Reminds me of the (Best Buy, I think) commercial I saw recently; guy buys his wife a treadmill. Really nice one. She opens it, gives him 'the look,' and says 'So you think I'm fat.' He replies "Well yea....no baby, of course not."
Some guy goes into a public restroom to drain the lizard, so to speak. He notices a leprechaun taking a piss in the urinal beside him.
When finished, the leprechaun tried to zip up his fly as quickly as he could, but the man caught sight of his enormous penis. "Wow," says the man, "are all leprechauns as well hung as you?"
Sighing, the leprechaun replies 'aye, that we are. And seeing as how ye saw me Blarney Stone, so to speak, I'm now obligated ta give ye three wishes."
The man says 'Wow, really?' 'Aye,' comes the response, 'it's part of the curse of having such an enormous member.' "Wow. Well, I guess I'd like the be the richest man in the world.' 'Done; check yer bank account when ye get home.' 'And I'd like to have a beautiful and sexy and great wife, my perfect soul mate, who will love me for ever.' 'Done; she's at yer home makin dinner.' 'And I'd like to have a penis as big as yours.'
The leprechaun sighs again. "Well, laddie, thats the problem, then. I can certainly bless ye that way, but in order to do so, I have to take you from behind." "Really? With that big thing? Well, I guess it'll be worth it..." And with that, he grasped the pipes of the urinals, gritted his teeth, and took it from behind."
As the leprechaun finished, he said 'Tell me, boyo, how old are ye?' '25, why?' 'Aren't ye a bit old, then, ta be believein' in leprechauns?'
The game was labeled as one for younger children, but had no warnings about photosensitive seizures on either the packaging or associated documentation, and I assumed that it would be a safe game for him to play.
What the targeted age has to do with anything, I don't know. I'd also be curious to know what game it was, so I could hunt down the info myself.
...and if the game *is* one of the few that falls within the criteria of slow, high contrast flashing, yeah, it would be a nice thing to label it as such. Not mandatory... just nice.
And the manuals for the system, and for most games, do include a warning.
According to federal law, there is no legit reason to copy currency. Unless you can give an example of something that is both legit and illegal at the same time, I'm going to remain unconvinced.
Your argument is specious, as you are saying "it's inherently dangerous because of foo" where foo is not dangerous, even if it can be defined using the same words as the thing that is dangerous.
But it is dangerous to a certain group of people. The problem being, you can't define 'this pattern/freq of flashes will trigger an attack.'
It's a bit like saying that a cat and a blowtorch can both burn you because a blowtorch generates heat and a cat generates heat. One of the levels is fine, and as for the other, well, I'm not going to put a blowtorch in my lap.
No, it's like saying that to a hemophiliac, anything sharp can kill you; it's not how sharp, or if it's intended to be sharp, but simply the fact that it's capable of cutting you. Period.
Also, going back to Mark, he can't be around strobes, but he alo can't get a driver's license and is on SSI, so he sits around at home pretty much every day... watching television. He's got a huge DVD collection of series. Television itself is not the problem, no matter what word games you use to try and make it the issue.
Fine, he's not that sensitive. So, is he of average sensitivity? Heightened sensitivity? Lowered sensitivity?
I'm not trying to play word games, I'm simply stating that when you're sensitive to a certain subset of flashing lights, and you're dealing with a medium that is nothing but various patterns of flashing lights, you probably should be able to figure out that that pattern might just occur.
It'sa Me! Muthafuckin Mario! Holy Sheet! Mea most lucrative ho, "Princess Toadstool," hasa been keeednaped by thata fuckin bitcha, King Koopa from Southatown. Letsa go teach-a him some-a respect!
The whole concept of an "auto-renewing" system even being considered acceptable just really burns me up. There's no good reason for companies not being forced to re-request a payment once a year. Let the burden be on the company to ensure that the consumer still wants the product, rather than on the consumer to ensure that he doesn't get shafted.
