Half-Life2: Safe to uninstall?

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JoeSmooth wrote:

> During the 1960's in the US, the government, feeling threatened by the
> counter culture tried to crack down on drug use, specifically
> marijuana. (see "reefer madness") They lauched an add campaign
> showing (among other things) that people who smoked pot would actualy
> go insane. Well, what happened of course is that people smoked weed
> anyway (for whatever reason) and surprise surprise, they didn't go
> insane. Even though long term studies show that chronic marijuana
> use can be detrimental, and even though there is a moderate element
> of psychological addiction and other short term detrimental effects,
> this information was never conveyed because the governement was
> over-the-top in their anti-drug message and so lost all credibility.

You know an analogy like this will fly over difool's head.

 

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Stoned Monkey wrote:

>snipped<

Lol. See what you mean. The guy can't be for real. Got to be trolling
in which case he's brilliant to have got away with it so long.
Otherwise....some village is missing it's idiot.

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Hank the Rapper wrote:
> MCheu wrote:
>
>> Thanks. What version? Most of the replies seem to have dealt with
>> the online purchase of the game. Mine is the retail CD version
>> (didn't even know they sold it on DVD).
>
> The DVD version only came on the rip-off Collectors Edition. I have
> the DVD version. The install was faster the second time because the
> game's information was already saved to my steam account.

i've got the dvd version and not the collectors edition

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On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, "JoeSmooth" wrote:

you're comparison is great!
steam = drugs
valve = drug dealer
valve gamers = drug addicts
myself = telling how BAD drugs are!

yeah! it feels really good being CLEAN!

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"difool" <john.difool@mail.telepac.pt> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, "JoeSmooth" wrote:
>
> you're comparison is great!
> steam = drugs
> valve = drug dealer
> valve gamers = drug addicts
> myself = telling how BAD drugs are!
>
> yeah! it feels really good being CLEAN!

You forgot the part about Steam making you insane if you use it, but there's
always tomorrow.

>
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, MCheu wrote:

> Um... No. I bought the retail version. I never said anything about
> buying it via Steam, though I guess I should have specified.

ok, so you bought what they call "retail version" cause in reality
there's no "retail version" for hl2... that's another of valve's lies
the thing sold in stores should be renamed to:
"steam for gamers without broadband"
or
"any gamer which doesn't want to download 4GB"

> It seems that guys like me that bought from the store bore the brunt
> of the Steam hiccups early on -- the pre-installs and Steam installs
> were a bit smoother. My concern was that some people were saying that

no... don't be fool with that... that's what valve want you to believe
they want everyone to buy via steam, cause via steam they don't need
to share profits with sierra
buying via steam or buying in your retail store is the same cause you
will always have steam to deal with
no matter what version you buy, if it has STEAM you will always be screwed

> the authentication features of steam might prevent people from
> re-installing the game later, regardless of which version you have.
> Is that still an issue with the game?

yes it is a VERY BIG ISSUE and it will always be with steam based games
you can only install a steam based game with valve's permission
any time you make a fresh install in a steam based game you need to ask
valve for permission
you will always be dependant on valve to install a steam based game
they control, they have the power, you cannot do nothing, you are just a
puppet at their hands

and this only happen with steam based games
all other NORMAL pc games don't have this intrusive and abusive system

so simply say NO to steam!
don't ever buy another game with steam!
don't let them make you their slave!
fight for your freedom!

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On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, "JoeSmooth" wrote:

> You forgot the part about Steam making you insane if you use it, but
> there's always tomorrow.

do you need to say that?
do you need to say the devil is evil?
fortunately i had a good education and since my early childhood my
parents said to me DRUGS are extremely BAD
probably i presumed wrongly, but i thought everyone in this newsgroup
knows how evil, how damaging, how bad "drugs" are... sorry "steam" is

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"difool" <john.difool@mail.telepac.pt> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, "JoeSmooth" wrote:
>
> > You forgot the part about Steam making you insane if you use it, but
> > there's always tomorrow.
>
> do you need to say that?
> do you need to say the devil is evil?

I've never met the devil, but I'm not really sure why he gets such a bad
rap. Biblically speaking I can't really remember what evil he was credited
for, except for maybe to Job as a test. God, on the other hand, did all
kinds of evil barbarbic genecidal "evil" stuff. So, I guess it all depends
on your point of view on who's evil and who's not, but there's nothing about
the devil that's obviously evil to me (relative to the goodness of god).

