They control people through implicit and subtle threats to their liberty, livelihood, and privileges, as well as similar threats to their families.
Who's living in a Hollywood dreamworld now, eh? I wonder if you'd ever hear an Iraqi common citizen use the term "subtle" or "implicit" when telling the story of how their 3 kids were locked in an unlit jail cell with no running water or sanitary facilities for 5 years. I wonder how many lawyers it took to advise the millions of anti-Stalin Russians of their transgressions right before his goons took them all out back and shot them.
Yep, it's all just a breath away from the clean, sanitary, cable-TV, lunch-line, daily excercise, conjugal visit system employed by U.S. jails. [/sarcasm:off]
Anti-leech.com's "protection" completely fails if you disable javascript. Tested on their demo and kazaalite.com. ROFL! Whoever that was that said only morons try to use client side stuff to hamstring users was dead on.:P
Who is the bigger fool--the fool or the fool who follows him? As long as people keep paying companies money, companies themselves are not to blame. They aren't in charge of sheeple. YOU have the CHOICE to do with your money whatever you want (except for taxes...I won't digress onto that rant).
Capitalism give you choice. Just because you lack the balls to MAKE that CHOICE and follow through, don't blame the system--it's YOUR cowardice...nobody elses.
I'm assuming you weren't asking rhetorically, so I'll give you my points of view on gaming--PC vs console, in no particular order.
IMAGE CLARITY: point blank, playing a game at 1024x768 looks so much better than anything you see on a TV (arguably INCLUDING HDTV and progressive-scan DVD playback) that there's just no contest.
REFRESH RATE: 85Hz is easy on the eyes. I can see TV flickering on most standard CRTs and it drives me nuts, plus gives me a headache after a few hours (LoTR?).
LOAD SPEED: I click my PC game's icon and in a few seconds *blam* it's ready to rock. Console games require me to swap disks/cartridges/whatever and wait forever while those stupid advertisements and copyleft images and crap like that runs. I don't have all day to play. Every minute means more enjoyment and less hassle.
COST: PC gaming business is very competitive, and most games can be had for $20-$40 (even if you have to wait a month or two for the price to drop). Console games are almost always $60 or close to it. Oh, and you can purchase a graphics card that looks better and runs faster than consoles for about $120. That's about 2 games for a PS2.
CONTROLS: Consider the average console controller. Mostly non-proportional, and those teeny sticks that ARE proportional are so small that my twitchy muscles cause me no end of grief...and they aren't adjustable. Gimme a 3-inch extension to those sticks and I might be happy about it--for racing games. With PC, I get a mouse/keyboard combo, which gives me almost unlimited proportionality (mouse) and buttons I can click without moving my fingers much, if at all depending on the game. My keyboard puts a truckload of keys very easily reachable with the main 5 keys not even requiring me to move my fingers around. Finally, neither the mouse nor the keyboard require me to "hold" the controller in my hand, thereby reducing my dexterity. I can use extremely light-touch to accomplish my movements which, as any musical instrument player can tell you, results in faster muscle response than mashing buttons/keys hard.
TOOLS: You can't check email, surf the web, download patches or IM with a console (reports of linux running on them in a hacked setup notwithstanding). So, I'd have to have a computer anyway. Being able to play games on it just as easily as posting here is a bonus that saves me $300 for the console.
MINIMUM VIEWING DISTANCE: TVs have a minimum viewing distance, except on HDTVs and some other _really expensive_ setups. To get the same relative screen size on a TV I'd have to get one with an 8-foot screen, and that'd cost me $20k+ easy, if I could even get one that looked as good as my desktop's 21" Trinitron CRT.
REPLAYABILITY: How many console games can you go download mods for to extend your investment? How many console games have upgrades/expansions that cost half or less of what the original game cost?
MULTIPLAYER: This one needs no explanation.
AVAILABILITY: I can eventually get almost any console game that'll play on my PC...they're almost always ported over. On the other hand, if I wanted to be able to play some of my favorite PC games on a console, I'd have to buy an XBox, PS2, Gamecube and probably 2 others because the games aren't interchangeable and the PC-to-console ports usually only go to ONE platform.
Hopefully this will give you a few reasons why some people choose PC games over consoles. I have yet to meet anyone who has played good PC games that has gone back to a console afterward.
