Well, maybe it's because the journalist actually talked to Anderson:
"We can now say with utmost confidence that regardless of research method -- that is experimental, correlational, or longitudinal -- and regardless of the cultures tested in this study [East and West], you get the same effects," said Anderson, who is also director of Iowa State's Center for the Study of Violence. "And the effects are that exposure to violent video games increases the likelihood of aggressive behavior in both short-term and long-term contexts. Such exposure also increases aggressive thinking and aggressive affect, and decreases prosocial behavior."
As an ISU alum, I'm kind of ashamed. Not as bad as when a prof was judged incompetent in a RIAA trial, but it's still kinda sad. From what I gather, he's not doing any tests himself, he's just looking for the trend in papers on the subject. So what he's actually discovered is most papers on the subject are written by psychologists with their head up their ass.
Psychology is a retardedly soft science.
This is the sort of level-headed post the fear-mongering journalists need to get through their head before they type anything at all. Of course there is all sorts of shit that could cause similar occurrences. Pretty much anything that would kick out the legs of our hideously fragile power grid. Which could range from overconfident/corner-cutting transmition salesmen and suicidal squirrels to full-blown military offensives. At point, sure, it's important how it all happened, but the end results are all the same. How many boyscouts are out there? Be prepared.
Then why the hell did they use the word "Katrina". It is a female name. It was assigned to a hurricane. That hurricane hit a city. There was flooding. People chose to blame the president of the nation in which this city resided for some reason.
I am failing to see the connection. The name "Katrina" is not a noun referring to a disaster. Of all the disasters humanity has faced, this is not a good one to draw parallels with solar flares. If you want an alternative, how about "solar radiation blackout". Cause that's the worry right? Losing electrical power? We have a term for that, USE IT. Stop making up new shit just to sound edgy.
Oh, well in that case could you pretty please GTFO and if you don't mind, take your fail with you.
Once you've exited the premise, do be a dear and DIAF. At your convenience of course.
While you're at it, if it wouldn't be too much to ask, could you toss that old piece of trash constitution out? It's a dreadful bother for the poor widdle fascists here abouts and it would be ever so nice if you could turn your back for a but a moment.
I regularly ignore the testimony of the masses when it comes to religion, politics, economics, and yes, tech as well.
Why? Because at times I'm cynical and think everyone is an idiot. Case in point: The ipod sold well.
So why not Bing, Yahoo, Altavista, Dogpile, yada yada.... Or why not go to a foreign Google site?
You've never felt the need to push the button labeled: "DO NOT PRESS"?
"the Man" is in California, and he's telling people not to cuss for a week. By cussing in response, we are showing that his efforts to control others is only bringing about more of the very activity that he hopes to diminish. Any legislature that seeks to restrict the people should be met with such an attitude. I'd say it's what a good citizen would do.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the alternatives would be picked up pretty quick. It's literally as easy as configuring a button on a browser. At the end of the day, they may have to deal with slightly less refined searches. Oh noes.
For as mighty as a company as Google is, nations and fields of research are not yet dependent on them. If they ever were locked in with google (as they essentially are with Windows), that is the moment I would jump ship and scream for the blood of the googlites.
You know, if you're so rushed for time and can't spend a moment to learn your tools and how to make them secure, maybe you should'nt be ranting your griefs to slashdot. If you have to rant, you could do it with a boss or someone that could actually make things better. Or if you're just ranting to blow off steam, may I'd advise a punching bag. That will at least burn a few calories.
Because this was written by a businessman, and the ipod is the current standard unit of success. The old or non-techy unit was razors and razor blades. It's a measuring stick they can compare against. And to them, it's entirely the same. It's a product that makes them money. Everything else is mere details to be dealt with by someone they hire. In some regards, it's similar to how geeks are familiar with Wikipedia, and use it as a unit of effort.
I dunno how far your "aisle-crossing" will go. The mere fact that Obama's name is next to "nuclear power" will cause at least a few republican outlets to decry it as a leftists plot against... someone or other. They'll be hunting for da ebil librals. Hopefully they'll find out more people that lied at tritium and the like. But I'm with you, another push for nuclear power would be a good thing.
You said your electricity bill is three times your rent. That seems odd. Either your rent is very low or you're going through lot of power. ya get it?
