Most moms say "oh, it's for me", because most moms are bad parents. Well, aren't we a judgmental little prick. The rating system is meant as a guideline for parents, not a moral yardstick. If a parent decides their child can play M-rated games, fine. If a parent doesn't care what games their kids play, that's fine too. Nothing wrong either with parents who restrict their kids from playing T or M rated games. It's a matter of choice.
But you judge people as "bad parents" for making a certain choice. Explain your logic please. You must be one of those "let's whitewash the whole world because I get offended easily" types.
Or is he generally right on about the games? Excerpt from Kotaku article:
Gerstmann has been no stranger to controversial reviews, as his scores of 10 for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and 8.8 for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess had sensitive internet users up in arms. It's now possible that many bitter fanboys may have had their wishes for his firing granted. So, um, no. But that's neither here nor there in this case. Gamespot never had a problem with his reviews before.
This is why I try to read several reviews from all over the place when I'm on the fence about buying some piece of entertainment media. I understand why Gamespot would do this (they don't get a dime from me when I visit the site, but they get plenty from advertisers), but that doesn't mean it isn't lame.
Try creating a new firefox profile and see if you get the same thing.
I've been running nightly FF3 pre-beta builds for a few months now, and even on the occasional day where a new patch causes regular crashes I've not seen this happen.
Here's the thing about blaming the parents...no one can get rich and/or further an agenda based on that. Lawyers, media pundits, politicians, et al each have good reason to attack youtube/video games/[insert favorite scapegoat here] for personal gain and glory whenever tragedy strikes. It has been and always will be this way.
Not to directly compare Stephen to greats like Pryor or Carlin, but how many comedians have had this much impact on political discourse, this quickly? I'm a bit curious what political discourse has changed as a result of his "running", other than all the hubbub about a comedian with his own show running for President. Ah, I should explain that by "discourse" I meant idiot squawking by the TV news. Which is where most Americans form their political opinions, to my endless frustration. But he's exposing, or trying to expose, the flaws in the campaign process. I didn't mean to imply that he will change the world, just that he's making some righteous noise.
I guess I don't know for *sure*, but I'm fairly convinced Colbert never had any real plans to begin with. He's just using this "presidential bid" to poke fun at the US electoral system, and shine a light on the shady practices that go along with a bid. The whole Doritos business is hilarious, and I can't wait to see what he does with this most recent development.
Not to directly compare Stephen to greats like Pryor or Carlin, but how many comedians have had this much impact on political discourse, this quickly? Most subversive types get the soccer moms up in arms, but there's more mainstream media hand-wringing over Colbert than I ever remember seeing before.
Also his persona is dead-on perfect for this sort of stunt. I mean, come on: "Democrats lead in all the polls by at least ten points, except one... Fox News. That is with a margin of error of plus-or-minus the facts." Beautiful.
This way I can disable it from ever appearing on my front page.
What's the point of all these articles? How many times can we discuss the annoyance of frivolous lawsuits or spend time looking for prior art? It's the same discussion over and over and over and over.
Wi-LAN sucks. Patent trolls should burn in a fiery pit of evil monkeys. US courts encourage this stuff. Kill all the lawyers.
But I still don't think looking at the "warmest days" (probably statistical noise) really says much about global warming. The blogger (and maybe some of those railing against global warming, to be fair) can't see the ol' forest for the pines.
I think the conclusion says all you need to know about this "story":
The effect of the correction on global temperatures is minor (some 1-2% less warming than originally thought), but the effect on the US global warming propaganda machine could be huge. Then again-- maybe not. I strongly suspect this story will receive little to no attention from the mainstream media.
Okay, it's one thing when I get frisked going to a ballgame. I accept it on the slim chance it could prevent a violent person doing something stupid in a place with lots of people. I still don't like it, but I sort of understand it. But a movie theater? And a search for something as violently dangerous as a video camera? That is beyond absurd.
If people like her *don't* win cases like this, I shudder to think of how we'll all be treated in 20 years when trying to enjoy *any* kind of entertainment.
