Official 'I HATE TECHNOLOGY" Rant Thread

Mac is for work.
Windows is for games.
Thats's how I run it.

except for WoW and some Steam games.

I have Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit.
So in other words, I can't install HALF of my games, because when I try I get "The program or feature "\??\G:\setup.exe" cannot start or run due to incompatibility with 64-bit versions of windows."

And before you ask:
1.) Yes, i "explored" the disc, running autorun.exe AND setup.exe. Same error message.
2.) Yes, I ran as administrator. Same error message.
3.) Yes, I tried ALL compatibility modes. Same error message.
4.) Yes, I tried compatibility modes AND run as administrator at the same time. Same error message.

Fucking retarded.

Virtual XP doesn't work, either. What the fuck is this shit?

Look for an .exe made specifically for 64-bit Windows. That's still a pain in the ass, but it might enable you to run at least a few more games.

****.

I might as well just buy it, Walmart has it for like $16. Chances are I had a bad download, or an old one, or something. (It didn't work on my roomate's computer, either)

So, my girlfriend is playing Final Fantasy X. It has a tiny little scratch on it. This, of course, makes the game COMPLETELY UNPLAYABLE.
I tried downloading an iso, but first Swap Magic wouldn't load it because it was the retarded international version! I downloaded three separate torrents, only to find out that they were the SAME FILE, but with slightly different file sizes. I finally found a way to get ONE of them to work. SORRY. CAN'T FIND YOUR SAVE FILE.

I think I finally found the right goddamn version, but it's on rapidshare. Meaning, I have to "wait 120 seconds" about 30 times before I have it.

I F%$*ING HATE TECHNOLOGY

Final Fantasy X is like $2 at The Exchange, which is 3 minutes from where you live.

So, my girlfriend is playing Final Fantasy X. It has a tiny little scratch on it. This, of course, makes the game COMPLETELY UNPLAYABLE.
I tried downloading an iso, but first Swap Magic wouldn't load it because it was the retarded international version! I downloaded three separate torrents, only to find out that they were the SAME FILE, but with slightly different file sizes. I finally found a way to get ONE of them to work. SORRY. CAN'T FIND YOUR SAVE FILE.

I think I finally found the right goddamn version, but it's on rapidshare. Meaning, I have to "wait 120 seconds" about 30 times before I have it.

I F%$*ING HATE TECHNOLOGY

Toothpaste and freezer. It's fixed 2 of my games.

What you do is put toothpaste on the underside of the disc, and rub it out from the center, till it's all covered. Leave it for an hour or two and then get it off, you may need to use water to get some of it off.

Make sure it's dry, then chuck it in a bag and pop it in the freezer for a few hours. (like 3 or 4).

Test.

I found the right version online ($0), but I will try this toothpaste trick sometime.

I think I'll try that trick with a Super Smash Bros. Melee disc I have that I got for free (thanks, Amazon and your A-Z guarantee!). It's completely mangled up so I doubt it'll work, but it's always worth a try, lol.

Final Fantasy X is like $2 at The Exchange, which is 3 minutes from where you live.

It's a matter of pride!
I've already bought another copy of the game once because it got one little scratch and stopped working. I refuse to pay for a third!

 If you have Swap Magic, you've paid for that so you might as well refuse to pay for any other PS2 game you wish to play. P:

Since getting Swap Magic, I've added 8 new PS2 games to library. lol :v

This post would belong in a "I LOVE TECHNOLOGY" thread.

I would like to take this opportunity to SLAP MICROSOFT OR MACROMEDIA OR SOMEBODY OVER THE HEAD BECAUSE I CAN'T USE FLASH OR FIREWORKS MX 2004 FOR MORE THAN 30 SECONDS WITHOUT CLICKING A BUTTON CRASHING IT AND LOSING BOTH MY WORK AND MY SAVING DIRECTORY. THIS IS SILLY, PROGRAMS SHOULDN'T BREAK JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE ON A NEWER OPERATING SYSTEM YOU MECKING TANCY GIPSY SPICE OVENS.

Thank you.

THIS IS SILLY, PROGRAMS SHOULDN'T BREAK JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE ON A NEWER OPERATING SYSTEM YOU MECKING TANCY GIPSY SPICE OVENS.

The fact is though, the newer operating systems are programmed much different from the old ones so...old programs are actually prone to break.

THIS IS SILLY, PROGRAMS SHOULDN'T BREAK JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE ON A NEWER OPERATING SYSTEM YOU MECKING TANCY GIPSY SPICE OVENS.

The fact is though, the newer operating systems are programmed much different from the old ones so...old programs are actually prone to break.

And backwards compatibility is a waste of time, because it usually only slows down the system, and thus rids the OS of most the advances it has made.

My Mac has a dead IP address. Been working on it for 5+ hours and it's still not working. Going to run it through Ethernet now because I don't even care anymore.

Just received my DSTwo Super Card in the mail today.


It doesn't work.


The one I bought 6 months ago and gave to my girlfriend works. But not mine.



$40, wasted. Awesome.

Update the DStwo cart's firmware. The problem is probably that your DS's firmware has recently updated, which might have blocked out the cart. If you hard flash the cart's firmware to the cart, it might work. Otherwise, you'll have to wait for the next DStwo firmware update.

I don't understand how that works.

My DSi is 1.4, and so is my girlfriend's.

The old DSTwo from 6 months ago that has never been updated still works in BOTH DSi's.
The brand new DSTwo doesn't work in EITHER.


edit: Thinking about it again, maybe it does make sense. The old DSTwo was never updated ... I think. Maybe it was, and I wasn't aware of it, I don't know. But if that's the case, it means I need a DS that hasn't been updated to 1.4 yet, and if I could have found that, I wouldn't have had to buy a DSTwo card in the first place, I could have kept using my Acekard 2i.

So ... wait, no, it still doesn't make sense.

I bought the first DSTwo cart 6 months ago because I had already upgraded my firmware to 1.4. Doing so made my Acekard no longer work, so THAT'S why I bought the DSTwo. Because it came ready, and usable on the 1.4 firmware.

So why doesn't the DSTwo I bought 2 weeks ago work if it's still on 1.4? Nothing's changed.

wtf

Because your new cart doesn't have the latest firmware on it. You have to flash the cart with the latest custom firmware, and then the DS will recognize it as a valid game.

But I can't do that unless I can find a DS that has older firmware, right?

No, you go to the supercard website and download the latest firmware for the DStwo.

Okay, it worked.

I don't know how it worked. I'm amazed the technology is smart enough to simply work that way. You know, I thought the DSi would be too smart and to simply ignore what's loaded on the root of the SD Micro card, but I guess I was wrong. I mean, how can it be that simple?

I mean, to upgrade the firmware on the Acekard 2i, you need a DS that hasn't been upgraded yet. I wonder how the DSTwo guys got around that...

Well, it works, so I'm happy.

Supercards from the DStwo on have an on-board chip, rather than just being ds-game shaped SD cards. This lets them do things like flash the DS's firmware, and run games that use more storage. The Acekard doesn't have the chip, so you need to use another DS. The DStwo is superior to the DSone, because with the DSone, you got a usb-flasher, and had to flash the cart that way. Now you can just do it all from the cart itself.