Behind Technical Eight-Balls

Okay, I learned over the Internet overday that through the use of the programs 3D Ripper DX and 3DVIA Printscreen I could reverse-engineer models from sim programs. I've downloaded and installed both on Precious--tho' it took temporarily removing a security feature on Internet Explorer to make part of it possible.

I installed European Air War and Earthsiege2 on Precious as well--but neither of them will run. ES2 says it needs more virtual memory--even though Win7 says that the next best thing to two Gigabytes is set on the paging file. EAW says nothing--just dunwanna work.

I think I need to tweak my hardware a little. Don't have the cash to do that just yet, alas.

What You (Free)Will

Sagittarius Horoscope for week of January 6, 2011

"The heart is forever inexperienced," said Thoreau. He believed our feeling nature is eternally innocent; that no matter how much we learn about the game of life, sadness or lust or rage or joy hits us as hard the thousandth time as it did in the beginning. But is that really true? Are you as likely to plunge into mind-exploding infatuation with your fourth lover as you were with your first? Are you as susceptible now to having your world turned upside-down by flash floods of emotion as you were at age 15? Over the years, haven't you acquired wisdom about your reactive tendencies, and hasn't that transformed them? I disagree with Thoreau. I say that for the person who wants to cultivate emotional intelligence, the heart sure as hell better be capable of gaining experience. What do you think, Sagittarius? If you're aligned with my view, 2011 will educate and ripen your heart as never before.

In theory I'm still working on Love #1. Yes, there was that girl named Helen back in Grade School--but that was Grade School. Nobody understood anything and a lot of that foolishness was peer pressure and trying to be "cool". When I had to move I gave up on her and didn't even feel bad about it because I was beset by a multitude of new traumas and disasters.

And again I should repeat that my later growing-up years were completely devoid of the romance that pop culture mythos usually lavishes on them. From then on I was living in places where there was nobody I wanted to go out with...and now I'm at the age where most prizes are already taken and I'm no prize myself.

Mum last week told me about two of her married relatives and how much they loved each other and I told her back how much I wish I could "understand". But what right do I have to ask for it now?

Brought To You By The Number 3...And The Letter D!

I've signed up with the website for Dassault Systemes and will soon download what I can of the 3DVIA family of software--what's available FREE of course. Of course, I'm completely out of my depth...but what else is new?