Re:Hundred Millions or Hundred Thousands?
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Seeing as that was a move that the government regretted so much that it's practically purged from their history, and that it was one of the major events that contributed to their economical reforms, I'd say it might be sooner than later. Obviously the little hundred million dollar dent that this law made isn't going to do the trick, but the more the middle class gets bolstered, the more filled bellies with higher ambitions will appear. And once that number gets high enough, who knows what little events will make them snap. I'm only afraid of how much damage the government might do to take its final breath.
Re:Hundred Millions or Hundred Thousands?
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Personally, I'm quite happy when oppressive people with power tighten their grip. It follows the law of tension: the harder it's wound, the more likely it is to snap. Organizations such as companies that bully, to massive governments, make stupid decisions to maintain and ascertain their power, when all they do is jeopardize it more. I can't wait till they make a huge mistake on civil liberties and practically give their citizens no choice but to revolt.
Has anyone here not even heard of EEG treatment? I can't believe this article is even on Slashdot. just go to Wikipedia and you'll see this is OLD news. Not only can you detect ADHD with EEG, but you can treat it. Hell, it can even be used to treat migraines, PTSD, and sleep disorders. The applications are almost endless. A quick summary of how it works for the uninformed: there are 4 main oscillations within the neocortex. There is a statistical average for the occurrence of each one, hence a deviation from these averages can correlate to a disorder. By actively trying to shift those frequencies, disorders can become undone. Yes there are some disorders it can't treat, but the applications are even being expanded into enhancing the mind, and enhancing reflexes and mind-body interactions (on google, look up: neurofeedback peak performance).
There were several factors that drove people [an alarming rate] to commit suicide. Family problems topped the list. Other factors included physical and mental problems, economic hardships, poor income and unemployment.
I think I see what's going on here. People might start to realize how shitty their government is if they don't start bringing up red herrings. Otherwise, they wouldn't implement the same action that caused a kid to kill himself on everyone else.
Steering people (yes kids count as people, they are not sub-humans incapable of reasoning) away from the wrong direction gives them no ambition to move towards the right. Quite the contrary, they resist. We all know this because there is a little trait of people that causes illegal things to not "go away". Guns in "gun-less countries" are still there, and underage drinking has not gone the path of the dinosaurs either, we can't expect something as unregulated as video games to take a different route. So what should the government do to take care of this 'catastrophe'? Nothing. That's right boys and girls, it's in fact the job of the people to raise their children. Parents need to go out and take the initiative to buy their kids games that are non-violent that keep their kids preoccupied and away from violent video games. You may say, "how do I manage to find one?" It's called online reviews and talking to game store employees. Now you've run out of excuses. Go out and raise your kids. If you can manage that.
I can't believe they screwed this up. This game utterly revolves around heroes and antagonists, yet they don't have the foresight to have each side compete for the available experience points? Then they can set up an equation that makes it very unfavorable to let someone win, as well as an equation to have the most skillful players pair up for a challenging and longer lasting experience. Took me 2 minutes to come up with that.
Well, I did RTFA (quite interesting and the brevity of the summary gives it no justice) and his wife wasn't really gorgeous (but not bad either). I do however remember my psychology professor talking about beauty in class, and how people we know for longer have more appeal. He also demonstrated that we are attracted to a sort of mean of appearance, and showed computer generated image of a man and a woman that were composed of thousands of photos compiled into one. They didn't catch my particular fancy, but we did come to the consensus that they represented plain-old-vanilla beauty.
I don't even know where to begin with you. First off, you don't seem to know how evolution works. Second of all, social evolution plays the greatest roles in the natural selection of humans. If your standpoint were true, then the Indians and Chinese (the greatest of the populations) would be the "fittest" species. The Africans have been subject to tyranny of countless nations, and now they face the oppression of their own dictators. And I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but one's scientific success is heavily dependent on luck and ambition, not just intelligence. Otherwise, women would seem extremely inferior to men in science, which is not true because I know countless women who perform better than men academically. It pisses me off when uneducated people start talking out of their ass. I'm not even claiming that you're 100% wrong, just that you have overlooked so many other variables (mainly nurture over nature).
It's even more ironic that they plan to ban pellet sports. The soldiers in training use lasers, which involve no pellets, and the guns are real and fitted with blanks. So if anything, they are making the more violent/practical sport a legal alternative. Way to go legislature.
This sounds like an awesome game, but visuals make a huge difference in games. I don't care if it's shiny. If it looks like age of mythology, I'll be more than happy. The problem is that I know this will be 3D, so I don't want it to look like WC3. Sometimes, the drawn-out stuff just looks much better. I know that the meteor spell in AoM is MUCH better than the one in Black and White 2. And I'm quite sure more work went into the latter. The other aspect that I want is 3 races. Just 2 races isn't enough, as it's fun to have to prepare against/with many different races. And to respond a little more to the parents scenario topic, it's an mmorts, I doubt there will be any lack of scenarios, since there will most likely be few large elaborate maps. That, and you may have the entirely new aspect of diplomacy and having to account for the off time in the game, depending on what the creators decide what happens to your forces when you log out.
I was in class drinking a Pepsi. The teacher said if I bring it to class I better be prepared to share it, and I said, "I CAN'T, THERE'S SWINE FLUE GOING AROUND!1|1!"
Not really. Neurofeedback is a form a facilitated meditation. The majority of the states of the mind can be monitored and influenced via the neocortex. The wavelengths that can occur in the mind are Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Theta. Each of these frequencies can occur in the frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital. When you're consciously aware of that brain state, which you obviously normally aren't, you can influence it. It's like controlling muscles you never knew you had, however the consequences span much further. It's been a while since I read an in-depth book on the subject, so just assume the following scenario. Each balance of each wavelength has its own consequences. Lets say low alpha in the occipital paired with high delta in the temporal results in hypnogogia. It's a hallucinogenic state, so interest might form in it, and it thus becomes a habituated state that you retain after the neurofeedback. If this persists, which it most likely will, it may change the nature of your thinking. Each change in the state of mind has a change in the frequencies. If a person is both intellectually and creatively a genius, chances are he has a natural talent for changing these frequencies at will. If, however, the same person were to be stimulated by the video games, and hence inclined to follow this new nature of changing the state, it will set him off track. It would be like taking a boxer with perfect form, and paying him for tasks that naturally disturb his reflexes. The task however, could improve, impoverish, or do nothing to his form. It's all quite variable, which is why I give the warning.
These toys may be cool, but I can already see a fault with them. I'm fairly knowledgeable about neurofeedback, and I know that messing with the wavelengths of your neocortex without knowing what you're doing can end up making it work improperly. It's best that you consult a licensed (and experienced) practitioner in the field before toying around with these. All though I don't know the details of the frequency that it responds to, I know that there is a delicate balance that must be held between all frequencies to make the mind work at optimum efficiency. Typically, when you even start your neurofeedback sessions, you have to get some big-shot neurologist to take a look at the initial scans (you'll be lucky to find it below a 1000 dollars). I know people who have received full neurofeedback/MRI treatment to get rid of ADD, and they ended up spending around 10k. If you're experienced at controlling all frequencies, or you have received neurofeedback before, there shouldn't be that much of a problem.
what about the ability of major record labels to recruit "indie" music? No matter how you look at it, it's damn tempting to give a good share of the money they promise you'll get in exchange for the publicity that you'll receive. Sure some might just love music and realize that their talent might get them to that point eventually, but we all know too well that most are impatient and see this as an instant "big ticket". The only way to truly get rid of these companies is to have some way for the artists to be massively publicized routinely for nothing (or something close). But we all know that greed will make this extremely difficult.
