The "anything" thread

[Nestor Makhno]

Incidentally, on the subject of colonising other planets, it is definitely almpst possible even now - all you need is to set up a platform in low orbit and have some heavy lifters out in the asteroid belt, chucking back suitable lumps of rock to make an O'Neill cylinder to house, say, 50,000 people.

Build a light sail or attach a Daedalus engine to get it up to the speed where you could allow a Bussard ramjet to kick in. It would still take several lifetimes for the thing to reach a nearby candidate habitable system, maybe somewhere like Gliese 581 (one of its planets appears to be about 1.9 earth masses).

During the course of the journey gradually spin up the O'Neill cylinder to 2g so that the people become acclimated.

All it would take is about 50 years and several quadrillion dollars to get the thing going and several generations for the journey. Piece of p*ss, really.

 

[DraKon2k]

I'm on a three-day-antibiotics cure since yesterday because appearantly my visceral pleura is mildly inflamed. But since I'm also having the whole 120m

 

[Crusher]

Don't know what kind of anti-biotics you're using but some kinds should never be mixed with alcohol as it may result in headache, nausea and vomiting, and rapid heart rate. So have fun going out, more fun for us tomorrow when you realized it was a bad idea after all.

 

[REZ]

Just a little post in remembrance of those at Pearl Harbor. Also, Harry Morgan passed today at 96, RIP. "It's too big a world to be in competition with everyone. The only person who I have to be better than is myself." - Harry Morgan as Colonel Potter (M*A*S*H).

 

[CandleJack]

The Red Cross, gone too far?

The Red Cross, gone too far?

http://www.news.com.au/technology/g...ys/story-e6frfrt9-1226216184190#ixzz1fw5YScJP

Basically if you play games like cowadooty, or even RO/2, then you could be charged as a war criminal for breaking Hague/Geneva conventions.

Someone needs to get their head out their arse and realise that's not their job.

 

[DraKon2k]

Survived with no side-effects at all, but boy was this night still unnecessary anyhow. But the good thing about spontanous going-out during the week resulting in fail is that the weekend isn't far away to make up for it.

 

[Verluste]

[url]http://www.news.com.au/technology/gaming/six-hundred-million-gamers-could-be-war-criminals-red-cross-says/story-e6frfrt9-1226216184190#ixzz1fw5YScJP[/URL]

Basically if you play games like cowadooty, or even RO/2, then you could be charged as a war criminal for breaking Hague/Geneva conventions.

Someone needs to get their head out their arse and realise that's no their job.

Can't you recognize the pinch of salt in the text?

 

[CandleJack]

Can't you recognize the pinch of salt in the text?

I suppose, but the mere thought that they're considering this means something's wrong.

 

[DraKon2k]

Been listening to hl1 soundtrack for the whole day and now im thinking about playing it again (for like the 50th time), because black mesa source will never see the light of day

 

[Oldih]

I suppose, but the mere thought that they're considering this means something's wrong.

Speaking of the devil:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-060xh9DaFA

Not sure if trolling or just mother****ing stupid.

 

[kapulA]

Phew. Sure is good that there aren't any real critical situations of human rights abuse in the world, like vote fraud in Russia or genocide in Syria, so that the IRC can attend to truly pressing matters like this one.

 

[DraKon2k]

[url]http://lambdageneration.com/posts/vga-organizer-geoff-keighley-remarkably-silent-about-the-possibility-of-a-half-life-3-reveal-at-the-vgas/[/URL]

 

[Fedorov]

I hope they make HL3 groundbreaking like HL and HL2, and not like those disgraceful episodes.

 

[Bluehawk]

Half-Life 3... so episode 3 is officially dead?

 

[Crusher]

I hope they make HL3 groundbreaking like HL and HL2, and not like those disgraceful episodes.

imo, HL2 wasn't groundbreaking, it's an FPS like any other, but a very good one. I liked the episodes.

 

[Fedorov]

imo, HL2 wasn't groundbreaking, it's an FPS like any other, but a very good one. I liked the episodes.

It was groundbreaking, as it was the first one to use good physics and physics based puzzles. Everybody started with the physics hype after HL2 came out and few have managed to take advantage of physics so well after that.

 

[Crusher]

It was groundbreaking, as it was the first one to use good physics and physics based puzzles. Everybody started with the physics hype after HL2 came out and few have managed to take advantage of physics so well after that.

True, it had (has) the best physics which was something new for that time but for the most part it was still a standard shooter, a good one but nothing too groundbreaking. That's my oppinion ofcourse, I didn't feel that overwhelmed when playing it.

 

[DraKon2k]

If I was 80years old and telling my grandchildren about videogames in my days of gaming, HL1+HL2 would be pretty much the first ones to talk about. HL1 and HL2 definitely had a huge impact on my gaming culture(besides other great titles I grew up with like Nolf 1, UT99, C&C RA2, CS). It may sound weird but alone if I hear the valve theme/half-life soundtrack I have to shiver(in a positive way) because I simply have so many positive associations and it's simply epic.

 

[dogbadger]

Yeah the physics puzzles of HL2 were pretty novel (although not exactly mindblowing), the grav gun is iconic and the game itself was very enjoyable - but HL2 cannot hold a candle to HL imo - in terms of both innovation to the genre and the game quality itself.
From the second you started HL you could see it was something very special, and from then it continued to captivate and innovate - thou phaps the commonly held opinion that it fades a bit once you reach xen prevents it being the perfect game.

The thing that let HL2 down a bit for me was that while the 1st game's narrative was brilliantly enigmatic, hinting at a fantastic backstory , the sequel failed to bind anything together - giving the impression that the reason valve were leaving questions unanswered was actually cos they had no idea themselves.

It will be interesting to see if HL3 will continue to pose more questions or actually start tying things up.

 

[Fedorov]

So, no HL3 at the VGA?

I am disappoint.