This is great!!! I've been trying for months to make the tape backup machines robot arm attack people!!! Now I can get a full robot thats meant to be hacked.:)
I'm a Sys Admin. When ever i complain about someone trying to hack my system, the ISP i'm calling will almost always shut down the account of the person who's ip is attached to the complaint. The only difference here is that it is required by law. I'm not saying this is right, in fact I think it is very wrong, I'm just saying its has been happening for a long time.
There in a tight spot. They can't go back with out admitting that its bad law, but if they go forward it's bad press. It will be intresting to see what happens, but what ever happens, you can be sure it won't be in the name of justice.
This proves once again, that there still isn't a good browser for Linux. So we have to decide on which one is less crappy, and not which one is better.
I don't understand why this is so. It sickens me that browsing on windows with IE is more stable then anything on the linux platform. Its just not right.
Hmmmm there are over 20 million gamers in the US. That is over 10% of the population. If over 10% of the population was violent, don't you think we would be having a little bit of a problem?
This study is bullshit. I have seen statistics that say 99.99% of gamers are not violent. So which one should I believe? Or should I wait until the next study comes out and see which way that one swings.
Oh and global warming isn't proven, it's a theory. Facts suggest that our world is constantly in flux. It gets warmer for a period of time and then gets cooler for a period of time. In the 50's people were screaming "Ice Age" and now its "Ocean World".
Anyways, my point is that maybe you should get informed a little bit before you make snap judgments and believe everything you read.
I have played games on a projector. With the crappy dot pitch it isn't as cool as you would think. Movies however kick ass!! Its like having your own home theater. I would guess this is pretty much the same.
I started watching rated R movies when I was six. My parents didn't allow this, but I would just go over to a friend's house to watch them. (I have always been very strong willed) I have played violent video games pretty much since their inception, and still do to this day. I practice with guns about twice a month (its really fun, you should try it). I didn't kill any body in High School even though I was teased a lot, nor did I ever even consider it. I don't think about killing people now. I'm a successful Unix Systems Administrator, and I'm good at what I do. So I would like to know how violent games have negatively affected my life.
Your arguments are based on the idea that violent movies and games are bad for children. I don't see it that way. If you are saying that the columbine students didn't know the difference from fantasy and realality then you are either, stupid, ignorant, or both. Violence is inescapable in our lives. The threat of violence is what gives us freedom. Almost all of our hero's are born of violence. It's on our TV's and streets, in our music, schools, and pretty much every other part of life. It's even in our genes. Who teaches our kids how to bite and scratch? They teach themselves. Its part of who we are. It is impossible to shield you children from all violence.
Instead of attempting the impossible why not teach them when it's ok to be violent, and what the difference between fantasy and reality is. These are concepts I already understood when I was six. Would teaching these things have stopped the columbine incident? I doubt it, but I'm getting to that.
Why can't we accept that the columbine kids were just really fucked up?
They might have done it for the fame, which we gave them. So do we blame each other, or the media? That's just as stupid as blaming a game or music.
I know this is long, but this subject always pisses me off. We blame things like movies, games, music and even parents because it is easy, because you don't have to admit that you don't know why they did it, and that's what really scares people. People seek meaning in things all of there lives. In fact our biggest question is 'what is the meaning of life?' We try and solve this through religion, philosophy, and science. We just plain want to have the answer to everything, and it scares us when we don't because, then we don't know how to prevent it, or see it coming. So we would rather point and blame something we can understand even if it is intellectually retarded.
Who knows maybe the parents were at fault. Maybe the parents really fucked them up mentally, the point is that we don't really know, but if over 99.9999% of the gamers out there aren't violent, isn't it asinine to say. "Hey it might be the video games causing it"?
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This is great!!! I've been trying for months to make the tape backup machines robot arm attack people!!! Now I can get a full robot thats meant to be hacked. :)
Sure you just throw it in to reverse and it will blow the incoming planes off corse!!
