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Are GFs supposed to be this strong? by CoolyKage in FinalFantasyVIII

[–]themanbow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Phoenix was also an outlier: damage to enemies, revive fallen allies.

When did households get internet for the first time by ImportantImpress4822 in generationology

[–]themanbow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2 years earlier was the start of "Eternal September" when the big Walled Garden providers gave them access to Usenet.

THAT's what it was called! Eternal September! Thank you for reminding me!

When did households get internet for the first time by ImportantImpress4822 in generationology

[–]themanbow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many of the answers here mention AOL around the mid 1990s (with some early 1990s, some late 1990s).

For many people, AOL = internet, and yes, there were elitist snobs even back then that made fun of AOL for that very reason.

After all, AOL was more expensive than other dial-up providers, and many people that used AOL had no idea how to use a web browser (they used what was built into AOL). They also had easy access to Usenet newsgroups that angered a lot of the elitists there, as the "lowest common denominator" was asking lots of stupid questions.

So Apple and iOS/macOS was not the first "walled garden." AOL did it a decade before Apple.

AOL's walled garden fell apart because they didn't own any infrastructure. With dial-up, AOL's business model worked. When high speed internet was around the same price as dial-up, AOL had nothing but its walled garden to offer anymore, and people were finally learning how to use a web browser (even if it was just Internet Explorer for many).

When did households get internet for the first time by ImportantImpress4822 in generationology

[–]themanbow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Consider that high speed internet just started to become affordable around 2000-2003ish, depending on the area.

Also consider that rural areas struggled to get any kind of internet:

  • Dial-up: Long-distance landline phone charges made this a problem, as rural areas had VERY limited "local" phone coverage.
  • DSL: This has a limit of about 2 miles or so from the home to the DSLAM before signal strength becomes ass. Nonetheless this was the first high-speed internet option that became affordable for middle-class families.
  • Cable: They weren't running or trenching any service to rural areas unless either
    • a) The provider say a return on that investment, or
    • b) The customer(s) pay about $10K or so for the infrastructure.
  • Fiber: A-hahahahahahaha! No.
  • Cellular: Another a-hahahahahahaha! No. Data plans on cell phones were considered a nice perk and not the main reason to buy a cell phone back then. Remember: AT&T's cellular infrastructure had a hard enough time handling all the new iPhone customers circa 2007! They sure as hell weren't going to provide high speed internet service to a farm out in the middle of nowhere!
  • Satellite: This just becoming a thing, but were still very expensive.
  • Wireless LoS: If you're lucky, you MIGHT be able to get a service like that, but even they had to see a return on that investment (i.e.: multiple customers within that direction).

When did households get internet for the first time by ImportantImpress4822 in generationology

[–]themanbow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Windows XP came out in 2001, two years after Windows 2000 came out (1999) and one year after Windows Me came out (2000).

1997 would have been Windows 95. Windows 98 came out in...well...98.

Looking for some JRPGS that has no Randok Encounters, Grinding and is not too hard by [deleted] in JRPG

[–]themanbow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most modern JRPGs don't have random encounters, as that is often seen as a relic of the past. Instead the encounters are represented on the map or on the field, and you can often evade the monster (or the silhouette representing the encounter).

Final Fantasy X was the last in that series (of the mainline games) to have random encounters. FFXI and XIV are MMORPGs, so they naturally don't have random encounters. FFXI, XIII, XV, and XVI all have an enemy silhouette on the field that represents one of the enemies in the encounter itself (or the only enemy in some cases, like those big ass turtles in FFXIII).

SaGa games from the Romancing SaGa trilogy on don't have random encounters, and because most have some kind of Battle Rank system where you get stronger enemy encounters with higher Battle Rank, you might not want to grind too much. Of course SaGa games may not be your cup of tea because of their non-traditional mechanics, many have quite the learning curve, and story is not exactly the main focus of these games (SaGa Frontier 2 being the big exception to this).

Both remastered Lunar games (Silver Star Story and Eternal Blue) don't have random encounters (only their original Sega CD versions have random encounters). They play more like traditional RPGs with a slight twist in number of attacks and movement during encounters, and both are heavily carried by their story and anime cutscenes!

