Half-life 2 CD

Hey it's me Half-dude,

This is probibly a stupid question but do you think that Half-life 2 will not need the disk like the first half-life.

Yes youre right, this is a stupid question.

half-dude said:
Hey it's me Half-dude,

I wouldn't have figured that out otherwise, I'm glad you told us.

As to the question, well, it's rather unknown and irrelevant at this point.

Hey be nice azelito

or this will happin

More like this.

Ya know, when you think life cant get any stupider, someone like Half-dude strolls on in.

half-dude said:
Hey be nice azelito

or this will happin

L0L ! :biggrin:

there, I changed my pic if that was what makes every one make fun of me

as for my qustion it's not stuped

A) For using a Zim avatar, I hate you because you not know the signifigence of the all mighty urken, ZIM!

B) Learn to spell, people think you stuped

C) Its a very stupid question

Well, if you download it I wouldn't imagine you need a CD. Otherwise, it's a dumb question!

well what i heard is that HL2 will be released in 4-5 different forms

1) being a DLed SP (single-player) version off of steam (which i would assume means no disc) but hey... what do i know

2) DLed SP/MP version

3) retail version (in-stores) i would assume this includes a disc :wink:

4) a later released retail/DLed special edition version (which i think includes content not included in other versions) WOW ya think?

this doesnt seem like a stupid question to me...just seems like the stupid people cant answer the question...MUAHAHA :biggrin:

eh, the only reason the original HL required the CD was to have the copy protection crap going. Course, it was quickly realized that that stuff was screwing up the multiplayer so they dumped it. I see no reason why Valve would go back to that, especially considering they are even trying to circumvent Sierra and Vivendi through steam.

Sinner, your post is only half true. There will be 3 retail versions, refered to as "SKU". One will be pure SP, another SP/MP, and the last one will be the Special Features editor.

They're actually ditching CD's, Half-Life 2 will now be on 4000+ floppies in retail.

5 1/4" floppies last I heard.

LMAO...YAY i love floppies

vash, i only put up what i remebered, im sure that its not all correct. but the fact that i was trying to point out was that valve is planning on releasing the game as both a DLed, and bought version, so how can it require a cd for play.

Sinner, I wasnt saying you were wrong. I said it was only half correct, meaning you left some stuff out.

yah i know...hense me saying "i only put what i remebered" and seeing as how my memory isnt as good as it use to be, i wasnt sure if everything i put was even correct :biggrin:

i was just trying to make sure that the fact i was trying to get across...got across

Floppies.. Naw You have it all wrong, they want to celebrate the birth of Computers, and balance the superb graphics and game play by putting the game on PUNCH CARDS, yes this means you'll have to buy the 2000 dollar punch card reader to play HL2, but hey they feel its worth it. Dont you?

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lol money...punch cards huh, i dont even know what that is... so it must be old.

sinner, there are many things you don't know about, which aren't old.

I think HL2 on puch cards would probably weigh several thousand pounds, and cost several million dollars

My mother used to bring Punch cards home in Shoe Boxes for me to play with. She worked out at White Sands Missle Range in New Mexico.

Here is link to kinda help give you an idea of what they looked like sinner..

http://www.howstuffworks.com/removable-storage.htm

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P.S. Yeah I think your right Tracer Bullet..

hmm, a punch card held 80 bits of data. that's 10 bytes. so if HL2 takes up 2 GB after decompression, you would need 200 million puch cards to hold the game.

assumeing a weight of .5 g per card, that would come to 100 metric tons. if they only cost half a cent each, a copy of the game would cost 1 million dollars.

at a typical data rate of 90 cards per minute, it would take 8.45 years to load the game onto your computer. assumeing of course that your puch card equiped monstrosity had enough magnetic tape to store the whole thing.

and we complain about steam being slow!

Sinner_D said:
well what i heard is that HL2 will be released in 4-5 different forms

1) being a DLed SP (single-player) version off of steam (which i would assume means no disc) but hey... what do i know

2) DLed SP/MP version

3) retail version (in-stores) i would assume this includes a disc :wink:

4) a later released retail/DLed special edition version (which i think includes content not included in other versions) WOW ya think?

And to find out which one you get, they make you roll 3d6 + Stupidity Modifier - Skepticism Throw.

If you get a DC good enough you have to roll a d20 - Random s**t Modifier / Real Life modifier.

If you get a DC high enough you'll be eligable at a chance at being eligable at seeing a copy of HL2.

