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Voted.
How much?
for a 10$ Steam game(35 in my currency), I pay 10 Euro because I'm in Europe( that's 45 in my currency).
Let's assume though a more expensive game, like the newly released FarCry 3, which is 50$( 175 in my currency). That is 50 euro because I'm in Europe, and that is 225 in my currency. I pay almost ~14$ more and my country's economy isn't even comparable to western European countries or to USA.
Oh and also, I've seen games that are cheaper to buy on a physical support than on steam. Where's the logic in that? :
Steam is great for what it is, but new games are more expensive here imo.
Let's assume though a more expensive game, like the newly released FarCry 3, which is 50$( 175 in my currency). That is 50 euro because I'm in Europe, and that is 225 in my currency. I pay almost ~14$ more and my country's economy isn't even comparable to western European countries or to USA.
Oh and also, I've seen games that are cheaper to buy on a physical support than on steam. Where's the logic in that? :
Steam is great for what it is, but new games are more expensive here imo.
IT IS THE ATTACK OF THE WHITE PARALLELOGRAM! It will infiltrate your Hammer editor and prevent you from mapping, thus putting an end to our beautiful WIP THREEADS!
OH no!
Fortunately, a small "suture" to the video card's drivers will probably fix this.
OH no!
Fortunately, a small "suture" to the video card's drivers will probably fix this.
Hmm, seems like a World War Z trailer was released.
Seems to be interesting and quite action-packed. BRAWWWWWWWUUUUUUMMMMM ( really, does every movie need this audio effect these days?).
Seems to be interesting and quite action-packed. BRAWWWWWWWUUUUUUMMMMM ( really, does every movie need this audio effect these days?).
I'm out though, for two reasons really.I understand reason nr. 2, but 1? I thought you were making efforts to learn source mapping.
1.Source
2.The Ship
Ok then. Whoever wants to jump in the skypewagon, please add your skype username on your profile( at least until we add each other). Please confirm here.
[EDIT] So Suture has an Arduino on his avatar again. So does TJB. And you know what? I even forgot.
[EDIT] So Suture has an Arduino on his avatar again. So does TJB. And you know what? I even forgot.
Yeah, I also like the Skype idea.
That's probably going to happen when you'll have a boy and will introduce him to TWHL.
How does that work? I've heard others suggest this too. Is this like accessing Steam through TeamViewer or TightVNC?
That's a nice idea. I find myself being able to talk to a limited amount of members since I went to college, Steam ports are blocked.
Would be nice if TWHL can resist at least until we get 3D immersion devices so we can virtually meet and talk face-to-face. This is very probable by the end of this decade. (although I also imagine the bad part of this: a lot of the population using such devices could be transformed into consuming vegetables if the devices are not coupled with actual physical response mechanisms).
TWHL has been my first tab in Firefox since 2008.
TWHL has been my first tab in Firefox since 2008.
Wouldn't this year be the 10th birthday of TWHL? Or we have missed it by some months?
Exactly what I was thinking of posting in this section of the forums.
It's going to be ridiculous.
I think I know how to spot HL players at my college. There are some who like to abuse elevators.
-Cstriker, I like yours but perhaps you could come up with an original one? lol.I go by "Zeratus" these days, a "romanized" Zeratul(a character from Starcraft). I don't know how to change my name on TWHL, and I've tried in the past I think but nobody helped me.
This subjects has been discussed not long ago I think. And it spawns some ridiculous explanations.
My username... is pretty unoriginal, that's all I have to say.
My username... is pretty unoriginal, that's all I have to say.
Half-Life 2: Wars.
Holy shit! That's so professional!
Welcome back CrolloElliot!
I've got the Acer and it's really not bad. It stays relatively cool as well.
I've got the Acer and it's really not bad. It stays relatively cool as well.
Halloween?
Holy crap! Thank you. Unfortunately, I'm at the college dorms where I have no access to Steam, just offline. I will check the codes in the weekend though, they won't expire right?
Have a 16:9 version of that? Maybe original PSD? I want it green.
