"Bad" is a relative term that may not be accurate.
People who are different than the social norm possess "different" social skills, not necessarily "bad" social skills.
Sometimes they do have bad social skills, but that doesn't mean you can belittle their interests, or demean their behavior because it doesn't conform to what you want it to.
Or maybe doing something that is really fun for long periods of time might look like an addiction to people who like to go to lots of meetings and feel really important about themselves.
people who, say, do bad in school, people who play games, and the intersection. Though a more useful correlation would look at something like SAT grades vs hours played, or some such.
Bingo! Doing well in school is an indicator of one's social prowess, not necessarily one's intellect. Therefore, an awkward intelligent kid can do poorly in school but feel cast out socially. So he plays WoW and D&D and Magic and other things that people like him like. Then when he gets a C in class (because school, many times, is about social conformity and not actual intelligence), people blame his weird hobbies.
Your first analogy is good. Your second analogy is bad. When I was a kid (30 years ago) we played a lot of video games together, becaue there were no networked games. When I was a young adult, we played a TON of networked games. Those guys are all still really good friends in real life (whatever that means...having a Doom guild or whatever is no different than being on a bowling team, just you aren't always in the same place at the same time).
Well, technically, if you think it's stupid, you probably don't agree with the findings, so your quip about reading it on your Kindle to forget it quicker isn't really funny.
Driving a manual transmission engages the driver more than an automatic, and thus are more aware of their surroundings (and are arguably safer drivers for it). Automatics just allow people's attention to be focused on screaming kids and hot girls walking down the sidewalk.
e-readers are the automatic transmission of reading? Well, probably not as bad as books-on-tape, but I can see a tiny hint of validity to these findings.
I don't think people no longer want backups on a physical medium. They just don't want CDs to be that physical medium.
Or at least that's been my attitude for about 10 years now...cds scratch and have been flaky on nearly every cd-rom drive I've ever had on every computer I've ever owned. Die now please.
I had a job offer at the newly minted Sony CD plant in Eugene, OR right after college...something told me that I wouldn't have been there for the long haul, so I didn't take it. Got laid of from Symantec instead, but got rehired as soon as demand for anti-virus stuff spiked correlating with the release of Win95;-)
IANASO but my drive home takes me through probably 3-5 school zones (depending which route I take).
Am I to understand that registered sex offenders are not allowed to drive through a school zone, when there could be several schools on the main road? Do these guys have to carefully plan their routes to avoid entering the red zones, or is it a matter of them "hanging around" these red zones?
I'm uncertified (but have an MAED) but I am paid very well to develop software training for adults. I'd love to work in a school, but my salary is close to 2x a seasoned school teacher's.
I can think of lots of things to do if I were a locked down sex-offender that would ALL be better than being dead.
Read a book in your house, for example? Become an expert programmer? Be a hobbyist movie critic? Contribute to society be being really good at whatever it is you do for a career?
No I read that part. I dismissed it as blatantly biased and regurgitating it again does nothing for your argument.
The "easiest way to decide" is to pick one up and use it. Since you can't touch stuff on your tv, a good simulation of this is to have your ads have people using the product as you would be so inclined to do in real life.
Well, after reading the varied responses, it is clear that there is a difference between public urination and raping a child. The punishment, therefore, should be equally different.
Also, if you choose a profession that you know you will be underpaid in for 20 years or so just so you can make a difference (teaching), then I think you should get a little security at the back end for that choice.
Had they only reduced burocracy when ewe where in school may be you're spelling and grammar would have been gooder....and here I thought slashdot was a safe-haven from the rampant anti-intellectualism running through my country at the moment.
Anything can "probably be cut more". It's a matter of prioritizing what's important to society, as determined by society, not what a few fringe and/or under-educated people think is good.
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I hate Bill Gates, but I admire him more than I do the Pope. Yes, that's how much I don't admire the Pope at all.
You just need your mom to bring you a bucket.
"Bad" is a relative term that may not be accurate.
People who are different than the social norm possess "different" social skills, not necessarily "bad" social skills.
Sometimes they do have bad social skills, but that doesn't mean you can belittle their interests, or demean their behavior because it doesn't conform to what you want it to.
I'll make it simple. Playing video games is fun and is nothing like beating up your siblings after watching Kung Fu.
How come you never hear people trying to ban Shoots and Ladders or Monopoly when overly competitive siblings get in a fight over who won?