I don't really care about Austin powers. I surprised no on brought up the prospect of dressing up like an undead mage and calling lightning around you when there's a storm. How cool would that be? Now to make Molotov Cocktails that explode like arcane magic.
The dorm room search stemmed from an investigation into who sent an email to a Boston College mailing list alleging that another student was gay.
Read it for yourself. I was stunned. Things have gone from this: Johnny: Teacher, Joe called me gay Teacher: Johnny STFU no one cares To this: Johnny: Teacher, Joe called me gay Teacher:*cuffs Joe*
Everyone does that every day. It's called the sun. That's where this thing gets its energy from. However, there is a key difference between solar radiation, and the radiation that this machine produces. The reason that we have solar frequencies converted to this frequency, is because it interacts close to nothing with the atmosphere, or just about any organic particle/interference. A lot of matter interacts with very specific frequencies, which is why this frequency will only give power to the designated material. Think of an atom as a football at the center of the stadium. The electrons would be like flies in the bleachers. Now if you want to hit the flies with bullets, you have to aim to where they generally are, or you'll miss. It works kinda like that.
If anything this just takes a jab at respect for humanity. Number one, they didn't say what constituted as "forced". I doubt they strapped his eyes open and bound him. Number two, how is this not typical of a few immature soldiers that you can find in anyone's military? I'm pretty sure that this isn't representative of the majority of soldiers (any current/ex-member can feel free to elaborate). In the end, I doubt that we will ever see a country who doesn't torture. Why? Because it's technically always up to the guys that are thousands of miles away from formal authority. And with the sense of urgency and different perspective that you build up in combat, I'm pretty sure another sense of principles develop in you than if you grew up in a highly civilized liberal neighborhood.
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Seeing as that was a move that the government regretted so much that it's practically purged from their history, and that it was one of the major events that contributed to their economical reforms, I'd say it might be sooner than later. Obviously the little hundred million dollar dent that this law made isn't going to do the trick, but the more the middle class gets bolstered, the more filled bellies with higher ambitions will appear. And once that number gets high enough, who knows what little events will make them snap. I'm only afraid of how much damage the government might do to take its final breath.
Personally, I'm quite happy when oppressive people with power tighten their grip. It follows the law of tension: the harder it's wound, the more likely it is to snap. Organizations such as companies that bully, to massive governments, make stupid decisions to maintain and ascertain their power, when all they do is jeopardize it more. I can't wait till they make a huge mistake on civil liberties and practically give their citizens no choice but to revolt.
Has anyone here not even heard of EEG treatment? I can't believe this article is even on Slashdot. just go to Wikipedia and you'll see this is OLD news. Not only can you detect ADHD with EEG, but you can treat it. Hell, it can even be used to treat migraines, PTSD, and sleep disorders. The applications are almost endless. A quick summary of how it works for the uninformed: there are 4 main oscillations within the neocortex. There is a statistical average for the occurrence of each one, hence a deviation from these averages can correlate to a disorder. By actively trying to shift those frequencies, disorders can become undone. Yes there are some disorders it can't treat, but the applications are even being expanded into enhancing the mind, and enhancing reflexes and mind-body interactions (on google, look up: neurofeedback peak performance).
from TFA
There were several factors that drove people [an alarming rate] to commit suicide. Family problems topped the list. Other factors included physical and mental problems, economic hardships, poor income and unemployment.
I think I see what's going on here. People might start to realize how shitty their government is if they don't start bringing up red herrings. Otherwise, they wouldn't implement the same action that caused a kid to kill himself on everyone else.
Steering people (yes kids count as people, they are not sub-humans incapable of reasoning) away from the wrong direction gives them no ambition to move towards the right. Quite the contrary, they resist. We all know this because there is a little trait of people that causes illegal things to not "go away". Guns in "gun-less countries" are still there, and underage drinking has not gone the path of the dinosaurs either, we can't expect something as unregulated as video games to take a different route. So what should the government do to take care of this 'catastrophe'? Nothing. That's right boys and girls, it's in fact the job of the people to raise their children. Parents need to go out and take the initiative to buy their kids games that are non-violent that keep their kids preoccupied and away from violent video games. You may say, "how do I manage to find one?" It's called online reviews and talking to game store employees. Now you've run out of excuses. Go out and raise your kids. If you can manage that.