We are quite simply using much more power than hydro can even get close to.
And, dude, are you ignoring me? We need a mix of power generation. Relying SOLELY on any form of power would be retarded.
And remember that "getting permission" is a difficult hurdle, but by no means the real limit to hydro power. What's really limiting that is there are only so many places that lend themselves to dams. I imagine big fast rivers though canyons with mountains surrounding the upstream area.
And and for the record 30sec ramp up for hydro is a pipe dream.
HA! now that's funny. Cause, you know... pipes...
But you don't need to ramp up that fast anyway.
Well when there's a rolling blackout coming your way and you've got a few minutes to make a call, it sure would be handy. I believe the term would be "robust". Of which our power grid is severely lacking, much less being "smart".
Most hydro is in fact not so good at peak loading. There is a lot of water mass. You can't just turn it on and off like a tap. The one we went through had a 30min ramp up time, and a slightly longer ramp down time.
You're a natural punomancer, you know that? And you may even be right, but the desk jockey I talked to at the power company said otherwise. Your first-hand knowledge is probably better.
I also wasn't aware that nukey plants had gotten more agile.
I thought the reason the new term came about was because politicians who wanted to stay the hell away from the politically hot topic of global warming but still wanted to talk about it. It also let them agree that global warming was probably legit, but disbelieve climate change.
Except "they" are often exactly the sort of lower middle class folk who would benefit immensely from socialized medicine
That's only the voter base of the republican party. The people that contribute money, go to dinners, and chat about policy over bourbon and smokes (ie, the people controlling the party) are the people that will lose money. These are the people controlling the congressmen who are resisting. The voting base that SUPPORTS them is where the tragedy lies.
But honestly, with a watered-down bill and no public option, I imagine that this reform will only go on to put more money in the insurance companies' pockets. Think about it, a MANDATORY insurance bill for EVERYONE. And the insurance companies are fighting it because they want more. I don't think we particularly need ANY health insurance, what we really need is health care. Doctors, hospitals, and drugs.
Hydro can be ramped up with a phone call and about 30 seconds.
Nukey plants HATE to go up or down. Men with ties sweating bullets, wearing grim faces, staring at meters and valves, after a long hard thought about alternatives, one guy with a mustache says "Do it". They like to cruise at one steady RPM and stay there.
Therefore, and this is just a crazy idea I'm throwing out there, maybe just MAYBE we should have a mix of different types of power generation. Like some nukey plants to handle the guaranteed base load, as much green power we can squeeze out, and coal for those "holy shit we need power!" moments. The boilers take about half an hour to heat up. Hydro is a lot better and we should build it where ever we can. And yes, that is a limited number of locations.
Also, what's the address of your cardboard box and why do you have 3 AC units for it?
Right, and I'm still playing X-Com and Dues-Ex (along with DungeonCrawl). Furthermore, the better the game is, the more crackers will work on it, the faster it will be cracked. It's like an underground critics organization.
which portrays deaf people as deficient and unable to
...hear?
I'm sorry, but deaf and/or blind children are lacking abilities. Specifically, the ability to hear and/or see. Yes it impedes their ability to learn. Some kids rise to the challenge, and others don't. It's like being born with one arm: you're going to have troubles tying your shoes
Unless you have a awesome robo-arm!
Complaining that being deaf is seen as detrimental is taking political correctness too far.
Wow, this is a striking difference between Denmark and America. In Denmark, the Good Samaritan law requires people to help one another. In America, the Good Samaritan law only protects people from being sued into oblivion for the transgression of giving the dehydrated a glass of tap water and not premium filtered water from the rare springs of Springfield.
And on a side, note, is giving your kids tap water really akin to poison? Or was GP referring to the "green revolution". Or was it the corporate sponsorship? The last one I can understand, but otherwise: Man up, drink TAP!
Blizzard obviously has no interest in catering to the small percentage of the population that wants to play multiplayer with no internet connection.
Blizzard apparently only wants to cater to the population that's willing to bend over and ask "mother may I" each time they boot up. I'm not too worried though, this too shall be cracked. 20 years from now, I'll still be able to play the "good old stuff" with my friends thanks to crackers.
