"How about the idea that it may act as an outlet to help suppress desires aluded to in your link in point 1 from being acted out for real?"
So I guess then we can send you a masturbation simulator... would you masturbate less??? No, it doesn't fulfill a goal.
Let me make this simple for you. the Goal of masturbation is physical pleasure. The Goal of a rapist is NOT physical pleasure, that would be solved with masturbation, it is wield power over someone else due to a sense of inferiority.
From WikiAnswers;
"It is about power. If people feel powerless, and they aren't well-adjusted to society, then sometimes they can act out and try to feel good about themselves by hurting other people. With most people (thankfully) it doesn't get that far, but with others, who have certain obsessions or other mental problems, it does.
That is not to say that they have an excuse for doing so... it is an inexcusable act. But in general, it is about lack of self-esteem and needing to feel control on some level."
Exactly how I wanted to state it, but I couldn't piece the words together considering so many thoughts bombarded my brain at once.
Games serve a purpose and a good one at that.
As the parent stated, "Going around a fake city in a tank and blowing up every douchey car is just wholesome fun." as well as... Blowing up enemies in Halo3.. Killing Zombies in Left4Dead
For those of you who would like to use the argument that if you can murder in a game then why can't you rape in a game. Consider this. The purpose that games serve is to satisfy a sense of success and achievement. There is always some goal of the game, usually one that requires some game play skill. The goals are to save the world, or even more simplistically remove the enemy. Oddly enough these things DO happen in real life, it is called WAR!!!!!
Let's take GTA4 as a common example of a game where many not so moral things are possible. MOST gamers play the game to reach the goal and gain achievements. It is also great fun to explore the boundaries of the game by slapping hookers, robbing pedestrians, and shooting at cops, but if play the game where your only objective is to shoot at cops (ignoring the achievement of numerous felony stars) there may be some deep rooted hatred towards the police.
Now lets apply the same logic to this rape game. If you play a game with the objective of capturing and raping young girls you may want to look a little deeper inside yourself, and think about what your own objective is and consider why you would buy a game in the first place, then get professional help.
"It's gotten a lot of press as reviewers have noted at one point the player must force sex on a 12-year-old."
I almost vomited when I read this... I always feel sickened to my stomach when you read news of some sick bastard who rapes someone, especially a child. To have a "game" promote this as an achievement is disturbing.
There are plenty of strange sex acts that consenting adults can engage in, including fantasy rape scenes, that can border on the illegal but don't.....wow... I am so disgusted I cannot even finish my thoughts.
Promoting such acts should be banned, and anyone who actually performs such an act should be castrated/killed.
The feedback system is certainly a step in the right direction as well as using the idea of the "falling forward" concept of walking. For the other posters who stated it "walked funny" you didn't notice that the ankles of the Runbot are locked in position and it merely rolls on its "foot" until the next step. You try walking with your ankles in a fixed position and we will see if you don't look funny doing so. If the feedback system can be extended to small motors in the ankles I think the appearance of the Runbot walking would be a lot more realistic, and therefor a lot more acceptable to the anal, obcessive-compulsive Slashdot community.
Would it be wrong to maybe just DOUBLE our lifespan??? Maybe to 150 Years? There are those that believe this goes against the will of GOD to do so. Well, for those of you who believe this goes against the will of GOD, then you should realize that before the days of medicine and vaccines, it was not common to live beyond the ripe old age of 40.
As the saying goes "If you could walk a mile in my shoes". Interesting that you should comment on a subject which you know little about.
You are correct to state that nurses make a decent salary based on the numbers you have posted, being "2 years of training". You must realize that these two year degrees you speak of is only after 1-2 years of pre-requisites of college science and psychology, with bachelor programs being more intense and including theory and management skills, much harder than you could imagine. Your analysis of the nursing shortage is flawed because while you are correct to mention the Problem of "Fleeing" nurses, you balance it with the problem of difficult entrance to nursing schools. For one, many students never actually finish their studies after they realize what they have gotten themselves into. The other problem is this "fleeing" problem is rampant and the number of graduates cannot supplement the supply of RNs leaving. Many RNs leave the profession entirely after only 2-3 years or less and many others go right into their Nurse Practitioner Studies to get out of the bullshit that exists on the unit.