Or maybe doing something that is really fun for long periods of time might look like an addiction to people who like to go to lots of meetings and feel really important about themselves.
people who, say, do bad in school, people who play games, and the intersection. Though a more useful correlation would look at something like SAT grades vs hours played, or some such.
Bingo! Doing well in school is an indicator of one's social prowess, not necessarily one's intellect. Therefore, an awkward intelligent kid can do poorly in school but feel cast out socially. So he plays WoW and D&D and Magic and other things that people like him like. Then when he gets a C in class (because school, many times, is about social conformity and not actual intelligence), people blame his weird hobbies.
Your first analogy is good. Your second analogy is bad. When I was a kid (30 years ago) we played a lot of video games together, becaue there were no networked games. When I was a young adult, we played a TON of networked games. Those guys are all still really good friends in real life (whatever that means...having a Doom guild or whatever is no different than being on a bowling team, just you aren't always in the same place at the same time).
I would think on Slashdot of all places people wouldn't just assume research is invalid because the conclusion is counter intuitive.
Slashdot was temporarily hijacked by Sarah Palin staffers, Rush Limbaugh listeners, and Fox News viewers.
Well, technically, if you think it's stupid, you probably don't agree with the findings, so your quip about reading it on your Kindle to forget it quicker isn't really funny.
Driving a manual transmission engages the driver more than an automatic, and thus are more aware of their surroundings (and are arguably safer drivers for it). Automatics just allow people's attention to be focused on screaming kids and hot girls walking down the sidewalk.
e-readers are the automatic transmission of reading? Well, probably not as bad as books-on-tape, but I can see a tiny hint of validity to these findings.
Somebody edited the entry on IBM ClearCase to state that it, "just isn't a very good tool."
Somethings are universally true and require no further explanation.
I don't think people no longer want backups on a physical medium. They just don't want CDs to be that physical medium.
Or at least that's been my attitude for about 10 years now...cds scratch and have been flaky on nearly every cd-rom drive I've ever had on every computer I've ever owned. Die now please.
I never heard of Pitman, NJ until I read the article. Weird if it's not in the article.
I had a job offer at the newly minted Sony CD plant in Eugene, OR right after college...something told me that I wouldn't have been there for the long haul, so I didn't take it. Got laid of from Symantec instead, but got rehired as soon as demand for anti-virus stuff spiked correlating with the release of Win95 ;-)
IANASO but my drive home takes me through probably 3-5 school zones (depending which route I take).
Am I to understand that registered sex offenders are not allowed to drive through a school zone, when there could be several schools on the main road? Do these guys have to carefully plan their routes to avoid entering the red zones, or is it a matter of them "hanging around" these red zones?
I'm uncertified (but have an MAED) but I am paid very well to develop software training for adults. I'd love to work in a school, but my salary is close to 2x a seasoned school teacher's.
Yes, because intellect and proof-reading while posting on slashdot at work are so tightly correlated.
I can think of lots of things to do if I were a locked down sex-offender that would ALL be better than being dead.
Read a book in your house, for example? Become an expert programmer? Be a hobbyist movie critic? Contribute to society be being really good at whatever it is you do for a career?
No I read that part. I dismissed it as blatantly biased and regurgitating it again does nothing for your argument.
The "easiest way to decide" is to pick one up and use it. Since you can't touch stuff on your tv, a good simulation of this is to have your ads have people using the product as you would be so inclined to do in real life.
Well, after reading the varied responses, it is clear that there is a difference between public urination and raping a child. The punishment, therefore, should be equally different.
Interesting (if true). Which 13 states. And if so, is it the same class felony as the sex crimes that get you registered as a sex offender?
I have a problem with sex offender laws that bust 18 year old dudes for having sex with their 17 year old girlfriends.
I have no problem with laws that strap monitors to real sex offenders' legs.
Yeah, I'm not really convinced. My AT&T bill is $220-ish a month. My landline bill (if I had one still) would be $40.
Cheaper if you call long distance all day long every day maybe?
Also, if you choose a profession that you know you will be underpaid in for 20 years or so just so you can make a difference (teaching), then I think you should get a little security at the back end for that choice.
Had they only reduced burocracy when ewe where in school may be you're spelling and grammar would have been gooder. ...and here I thought slashdot was a safe-haven from the rampant anti-intellectualism running through my country at the moment.
Anything can "probably be cut more". It's a matter of prioritizing what's important to society, as determined by society, not what a few fringe and/or under-educated people think is good.