Do you have Steam? If you downloaded Steam with all the half-life mods included, you should be able to play Team Fortress. Tea Fortress is a great little game that you can just get in and shoot. There are "classes" you can switch to (sniper, medic, engineer, solider, etc.). Usually if you are a starter, go as a Medic/Engineer and just run around healing/reparing your teammates in the front lines. You can really get a lot of fun just by doing that. After you get used to the feel of the game, try being a Soldier or something. The different classes were designed for different levels of players.
In my highschool all my my friends are somewhat scared they're going to be on the hitlist, so they've completely stopped their sharing of pop and hip-hop music. Some teachers at my schools have actually been trying hard to persuade students not to "download music from the internet anymore", which is complete bullshit. Recently I've noticed, that RIAA's original message "Do not share popular music on p2p networks", is now somehow been popularized as "Do not download music from the internet". I have no idea how this happened, but my guess is those idiots out there haven't realized the difference between the internet and p2p networks, and "popular music" with "music". The morons and end users out there are spreading the wrong message, and it's pissing me off.
Wait so I can't use a laptop even as a passenger on the front seat?? My brother and I sometimes do some Wi-Fi range testing for our router around block we live in. I bring my laptop with me in the car. Then we drive down a street, check the wireless signals, turn 90 degrees and keep on driving around and test. So now you're telling me I can't even do THAT?? And I don't watch TV you idiot, not to mention TVs in cars.
LOL dude. Actually I got the exact same thing from one of my friend's parents. They presented me with Freelancher when I went to their house for a party. I just installed it and have been trying it out. Not that fun or special or anything though. A stupid space exploration/trade/fighting game.
I would get a laptop. Most of them come with a 75 Watt adapter. Go figure.. Also, if you're power goes down, at least you'll still have the battery. Many of the processors (like Pentium-M, Centrino), fans, etc. for laptops now days, are designed to conserve power.
It really depends on your budget though. A good one definitely costs over $50 or so.
Here's a ncie one from Targus: http://www.targus.com/us/product_details. asp?sku=O NP1A
If you have a really thin laptop, this might be worth a look: http://www.targus.com/us/product_details.as p?sku=C UCT01UA
by the way, usually I don't trust shoulder straps. That's why whenever I use it, I put one hand under the case, so when the strap kicks the bucket, at least I've got a hand under it to hold on to it.
If you're low on budget, you can consider buying one (or all) of the below items for christmas for yourself or for friends. Each of the items are at or under $40
*Logitech Webcam ($40, some even with rebates) *Logitech/Microsoft wireless optical mouse (depends...but a few are about $40) *Gravis or Microsoft joypads ($10-$40) *Ratpadz mouse pad ($10, best used with optical mouse) *Gift certificates for Thinkgeek ($40 or under) *Photon Micro-lights (Photon II $15 or III $20) *Midas Remote Control watch ($39.99) *USB keychain mini-harddrives (depends...but lots are under $40)
hey faedle, forget about that idiot that replied to your post. I read all the stuff on your webpage and I also posted a comment. Scott is indeed an idiot.
Anthony
I live in Sunset district S.F. here. No Wi-Fi signals AT ALL. It geatly depends on what area of S.F. you're in. Maybe Twin Peaks or a downtown area would be a better place for this.
Not just laptops here. Many handhelds have built-in 802.11b and even g in the market. One that comes to my mind would the Palm's Tungsten series. Sony's newer Clies also have 802.11b receivers. For handhelds that don't have them built-in, they can get SD/CF Wi-Fi card expansions.
god why do I always hear this kind of bullshit. Senators just don't realize that video games aren't the source; the kids *themselves* are the problems. Fix the kids, not the games.
I appreciate your comments, but it looks like your not interpreting my points correctly. Read what user AvantLegion said to another reply under my post that is very similiar to your's:
Posted by AvantLegion: You're making a logical fallacy here. The poster you replied to cited 4 factors he felt were common among the shooter kids. You applied those factors to yourself, and since you're not a shooter, you declared his point invalid.
The problem is that you are not interpreting his point correctly. What he said, basically, is "for all shooter kids, there exist these four factors". What he DID NOT say is that "all people with these four factors are shooter kids". There is a very big and important difference.
