5316. Marius (c-67-168-26-89.hsd1.wa.comcast.net) –
23 Dec 2006 02:38:43
[ M-m-m-monster post! ]
I use LaunchBar. Makes finding/launching files/apps on your computer a matter of 3-4 keystrokes, as long as you can sorta remember their names. |
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5315. jetfuel (c-24-15-35-54.hsd1.il.comcast.net) –
23 Dec 2006 01:07:20
[ M-m-m-monster post! ]
Yeah, Quicksilver or LaunchBar makes the Mac very usable from the keyboard. |
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5314. D1me (ppp71-80.lns1.mel4.internode.on.net) –
23 Dec 2006 00:53:21
[ Quake 3 Done! ]
Hey all,
As it's close to Christmas, I thought I would install quake and kill some bots!!! Just finishing Hardcore, and got a little stuck with Xaero. Lots of tips here so I should be able to finish Hardcore and start on Nightmare.
Thanks guys.
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5313. Tadbot (c-68-81-169-87.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) –
23 Dec 2006 00:01:36
[ M-m-m-monster post! ]
My roommate recently went Wii60 and bought a couple consoles, and I bought a wiimote and a 360 controller for me to use with them. I haven't played Zelda yet (waiting til we get component cables for the Wii), but I started playing some coop Gears of War. However, I've really gotten into Dead Rising for the 360. Zombies zombies zombies! You can download a demo of it on Xbox live. |
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Hey T-Diddy! When we were having our great adventure game rundown the other night, I forgot to mention one of my favorites, and the last A-game I played seriously before basically giving up on games; Grim Fandango. You probably are aware of it, but it's this clever adventure based on the Mexican Day of the Dead festival. It's funny and has very nice, stylized graphics. Good stuff! |
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5311. allison (68-234-10-28.clvdoh.adelphia.net) –
22 Dec 2006 16:33:17
[ M-m-m-monster post! ]
I have a sore throat too! Get a mac. |
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Or use Quicksilver (http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/) for quick launching (works a bit better than spotlight and does a bunch of other handy stuff too).
Lastly, two-finger scrolling/clicking is great. Once you are used to it you will never want to go back - when I use a windows laptop, I'm constantly clicking the right key by accident. Having the one big button gives you a little more flexibility in making your hands comfortable using the trackpad. |
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got into CT a little bit ago... if you're bored gimme a call!
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That sounds like a nice A2A variant. Also, if you keep the "house winnings" in a pile, you can compare your score to the random player. It's like a "control group", a thing I learned from Science! |
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You can use spotlight to open apps quickly on the mac: Hit apple-spacebar and type in the first couple of letters of the app name. Down arrow to select it from the top of the list and hit Enter. Glorious Enter.
There are also a bunch of custom programs for assigning shortcut keys to applications and commands, but I don't use any of them. I do wish the same shortcut key combos I learned for Photoshop and Fireworks worked on the mac, but there's no easy way to, say, Apple-F to open the file menu. (Fn-Cntrl-F2 then right-arrow twice (or "F") does it, but how awkward is that?)
Oh, but my favorite part of my Mac is that I can have ten-ish apps open at once without any performance problems. I just apple-tab between them. |
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How do you play adventure games together? |
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5305. Don (dynamic-acs-24-154-191-51.zoominternet.net) –
22 Dec 2006 14:14:21
[ M-m-m-monster post! ]
I tried playing Syberia a few years ago, but about halfway through the game I just couldn't force myself to watch that woman's walk cycle anymore. |
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5304. Anonymous (ool-44c7f265.dyn.optonline.net) –
21 Dec 2006 18:51:12
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
yeah well my GPA is basically good, so are my regular SATs but my SAT IIs, will that play a MAJOR role is what i'm asking |
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5303. Angel122 (86.108.112.106) –
21 Dec 2006 18:06:41
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
umm.. i know that 1500 is the average score.. but really good universities like harvard and yale are looking for 2100 and 2200.. and for the guy who wants to get into yale with a low GPA and high SAT they wont accept you because that shows that you are smart but lazy.. so unless you work hard and get a good GPA you wont get accepted:(
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5302. Anonymous (ool-44c7f265.dyn.optonline.net) –
21 Dec 2006 15:58:44
[ BAD SAT SCORES ]
I hate the SATs!!! Anyway for the people who kept on saying New SATs, did u guys get that score OVERALL (all three sections)...because if you're just talking out of 1600, they aren't so bad...
I suck at standardized tests no matter how much I study. I got a 2010 overall on my SAT. I got a 590 on Math IC (SAT II) ironically since I'm in AP Calc with an A average (again stupid test taker here) and 600 Spanish (I was Spanish Student of the Year for two years and got a 4.0 average in SUPA)...
It's just that sometimes the standardized tests scores don't match ur true ability as seen my most posts here.
My avg is a 3.9 something (my school doesn't rank) but I'm in the top 10% of my class.
I'm looking into schools like NYU and Cornell (this might be a stretch). Can anyone honestly tell me what my chances are with these types on scores and stuff.
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5301. [sOLID_sNAKE] (202.138.13.38) –
19 Dec 2006 20:10:30
[ Quake 3 Done! ]
eyyy tom, i would love to see ur demos in nitemare man. ma email iz greek_god14@hotmail.com. i jst started playin quake again afta havin a go at cs... quake iz alot easyer to play man. thanx |
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Good question. The project was almost successful, but like so many class projects we ran out of time and didn't get to do all the things we wished to. I think Jason and I will probably take another couple stabs at it, because after we fix a bug we discovered late in the evening the rest of the stuff will be pretty fun optimization kinds of things. And if we can make it work, then I think people might actually use it... |
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So how did that LP project turn out? |
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5298. Tom 7 (gs82.sp.cs.cmu.edu) –
18 Dec 2006 14:13:15
[ Eye poison ]
I still kinda see it too, but it's nowhere near as prominent as when I first did it. |
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5297. Adam (cldmz-nat-12-108-127-161.pittsburgh.intel-research.net) –
18 Dec 2006 13:25:00
[ Eye poison ]
Still poisoned... |
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5296. Tom 7 (h-66-167-9-199.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
17 Dec 2006 19:15:02
[ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]
You're almost done, you just need to destroy that block with a bomb. There's one right nearby... |
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5295. BotterBabe (pool-72-66-86-123.washdc.fios.verizon.net) –
16 Dec 2006 18:05:02
[ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]
So I have done everything in Tutorial 21-- exceot move that block in front of the door. Any hints? Thankss |
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Then again, maybe with my poor grammar I should keep silent.
Anyway, they should take a vote--math belongs to the people not to the ivory tower....how many elephants did you kill to build that tower, anyway? |
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Sadly, this confirms youtube monism--1668 comments fighting over whether verizon or the caller have the right opinion. |
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5292. Tom 7 (h-66-167-9-199.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) –
15 Dec 2006 19:52:00
[ UPD: Escape Beta 3 ]
Also, some levels are really really hard even if they look simple (there's a lot I've spent hours on and haven't been able to solve yet). So, start with easy ones... those are the ones with narrow red blocks on the right. The more red, the harder it is. |
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