The people who abuse this theory are that same wingnuts who order double-cheeseburgers with a diet cola.
As someone who always orders diet cola when eating at fast food restaurants, I'd like to say something about this.
People who order diet cola aren't necessarily under any illusion that doing so is going to magically make them lose weight. (But wouldn't that be nice?) Some people order it because they have sugar problems that make regular soda a bad idea for them. Others want to drink soda, but don't want to take in around 150 calories per 12 ounce serving... and when was the last time you saw a fast food restaurant using 12 ounce cups? You can easily end up taking in an extra 300-600 calories just from your drink, if you order normal soda. Every 3500 extra calories you take in can end up as another pound of fat on your body. That's about 24 cans of cola... probably 8-12 fast food restaurant cups of cola, depending on how large of ones you buy.
I enjoy cola, and want the caffeine, but don't want to take in the extra calories associated with normal cola. So I order diet cola in fast food restaurants. Meanwhile, people around me get to quietly chuckle to themselves about this idiot who is ordering diet cola with his burger. Well, I'd say that the other people in line with me are just as big of idiots for being in a fast food restaurant in the first place!:-) Hope they enjoy the extra calories from their non-diet soda.
I thought it was bad enough that people drive with one hand on the wheel and one hand holding their phone while they babble into it. Now we'll have people who have already been doing this for the past 30 minutes and suddenly need to recharge their phone. One hand to hold the phone, one hand to turn the crank, and one hand to drive?
Why do you consider this an attempt to 'bribe' the kids? DDR is just as physical an activity as a number of other things that get played in gym classes. Is it inherently bad simply because it involves a video screen and is considered a "game"? (Aren't sports "games"?)
Here's an example of the amount of effort that can be required in this game. The newest version of the machine is called DDR MAX 2. The previous release (DDR MAX) had a bonus song called MAX300 that you could play if you did well enough on your last song. This bonus song contained over 550 steps, and only ran for 90 seconds. That's an average of over 6 steps per second.
and it won't be long before someone is determining who is fit to have children.
Considering some of the people I've seen reproduce, sometimes I wish there was someone determining this. I'd really like to see some sort of "common sense" requirement for breeding beyond the ability to "put a round peg into the corresponding hole", so to speak.
Seemed like the person who put up the 'poetry' felt that Google was intentionally censoring him. Actually, they automatically disable keywords if those words are getting you less than 5 hits per 1000 times they are displayed.
Perhaps the things they would like to do with your information would be in direct conflict with the state of Washington's anti-spam law? That could cost them $500 per violation, and it's hard to plead ignorance of the law when their main campus is in Washington.
> (If you aren't able or willing to do this, then you are no fan and I SHUN you.)
I might just as easily say that if you're going to get your anime by piracy (downloading it off the net for free), "then you are no fan and I SHUN you."
A real fan should help support the companies that produce the shows he likes, by purchasing them.
However, I don't really want to rehash The Generic Copyright Flame War. My only point here is that I don't think a willingness to download anime off the net (piracy) makes you a "real" anime fan any more than downloading MP3 files off the net makes you a "real" music fan, or downloading warez would make you a "real" software fan.
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I found searching for RIAA to be rather amusing.
a guy with weather baloons in a lawnchair? nope, I don't think so.
Snopes.com (an Urban Legends site) respectfully disagrees with you.
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The people who abuse this theory are that same wingnuts who order double-cheeseburgers with a diet cola.
:-) Hope they enjoy the extra calories from their non-diet soda.
As someone who always orders diet cola when eating at fast food restaurants, I'd like to say something about this.
People who order diet cola aren't necessarily under any illusion that doing so is going to magically make them lose weight. (But wouldn't that be nice?) Some people order it because they have sugar problems that make regular soda a bad idea for them. Others want to drink soda, but don't want to take in around 150 calories per 12 ounce serving... and when was the last time you saw a fast food restaurant using 12 ounce cups? You can easily end up taking in an extra 300-600 calories just from your drink, if you order normal soda. Every 3500 extra calories you take in can end up as another pound of fat on your body. That's about 24 cans of cola... probably 8-12 fast food restaurant cups of cola, depending on how large of ones you buy.
I enjoy cola, and want the caffeine, but don't want to take in the extra calories associated with normal cola. So I order diet cola in fast food restaurants. Meanwhile, people around me get to quietly chuckle to themselves about this idiot who is ordering diet cola with his burger. Well, I'd say that the other people in line with me are just as big of idiots for being in a fast food restaurant in the first place!
I thought it was bad enough that people drive with one hand on the wheel and one hand holding their phone while they babble into it. Now we'll have people who have already been doing this for the past 30 minutes and suddenly need to recharge their phone. One hand to hold the phone, one hand to turn the crank, and one hand to drive?
Someone's going to have to lend them a hand.
Being surrounded by cute Square-style anime girls might just make it worth it.
Even if you know that 95% of them are likely to be ugly, smelly guys in real life?
But yeah, I know what you mean. ^_^;;
Why do you consider this an attempt to 'bribe' the kids? DDR is just as physical an activity as a number of other things that get played in gym classes. Is it inherently bad simply because it involves a video screen and is considered a "game"? (Aren't sports "games"?)
Here's an example of the amount of effort that can be required in this game. The newest version of the machine is called DDR MAX 2. The previous release (DDR MAX) had a bonus song called MAX300 that you could play if you did well enough on your last song. This bonus song contained over 550 steps, and only ran for 90 seconds. That's an average of over 6 steps per second.
Sounds like perfectly good exercise to me.
and it won't be long before someone is determining who is fit to have children.
Considering some of the people I've seen reproduce, sometimes I wish there was someone determining this. I'd really like to see some sort of "common sense" requirement for breeding beyond the ability to "put a round peg into the corresponding hole", so to speak.
We usually call those "pubic hairs". :)
If they're counting all the people who forge their attempts to come from microsoft.com, I imagine that accounts for a lot of the US total. :-)
(Player guts second NPC, then turns to the next one.)
NPC #3: If you've already got a +5 Vorpal sword, what's the point in visiting our puny little weapons shop?
Player: Uh... I like swords. Hey, where can I learn to speak in bold type like that?
NPC #3: *sigh*
(I have no connection with the above URL other than as an amused reader.)
Seemed like the person who put up the 'poetry' felt that Google was intentionally censoring him. Actually, they automatically disable keywords if those words are getting you less than 5 hits per 1000 times they are displayed.
They mention this rule here.
One of the messages he received from Google (and quoted on the web site) pointed this out.
"Basically, this device would sell up here about as well as bottled yellow snow."
Well, of course bottled yellow snow wouldn't sell. It's far too easy to make yourself!
Perhaps the things they would like to do with your information would be in direct conflict with the state of Washington's anti-spam law? That could cost them $500 per violation, and it's hard to plead ignorance of the law when their main campus is in Washington.
> (If you aren't able or willing to do this, then you are no fan and I SHUN you.)
I might just as easily say that if you're going to get your anime by piracy (downloading it off the net for free), "then you are no fan and I SHUN you."
A real fan should help support the companies that produce the shows he likes, by purchasing them.
However, I don't really want to rehash The Generic Copyright Flame War. My only point here is that I don't think a willingness to download anime off the net (piracy) makes you a "real" anime fan any more than downloading MP3 files off the net makes you a "real" music fan, or downloading warez would make you a "real" software fan.