...there was no time for gaming. (Although, I'm a stereotypical girl and am not really into gaming.) Anyway, I tried bringing books on my college fencing trips, but there was never really time to read them. Any organized sporting event I've been part of, snowboarding or martial arts tournaments, has the same thing. If you took time out of it to go play games, than yeah. I just can't imagine doing that though.
The van rides to the meets were too full of good discussion, juicy gossip and just plain silliness. And while there cane be a lot of down time during the fencing meets, that time is best spent rooting for your teammates or watching fencers who are better than you. And after a day full of fencing, we had enough energy for a dinner out and then we were tired.
This was discussed in another comment, and you are absolutely right. The only thing I could understand is if he's going to a week+ long event, in which there may be a day or two not doing anything. But, he's travelling. Why not spend the time seeing sights... it renders much better than any game I've found.
As far as I can remember, guys on the men's team didn't bring much in the way of gaming eqipment either, aside from the occasional game boy. (And this was the Johns Hopkins team, so they're as geeky as they get:-)
With the GBA, I'm not sure what more kids need these days for portable gaming. Back in my day, we had a couple of sticks that we had to break apart to play tetris...
My theory is that the people who are objecting most are insanely bitter. I postulate that hey likewise wanted something similar when they were 17 and their family wouldn't/couldn't get it for them.
I would actually say it's the opposite. Those that are older now, and spent their 17 year old days in front of a computer playing MUDs and what not now realize they could have spent that time socializing and learning things about the world they should have learned earlier. Just my $0.02.
Have you ever noticed that when someone says "Not to be a troll, but" they are *always* being a troll. The difference is motivation. If you have a disclaimer saying, "I'm writing this but my motivation is not to be a troll" it means you believe what you are saying, even if it may be inflammatory or troll fodder. Otherwise, you are just a troll. Mine was the former.
Then you suggest buying an expensive appliance that'd affords video game access all the time, everywhere. Kinda sending out mixed signals, aren't we?
Not at all. The bottom line is that while I disagree with you, you have a right to do whatever you want. I view it as a disclaimer, almost. "You are stupid, but you can in fact jump off that building."
He didn't ask for your opinion on what his kid should be doing or for criticisms of his parenting, he asked for suggestions on how to accomplish what he asked. Labeling your post 'Not to be a troll...' doesn't keep you from being one. Did I say it did? I was merely stating my motivations were not to be a troll, just speaking my mind in a manner that some may think is a troll. Besides, I didn't ask you your opinion or criticisms of my post, so why are you posting to mine? A bit of hypocracy don't you think? You put something in the public, you accept that people are going to comment. I don't give a shit if you say, "Only respond if you are going to say nice things." if you are stupid, I'll call you on it. So what was your point to try to post a counter to my post? Are you trying to change my opinion? Slashdot should have never ran this Ask Slashdot article in the first place. They should have said, "Tell him to get a fucking life." but they didn't, they posted it. So not only do I think this guy is a total dipshit, but also his son is as well. Slashdot also scored some major negative points with me as well, but it's ok. I view Slashdot like golf.
And besides, I did make a suggestion in my post for him.
...Says the guy who is spending is saturday afternoon reading slashdot.... Shit, today is saturday? Sweet, I have another full day of work I can get done before monday. Oh wait... Damn you for getting my hopes up.
The first thing I thought when I saw this article, was how can I say what I really think, without sounding like a troll. I'd love to offer some constructive ideas on how to ship the LCD sceen, but I have not yet been blessed with the superfluous money that this child seems to have. I'm exceedingly not concerned with other peoples thoughts of me. Seldom does the favorable opinion of others coincide with the right thing to do. Indifference is the root of all evil. Just my philosophy.:)
I sat for a second, thinking if what I would say would be constructive. I feel that it is. Obviously his parents do have the money to be even pondering this question. Disappointing really, but that's the way life goes.
You could always say you will build a briefcase computer for him, for twice the cost. Rather easy to do. Use laptop components, with a "real" LCD display mounted in the top compartment with speakers. I've seen thing similar. Have a keyboard and a mouse that have holders but can be removed (or latched in) with power bored out of the back of the case.