> fortunately i had a good education and since my early childhood my
> parents said to me DRUGS are extremely BAD
> probably i presumed wrongly, but i thought everyone in this newsgroup
> knows how evil, how damaging, how bad "drugs" are... sorry "steam" is

I don't think drugs are "evil" or that they are "bad", and they aren't
necessarily damaging (relatively speaking). It depends on how they are used
and to what extreme, including illegal drugs and drugs used for only for
recreational use. It's people who decide what is "evil" and "good". That's
why some people here like steam and others do not. You believe drugs are
bad because you were told to believe they were and you accepted it to the
point that you don't question it, not unlike your perception that the devil
is evil.

>
> --
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> i said "NO" to valve and steam
>
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JoeSmooth wrote:
> "difool" <john.difool@mail.telepac.pt> wrote in message
> news:7qc9v0dd19ee8cua17rb6781a3pshpv9vb@4ax.com...
>
>>On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, "JoeSmooth" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>You forgot the part about Steam making you insane if you use it, but
>>>there's always tomorrow.
>>
>>do you need to say that?
>>do you need to say the devil is evil?
>
>
> I've never met the devil, but I'm not really sure why he gets such a bad
> rap. Biblically speaking I can't really remember what evil he was credited
> for, except for maybe to Job as a test. God, on the other hand, did all
> kinds of evil barbarbic genecidal "evil" stuff. So, I guess it all depends
> on your point of view on who's evil and who's not, but there's nothing about
> the devil that's obviously evil to me (relative to the goodness of god).

And let;s not forget the fact that accounts of the Devil, and his
infamy, tend to come from God-apologists and propagandists. Not exactly
fulfilling of an "equal time" provisio.

I suggest reading Mark twain's _Letters from the Earth_, or Harlan
Ellison's "The Deathbird," for a corrective.

 

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"Brian Siano" <siano@mail.med.upenn.edu> wrote in message
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> JoeSmooth wrote:
> > "difool" <john.difool@mail.telepac.pt> wrote in message
> > news:7qc9v0dd19ee8cua17rb6781a3pshpv9vb@4ax.com...
> >
> >>On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, "JoeSmooth" wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>You forgot the part about Steam making you insane if you use it, but
> >>>there's always tomorrow.
> >>
> >>do you need to say that?
> >>do you need to say the devil is evil?
> >
> >
> > I've never met the devil, but I'm not really sure why he gets such a bad
> > rap. Biblically speaking I can't really remember what evil he was
credited
> > for, except for maybe to Job as a test. God, on the other hand, did all
> > kinds of evil barbarbic genecidal "evil" stuff. So, I guess it all
depends
> > on your point of view on who's evil and who's not, but there's nothing
about
> > the devil that's obviously evil to me (relative to the goodness of god).
>
> And let;s not forget the fact that accounts of the Devil, and his
> infamy, tend to come from God-apologists and propagandists. Not exactly
> fulfilling of an "equal time" provisio.
>
> I suggest reading Mark twain's _Letters from the Earth_, or Harlan
> Ellison's "The Deathbird," for a corrective.

I've read the former, but my point is that even in the context of just the
bible, the devil isn't actually fingered for the source of wrong doing very
often and God, just by doing what he does, comes off as a bit wicked at
times. So even without equal time, the evil/good judgments are hard to
support.

 

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On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 08:44:15 -0500, MCheu <mpcheu@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Um... No. I bought the retail version. I never said anything about
>buying it via Steam, though I guess I should have specified.
>
>It seems that guys like me that bought from the store bore the brunt
>of the Steam hiccups early on -- the pre-installs and Steam installs
>were a bit smoother. My concern was that some people were saying that
>the authentication features of steam might prevent people from
>re-installing the game later, regardless of which version you have.
>Is that still an issue with the game?
>

Make a backup if you can. Right click on game in the Steam menu and
then select 'backup'. You 'll have a faster reinstall, since the files
on the retail CD-ROM won't have to be unlocked on the subsequent
reinstallation.