And btw your assumption of me as a white boy is inaccurate. Heh, you like everyone in the world to be white, eh? I guess you're not aware that there are many other nationalities out there?
I agree partly with what you said. But no actually most of them were high school drop-outs.
A quick example would be the two teenagers who shot a few cars that were passing by on the road near their home. They said they were influenced by Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. They don't care about anything anymore. And I don't have any comments about that. And, maybe certain games might have "encouraged" their original motives though...
Actually, I believe there are two kinds of gamers. One is the good gamer and the other is the "bad" if you want to call it that way. Look at those teeange gamers who brutally shoot innocent citizens - what do they all have in common??
1. They're all (if not most) high school drop-outs. 2. Their parents are no better than their kids. This is in terms of education, respect, and self control. 3. The violent/unsafe neighborhood they grow up in. 4. Their parents possesing guns and not safely storing them so their kids won't find it.
And WHO'S fault are those?? The GAME'S fault?? HELL NO!! I wonder when will kids wake up and realize that they have a future ahead of them and they need to take care of school subjects first. And only have games as a side-entertainment in spare time (or weekends and vacations). And parents need to stop blaming game makers just because they didn't take proper responsibility for their own children.
People out there, wake up. You have a brain so make use of it. Kids - make use of it for self control on education in school. Parents - make use of it to guide your kids to the positive direction.
I'm a 16 year old and am currently a high school Junior. I play games more than anything I do, but yet at the same time I can manage all my school work pretty well. It's all about management. Management and self-control.
I have to praise you for a really well written post. I couldn't have said it better than you! I have the EXACT same opinions and I think it's vital for kids and teenagers to mature and grow naturally.
My dad's a sales manager at a Toyota dealer. I've asked him a couple of times about how the Priuses are selling, but to my surprise he said BARELY anyone buys it. I've google-grouped it a bit last month and found lots of the same comments about the extremely high price of their replacement batteries, and their relatively slow acceleration rate. And now they think they can use a virtual-reality racing game to increase their sales? What kind of method is that??
I'm an essay writer andin my honors american literature class, the teacher wants each of us to have a good pen we like.
I personally enjoy using any one of the Uni-ball "Free ink" pens. There are 4 kinds of those. I use the Uni-ball "Vision" and the Uni-ball "Vision Elite". Their inks are VERY smooth and my hand doesn't cramp when I write for a long period of time. Try it out and see if you like it. =)
Here's the link:
http://www.uniball-na.com/main.taf?p=1,3,1
For me and many others - The Microsoft Intelli Explorer Optical mouse is one of the best. Right hand curved design fits your (right) hand perfectly.
Mouse isn't the only thing here guys. Mousepads are definitely important too. I have the original hard Ratpadz mousepad from Ratpadz.com. Works wonders. I frag much better when I'm on that mousepad. =)
Anthony
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Although this is a nifty little device and great for mobile professionals, let me tell you this, you're not gonna find 4+ satellites in a downtown urban area with tall buildings with conrete and metal all around you. These things need a clear open view of the sky with at least 4 or more satellites there at the same time. Once you enter any building or even a phone booth, it'll take you approx. 10 mins. or so to be recieving satellies signals again. I have several handheld GPS (that runs Palm OS) and they all work that way. Unless you hike, don't even bother going to a downtown area with these things. You're just gonna find yourself even more confused.
Although this is a nifty little device and great for mobile professionals, let me tell you this, you're not gonna find 4+ satellites in a downtown urban area with tall buildings with conrete and metal all around you. These things need a clear open view of the sky with at least 4 or more satellites there at the same time. Once you enter any building or even a phone booth, it'll take you approx. 10 mins. or so to be recieving satellies signals again. I have several handheld GPS (that runs Palm OS) and they all work that way. Unless you hike, don't even bother going to a downtown area with these things.