Um, you mean, so we can pay for that OS upgrade every 2 years and patch it every few days? That kind of long-term value??? Puhleeze. I have friends who are STILL running Slackware linux in almost the SAME config they installed back in '94. Show me someone who's still running Win3.1...and getting any decent use of it.
Not relevant. Documentaries are designed to show you information. Fiction, by design, relies on immersing the viewer to get the full effect. Ads don't detract from the presentation of raw information, but DO detract from the immersiveness and/or continuity.
Guys, this doesn't mention anything about fiber-OPTIC stuff. It's all about fiber-reinforced composites--you know, like fiberglass?? Does anyone read the freaking stories before posting these headlines?
Eerily similar, nes pas? The next step, obviously, is kids informing on anyone, even parents/siblings/etc. AKA, The Death of Loyalty. AKA, politically-correct speech/thought monitors. Mr. Orwell, how do we create a lesson like yours in today's age?
NO NO NO!!! You didn't see the whole report. The current theory goes:
"The main difference between the estimates is that scientists now believe past global warming has been held down by the amount of dust and other particulates reaching the atmosphere. According to the theory, these blocked sunlight and created a cooling effect.
As industry gets cleaner, this effect is diminishing and carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases now have no countervailing force."
So, you see, we need more SUVs, more coal burning and more polluting factories! Doesn't anyone see the irony in this?
Umm, tell me why this counts as news? Unless there's some negative connotation, this is just business as usual. Where's the story on the Agriculture department's request for more funding? Oh, wait...we can't lambast poor farmers the way we can those eeevil, nasty Wepubwican hawks trying to deploy enough satellites to watch you piss in the woods on your next camping trip. Yeah, that must be it.
On a slightly less hemmorhoidal note, how many of you have read history? How many of you know that the Russians have successfully pilfered stealth technology? How many of you think they'll NOT sell it to the first fundaMENTAList with a billion dollars? How many of you think that the North Koreans or the Chinese are going to just up and say, "OK, America. We'll stop playing hardball and trash all our strategic assets if you'll just stop deploying those darned satellites. We're just a bunch of nice guys, anyway. Forget about things such as Tiennamen Square and other atrocities we've committed in the name of [insert favorite political cause here]." Yeah, right. A great man once said that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. A reminder: vigilant!=paranoid
This would require receptors of infrared light in the retina. Night-vision devices convert IR into the visible spectrum (usually puke green) so you can see it. Unless you can come up with IR cones or rods for the human retina, you'll probably just end up with a burning sensation. That'll be your wallet after purchasing the lens.;)
What if the democratic party sent out flyers to their party mailing list showing people how to vote for Gore. Well, if people are dumb enough to go in and simply poke the hole they saw on their instructions and not read the entire ballot first, then there is no valid reason to complain. To paraphrase a very relevant point: NEVER ATTRIBUTE TO MALICE THAT WHICH CAN BE EXPLAINED BY NEGLIGENCE/STUPIDITY.
What this kind of thing amounts to is election fixing. These groups are for-profit (maybe not ideologically, but it could be technically proven) and, thus, fall under the same rules as political action campaigns. One one hand, the point could be made that this is free association and, thus, constutional. On the other hand, the point can be made that trading votes amounts to voting outside your registered district. Also, what happened to people voting their conscience?
Feel free to point out any errors (of technical or logical significance)...I'm not omniscient.
What percentage of home PCs are currently connected to the internet?
Of those that are connected, what percentage are on a fast enough connection to update themselves transparently without pissing off the user. I mean, come on--you see how many folks get aggravated at how long simple HTML pages take to load. You're telling me office over the web will be faster?!?!?
Of those that are connected, and fast enough, what percentage are going to sit well with the idea of someone controlling their PC at such a fundamental level? Can you say, "Orwell," anyone?
Everyone raise your hand if you think the current system is moving too slowly and not doing anything. OK, all of you may now slap yourselves for forgetfulness...unless you never had a history class.
The founding fathers, despite the depraved attempts to paint them all as rapists, murderers or otherwise naughty citizens that just got lucky, knew the inherent dangers of group/mob mentality. They engineered safeguards into the constitution to prevent a runaway bunch of hooligans from taking over and rewriting the laws before the legal system could intervene. Think about it--would you really want the tree-huggers to pass sweeping legislation that forbade anyone from mowing their lawns with anything but electric mowers? What about laws that could force you off your land in the blink of an eye with no recourse, all because somebody found a cutsie wittwe fwog in your back yard?