And in anycase, you won't have to do reauthentication, since Steam can
always associate your account with HL2. In fact, you can lose your
game CDs now and it'd still not affect your ability to reinstall the
game on yours or someone else's PC.
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:28:29 GMT, ZZZYYno_m_anZZZYY@yahoo.com (noman)
wrote:

>Make a backup if you can. Right click on game in the Steam menu and
>then select 'backup'. You 'll have a faster reinstall, since the files
>on the retail CD-ROM won't have to be unlocked on the subsequent
>reinstallation.

That reminds me of a question I've been meaning to ask for a few days.
Has anyone successfully reinstalled the game from a backup? I've seen
messages from several people who have tried and failed, but I've yet
to see a message from someone who was successful. Just curious.


Crash7
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"difool" <john.difool@mail.telepac.pt> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, "JoeSmooth" wrote:
>
> > You forgot the part about Steam making you insane if you use it, but
> > there's always tomorrow.
>
> do you need to say that?
> do you need to say the devil is evil?
> fortunately i had a good education and since my early childhood my
> parents said to me DRUGS are extremely BAD
> probably i presumed wrongly, but i thought everyone in this newsgroup
> knows how evil, how damaging, how bad "drugs" are... sorry "steam" is
>

It's not quite as black and white as you like to make it out to be. For
example, some gamers out there that don't have a CD drive, they can now use
Steam to play. Some gamers have a hard time finding and installing patches
for games (OldDog raises his paw), and now Steam easily provides updates.

Oh, as for drugs being extremely BAD, I have to stop now and take some
Nexium for my acid reflux. Plus I have to take some other drugs for the
bone spurs in my feet.

We live in such a gray world.

 

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<snip>
>some gamers out there that don't have a CD drive, they can now use
>Steam to play.

are you kidding me? how the hell have they been installing other PC
games??.. i think i missed the 70 floppy disc version of 'Half-Life'
and god, it must have all day to install 'Morrowind'!.. CD-Rom's have
been standard equipment on PC's for at least 10yrs now.. knob-end

ubertoadie

 

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On Fri, 04 Feb 2005, "OldDog" wrote:

> It's not quite as black and white as you like to make it out to be. For
> example, some gamers out there that don't have a CD drive, they can now use
> Steam to play. Some gamers have a hard time finding and installing patches

i call wally a provoker but you also do a great job!
only if you are extremely ignorant... let me repeat... extremely ignorant
will you ever state a pc doesn't need a cd drive
if you don't know i'll tell you... cd drive is a essential part of a pc
and you know why? cause any operating system has to be installed via cd
so there is no pc without a cd drive being it also dvd reader or a one
which is recordable... but any pc has to have a drive which reads cds

i've been exchanging posts with you for some time, and i've been asking you
too be reasonable, i ask you again hoping you we continue exchanging posts
please be reasonable when following up

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"difool" <john.difool@mail.telepac.pt> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 04 Feb 2005, "OldDog" wrote:
> and you know why? cause any operating system has to be installed via cd
> so there is no pc without a cd drive being it also dvd reader or a one
> which is recordable... but any pc has to have a drive which reads cds
>

Bzzzt! Wrong. Entirely possible to install operating systems via LAN
connections, even from USB key drives. And DVD players ha ha.

 

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On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, "One Punch Mickey" wrote:

> Bzzzt! Wrong. Entirely possible to install operating systems via LAN
> connections, even from USB key drives. And DVD players ha ha.

mickey please give us a break!
i already told you we don't use our boss equipment for personal benefit!
he fires us if we did!
we are simple pc gamers!
no pc gamer installs his operating system via lan! its simply a proceeder
done in companies with lots of computers

as for usb key drive you must be kidding me!
first i'm not sure if you can transfer the boot image of an modern os
like win2k or winxp to a usb key drive, but even so the mb must support
it and not all do, and last you need a 1gb drive which is not cheap and
again mickey we don't use our boss equipment for personal benefit!

mickey and you please read the full post... i said a drive to read cds!
every dvd drive reads cds! a cd drive reader or a dvd drive reader do
exactly the same when it comes to cds! so please mickey once again give
us a break! please!

