8/15/22 Jules, Tenny, Harlan, DS5 and others in the GoMePub
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 5:45 pm
Jules Lavisham sitting alone in the New Messenger's Pub, listening to Radio Free D'ni. Tiernan Quinlan links in.
(08/14 20:11:47) Tiernan Quinlan: Hullo Jules!
(08/14 20:12:08) Jules Lavisham looks up from his drink
(08/14 20:12:18) Jules Lavisham: Oh, Tenny! Hello.
(08/14 20:12:26) Jules Lavisham: Didn't see you come in, there.
(08/14 20:12:40) Jules Lavisham: Just been enjoying Radio Free D'ni
(08/14 20:12:57) Jules Lavisham beckons to his portable radio
(08/14 20:14:03) Tiernan Quinlan: I've been workin' most of th' weekend... I need a bit of a break.
(08/14 20:14:39) Jules Lavisham: Well, our man Billy Joel may be able to assist with that.
(08/14 20:15:02) Tiernan Quinlan chuckles.
(08/14 20:15:11) Jules Lavisham: Get you something from out back?
(08/14 20:15:33) Tiernan Quinlan: Sure! Guinness if there's any left!
(08/14 20:15:48) Jules Lavisham: Ah, good choice. Let me have a rummage.
Jules walks around to the Pub storeroom.
(08/14 20:16:37) Jules Lavisham opens the fridge and peers in
(08/14 20:16:56) Jules Lavisham: Aha. You're in luck, that man.
(08/14 20:17:24) Jules Lavisham grabs a can and tops himself up
(08/14 20:17:56) Tiernan Quinlan grins.
(08/14 20:18:10) Jules Lavisham plonks the can down in front of Tenny
(08/14 20:18:11) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye, I was thinkin' there might be a bit left.
(08/14 20:19:03) Tiernan Quinlan takes a drink.
(08/14 20:19:08) Tiernan Quinlan: He sighs deeply.
(08/14 20:19:18) Tiernan Quinlan: Tha's th' stuff.
(08/14 20:19:35) Jules Lavisham: Did try to get my taste around Guinness.
(08/14 20:19:41) Jules Lavisham: Very contextual stuff.
(08/14 20:19:59) Jules Lavisham: I think... yes, there was only one time that it truly did it for me.
(08/14 20:20:07) Tiernan Quinlan: Heh. Aye, it's an acquired taste.
(08/14 20:20:28) Jules Lavisham: Must have been 17 or 18 or so.
(08/14 20:20:41) Jules Lavisham: Family holiday in the Balearics.
(08/14 20:20:53) Jules Lavisham: ... think it was Majorca?
(08/14 20:21:21) Jules Lavisham: Yes, must have been. We had just come out of one of those big open hippy markets.
(08/14 20:21:27) Tiernan Quinlan: Heh!
(08/14 20:21:29) Jules Lavisham: Absolutely roasting, it was.
(08/14 20:21:48) Jules Lavisham: Think we spied an Irish Bar literally opposite us.
(08/14 20:22:02) Tiernan Quinlan: I can't say when I had m'first one. It had t' have been before I left Ireland.
(08/14 20:22:26) Jules Lavisham: It was definitely one of those "all the stars have aligned" moments.
(08/14 20:22:37) Tiernan Quinlan grins.
(08/14 20:23:02) Jules Lavisham: I think when people tell me about Guiness that is what they're talking about in their minds.
(08/14 20:23:11) Jules Lavisham: Never had one like it since.
(08/14 20:23:39) Jules Lavisham: Probably unwise to expect it to be, right
(08/14 20:24:08) Tiernan Quinlan: Well, there is a difference between cans an' on tap, but it's rare to find a good place tha' serves tap here in th' States.
(08/14 20:24:34) Tiernan Quinlan: M' old town used to have a little Irish pub tha' did it jus' right though.
(08/14 20:25:55) Jules Lavisham: How long have you been living in the States now?
(08/14 20:26:30) Tiernan Quinlan: Ah... hm... Since I was, what... seventeen?
(08/14 20:26:42) Tiernan Quinlan: So almost thirty years?
(08/14 20:27:29) Tiernan Quinlan: Heh, time flows differently down here
(08/14 20:27:35) Tiernan Quinlan chuckles
(08/14 20:28:05) Jules Lavisham: I'll say. I would NOT have you pegged as a chap in his mid forties or so.
(08/14 20:29:23) Jules Lavisham: Then again, I was never particularly the best at reading people's ages.
(08/14 20:29:53) Tiernan Quinlan: Heh. Aye, me family seems to age relatively well. Y' should see m' grandmum. She looks amazin'.
(08/14 20:30:03) Tiernan Quinlan: But hey, I might be biased!
(08/14 20:30:08) Dormant Heights waves goodbye
(08/14 20:30:14) Jules Lavisham: Later, DH.
(08/14 20:31:01) Tiernan Quinlan sips his Guinness.
(08/14 20:31:27) Jules Lavisham: Heh. I'm envious. Generally in academia you tend to get taken more seriously when you're a little more wizened.
(08/14 20:32:00) Jules Lavisham: Bit of a problem in my case. If I shaved, I'd get all the freshers behind the counters in Tescos ID'ing me.
(08/14 20:32:05) Tiernan Quinlan: Ah, well, I did spend most of my professional life in a little mountain town.
(08/14 20:32:22) Jules Lavisham: The "Will Riker" effect, I think.
(08/14 20:33:32) Tiernan Quinlan: Ah! Heh, yeah. I hear tha'.
(08/14 20:35:03) Jules Lavisham: You're still living there now?
(08/14 20:35:41) Tiernan Quinlan: Not since I retired an' moved here, actually. I do maintain my cottage in town though.
(08/14 20:35:56) Tiernan Quinlan: It's my home away from D'ni, so t' speak.
(08/14 20:37:17) Jules Lavisham: Oh, very nice indeed.
(08/14 20:38:20) Jules Lavisham: This place did me well when I needed to get away a few months into the pandemic.
(08/14 20:39:15) Jules Lavisham: Quite an interesting experience, giving my lectures over Zoom down here
(08/14 20:39:36) Tiernan Quinlan: I can understan' that. I'd planned t' retire and come out here in 2020, but obviously, I got a bit busy.
(08/14 20:41:10) Tiernan Quinlan: My partner runs th' practice now though. Heh. He's th' doctor i have been consultin' with on some of the things here.
(08/14 20:42:05) Jules Lavisham: I had wondered what kind of maladies tend to pass through your clinic
(08/14 20:42:34) Jules Lavisham: I had assumed the usual physical knocks that come from physical restoration works
(08/14 20:42:50) Tiernan Quinlan: Oh definitely.
(08/14 20:43:00) Jules Lavisham: Along with anyone daft enough to drink the lake water...
(08/14 20:43:19) Tiernan Quinlan: I did get one injury from the Gahreesen wall recently, though!
