Oh, good. That would mean that the 198 my wife scored by pressing "yes" to every question would count. It's unlikely that I'll start coding faster since I don't generally code at all.
Woohooo! The results page says if you're up in the 500-600ms range you should practice. After 4 tries I was in the mid 900s. I must be nearly dead! Maybe it's good that I'm not a fighter pilot.
...If we never took risks we would still be cavemen.
And that, ladies and gentelmen, is the best argument I've ever heard for the banning of all risk taking. Just imagine what this planet would be like if we had never advanced beyond that point.
...Considering how WoW is easily the most popular MMORPG on the market, if there is no lose(which I whole-heartedly agree with,) then is that what people really want? A virtual life to replace their own in which they can not possibly lose?...
Exactly! Go see how things are done with elementary scool age children. All games are rigged to that everyone wins. Every competition includes ribbons or certificates just for showing up. Little league sports don't include scorekeeping. Kids are so drowned in affirmation that they can't even comprehend a situation where they might not be a winner. I'm a parent so I know how hard it is to see my kids fail, but they've survived their failures and celebrated their successes. I'd hate to see them deprived of both by the current no-winners/no-losers mentality.
... most people over the age of 40 are mildly retarded in terms of computers...
Whereas most people under the age of 40 are mildly retarded in general. It's statistics: half of the population has to be at or below average intelligence, and more than half of the population is under the age of 40. The sugar and caffeine enhanced ADHD epidemic in that age group doesn't help matters either.
I stand corrected. Made a fool... *departs in shame*
Don't feel bad, you were incorrectly corrected. If eV is being used as a unit of mass then a neutrino still can't "weigh" 2eV. It would have a mass of 2eV. So you were right after all.
...accept it, we are "trapped" in this planet, like it or not.
God I hope so! I hate to think of humans turned loose on the rest of the galaxy. We've screwed this planet over so badly I can't imagine what we would do if we could start treating them as disposable.
Beautifully written FL, aside from that last sentence that kind of dropped out of character. Still, I enjoyed the imagery. I've always liked that line of thinking. I'm normally a very logical, analytical person so it's kind of mentally liberating to go there at times.
My gf owns a vaio and let me tell you the batteries can scold you if you touch them after 10 minutes of use...
So they like yell at you and tell you to leave them alone because they're tired. Or is it more like "you can't have any desert until you eat all your vegetables"?
Seems like they could have made them cheaper if they left out the voice circuits and pressure sensors.
It seems that we are getting one step closer to the Brave New World...
Woohoo! About time.
Let's see:
1) Genetically and chemically programmed to do a specific job and think that I enjoy it. Controlled economy that insures I always have all the things that I think are important to me.
2) Grind away every day at a tedious job so I can make just enough money to pay most of my bills.
This isn't a hard choice, but people talk like "Brave New World" is a bad thing. I've never really bought into the idea that suffering makes my life better.
...There's nothing worse than anthropomorphizing your description of cellular mechanics.
Well, maybe cancer. Infectious cancer might also be worse.
Or having your leg chewed off by a wolverine.
Oh, oh, kidney stones, I hear they're a lot worse than anthropomorphizing your description of cellular mechanics.
And don't forget about...
TFA:
it's a cycle: people begin to spend too much time playing and their careers and personal relationships begin to deteriorate. Then they begin to withdraw more into the game because it's an escape from their real world problems.
RW: So what's the solution?
My solution: let nature take its course. In a few generations there will be no gamers left.
Actually, you have to have reproduction to get generations. These people won't be reproducing.
I see that you're writing a report. Would you like to:
Purchase a pre-written report online.
Purchase Viagra from an online pharmacy.
Visit a Porn site instead.
Ooohhh. OK. You start with the image of a pink Cadillac convertible with enormous fins and work your way from there. Now we're talkin'bout some sweet computer action.
globally catastrophic event?
like george bush getting elected?
1st time George Bush was elected wasn't too bad.
2nd time George Bush was elected was relatively harmless.
It's this third time around where things have really gone in the crapper.
I sure hope they don't come up with a GB for the next election.
...Is it just our egos that compells us to attempt some means of preservation?...
No. It's the preservation of the species drive that's built into just about every life form. The difference is that we might be the only species that thinks about it. (Hitchhiker's Guide jokes notwithstanding).
