Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20180827202615/@comment-1496755-20180920195035

Not one for optimism, eh? I see what's going on - you are trying to derail the conversation. Yes, you are totally worthless :P

Well yes, the whole mounting thing is a bit of a hassle, though I still prefer it to having ot deal with Virtual Box and its peculiarities... I normally use MagicISO to quickly make images (it creates CD, DVD and floppy images - all 5.25 and 3.5-inch varieties), though you'd need to dig out a registration code to access the program's full capabilities (yes, it's one of those).

So we made the switch just in time. See, it's things like this that make me feel optimistic. We always find the nice solutions in time.

Fandom seems like a big serious kind of company, so I really hope they'll sort out all of their copyright-related mumbo-jumbo and not create any frustrations for us. After all, they do want those ad revenues. And that means attracting visitors and editors.

The worst thing about this whole situation is the Big Unknown - we have no idea exactly what effects it will have. So far, the only problem I've ever had was one site that simply refused to let any European IP addresses access it due to concerns over this whole thing. Luckily, it wasn't an important site, so I just found another one for the same purpose. Major and serious sites will (hopefully) not resort to such measures, again for reasons stated above. No one wants to lose their exposure. We'll see... but yeah, you shouldn't be too worried, there is a whole Atlantic ocean between you and this mess.

(sigh) I can't really explain it either. They say it's about protecting our personal data and copyrighted content and blah-blah, stuff like that. But many people legitimately consider it to be censorship and it could indeed create some unjustified restrictions. I really hope something changes soon - there is always a chance for this thing to be revoked.

If we have Shrek, we should start looking for a donkey too. It would make a fine Fiend replacement - imagine a donkey that jumps at you fiercely, hah.

To summarise it in one word - September. This month seems to hate me. The academic year began and now there are suddenly several very important (and time-consuming) things all happening at the same time, and all of them are super urgent and have to be ready "yesterday". Plus, lots of distractions from students and professors coming in for all sorts of random reasons. And if that's not enough, my colleague is going on a little vacation too, so I will also have to take over some of her duties next week (still not sure about the week after that). Exhausting? It's a miracle I haven't had a stroke yet :P

There is one good thing about September, though - September 22. On this day, three years ago, I officially moved to my new home! The day was chosen on purpose - it is our country's Independence Day, so it was symbolic for me starting to live on my own.

Maybe Raadec will want to be female? Ha ha, I am so evil... You've probably heard that armor has this strange property in games, where it magically becomes minimalistic and sexy when it is worn by female characters, even if exactly the same armor looks completely different on a male one.