I always thought it had to do with avoiding ambiguity. By using a specific word with a specific meaning, you don't need to expand on the context. I think I read that somewhere a long time ago and just accepted it.
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I thought it was your son's computer, not a shared one
Why would your wife need to be convinced?
Number one reason why I don't like all the analog broadcasts and use of frequencies are slowly being killed off around here.
Please tell Tongshen, who manufactures the popular TSDZ2 motor. The pedal keeps coming loose because they don't do this. I keep a key on me to tighten it when it starts to loosen.
I play a Quake 2 mod that converts it to a ww2 game and it's as ugly as you can expect for a game from before the turn of the century. Ray tracing in this game is short of magic. No assets changed, and it makes it look so good, it's unbelievable.
Of course sometimes we also play this game in software mode which doesn't even colored lighting, just pure rendering on the CPU. So grainy...
You either pay with money or your data. This clearly shows the value of your data.
I don't think it reflects, it's just slightly transparent and the object extends under the surface.
In those days, when you entered a room in a game that had very shiny tiles that reflected the room, it was simply a copy of the room, upside down and flipped, and the floors were transparent. It created the illusion of reflection.
I think half life 2 had the first water that amazed me.
KiwiIRC is a web based IRC client. Does not have voice chat afaik, but since it's IRC it's very lightweight and had a low entry barrier.
Who?