Slashdot Mirror
1 Millionth Unique User Logs on to Nintendo Wifi
MrJack5304 writes "According to Nintendo's official Press Release, the Nintendo Wifi service has logged it's 1 millionth user. In 5 short months Nintendo has reached 1 million users, and had 27 million total connections." From the release: "Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection lets Nintendo DS owners log on cost-free to compete or interact in a variety of games, from racing in Mario Kart DS to community-building in Animal Crossing: Wild World. The 1 millionth user was a player in Japan, who logged on to play Animal Crossing: Wild World." The release goes on to mention that Tetris DS and Metroid Hunters will also utilize the service.
>My problem with Mario Kart DS is that there's no ranking/ladder type system... so a first time player can be pitted against someone with 1000 wins and 3 losses.
Except for the "Rivals" match which searches for people with similar win/loss records.
http://skeptobot.blogspot.com/ - A site for the Renaissance man and woman
Have you noticed that every single thing which comes along which might be considered fun by both teenage girls and adult men becomes a new tool for pedophiles in the eyes of the media?
News Flash: Real pedophiles don't go after teen girls. They go after young children of both genders. When a 26 year-old male finds himself attracted to a 17 year-old girl, that's not a pedophile. That's an ordinary heterosexual male, whose biological impulse runs afoul of our provincial age-of-consent laws. If he acts on that impulse, he's a bit of a dweeb, but hardly what you would call a "predator."
Apparently, it's okay for corporate America to use 15-year old models to sell issues of Maxim, but completely taboo for anybody to admit out loud that youth is attractive.
Raise your daughters to understand that adult losers who hit on teens are both too old for them, and kind of pathetic. That's the only defense that's going to matter when she's chatting in the SIMS Online (or whatever) and some dork who can't find a date his own age is trying to make time with her.
Also, the time to start watching out for sexual predators is not when your little angel starts dating, wearing make-up, and bugging you to let her get her nose pierced. It's when she's 5. Oh, and statistically, that predator you need to watch out for is probably a family member, teacher, or member of the clergy. Odds are, there are no strangers lurking in your bushes.
This is special because Nintendo's online service reached 1 million in 4 months. Microsoft's took 2 years.