On the other hand, if you spend the whole weekend reading how to fence, preparing to fence, and fencing, you're liable to go insane. At least I would. I can't stand to do anything - even something fun - for that length of time. (I've got nothing against fencing; in fact, I used to fence myself, but quit because it doesn't mesh with my personality. I'm a nice guy, not agressive at all; no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't become agressive during the bouts and so would be way to defensive.)
You raise a good point. Combat books are a lot more than just mental preparation. I would recommend you read a good translation of Book of the Five Rings, by Miyomato Musashi. Here's an online version. You can buy this at Barnes & Noble in the business motivation section, to give you an indication of it.
These are people that have earned utmost respect from dedication and focus, and their books explain how you can do this in any field, not just combat. I think that combat is an intrinsic part of building confidence. I'm not speaking purely of physical, but physical (obviou), verbal (debate), mental (chess).
You can be as aggressive as needs be, in the field that suits you best. If everyone was aggressive physically, you would naturally be that way. My guess is that you have spent most of your life living in an environment where mental combat is the most important, and that's where the passive nature comes from. I grew up in a more physically combative environment, and while I can speak well and carry good debate my main combat prowess does come from the physical.
Reading combat books, of all sorts, has improved my life dramatically. I would also classify the well-known Art of Happiness book as a combat book. It teaches you how to combat selfishness and greed, and improve your lifeview. It involves much consideration (5 points for catching the reference).
when going to speech tournaments (verbal fencing), the most enjoyable part of the whole tournament was the socializing factor. if you lock yourself in your hotel room and play computer games, you're not even getting half of the value of going to these events in the first place.
I used to do tournaments, most of them were local but if you find someone whose technique is intruiging, or better, you can usually dedicate your time to working with them. Most people in any form of competition like this (and speech) likes to explain their techniques. The best want people to be better for more of a challenge, end of story.
If it was my kid I'd try to get him to find those better and have him work with them after everything. You learn a lot of really great things. If I was in an open tournament, I'd find someone who has a drastically different style and work with them so if I ever matched with them I'd handle it better. And the same with them. If it's something you take seriously, take the time to get better, not play video games..
But does anybody find this to be exceptionally wrong? If you can't go a weekend without playing video games, I think you should have some priority adjustments. He's going to fencing tournaments so why not read books that enhance the mind? I'm speaking directly of combat philosophy books. Granted, there aren't that many out there but it seems better than playing video games in the commute.
Now, back on subject, I'd suggest going with the Sony Glasstron goggles. I have a friend who had a setup with N64, PSX, DVD (Before PS2/Xbox) with these in his car. It worked really well for him.
The reason why lilo lost his job is because he would only pay attention to OPN instead of what he got paid for.
The guy has a wife and kids, if I was his father-in-law, I'd break his kneecaps. He needs to pull his head out of his ass and figure out that this doesn't work. He's been begging for donations for a very long time.
He's nothing more than a panhandling bum, except he does it from a computer.
Oh, you don't? Maybe you're the one who needs help.
Nope - but it is fun when someone sets themselves up. Big difference between doing it to make yourself feel better, as our friend here is doing, and my responses. Which comes unprovoked, and for the most part irrational. My method basically involves refuting points with a sarcastic comedic statement, followed by the counter. Not that it does anything for my internal sancticity, just something to giggle at.
And there goes my point, sailing far, far over your head.
I think the only point you have is your single digit IQ score. I don't mind, I'm happier than you because I don't feel the need to belittle others to make myself feel better. You can get help, it isn't too late.
Please continue to get your allotted amount of physical activity at the mandated times. No such thing as mandated times. Because I prefer to not mow lawns, I'm some form of robot now? Interesting troll. FWIW, I worked on a ranch -- what have you done?
The rest of your sex will be outside working, playing, sweating, and bloodying ourselves, like we've been doing for thousands of years past. So the martial arts tournaments that I've competeted in don't count... right. What do you do? Oh, mow lawns, right? I think we had lawn mowers around a few thousand years ago, too. I love people who open their mouths without knowing a damn thing. Lets go round two, troll.
I know people who are very physical, but they hate mowing there lawn.
I'll second that, and I'm one of them. I prefer to get my physical labor in a gym or training area. Mowing lawns makes my allergies act up severely, and I get to spend the next 24 hours inside waiting to be able to breath and see again.
Actually, in Fahrenheit 451 the ads extend much further out because all the cars and other forms of transit move much much faster. The multi-cell animation wasn't really a piece in it.
Great book though, personally my favorite from Bradbury. Pedestrian hunting was my favorite part...
That sounds like a bug, since history shows that IP beats everything else. But I don't feel like arguing.
AOL Messenger for cell phones typicall goes over SMS systems. Which, yes, communicates via tcp/ip to the server, but to the phone it's SMS. You shouldn't feel like arguing because you don't have an argument.
My point is that it doesn't make sense for different devices to have different plans. Packets are packets. (And I wonder what happens if you sign up for the Hiptop plan and put the SIM card in a different device.)
Yes, it does make sense. And they are doing it. End of story.
Check out VoiceStream Internet rates. It's a big part of the device, the network type (GPRS, GSM, etc) and a lot of other things.
Packets are not packets over cell phone networks, either. AOL Messaging does not take the same form as a tcp/ip connection over cellphones.
It is the Hiptops service plan. That has plenty to do with the Hiptop. Voicestream (same providor) has another data plan for the Motorolo V.100 which is an absolute shitload more than that. Did you read the article or voicestream.com for comparison?
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...there was no time for gaming. (Although, I'm a stereotypical girl and am not really into gaming.) Anyway, I tried bringing books on my college fencing trips, but there was never really time to read them.
:-)
Any organized sporting event I've been part of, snowboarding or martial arts tournaments, has the same thing. If you took time out of it to go play games, than yeah. I just can't imagine doing that though.
The van rides to the meets were too full of good discussion, juicy gossip and just plain silliness. And while there cane be a lot of down time during the fencing meets, that time is best spent rooting for your teammates or watching fencers who are better than you. And after a day full of fencing, we had enough energy for a dinner out and then we were tired.
This was discussed in another comment, and you are absolutely right. The only thing I could understand is if he's going to a week+ long event, in which there may be a day or two not doing anything. But, he's travelling. Why not spend the time seeing sights... it renders much better than any game I've found.
As far as I can remember, guys on the men's team didn't bring much in the way of gaming eqipment either, aside from the occasional game boy. (And this was the Johns Hopkins team, so they're as geeky as they get
With the GBA, I'm not sure what more kids need these days for portable gaming. Back in my day, we had a couple of sticks that we had to break apart to play tetris...
My theory is that the people who are objecting most are insanely bitter. I postulate that hey likewise wanted something similar when they were 17 and their family wouldn't/couldn't get it for them.
I would actually say it's the opposite. Those that are older now, and spent their 17 year old days in front of a computer playing MUDs and what not now realize they could have spent that time socializing and learning things about the world they should have learned earlier. Just my $0.02.
Have you ever noticed that when someone says "Not to be a troll, but" they are *always* being a troll.
The difference is motivation. If you have a disclaimer saying, "I'm writing this but my motivation is not to be a troll" it means you believe what you are saying, even if it may be inflammatory or troll fodder. Otherwise, you are just a troll. Mine was the former.
This guy won't be student for long. And why is this guy still with his parents? Ask this moma's boy to become a man.
His dad is setting up a portable LCD game system for his kid. You think this kid has any skills outside of his daddy?
Then you suggest buying an expensive appliance that'd affords video game access all the time, everywhere. Kinda sending out mixed signals, aren't we?
Not at all. The bottom line is that while I disagree with you, you have a right to do whatever you want. I view it as a disclaimer, almost. "You are stupid, but you can in fact jump off that building."
It's not as if I'm buying it for the guy.
He didn't ask for your opinion on what his kid should be doing or for criticisms of his parenting, he asked for suggestions on how to accomplish what he asked. Labeling your post 'Not to be a troll...' doesn't keep you from being one.