I agree with the person who posted the problems with the profession including lack of IT support to ease the paperwork burden on RNs.
I also agree with the comment indicating the pittance of a salary that a Nurse's Aide receives to do their "shitty" job. There is a serious shortage of good Nurse's Aides to do much of the unskilled care that is often required. Have you ever tried to care for just one ill person??? Now multiply this by 8 or 10 and intesify their illness and needs threefold.
As you may have guessed I am an RN, and yes I have left the profession for the reasons listed above. I am currently self-employed in a sales position and much happier and a hell of a lot less stressed. My reasons for leaving were not financial. When I first graduated and worked in a cardiac unit my thoughts were, "I should have become a stock Broker, it would be less stressful. I'd rather lose someones millions than someone's mother. By the time I left the profession I was making more than many Nurse Practitioners, whom you indicated to be making 70K - 100K. There are many problems plaguing the nursing profession. Good nurses need to be respected for their knowledge, experience, caring, and willingness to put up with everyone else's families.
Shoulda thought of this back in college
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Take previously purchased cheap Vodka. Filter Through Brita Filter Taste Test Repeat 3-4 times. Filter Vodka Through Kidneys. Fill Cup Pass through Brita Filter. Give to Sh1thead Roommate. Record and publish taste test results on slashdot.
Here is a clear example of your Bush-American mentality. We don't like the way they act, let's blow them up. All with the push of a button. Should we all walk around like mindless drones not making a sound, just going to work, doing our job, eat sleep and shit? While we are at it, Cigarrettes, Alcohol, Caffeine, Speakers of any size, etc should be entirely banned for the good of all man. Sorry we have offended you oh wise/.er. Sell your computer and live in a cave.
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"How about the idea that it may act as an outlet to help suppress desires aluded to in your link in point 1 from being acted out for real?"
So I guess then we can send you a masturbation simulator... would you masturbate less??? No, it doesn't fulfill a goal.
Let me make this simple for you.
the Goal of masturbation is physical pleasure.
The Goal of a rapist is NOT physical pleasure, that would be solved with masturbation, it is wield power over someone else due to a sense of inferiority.
From WikiAnswers;
"It is about power. If people feel powerless, and they aren't well-adjusted to society, then sometimes they can act out and try to feel good about themselves by hurting other people. With most people (thankfully) it doesn't get that far, but with others, who have certain obsessions or other mental problems, it does.
That is not to say that they have an excuse for doing so... it is an inexcusable act. But in general, it is about lack of self-esteem and needing to feel control on some level."
So, do you actually have an opinion on the topic or are you going to just argue semantics within real comments?
Exactly how I wanted to state it, but I couldn't piece the words together considering so many thoughts bombarded my brain at once.
Games serve a purpose and a good one at that.
As the parent stated, "Going around a fake city in a tank and blowing up every douchey car is just wholesome fun."
as well as...
Blowing up enemies in Halo3..
Killing Zombies in Left4Dead
For those of you who would like to use the argument that if you can murder in a game then why can't you rape in a game.
Consider this. The purpose that games serve is to satisfy a sense of success and achievement. There is always some goal of the game, usually one that requires some game play skill. The goals are to save the world, or even more simplistically remove the enemy. Oddly enough these things DO happen in real life, it is called WAR!!!!!
Let's take GTA4 as a common example of a game where many not so moral things are possible. MOST gamers play the game to reach the goal and gain achievements. It is also great fun to explore the boundaries of the game by slapping hookers, robbing pedestrians, and shooting at cops, but if play the game where your only objective is to shoot at cops (ignoring the achievement of numerous felony stars) there may be some deep rooted hatred towards the police.
Now lets apply the same logic to this rape game. If you play a game with the objective of capturing and raping young girls you may want to look a little deeper inside yourself, and think about what your own objective is and consider why you would buy a game in the first place, then get professional help.
-Also a very strong supporter of free speech.
"It's gotten a lot of press as reviewers have noted at one point the player must force sex on a 12-year-old."