LMAO edge

ohhh ive seen those before, never knew those were used with computers though. saw them in old tv shows when they clocked in for work...lol

um, time cards are not puch cards.

and if you aver have an hourly job you'll see that they are still used, unlike puch cards.

Tracer Bullet you scare me.. All that data taking up brain matter that could be better put to use with naked women.

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Tracer, your post made me laugh. Some good stats there :smile:

MoneyShot said:
Tracer Bullet you scare me.. All that data taking up brain matter that could be better put to use with naked women.

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No worries. There's plenty of room for that too... :biggrin:

lmao....classic one there, Tracer. lmfao!!

Tracer Bullet said:
hmm, a punch card held 80 bits of data. that's 10 bytes. so if HL2 takes up 2 GB after decompression, you would need 200 million puch cards to hold the game.

assumeing a weight of .5 g per card, that would come to 100 metric tons. if they only cost half a cent each, a copy of the game would cost 1 million dollars.

at a typical data rate of 90 cards per minute, it would take 8.45 years to load the game onto your computer. assumeing of course that your puch card equiped monstrosity had enough magnetic tape to store the whole thing.

and we complain about steam being slow!

I like the sound of this. Make a million and blow it on the heaviest computer game in the world!

it really puts into perspective how much computers have evolved in a relatively short time, and the volume of data and the speeds it now gets handled at.

I'm very suprised games haven't been encoded onto DVD's yet like Xbox and PS2 games... Get more info on them and I think they are faster.

I wonder if computer geeks used to trade punch-card porn...

Cash Car Star said:
I wonder if computer geeks used to trade punch-card porn...

I am pretty sure they have a PC, and then they have a special, decked out, supped up, Porn PC! Its like, in their closet, or basement. Its got all the new ATI cards, processors, Fast internet speeds, LOL.

"Quote from the simpsons"

Nerd: I am making a program that download pornography 1 million times faster!

Marge: Do people really need that much porn?

Homer: 1 million times drools

PUNCH CARD PORN.. Why do I see a new internet site popping up in the next few weeks.. Would make for a great Site name. ( That post made me shoot pepsi outta my nose. )

Whew, Tracer, as long as U have room for that then I am no longer worried..

DVD's are old technology.. Who remembers Star trek and the little Colored Boxes about the size of a cracker they used.. Well they are here and very real.. They are rumored to hold 10 DvD's worth of data.. there are also the Slim Sticks, like used in your camera, or on your keychain for data swapping. No scratching, more durable, and easier to carry. Ahh technology is grand!

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Maybe the US will catch up.. Korea and the Asia terratories are kicking are butts.. they make broad band look like a 300 baud modem.

Technology will consume us all one day ya know..Humans will start becoming OBSOLETE, and we`ll all order pizza over the internet...The humanity.

Dont worry though, sometime in 2020 robots and cyborgs will rebel and kill us all.

/end vash`s hysterical rant

OK,

we got off on the wroug start. when I said It didnt need the disk, what I mean't was that the original HL needed the disk to install it but after that it only needs it to run the CD music. I was just wondering if HL 2 would be the same

sorry for living

Dont be sorry, we had a chance to laugh, cry, and get some statistics on Punch cards that shock and amaze.. So it was all for the betterment of man kind.

( I already order Pizza on-line, and rent movies that way too.. )

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Tracer Bullet said:
hmm, a punch card held 80 bits of data. that's 10 bytes. so if HL2 takes up 2 GB after decompression, you would need 200 million puch cards to hold the game.

assumeing a weight of .5 g per card, that would come to 100 metric tons. if they only cost half a cent each, a copy of the game would cost 1 million dollars.

at a typical data rate of 90 cards per minute, it would take 8.45 years to load the game onto your computer. assumeing of course that your puch card equiped monstrosity had enough magnetic tape to store the whole thing.

and we complain about steam being slow!

bwahahaha..

/me claps

Vash said:
Technology will consume us all one day ya know..Humans will start becoming OBSOLETE, and we`ll all order pizza over the internet...The humanity.

Dont worry though, sometime in 2020 robots and cyborgs will rebel and kill us all.

/end vash`s hysterical rant

No Vash you got it wrong.

There will be a war and we will scorch the sky and then they will uses us for batterys and then some wardo called neo will save us all.

I know its true cos I saw the matrix

half-dude said:
OK,

we got off on the wroug start. when I said It didnt need the disk, what I mean't was that the original HL needed the disk to install it but after that it only needs it to run the CD music. I was just wondering if HL 2 would be the same

sorry for living

Dunno, wait and see I guess.

Why?

Because some people demand service :biggrin: