Portal Easter E... Half-Life Reference

one of the many references to half-life and black mesa. i noclipped it for better image quality, transcription for your convenience:

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Dollar$ and SENSE:
Competing with BLACK MESA
For DoD and Government-wide
Acquisition Contracts

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What is BLACK MESA?
+ 2.59% of ALL DoD contracts
+ 10 Billion in Federal Dollars Annually
+ 12% From Full & Open Competition
+ 88% From No-Bids or Excluded-Sources Bids
+ Not bound by Govt Performance & Results Act

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5 Year Review: GSA Schedules
Proposed / Awarded
Black Mesa / Aperture

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A Case Study: Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System
+ Defense Logistics Agency solicits bids for development of fuel system icing inhibitor (FSII)
+ Black Mesa FSII proposal:
Costly - Black Mesa personnel overpaid given limited skillset / ambition
Design inhibits ice, nothing more
+ Aperture Proposal:
Less expensive
Bonus to DLA: Aperture FSII inhibits ice but is also:
- A fully functioning Disk Operating System
- Arguably alive

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btw: this presentation can not only be seen in the room described in the original video, similar rooms can be found in various places.

edit: since the original video is obsolete now i just deleted it.

edit: due to a copyright claim i changed the music to a piece by big joe turner. good thing you can do that now. thanks, tube!

edit: had to audio-swap it again. thank you, music business.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• portal
• easter
• egg
• reference
• half-life
• aperture
• black
• mesa

[HackersOfComputers]

@daskraut it isnt really a easter egg beacuse GLaDos actaully say ''maybe BLACK MESA??? that was a joke haha! fat chance!'' but you could call it that!

[daskraut]

@HackersOfComputers that's why i didn't write 'egg', just 'e...' ;)

[TheUlsfark]

Black mesa is story line with portal

[sackkckdbb]

2:00 "look over there ====>" (i look to the right) :O a home depot ad!!

[GPWfiles]

DoD day of defeat?

[NoamMize]

Blah Blah Blah *BLACK MESA* That's what I got from it >.<

[Draknfyre]

@blackandwhitepro34

Department of Defense.

[Draknfyre]

@Draknfyre

hired*

[Draknfyre]

@Warverlay

Not related. Half-Life 2 was created way before the idea of Portal was put into production. Portal was created by a team highed right out of college. Half-Life was released in 2004. was in development for about 3 years I think, Portal was released in 2007, and the prototype the team created had a completely different name, setting, and style.

Portal storms refer to something else involving the 7-hour war in Half-Life.

[Draknfyre]

@legoguy813

Almost.

Mesa is referring to Mesas.

"An isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides, found in landscapes with horizontal strata."

Which were named mesas because they resembled tables.

So Black Mesa is named after the desert environment it's in. And the word mesa was used to described certain geological features.