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"difool" <john.difool@mail.telepac.pt> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 04 Feb 2005, "OldDog" wrote:
>
> > It's not quite as black and white as you like to make it out to be.
For
> > example, some gamers out there that don't have a CD drive, they can now
use
> > Steam to play. Some gamers have a hard time finding and installing
patches
>
> i call wally a provoker but you also do a great job!
> only if you are extremely ignorant... let me repeat... extremely ignorant
> will you ever state a pc doesn't need a cd drive
> if you don't know i'll tell you... cd drive is a essential part of a pc
> and you know why? cause any operating system has to be installed via cd
> so there is no pc without a cd drive being it also dvd reader or a one
> which is recordable... but any pc has to have a drive which reads cds
>
> i've been exchanging posts with you for some time, and i've been asking
you
> too be reasonable, i ask you again hoping you we continue exchanging posts
> please be reasonable when following up
>

I just checked with my cousin. She's running Windows 3.1 with no CD drive.
I've got another friend running a computer using DOS 5 with no CD drive.

 

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On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 19:38:10 GMT, "OldDog" <OldDog@citypound.com>
wrote:

>
>"difool" <john.difool@mail.telepac.pt> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 04 Feb 2005, "OldDog" wrote:
>>
>> > It's not quite as black and white as you like to make it out to be.
>For
>> > example, some gamers out there that don't have a CD drive, they can now
>use
>> > Steam to play. Some gamers have a hard time finding and installing
>patches
>>
>> i call wally a provoker but you also do a great job!
>> only if you are extremely ignorant... let me repeat... extremely ignorant
>> will you ever state a pc doesn't need a cd drive
>> if you don't know i'll tell you... cd drive is a essential part of a pc
>> and you know why? cause any operating system has to be installed via cd
>> so there is no pc without a cd drive being it also dvd reader or a one
>> which is recordable... but any pc has to have a drive which reads cds
>>
>> i've been exchanging posts with you for some time, and i've been asking
>you
>> too be reasonable, i ask you again hoping you we continue exchanging posts
>> please be reasonable when following up
>>
>
>I just checked with my cousin. She's running Windows 3.1 with no CD drive.
>I've got another friend running a computer using DOS 5 with no CD drive.
>
didn't those OS's though, ship on floppy? and hence no need for CD
drive..

ubertoadie

 

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On Sat, 05 Feb 2005, "OldDog" wrote:

> I just checked with my cousin. She's running Windows 3.1 with no CD drive.
> I've got another friend running a computer using DOS 5 with no CD drive.

now i'm sure you're mocking me, and let me tell you i don't like it at all!
we are in a group talking about current pc games but if your stuborness and
stupidity makes you write this garbage (now what you wrote is GARBAGE) then
please remain quiet and don't waste valuable bandwidth!

ps: one you said your family has abit tired of you and i now realize why

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"difool" <john.difool@mail.telepac.pt> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 05 Feb 2005, "OldDog" wrote:
>
> > I just checked with my cousin. She's running Windows 3.1 with no CD
drive.
> > I've got another friend running a computer using DOS 5 with no CD drive.
>
> now i'm sure you're mocking me, and let me tell you i don't like it at
all!
> we are in a group talking about current pc games but if your stuborness
and
> stupidity makes you write this garbage (now what you wrote is GARBAGE)
then
> please remain quiet and don't waste valuable bandwidth!
>
> ps: one you said your family has abit tired of you and i now realize why
>

The name of this forum is IBM PC GAMES ACTION. Not ibm CURRENT pc games
action. Just because you ignore those that don't have a fast pc, or run
WinXP, or don't have a CD drive ...

ps What took you so long. 😉

 

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"difool" <john.difool@mail.telepac.pt> wrote in message
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> mickey please give us a break!
> i already told you we don't use our boss equipment for personal benefit!
> he fires us if we did!

You didn't say anything about the circumstances that you might be installing
in, you just made a blanket statement that it was impossible.

> as for usb key drive you must be kidding me!

Nope, there are Linux distros that you can install onto key drives and boot
from, then install onto the HDD.

> first i'm not sure if you can transfer the boot image of an modern os
> like win2k or winxp to a usb key drive, but even so the mb must support
> it and not all do, and last you need a 1gb drive

I've got a Linux one on a 256MB key drive.

> mickey and you please read the full post... i said a drive to read cds!
> every dvd drive reads cds!

I know, I was being sarcastic.