Problem there, of course, is the hordes of people who, upon a) not keeping their contact info up-to-date, so not being reachable, and b) suddenly having their service cut out, becuase of a), would yell, scream, rant, rave, and sue the company for the inconvenience, the time lost, and so on.
"By giving us your credit card number right now, you agree that we can charge you, once per year, until we hear otherwise. If you don't agree, don't give us your fucking credit card number."
The very nature of CRTs means that it's a flashing picture. Some games just have more flashing than others.
Televison means flashing lights. A television is nothing but a big square flashing a picture 30/60 times per second. This is what a television is. Therefore, by it's very nature, television is dangerous to somebody who is subject to photosensitive seizures. Yes, some is going to be more dangerous than others, but who can qualify this?
One doesn't put a warning on every knife that it's sharp, and may cut you; that's simply a property of knives. Well, a property of things that display on CRTs is that it's flashing lights.
Besides, as others have pointed out, the instruction books for the consoles contain these sort of warnings. You might want additional warnings on games with a certain level of explicit in-game flashing, but again, who qualifies what that level is?
As I stated elsewhere, but will adapt to this post, you'd need to put on a nickel (peanut) warning because there's no ready way to determine that a fork contains nickel.
A video game contains flashing lights. That's a given. It's the nature of something displayed on a television. Therefore, warnings are superfluous.
A certain onus should be on the sufferer of the condition, or their guardian; peanut warnings are required, as there's no way to readily determine if trace amounts of peanuts are in a food.
It should be fairly obvious, however, that an entertainment device that operates by putting colored lights onto a screen may very well trigger a photosensitive seizure.
I think you're being incredibly generous; very few people are going to buy PS1 games out of the blue, for a PS2. Very few people are going to decide to 'build a library' of games they've never played before, when the games look like ass compared to the modern ones.
WTF? Microsoft is all about the backwards compatibility. This is one of their things. This is why I can still run Word 2.0 on an XP machine, if I so choose.
I'm seriously considering buying a Hauppage PVR-350 to build a mythTV box. I'd not even have to consider it if they were actively releasing their specs and what not.
Reminds me of Quest for Glory 4, back in the floppy days; I didn't realize for YEARS that the reason I couldn't get past a certain point was that there was a game script bug that prevented a story event from firing.
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Ah, but a real military org would have eventually shitcanned him for 'excessive time in grade.'
Reminds me of the (Best Buy, I think) commercial I saw recently; guy buys his wife a treadmill. Really nice one. She opens it, gives him 'the look,' and says 'So you think I'm fat.' He replies "Well yea....no baby, of course not."
That would be the sequal, Interstate '82 I believe it was called.
That also, of course, breaks the first thing you're told; 'Never get out of the car.'
Some guy goes into a public restroom to drain the lizard, so to speak. He notices a leprechaun taking a piss in the urinal beside him.
When finished, the leprechaun tried to zip up his fly as quickly as he could, but the man caught sight of his enormous penis. "Wow," says the man, "are all leprechauns as well hung as you?"
Sighing, the leprechaun replies 'aye, that we are. And seeing as how ye saw me Blarney Stone, so to speak, I'm now obligated ta give ye three wishes."
The man says 'Wow, really?' 'Aye,' comes the response, 'it's part of the curse of having such an enormous member.' "Wow. Well, I guess I'd like the be the richest man in the world.' 'Done; check yer bank account when ye get home.' 'And I'd like to have a beautiful and sexy and great wife, my perfect soul mate, who will love me for ever.' 'Done; she's at yer home makin dinner.' 'And I'd like to have a penis as big as yours.'
The leprechaun sighs again. "Well, laddie, thats the problem, then. I can certainly bless ye that way, but in order to do so, I have to take you from behind." "Really? With that big thing? Well, I guess it'll be worth it..." And with that, he grasped the pipes of the urinals, gritted his teeth, and took it from behind."
As the leprechaun finished, he said 'Tell me, boyo, how old are ye?' '25, why?' 'Aren't ye a bit old, then, ta be believein' in leprechauns?'
