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Rabid TiVo Fanaticism
surfacearea writes "The New York Times [free reg] is running an article that, without sounding like over-the-top blatant product placement discusses the reasons why TiVo owners are at times frighteningly fanatical. Personally, I won't bother to find out first hand until they slap a recordable DVD drive in there."
same reason that there are fanitacal linux users
Bloat, muthafuckas, BLOAT!
W00T!!!!!1
Nothing like melted peeps on Christ's birthday.
"As many Slashdotters know, the gunmen were avid players of the game 'Doom'.
:)
If this game had not been created by a one John Carmack, then the tragedy may not have occurred."
For the record, if you read the journal of one of the kids that commited that terrible act, you'd see his reference too Doom as a point of illustration. The kid could just as easily have said "It'll be like the Matrix!" and the media would have ran with that. Blaming Doom for Columbine is like blaming South Park for 9-11. On the surface it might appear that there's some link that could have been avoided. But when you take the time to understand it, you realize that somebody would have to be deeply disturbed to be that bothered by it. There's no cause there.
Simply put, what happened there was a combination of social barriers, bad parenting, kids who seriously needed counseling, and deep seated anger. High School happens during that time in everybody's life where your mental state is heavily affected by mood swings and other chemcial imbalances. Students can be particularly cruel at that time, and they're overly sensitive to it at the same time. Without some way to vent anger, it just builds up. If anything, Doom might have delayed the shooting by giving these kids something to vent into. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough. They should have joined wrestling or something.
One thing I'm amazed about is how the people in the media who reported that Doom was the cause of the shooting can't seem to remember what high school was like. This type of thing was bound to happen sooner or later, it didn't need Doom's help.
In any case, I'm off-topic enough here. It is the 4th anniversary of Columbine, and sadly there's no article where people can discuss it. I have to admit, though, I'm rather tired of Doom being blamed for what happened here.
So, sorry to drift guys. It's a topic that's of importance to me. Felt the need to post.
"Derp de derp."
I'm 1.2.1. Does 1.3 block it? Or do I need to get the 1.4 alpha?
I can't believe I am going through this much trouble to block one lousy popup. When are people going to get the hint - we DO NOT LIKE THESE POPUPS AND WE WILL NOT BUY YOUR PRODUCT -- FOR THAT REASON. It's the same for me with telemarketers. I won't buy from them for that same reason.
Doom provided an early outlet. This could be the cause of the disaster. If a blatent fistfight had not been taken care of by Doom's angst valve, then authorities and specialists could have detected this before it happened.
But if ifs and buts were candy and nuts we'd all have a wonderful Christmas.
For what they're made of, the discs are a bit overpriced here. For now the effect seems to be at least in part due to short supply - quite a few people got DVD recordable drives for Christmas or are buying new computers with the drives included. At my local office supply/computer store, a 3 pack of Memorex DVD-R discs cost me $13 - that's $4.33/disc. Buy no-name discs (Optimum 5-pack for $20) for a small discount, or the real way to save, buy in bulk. About the only brand that consistently works well for me (others will likely attest to this as well) is Ritek, and I like to get the 4x ones so as to reduce burning time. Rima.com has a terrible, ugly web site but they have great prices (comparatively anyway) - a 25-spindle for $2/disc or as low as $1.75/disc for a 100-spindle. Of course, I don't have $175 to blow on dvd-r's at the moment. I'm saving up for Lite-On's DVD recordable drive, due out in May or June, and hoping media prices drop dramatically on dvd media RSN (real soon now).
Perhaps you should check the dictionary before you put your foot in your mouth.
Come play Heroes of Might and Magic Mini online.