I can't believe they screwed this up. This game utterly revolves around heroes and antagonists, yet they don't have the foresight to have each side compete for the available experience points? Then they can set up an equation that makes it very unfavorable to let someone win, as well as an equation to have the most skillful players pair up for a challenging and longer lasting experience. Took me 2 minutes to come up with that.
Some people are expressing concerns about Mexico's stability in the face of drug-cartel related violence.
Then legalize the drugs. Then use the profits from the government-sold drugs to start up rehab centers. Problem solved.
Well, I did RTFA (quite interesting and the brevity of the summary gives it no justice) and his wife wasn't really gorgeous (but not bad either). I do however remember my psychology professor talking about beauty in class, and how people we know for longer have more appeal. He also demonstrated that we are attracted to a sort of mean of appearance, and showed computer generated image of a man and a woman that were composed of thousands of photos compiled into one. They didn't catch my particular fancy, but we did come to the consensus that they represented plain-old-vanilla beauty.
I don't even know where to begin with you. First off, you don't seem to know how evolution works. Second of all, social evolution plays the greatest roles in the natural selection of humans. If your standpoint were true, then the Indians and Chinese (the greatest of the populations) would be the "fittest" species. The Africans have been subject to tyranny of countless nations, and now they face the oppression of their own dictators. And I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but one's scientific success is heavily dependent on luck and ambition, not just intelligence. Otherwise, women would seem extremely inferior to men in science, which is not true because I know countless women who perform better than men academically. It pisses me off when uneducated people start talking out of their ass. I'm not even claiming that you're 100% wrong, just that you have overlooked so many other variables (mainly nurture over nature).
It's even more ironic that they plan to ban pellet sports. The soldiers in training use lasers, which involve no pellets, and the guns are real and fitted with blanks. So if anything, they are making the more violent/practical sport a legal alternative. Way to go legislature.
This sounds like an awesome game, but visuals make a huge difference in games. I don't care if it's shiny. If it looks like age of mythology, I'll be more than happy. The problem is that I know this will be 3D, so I don't want it to look like WC3. Sometimes, the drawn-out stuff just looks much better. I know that the meteor spell in AoM is MUCH better than the one in Black and White 2. And I'm quite sure more work went into the latter. The other aspect that I want is 3 races. Just 2 races isn't enough, as it's fun to have to prepare against/with many different races. And to respond a little more to the parents scenario topic, it's an mmorts, I doubt there will be any lack of scenarios, since there will most likely be few large elaborate maps. That, and you may have the entirely new aspect of diplomacy and having to account for the off time in the game, depending on what the creators decide what happens to your forces when you log out.
I was in class drinking a Pepsi. The teacher said if I bring it to class I better be prepared to share it, and I said, "I CAN'T, THERE'S SWINE FLUE GOING AROUND!1|1!"
Not really. Neurofeedback is a form a facilitated meditation. The majority of the states of the mind can be monitored and influenced via the neocortex. The wavelengths that can occur in the mind are Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Theta. Each of these frequencies can occur in the frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital. When you're consciously aware of that brain state, which you obviously normally aren't, you can influence it. It's like controlling muscles you never knew you had, however the consequences span much further. It's been a while since I read an in-depth book on the subject, so just assume the following scenario. Each balance of each wavelength has its own consequences. Lets say low alpha in the occipital paired with high delta in the temporal results in hypnogogia. It's a hallucinogenic state, so interest might form in it, and it thus becomes a habituated state that you retain after the neurofeedback. If this persists, which it most likely will, it may change the nature of your thinking. Each change in the state of mind has a change in the frequencies. If a person is both intellectually and creatively a genius, chances are he has a natural talent for changing these frequencies at will. If, however, the same person were to be stimulated by the video games, and hence inclined to follow this new nature of changing the state, it will set him off track. It would be like taking a boxer with perfect form, and paying him for tasks that naturally disturb his reflexes. The task however, could improve, impoverish, or do nothing to his form. It's all quite variable, which is why I give the warning.