(08/14 20:44:04) Jules Lavisham: Ooof. I suppose even the suits have their limits.
(08/14 20:44:16) Tiernan Quinlan: An explorer took a tumble down and got a bruised elbow. Those maintainer suits are excellent at keepin' a person safe!
(08/14 20:44:33) Tiernan Quinlan: Jus' a bruise after fallin' from th' top of the thing.
(08/14 20:44:58) Tiernan Quinlan: She was worried she might have gotten hurt worse, but I reassured her about th' suits.
(08/14 20:45:13) Jules Lavisham: If that's the worst that's come your way since the Wall opened, then yes, those things are a miracle in engineering.
(08/14 20:45:27) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye!
(08/14 20:45:47) Tiernan Quinlan takes a long drink.
(08/14 20:46:41) Jules Lavisham: The helmet, though...
(08/14 20:46:51) Jules Lavisham stares into the distance
(08/14 20:47:14) Jules Lavisham: Never blinks... not once...
(08/14 20:47:43) Tiernan Quinlan nods. "Disconcerting, that, yes."
(08/14 20:48:54) Jules Lavisham: They were so close to us
(08/14 20:49:02) Jules Lavisham: Could easily reach out and-
(08/14 20:49:11) Jules Lavisham shakes his head
(08/14 20:49:26) Jules Lavisham: Gyugh.
(08/14 20:51:13) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye.
(08/14 20:52:56) Jules Lavisham sighs
(08/14 20:53:54) Jules Lavisham: They've been getting into my head, Tenny
(08/14 20:54:42) Tiernan Quinlan: Have they?
(08/14 20:55:01) Tiernan Quinlan looks over at Jules.
(08/14 20:55:04) Jules Lavisham: I was doing fine, until the nightmares kicked in.
(08/14 20:55:31) Tiernan Quinlan: Nightmares? What are they about? Perhaps tha' might help, t' talk about them.
(08/14 20:56:33) Jules Lavisham: A circle of robed persons in the suits.
(08/14 20:57:14) Jules Lavisham: It's somewhere dark and cryptlike. There's stone beneath my feet
(08/14 20:57:30) Tiernan Quinlan nods.
(08/14 20:57:58) Jules Lavisham: They're encircling me, speaking in low tones... invoking the names of sleeping deities
(08/14 20:58:39) Jules Lavisham: I try to speak, to move, do anything...
(08/14 20:59:12) Jules Lavisham puts his hand over his eyes
(08/14 21:00:25) Jules Lavisham: I used to have a bit of a knack for lucid dreaming
(08/14 21:00:46) Tiernan Quinlan: Hmm...
(08/14 21:00:57) Jules Lavisham: Skill I picked up over the years, with Edward's guidance
(08/14 21:01:08) Tiernan Quinlan: Are the names of the deities familiar to you?
(08/14 21:03:09) Jules Lavisham takes a sip
(08/14 21:03:20) Jules Lavisham: Yahvo.
(08/14 21:03:40) Tiernan Quinlan: Oh... well then.
(08/14 21:03:48) Jules Lavisham: Yup.
(08/14 21:04:18) Tiernan Quinlan: I wonder... it could be the influence of th' Cavern.
(08/14 21:04:24) Tiernan Quinlan: I suppose tha's a given though.
(08/14 21:05:17) Jules Lavisham: Usually the way deities work. There's an expression...
(08/14 21:05:28) Jules Lavisham: "A man is not dead while his name is being spoken."
(08/14 21:05:57) Tiernan Quinlan chuckles softly.
(08/14 21:06:06) Jules Lavisham: Well
(08/14 21:06:50) Tiernan Quinlan: I suppose, since we seem to have some psychics around, perhaps somethin's tryin' to get through to you.
(08/14 21:07:24) Jules Lavisham mumbles "Wouldn't be the first time..."
(08/14 21:07:35) Jules Lavisham coughs
(08/14 21:08:13) Jules Lavisham: Still, certain actions can be taken to alleviate
(08/14 21:08:35) Jules Lavisham: Just need to reconnect with a few mindfulness techniques
(08/14 21:09:49) Tiernan Quinlan: Well, I do wonder, if more sensitives are beginnin' to get these messages, perhaps we should try t' look at all of th' messages in light of each other.
(08/14 21:10:04) Tiernan Quinlan: Figure out wha they have in common?
(08/14 21:10:31) Jules Lavisham: It may be worth considering
(08/14 21:11:34) Jules Lavisham: The alternative, of course, is that they exist entirely as a product of my mind alone
(08/14 21:12:29) Tiernan Quinlan: Well, in that case, the logical answer would be tha' your subconscious is tryin' to tell you somethin'. Perhaps a clue yer missin'.
(08/14 21:12:56) Tiernan Quinlan: Which is why, when I have experiences like tha', I try t' break th' dream down.
(08/14 21:13:21) Tiernan Quinlan: I've had... <cough> ... visions in th' past.
(08/14 21:13:38) Jules Lavisham looks up
(08/14 21:13:46) Jules Lavisham: Really?
(08/14 21:14:00) Tiernan Quinlan: Not tha' I'd tell most of my colleagues. I mean, a medical doctor who has 'visions'?
(08/14 21:14:23) Tiernan Quinlan: But my family has a history of... 'witches'.
(08/14 21:14:30) Tiernan Quinlan shrugs.
(08/14 21:14:42) Tiernan Quinlan: M' grandmum calls herself a witch.
(08/14 21:14:47) Tiernan Quinlan: So... there's tha'.
(08/14 21:15:17) Jules Lavisham: Good lot, witches. Met a few in my time.
(08/14 21:15:23) Tiernan Quinlan grins.
(08/14 21:15:26) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye.
(08/14 21:15:42) Jules Lavisham: Always knew where you stood with them. Excellent home remedies, too.
(08/14 21:15:52) Tiernan Quinlan: It was a point of contention between m' father an' grandmum, of course.
(08/14 21:16:10) Tiernan Quinlan chuckles.
(08/14 21:17:09) Jules Lavisham: Oh?
(08/14 21:18:21) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye. M' father was a devout Catholic. M' grandmum has always been a bit of a 'free spirit'. She was a 'hippy' in th' 60s. Father never did like Grandmum much.
(08/14 21:19:37) Jules Lavisham: Children getting more theological than their parents? That's a subversion. Usually goes the other way, insofar as subsequent generations go.
(08/14 21:20:29) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye, well. M' brother is entirely -not- religious. I am... well... I suppose th' right word would be 'seeking'.
(08/14 21:21:38) Tiernan Quinlan: I do carry m' mother's rosary with me... more f' good luck, I suppose.
(08/14 21:25:27) Jules Lavisham: Hang on to that. Items of significance such as those... well...
(08/14 21:25:54) Jules Lavisham: Funny old thing, faith.