I almost vomited when I read this...
I always feel sickened to my stomach when you read news of some sick bastard who rapes someone, especially a child.
To have a "game" promote this as an achievement is disturbing.
There are plenty of strange sex acts that consenting adults can engage in, including fantasy rape scenes, that can border on the illegal but don't .....wow... I am so disgusted I cannot even finish my thoughts.
Promoting such acts should be banned, and anyone who actually performs such an act should be castrated/killed.
All versions of windows are affected by this self-destruct bug,
BY DEFAULT!!!!
There are many series of commands that can make your machine unwillingly self destruct...
P R O N
in 30 seconds, without tying up my hands..
The feedback system is certainly a step in the right direction as well as using the idea of the "falling forward" concept of walking. For the other posters who stated it "walked funny" you didn't notice that the ankles of the Runbot are locked in position and it merely rolls on its "foot" until the next step. You try walking with your ankles in a fixed position and we will see if you don't look funny doing so. If the feedback system can be extended to small motors in the ankles I think the appearance of the Runbot walking would be a lot more realistic, and therefor a lot more acceptable to the anal, obcessive-compulsive Slashdot community.
See a wireless networking antenna.....
Turn off Laptop for safety!!!
This Quote should sum it all up.
"This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice."
-- Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Would it be wrong to maybe just DOUBLE our lifespan??? Maybe to 150 Years?
There are those that believe this goes against the will of GOD to do so. Well, for those of you who believe this goes against the will of GOD, then you should realize that before the days of medicine and vaccines, it was not common to live beyond the ripe old age of 40.
As the saying goes "If you could walk a mile in my shoes".
Interesting that you should comment on a subject which you know little about.
You are correct to state that nurses make a decent salary based on the numbers you have posted, being "2 years of training". You must realize that these two year degrees you speak of is only after 1-2 years of pre-requisites of college science and psychology, with bachelor programs being more intense and including theory and management skills, much harder than you could imagine.
Your analysis of the nursing shortage is flawed because while you are correct to mention the Problem of "Fleeing" nurses, you balance it with the problem of difficult entrance to nursing schools. For one, many students never actually finish their studies after they realize what they have gotten themselves into. The other problem is this "fleeing" problem is rampant and the number of graduates cannot supplement the supply of RNs leaving. Many RNs leave the profession entirely after only 2-3 years or less and many others go right into their Nurse Practitioner Studies to get out of the bullshit that exists on the unit.
I agree with the person who posted the problems with the profession including lack of IT support to ease the paperwork burden on RNs.
I also agree with the comment indicating the pittance of a salary that a Nurse's Aide receives to do their "shitty" job. There is a serious shortage of good Nurse's Aides to do much of the unskilled care that is often required. Have you ever tried to care for just one ill person??? Now multiply this by 8 or 10 and intesify their illness and needs threefold.
As you may have guessed I am an RN, and yes I have left the profession for the reasons listed above. I am currently self-employed in a sales position and much happier and a hell of a lot less stressed. My reasons for leaving were not financial. When I first graduated and worked in a cardiac unit my thoughts were, "I should have become a stock Broker, it would be less stressful. I'd rather lose someones millions than someone's mother. By the time I left the profession I was making more than many Nurse Practitioners, whom you indicated to be making 70K - 100K. There are many problems plaguing the nursing profession. Good nurses need to be respected for their knowledge, experience, caring, and willingness to put up with everyone else's families.
Take previously purchased cheap Vodka.
Filter Through Brita Filter
Taste Test
Repeat 3-4 times.
Filter Vodka Through Kidneys.
Fill Cup
Pass through Brita Filter.
Give to Sh1thead Roommate.
Record and publish taste test results on slashdot.
Here is a clear example of your Bush-American mentality. We don't like the way they act, let's blow them up. All with the push of a button. /.er. Sell your computer and live in a cave.
Should we all walk around like mindless drones not making a sound, just going to work, doing our job, eat sleep and shit? While we are at it, Cigarrettes, Alcohol, Caffeine, Speakers of any size, etc should be entirely banned for the good of all man. Sorry we have offended you oh wise