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Do you have Steam? If you downloaded Steam with all the half-life mods included, you should be able to play Team Fortress. Tea Fortress is a great little game that you can just get in and shoot. There are "classes" you can switch to (sniper, medic, engineer, solider, etc.). Usually if you are a starter, go as a Medic/Engineer and just run around healing/reparing your teammates in the front lines. You can really get a lot of fun just by doing that. After you get used to the feel of the game, try being a Soldier or something. The different classes were designed for different levels of players.
In my highschool all my my friends are somewhat scared they're going to be on the hitlist, so they've completely stopped their sharing of pop and hip-hop music. Some teachers at my schools have actually been trying hard to persuade students not to "download music from the internet anymore", which is complete bullshit. Recently I've noticed, that RIAA's original message "Do not share popular music on p2p networks", is now somehow been popularized as "Do not download music from the internet". I have no idea how this happened, but my guess is those idiots out there haven't realized the difference between the internet and p2p networks, and "popular music" with "music". The morons and end users out there are spreading the wrong message, and it's pissing me off.
I have my own webserver and my emails get to AOL servers just fine. Just letting you know...
Wait so I can't use a laptop even as a passenger on the front seat?? My brother and I sometimes do some Wi-Fi range testing for our router around block we live in. I bring my laptop with me in the car. Then we drive down a street, check the wireless signals, turn 90 degrees and keep on driving around and test. So now you're telling me I can't even do THAT?? And I don't watch TV you idiot, not to mention TVs in cars.
Yeah, but you won't know if you like it or not UNTIL you buy it.
Nice 3D graphics though I would say.
LOL dude. Actually I got the exact same thing from one of my friend's parents. They presented me with Freelancher when I went to their house for a party. I just installed it and have been trying it out. Not that fun or special or anything though. A stupid space exploration/trade/fighting game.
I would get a laptop. Most of them come with a 75 Watt adapter. Go figure.. Also, if you're power goes down, at least you'll still have the battery. Many of the processors (like Pentium-M, Centrino), fans, etc. for laptops now days, are designed to conserve power.
It really depends on your budget though.
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s p?sku=C UCT01UA
A good one definitely costs over $50 or so.
Here's a ncie one from Targus:
http://www.targus.com/us/product_details
If you have a really thin laptop, this might be worth a look:
http://www.targus.com/us/product_details.a
by the way, usually I don't trust shoulder straps. That's why whenever I use it, I put one hand under the case, so when the strap kicks the bucket, at least I've got a hand under it to hold on to it.
HTH.
If you're low on budget, you can consider buying one (or all) of the below items for christmas for yourself or for friends. Each of the items are at or under $40
*Logitech Webcam ($40, some even with rebates)
*Logitech/Microsoft wireless optical mouse (depends...but a few are about $40)
*Gravis or Microsoft joypads ($10-$40)
*Ratpadz mouse pad ($10, best used with optical mouse)
*Gift certificates for Thinkgeek ($40 or under)
*Photon Micro-lights (Photon II $15 or III $20)
*Midas Remote Control watch ($39.99)
*USB keychain mini-harddrives (depends...but lots are under $40)
Well there's my list so far. HTH.
hey faedle, forget about that idiot that replied to your post. I read all the stuff on your webpage and I also posted a comment. Scott is indeed an idiot. Anthony
I live in Sunset district S.F. here. No Wi-Fi signals AT ALL. It geatly depends on what area of S.F. you're in. Maybe Twin Peaks or a downtown area would be a better place for this.
Not just laptops here. Many handhelds have built-in 802.11b and even g in the market. One that comes to my mind would the Palm's Tungsten series. Sony's newer Clies also have 802.11b receivers. For handhelds that don't have them built-in, they can get SD/CF Wi-Fi card expansions.
god why do I always hear this kind of bullshit. Senators just don't realize that video games aren't the source; the kids *themselves* are the problems. Fix the kids, not the games.
I appreciate your comments, but it looks like your not interpreting my points correctly. Read what user AvantLegion said to another reply under my post that is very similiar to your's:
Posted by AvantLegion:
You're making a logical fallacy here.
The poster you replied to cited 4 factors he felt were common among the shooter kids. You applied those factors to yourself, and since you're not a shooter, you declared his point invalid.