Aye, it all boils down to 'you can't please everybody all the time.'
Why, the original posting.
What the targeted age has to do with anything, I don't know. I'd also be curious to know what game it was, so I could hunt down the info myself.
And the manuals for the system, and for most games, do include a warning.
Well, other than defendants....
Actually, from the last story, I believe that it might.
Point being, however, that it's not HP's job to enforce US law.
The US Dept. of the Treasury disagrees with you.
Yes, there are guidelines about how it can be reproduced, but you can use images of US currency quite legally.
But it is dangerous to a certain group of people. The problem being, you can't define 'this pattern/freq of flashes will trigger an attack.'
No, it's like saying that to a hemophiliac, anything sharp can kill you; it's not how sharp, or if it's intended to be sharp, but simply the fact that it's capable of cutting you. Period.
Fine, he's not that sensitive. So, is he of average sensitivity? Heightened sensitivity? Lowered sensitivity?
I'm not trying to play word games, I'm simply stating that when you're sensitive to a certain subset of flashing lights, and you're dealing with a medium that is nothing but various patterns of flashing lights, you probably should be able to figure out that that pattern might just occur.
It'sa Me! Muthafuckin Mario! Holy Sheet! Mea most lucrative ho, "Princess Toadstool," hasa been keeednaped by thata fuckin bitcha, King Koopa from Southatown. Letsa go teach-a him some-a respect!
"By giving us your credit card number right now, you agree that we can charge you, once per year, until we hear otherwise. If you don't agree, don't give us your fucking credit card number."
This ain't illegal. This is common practice.
The very nature of CRTs means that it's a flashing picture. Some games just have more flashing than others.
Televison means flashing lights. A television is nothing but a big square flashing a picture 30/60 times per second. This is what a television is. Therefore, by it's very nature, television is dangerous to somebody who is subject to photosensitive seizures. Yes, some is going to be more dangerous than others, but who can qualify this?
One doesn't put a warning on every knife that it's sharp, and may cut you; that's simply a property of knives. Well, a property of things that display on CRTs is that it's flashing lights.
Besides, as others have pointed out, the instruction books for the consoles contain these sort of warnings. You might want additional warnings on games with a certain level of explicit in-game flashing, but again, who qualifies what that level is?
Do you own the modem, or are they provided as part of the service? Rented or leased?
I still says the finest CCG ever was the original Jyhad, with no expansions.
As I stated elsewhere, but will adapt to this post, you'd need to put on a nickel (peanut) warning because there's no ready way to determine that a fork contains nickel.
A video game contains flashing lights. That's a given. It's the nature of something displayed on a television. Therefore, warnings are superfluous.
A certain onus should be on the sufferer of the condition, or their guardian; peanut warnings are required, as there's no way to readily determine if trace amounts of peanuts are in a food.
It should be fairly obvious, however, that an entertainment device that operates by putting colored lights onto a screen may very well trigger a photosensitive seizure.
I think you're being incredibly generous; very few people are going to buy PS1 games out of the blue, for a PS2. Very few people are going to decide to 'build a library' of games they've never played before, when the games look like ass compared to the modern ones.
And on a serious note, they don't HAVE a 'they'll upgrade if we force them to' stardard. Hell, a lot of their problems would be solved if they DID.
"Huge library of games?" No. "You can unplug the PS1 you already own, and plug in a PS2?" Yes.
The selling point is that you're saving yourself a set of input jacks, nothing more.
Note, by the way, that PS1s are still being manufactured and sold.
WTF? Microsoft is all about the backwards compatibility. This is one of their things. This is why I can still run Word 2.0 on an XP machine, if I so choose.
I'm seriously considering buying a Hauppage PVR-350 to build a mythTV box. I'd not even have to consider it if they were actively releasing their specs and what not.
Ouch.
Reminds me of Quest for Glory 4, back in the floppy days; I didn't realize for YEARS that the reason I couldn't get past a certain point was that there was a game script bug that prevented a story event from firing.