But aren't we wasting time trying to create liquid fuel in space if nuclear is a more feasible solution?
I'm making this up (feel free to correct me!) but I would imagine that water is more plentiful in comets than usable nuclear fuel is and would be easier to mine.
Anyway, I'm still confused as to what you mean. If you're tired of half life why play black mesa? It's just more of the same. Episode 3 will, by definition, be new content and new story. If you've enjoyed the previous games why would an extended break stop you enjoying the next one?
I have the Google Reader widget on my iGoogle homepage. I'd recommend it to anyone as reading truncated story titles like "Spam Causes Microsoft To Kill" can really brighten up your day.
Well it was 6 years between Half Life 1 and Half Life 2 and I'm glad I waited. I don't see how time between episodes lessens the appeal. Maybe you just don't like the direction they're going with it?
Also I can guarantee you won't buy Black Mesa. You might play it, but you won't buy it - it's free.
The bit that got me was dialog boxes. In windows certain letters get underlined and you can use the keyboard to press these buttons, or if this doesn't work you can tab through the options. In OSX (snow leopard, default settings) you can press enter or escape and that's about it.
There are some places where it is better than windows in this respect though. For example being able to do cmd+N for a new finder window is brilliant!
(now someone's gonna chime in and say you can do that for windows, too...)
I might be totally wrong here but didn't the harnessing of larger scale steam power rely on the invention of stronger metals and forging processes which were discovered after their time?
Still, it definitely would have made the world a different place.
This allows tab-focus between UI elements in a window same as anywhere else, among other things.
Thanks. That was my main issue. To be fair I haven't really looked that hard but coming from windows OS X just seems totally mouse orientated. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
Thanks for the article. It's a little dated, but hey, whatever...
The thing is they are talking about searching for a command from scratch without knowing the short-cuts. Yes, it's going to take you longer to look up a keyboard short-cut than it is to look through the menu and click it but if you have a job - as many of us do - which involves using the same commands in a piece of software repeatedly then doing ctrl+c, ctrl+n, ctrl+v will be much quicker than edit>copy, file>new, edit>paste.
Not that I have any empirical data to back this up...
They do that deliberately so that it doesn't point to a real computer. Same reason as they use phone numbers beginning with 555 in US shows and 01632 in the UK.
If they use/provide company vehicles, would they test potential employees to see if they know how to change brake pads or replace a timing belt?
Of course not. Drivers are already tested and given a driving license if they are qualified to use the equipment. They wouldn't give out a company car to someone without a driving license. As there is no standardised test for IT competency they make their own.
You have a point that the sysadmins should be preventing most of the problems but if you are hiring someone to use a computer on your system 9-5, mon-fri then you probably want them to know, for instance, the difference between Excel and a spreadsheet pasted into Powerpoint. Also the user is usually the weakest link in the security chain, or at least the hardest to secure. No matter how well you lock a system down, a user will need access to the data which they are working on. And if they have access to that data then they have the ability to fuck it up. If you try to lock the system so that the user can't do ANY damage then you may as well turn it off and get them to work on paper.
When all's said and done it's a balance - the sysadmins needs to stop as many problems as they can - proxies to stop people downloading inappropriate files, email filters, users not running as admin etc - but if the company is hiring people to use their computers all day every day then they should be looking for people with the ability to use them. Or at least identifying the areas where they lack knowledge and teaching them.
(this comment was only supposed to be a line or two...hope I didn't ramble too much!)
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5 or 6 pounds should be be enough for anyone.
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Steam has an offline mode. You should only have to go online once to activate it.
You're not wrong. Also their built-in search function just says "search coming soon".
Sorry about that. I know it isn't necessary but it keeps me occupied.
...as opposed to those regular underground twisters...
But aren't we wasting time trying to create liquid fuel in space if nuclear is a more feasible solution?
I'm making this up (feel free to correct me!) but I would imagine that water is more plentiful in comets than usable nuclear fuel is and would be easier to mine.
IIRC they aren't allowed to accept donations.
