I'm guessing they're doing this because they're all essentially just console games and they want people to buy them, none the less it's a great deal considering the amount of playtime you get, regardless of suckyness.
I have the same problem, though it's related to the sound, because if I run the game with -nosound, it runs fine, but if I just run it normal, same problem you described occurs except much more frequently, and it uses ALL my CPU (Hyperthreading is disabled, therefore)... And to my knowledge...
HL2 is 10 years after the incident, the youngest person possible would then be 10 years of age, so you should be able to see some children around, unless they've been removed in part because of the story, which I doubt.
When was the last game you played that portrayed violence and kids (excl...
A hub is overloaded all the time because when someone sends data, it just spreads the data to all ports, whereas a switch only sends it to the necessary ports.
Some switches come with a firewall, although it's a very rare occurence. Router most often have a firewall, and also function as a...
I was under the impression our prime minister would take the easy way out, give a formal apology, retreat and cut all connections and row our boat in our own little pond, but apparantly he's got more guts than that...
Doesn't it say that games are prone to cause seizures and should be played in a well-lit room with breaks every half hour or so ? It used to say so on most older games I have with fairly big text on a page of it's own, but now manuals are so screwed I can't tell front from back on them anymore...
The first response that popped up in my head after reading his post was: "If you go out and shoot someone and commit suicide, I'll freaking ban your sorry ass"...
Not that I'm a mod there or anything, just felt like saying it...