These toys may be cool, but I can already see a fault with them. I'm fairly knowledgeable about neurofeedback, and I know that messing with the wavelengths of your neocortex without knowing what you're doing can end up making it work improperly. It's best that you consult a licensed (and experienced) practitioner in the field before toying around with these. All though I don't know the details of the frequency that it responds to, I know that there is a delicate balance that must be held between all frequencies to make the mind work at optimum efficiency. Typically, when you even start your neurofeedback sessions, you have to get some big-shot neurologist to take a look at the initial scans (you'll be lucky to find it below a 1000 dollars). I know people who have received full neurofeedback/MRI treatment to get rid of ADD, and they ended up spending around 10k. If you're experienced at controlling all frequencies, or you have received neurofeedback before, there shouldn't be that much of a problem.
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Well there are two worst-case scenarios. The fake one:
GE:We will create hurricanes unless "insert evil demands here"
US:We don't negotiate with terrorists
GE:*assassinated*
US_Assassin:pwnt
Or the real one:
US:oh n03s! +34 4urr1c4n3
GE:*milks US for insane amount*
what about the ability of major record labels to recruit "indie" music? No matter how you look at it, it's damn tempting to give a good share of the money they promise you'll get in exchange for the publicity that you'll receive. Sure some might just love music and realize that their talent might get them to that point eventually, but we all know too well that most are impatient and see this as an instant "big ticket". The only way to truly get rid of these companies is to have some way for the artists to be massively publicized routinely for nothing (or something close). But we all know that greed will make this extremely difficult.
Zombie Mac: Braaaaiiiinnnssss
Mac fanboy: Joke's on you, I have none
(I'm going to mod point hell for this one)
I don't really care about Austin powers. I surprised no on brought up the prospect of dressing up like an undead mage and calling lightning around you when there's a storm. How cool would that be? Now to make Molotov Cocktails that explode like arcane magic.
Yea except the crime committed was (FTA):
The dorm room search stemmed from an investigation into who sent an email to a Boston College mailing list alleging that another student was gay.
Read it for yourself. I was stunned. Things have gone from this:
Johnny: Teacher, Joe called me gay
Teacher: Johnny STFU no one cares
To this:
Johnny: Teacher, Joe called me gay
Teacher:*cuffs Joe*
Everyone does that every day. It's called the sun. That's where this thing gets its energy from. However, there is a key difference between solar radiation, and the radiation that this machine produces. The reason that we have solar frequencies converted to this frequency, is because it interacts close to nothing with the atmosphere, or just about any organic particle/interference. A lot of matter interacts with very specific frequencies, which is why this frequency will only give power to the designated material. Think of an atom as a football at the center of the stadium. The electrons would be like flies in the bleachers. Now if you want to hit the flies with bullets, you have to aim to where they generally are, or you'll miss. It works kinda like that.
If anything this just takes a jab at respect for humanity. Number one, they didn't say what constituted as "forced". I doubt they strapped his eyes open and bound him. Number two, how is this not typical of a few immature soldiers that you can find in anyone's military? I'm pretty sure that this isn't representative of the majority of soldiers (any current/ex-member can feel free to elaborate). In the end, I doubt that we will ever see a country who doesn't torture. Why? Because it's technically always up to the guys that are thousands of miles away from formal authority. And with the sense of urgency and different perspective that you build up in combat, I'm pretty sure another sense of principles develop in you than if you grew up in a highly civilized liberal neighborhood.
So if the CAPTCHA is doomed, what is the next approach?
Torture