(08/14 21:27:02) Jules Lavisham: As time goes on, you find there's less and less out there deserving of it
(08/14 21:27:39) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye. It's interestin'. I mean, I'm not a practisin' Catholic... haven't been for years. But I still...
(08/14 21:27:52) Tiernan Quinlan: I only stopped writing it on forms about five years ago.
(08/14 21:28:14) Jules Lavisham: You still want to believe that there's still something out there worth believing in.
(08/14 21:28:32) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye.
(08/14 21:28:49) Jules Lavisham: Even after all the institutions and groups and people fritter it away
(08/14 21:29:09) Tiernan Quinlan: There is... somethin' that accepts you f' y'self. Y'know?
(08/14 21:29:13) Jules Lavisham: Use the fancy sounding words and ideals as justification for doing whatever the hell they like
(08/14 21:29:29) Tiernan Quinlan frowns.
(08/14 21:29:31) Jules Lavisham: Rather than the other way around
(08/14 21:29:43) Jules Lavisham: Using the ideals to inform their actions
(08/14 21:29:45) Tiernan Quinlan: Like these sabotaurs?
(08/14 21:29:56) Jules Lavisham snorts
(08/14 21:29:59) Jules Lavisham: Exactly.
(08/14 21:30:34) Tiernan Quinlan: They -can't- truly believe they're actually D'ni... can they?
(08/14 21:32:00) Jules Lavisham: I think if you take someone out of their usual environment...
(08/14 21:32:25) Jules Lavisham: Break down the person they were... put them back together the way that you want them to...
(08/14 21:32:37) Jules Lavisham: You can get them to believe anything you like.
(08/14 21:33:08) Tiernan Quinlan: Do you think tha's what
(08/14 21:33:19) Tiernan Quinlan: what's going on here?
(08/14 21:34:14) Jules Lavisham: It's a possibility. The alternative is that they're merely seeking power and are hiding behind the delusions of grandeur that this place's in-built theology has given them.
(08/14 21:35:03) Jules Lavisham: Steal someone else's property because you want it, you're a thief and a thug.
(08/14 21:35:22) Jules Lavisham: Steal it because you think its yours by divine right and law, you're a crusader.
(08/14 21:35:30) Tiernan Quinlan tilts his head to the side, thinking.
(08/14 21:35:43) Jules Lavisham raises his glass
(08/14 21:35:47) Jules Lavisham: Tale as old as time
(08/14 21:36:11) Tiernan Quinlan nods.
(08/14 21:37:19) Tiernan Quinlan: I wonder about that.
(08/14 21:37:33) Tiernan Quinlan: They want us to leave, that
(08/14 21:37:40) Tiernan Quinlan: that's clear.
(08/14 21:38:02) Tiernan Quinlan: But it jus' seems... strange. Disjointed.
(08/14 21:39:45) Jules Lavisham: Like they're pulling in different directions?
(08/14 21:39:59) Jules Lavisham: Yes, I get that feeling as well
(08/14 21:40:04) Tiernan Quinlan: Yes! Tha's exactly wha' I was thinkin'.
(08/14 21:40:32) Tiernan Quinlan finishes his Guinness.
(08/14 21:40:32) Jules Lavisham: That's something to be concerned about, all in itself.
(08/14 21:40:54) Jules Lavisham: One group with a coherent strategy, well, it's not IDEAL
(08/14 21:41:07) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye.
(08/14 21:41:14) Jules Lavisham: But you can at least have an inkling as to what they would and wouldn't do
(08/14 21:42:18) Jules Lavisham: But this...
(08/14 21:42:36) Jules Lavisham gestures non-specifically
(08/14 21:43:19) Jules Lavisham: Same again?
(08/14 21:45:53) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye!
Jules takes another trip to the Pub storeroom.
(08/14 21:47:29) Jules Lavisham: Hmm... going to need a restock fairly soon...
(08/14 21:47:51) Tiernan Quinlan nods.
(08/14 21:47:53) Jules Lavisham slides another Guinness down the counter
(08/14 21:48:04) Tiernan Quinlan: Well, I can grab more next time I'm in town.
(08/14 21:48:18) Tiernan Quinlan opens the can and takes a long drink.
(08/14 21:48:43) Jules Lavisham: Yeah, I could do with bringing a few bottles down with me
(08/14 21:49:01) Jules Lavisham: Upside of being a Sherry drinker:
(08/14 21:49:22) Jules Lavisham: I can count on no other bugger in the Cavern getting into my stash
(08/14 21:49:30) Jules Lavisham chuckles
(08/14 21:49:46) Tiernan Quinlan laughs.
(08/14 21:50:01) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye, well I'm not a sherry drinker, so more f' you!
(08/14 21:50:59) Jules Lavisham: Hehe
(08/14 21:51:02) Tiernan Quinlan: M'self, I'm mostly Guinness, brandy, wine and th' occasional gin.
(08/14 21:51:41) Jules Lavisham: Sherry and wine were my start, and real Ale.
(08/14 21:51:56) Jules Lavisham: The proper Cambridge upbringing
(08/14 21:52:57) Tiernan Quinlan chuckles.
(08/14 21:53:09) Tiernan Quinlan: Well... I suppose tha' would be th' thing.
(08/14 21:53:25) Jules Lavisham: Took me a while before I started branching out. Even now there's still a lot of catching up still to do.
(08/14 21:53:49) Jules Lavisham: Still, would be a very dull life if we were to run out of things to do before our time was up
(08/14 21:54:59) Tiernan Quinlan: Well, tha's why we're here, I think.
(08/14 21:56:23) Tiernan Quinlan: In th' Cavern, I mean.
(08/14 21:56:46) Kayara: ah, danke
(08/14 21:57:43) Jules Lavisham: Mhm. Has a habit of throwing new life experiences at you, thick and fast.
(08/14 21:58:19) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye it certainly does.
(08/14 21:58:36) Tiernan Quinlan: I'll say, this is th' -best- retirement option.
(08/14 21:58:49) Tiernan Quinlan raises his Guinness in a toast.
(08/14 21:59:06) Tiernan Quinlan: T' th' Cavern!
(08/14 21:59:26) Jules Lavisham: To the Cavern, and making it to that ripe old age!
(08/14 21:59:53) Tiernan Quinlan: Slainte!
(08/14 22:00:09) Tiernan Quinlan drinks and grins.
(08/14 22:00:34) Jules Lavisham: Qapla'!
(08/14 22:01:00) Jules Lavisham ruminates briefly, then drinks
(08/14 22:01:09) Jules Lavisham: Hmm. Not bad.
(08/14 22:01:17) Jules Lavisham: Trying on assorted cheers, trying to find the best.
(08/14 22:01:55) Jules Lavisham: Trying to find the right mix of throaty constants
(08/14 22:04:00) Tiernan Quinlan just chuckles.
Sharminius links in.
