> I guess that's what it comes down to. The only way I'm going to complete 
> this thing is by spending several very boring days playing and replaying 
> the same 4 minutes of gameplay until I get lucky. *sigh*
> 

If you'll get bored, what's the point in playing? The idea of games is 
to have fun, isn't it?

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On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:15:55 +0000, Orchid XP v7 wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>> Hmmm, the Pavilion I have has a 6150LE in it; I don't know if that's
>> high- end or not.
> 
> 6xxx -> GeForce 6 series. (Current = 8 series.)
> 
> x150 -> low number -> low-end. (Compared to other 6 series models. Can't
> easily compare between different series.)
> 
> LE -> Light Edition -> lower-end.
> 
> (OTOH, endings like GT or GTX mean "suped up".)

Ah, OK - I knew there probably was a method to the scheme used for 
numbering.  So probably a bad idea to play with Aero on it.  Good thing I 
run Linux. :-)

Jim

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>> I guess that's what it comes down to. The only way I'm going to 
>> complete this thing is by spending several very boring days playing 
>> and replaying the same 4 minutes of gameplay until I get lucky. *sigh*
>>
> 
> If you'll get bored, what's the point in playing? The idea of games is 
> to have fun, isn't it?

Three guesses why I haven't done this part yet...

[I do, however, want to see how it ends.]

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Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:
> If you'll get bored, what's the point in playing?

  To see the end. (Which, in this case, is rather interesting.)

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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In article <47a4c525$1@news.povray.org>, Sabrina Kilian <"ykgp at 
vtSPAM.edu"> says...
> Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> >>> I *still* haven't completed HL2:EP2 yet because it's too hard
> >>
> >>   It's not that hard. Destroy the hunters, then the strider, save.
> >> Go to the next strider and repeat.
> > 
> > It's the "destroy the hunters" part that I can't pull off. They're
> > almost indestructible. I mean, I managed to kill one of them, but now I
> > have almost no ammo left at all. I used all of it to kill just one hunt
er!
> > 
> 
> After beating it, I learned that hunters have a vulnerability to
> automobile tires moving at around 45mph / 72kph.
> 
> First time through, I spent all the shotgun ammo on the first few
> hunters, then switched between the crossbow and any grenade/rocket on
> hand. That took more saves and restarts then I care to admit.
> 
Wait... The hunters in 2 don't have the vulnerability where you can 
shoot them in the back to kill them? Useful when you have sniper rifle. 
;) But seriously, at least in Halo 1, they have *no* armor at all in the 
lower back, where you can see a patch of orange, sort of V shaped. Mind 
you, haven't played 2, since a) I don't have an XBox and b) I don't have 
fracking Vista. :p

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    if version = "Vista" {
      call slow_by_half();
      call DRM_everything();
    }
    call functional_code();
  }
  else
    call crash_windows();
}

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Patrick Elliott wrote:
> In article <47a4c525$1@news.povray.org>, Sabrina Kilian <"ykgp at 
> vtSPAM.edu"> says...
>> Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>>>>> I *still* haven't completed HL2:EP2 yet because it's too hard
>>>>   It's not that hard. Destroy the hunters, then the strider, save.
>>>> Go to the next strider and repeat.
>>> It's the "destroy the hunters" part that I can't pull off. They're
>>> almost indestructible. I mean, I managed to kill one of them, but now I
>>> have almost no ammo left at all. I used all of it to kill just one hunter!
>>>
>> After beating it, I learned that hunters have a vulnerability to
>> automobile tires moving at around 45mph / 72kph.
>>
>> First time through, I spent all the shotgun ammo on the first few
>> hunters, then switched between the crossbow and any grenade/rocket on
>> hand. That took more saves and restarts then I care to admit.
>>
> Wait... The hunters in 2 don't have the vulnerability where you can 
> shoot them in the back to kill them? Useful when you have sniper rifle. 
> ;) But seriously, at least in Halo 1, they have *no* armor at all in the 
> lower back, where you can see a patch of orange, sort of V shaped. Mind 
> you, haven't played 2, since a) I don't have an XBox and b) I don't have 
> fracking Vista. :p
> 

Half-life 2 != Halo 2.

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Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> I guess that's what it comes down to. The only way I'm going to complete 
> this thing is by spending several very boring days playing and replaying 
> the same 4 minutes of gameplay until I get lucky. *sigh*

Isn't that what God mode is for? This *is* a PC you're talking about, right?

-- 
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     On what day did God create the body thetans?

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On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:40:37 +0000, Orchid XP v7 wrote:

> [I do, however, want to see how it ends.]

That's what cheat codes are for. ;-)

Jim

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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Isn't that what God mode is for? This *is* a PC you're talking about, right?

  Cheating is for wimps. It's not honorable. :P

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                                                          - Warp

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On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:59:20 -0500, Warp wrote:

> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Isn't that what God mode is for? This *is* a PC you're talking about,
>> right?
> 
>   Cheating is for wimps. It's not honorable. :P

Depends on what your goal is.  If the goal is to see the story, it's 
perfectly acceptable.  I suck at games that involve any sort of 
coordination (video or otherwise), but if I want to "read the story", the 
only way for me to do that is to put the game in God mode.

Jim

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