What about the (old-fashioned!) method of charging via wall-outlet? Do I have to register my apartment with Apple now?
Something in this article seems fishy and I don't think we're getting the full story of Apple's intentions, because the whole thing makes zero sense to me.
Get one of those eye cover things and quit complaining. That guy would have been an "a-hole" if he walked into your bedroom one night, turned the light on and started reading. But he didn't. He was on a public airplane. I swear, some people have the most ridiculous sense of entitlement!
Over two days, I decided to "track" the play on a given slot machine, by attempting to jot down the results. How did you do this without attracting attention? I feel like many casinos would threaten to break your knees if they saw you doing that, despite the fact that as you say it wouldn't help you win. It still looks "weird" and surely the billion cameras in the ceiling could see you.
I'm still pissed off that the RF adapter for the NES would connect to my grandparents' 9" Black and White TV from the 50s! Also there's no interface between my toaster and my keyboard, how dare Logitech not provide that functionality!!
If you want TV output on your PSP 2.0, go buy a component-to-composite adapter. And stop whining.
The amount of porn everybody watches online. In thirty or so years when today's youth starts running for government office, mudslinging campaigns based on this knowledge (which by then will be hilariously declassified!) will be hugely entertaining and embarrassing for everyone involved.
I think I've discovered the terrible future of reality TV.
[...]but that is exactly the way things worked in fascist dicatorships Sadly, you can make that argument for lots of aspects of American society after the events of the last decade.
While this is surely an important question, I don't think that alone would determine whether or not it has "much use". If the energy going into the process doesn't use combustible gas at all (so I guess nuclear or solar? coal?) and the gas coming out can power a combustion engine like one found in, say, a car... Well anyway I'd prefer we wean off of gas and oil altogether, but until that happens this looks like a promising intermediate step. I hope.
Sure there are pollution effects, but hopefully the reduction of plastic waste can offset that. It's a lot of ifs, but I'm feeling optimistic today.
And when those folks with mod chips running Linux *and not pirating games* actually are arrested, then I'll get worked up. Yes, the letter of the law might say the mod chips are illegal but I've yet to hear about anyone being arrested for that alone. This guy's only in trouble because he's a large-scale pirate scumbag, and maybe the mod-chip thing adds some flavor to the prosecution's case. It's like how fellatio is illegal in some states, but you'd only get in trouble for it if it was tacked on to some other, much worse situation.
These stories are always the same: somebody does something irrefutably illegal and is arrested and charged, but one or two details about the case are in a gray area, so everyone goes apeshit about the minor details. Find me a story where someone is charged over ONLY the minor details and I'll stop considering Zonk nothing more than an inflammatory troublemaker.
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But you judge people as "bad parents" for making a certain choice. Explain your logic please. You must be one of those "let's whitewash the whole world because I get offended easily" types.
This might be the funniest comment I've read all year
This is why I try to read several reviews from all over the place when I'm on the fence about buying some piece of entertainment media. I understand why Gamespot would do this (they don't get a dime from me when I visit the site, but they get plenty from advertisers), but that doesn't mean it isn't lame.
I find it funny that this is the example you choose as a counterpoint to the guy who titled his post "correlation != causation"
Nobody's refuting that. Where does sterility factor into "not nearly as deadly?"
Try creating a new firefox profile and see if you get the same thing.
I've been running nightly FF3 pre-beta builds for a few months now, and even on the occasional day where a new patch causes regular crashes I've not seen this happen.
Here's the thing about blaming the parents...no one can get rich and/or further an agenda based on that. Lawyers, media pundits, politicians, et al each have good reason to attack youtube/video games/[insert favorite scapegoat here] for personal gain and glory whenever tragedy strikes. It has been and always will be this way.
I guess I don't know for *sure*, but I'm fairly convinced Colbert never had any real plans to begin with. He's just using this "presidential bid" to poke fun at the US electoral system, and shine a light on the shady practices that go along with a bid. The whole Doritos business is hilarious, and I can't wait to see what he does with this most recent development.