Wake up, people. The system is supposed to work s.l.o.w.l.y. That way, any decisions have time to be mulled over by those of us that don't have a brain tap into C-SPAN.
One other point: the two party system can be broken down simply into two basic competing modes of thought. First, the left of center--believes in basic human kindness; believes that the planet can be destroyed by us bipeds; believes that you don't know enough about the way the world works to be given complete authority over your money, property and lifestyle (despite overtly pro-gay/choice/etc. positions. Second, the right of center--believes in the inherent moral struggle of the human soul and how it lends itself to selfishness, greed, sloth and hatred (and, thus, proposes laws that punish the act, not the potential); believes that you, the people, have been keeping the economy going all by yourselves (maybe with a bit of a nudge from the fed every now and then) and pretty much know what you're doing; believes that citizens should have the freedom to put their money wherever they want, buy the things you want and go broke, all on your own responsibility; believes that us puny humans canNOT destroy luna or gaia or whatever other fruitsy name the wackos have come up with for the planet earth.
Whatever happened to personal responsibility in every endeavor?
Do any of you find this getting closer to Orwell's "1984" every day? Not to kick a dead horse, but neither the government nor (and fscking especially) a company nor an individual needs my personal information unless it has direct bearing on a court case and is so ordered by the court with jurisdiction. I did not vote to have my constitutional rights revoked. Amendment IV The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Seems pretty damn clear to me.
Now, in case you don't want to read all this gobbledygook, I'll distill it down for ya. The study opens with the abstract. The next paragraph starts with, "On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold launched an assault on Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, murdering 13 and wounding 23 before turning the guns on themselves." Can you say, "bandwagon psychology" boys and girls? I knew you could. Strike one for the pundits.
A couple of sentences later we see, "Harris and Klebold enjoyed playing the bloody, shoot-'em-up video game Doom, a game licensed by the U.S. military to train soldiers to effectively kill." Do these people ever stop? OK, I've played the U.S. Marine modified version of DOOM and it doesn't train marines to kill. What it does is train them in what is called fire discipline. By that I mean that it trains them to use less ammo (because if you run out before your enemy does, you're dead) and it trains them to not shoot their fellow marines in the back. It also teaches them to employ fields of fire--everyone is assigned an arc of fire so they don't shoot the same targets and waste ammo. Also, the kludgy interface (relative to the human body) teaches the marine to slow down and take aim rather than just blast away and to wait until the enemy is closer before opening fire. Granted these are skills needed to effectively killeth thine enemy, but the characterization is that DOOM makes U.S. Marines stone killers. I'm laughing pretty hard right now...feel free to laugh yourself. Stike two.
A couple of paragraphs later, we read, "The research to date on video game effects is sparse and weak in a number of ways. Indeed, one reviewer (and many video game creators) has espoused the belief that "video game playing may be a useful means of coping with pent-up and aggressive energies" ( Emes, 1997, p. 413). In brief, what is needed is basic theory-guided research on the effects of playing violent video games." So, there isn't really any definitive research on how games affect aggression? Wow, that's nice of them to tell us this. Basically, we don't need to read any more because everything below this line is theoretical (read: guesswork by someone with a Piled higher and Deeper degree). Strike three.
Next, according to the report, the data obtained on each subject's prior/current 'hostility factor' was done through an APA questionnaire. As a typical subject might respond, "Gee, I'm sure to put down all the times I thumbed my nose at the teacher or told my boss to kiss off behind his back. Yep, I'm going to be totally honest about my own aggressive tendencies, especially since I'm 12-16 years old and am already sooo trusting of adults in general. Not to mention the fact that I'm going through puberty and am hormonally imbalanced and generally pissed at the world. Sure, I'm going to tell you something that might get me put in a special school or mandatory psychiatric counseling. Yep. Oh, and by the way, I have a bridge in Brooklyn that just went on the market. I'll make you a great deal."*smirk* Strike four.