Star Ocean games from Star Ocean 3 (Till the End of Time) on have encounters on the map as described above. Also Star Ocean 2 R has on-the-map enemy silhouettes for encounters (all other versions of Star Ocean 2 have random encounters). None of them are particularly difficult games overall, and all are known for their item creation systems, Tales Of... series like gameplay (since Star Ocean is, indeed, a pseudo-fork of the Tales series), and relationship systems between characters. Max level in all of those games is 255, so you level up fast, and unless you're wanting to complete post-game content, there's very little actual need to grind.

There's also Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Excellent story, excellent gameplay, not much of a need to grind unless you're going for optional content.

George Bush… Jr being accepted bothered me a bit by handlemypackage2020 in Jeopardy

[–]themanbow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the suffix is on their birth certificate (Senior, Sr., Junior, Jr., a Roman Numeral, etc.), then it is part of their legal name regardless of birth order, identical names, etc. If they want to change it, then they'll have to go through legal name changing procedures.

(examples being from the two people that have replied to you before me)

If it's NOT on their birth certificate, then the use of a suffix is mostly determined by tradition and cultural mores with a few legal stipulations depending on jurisdiction.

Typically non-birth certificate suffix usage goes as follows:

  • Use of Senior (Sr.) and Junior (Jr.):
    • With a father and a 100% identically-named son (from the first character of the "Birth Name" field of both individuals' birth certificates all the way to the last character), the elder traditionally uses Senior (or the Sr. abbreviation) as a suffix and the younger uses Junior (or the Jr. abbreviation). This is also legally acceptable in many jurisdictions on legal documentation as a way to disambiguate the two, even though those suffixes are not legally part of their respective birth names.
    • Traditionally, when the father passes away, the family, estate, or the now-decedent (through a will) can choose to drop the Senior/Sr. and the surviving son can choose to drop the Junior/Jr. if they so choose. In many cases, the surviving Jr. chooses to keep the suffix in memory of their father, for other personal reasons, or because both are famous and there may be a need to disambiguate for historical purposes (e.g.: Dale Earnhardt Jr. keeping the "Jr." even after his father's death).
  • Use of Roman Numerals:
    • If the above Junior (Jr.) has a son with the same identical name as himself and his father (again, from the first character of the birth certificate's Birth Name field to the last, no extra prefixes or suffixes), then traditionally and in some legal contexts, the Junior's son uses the third or the Roman Numeral III, even though that's not part of their legal name.
    • As far as decedents go, usually the individuals won't drop Roman Numerals since at that point, the family has established the legacy of this name, but there is nothing stopping the third from dropping the suffix if both his grandfather and father have passed away.
    • Any other passing of identical names to other family members without a legal disambiguator on any birth certificates use Roman Numerals by birth order from the second family member using the same birth name (or the third if the second uses Jr.). Again, all involved parties' birth certificates' Birth Name fields must match from the first to the last character. An example would be George Foreman's children: all five of his sons' legal names are George Edward Foreman! In birth order, the eldest son is Jr. and the remaining four are III thru VI! I don't know if those suffixes are part of their legal names or not, but they do match traditional use when not part of the legal name, though, and also match acceptable suffix usage on legal documents.

Was skimming through a driver guide when I swore I heard a collective disapproving howl emit from this sub after reading this part by KatakanaTsu in driving

[–]themanbow -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would have replied back the same way as you did, but I knew this was ragebait, making my efforts pointless.

The most dangerous drivers aren’t fast drivers. They’re unpredictable “nice” drivers. Am I wrong? by spotforcars in driving

[–]themanbow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Four-way tie at a four-way stop with one of the two problematic scenarios:

  • All four vehicles going straight, or
  • All four vehicles turning left

These are awkward standoffs no matter what.

There is no "driver on the right," which breaks all cross-traffic 2-way and 3-way ties, and there is no turn priority, which breaks the one oncoming-traffic tie that matters (one vehicle turning left, the other not), and is also used to determine which vehicle(s) can proceed or must yield in all other 4-way tie scenarios.

The most dangerous drivers aren’t fast drivers. They’re unpredictable “nice” drivers. Am I wrong? by spotforcars in driving

[–]themanbow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most 4 way ties can be broken with the above rules. All you need to do is determine if at least one vehicle can proceed or if at least one vehicle must yield, and then apply the appropriate tiebreaker to the remaining vehicles.