As a Sci-Fi Geek, I won't be happy until everyone in space has a set of Power Armor with weapons and jump jets fully integrated!! :)
I'm a Sys Admin. When ever i complain about someone trying to hack my system, the ISP i'm calling will almost always shut down the account of the person who's ip is attached to the complaint. The only difference here is that it is required by law. I'm not saying this is right, in fact I think it is very wrong, I'm just saying its has been happening for a long time.
There in a tight spot. They can't go back with out admitting that its bad law, but if they go forward it's bad press. It will be intresting to see what happens, but what ever happens, you can be sure it won't be in the name of justice.
The American Revolution was started over a 2% increase in tea tax.... :)
This proves once again, that there still isn't a good browser for Linux. So we have to decide on which one is less crappy, and not which one is better.
I don't understand why this is so. It sickens me that browsing on windows with IE is more stable then anything on the linux platform. Its just not right.
Hmmmm there are over 20 million gamers in the US. That is over 10% of the population. If over 10% of the population was violent, don't you think we would be having a little bit of a problem?
This study is bullshit. I have seen statistics that say 99.99% of gamers are not violent. So which one should I believe? Or should I wait until the next study comes out and see which way that one swings.
Oh and global warming isn't proven, it's a theory. Facts suggest that our world is constantly in flux. It gets warmer for a period of time and then gets cooler for a period of time. In the 50's people were screaming "Ice Age" and now its "Ocean World".
Anyways, my point is that maybe you should get informed a little bit before you make snap judgments and believe everything you read.
Good advice if it aplied to anyone here.... Most of the people on slashdot couldn't get laid with $1000 much less $50 :)
I have played games on a projector. With the crappy dot pitch it isn't as cool as you would think. Movies however kick ass!! Its like having your own home theater. I would guess this is pretty much the same.
I started watching rated R movies when I was six. My parents didn't allow this, but I would just go over to a friend's house to watch them. (I have always been very strong willed) I have played violent video games pretty much since their inception, and still do to this day. I practice with guns about twice a month (its really fun, you should try it). I didn't kill any body in High School even though I was teased a lot, nor did I ever even consider it. I don't think about killing people now. I'm a successful Unix Systems Administrator, and I'm good at what I do. So I would like to know how violent games have negatively affected my life.
Your arguments are based on the idea that violent movies and games are bad for children. I don't see it that way. If you are saying that the columbine students didn't know the difference from fantasy and realality then you are either, stupid, ignorant, or both. Violence is inescapable in our lives. The threat of violence is what gives us freedom. Almost all of our hero's are born of violence. It's on our TV's and streets, in our music, schools, and pretty much every other part of life. It's even in our genes. Who teaches our kids how to bite and scratch? They teach themselves. Its part of who we are. It is impossible to shield you children from all violence.
Instead of attempting the impossible why not teach them when it's ok to be violent, and what the difference between fantasy and reality is. These are concepts I already understood when I was six. Would teaching these things have stopped the columbine incident? I doubt it, but I'm getting to that.
Why can't we accept that the columbine kids were just really fucked up?
They might have done it for the fame, which we gave them. So do we blame each other, or the media? That's just as stupid as blaming a game or music.
I know this is long, but this subject always pisses me off. We blame things like movies, games, music and even parents because it is easy, because you don't have to admit that you don't know why they did it, and that's what really scares people. People seek meaning in things all of there lives. In fact our biggest question is 'what is the meaning of life?' We try and solve this through religion, philosophy, and science. We just plain want to have the answer to everything, and it scares us when we don't because, then we don't know how to prevent it, or see it coming. So we would rather point and blame something we can understand even if it is intellectually retarded.
Who knows maybe the parents were at fault. Maybe the parents really fucked them up mentally, the point is that we don't really know, but if over 99.9999% of the gamers out there aren't violent, isn't it asinine to say. "Hey it might be the video games causing it"?
Just some thoughts.
Dreven
Ummm. NewsFlash! Any game worth playing sucks on a standard dial up!!