Lastly, if they are going to test something for violent content, why pick something like Wolfenstein 3D? Why not pick something like Quake 3 or Team Fortress Quake? Or even better, why not use Blood 2??? I mean, wouldn't it be a better study to use a game in which the lead character (which you're playing first-person) makes wisecracks after reducing some poor sap to little bits that might not fit on a toothbrush? Oh, wait--Blood 2 wasn't that popular so it wouldn't make a case against the psychological decline of modern society. I could just as easily argue that Nascar Racing or Demolition Derby or California Racing games cause people to experience higher levels of road rage, couldn't I? Oh, but geeks are the problem, not rednecks. And rednecks aren't a threat to anyone; we're here about geeks, right? Right?!?
Hmm... "Among families earning $15,000 to $35,000, more than 33 per cent of whites owned computers, but only l9 per cent of blacks did." Does this tell you something about digital discrimination (HA! Yeah, right) or does this tell you about money management? And did anyone even think about the fact that the government hates the internet? I'll give you two reasons why: 1) The government cannot control people's movement on the internet and, thus, cannot tax it, and 2) the government cannot regulate the flow of rational thought like they can the liberal media and, therefore, cannot better their position relatively unchallenged. Face it, government studies just don't cut the mustard when it is about something they desire to regulate. Period. Anybody else's synapses firing out there? Loopus Maximus
Ach, Mein Gott!! "Do you don't think this doesn't matter..." I simply must learn to paste into this submitter from a word processor! Double-checking my own writing is still my nemesis!
Dropping out helped you to use proper punctuation, capitalization and grammar, huh? Do you don't think this doesn't matter, or that you have "artistic license" to write like a semi-literate cretin? The simple fact that someone recognizes these "inadequacies" in a relatively obscure list such as this just illustrates my point. You cannot expect your views to be seen as credible when you express them in a lackadaisical manner. Do you think the Constitution would be such a profound document had they used conversational slang? Furthermore, if you won't hold yourself to a higher standard, what standard will you hold your children to? Return("Rant_Over"); }//Loopus Maximus
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They control people through implicit and subtle threats to their liberty, livelihood, and privileges, as well as similar threats to their families.
Who's living in a Hollywood dreamworld now, eh? I wonder if you'd ever hear an Iraqi common citizen use the term "subtle" or "implicit" when telling the story of how their 3 kids were locked in an unlit jail cell with no running water or sanitary facilities for 5 years. I wonder how many lawyers it took to advise the millions of anti-Stalin Russians of their transgressions right before his goons took them all out back and shot them.
Yep, it's all just a breath away from the clean, sanitary, cable-TV, lunch-line, daily excercise, conjugal visit system employed by U.S. jails. [/sarcasm:off]
n00b. Wake up and smell the Freedom Coffee(tm).
Anti-leech.com's "protection" completely fails if you disable javascript. Tested on their demo and kazaalite.com. ROFL! Whoever that was that said only morons try to use client side stuff to hamstring users was dead on. :P
Who is the bigger fool--the fool or the fool who follows him? As long as people keep paying companies money, companies themselves are not to blame. They aren't in charge of sheeple. YOU have the CHOICE to do with your money whatever you want (except for taxes...I won't digress onto that rant).
Capitalism give you choice. Just because you lack the balls to MAKE that CHOICE and follow through, don't blame the system--it's YOUR cowardice...nobody elses.
Umm...he said "easy", not "possible".
Hopefully this will give you a few reasons why some people choose PC games over consoles. I have yet to meet anyone who has played good PC games that has gone back to a console afterward.
Um, you mean, so we can pay for that OS upgrade every 2 years and patch it every few days? That kind of long-term value??? Puhleeze. I have friends who are STILL running Slackware linux in almost the SAME config they installed back in '94. Show me someone who's still running Win3.1...and getting any decent use of it.
I only see one wireless NIC in it...how much good as a hub will it do after 10, 20 or 50 people start using it?
The front page story links through this address:
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/. stories concerning DoubleClick.
http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?s=8a08531
The link at the top of the "Read More..." page links direct at:
http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?s=8a08531
Is this part of Slashcode or a goof or what? Just found it curious considering the generally negative
Not relevant. Documentaries are designed to show you information. Fiction, by design, relies on immersing the viewer to get the full effect. Ads don't detract from the presentation of raw information, but DO detract from the immersiveness and/or continuity.
Guns don't kill people. People kill people.
:P What a novel concept.
Finally. Somebody in a position of power speaks to personal responsibility.
Guys, this doesn't mention anything about fiber-OPTIC stuff. It's all about fiber-reinforced composites--you know, like fiberglass?? Does anyone read the freaking stories before posting these headlines?