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"We can now say with utmost confidence that regardless of research method -- that is experimental, correlational, or longitudinal -- and regardless of the cultures tested in this study [East and West], you get the same effects," said Anderson, who is also director of Iowa State's Center for the Study of Violence. "And the effects are that exposure to violent video games increases the likelihood of aggressive behavior in both short-term and long-term contexts. Such exposure also increases aggressive thinking and aggressive affect, and decreases prosocial behavior."
As an ISU alum, I'm kind of ashamed. Not as bad as when a prof was judged incompetent in a RIAA trial, but it's still kinda sad. From what I gather, he's not doing any tests himself, he's just looking for the trend in papers on the subject. So what he's actually discovered is most papers on the subject are written by psychologists with their head up their ass.
Psychology is a retardedly soft science.
This is the sort of level-headed post the fear-mongering journalists need to get through their head before they type anything at all. Of course there is all sorts of shit that could cause similar occurrences. Pretty much anything that would kick out the legs of our hideously fragile power grid. Which could range from overconfident/corner-cutting transmition salesmen and suicidal squirrels to full-blown military offensives. At point, sure, it's important how it all happened, but the end results are all the same. How many boyscouts are out there? Be prepared.
Then why the hell did they use the word "Katrina". It is a female name. It was assigned to a hurricane. That hurricane hit a city. There was flooding. People chose to blame the president of the nation in which this city resided for some reason.
I am failing to see the connection. The name "Katrina" is not a noun referring to a disaster. Of all the disasters humanity has faced, this is not a good one to draw parallels with solar flares. If you want an alternative, how about "solar radiation blackout". Cause that's the worry right? Losing electrical power? We have a term for that, USE IT. Stop making up new shit just to sound edgy.
Oh, well in that case could you pretty please GTFO and if you don't mind, take your fail with you.
Once you've exited the premise, do be a dear and DIAF. At your convenience of course.
While you're at it, if it wouldn't be too much to ask, could you toss that old piece of trash constitution out? It's a dreadful bother for the poor widdle fascists here abouts and it would be ever so nice if you could turn your back for a but a moment.
Sooooooo "Losing Google Scholar Would Hit Chinese Science Hard" would have been a better title.
I regularly ignore the testimony of the masses when it comes to religion, politics, economics, and yes, tech as well.
Why? Because at times I'm cynical and think everyone is an idiot. Case in point: The ipod sold well.
So why not Bing, Yahoo, Altavista, Dogpile, yada yada.... Or why not go to a foreign Google site?
You've never felt the need to push the button labeled: "DO NOT PRESS"?
"the Man" is in California, and he's telling people not to cuss for a week. By cussing in response, we are showing that his efforts to control others is only bringing about more of the very activity that he hopes to diminish. Any legislature that seeks to restrict the people should be met with such an attitude. I'd say it's what a good citizen would do.
So I'll second the motion,
Fuck that.
Who let the biologist in here?
I thought we agreed that smoking jackets and top hats were required?
Jenkins! Chase off this riff raff at once!
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the alternatives would be picked up pretty quick. It's literally as easy as configuring a button on a browser. At the end of the day, they may have to deal with slightly less refined searches. Oh noes.
For as mighty as a company as Google is, nations and fields of research are not yet dependent on them. If they ever were locked in with google (as they essentially are with Windows), that is the moment I would jump ship and scream for the blood of the googlites.
You know, if you're so rushed for time and can't spend a moment to learn your tools and how to make them secure, maybe you should'nt be ranting your griefs to slashdot. If you have to rant, you could do it with a boss or someone that could actually make things better. Or if you're just ranting to blow off steam, may I'd advise a punching bag. That will at least burn a few calories.
Because this was written by a businessman, and the ipod is the current standard unit of success. The old or non-techy unit was razors and razor blades. It's a measuring stick they can compare against. And to them, it's entirely the same. It's a product that makes them money. Everything else is mere details to be dealt with by someone they hire. In some regards, it's similar to how geeks are familiar with Wikipedia, and use it as a unit of effort.
compound fracture?
I dunno how far your "aisle-crossing" will go. The mere fact that Obama's name is next to "nuclear power" will cause at least a few republican outlets to decry it as a leftists plot against... someone or other. They'll be hunting for da ebil librals. Hopefully they'll find out more people that lied at tritium and the like.
But I'm with you, another push for nuclear power would be a good thing.
We are quite simply using much more power than hydro can even get close to.
