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Scientific American on Television Addiction

Etcetera writes: "The Drudge Report had an interesting link to a Scientific American article on Television Addiction. Talks about some of the quantifiable effects TV watching can have on the body. Very interesting read. There's also a paragraph or two at the end about game/computer use and why that might be a *little* bit different. But, similar to Jon Katz's essay Browsing Alone, they conclude that when a habit interferes with a growing, active life, it should be taken seriously."

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  1. fp! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    i will fuck you in the ass.

  4. hrrrm by Crapflooder · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    stop the madness

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  6. Phear! by Crapflooder · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    Conclusion: Big brothers suck.

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  12. Yeah, baby! by Crapflooder · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Burn that faken karma!

  13. Re:not really a drug by Crapflooder · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    also, it's pedohile in the US (or peadophile in UK). also, it's because, not becuase.

  14. Finally! by cavemanf16 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Ok, look, I don't appreciate the crapfloods and "Jon Katz is gay" posts any more than the rest of you, but for once the trolls are so damn funny and ONTOPIC in this discussion it's just wonderful!

    For instance: This post by an AC is just too damn funny. At first it looks like: "Oh wow, good for you, now shutup." But then you notice it's by an AC and you think, "Haha! Non-TV owning elitists who brag about it ARE about as useful as an Anonymous Coward post."

    Or take this post for example. Barely has anything to do with the article topic, but since the topic is so -1 Redundant anyways, this just makes me laugh!

    Lastly, we've got this scathing comment that bashes on the whole premise of this article and consequential discussion on slashdot.

    The point is, who cares? You don't own a TV, great for you! Now quit wasting your time telling everyone and go back to reading the newspaper. I don't care. The last comment was probably the best. Just insert "Slashdot, sex, alcohol, or your favorite 'no-no' in all the places they have the appreviation 'TV' in the article, and resubmit this about a month later. This isn't news, it's not for nerds, geeks, or trolls, and it certainly hasn't benefitted my life, as it is common sense to everyone and their grandmother that any addiction taken too far is negative.

    I rate this slashdot discussion: -1 Redundant.

  15. Re:paedophile, not peadophile by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Actually, it's pædophile. Learn to use your ligatures.

  16. Re:Hi! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I would very much enjoy giving you a good assfucking. My place at 8? Bring your own lube.

    So, how's the karma roast? I can smell it burnin' from here.

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  18. Re:Hi! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am very sorry, but I have to inform you that I won't be able to make it until next week.

    Due to "excessive bad posting" my account is pretty much unusable, no matter what anonymous proxies I use. (Yet it says in the notice and the faq that filtering is only done on IP and subnet! liars!).

    However, you might be able to make some use of

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  19. off topic warning by Theodore+Logan · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Neitzsche was also, by you defination a Nazie.

    Ridiculous. Heidegger was a nazi, that is beyond all doubt. He was, for Christ's sake, even one of the few nazis who did never admit being mistaken. He stood firm till his death in 1974. Nietzsche, on the other hand, was everything but a nazi. His ideas about the ubermensch are among the most misunderstood in the history of philosophy. Besides it was his sister who suited his philosophy to nazism long after his death.

    Besides, I don't buy your crap about taking "Heideggier" as "Heidegger" was already taken. Why not? You obviously couln't spell N-I-E-T-Z-S-C-H-E either.

    --

    "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance" - Derek Bok

  20. Re:Hi! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You think that's bad? Look at what Slashdot returned when I tried to use one of my proxies today:

    Either your network or ip address has been banned from this site
    due to script flooding that originated from your network or ip address. If you feel that this is unwarrented, feel free to include your ip address in an email, and we will examine why there is a ban.


    It was Slashdot, not the proxy; since I can connect to other sites through the proxy. Looks like it's time to refresh my list o proxies. Hey, Jamie, you enjoy playing whack-a-mole like this?

  21. time for this I feel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    1. slashdot is gay


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