(08/14 22:04:44) Jules Lavisham: Ah, good evening Scharm
(08/14 22:04:55) Kayara: Hey Scharm
(08/14 22:05:09) Tiernan Quinlan: Shorah, Scharm!
(08/14 22:05:10) Scharminius: good afternoon y'all
(08/14 22:05:12) Jules Lavisham: Done a good job with the decos, haven't they?
(08/14 22:05:31) Tiernan Quinlan sips his Guinness and sighs happily.
(08/14 22:06:32) Jules Lavisham: I like how they've given a microphone for Fils in particular
(08/14 22:06:47) Scharminius: Pardon me if I suddenly disappear, my KI gets overly excited in ages such as these and then shorts out
(08/14 22:07:18) Jules Lavisham: Quite alright
(08/14 22:07:38) Jules Lavisham: The fact that these things work at all is quite frankly a miracle
(08/14 22:07:59) Tiernan Quinlan nods.
(08/14 22:08:10) Tiernan Quinlan chuckles again, softly.
(08/14 22:09:34) Jules Lavisham: Given it's age I'm just amazed it doesn't have its own version of Snake on it
(08/14 22:09:57) Tiernan Quinlan: I'm thinkin' someone could put it on there.
(08/14 22:10:03) Kayara: How old is your whatever it is?
(08/14 22:10:19) Jules Lavisham: The KI?
(08/14 22:10:47) Jules Lavisham: They were apparently being handed out in the lead-up to The Fall
(08/14 22:10:55) Jules Lavisham: So at least a few centuries
(08/14 22:11:04) Kayara: Well, wasn't it Nokia that invented Snake?
(08/14 22:11:54) Jules Lavisham: I may have been exaggerating a tad for comedic effect
(08/14 22:12:01) Morgon: hmm. think I played snake the first time under MSDOS
(08/14 22:12:59) Kayara: what is this laptop doing here?
(08/14 22:13:13) Tiernan Quinlan sips his Guinness and smiles.
(08/14 22:13:22) Jules Lavisham: If it's being sensible, running a screensaver
(08/14 22:13:30) Tiernan Quinlan: It's always interestin' when folks discover things here f' the first time.
(08/14 22:13:46) Jules Lavisham: Are there lots of little toasters flying across the screen?
(08/14 22:14:59) Kayara: No, I guess it has wasted all it's battery on that.
(08/14 22:15:06) Scharminius nods his head
(08/14 22:15:32) Scharminius: wonder if it runs Uruntu?
(08/14 22:15:52) Jules Lavisham: Protection against screen burn is never a waste, I can assure you
(08/14 22:16:49) Jules Lavisham: Plus I do find those little toasters strangely endearing
(08/14 22:17:23) Scharminius: shorah again, Murinna
(08/14 22:18:39) Tiernan Quinlan: Hmm... never had that screensaver on my old computers.
(08/14 22:18:51) Tiernan Quinlan thinks, looking at his lager.
(08/14 22:19:09) Kayara: Whether it helps or not depends on the type of screen.
(08/14 22:19:41) Scharminius: Must be CRT or OLED to be in danger of screen burn, right?
(08/14 22:20:08) Jules Lavisham: Perhaps. I'm a little behind when it comes to modern technology, I must confess.
(08/14 22:20:52) Tiernan Quinlan: Yep. LCD screens usually don't have tha' problem. Heh. So modern screensavers are jus' fun, more or less.
(08/14 22:21:30) Jules Lavisham: I do miss that about what I've seen of the newest technology.
(08/14 22:22:05) Jules Lavisham: I remember the stuff from the 90's, there was a streak of irreverence running through everything.
(08/14 22:22:19) Kayara: Some LCD screens get it too with old age but it's a different cause so screen savers wont help against that.
(08/14 22:22:52) Jules Lavisham: Strange arthouse multimedia projects getting the millions in budget
(08/14 22:23:07) Jules Lavisham: Everyone throwing weird things at the wall just to see what would stick
(08/14 22:23:48) Jules Lavisham: What was the one I was shown the other day...
(08/14 22:23:54) Jules Lavisham: Ah yes. The Dark Eye.
(08/14 22:23:54) Kayara: brb
(08/14 22:23:55) Scharminius: main issue I've seen in LCD is burned-out pixels, apparently flashing full colors helps
(08/14 22:24:13) Jules Lavisham: First person adventure game made with stop motion set in the works of Poe.
(08/14 22:24:35) Jules Lavisham: William Burroughs on voice acting duties
(08/14 22:25:08) Jules Lavisham: Just... that combination of elements. I feel it would be unheard of today.
(08/14 22:25:18) Jules Lavisham: I mean, obviously, in the case of William Burroughs
(08/14 22:25:23) Jules Lavisham: But you know what I mean, right
(08/14 22:25:45) Tiernan Quinlan: Oh, definitely.
(08/14 22:26:13) Jules Lavisham: That crazy experimentalism
(08/14 22:26:57) Tiernan Quinlan: M' father wasn't much on video games. We used computers mostly f' schoolwork an' learnin' to program.
(08/14 22:27:34) Jules Lavisham: My parents didn't see them as much more than a timewasting device outside of work or study.
(08/14 22:27:54) Jules Lavisham: There were a few that they held in regard, though. Myst was one, obviously.
(08/14 22:28:10) Jules Lavisham: And anything that looked vaguely creative, like the Sim games.
(08/14 22:28:22) Tiernan Quinlan grins. " M' Grandmum sent me th' game f' m' birthday."
(08/14 22:28:31) Tiernan Quinlan: Myst, I mean.
(08/14 22:28:47) Jules Lavisham: It was our Mac pack-in. First CD-Rom application I ever used.
(08/14 22:28:47) Tiernan Quinlan: So, tha's how I ended up fallin' in love w' it.
(08/14 22:29:11) Tiernan Quinlan chuckles.
(08/14 22:29:40) Tiernan Quinlan sips his Guinness.
(08/14 22:29:44) Morgon: same here. first CD-rom, but on windows
(08/14 22:29:58) Jules Lavisham: Weirdly enough, they found the original Worms quite amusing.
(08/14 22:29:58) Tiernan Quinlan: I loved it from th' first time I ran it.
(08/14 22:30:05) Jules Lavisham: Liked doing the funny voices.
(08/14 22:30:17) Tiernan Quinlan shivers a bit. "Still get chills thinkin' about it."
(08/14 22:30:49) Jules Lavisham: Yup, it'll do that.
(08/14 22:31:34) Tiernan Quinlan grins. "Now, I had a buddy in college who had a number of old computer games. He had Worms, I believe."
(08/14 22:32:19) Jules Lavisham says "You'll regret that!" in a squeeky voice
(08/14 22:32:35) Tiernan Quinlan giggles.
(08/14 22:33:16) Jules Lavisham: Funny how certain sounds stay with you as the years go on...