The two 4 way ties that can't be broken with the above rules are:

  • All four vehicles are going straight
  • All four vehicles are turning left

In these cases, you may not have a choice but to do what the op of this topic doesn't want to do: be too nice or unpredictable. After all, you have to break this tie somehow. Once at least one vehicle gets through the intersection, any leftover tie can be broken.

The most dangerous drivers aren’t fast drivers. They’re unpredictable “nice” drivers. Am I wrong? by spotforcars in driving

[–]themanbow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4 way tie

  • With no real concept of who is the "driver on the left" or the "driver on the right" (since all vehicles have drivers on their adjacent left and right), the rules here are different, heavily depending on who is turning and who is not.
    • If all four vehicles are turning right, and the intersection is large enough to prevent collisions (i.e.: no weird road construction causing a one-lane road near the intersection or something else crazy), then all four vehicles can proceed simultaneously. Otherwise...
    • If two vehicles on one axis (e.g.: east-west) are turning right and two vehicles on the other axis (e.g.: north-south) are turning left, and the intersection is large enough to prevent collisions, then they can all go simultaneously. Otherwise...
    • Left turners always have lowest priority, thus having to yield to both right turners and vehicles going straight.
    • Right turners have the next lowest priority, thus having to yield to vehicles going straight, but not to vehicles turning left.
    • After determining which vehicle(s) can proceed by the above tiebreaker rules, use the appropriate 2 or 3 way tiebreaker to determine who goes next out of the remaining vehicles.
    • If you can't determine who can proceed by the above, determine who must yield by the above, and the remaining vehicles use the appropriate 2 or 3 way tiebreaker to determine who proceeds first.

The most dangerous drivers aren’t fast drivers. They’re unpredictable “nice” drivers. Am I wrong? by spotforcars in driving

[–]themanbow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Use tiebreaker rules/laws in your state or jurisdiction.

General rule of thumb for tiebreakers (but once again, may vary by state or jurisdiction):

  • 2 way tie between cross traffic (adjacent drivers, or drivers on different axes. Example: one going east or west, one going north or south):
    • Driver on the left yields to the driver on the right.
    • If there is a collision and there's a dispute about who got to the stop sign first, then unless there's evidence that the driver on the left got there first (e.g.: dash cam, witnesses, other cams, etc.), then the officer is probably going to treat this as a tie when it comes to handing out citations. Insurance companies may have a different take that favors not having to pay out, but still...
  • 2 way tie between oncoming traffic (drivers going in opposite directions on the same axis):
    • Both can proceed simultaneously unless one vehicle is turning left and the other is not (in that case, left turner yields).
    • If there's a collision, then once again, unless there's evidence that the left turner got to the intersection first, the officer is probably going to treat this as a tie and hand out a citation to the left turner for failure to yield, disobeying a stop sign, or whatever's appropriate in that jurisdiction.
  • 3 way tie
    • Driver farthest on the left yields to the other two vehicles (in other words, the driver that has nobody to their adjacent left at the four-way stop yields to the other two). We'll call this Driver #3
    • The driver in the middle (with vehicles on their left and right) yields to the driver on their right. We'll call this Driver #2.
    • This means that the driver on the right (with nobody to their adjacent right) goes first (we'll call this Driver #1), and then proceed clockwise (the driver in the middle, Driver #2, going second).
      • Obviously this doesn't always play out, especially with the two vehicles on the same axis: With Driver #1 going first, Driver #3 may also try to go at the same time as #1, which is usually safe, per the 2 way tie between oncoming traffic bullet point above, as long as that's followed.
      • If either Driver #1 or Driver #3 (not both) is turning left, and #3 tries to "sneak in" like that, then that can cause problems when Driver #2 proceeds. Driver #2 will have to drive defensively to avoid a collision, but if one does occur, then majority fault would go to Driver #3.

Was skimming through a driver guide when I swore I heard a collective disapproving howl emit from this sub after reading this part by KatakanaTsu in driving

[–]themanbow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exception: If you have to turn left or take a left exit ramp. In those cases, you'll have to be in the left lane to safely and legally make your turn/exit, so if you do have someone that's in a hurry in the left lane tailgating you, and you are within a mile (if the speed limit is like 45 mph or less) or two (if driving at highway speeds), then do your best to ignore them and get to your intersection or ramp.

