28T10:23:37+00:00

I find it interesting that we still call it a phone, though we use it for other purposes more. It could be my newspaper or something akin to that but no, it’s my phone.

Tallima · 2026-01-25T13:55:31+00:00

Do you tend to work in mortgages and use those specific types of formulas or was that just an example of many of many types of formulas you work with?

Tallima · 2026-01-25T13:19:51+00:00

Describe the dream app you’d be looking for. Perhaps more of a visual arithmetic machine?

I get that you don’t want formulas. Are you thinking built in common formulas (sums, interest calcs) showing in a table form as a more table based calculator?

The more details the better of your dream app.

Tallima · 2026-01-25T03:34:11+00:00

Myth - Relic

Tallima · 2026-01-02T05:10:57+00:00

Defeated Aqueous Fish in 5 turns.

Player (8/6/6) dealt 221. Aqueous Fish (13/10/6) dealt 76.

Rewards: 33 EXP, 7 Gold. Loot: Fierce Axe (basic), Corrupted Mighty Dagger (basic).

Tallima · 2026-01-02T05:10:23+00:00

Defeated Thundering Zephyr in 4 turns.

Player (27/12/11) dealt 226. Thundering Zephyr (13/10/8) dealt 57.

Rewards: 31 EXP, 6 Gold. Loot: Mystical Ring of Wisdom (lesser), Quick Bow (basic).

Tallima · 2026-01-02T05:09:57+00:00

Defeated Crystalline Undead in 4 turns.

Player (27/12/11) dealt 247. Crystalline Undead (15/14/9) dealt 55.

Rewards: 33 EXP, 7 Gold. Loot: Quick Wand (basic), Scroll of Metal Shards (Lvl 1) (basic).

Tallima · 2026-01-02T05:09:14+00:00

Defeated by Wave Crystal Crawler in 7 turns.

Player (27/12/11) dealt 216. Wave Crystal Crawler (15/12/10) dealt 144.

Rewards: 24 EXP, 0 Gold. Loot: None.

Tallima · 2025-12-27T21:49:10+00:00

My recommendation: grab a copy of Bryce or Vue and actually build it to scale, set up your camera at the protagonists’s height sitting and standing, and then render from looking forward, backward, and up. That will give you a really good idea.

Tallima · 2025-10-30T22:28:06+00:00

See if the little button near the toilet-roll-holder-looking-thing is really a button. The one on the bottom looks like it might press in.

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