Did I say it did? I was merely stating my motivations were not to be a troll, just speaking my mind in a manner that some may think is a troll. Besides, I didn't ask you your opinion or criticisms of my post, so why are you posting to mine? A bit of hypocracy don't you think? You put something in the public, you accept that people are going to comment. I don't give a shit if you say, "Only respond if you are going to say nice things." if you are stupid, I'll call you on it. So what was your point to try to post a counter to my post? Are you trying to change my opinion? Slashdot should have never ran this Ask Slashdot article in the first place. They should have said, "Tell him to get a fucking life." but they didn't, they posted it. So not only do I think this guy is a total dipshit, but also his son is as well. Slashdot also scored some major negative points with me as well, but it's ok. I view Slashdot like golf.
And besides, I did make a suggestion in my post for him.
...Says the guy who is spending is saturday afternoon reading slashdot....
Shit, today is saturday? Sweet, I have another full day of work I can get done before monday. Oh wait... Damn you for getting my hopes up.
The first thing I thought when I saw this article, was how can I say what I really think, without sounding like a troll. I'd love to offer some constructive ideas on how to ship the LCD sceen, but I have not yet been blessed with the superfluous money that this child seems to have. :)
I'm exceedingly not concerned with other peoples thoughts of me. Seldom does the favorable opinion of others coincide with the right thing to do. Indifference is the root of all evil. Just my philosophy.
I sat for a second, thinking if what I would say would be constructive. I feel that it is. Obviously his parents do have the money to be even pondering this question. Disappointing really, but that's the way life goes.
You could always say you will build a briefcase computer for him, for twice the cost. Rather easy to do. Use laptop components, with a "real" LCD display mounted in the top compartment with speakers. I've seen thing similar. Have a keyboard and a mouse that have holders but can be removed (or latched in) with power bored out of the back of the case.
Just an idea...
On the other hand, if you spend the whole weekend reading how to fence, preparing to fence, and fencing, you're liable to go insane. At least I would. I can't stand to do anything - even something fun - for that length of time. (I've got nothing against fencing; in fact, I used to fence myself, but quit because it doesn't mesh with my personality. I'm a nice guy, not agressive at all; no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't become agressive during the bouts and so would be way to defensive.)
You raise a good point. Combat books are a lot more than just mental preparation. I would recommend you read a good translation of Book of the Five Rings, by Miyomato Musashi. Here's an online version. You can buy this at Barnes & Noble in the business motivation section, to give you an indication of it.
These are people that have earned utmost respect from dedication and focus, and their books explain how you can do this in any field, not just combat. I think that combat is an intrinsic part of building confidence. I'm not speaking purely of physical, but physical (obviou), verbal (debate), mental (chess).
You can be as aggressive as needs be, in the field that suits you best. If everyone was aggressive physically, you would naturally be that way. My guess is that you have spent most of your life living in an environment where mental combat is the most important, and that's where the passive nature comes from. I grew up in a more physically combative environment, and while I can speak well and carry good debate my main combat prowess does come from the physical.
Reading combat books, of all sorts, has improved my life dramatically. I would also classify the well-known Art of Happiness book as a combat book. It teaches you how to combat selfishness and greed, and improve your lifeview. It involves much consideration (5 points for catching the reference).
when going to speech tournaments (verbal fencing), the most enjoyable part of the whole tournament was the socializing factor. if you lock yourself in your hotel room and play computer games, you're not even getting half of the value of going to these events in the first place.
I used to do tournaments, most of them were local but if you find someone whose technique is intruiging, or better, you can usually dedicate your time to working with them. Most people in any form of competition like this (and speech) likes to explain their techniques. The best want people to be better for more of a challenge, end of story.
If it was my kid I'd try to get him to find those better and have him work with them after everything. You learn a lot of really great things. If I was in an open tournament, I'd find someone who has a drastically different style and work with them so if I ever matched with them I'd handle it better. And the same with them. If it's something you take seriously, take the time to get better, not play video games..
