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You are going to be trapped in a room for 12 hours with a mid 2000s office desktop with no internet connection and an external hard drive; what are you putting on the hard drive? (leminal.space)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've got some DOOM WADs I have been meaning to play so I would probably grab Trench Foot, Total Chaos, and the sequel to Ashes 2063, Ashes: Afterglow with a portable install of GZDoom to play them.

After that I'd probably bring Star Trek TOS and a MOBI copy of Neuromancer by William Gibson combined with a portable install of VLC and Calibre in case the computer didn't have applications that support the file format.

What about you?

I wanted to phrase this in a way where it isn't a prolonged or desert island style question where the responsible idea would be to bring Wikipedia ZIMs and educational PDFs. It's just an awkward amount of time to kill. The mid 2000s office desktop stipulation is just an additional challenge so you can't just bring in a copy of Baldur's Gate 3 or Cyberpunk 2077.

Edit: By mid 2000s I meant around 2005; the XP or Vista.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

12 hours of trying to overclock a mid 2000s desktop as much as I can

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Surprised no one mentioned GTA series

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Someone further down did mention the 3D GTA games. I'm assuming they mean 3 and VC

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

12 hours? Lol probably just some stuff to code on and screw around in. I'll probably take a nap in there somewhere to kill time

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

12h is barely enough for 1.5 out of 33 of Ascendance of a Bookworm volumes. I would probably rererereread volume 1 and 18

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

12 hours? I'm sleeping through that whole thing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You are going to be trapped in a room for 12 hours with a mid 2000s office desktop with no internet connection and an external hard drive; what are you putting on the hard drive?

Nothing, because I won't have an internet connection...

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Winamp with my favorite skin

Entirety of my mp3 collection

All 7 seasons of DS9

All 5 seasons of Kids in the Hall

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Neverwinter, will entertain me all day long

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Angband or umoria

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Without an Internet connection? Nothing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You'd rather spend the 12 hours just using whatever is on the computer than bring in some of your ill-gotten gains for some guaranteed entertainment?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Can I take the external hard drive to my own PC before hand? I just don't have shit to use to load anything into it from outside. lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Tutorial videos for programming

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I could bring the whole Person of Interest series and wouldn't finish a season. That, or any TV series with reasonable length. I was thinking:

Dark
Breaking Bad
Fringe
Mr. Robot
Hannibal
Battlestar Galactica
The Expanse

Speaking of, I wonder what the mid-00s performance for decoding HEVC.

Also, what do I get from this, anyway?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Also, what do I get from this, anyway?

You don't kill your family or get arrested if you are in this person's position I guess

https://sh.itjust.works/comment/10506722

Speaking of, I wonder what the mid-00s performance for decoding HEVC.

That's a good question. I hadn't thought of how that would play into things

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah, my collection is now on either AV1 or H265. Otherwise that 2TB won't last.

I was hoping someone with a retro PC could answer.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Rollercoaster Tycoon 2

ADoM

Donkey Kong Country and SNES9x

2005, you say? I bet KOTOR could run on low on a shitty office PC.

Master of Orion 2

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Check out OpenRCT. It's RCT but improved for the modern age.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I'm well aware, thank you

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