Very true. I was really talking about parents there more than kids though; I didn't mean to imply your kid was stupid.;) The ratings are all really geared towards parents anyway.
Also, I would think though that most kids, who know damn well what their games are about, would also be able to tell "RSAC 4 or 5 = parents won't get it for me!" just as well as "M", though.
...what? Now you're assuming *I* hold these views (views that the GP didn't express either, by the way -- you've made up out of nowhere)? Or what?
I have no idea what you're after here, except that it seems something like "whites stereotyping others = bad, others stereotyping whites = ok", which makes no sense to any objective party. But nothing you're posting seems to be objective, so I suppose I shouldn't be expecting anything.
anyone remember the RSAC ratings? they coexisted with the ESRB ratings for awhile back when they were both first starting out. RSAC had the separate violence/sex/etc ratings. ESRB won out though because people are stupid and need a one letter thing.
You go to other people's countries, invade them with your missionaries in toe, rule them for hundreds of years, try to "civilize" them, and yet, complain about their assimilation.
Wow, the GP poster did all that? He must be pretty old.
your home internet connection is not for running a web server.
What someone else already said: why the hell not? If you just want to take what the cable company gives you, turn off the internet connection and just go watch TV.
Yes, because Bush personally could have done a whole lot, such as keeping the water out of the flooded areas by plugging the holes in the levees with his fingers. Or teleporting people out of the area WITH HIS MIND! If only he had been there!
(If you're just interested in useless symbols, take a college English class.)
Seeing as several people have already posted saying "But why would Google want AOL's CD distribution system?" I think it's clear that Slashdot needs to invest in a Closed Captioning for the Humor Impaired system. Those who have tragically been humor impaired would then be able to read the story as:
Clearly Google's interest in AOL is their huge CD distribution system, widely regarded as the most advanced in the world as demonstrated by my mailbox. (THIS IS A JOKE)
and this would cut down on the unneeded posts expressing disbelief, as well as the replies to those posts mocking them. Please do not mock these people; they have a disability. I think a Closed Captioning for the Humor Impaired system would restore a bit of dignity to those disabled individuals.
Remember, if there's any shortage of any group somewhere, it's because of discrimination. (Unless it's a shortage of white people, then it's okay.) It's not due to any inherent differences in the given groups, because all people everywhere are all exactly the same!
But 99% of my friends would trash Gaim as soon as they opened it. It's missing the features that makes msn messenger special, all those neat winks, backgrounds, packages and more. It's what makes it fun for them.
You know, you probably don't want to let on that all your "friends" are 14 year old girls. The FBI usually doesn't look too kindly upon that.
I'm a twenty-something college student and not a single one of the people I know uses MSN. Coupled with the fact that AIM still holds market dominance this guy seems off the deep end.
I've been out of college a couple years, but I never knew anyone who used only MSN... and only one person who used it at all (in addition to AIM).
A couple people here at work use it, but most use AIM too.
If someone told me they only had MSN, I'd say "Oh. Well, what's your email then?"
And I've *never* seen anyone use the Yahoo messenger.
Slashdot posted an unconfirmed story?? No way! Next thing you know, someone will be telling me that most people who post to Slashdot don't read the articles!
Slashdot Mirror
I don't get it.
That's for sure.
It's like cutting off your head and standing on it to become taller.
My seven year old is not stupid. He is seven.
;) The ratings are all really geared towards parents anyway.
Very true. I was really talking about parents there more than kids though; I didn't mean to imply your kid was stupid.
Also, I would think though that most kids, who know damn well what their games are about, would also be able to tell "RSAC 4 or 5 = parents won't get it for me!" just as well as "M", though.
So roughly how many organizations would need massive payoffs in order to use the movie rating system for games?
Mainly just SPECTRE... er, I mean the MPAA. I think they own the.. trademark I guess?.. to the G/PG/R system.
...what? Now you're assuming *I* hold these views (views that the GP didn't express either, by the way -- you've made up out of nowhere)? Or what?