Not to directly compare Stephen to greats like Pryor or Carlin, but how many comedians have had this much impact on political discourse, this quickly? Most subversive types get the soccer moms up in arms, but there's more mainstream media hand-wringing over Colbert than I ever remember seeing before.
Also his persona is dead-on perfect for this sort of stunt. I mean, come on: "Democrats lead in all the polls by at least ten points, except one... Fox News. That is with a margin of error of plus-or-minus the facts." Beautiful.
New Category: Patent Trolling
This way I can disable it from ever appearing on my front page.
What's the point of all these articles? How many times can we discuss the annoyance of frivolous lawsuits or spend time looking for prior art? It's the same discussion over and over and over and over.
Wi-LAN sucks. Patent trolls should burn in a fiery pit of evil monkeys. US courts encourage this stuff. Kill all the lawyers.
There, you can stop reading this thread now.
Is that you Zapp Brannigan?
DRM-free, 256kbps songs on iTunes retail for $1.29. Just sayin'.
- Omit actual details in favor of baseless speculation.
This is how you optimize FUD: keep the claims mysterious. SCO kept up this strategy for, what, 4 or 5 years?I think the conclusion says all you need to know about this "story": The effect of the correction on global temperatures is minor (some 1-2% less warming than originally thought), but the effect on the US global warming propaganda machine could be huge.
Then again-- maybe not. I strongly suspect this story will receive little to no attention from the mainstream media.
Okay, it's one thing when I get frisked going to a ballgame. I accept it on the slim chance it could prevent a violent person doing something stupid in a place with lots of people. I still don't like it, but I sort of understand it. But a movie theater? And a search for something as violently dangerous as a video camera? That is beyond absurd.
If people like her *don't* win cases like this, I shudder to think of how we'll all be treated in 20 years when trying to enjoy *any* kind of entertainment.
What about the (old-fashioned!) method of charging via wall-outlet? Do I have to register my apartment with Apple now?
Something in this article seems fishy and I don't think we're getting the full story of Apple's intentions, because the whole thing makes zero sense to me.
Get one of those eye cover things and quit complaining. That guy would have been an "a-hole" if he walked into your bedroom one night, turned the light on and started reading. But he didn't. He was on a public airplane. I swear, some people have the most ridiculous sense of entitlement!
I'm still pissed off that the RF adapter for the NES would connect to my grandparents' 9" Black and White TV from the 50s! Also there's no interface between my toaster and my keyboard, how dare Logitech not provide that functionality!!
If you want TV output on your PSP 2.0, go buy a component-to-composite adapter. And stop whining.
The amount of porn everybody watches online. In thirty or so years when today's youth starts running for government office, mudslinging campaigns based on this knowledge (which by then will be hilariously declassified!) will be hugely entertaining and embarrassing for everyone involved.
I think I've discovered the terrible future of reality TV.
"I find the most sensual part of a woman is the boobies."
Yeah, they changed base-10 arithmetic 18 years ago (1998). Where were you?
While this is surely an important question, I don't think that alone would determine whether or not it has "much use". If the energy going into the process doesn't use combustible gas at all (so I guess nuclear or solar? coal?) and the gas coming out can power a combustion engine like one found in, say, a car... Well anyway I'd prefer we wean off of gas and oil altogether, but until that happens this looks like a promising intermediate step. I hope.
Sure there are pollution effects, but hopefully the reduction of plastic waste can offset that. It's a lot of ifs, but I'm feeling optimistic today.
And when those folks with mod chips running Linux *and not pirating games* actually are arrested, then I'll get worked up. Yes, the letter of the law might say the mod chips are illegal but I've yet to hear about anyone being arrested for that alone. This guy's only in trouble because he's a large-scale pirate scumbag, and maybe the mod-chip thing adds some flavor to the prosecution's case. It's like how fellatio is illegal in some states, but you'd only get in trouble for it if it was tacked on to some other, much worse situation.
These stories are always the same: somebody does something irrefutably illegal and is arrested and charged, but one or two details about the case are in a gray area, so everyone goes apeshit about the minor details. Find me a story where someone is charged over ONLY the minor details and I'll stop considering Zonk nothing more than an inflammatory troublemaker.
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