Anyway, I'm still confused as to what you mean. If you're tired of half life why play black mesa? It's just more of the same. Episode 3 will, by definition, be new content and new story. If you've enjoyed the previous games why would an extended break stop you enjoying the next one?
I have the Google Reader widget on my iGoogle homepage. I'd recommend it to anyone as reading truncated story titles like "Spam Causes Microsoft To Kill" can really brighten up your day.
Well, if its achievement you want then I think I might have the game for you.
Well it was 6 years between Half Life 1 and Half Life 2 and I'm glad I waited. I don't see how time between episodes lessens the appeal. Maybe you just don't like the direction they're going with it?
Also I can guarantee you won't buy Black Mesa. You might play it, but you won't buy it - it's free.
Gouge:
1. force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes"
2. dent: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
Maybe you mean gorge? Unless you're implying that playing for extended periods of time makes you want to gouge your eyes out?
The bit that got me was dialog boxes. In windows certain letters get underlined and you can use the keyboard to press these buttons, or if this doesn't work you can tab through the options. In OSX (snow leopard, default settings) you can press enter or escape and that's about it.
There are some places where it is better than windows in this respect though. For example being able to do cmd+N for a new finder window is brilliant!
(now someone's gonna chime in and say you can do that for windows, too...)
I might be totally wrong here but didn't the harnessing of larger scale steam power rely on the invention of stronger metals and forging processes which were discovered after their time?
Still, it definitely would have made the world a different place.
This allows tab-focus between UI elements in a window same as anywhere else, among other things.
Thanks. That was my main issue. To be fair I haven't really looked that hard but coming from windows OS X just seems totally mouse orientated. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
Thanks for the article. It's a little dated, but hey, whatever...
The thing is they are talking about searching for a command from scratch without knowing the short-cuts. Yes, it's going to take you longer to look up a keyboard short-cut than it is to look through the menu and click it but if you have a job - as many of us do - which involves using the same commands in a piece of software repeatedly then doing ctrl+c, ctrl+n, ctrl+v will be much quicker than edit>copy, file>new, edit>paste.
Not that I have any empirical data to back this up...
in every current mainstream OS it is faster.
Except for OSX. Unless I'm missing a trick, the keyboard short-cuts available in OSX are few and far between.
Inefficient it may be but at least it was a real OS, if only a demo...
They do that deliberately so that it doesn't point to a real computer. Same reason as they use phone numbers beginning with 555 in US shows and 01632 in the UK.
Well, I'm not sure that it's appropriate to celebrate a digital landmark on a date with a 2 in it.
Yeah, that's a great idea - a massive technical switch over on a day when most people are off work.
Yes, because you must be able to sell something for it to be art.
His work has to be found because it's not in a museum, gallery or Hot Topic.
Apart from the work that he has placed in museums and galleries of course. But your point still stands.
GTFO.
I can totally see why this is newsworthy. I mean it's not like it's happened before.
If they use/provide company vehicles, would they test potential employees to see if they know how to change brake pads or replace a timing belt?
Of course not. Drivers are already tested and given a driving license if they are qualified to use the equipment. They wouldn't give out a company car to someone without a driving license. As there is no standardised test for IT competency they make their own.
You have a point that the sysadmins should be preventing most of the problems but if you are hiring someone to use a computer on your system 9-5, mon-fri then you probably want them to know, for instance, the difference between Excel and a spreadsheet pasted into Powerpoint. Also the user is usually the weakest link in the security chain, or at least the hardest to secure. No matter how well you lock a system down, a user will need access to the data which they are working on. And if they have access to that data then they have the ability to fuck it up. If you try to lock the system so that the user can't do ANY damage then you may as well turn it off and get them to work on paper.
When all's said and done it's a balance - the sysadmins needs to stop as many problems as they can - proxies to stop people downloading inappropriate files, email filters, users not running as admin etc - but if the company is hiring people to use their computers all day every day then they should be looking for people with the ability to use them. Or at least identifying the areas where they lack knowledge and teaching them.
(this comment was only supposed to be a line or two...hope I didn't ramble too much!)