Interesting fact: "Telephone sanitizer" is actually a euphemism for toilet cleaner. The term came about when indoor plumbing was popularized. Women who couldn't afford servants but still had money would hire out people to come in and clean their toilets. Nobody wanted a truck parked outside of their house that had "WC cleaner" written on it, so one enterprising businessman put "Telephone Sanitizing" on the side of his truck, which implied that these middle class housewives had adopted another new technology: the telephone. Thus, a euphemism was born.
Also, give enough Asshole stickers and you get a ticket. My anecdotal evidence suggests that the people who complain the most about bad drivers tend to be pretty terrible drivers themselves. That would mean that the ones going crazy giving out tickets would likely be causing the other drivers around them to seem like they are driving poorly.
Or 3) whatever it is that eats dandelions starts getting messed up every time they eat, becoming basically useless outside of philosophical debates, and disrupting the whole food chain.
Point for point, you are wrong. Pro-gaming culture is nearly the same in South Korea as sports culture is in many other parts of the world. In the US, many kids play sports outside, or at least they have until video games started replacing physical games as the "normal" pastime, there, they play Starcraft. In the US, we have entire channels devoted to sports. In Korea, they have entire TV channels devoted to Starcraft. In the US, we have cheerleaders at our events, in Korea they have pop singers at their events. Here, we have our favorite teams which we live and die with. There, they have their favorite players from favorite teams that they live and die with. Also, replace "beer" with "energy drinks" and you can make the same arguments for video games in general.
Your entire post comes across as pathetic whining because you were(maybe are) one of the kids who got picked on by the jocks.
On a side note: I'm excitedly waiting for the shitstorm to flair up when the first guy manages to accidentally spend $1000 instead of $10.00 on some random piece of crap in game.
I haven't been around Slashdot too much lately, but I thought that most pharmaceuticals were well-hated around here, especially the ones for over-diagnosed illnesses like depression and ADHD.
That said, I also hate the marketing schemes of "It's good because it's natural" and "It's good because it's not made by a giant pharmaceutical company." Because so many folk medicines use those gimmicks, I tend to shy away from them.
Would it be possible to use this concept to allow only one person to see what's on a screen? This could be a potentially powerful tool for security and secrecy.
This is a valid point. Tens of thousands watch tournament games every single night, whereas you'll be hard pressed to find streams that reach 5K viewers. Even the ones that do often feature players who discuss the game and their decision making which provides an alternate avenue for entertainment than just watching with excitement while waiting to see if the Protoss saw the medivac or if the Zerg will respond to the Dark Templar in time.
Indeed, my science classes in Wisconsin almost exclusively used the metric system. It's part of the socialist conspiracy to turn all of our kids into communists. I learned that on Fox News.
This is exactly what I thought of. For those who don't want to look it up for yourself, I present to you David Hahn. At the age of 19 he created his own Superfund site and inspired a Duran Duran song, a book, a movie, and, perhaps most importantly, a joke on the Big Bang Theory.
Who says they haven't put some of this technology into their phones?
Either way, I'm all for big companies suing big companies over patent disputes. Monetarily it's going to be a wash for consumers (minus some money for the lawyers) since all the companies win some and lose some. However, it will be a definite win for consumers as many of the patents often get nullified. And, hopefully, someday these companies will realize it's no longer worth the hassle or money and might support logical patent reform.
This story just triggered my geekometer. To me, this step seems so cool, that we now have space gas attendants and junk men. It makes me feel as if some of the science fiction that I've read is not so far away after all.
I really wish you hadn't included the "pro-lifers" in your comment. The abortion debate is not even remotely similar to being an AGW or evolution denialist. Whereas global warming and evolution allow for testable hypotheses and have sound science backing them and those denying it are ignoring science because of their ideology. Abortion, on the other hand, is not a debate over acceptable science, but rather it is strictly a moral debate as to when a fetus becomes a human with a right to life, and further, when that right to life outweighs the mother's right to her own body. This has nothing to do with fact free science.
I don't know. The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that games in which there is a leader who gives details about a setting and situation and asks the players how they would react have been determined to lead to the development of gangs. I don't know about you, but I do not want our Secret Service members organizing or joining gangs. Perhaps they should scrap this whole system.
Nah. Some of them know they are criminals. Their moms probably think they're good boys, but these guys who are actively participating in organized crime know that they are bad guys.
Religion:
1. beliefs and worship: people's beliefs and opinions concerning the existence, nature, and worship of a deity or deities, and divine involvement in the universe and human life
2. system: an institutionalized or personal system of beliefs and practices relating to the divine
3. personal beliefs or values: a set of strongly-held beliefs, values, and attitudes that somebody lives by
Cult: (now this is in my words, but I believe that others would basically agree) A structured religion in which (1) members are required to pay money to be a member or progress within the religious structure, (2) members are segregated from their family or other outside influences as part of membership, (3) members are forbidden from leaving and harassed if they do manage to leave, or any combination of the above.
Most Christian religions do not require any money whatsoever (although they do encourage charity and giving). They often condemn other beliefs, but, especially in the case of the modern Catholic church, encourage study and exploration of other belief systems as a way for members to reaffirm their own beliefs. And if a member does decide to leave, other members often reach out to them, however the level of contact rarely ever (I sadly cannot say never) even approaches many of the things Scientology has done.
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Interesting fact: "Telephone sanitizer" is actually a euphemism for toilet cleaner. The term came about when indoor plumbing was popularized. Women who couldn't afford servants but still had money would hire out people to come in and clean their toilets. Nobody wanted a truck parked outside of their house that had "WC cleaner" written on it, so one enterprising businessman put "Telephone Sanitizing" on the side of his truck, which implied that these middle class housewives had adopted another new technology: the telephone. Thus, a euphemism was born.