But does anybody find this to be exceptionally wrong? If you can't go a weekend without playing video games, I think you should have some priority adjustments. He's going to fencing tournaments so why not read books that enhance the mind? I'm speaking directly of combat philosophy books. Granted, there aren't that many out there but it seems better than playing video games in the commute.
Now, back on subject, I'd suggest going with the Sony Glasstron goggles. I have a friend who had a setup with N64, PSX, DVD (Before PS2/Xbox) with these in his car. It worked really well for him.
Damn straight.
The reason why lilo lost his job is because he would only pay attention to OPN instead of what he got paid for.
The guy has a wife and kids, if I was his father-in-law, I'd break his kneecaps. He needs to pull his head out of his ass and figure out that this doesn't work. He's been begging for donations for a very long time.
He's nothing more than a panhandling bum, except he does it from a computer.
Oh, you don't? Maybe you're the one who needs help.
Nope - but it is fun when someone sets themselves up. Big difference between doing it to make yourself feel better, as our friend here is doing, and my responses. Which comes unprovoked, and for the most part irrational. My method basically involves refuting points with a sarcastic comedic statement, followed by the counter. Not that it does anything for my internal sancticity, just something to giggle at.
And there goes my point, sailing far, far over your head.
I think the only point you have is your single digit IQ score. I don't mind, I'm happier than you because I don't feel the need to belittle others to make myself feel better. You can get help, it isn't too late.
You are a sad shell of a man.
Please qualify.
Please continue to get your allotted amount of physical activity at the mandated times.
No such thing as mandated times. Because I prefer to not mow lawns, I'm some form of robot now? Interesting troll. FWIW, I worked on a ranch -- what have you done?
The rest of your sex will be outside working, playing, sweating, and bloodying ourselves, like we've been doing for thousands of years past.
So the martial arts tournaments that I've competeted in don't count... right. What do you do? Oh, mow lawns, right? I think we had lawn mowers around a few thousand years ago, too. I love people who open their mouths without knowing a damn thing. Lets go round two, troll.
I know people who are very physical, but they hate mowing there lawn.
I'll second that, and I'm one of them. I prefer to get my physical labor in a gym or training area. Mowing lawns makes my allergies act up severely, and I get to spend the next 24 hours inside waiting to be able to breath and see again.
Actually, in Fahrenheit 451 the ads extend much further out because all the cars and other forms of transit move much much faster. The multi-cell animation wasn't really a piece in it.
Great book though, personally my favorite from Bradbury. Pedestrian hunting was my favorite part...
Strange... I don't remember any pornos named "The Wang of Khan"...
I would say that's a good thing in life.
Things like TWOK don't- where that acronym might make sense on a fansite, it means nothing to most of the people here.
I just thought it was some porn I haven't seen yet.
+1 Funny, mod please.. someone.
I'm $rtbl'd.
I'm thinking AskJeeves.com has a few words to say about this, as well.
Let those guys duke it out, but I asked Jeeves about it anyway, and got a pretty good chuckle.
That sounds like a bug, since history shows that IP beats everything else. But I don't feel like arguing.
AOL Messenger for cell phones typicall goes over SMS systems. Which, yes, communicates via tcp/ip to the server, but to the phone it's SMS. You shouldn't feel like arguing because you don't have an argument.
My point is that it doesn't make sense for different devices to have different plans. Packets are packets. (And I wonder what happens if you sign up for the Hiptop plan and put the SIM card in a different device.)
Yes, it does make sense. And they are doing it. End of story.
Check out VoiceStream Internet rates. It's a big part of the device, the network type (GPRS, GSM, etc) and a lot of other things.
Packets are not packets over cell phone networks, either. AOL Messaging does not take the same form as a tcp/ip connection over cellphones.
It is the Hiptops service plan. That has plenty to do with the Hiptop. Voicestream (same providor) has another data plan for the Motorolo V.100 which is an absolute shitload more than that. Did you read the article or voicestream.com for comparison?
Or was there anything else fancy, than the market speech, that I missed?
Unlimited data transfer for $39.9 a month.