Meaningless Musings

wow it's dusty in here if u don't like the flavor move on thx

[milligramspoison]

What in the ACTUAL FUCK DID LONDON DO TO DESERVE THIS

[ririyoushouldvecomeover]

frank gerard and ray headbanging in sync is so near and dear to me

[keatxu]

abandonware should be public domain. force companies to actively support and provide products if they don't wanna lose the rights to them

[omikronsoul]

Game companies hate emulation, but none of them seem to understand that a lot of us would just buy ROMs from them directly if we could. I don't want a fifth remake of Final Fantasy IV, I want to pay five bucks for the 3MB file you already made bank with thirty years ago. Nobody who wants to play something for the purpose of retro gaming is going to consider a $40 remake as the alternative option, and we're certainly not going to let the original dissappear. They're crying about opportunity cost for a product they're not even selling.

[justletmeremember]

op i know you're probably talking about like, video games, etc, but this is also critical for research science - my lab has so much abandonware, either because the company's out of business, or the company decided to not maintain it, and it's a fucking nightmare. we have two windows 95 computers that are CRITICAL for performing experiments/data analysis because the software needed is abandonware. one of the main roles for a guy in my lab is to maintain these little dinosaurs because if they go out, we lose access to ~20 years of raw data for research. part of why is that these companies also make their own file types, and make it difficult-to-impossible to convert those file types without their specific software. by habit, i convert all research files to more generic versions (txt, pdf, tif, etc) so that i minimize risk of losing my shit, but some stuff can't be converted.

for example, we have a microscope that is perfectly functional, good microscope, but its software is abandonware because the company refused to maintain it. the company is still in business, still makes essentially the exact same software, but they made all of the old tech incompatible with new software to force people to buy the new microscope tech. it would cost a quarter million dollars to replace this microscope. this perfectly good microscope.

so like, i know a lot of people look at the original post here and go "well op just wants old video games to play" (which is valid! games companies should not be able to push shit to abandonware and then close it off) but also this is critical for like. biomedical research. if y'all had any idea how much basic infrastructure built on science relies on shit that is technically abandonware, you would probably be horrified.

[jollysunflora]

#there is so much abandonware just...out there being used and carefully maintained#because nothing quite replicates the functionality

[milligramspoison]

HAPPY FOURTH OF FUCKING JULY

[amrv-5]

Does anyone know what to do about the temperature and also the prices

[nightonblogmountain]

[toroxstar]

im crying. wtf was his problem

[mag-nifico]

And then to have the audacity to say “I fell off the drum set”

[gerardwaysbob]

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[gerardwaysbob]

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[ill-serve-it-in-draag]

OKAY thanks to dana/days_fade on instagram I have all of the new rules I *think*

translations by me

[oceanicpride]

Mirror Mi Shai Meadows and Suki Goldpetal Stock Pictures

[muse9420]

I just heard jensen ackles say unalive in an actual tv show my mom watches and i haven't been so caught off guard in ages

[lengthy-artery]

discord letting you have custom emoji has really ruined my ability to communicate effectively on other apps. what do you mean i cant send jalute. what about givehand. cryingpat. torment. sittinghere. tvek. cant even send my wonderful beloved frogheart. whats the bloody point

[sunclown]

Early sunsets over Mornoeville

[myybtg]

Your anger cannot withstand a single blow.

[loveridden1999]

doing things at the right age is literally a made up concept. you can start/pursue anything at any age. btw.

[loveridden1999]

remember remember

[nutsandbees]

u look at the dopamine factory office in my brain and theres just this

[artisticavie]

Just guzma practice