Eerily similar, nes pas? The next step, obviously, is kids informing on anyone, even parents/siblings/etc. AKA, The Death of Loyalty. AKA, politically-correct speech/thought monitors. Mr. Orwell, how do we create a lesson like yours in today's age?
NO NO NO!!! You didn't see the whole report. The current theory goes:
"The main difference between the estimates is that scientists now believe past global warming has been held down by the amount of dust and other particulates reaching the atmosphere. According to the theory, these blocked sunlight and created a cooling effect.
As industry gets cleaner, this effect is diminishing and carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases now have no countervailing force."
So, you see, we need more SUVs, more coal burning and more polluting factories! Doesn't anyone see the irony in this?
Umm, tell me why this counts as news? Unless there's some negative connotation, this is just business as usual. Where's the story on the Agriculture department's request for more funding? Oh, wait...we can't lambast poor farmers the way we can those eeevil, nasty Wepubwican hawks trying to deploy enough satellites to watch you piss in the woods on your next camping trip. Yeah, that must be it.
On a slightly less hemmorhoidal note, how many of you have read history? How many of you know that the Russians have successfully pilfered stealth technology? How many of you think they'll NOT sell it to the first fundaMENTAList with a billion dollars? How many of you think that the North Koreans or the Chinese are going to just up and say, "OK, America. We'll stop playing hardball and trash all our strategic assets if you'll just stop deploying those darned satellites. We're just a bunch of nice guys, anyway. Forget about things such as Tiennamen Square and other atrocities we've committed in the name of [insert favorite political cause here]." Yeah, right. A great man once said that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. A reminder: vigilant!=paranoid
This would require receptors of infrared light in the retina. Night-vision devices convert IR into the visible spectrum (usually puke green) so you can see it. Unless you can come up with IR cones or rods for the human retina, you'll probably just end up with a burning sensation. That'll be your wallet after purchasing the lens. ;)
What if the democratic party sent out flyers to their party mailing list showing people how to vote for Gore. Well, if people are dumb enough to go in and simply poke the hole they saw on their instructions and not read the entire ballot first, then there is no valid reason to complain. To paraphrase a very relevant point: NEVER ATTRIBUTE TO MALICE THAT WHICH CAN BE EXPLAINED BY NEGLIGENCE/STUPIDITY.
What this kind of thing amounts to is election fixing. These groups are for-profit (maybe not ideologically, but it could be technically proven) and, thus, fall under the same rules as political action campaigns. One one hand, the point could be made that this is free association and, thus, constutional. On the other hand, the point can be made that trading votes amounts to voting outside your registered district. Also, what happened to people voting their conscience?
Feel free to point out any errors (of technical or logical significance)...I'm not omniscient.
Loopvs Maximvs
Everyone raise your hand if you think the current system is moving too slowly and not doing anything. OK, all of you may now slap yourselves for forgetfulness...unless you never had a history class.
The founding fathers, despite the depraved attempts to paint them all as rapists, murderers or otherwise naughty citizens that just got lucky, knew the inherent dangers of group/mob mentality. They engineered safeguards into the constitution to prevent a runaway bunch of hooligans from taking over and rewriting the laws before the legal system could intervene. Think about it--would you really want the tree-huggers to pass sweeping legislation that forbade anyone from mowing their lawns with anything but electric mowers? What about laws that could force you off your land in the blink of an eye with no recourse, all because somebody found a cutsie wittwe fwog in your back yard?
Wake up, people. The system is supposed to work s.l.o.w.l.y. That way, any decisions have time to be mulled over by those of us that don't have a brain tap into C-SPAN.
One other point: the two party system can be broken down simply into two basic competing modes of thought. First, the left of center--believes in basic human kindness; believes that the planet can be destroyed by us bipeds; believes that you don't know enough about the way the world works to be given complete authority over your money, property and lifestyle (despite overtly pro-gay/choice/etc. positions. Second, the right of center--believes in the inherent moral struggle of the human soul and how it lends itself to selfishness, greed, sloth and hatred (and, thus, proposes laws that punish the act, not the potential); believes that you, the people, have been keeping the economy going all by yourselves (maybe with a bit of a nudge from the fed every now and then) and pretty much know what you're doing; believes that citizens should have the freedom to put their money wherever they want, buy the things you want and go broke, all on your own responsibility; believes that us puny humans canNOT destroy luna or gaia or whatever other fruitsy name the wackos have come up with for the planet earth.