(08/14 22:35:32) Tiernan Quinlan nods.
(08/14 22:36:12) Tiernan Quinlan sips and chuckles.
(08/14 20:11:47) Tiernan Quinlan: Hullo Jules!
(08/14 20:12:08) Jules Lavisham looks up from his drink
(08/14 20:12:18) Jules Lavisham: Oh, Tenny! Hello.
(08/14 20:12:26) Jules Lavisham: Didn't see you come in, there.
(08/14 20:12:40) Jules Lavisham: Just been enjoying Radio Free D'ni
(08/14 20:12:57) Jules Lavisham beckons to his portable radio
(08/14 20:14:03) Tiernan Quinlan: I've been workin' most of th' weekend... I need a bit of a break.
(08/14 20:14:39) Jules Lavisham: Well, our man Billy Joel may be able to assist with that.
(08/14 20:15:02) Tiernan Quinlan chuckles.
(08/14 20:15:11) Jules Lavisham: Get you something from out back?
(08/14 20:15:33) Tiernan Quinlan: Sure! Guinness if there's any left!
(08/14 20:15:48) Jules Lavisham: Ah, good choice. Let me have a rummage.
Jules walks around to the Pub storeroom.
(08/14 20:16:37) Jules Lavisham opens the fridge and peers in
(08/14 20:16:56) Jules Lavisham: Aha. You're in luck, that man.
(08/14 20:17:24) Jules Lavisham grabs a can and tops himself up
(08/14 20:17:56) Tiernan Quinlan grins.
(08/14 20:18:10) Jules Lavisham plonks the can down in front of Tenny
(08/14 20:18:11) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye, I was thinkin' there might be a bit left.
(08/14 20:19:03) Tiernan Quinlan takes a drink.
(08/14 20:19:08) Tiernan Quinlan: He sighs deeply.
(08/14 20:19:18) Tiernan Quinlan: Tha's th' stuff.
(08/14 20:19:35) Jules Lavisham: Did try to get my taste around Guinness.
(08/14 20:19:41) Jules Lavisham: Very contextual stuff.
(08/14 20:19:59) Jules Lavisham: I think... yes, there was only one time that it truly did it for me.
(08/14 20:20:07) Tiernan Quinlan: Heh. Aye, it's an acquired taste.
(08/14 20:20:28) Jules Lavisham: Must have been 17 or 18 or so.
(08/14 20:20:41) Jules Lavisham: Family holiday in the Balearics.
(08/14 20:20:53) Jules Lavisham: ... think it was Majorca?
(08/14 20:21:21) Jules Lavisham: Yes, must have been. We had just come out of one of those big open hippy markets.
(08/14 20:21:27) Tiernan Quinlan: Heh!
(08/14 20:21:29) Jules Lavisham: Absolutely roasting, it was.
(08/14 20:21:48) Jules Lavisham: Think we spied an Irish Bar literally opposite us.
(08/14 20:22:02) Tiernan Quinlan: I can't say when I had m'first one. It had t' have been before I left Ireland.
(08/14 20:22:26) Jules Lavisham: It was definitely one of those "all the stars have aligned" moments.
(08/14 20:22:37) Tiernan Quinlan grins.
(08/14 20:23:02) Jules Lavisham: I think when people tell me about Guiness that is what they're talking about in their minds.
(08/14 20:23:11) Jules Lavisham: Never had one like it since.
(08/14 20:23:39) Jules Lavisham: Probably unwise to expect it to be, right
(08/14 20:24:08) Tiernan Quinlan: Well, there is a difference between cans an' on tap, but it's rare to find a good place tha' serves tap here in th' States.
(08/14 20:24:34) Tiernan Quinlan: M' old town used to have a little Irish pub tha' did it jus' right though.
(08/14 20:25:55) Jules Lavisham: How long have you been living in the States now?
(08/14 20:26:30) Tiernan Quinlan: Ah... hm... Since I was, what... seventeen?
(08/14 20:26:42) Tiernan Quinlan: So almost thirty years?
(08/14 20:27:29) Tiernan Quinlan: Heh, time flows differently down here
(08/14 20:27:35) Tiernan Quinlan chuckles
(08/14 20:28:05) Jules Lavisham: I'll say. I would NOT have you pegged as a chap in his mid forties or so.
(08/14 20:29:23) Jules Lavisham: Then again, I was never particularly the best at reading people's ages.
(08/14 20:29:53) Tiernan Quinlan: Heh. Aye, me family seems to age relatively well. Y' should see m' grandmum. She looks amazin'.
(08/14 20:30:03) Tiernan Quinlan: But hey, I might be biased!
(08/14 20:30:08) Dormant Heights waves goodbye
(08/14 20:30:14) Jules Lavisham: Later, DH.
(08/14 20:31:01) Tiernan Quinlan sips his Guinness.
(08/14 20:31:27) Jules Lavisham: Heh. I'm envious. Generally in academia you tend to get taken more seriously when you're a little more wizened.
(08/14 20:32:00) Jules Lavisham: Bit of a problem in my case. If I shaved, I'd get all the freshers behind the counters in Tescos ID'ing me.
(08/14 20:32:05) Tiernan Quinlan: Ah, well, I did spend most of my professional life in a little mountain town.
(08/14 20:32:22) Jules Lavisham: The "Will Riker" effect, I think.
(08/14 20:33:32) Tiernan Quinlan: Ah! Heh, yeah. I hear tha'.
(08/14 20:35:03) Jules Lavisham: You're still living there now?
(08/14 20:35:41) Tiernan Quinlan: Not since I retired an' moved here, actually. I do maintain my cottage in town though.
(08/14 20:35:56) Tiernan Quinlan: It's my home away from D'ni, so t' speak.
(08/14 20:37:17) Jules Lavisham: Oh, very nice indeed.
(08/14 20:38:20) Jules Lavisham: This place did me well when I needed to get away a few months into the pandemic.
(08/14 20:39:15) Jules Lavisham: Quite an interesting experience, giving my lectures over Zoom down here
(08/14 20:39:36) Tiernan Quinlan: I can understan' that. I'd planned t' retire and come out here in 2020, but obviously, I got a bit busy.
(08/14 20:41:10) Tiernan Quinlan: My partner runs th' practice now though. Heh. He's th' doctor i have been consultin' with on some of the things here.
(08/14 20:42:05) Jules Lavisham: I had wondered what kind of maladies tend to pass through your clinic
(08/14 20:42:34) Jules Lavisham: I had assumed the usual physical knocks that come from physical restoration works
(08/14 20:42:50) Tiernan Quinlan: Oh definitely.
(08/14 20:43:00) Jules Lavisham: Along with anyone daft enough to drink the lake water...
(08/14 20:43:19) Tiernan Quinlan: I did get one injury from the Gahreesen wall recently, though!
(08/14 20:44:04) Jules Lavisham: Ooof. I suppose even the suits have their limits.
