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But that's not my point. I'm saying Depp has churned out crap performances, but since Pirates of the Caribean there are a lot of fanboys who think everything he's touched was gold. Sure, I agree he's a good actor and his role in POTC was great. But I think it's a bit over-the-top to say every performance he's done was his best.

And like I said, I wasn't specifically targeting Alec. His was just a reminder. I've heard a great many others give more extreme amounts of worship.

Didn't mean you specificially. Your comment just reminded me of that is all.

Johnny Depp - Everything he has ever done

Interesting to note that prior to Pirates of the Carribean, a lot of people were so-so about Depp. I read the IMDB user comments on Depp for the film Chocolat, and prior to POTC's release they say things like:

"I don't really know why he had to be in this movie. His character is a far-shot from necessary to the story."

"The only thing I can criticise is her relationship with Johnny Depp â€" I don't think there is a lot of chemistry between them [Depp and Binoche]. In fact, Depp seems to be a little bit miscast here, coming across as a nineties rock star rather than a fifties Irish tinker."

"Johnny Depp was useless, both his performance and the character. There was zero chemistry between he and Binoche."

"the rest of the sorry crew, whose accents ranged from the absurd faux-Irish of Monsieur Deppe to off-course mid-Atlanticese (witness Binoche), were palpably at sea."

Then after POTC:

"If you only watch Chocolat for one reason, make it this one. Johnny Depp. He's not required to do much but smoulder, but by golly, he does it well."

"Juliet Binoche is superb in the leading role and is supported by a wonderful cast, notably Judi Dench, Albert Molini and Johnny Depp."

"Well, I think this may be the best Johnny Depp preformence, just as good as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Carribbean."

There was even a post at the top of the Chocolat forums that says "WHO THINKS JOHNNY DEPP IS AN EXELLENT ACTOR?" with most, if not all, saying "I do".

It's interesting that when an actor does a career-defining role, suddenly people go "I LOVE EVERYTHING HE'S DONE", even though prior to said career-defining role people weren't really hyped about much said actor had done, especially the mediocre roles. Now, post-POTC, they say even his worst roles are brilliant.

Like I said, just interesting to note.

Just to be different, I'm going to say Doralice from Lost In Time.



I think she's very attractive, especially with all those people exploding out of her head.

What I want to know is: what could be a more uncomfortable Christmas than that?

Well, there was that time Chewy had to return to his home planet for Life Day and the Imperial forces tried to stop him. Boy, that's a Christmas you don't want to ever happen again!

So what DID come first?

No, no, no! Who came first! What came second! As for third, dunno!

It works on so many levels!!! Watch as my bowtie spins around and around!!!

EDIT: In fact, I'm gonna edit my sig and quote myself is how good it was!!

HERE IS YOUR SPELL CHECKER


ABRACADABRA YOUR SPELLS ARE OKAY

Your mother costs two and half cents! 

Tom, although your intentions of preserving old software is honourable, I still find that many people use the term abandonware to justify doing something that is technically illegal. Why justify it? Why pussy-foot around? A certain piece of software not supported anymore? Big whoop! Downloading it is still illegal. And no amount of rationalisation (from "It's not supported" to "It's not harming anyone") doesn't change that. I think people should grow some balls and say, "Hey, we're practically stealing!" instead of hiding behind words like 'abandonware'.

Just my two and a half cents.

Happy New Year to you too, Kandy!

I read your post, then realised something with the very first line:

I know what you mean DG but I don't want it to end this way...

How do you want to end it?

I mean, I know you love her but from the sounds of it, it's causing you a lot of grief. Perhaps (and this is probably going to hurt you a lot if you do this) you should drop the bomb. Something like: "I've decided we shouldn't speak with each other anymore. I've told you many times that I love you and all I get is dead air. It saddens me, so I think we should move on so we can each be happy in our own direction. I hope you understand. Maybe one day we'll meet again."

If she tries to argue and shoot you down, tell her you've made up your mind anyway and you still feel you both should break it off, if only for the sake of being happy. It may hurt at first to not speak to each other anymore, but sometimes you've just got to turn around, walk away, and not look back. It's sad, but to get to heaven sometimes you've got to battle through hell.

That's how I'd end it. But that's just me. You could probably come up with a better way to end it.

But like I asked, how do you want to end it?

DG, I didn't know you and your girlfriend had broken up. I guess I was away from the forum when you announced it, or you simply never wrote about it.

Aye, I've never written about it here until now. I didn't really want to, for some reason. Probably cause there are certain parts of my life I like to keep private. At least, until a brother's hurting. Then I tell what I know in hopes someone might learn something, even if just a small something, from my limited experiences. I was actually going to send all this to Kandy in a PM, but I figured I might post publically so maybe others can learn something.

And it's not all bad. I've still got a direction I want to go in my life, even if there's no woman by my side anymore. Hey, maybe I'll pick someone else up along the way -- or is it that they'll pick me up along their way?  But I hope, in saying all this, Kandy understands what I'm saying about moving on.

Hi Kandy,

I don't know much about love and relationships but, this year, I became an expert on break-ups. I had two this year. One was with a girl where we built a relationship over the course of nearly three years -- she was the one I thought would be "the one". The one I would have popped the question to, given a few more years. But she dumped me, for many reasons I won't go into because they're not all that interesting in the grand scheme of things.