False Vacuum
In just one moment the laws of physics will change dramatically, rendering all chemical processes (which are needed to support life) useless.
Oh, good. There's some hope for human extinction. It's a shame that everything else would go with us, but sometimes you have to take drastic measures.
You can read about the breaking news today on the internet.
Or you can hear about it tonight on the news (or Leno/Conan/Daily Show).
Or you can wait till tomorrow and read it in the paper....
Or you can wait a couple of weeks and read the dupe on Slashdot.
Come on people, this one's easy: 1) Global warming allows more fish to live in the Arctic Ocean. 2) All those new fish are drinking the Arctic Ocean faster than water can flow in to replace it.
No, the increase is fish volume doesn't make up the diffrence. Everybody knows that fish are smaller than oceans.
Slashdot Mirror
Oh, good. That would mean that the 198 my wife scored by pressing "yes" to every question would count.
It's unlikely that I'll start coding faster since I don't generally code at all.
Woohooo!
The results page says if you're up in the 500-600ms range you should practice. After 4 tries I was in the mid 900s. I must be nearly dead!
Maybe it's good that I'm not a fighter pilot.
And that, ladies and gentelmen, is the best argument I've ever heard for the banning of all risk taking. Just imagine what this planet would be like if we had never advanced beyond that point.
Exactly!
Go see how things are done with elementary scool age children. All games are rigged to that everyone wins. Every competition includes ribbons or certificates just for showing up. Little league sports don't include scorekeeping. Kids are so drowned in affirmation that they can't even comprehend a situation where they might not be a winner.
I'm a parent so I know how hard it is to see my kids fail, but they've survived their failures and celebrated their successes. I'd hate to see them deprived of both by the current no-winners/no-losers mentality.
Whereas most people under the age of 40 are mildly retarded in general. It's statistics: half of the population has to be at or below average intelligence, and more than half of the population is under the age of 40. The sugar and caffeine enhanced ADHD epidemic in that age group doesn't help matters either.
Don't feel bad, you were incorrectly corrected.
If eV is being used as a unit of mass then a neutrino still can't "weigh" 2eV. It would have a mass of 2eV. So you were right after all.
...accept it, we are "trapped" in this planet, like it or not.
God I hope so! I hate to think of humans turned loose on the rest of the galaxy. We've screwed this planet over so badly I can't imagine what we would do if we could start treating them as disposable.
Beautifully written FL, aside from that last sentence that kind of dropped out of character. Still, I enjoyed the imagery.
I've always liked that line of thinking. I'm normally a very logical, analytical person so it's kind of mentally liberating to go there at times.
Seems like they could have made them cheaper if they left out the voice circuits and pressure sensors.
Did anyone else get the idea that "anonymous reader" is a marketdroid at ATI?
Let's see:
1) Genetically and chemically programmed to do a specific job and think that I enjoy it. Controlled economy that insures I always have all the things that I think are important to me.
2) Grind away every day at a tedious job so I can make just enough money to pay most of my bills.
This isn't a hard choice, but people talk like "Brave New World" is a bad thing. I've never really bought into the idea that suffering makes my life better.
Or having your leg chewed off by a wolverine.
Oh, oh, kidney stones, I hear they're a lot worse than anthropomorphizing your description of cellular mechanics.
And don't forget about
Ooohhh.
OK. You start with the image of a pink Cadillac convertible with enormous fins and work your way from there. Now we're talkin'bout some sweet computer action.
2nd time George Bush was elected was relatively harmless.
It's this third time around where things have really gone in the crapper.
I sure hope they don't come up with a GB for the next election.
No. It's the preservation of the species drive that's built into just about every life form. The difference is that we might be the only species that thinks about it. (Hitchhiker's Guide jokes notwithstanding).
Well, if we use my job as the reference then the answer is "no".
Come on people, this one's easy:
1) Global warming allows more fish to live in the Arctic Ocean.
2) All those new fish are drinking the Arctic Ocean faster than water can flow in to replace it.
No, the increase is fish volume doesn't make up the diffrence. Everybody knows that fish are smaller than oceans.
Duh.
This is Slashdot. He probably can't even comprehend having a wife.
Now we'll have a place to put our Petafiles!