(08/14 20:44:16) Tiernan Quinlan: An explorer took a tumble down and got a bruised elbow. Those maintainer suits are excellent at keepin' a person safe!
(08/14 20:44:33) Tiernan Quinlan: Jus' a bruise after fallin' from th' top of the thing.
(08/14 20:44:58) Tiernan Quinlan: She was worried she might have gotten hurt worse, but I reassured her about th' suits.
(08/14 20:45:13) Jules Lavisham: If that's the worst that's come your way since the Wall opened, then yes, those things are a miracle in engineering.
(08/14 20:45:27) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye!
(08/14 20:45:47) Tiernan Quinlan takes a long drink.
(08/14 20:46:41) Jules Lavisham: The helmet, though...
(08/14 20:46:51) Jules Lavisham stares into the distance
(08/14 20:47:14) Jules Lavisham: Never blinks... not once...
(08/14 20:47:43) Tiernan Quinlan nods. "Disconcerting, that, yes."
(08/14 20:48:54) Jules Lavisham: They were so close to us
(08/14 20:49:02) Jules Lavisham: Could easily reach out and-
(08/14 20:49:11) Jules Lavisham shakes his head
(08/14 20:49:26) Jules Lavisham: Gyugh.
(08/14 20:51:13) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye.
(08/14 20:52:56) Jules Lavisham sighs
(08/14 20:53:54) Jules Lavisham: They've been getting into my head, Tenny
(08/14 20:54:42) Tiernan Quinlan: Have they?
(08/14 20:55:01) Tiernan Quinlan looks over at Jules.
(08/14 20:55:04) Jules Lavisham: I was doing fine, until the nightmares kicked in.
(08/14 20:55:31) Tiernan Quinlan: Nightmares? What are they about? Perhaps tha' might help, t' talk about them.
(08/14 20:56:33) Jules Lavisham: A circle of robed persons in the suits.
(08/14 20:57:14) Jules Lavisham: It's somewhere dark and cryptlike. There's stone beneath my feet
(08/14 20:57:30) Tiernan Quinlan nods.
(08/14 20:57:58) Jules Lavisham: They're encircling me, speaking in low tones... invoking the names of sleeping deities
(08/14 20:58:39) Jules Lavisham: I try to speak, to move, do anything...
(08/14 20:59:12) Jules Lavisham puts his hand over his eyes
(08/14 21:00:25) Jules Lavisham: I used to have a bit of a knack for lucid dreaming
(08/14 21:00:46) Tiernan Quinlan: Hmm...
(08/14 21:00:57) Jules Lavisham: Skill I picked up over the years, with Edward's guidance
(08/14 21:01:08) Tiernan Quinlan: Are the names of the deities familiar to you?
(08/14 21:03:09) Jules Lavisham takes a sip
(08/14 21:03:20) Jules Lavisham: Yahvo.
(08/14 21:03:40) Tiernan Quinlan: Oh... well then.
(08/14 21:03:48) Jules Lavisham: Yup.
(08/14 21:04:18) Tiernan Quinlan: I wonder... it could be the influence of th' Cavern.
(08/14 21:04:24) Tiernan Quinlan: I suppose tha's a given though.
(08/14 21:05:17) Jules Lavisham: Usually the way deities work. There's an expression...
(08/14 21:05:28) Jules Lavisham: "A man is not dead while his name is being spoken."
(08/14 21:05:57) Tiernan Quinlan chuckles softly.
(08/14 21:06:06) Jules Lavisham: Well
(08/14 21:06:50) Tiernan Quinlan: I suppose, since we seem to have some psychics around, perhaps somethin's tryin' to get through to you.
(08/14 21:07:24) Jules Lavisham mumbles "Wouldn't be the first time..."
(08/14 21:07:35) Jules Lavisham coughs
(08/14 21:08:13) Jules Lavisham: Still, certain actions can be taken to alleviate
(08/14 21:08:35) Jules Lavisham: Just need to reconnect with a few mindfulness techniques
(08/14 21:09:49) Tiernan Quinlan: Well, I do wonder, if more sensitives are beginnin' to get these messages, perhaps we should try t' look at all of th' messages in light of each other.
(08/14 21:10:04) Tiernan Quinlan: Figure out wha they have in common?
(08/14 21:10:31) Jules Lavisham: It may be worth considering
(08/14 21:11:34) Jules Lavisham: The alternative, of course, is that they exist entirely as a product of my mind alone
(08/14 21:12:29) Tiernan Quinlan: Well, in that case, the logical answer would be tha' your subconscious is tryin' to tell you somethin'. Perhaps a clue yer missin'.
(08/14 21:12:56) Tiernan Quinlan: Which is why, when I have experiences like tha', I try t' break th' dream down.
(08/14 21:13:21) Tiernan Quinlan: I've had... <cough> ... visions in th' past.
(08/14 21:13:38) Jules Lavisham looks up
(08/14 21:13:46) Jules Lavisham: Really?
(08/14 21:14:00) Tiernan Quinlan: Not tha' I'd tell most of my colleagues. I mean, a medical doctor who has 'visions'?
(08/14 21:14:23) Tiernan Quinlan: But my family has a history of... 'witches'.
(08/14 21:14:30) Tiernan Quinlan shrugs.
(08/14 21:14:42) Tiernan Quinlan: M' grandmum calls herself a witch.
(08/14 21:14:47) Tiernan Quinlan: So... there's tha'.
(08/14 21:15:17) Jules Lavisham: Good lot, witches. Met a few in my time.
(08/14 21:15:23) Tiernan Quinlan grins.
(08/14 21:15:26) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye.
(08/14 21:15:42) Jules Lavisham: Always knew where you stood with them. Excellent home remedies, too.
(08/14 21:15:52) Tiernan Quinlan: It was a point of contention between m' father an' grandmum, of course.
(08/14 21:16:10) Tiernan Quinlan chuckles.
(08/14 21:17:09) Jules Lavisham: Oh?
(08/14 21:18:21) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye. M' father was a devout Catholic. M' grandmum has always been a bit of a 'free spirit'. She was a 'hippy' in th' 60s. Father never did like Grandmum much.
(08/14 21:19:37) Jules Lavisham: Children getting more theological than their parents? That's a subversion. Usually goes the other way, insofar as subsequent generations go.
(08/14 21:20:29) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye, well. M' brother is entirely -not- religious. I am... well... I suppose th' right word would be 'seeking'.
(08/14 21:21:38) Tiernan Quinlan: I do carry m' mother's rosary with me... more f' good luck, I suppose.
(08/14 21:25:27) Jules Lavisham: Hang on to that. Items of significance such as those... well...
(08/14 21:25:54) Jules Lavisham: Funny old thing, faith.
(08/14 21:27:02) Jules Lavisham: As time goes on, you find there's less and less out there deserving of it
(08/14 21:27:39) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye. It's interestin'. I mean, I'm not a practisin' Catholic... haven't been for years. But I still...
