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From: Mark on 24 May 2010 19:52 On Sun, 23 May 2010 13:42:44 +0100, Rowland McDonnell wrote (in article <1jiy5wg.1m7mb5l1ohdrrN%real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid>): > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > >> Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >> >>> Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: >>> >>>> In article >>>> real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: >> >>>>> How does one get a local copy to play off-line? >>>> >>>> I expect they've made it a bit hard to do that. >>> >>> My thinking was `It's Google: it'll either be really easy to do so; or >>> one will have to find out the trick required'. >> >> The pacman widget works well: >> >> http://mac.brothersoft.com/pacman-download.html >> >> well, it would be nice if it was a bit bigger > > Hmm! Interesting ... > > ... but I'm not so keen on widgets for that sort of thing. > > I don't like being tied to Dashboard - if nothing else, it's an ugly UI > and prevents you using everything else when it's active. > > Rowland. > > http://bit.ly/c3MK1q Cheers ... Mark
From: Woody on 24 May 2010 20:19 Mark <captain.black(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 23 May 2010 13:42:44 +0100, Rowland McDonnell wrote > (in article > <1jiy5wg.1m7mb5l1ohdrrN%real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid>): > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > >> Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > >> > >>> Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> In article > >>>> real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > >> > >>>>> How does one get a local copy to play off-line? > >>>> > >>>> I expect they've made it a bit hard to do that. > >>> > >>> My thinking was `It's Google: it'll either be really easy to do so; or > >>> one will have to find out the trick required'. > >> > >> The pacman widget works well: > >> > >> http://mac.brothersoft.com/pacman-download.html > >> > >> well, it would be nice if it was a bit bigger > > > > Hmm! Interesting ... > > > > ... but I'm not so keen on widgets for that sort of thing. > > > > I don't like being tied to Dashboard - if nothing else, it's an ugly UI > > and prevents you using everything else when it's active. well, <http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050422172929402> lets you use widgets outside the dashboard if you want. > > http://bit.ly/c3MK1q Which is a link to a page saying you can play it here: <http://www.google.com/pacman> [1] Or download the source here: <http://github.com/macek/google_pacman> [2] [1] that is what the link said - it didn't work for me. [2] that one did -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Rowland McDonnell on 25 May 2010 17:45 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > Mark <captain.black(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell wrote: > > > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > >> Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> In article > > >>>> real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > > >> > > >>>>> How does one get a local copy to play off-line? > > >>>> > > >>>> I expect they've made it a bit hard to do that. > > >>> > > >>> My thinking was `It's Google: it'll either be really easy to do so; or > > >>> one will have to find out the trick required'. > > >> > > >> The pacman widget works well: > > >> > > >> http://mac.brothersoft.com/pacman-download.html > > >> > > >> well, it would be nice if it was a bit bigger > > > > > > Hmm! Interesting ... > > > > > > ... but I'm not so keen on widgets for that sort of thing. > > > > > > I don't like being tied to Dashboard - if nothing else, it's an ugly UI > > > and prevents you using everything else when it's active. > > well, > <http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050422172929402> > > lets you use widgets outside the dashboard if you want. Oh yes... except that it takes F4 using 10.6 and the new flat keyboards. Now I can see the hula dancer all the time if I want to. <http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/justforfun/hulagirl.html> > > http://bit.ly/c3MK1q > > Which is a link to a page saying you can play it here: > > <http://www.google.com/pacman> [1] > > Or download the source here: > > <http://github.com/macek/google_pacman> [2] > > [1] that is what the link said - it didn't work for me. > [2] that one did Coo blimey :-) That works. Silly little thing. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
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