That's uhh... very original.
Leaving what Dimbark suggested to someone else, but I want to emphasize the word College to him :).
Windows (the OS)
Windows is without doubt the brains of most computers today. The fact that it is commercial is understandable: it simply works. In my opinion, it's simply the best OS out there at the moment, but not because it objectively IS. I guess that a lot of corporations and software developers just chose it as their main platform, and so it grew in popularity. For advanced computer users, there are always alternatives, and one of the best reasons to find an alternative is the price. Nowadays, with distros of Linux like Ubuntu or Linux Mint, it's easier than ever to be a newbie geek.
But alternatives only work if you have a targeted workflow on your pc. Most of us use their computers for a lot of things: internet, multimedia, programming, GAMING, and when it comes to this last part, Windows just wins. At the moment. Also, drivers.
College Dorms
Windows is without doubt the brains of most computers today. The fact that it is commercial is understandable: it simply works. In my opinion, it's simply the best OS out there at the moment, but not because it objectively IS. I guess that a lot of corporations and software developers just chose it as their main platform, and so it grew in popularity. For advanced computer users, there are always alternatives, and one of the best reasons to find an alternative is the price. Nowadays, with distros of Linux like Ubuntu or Linux Mint, it's easier than ever to be a newbie geek.
But alternatives only work if you have a targeted workflow on your pc. Most of us use their computers for a lot of things: internet, multimedia, programming, GAMING, and when it comes to this last part, Windows just wins. At the moment. Also, drivers.
College Dorms
Blitzkrieg's review of shampoo
It's mostly a copy-paste from Wikipedia, which is not wrong, but I myself would have quoted it. I actually read it so it didn't bother me, found out new things.
Freakazoid
It's mostly a copy-paste from Wikipedia, which is not wrong, but I myself would have quoted it. I actually read it so it didn't bother me, found out new things.
Freakazoid
So uhm, how did you achieve the awesomeness?
I like how the bathroom is friggin huge, and a toilet is placed right in front of a mirror.
This video is currently being processed
I hope this is not a spoiler.
I hope this is not a spoiler.
How's this?
The image needs additional credit: The vulcano sonar image- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vulcano_bransfield-strait_hg.png (author: Hannes Grobe, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
TWHL
A place where I feel home. One of the nicest places on the internet. Not necessarily the greatest forum to have ever existed, but a place where a pack of people know well each other( at least on the forums), and have grown together in this online community. This feeling is erased from time to time when guys like Bruce are brucing.
10/10
Shampoos, favorite type?
A place where I feel home. One of the nicest places on the internet. Not necessarily the greatest forum to have ever existed, but a place where a pack of people know well each other( at least on the forums), and have grown together in this online community. This feeling is erased from time to time when guys like Bruce are brucing.
10/10
Shampoos, favorite type?
The color orange
Orange is an interesting and provocative color that I personally like. It has a wavelength of 600nm. I think it inspires energy. Think about it. Oranges contain a ton of vitamin C, and the sun is seemingly orange. Carrots are also orange, and are good for your eyes. TWHL is also orange, and is good for your mapping.
Personally, I can't find another color that is so warm, but at the same time so aggressive and full of energy. Firefox is also orange. Oh hey, look, Avast is orange too.
And Gordon... has an orange HEV suit. Need I say more?
Public transportation
Orange is an interesting and provocative color that I personally like. It has a wavelength of 600nm. I think it inspires energy. Think about it. Oranges contain a ton of vitamin C, and the sun is seemingly orange. Carrots are also orange, and are good for your eyes. TWHL is also orange, and is good for your mapping.
Personally, I can't find another color that is so warm, but at the same time so aggressive and full of energy. Firefox is also orange. Oh hey, look, Avast is orange too.
And Gordon... has an orange HEV suit. Need I say more?
Public transportation
The next person who posts
The next person who posts is quite confused. He does not know whether TJB is referring to the person right after him, or the person after the person after him. But he will try to describe the latter, since he thinks describing oneself is not a good idea in this thread.