And, dude, are you ignoring me? We need a mix of power generation. Relying SOLELY on any form of power would be retarded.
And remember that "getting permission" is a difficult hurdle, but by no means the real limit to hydro power. What's really limiting that is there are only so many places that lend themselves to dams. I imagine big fast rivers though canyons with mountains surrounding the upstream area.
And and for the record 30sec ramp up for hydro is a pipe dream.
HA! now that's funny. Cause, you know... pipes...
But you don't need to ramp up that fast anyway.
Well when there's a rolling blackout coming your way and you've got a few minutes to make a call, it sure would be handy. I believe the term would be "robust". Of which our power grid is severely lacking, much less being "smart".
Most hydro is in fact not so good at peak loading. There is a lot of water mass. You can't just turn it on and off like a tap. The one we went through had a 30min ramp up time, and a slightly longer ramp down time.
You're a natural punomancer, you know that? And you may even be right, but the desk jockey I talked to at the power company said otherwise. Your first-hand knowledge is probably better.
I also wasn't aware that nukey plants had gotten more agile.
I thought the reason the new term came about was because politicians who wanted to stay the hell away from the politically hot topic of global warming but still wanted to talk about it. It also let them agree that global warming was probably legit, but disbelieve climate change.
Except "they" are often exactly the sort of lower middle class folk who would benefit immensely from socialized medicine
That's only the voter base of the republican party. The people that contribute money, go to dinners, and chat about policy over bourbon and smokes (ie, the people controlling the party) are the people that will lose money. These are the people controlling the congressmen who are resisting. The voting base that SUPPORTS them is where the tragedy lies.
But honestly, with a watered-down bill and no public option, I imagine that this reform will only go on to put more money in the insurance companies' pockets. Think about it, a MANDATORY insurance bill for EVERYONE. And the insurance companies are fighting it because they want more. I don't think we particularly need ANY health insurance, what we really need is health care. Doctors, hospitals, and drugs.
Well they'll at least try.
Hydro can be ramped up with a phone call and about 30 seconds.
Nukey plants HATE to go up or down. Men with ties sweating bullets, wearing grim faces, staring at meters and valves, after a long hard thought about alternatives, one guy with a mustache says "Do it". They like to cruise at one steady RPM and stay there.
Therefore, and this is just a crazy idea I'm throwing out there, maybe just MAYBE we should have a mix of different types of power generation. Like some nukey plants to handle the guaranteed base load, as much green power we can squeeze out, and coal for those "holy shit we need power!" moments. The boilers take about half an hour to heat up. Hydro is a lot better and we should build it where ever we can. And yes, that is a limited number of locations.
Also, what's the address of your cardboard box and why do you have 3 AC units for it?
Right, and I'm still playing X-Com and Dues-Ex (along with DungeonCrawl). Furthermore, the better the game is, the more crackers will work on it, the faster it will be cracked. It's like an underground critics organization.
which portrays deaf people as deficient and unable to
...hear?
I'm sorry, but deaf and/or blind children are lacking abilities. Specifically, the ability to hear and/or see. Yes it impedes their ability to learn. Some kids rise to the challenge, and others don't. It's like being born with one arm: you're going to have troubles tying your shoes
Unless you have a awesome robo-arm!
Complaining that being deaf is seen as detrimental is taking political correctness too far.
How come no one ever gives any love to seeing polarized light?
and millimeter wave vision options
Pervert.
Wow, this is a striking difference between Denmark and America.
In Denmark, the Good Samaritan law requires people to help one another.
In America, the Good Samaritan law only protects people from being sued into oblivion for the transgression of giving the dehydrated a glass of tap water and not premium filtered water from the rare springs of Springfield.
And on a side, note, is giving your kids tap water really akin to poison? Or was GP referring to the "green revolution". Or was it the corporate sponsorship? The last one I can understand, but otherwise: Man up, drink TAP!
Blizzard obviously has no interest in catering to the small percentage of the population that wants to play multiplayer with no internet connection.
Blizzard apparently only wants to cater to the population that's willing to bend over and ask "mother may I" each time they boot up. I'm not too worried though, this too shall be cracked. 20 years from now, I'll still be able to play the "good old stuff" with my friends thanks to crackers.
Really? Do you realize how many overlords slashdot has by this point?