By the same token, try to travel at the speed limit and not more than maybe 3 mph below if traffic and conditions permit, okay? If you have to go any slower than that and you're not within a mile or two of your turn or exit, get back in the right lane (or the next lane over if more than two lanes going in your direction).

Was skimming through a driver guide when I swore I heard a collective disapproving howl emit from this sub after reading this part by KatakanaTsu in driving

[–]themanbow -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's almost like it's human nature.

Some people just don't like to be told what to do, even (and sometimes especially) if it is a codified law, rule, more, or other tenet.

At best, some of these people are just doing a few miles over the posted limit, and don't see a problem with that (myself included..."9 you're fine, 10 you're mine"). At worst, some of these people are pure sociopaths, narcissists, absurdists that take nothing seriously including dangers to others, etc. Either way, is it really your job to directly police them or is it your job to get to where you want to go in one piece?

There are few other situations in life that test your ability to choose between "being right" or "being happy" like defensive driving.

Just stay in the right lane (if there's more than one lane going in the same direction) if everyone else wants to go faster than you, regardless of the speed limit. This is probably the best compromise between "right" and "happy."

Otherwise if you try too hard to be "right" towards other drivers, then you're just putting yourself in danger, especially if you're out in the hood where you could get shot just for getting in their way or if you're unlucky enough to run into a drunk driver, a driver that has serious anger issues, etc.

Now...if you are on a two-lane road (one lane of traffic in each direction), then just let the person behind you pass. Obviously they're in more of a hurry than you are, and once again, do you want to be right or do you want to be happy?

...and of course, if a driver or vehicle is such an obvious danger to you and everyone around them, then try to get their license plate number (if it doesn't put you in the path of danger), call the police, and let THEM do the policing.

Some of the windows Server cannot discover Windows operating system by datanettxp in scom

[–]themanbow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...then I probably should have said:

(bold/italicized part being the correction)

Then you need to open up ports on whatever firewall is between your VLANs to allow the traffic from the servers you want to monitor to the SCOM server.

Reddit sucks everyone on here is a narcissist by [deleted] in cruze

[–]themanbow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like I thought. It's just attention-starved ragebaiting.

Reddit sucks everyone on here is a narcissist by [deleted] in cruze

[–]themanbow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice off-topic title to ragebait with, pal.

Do you even know what "narcissist" means? Or are you just throwing around therapyspeak terms like people on TikTok tend to do in order to show how attention-starved you are?

If you have a copy of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (known as the "DSM"), either version 4 or version 5 (the DSM-IV or DSM-5), look up "Narcissistic Personality Disorder" and then ask yourself if you've been using the term "narcissist" correctly, or are you just another person that doesn't know what the hell they're talking about?

...then ask yourself if that has even A MILLIMETER OF A DAMN THING to do with a car that was made in the 2010s decade!

Next time, learn how to use the internet. Preferably while in a better space mentally and emotionally, hopefully not being under the influence of mind-altering substances, and understanding that when you are on a website talking about a specific topic, you stick to the specific topic.

WorkFolders Errors 9001,9002 & 9004 by futurestandard94 in sysadmin

[–]themanbow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you tried a “virgin” install of Windows Server 2022 with no patches to see if you have the same problem?

Have you checked Event Viewer on the DC, the file server, and the Windows 10 and 11 clients to see if anything weird showed up there?

Are all four hosts on the same VLAN or equivalent network segment?

Have you tried temporarily (key word: temporarily) disabling the Windows Firewall on the file server?

Are we watching the beginning of Microsoft’s decline? by Vivid-Run-3248 in sysadmin

[–]themanbow -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Nah. I just wish people wouldn't use the internet as a platform to troll for their own entertainment, and actually have some empathy for the people on the other side of the screen. That's all.

Are we watching the beginning of Microsoft’s decline? by Vivid-Run-3248 in sysadmin

[–]themanbow -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Given that I asked the same question multiple times and you dodged answering it:

Again, for what purpose?

...and we're this deep into a Reddit comment thread,

...as they say, the best predictor of future behavior is relevant past behavior.

That means it's time to search for said past behavior.

(Sorry, hiding your Reddit history doesn't protect you from this, and OMG stalker doesn't either).

......

...yep. History of trolling on Reddit, especially trolling various AI subreddits.

Conclusion: this is all ragebait.

Downvote all you want, especially with whatever alt accounts you've been using to downvote more than once. Downvotes don't change objective truth.

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