I was sad for a while. How sad? The kind of sad where you pull out every song in your CD collection and somehow they all remind you of her. Even the theme song to Hill Street Blues (strangely enough). I stayed at home, bought the complete series of Futurama and watched them all in a row. After a week or two of being a hermit, I went outside, caught up with some old friends, and life resumed as usual.

The other break-up was with someone I met soon after -- a girl, younger than I and very different in perspective. Very serious, very analytical. But in a way, she changed my perspective on a lot of things, especially religion -- a topic I've been known to shun, especially as many here would know. But I liked her a lot. And I could tell she liked me. I was her first boyfriend and girls always really like their first boyfriends. That is, until they get dumped. Then their boyfriends become the worst people in the world.

But we dated for nearly three months and I could tell things weren't going to work out. I think, me being her first boyfriend, she was very new to relationships. I don't think she understood what it meant to share you life with another. When you're that young, you don't think about such things. I mean, she was the kind of person that you'd struggle to find out anything personal about her. She was very quiet. I like a good conversation, but it's difficult when all the conversation happens from my side. So, my heart wasn't in it anymore. I dumped her. And I'm an arsehole for doing so. But it had to happen.

Don't get me wrong though -- she was an angel.She was very kind, sweet, and smart. She played a few differnet instruments and gave them names as if they were her pets. I thought it was cute. I kind of wondered what she saw in me. Everytime she starred at me with her inquisitive eyes, I went all gooey. Having someone look at you like that makes you very vulnerable person. And that's a good thing.

Kandy, you're in love with your woman. I know this very well. You told me so in that pub with the shag carpet on the wall. And I could see it by the way you spoke about her. I know how much you were in love with her. They say we do not choose who we fall in love with -- it just happens. And when it happens so naturally, that's a great thing.

But sadly we do have to choose whether we break-up with someone or not. People make this decision: do I want to stay or leave this relationship? Your partner made her decision. Just like my ex did with my first break-up for this year. And just like I did with my second break-up. But, looking at things from such a perspective, I'd say that she's doing you a favour by breaking up with you. Would you still want to be with someone whose heart is not in it? I know I wouldn't want to be with Rene again, knowing she wasn't committed all the way. And I certainly hope Kellie finds someone more suited to her -- someone whose heart is in it all the way.

Now I'm single and alone. And at the moment, I'm happy with that. There's nothing wrong with being on your own for while, especially after a break-up. Why is this? Because now I'm also smarter than I was at the beginning of the year. And that makes all the break-ups in the world worthwise. The thing about tragedy is that it somehow makes us wiser, smarter, and stronger when we face it. Of course, this is a typical thing for me to say. I always say crap like this. But it's true crap. You face your fears, then you become a better person.

I don't know much about love and relationships. I'm 23 going on 24. To many of my friends at Uni (who are mainly 19-21), I'm old. But I'm still to young to know everything, especially about love and relationships. But I do know a little more about break-ups now. And I tell you all this so that I hope you understand more about the situation you're in. I hope I've properly communicated what both sides of the coin where like for me. And I know it hurts. It's supposed to. But there's something I take from all this -- a line from a song called The Bitterest Pill by The Jam:

For the bitterest pill is hard to swallow
The love I gave hangs in sad coloured, mocking shadows

The bitterest pill is mine to take
If I took if for a hundred years, I couldn't feel any more hate

Nowadays, I don't feel sad or angry over what happened. I'm happy with the way things are going now. My life is on track. And I hope you remember always that no matter what happens with you and your girl, or with Melbourne or England, your life will still be moving.

Always moving. Never stagnant.

- DG

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/SANTAELBURRITO/Eric.jpg

In honour of Eric, I handdrew a picture of him as a pirate. OH NO WATCH OUT CAPTIN JACK SPAROW THERES A NEW MAN IN TOWN YARRRRRRR!!!!1!

It only stuck because, as you say, no other site is distributing them.

There are other sites that host old Sierra games, you know. I just can't mention them here cause, y'know, the whole warez thing.

I was under the impression that abandonia had some sort of deal with Sierra, of something.

Sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me: allow Abandonia (and no other website) to distribute old Sierra games for free in exchange for nothing.

There are other sites that host old Sierra games, you know. I just can't mention them here cause, y'know, the whole warez thing.

Adding to what Gilbert said...

http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ArticleID=1668

My favourite part in the article is the part that proves you wrong, Fawfulhasfury. Especially lines like, "Despite the newness of the concept, abandonware is as illegal as warez" and "In late 1997 the IDSA and the Software SPA sent cease-and-desist letters to a number of the nascent abandonware sites".

Are you still 100% sure Abandonia isn't a warez site? If so, what is your rationale? And did you divise this rationale while riding a magical unicorn headed for the lost city of Atlantis?

Does Abandonia have commercial software that's copyright to respective owners?

Yes?

Then... IT'S A WAREZ SITE!

Just to make things clearer: Just because it's abandonware, doesn't mean it's not warez.

I want a golden ticket to the Wonka factory.

Interesting. Can you explain the rationale behind your artwork? What was going through your mind when you designed this? And who is that mysterious kid in the goggles? And what is the yellow thing in the kid's hand?