I have no idea what you're after here, except that it seems something like "whites stereotyping others = bad, others stereotyping whites = ok", which makes no sense to any objective party. But nothing you're posting seems to be objective, so I suppose I shouldn't be expecting anything.
anyone remember the RSAC ratings? they coexisted with the ESRB ratings for awhile back when they were both first starting out. RSAC had the separate violence/sex/etc ratings. ESRB won out though because people are stupid and need a one letter thing.
You go to other people's countries, invade them with your missionaries in toe, rule them for hundreds of years, try to "civilize" them, and yet, complain about their assimilation.
Wow, the GP poster did all that? He must be pretty old.
your home internet connection is not for running a web server.
What someone else already said: why the hell not? If you just want to take what the cable company gives you, turn off the internet connection and just go watch TV.
Hell, why is the BSD section even still around?
Why wouldn't it be? It's not like BSD is dying or anything.
No, this is not a quickies story. this is a quickies story.
Abandoning the quickies was bad enough, but now to bring back the icon just to tease us is even worse.
Yes, because Bush personally could have done a whole lot, such as keeping the water out of the flooded areas by plugging the holes in the levees with his fingers. Or teleporting people out of the area WITH HIS MIND! If only he had been there!
(If you're just interested in useless symbols, take a college English class.)
You beat me to it. I loves me some ports.
But you watch the show once, maybe twice, and can listen to the song many many times.
Man, I made the same joke the other day on the first article about this, and I got modded down flamebait. :P
Seeing as several people have already posted saying "But why would Google want AOL's CD distribution system?" I think it's clear that Slashdot needs to invest in a Closed Captioning for the Humor Impaired system. Those who have tragically been humor impaired would then be able to read the story as:
Clearly Google's interest in AOL is their huge CD distribution system, widely regarded as the most advanced in the world as demonstrated by my mailbox. (THIS IS A JOKE)
and this would cut down on the unneeded posts expressing disbelief, as well as the replies to those posts mocking them. Please do not mock these people; they have a disability. I think a Closed Captioning for the Humor Impaired system would restore a bit of dignity to those disabled individuals.
Remember, if there's any shortage of any group somewhere, it's because of discrimination. (Unless it's a shortage of white people, then it's okay.) It's not due to any inherent differences in the given groups, because all people everywhere are all exactly the same!
But 99% of my friends would trash Gaim as soon as they opened it.
It's missing the features that makes msn messenger special, all those neat winks, backgrounds, packages and more. It's what makes it fun for them.
You know, you probably don't want to let on that all your "friends" are 14 year old girls. The FBI usually doesn't look too kindly upon that.
I'm a twenty-something college student and not a single one of the people I know uses MSN. Coupled with the
fact that AIM still holds market dominance this guy seems off the deep end.
I've been out of college a couple years, but I never knew anyone who used only MSN... and only one person who used it at all (in addition to AIM).
A couple people here at work use it, but most use AIM too.
If someone told me they only had MSN, I'd say "Oh. Well, what's your email then?"
And I've *never* seen anyone use the Yahoo messenger.
Bush was just a couple years off... soon there *will* be "Internets".
Slashdot posted an unconfirmed story?? No way! Next thing you know, someone will be telling me that most people who post to Slashdot don't read the articles!
Thank you, I was trying to remember the name of that one.
Of course, sometimes it seems like most Slashdotters were about 5 years old in 1996, so maybe Zonk figured no one would notice.
Yeah, what's up with that? How is it Music Television when there are just shows on there?
Yeah, and I tried to buy a telegraph from AT&T the other day, but they said they don't do that anymore!
Considering TFA says this discovery took place in 1982, I suppose it is likely that you have been "hearing it for years now".
You did read TFA, right? Surely no one on Slashdot would post something uninformed!
(Yes they would, and don't call me Shirley?)
I hate you.
I'm trying desperately to not let that song get stuck in my head.
Considering CS is merely a form of mathematics and mathematics isn't science because it cannot be falsified, CS isn't science. ;)
Exactly. My theory is that if you have to specifically call it "science", it probably isn't.
Computer science, social science, creation science...
Everyone knows, say, physics is a science. You don't have to call it "physical science".