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The "everyone else is trapped outside" is reminiscent of ''so long and thanks for all the fish'' (i think that's the right book), with the house with the inverted walls. The person living inside the house sees everyone else as trapped within the house.[[User:Firestar233|guess who]] ([[User talk:Firestar233|if you desire conversing]] | [[Special:Contributions/Firestar233|what i have done]]) 07:34, 18 February 2025 (UTC) | The "everyone else is trapped outside" is reminiscent of ''so long and thanks for all the fish'' (i think that's the right book), with the house with the inverted walls. The person living inside the house sees everyone else as trapped within the house.[[User:Firestar233|guess who]] ([[User talk:Firestar233|if you desire conversing]] | [[Special:Contributions/Firestar233|what i have done]]) 07:34, 18 February 2025 (UTC) | ||
| β | I'm sure I'm not the only person to still ''have'' handy XP machine, as well as a '98 one (SE is ok, I assume?) that I could boot up. As well as a 2K one that's already ''actually running'', as I type, plus I could get my original '95 running again (might need new CMOS battery), with ''possibly' | + | I'm sure I'm not the only person to still ''have'' a handy XP machine, as well as a '98 one (SE is ok, I assume?) that I could boot up. As well as a 2K one that's already ''actually running'', as I type, plus I could get my original '95 running again (might need new CMOS battery), with ''possibly'' some usable Win 3.1/3.11 installation floppies. - I'm a bit less capable of running Vista (urgh!), but I know exactly where I can borrow such a laptop (still in use). I'd be all out of luck with 8/8.1 and 10, as throughout those eras I skipped them and still stuck with the better designed XP, until the very latest (Win11) machine was forced upon me (meh...), with all its various foibles. (Although I may be able to cover most of the bases via various linux boxen, no doubt, with the right WINE/equivalent setups.) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.116|172.70.85.116]] 08:54, 18 February 2025 (UTC) |
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The "everyone else is trapped outside" is reminiscent of so long and thanks for all the fish (i think that's the right book), with the house with the inverted walls. The person living inside the house sees everyone else as trapped within the house.guess who (if you desire conversing | what i have done) 07:34, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
I'm sure I'm not the only person to still have a handy XP machine, as well as a '98 one (SE is ok, I assume?) that I could boot up. As well as a 2K one that's already actually running, as I type, plus I could get my original '95 running again (might need new CMOS battery), with possibly some usable Win 3.1/3.11 installation floppies. - I'm a bit less capable of running Vista (urgh!), but I know exactly where I can borrow such a laptop (still in use). I'd be all out of luck with 8/8.1 and 10, as throughout those eras I skipped them and still stuck with the better designed XP, until the very latest (Win11) machine was forced upon me (meh...), with all its various foibles. (Although I may be able to cover most of the bases via various linux boxen, no doubt, with the right WINE/equivalent setups.) 172.70.85.116 08:54, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