The next person is a total mystery. Besides Rimrook's girlfriend, I can safely assume it's a "he". He enjoys an unknown type of music, and is really in love with N/A. His unknown face is always unknowing. The unknown part of this next person is so intense that it almost spawns fear of not disappointing his unknown feelings. It's quite like quantum mechanics!
He is so popular in this post that I will reserve a special question just for him:
How much unknown can an unknown unknown if an unknown could unknown unknown?
P.S. This is stupid. Let's stick to the actual scope of the thread
Alcoholic Beverages
The next person who posts is quite confused. He does not know whether TJB is referring to the person right after him, or the person after the person after him. But he will try to describe the latter, since he thinks describing oneself is not a good idea in this thread.
The next person is a total mystery. Besides Rimrook's girlfriend, I can safely assume it's a "he". He enjoys an unknown type of music, and is really in love with N/A. His unknown face is always unknowing. The unknown part of this next person is so intense that it almost spawns fear of not disappointing his unknown feelings. It's quite like quantum mechanics!
He is so popular in this post that I will reserve a special question just for him:
How much unknown can an unknown unknown if an unknown could unknown unknown?
P.S. This is stupid. Let's stick to the actual scope of the thread
Alcoholic Beverages
The Loch Ness Monster or "Nessie"
I never bothered to imagine or fantasize about monster stories, so obviously I couldn't care less about this one. The rare times I came in contact with information or discussions concerning the Nessie story was at the English classes, and they were terribly boring.
I believe people get scared easily by strange or unknown phenomena, and a story like this just caught roots in the masses.
I'm highly skeptical when it comes to monster stories, most of them are crap fiction. That being said, I wouldn't go closer than 10m to that lake.
Bidet
I never bothered to imagine or fantasize about monster stories, so obviously I couldn't care less about this one. The rare times I came in contact with information or discussions concerning the Nessie story was at the English classes, and they were terribly boring.
I believe people get scared easily by strange or unknown phenomena, and a story like this just caught roots in the masses.
I'm highly skeptical when it comes to monster stories, most of them are crap fiction. That being said, I wouldn't go closer than 10m to that lake.
Bidet
This is a single cell-algae:
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Wait, what?
Wait, what?
It's time for serious dog.
That name sounds familiar...
the time to buy is now.The only time I know of this to be true is last year when the floods affected the HDD factories. But of course, nobody instructed nobody to buy HDDs then :).
I saw the "Origin" icon in some of your desktops. Sometimes in a rather strange position. Why would you want to rotate your desktop around the corner of the screen?
But seriously now, is Origin a gaming platform like Steam?
But seriously now, is Origin a gaming platform like Steam?
Cool desktop Dauby! It's interesting that you still use LeakMarker. Why?
[EDIT] Btw, my laptop... desktop:
[EDIT] Btw, my laptop... desktop:
I don't know. Haven't started college, and I was just curious to learn about these things.
What are the cons and pros of using a 3D modelling program when comparing Blender, 3DsMax or Maya? I'm quite interested in how some of these commercial programs(besides Blender) offer free versions to students, since I'm also starting college. Also, what kind of other programs have free versions for students?
Sorry for the off-topic.
Sorry for the off-topic.
Oh that is so sexy. I bet it moves like a cheetah. How much did you pay for the SSD?
[EDIT] Well, I just tested my USB 3.0 stick on an actualy USB 3.0 port. What the fuck?
[EDIT] Well, I just tested my USB 3.0 stick on an actualy USB 3.0 port. What the fuck?
Are the source compiling tools multicore compatible?
[EDIT] Nevermind, it seems they are:
[EDIT] Nevermind, it seems they are:
Alright, here's my result(Acer Aspire V3).
I was expecting such a low performance, since it holds a 5400RPM HDD, but this is rather disappointing.
I was expecting such a low performance, since it holds a 5400RPM HDD, but this is rather disappointing.
84.9 Mb/s reading rate is quite extraordinary for a 5400 RPM drive :|.