Source: http://tlb.org/telsan.html
You aren't looking forward to the next wave of "Everybody Sues Everybody" in the cellular world?
Get enough Asshole stickers and you get a ticket.
Also, give enough Asshole stickers and you get a ticket. My anecdotal evidence suggests that the people who complain the most about bad drivers tend to be pretty terrible drivers themselves. That would mean that the ones going crazy giving out tickets would likely be causing the other drivers around them to seem like they are driving poorly.
Or 3) whatever it is that eats dandelions starts getting messed up every time they eat, becoming basically useless outside of philosophical debates, and disrupting the whole food chain.
Yeah.. That's complete bullshit.
Point for point, you are wrong. Pro-gaming culture is nearly the same in South Korea as sports culture is in many other parts of the world. In the US, many kids play sports outside, or at least they have until video games started replacing physical games as the "normal" pastime, there, they play Starcraft. In the US, we have entire channels devoted to sports. In Korea, they have entire TV channels devoted to Starcraft. In the US, we have cheerleaders at our events, in Korea they have pop singers at their events. Here, we have our favorite teams which we live and die with. There, they have their favorite players from favorite teams that they live and die with. Also, replace "beer" with "energy drinks" and you can make the same arguments for video games in general.
Your entire post comes across as pathetic whining because you were(maybe are) one of the kids who got picked on by the jocks.
Who plays Diablo offline?
On a side note: I'm excitedly waiting for the shitstorm to flair up when the first guy manages to accidentally spend $1000 instead of $10.00 on some random piece of crap in game.
I haven't been around Slashdot too much lately, but I thought that most pharmaceuticals were well-hated around here, especially the ones for over-diagnosed illnesses like depression and ADHD.
That said, I also hate the marketing schemes of "It's good because it's natural" and "It's good because it's not made by a giant pharmaceutical company." Because so many folk medicines use those gimmicks, I tend to shy away from them.
In the meantime, they'll just select their presidential candidate at random. Again.
Shifting goalposts, eh? A nice tactic.
"He didn't lie."
"Yes he did, here's evidence."
"Who cares if he lied? That doesn't matter, look over there!"
Would it be possible to use this concept to allow only one person to see what's on a screen? This could be a potentially powerful tool for security and secrecy.
Wouldn't that be an anti-matter dark sucker?
This is a valid point. Tens of thousands watch tournament games every single night, whereas you'll be hard pressed to find streams that reach 5K viewers. Even the ones that do often feature players who discuss the game and their decision making which provides an alternate avenue for entertainment than just watching with excitement while waiting to see if the Protoss saw the medivac or if the Zerg will respond to the Dark Templar in time.
Indeed, my science classes in Wisconsin almost exclusively used the metric system. It's part of the socialist conspiracy to turn all of our kids into communists. I learned that on Fox News.
This is exactly what I thought of. For those who don't want to look it up for yourself, I present to you David Hahn. At the age of 19 he created his own Superfund site and inspired a Duran Duran song, a book, a movie, and, perhaps most importantly, a joke on the Big Bang Theory.
Who says they haven't put some of this technology into their phones?
Either way, I'm all for big companies suing big companies over patent disputes. Monetarily it's going to be a wash for consumers (minus some money for the lawyers) since all the companies win some and lose some. However, it will be a definite win for consumers as many of the patents often get nullified. And, hopefully, someday these companies will realize it's no longer worth the hassle or money and might support logical patent reform.
How about never try again for a first post?
At least this way they have a chance to to do it right. Some will, some won't, and eventually those that won't will have to try again.
This story just triggered my geekometer. To me, this step seems so cool, that we now have space gas attendants and junk men. It makes me feel as if some of the science fiction that I've read is not so far away after all.
I don't agree with your statements, and neither does this chart.
I really wish you hadn't included the "pro-lifers" in your comment. The abortion debate is not even remotely similar to being an AGW or evolution denialist. Whereas global warming and evolution allow for testable hypotheses and have sound science backing them and those denying it are ignoring science because of their ideology. Abortion, on the other hand, is not a debate over acceptable science, but rather it is strictly a moral debate as to when a fetus becomes a human with a right to life, and further, when that right to life outweighs the mother's right to her own body. This has nothing to do with fact free science.
Misclicked and modded you redundant instead of insightful :(
I don't know. The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that games in which there is a leader who gives details about a setting and situation and asks the players how they would react have been determined to lead to the development of gangs. I don't know about you, but I do not want our Secret Service members organizing or joining gangs. Perhaps they should scrap this whole system.
Nah. Some of them know they are criminals. Their moms probably think they're good boys, but these guys who are actively participating in organized crime know that they are bad guys.
Religion:
1. beliefs and worship: people's beliefs and opinions concerning the existence, nature, and worship of a deity or deities, and divine involvement in the universe and human life
2. system: an institutionalized or personal system of beliefs and practices relating to the divine
3. personal beliefs or values: a set of strongly-held beliefs, values, and attitudes that somebody lives by
Cult: (now this is in my words, but I believe that others would basically agree)
A structured religion in which (1) members are required to pay money to be a member or progress within the religious structure, (2) members are segregated from their family or other outside influences as part of membership, (3) members are forbidden from leaving and harassed if they do manage to leave, or any combination of the above.
Most Christian religions do not require any money whatsoever (although they do encourage charity and giving). They often condemn other beliefs, but, especially in the case of the modern Catholic church, encourage study and exploration of other belief systems as a way for members to reaffirm their own beliefs. And if a member does decide to leave, other members often reach out to them, however the level of contact rarely ever (I sadly cannot say never) even approaches many of the things Scientology has done.