(08/14 21:27:52) Tiernan Quinlan: I only stopped writing it on forms about five years ago.
(08/14 21:28:14) Jules Lavisham: You still want to believe that there's still something out there worth believing in.
(08/14 21:28:32) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye.
(08/14 21:28:49) Jules Lavisham: Even after all the institutions and groups and people fritter it away
(08/14 21:29:09) Tiernan Quinlan: There is... somethin' that accepts you f' y'self. Y'know?
(08/14 21:29:13) Jules Lavisham: Use the fancy sounding words and ideals as justification for doing whatever the hell they like
(08/14 21:29:29) Tiernan Quinlan frowns.
(08/14 21:29:31) Jules Lavisham: Rather than the other way around
(08/14 21:29:43) Jules Lavisham: Using the ideals to inform their actions
(08/14 21:29:45) Tiernan Quinlan: Like these sabotaurs?
(08/14 21:29:56) Jules Lavisham snorts
(08/14 21:29:59) Jules Lavisham: Exactly.
(08/14 21:30:34) Tiernan Quinlan: They -can't- truly believe they're actually D'ni... can they?
(08/14 21:32:00) Jules Lavisham: I think if you take someone out of their usual environment...
(08/14 21:32:25) Jules Lavisham: Break down the person they were... put them back together the way that you want them to...
(08/14 21:32:37) Jules Lavisham: You can get them to believe anything you like.
(08/14 21:33:08) Tiernan Quinlan: Do you think tha's what
(08/14 21:33:19) Tiernan Quinlan: what's going on here?
(08/14 21:34:14) Jules Lavisham: It's a possibility. The alternative is that they're merely seeking power and are hiding behind the delusions of grandeur that this place's in-built theology has given them.
(08/14 21:35:03) Jules Lavisham: Steal someone else's property because you want it, you're a thief and a thug.
(08/14 21:35:22) Jules Lavisham: Steal it because you think its yours by divine right and law, you're a crusader.
(08/14 21:35:30) Tiernan Quinlan tilts his head to the side, thinking.
(08/14 21:35:43) Jules Lavisham raises his glass
(08/14 21:35:47) Jules Lavisham: Tale as old as time
(08/14 21:36:11) Tiernan Quinlan nods.
(08/14 21:37:19) Tiernan Quinlan: I wonder about that.
(08/14 21:37:33) Tiernan Quinlan: They want us to leave, that
(08/14 21:37:40) Tiernan Quinlan: that's clear.
(08/14 21:38:02) Tiernan Quinlan: But it jus' seems... strange. Disjointed.
(08/14 21:39:45) Jules Lavisham: Like they're pulling in different directions?
(08/14 21:39:59) Jules Lavisham: Yes, I get that feeling as well
(08/14 21:40:04) Tiernan Quinlan: Yes! Tha's exactly wha' I was thinkin'.
(08/14 21:40:32) Tiernan Quinlan finishes his Guinness.
(08/14 21:40:32) Jules Lavisham: That's something to be concerned about, all in itself.
(08/14 21:40:54) Jules Lavisham: One group with a coherent strategy, well, it's not IDEAL
(08/14 21:41:07) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye.
(08/14 21:41:14) Jules Lavisham: But you can at least have an inkling as to what they would and wouldn't do
(08/14 21:42:18) Jules Lavisham: But this...
(08/14 21:42:36) Jules Lavisham gestures non-specifically
(08/14 21:43:19) Jules Lavisham: Same again?
(08/14 21:45:53) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye!
Jules takes another trip to the Pub storeroom.
(08/14 21:47:29) Jules Lavisham: Hmm... going to need a restock fairly soon...
(08/14 21:47:51) Tiernan Quinlan nods.
(08/14 21:47:53) Jules Lavisham slides another Guinness down the counter
(08/14 21:48:04) Tiernan Quinlan: Well, I can grab more next time I'm in town.
(08/14 21:48:18) Tiernan Quinlan opens the can and takes a long drink.
(08/14 21:48:43) Jules Lavisham: Yeah, I could do with bringing a few bottles down with me
(08/14 21:49:01) Jules Lavisham: Upside of being a Sherry drinker:
(08/14 21:49:22) Jules Lavisham: I can count on no other bugger in the Cavern getting into my stash
(08/14 21:49:30) Jules Lavisham chuckles
(08/14 21:49:46) Tiernan Quinlan laughs.
(08/14 21:50:01) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye, well I'm not a sherry drinker, so more f' you!
(08/14 21:50:59) Jules Lavisham: Hehe
(08/14 21:51:02) Tiernan Quinlan: M'self, I'm mostly Guinness, brandy, wine and th' occasional gin.
(08/14 21:51:41) Jules Lavisham: Sherry and wine were my start, and real Ale.
(08/14 21:51:56) Jules Lavisham: The proper Cambridge upbringing
(08/14 21:52:57) Tiernan Quinlan chuckles.
(08/14 21:53:09) Tiernan Quinlan: Well... I suppose tha' would be th' thing.
(08/14 21:53:25) Jules Lavisham: Took me a while before I started branching out. Even now there's still a lot of catching up still to do.
(08/14 21:53:49) Jules Lavisham: Still, would be a very dull life if we were to run out of things to do before our time was up
(08/14 21:54:59) Tiernan Quinlan: Well, tha's why we're here, I think.
(08/14 21:56:23) Tiernan Quinlan: In th' Cavern, I mean.
(08/14 21:56:46) Kayara: ah, danke
(08/14 21:57:43) Jules Lavisham: Mhm. Has a habit of throwing new life experiences at you, thick and fast.
(08/14 21:58:19) Tiernan Quinlan: Aye it certainly does.
(08/14 21:58:36) Tiernan Quinlan: I'll say, this is th' -best- retirement option.
(08/14 21:58:49) Tiernan Quinlan raises his Guinness in a toast.
(08/14 21:59:06) Tiernan Quinlan: T' th' Cavern!
(08/14 21:59:26) Jules Lavisham: To the Cavern, and making it to that ripe old age!
(08/14 21:59:53) Tiernan Quinlan: Slainte!
(08/14 22:00:09) Tiernan Quinlan drinks and grins.
(08/14 22:00:34) Jules Lavisham: Qapla'!
(08/14 22:01:00) Jules Lavisham ruminates briefly, then drinks
(08/14 22:01:09) Jules Lavisham: Hmm. Not bad.
(08/14 22:01:17) Jules Lavisham: Trying on assorted cheers, trying to find the best.
(08/14 22:01:55) Jules Lavisham: Trying to find the right mix of throaty constants
(08/14 22:04:00) Tiernan Quinlan just chuckles.
Sharminius links in.
(08/14 22:04:44) Jules Lavisham: Ah, good evening Scharm
(08/14 22:04:55) Kayara: Hey Scharm
(08/14 22:05:09) Tiernan Quinlan: Shorah, Scharm!
