but what i am saying, psychologically, is that the most successful videogames will always be violent or sexual. that's the most important need they fill
Is that why Myst, the Sims, and Farmville are among the most popular games of their times?
To call it the 'court's' double standard seems rather unfair. The justices specifically noted that it was rather odd how American tastes in media, past and present, were highly permissive of violence, even for fairly young children; but much less permissive of sexual material
Sure they could have. They can rule according to the Constitution. There's nothing in the Constitution about community standards. They have chosen to give community standards more weight than our Constitution. That's entirely their fault.
'Miller-test obscenity', while pretty unsatisfactory in a number of respects, is one of the few ways to successfully exempt something from First Amendment protections.
No, the Miller test does not exempt anything from the Constitution. The Miller test is an unconstitutional end-run around the First Amendment protections. It was invented from whole cloth by the Supreme Court. THAT is not in their job description.
It still takes forever to get a Windows station partially usable. Have to grab Cygwin, terminator, virtuawin, gvim, 7zip, R, Java and a bunch of stuff I can't remember right now. Should just be an apt-get away, but Windows isn't that user friendly.
I liked the Amiga's solution: Holding down one of the Amiga keyboard buttons turned the cursor keys into a virtual mouse
You can do the same in X, with shift-numlock. Recent versions will require an xorg.conf option to enable it however.
BTW, what's with X.org shipping broken by default these days? You have to add options to enable basic functionality like mousekeys or ctrl-alt-backspace. Lame.
'The difference between brains and beauty is that you're more or less born into good looks â" entitled, if you will. Intelligence? That takes work.
This statement embodies some weird assumptions. First, that good looks are hereditary? You'd be surprised at what exercise, diet, good grooming, and fashion sense can do.
And second, that intelligence takes work. Clearly effort makes a big difference, but some people are as mentally gifted as others are physically gifted. A really intelligent person will find that learning comes much more naturally to him than to others. In other words, that he has to exert less effort to learn the same material.
Pornography is protected by the Constitution. The problem is that the Constitution is not respected by those who are charged with upholding it. There is no obscenity exception in the First Amendment.
Alternatively, there isn't a shred of evidence that Skype doesn't already have this capability. If you have something sensitive to communicate, you have to assume that they do.
I guess that's some consolation for having to remain inside 9 months of the year, going without sun for 3 months, and alcoholism so rampant that it's the number one cause of death for Finnish men.
And there are a great many modern game designs that don't have enough meat on them because the content/quality bar has been pushed so low to appeal to the lowest common denominator. That seems to be the prevalent trend. e.g. where are the turn based RPGs where you make your own party? What happened to FPSs with maps of any degree of complexity?
If anything modern games have fewer novel ideas, simply because it's all been tried before. Back in the 80s and early 90s there was so much new ground to tread. People tried things they wouldn't today. New games rehash (a banal subset of) old ideas, and throw a new coat of paint over it. Hell with that, I'd rather play something classic.
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If all you care about is selection, skip the bar and hit the liquor store. More selection and cheaper too.
The only thing bars are good for are concerts.
Well, sure, in a "might makes right" kind of way. It's nothing but thuggery though, and deserves to be called out as such at every opportunity.
but what i am saying, psychologically, is that the most successful videogames will always be violent or sexual. that's the most important need they fill
Is that why Myst, the Sims, and Farmville are among the most popular games of their times?
In what way are they different? Please provide a neurophysiological explanation.
To call it the 'court's' double standard seems rather unfair. The justices specifically noted that it was rather odd how American tastes in media, past and present, were highly permissive of violence, even for fairly young children; but much less permissive of sexual material
Sure they could have. They can rule according to the Constitution. There's nothing in the Constitution about community standards. They have chosen to give community standards more weight than our Constitution. That's entirely their fault.
'Miller-test obscenity', while pretty unsatisfactory in a number of respects, is one of the few ways to successfully exempt something from First Amendment protections.
No, the Miller test does not exempt anything from the Constitution. The Miller test is an unconstitutional end-run around the First Amendment protections. It was invented from whole cloth by the Supreme Court. THAT is not in their job description.
Tradition is never a good answer for anything. Those who think it is are dumb as rocks.
Now isn't really a great time to quit your job because you're so bothered that it doesn't produce wealth for someone else.
It's always a good time to quit your job oppressing your fellow citizens.
If the data is truly random on a logarithmic scale, Benford's law applies.
It still takes forever to get a Windows station partially usable. Have to grab Cygwin, terminator, virtuawin, gvim, 7zip, R, Java and a bunch of stuff I can't remember right now. Should just be an apt-get away, but Windows isn't that user friendly.
the governor asked New Mexicans to "exercise caution and restraint when it comes to using fireworks."
And just how many pot smokers do you think he has in prison?
I liked the Amiga's solution: Holding down one of the Amiga keyboard buttons turned the cursor keys into a virtual mouse
You can do the same in X, with shift-numlock. Recent versions will require an xorg.conf option to enable it however.
BTW, what's with X.org shipping broken by default these days? You have to add options to enable basic functionality like mousekeys or ctrl-alt-backspace. Lame.
'The difference between brains and beauty is that you're more or less born into good looks â" entitled, if you will. Intelligence? That takes work.
This statement embodies some weird assumptions. First, that good looks are hereditary? You'd be surprised at what exercise, diet, good grooming, and fashion sense can do.
And second, that intelligence takes work. Clearly effort makes a big difference, but some people are as mentally gifted as others are physically gifted. A really intelligent person will find that learning comes much more naturally to him than to others. In other words, that he has to exert less effort to learn the same material.
The line is wherever the minors wish it to be. If they're curious, let them at it. There's no evidence that any harm will come to them.
Pornography is protected by the Constitution. The problem is that the Constitution is not respected by those who are charged with upholding it. There is no obscenity exception in the First Amendment.
I see no reason why a state may not place age restrictions on video games.
Because children have first amendment rights too. The fact that you can't see this is why conservatives are so fucking scary.
Alternatively, there isn't a shred of evidence that Skype doesn't already have this capability. If you have something sensitive to communicate, you have to assume that they do.
What ever happened to PGPfone? That's what we need a GNU equivalent for.
If you make the best browser available, you'll serve the needs of both businesses and individuals.
Always upgrade your Linux distribution in place.
Apt-get dist-upgrade.
Works every time.
I guess that's some consolation for having to remain inside 9 months of the year, going without sun for 3 months, and alcoholism so rampant that it's the number one cause of death for Finnish men.
And then what? How do you extract more energy from steam than it took to heat the steam?
How exactly do you intend to use water for fuel?
Hey great idea! I'll keep an eye on this one.
And there are a great many modern game designs that don't have enough meat on them because the content/quality bar has been pushed so low to appeal to the lowest common denominator. That seems to be the prevalent trend. e.g. where are the turn based RPGs where you make your own party? What happened to FPSs with maps of any degree of complexity?
If anything modern games have fewer novel ideas, simply because it's all been tried before. Back in the 80s and early 90s there was so much new ground to tread. People tried things they wouldn't today. New games rehash (a banal subset of) old ideas, and throw a new coat of paint over it. Hell with that, I'd rather play something classic.
Ghandicam, that's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. That almost makes a smart phone an appealing item.