I'm not sure why it wants credit card info from you but when I downloaded the Steam beta it was free, with no hassles. The code I gave it came from a key-gen program that takes your half-life cd key and spits out a code usable by Steam. This was a few weeks ago and it was all legal and sanctioned by Valve. Perhaps they've changed the process since then.
I wonder if doing this stresses the materials in unexpected ways, making them less durable. Also, it's been a while since I took a physics class but isn't there a frequency for different types of materials that makes them vibrate? Like that wobbly bridge in washington. It seems like you could duplicate this effect with a powered up version of this device and break things apart with it.
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I'm not sure why it wants credit card info from you but when I downloaded the Steam beta it was free, with no hassles. The code I gave it came from a key-gen program that takes your half-life cd key and spits out a code usable by Steam. This was a few weeks ago and it was all legal and sanctioned by Valve. Perhaps they've changed the process since then.
I wonder if doing this stresses the materials in unexpected ways, making them less durable. Also, it's been a while since I took a physics class but isn't there a frequency for different types of materials that makes them vibrate? Like that wobbly bridge in washington. It seems like you could duplicate this effect with a powered up version of this device and break things apart with it.