The problem is that you are not interpreting his point correctly. What he said, basically, is "for all shooter kids, there exist these four factors". What he DID NOT say is that "all people with these four factors are shooter kids". There is a very big and important difference.
And btw your assumption of me as a white boy is inaccurate. Heh, you like everyone in the world to be white, eh? I guess you're not aware that there are many other nationalities out there?
I agree partly with what you said. But no actually most of them were high school drop-outs. A quick example would be the two teenagers who shot a few cars that were passing by on the road near their home. They said they were influenced by Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. They don't care about anything anymore. And I don't have any comments about that. And, maybe certain games might have "encouraged" their original motives though...
Actually, I believe there are two kinds of gamers. One is the good gamer and the other is the "bad" if you want to call it that way. Look at those teeange gamers who brutally shoot innocent citizens - what do they all have in common??
1. They're all (if not most) high school drop-outs.
2. Their parents are no better than their kids. This is in terms of education, respect, and self control.
3. The violent/unsafe neighborhood they grow up in.
4. Their parents possesing guns and not safely storing them so their kids won't find it.
And WHO'S fault are those?? The GAME'S fault?? HELL NO!! I wonder when will kids wake up and realize that they have a future ahead of them and they need to take care of school subjects first. And only have games as a side-entertainment in spare time (or weekends and vacations). And parents need to stop blaming game makers just because they didn't take proper responsibility for their own children.
People out there, wake up. You have a brain so make use of it. Kids - make use of it for self control on education in school. Parents - make use of it to guide your kids to the positive direction.
I'm a 16 year old and am currently a high school Junior. I play games more than anything I do, but yet at the same time I can manage all my school work pretty well. It's all about management. Management and self-control.
I have to praise you for a really well written post. I couldn't have said it better than you! I have the EXACT same opinions and I think it's vital for kids and teenagers to mature and grow naturally.
Just wanted to point out that the 1.1 CCD camera isn't new. Sony annouced their PEG NZ90 handheld with a 2 megapixel camera half a year ago.
Oh no wonder all those spam cans were gone when I went to Safeway today...
My dad's a sales manager at a Toyota dealer. I've asked him a couple of times about how the Priuses are selling, but to my surprise he said BARELY anyone buys it. I've google-grouped it a bit last month and found lots of the same comments about the extremely high price of their replacement batteries, and their relatively slow acceleration rate. And now they think they can use a virtual-reality racing game to increase their sales? What kind of method is that??
I'm an essay writer andin my honors american literature class, the teacher wants each of us to have a good pen we like. I personally enjoy using any one of the Uni-ball "Free ink" pens. There are 4 kinds of those. I use the Uni-ball "Vision" and the Uni-ball "Vision Elite". Their inks are VERY smooth and my hand doesn't cramp when I write for a long period of time. Try it out and see if you like it. =)
Here's the link: http://www.uniball-na.com/main.taf?p=1,3,1
For me and many others - The Microsoft Intelli Explorer Optical mouse is one of the best. Right hand curved design fits your (right) hand perfectly.
Mouse isn't the only thing here guys. Mousepads are definitely important too. I have the original hard Ratpadz mousepad from Ratpadz.com. Works wonders. I frag much better when I'm on that mousepad. =)
Anthony
Although this is a nifty little device and great for mobile professionals, let me tell you this, you're not gonna find 4+ satellites in a downtown urban area with tall buildings with conrete and metal all around you. These things need a clear open view of the sky with at least 4 or more satellites there at the same time. Once you enter any building or even a phone booth, it'll take you approx. 10 mins. or so to be recieving satellies signals again. I have several handheld GPS (that runs Palm OS) and they all work that way. Unless you hike, don't even bother going to a downtown area with these things. You're just gonna find yourself even more confused.
Although this is a nifty little device and great for mobile professionals, let me tell you this, you're not gonna find 4+ satellites in a downtown urban area with tall buildings with conrete and metal all around you. These things need a clear open view of the sky with at least 4 or more satellites there at the same time. Once you enter any building or even a phone booth, it'll take you approx. 10 mins. or so to be recieving satellies signals again. I have several handheld GPS (that runs Palm OS) and they all work that way. Unless you hike, don't even bother going to a downtown area with these things.