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BBC Argues Games Don't Cause Violence

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the wheel-of-blame-pinning dept.

RandBlade writes "BBC News has an article on the argued link between violent games and real violence. It examines both scientific evidence, different theories and the facts in order to conclude 'that it is trite and irresponsible of ill-informed commentators to claim that games like Grand Theft Auto are central to terrible crime.'" It's good to know that gamers are not all killing machines lying in wait, or that E3 is not the most potentially dangerous convention ever.

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  1. Poor Linux Benchmarks. (Sc.ore:5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    After hearing how much the improvements in Linux performance was, I decided to do some benchmarks.

    Here are the Machines I used.
    AMD Opeteron 3400+ with UltraSCSI320 Hard disks
    XServe G5
    386SX with MFM hard disks

    Copying a 17 Mebibyte file from one hard drive to another.
    SCO UnixWare : 7.3 Seconds
    Windows Longhorn Server beta : 7.5 Seconds.
    Windows Server 2003 : 9 Seconds
    Mac OS X Server 2004 : 9.5 Seconds
    Windows 2000 Server : 11 Seconds
    Linux 2.7 Server : 16 Seconds.
    Linux 2.6 Server : 18 Seconds
    MSDOS on a 386DX : 20 Seconds.
    Linux 2.4 Server : 30 Seconds
    Linux 2.2 Server : 48 Seconds
    Linux 2.0 Server : 75 Seconds.

    As you can See, Linux dosent come CLOSE to beating enterprise systems at high performance servers. EVEN Msdos from a 386SX smokes Linux!
    Don't mod me down unless you can justify these speeds. It is pretty obvious by now why SCO is suing Linux, because they are stealing their code to gain speed. And yes, DMA WAS ENABLED.

  2. Damn... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hate that guy who just wasted FP with a moron post about opterons...

    I'll kill you!!!!! DIEIDIEIDIEIDEID!!!

    anyways, it's good to hear my addiction to Quake III doesn't make me anymore violent =)

  3. Paid by MS? Watch me now: *YAWN* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yawn....

  4. Make love not war by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm generally not attracted to men, but my God something about Hitler just drives me absolutely batty! That dramatic sweep of hair across his brow, like he just tossed his head and there it fell, a cascade of black like the velvet curtain of night. I want him to take me on the hood of a King Tiger, its 1400 horsepower engine revving as he violates the virginal secrets of my Eagle's Nest.

    I picture it like those glorious mass rallies the Nazis used to have. There he is lovingly pounding away at my second front while legions of goose-stepping Aryans march past and salute our union. Just as Hitler is about to empty his tiny ubermenschen into the expanse of my Liebe-raum a wing of Stukas will fly overhead, their sirens howling in synchronicity with the primal cries of pleasure from Der Fuehrer.

    My god, what a man!

  5. Sorta apology from BCC? by LordKazan · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They piss off the linux community so then they post an article they they think the linux community will appreciate.

    Apology of sorts?


    Probably not, but food for thought

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  6. BBC talk bollocks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    re: the opensource virus writers story from earlier this week...

  7. Offtopic as hell: Gay Penguins by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The New York Times is reporting that homosexuality is not limited to humans.

    1. Re:Offtopic as hell: Gay Penguins by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      And that is supposed to be news?!

      Biologists and naturalists have known about this for ages.

      I've never quite understood why homophobes like Dr. Laura have been able to claim that homosexuality is not natural because animals do not engage in it.

      Now with this "new" evidence, they'll probably just spin it in another way: "it's filthy because animals do it!".

    2. Re:Offtopic as hell: Gay Penguins by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yes, but as the article points out, animals have long term relationships with their homosexual partners.

      Homosexual humans, however, limit their relationships to highway reststop sexual encounters and casual Port-a-Potty sex.

  8. What Did You Expect from the BBC ? by tealover · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Their left-leaning social values tend to permeate their news and commentary coverage in most areas. Their conclusion is not surprising in the least.

    I used to respect the BBC when they were a serious news organization but they now appear to believe that they are an agent of populist social change.

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    1. Re:What Did You Expect from the BBC ? by tealover · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      The person who modd'd me down is indicative of the BBC mentatlity that filters "news" through its left-leaning prism. Anything that contradicts that prism is attacked. Not even the PM of Britain is safe from those attacks, so I certainly don't expect any better.

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  9. Ok... by TechnologyX · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Let's hope this story actually has some thought put into it, unlike "Linux users unleashed MyDoom"

    I wouldn't be surprised to see them blame violence on Linux users :P

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