(08/14 22:05:10) Scharminius: good afternoon y'all
(08/14 22:05:12) Jules Lavisham: Done a good job with the decos, haven't they?
(08/14 22:05:31) Tiernan Quinlan sips his Guinness and sighs happily.
(08/14 22:06:32) Jules Lavisham: I like how they've given a microphone for Fils in particular
(08/14 22:06:47) Scharminius: Pardon me if I suddenly disappear, my KI gets overly excited in ages such as these and then shorts out
(08/14 22:07:18) Jules Lavisham: Quite alright
(08/14 22:07:38) Jules Lavisham: The fact that these things work at all is quite frankly a miracle
(08/14 22:07:59) Tiernan Quinlan nods.
(08/14 22:08:10) Tiernan Quinlan chuckles again, softly.
(08/14 22:09:34) Jules Lavisham: Given it's age I'm just amazed it doesn't have its own version of Snake on it
(08/14 22:09:57) Tiernan Quinlan: I'm thinkin' someone could put it on there.
(08/14 22:10:03) Kayara: How old is your whatever it is?
(08/14 22:10:19) Jules Lavisham: The KI?
(08/14 22:10:47) Jules Lavisham: They were apparently being handed out in the lead-up to The Fall
(08/14 22:10:55) Jules Lavisham: So at least a few centuries
(08/14 22:11:04) Kayara: Well, wasn't it Nokia that invented Snake?
(08/14 22:11:54) Jules Lavisham: I may have been exaggerating a tad for comedic effect
(08/14 22:12:01) Morgon: hmm. think I played snake the first time under MSDOS
(08/14 22:12:59) Kayara: what is this laptop doing here?
(08/14 22:13:13) Tiernan Quinlan sips his Guinness and smiles.
(08/14 22:13:22) Jules Lavisham: If it's being sensible, running a screensaver
(08/14 22:13:30) Tiernan Quinlan: It's always interestin' when folks discover things here f' the first time.
(08/14 22:13:46) Jules Lavisham: Are there lots of little toasters flying across the screen?
(08/14 22:14:59) Kayara: No, I guess it has wasted all it's battery on that.
(08/14 22:15:06) Scharminius nods his head
(08/14 22:15:32) Scharminius: wonder if it runs Uruntu?
(08/14 22:15:52) Jules Lavisham: Protection against screen burn is never a waste, I can assure you
(08/14 22:16:49) Jules Lavisham: Plus I do find those little toasters strangely endearing
(08/14 22:17:23) Scharminius: shorah again, Murinna
(08/14 22:18:39) Tiernan Quinlan: Hmm... never had that screensaver on my old computers.
(08/14 22:18:51) Tiernan Quinlan thinks, looking at his lager.
(08/14 22:19:09) Kayara: Whether it helps or not depends on the type of screen.
(08/14 22:19:41) Scharminius: Must be CRT or OLED to be in danger of screen burn, right?
(08/14 22:20:08) Jules Lavisham: Perhaps. I'm a little behind when it comes to modern technology, I must confess.
(08/14 22:20:52) Tiernan Quinlan: Yep. LCD screens usually don't have tha' problem. Heh. So modern screensavers are jus' fun, more or less.
(08/14 22:21:30) Jules Lavisham: I do miss that about what I've seen of the newest technology.
(08/14 22:22:05) Jules Lavisham: I remember the stuff from the 90's, there was a streak of irreverence running through everything.
(08/14 22:22:19) Kayara: Some LCD screens get it too with old age but it's a different cause so screen savers wont help against that.
(08/14 22:22:52) Jules Lavisham: Strange arthouse multimedia projects getting the millions in budget
(08/14 22:23:07) Jules Lavisham: Everyone throwing weird things at the wall just to see what would stick
(08/14 22:23:48) Jules Lavisham: What was the one I was shown the other day...
(08/14 22:23:54) Jules Lavisham: Ah yes. The Dark Eye.
(08/14 22:23:54) Kayara: brb
(08/14 22:23:55) Scharminius: main issue I've seen in LCD is burned-out pixels, apparently flashing full colors helps
(08/14 22:24:13) Jules Lavisham: First person adventure game made with stop motion set in the works of Poe.
(08/14 22:24:35) Jules Lavisham: William Burroughs on voice acting duties
(08/14 22:25:08) Jules Lavisham: Just... that combination of elements. I feel it would be unheard of today.
(08/14 22:25:18) Jules Lavisham: I mean, obviously, in the case of William Burroughs
(08/14 22:25:23) Jules Lavisham: But you know what I mean, right
(08/14 22:25:45) Tiernan Quinlan: Oh, definitely.
(08/14 22:26:13) Jules Lavisham: That crazy experimentalism
(08/14 22:26:57) Tiernan Quinlan: M' father wasn't much on video games. We used computers mostly f' schoolwork an' learnin' to program.
(08/14 22:27:34) Jules Lavisham: My parents didn't see them as much more than a timewasting device outside of work or study.
(08/14 22:27:54) Jules Lavisham: There were a few that they held in regard, though. Myst was one, obviously.
(08/14 22:28:10) Jules Lavisham: And anything that looked vaguely creative, like the Sim games.
(08/14 22:28:22) Tiernan Quinlan grins. " M' Grandmum sent me th' game f' m' birthday."
(08/14 22:28:31) Tiernan Quinlan: Myst, I mean.
(08/14 22:28:47) Jules Lavisham: It was our Mac pack-in. First CD-Rom application I ever used.
(08/14 22:28:47) Tiernan Quinlan: So, tha's how I ended up fallin' in love w' it.
(08/14 22:29:11) Tiernan Quinlan chuckles.
(08/14 22:29:40) Tiernan Quinlan sips his Guinness.
(08/14 22:29:44) Morgon: same here. first CD-rom, but on windows
(08/14 22:29:58) Jules Lavisham: Weirdly enough, they found the original Worms quite amusing.
(08/14 22:29:58) Tiernan Quinlan: I loved it from th' first time I ran it.
(08/14 22:30:05) Jules Lavisham: Liked doing the funny voices.
(08/14 22:30:17) Tiernan Quinlan shivers a bit. "Still get chills thinkin' about it."
(08/14 22:30:49) Jules Lavisham: Yup, it'll do that.
(08/14 22:31:34) Tiernan Quinlan grins. "Now, I had a buddy in college who had a number of old computer games. He had Worms, I believe."
(08/14 22:32:19) Jules Lavisham says "You'll regret that!" in a squeeky voice
(08/14 22:32:35) Tiernan Quinlan giggles.
(08/14 22:33:16) Jules Lavisham: Funny how certain sounds stay with you as the years go on...
(08/14 22:35:32) Tiernan Quinlan nods.
(08/14 22:36:12) Tiernan Quinlan sips and chuckles.