Whatever happened to personal responsibility in every endeavor?
Loopvs Maximvs
Do any of you find this getting closer to Orwell's "1984" every day? Not to kick a dead horse, but neither the government nor (and fscking especially) a company nor an individual needs my personal information unless it has direct bearing on a court case and is so ordered by the court with jurisdiction. I did not vote to have my constitutional rights revoked. Amendment IV The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Seems pretty damn clear to me.
Now, in case you don't want to read all this gobbledygook, I'll distill it down for ya. The study opens with the abstract. The next paragraph starts with, "On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold launched an assault on Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, murdering 13 and wounding 23 before turning the guns on themselves." Can you say, "bandwagon psychology" boys and girls? I knew you could. Strike one for the pundits.
A couple of sentences later we see, "Harris and Klebold enjoyed playing the bloody, shoot-'em-up video game Doom, a game licensed by the U.S. military to train soldiers to effectively kill." Do these people ever stop? OK, I've played the U.S. Marine modified version of DOOM and it doesn't train marines to kill. What it does is train them in what is called fire discipline. By that I mean that it trains them to use less ammo (because if you run out before your enemy does, you're dead) and it trains them to not shoot their fellow marines in the back. It also teaches them to employ fields of fire--everyone is assigned an arc of fire so they don't shoot the same targets and waste ammo. Also, the kludgy interface (relative to the human body) teaches the marine to slow down and take aim rather than just blast away and to wait until the enemy is closer before opening fire. Granted these are skills needed to effectively killeth thine enemy, but the characterization is that DOOM makes U.S. Marines stone killers. I'm laughing pretty hard right now...feel free to laugh yourself. Stike two.
A couple of paragraphs later, we read, "The research to date on video game effects is sparse and weak in a number of ways. Indeed, one reviewer (and many video game creators) has espoused the belief that "video game playing may be a useful means of coping with pent-up and aggressive energies" ( Emes, 1997, p. 413). In brief, what is needed is basic theory-guided research on the effects of playing violent video games." So, there isn't really any definitive research on how games affect aggression? Wow, that's nice of them to tell us this. Basically, we don't need to read any more because everything below this line is theoretical (read: guesswork by someone with a Piled higher and Deeper degree). Strike three.
Next, according to the report, the data obtained on each subject's prior/current 'hostility factor' was done through an APA questionnaire. As a typical subject might respond, "Gee, I'm sure to put down all the times I thumbed my nose at the teacher or told my boss to kiss off behind his back. Yep, I'm going to be totally honest about my own aggressive tendencies, especially since I'm 12-16 years old and am already sooo trusting of adults in general. Not to mention the fact that I'm going through puberty and am hormonally imbalanced and generally pissed at the world. Sure, I'm going to tell you something that might get me put in a special school or mandatory psychiatric counseling. Yep. Oh, and by the way, I have a bridge in Brooklyn that just went on the market. I'll make you a great deal." *smirk* Strike four.
Lastly, if they are going to test something for violent content, why pick something like Wolfenstein 3D? Why not pick something like Quake 3 or Team Fortress Quake? Or even better, why not use Blood 2??? I mean, wouldn't it be a better study to use a game in which the lead character (which you're playing first-person) makes wisecracks after reducing some poor sap to little bits that might not fit on a toothbrush? Oh, wait--Blood 2 wasn't that popular so it wouldn't make a case against the psychological decline of modern society. I could just as easily argue that Nascar Racing or Demolition Derby or California Racing games cause people to experience higher levels of road rage, couldn't I? Oh, but geeks are the problem, not rednecks. And rednecks aren't a threat to anyone; we're here about geeks, right? Right?!?
Loopus Maximus
Oh, boy. Call me dense, but can someone please translate the above? Yes, programming in Visual Basic has decayed my brain. :)
Hmm... "Among families earning $15,000 to $35,000, more than 33 per cent of whites owned computers, but only l9 per cent of blacks did." Does this tell you something about digital discrimination (HA! Yeah, right) or does this tell you about money management? And did anyone even think about the fact that the government hates the internet? I'll give you two reasons why: 1) The government cannot control people's movement on the internet and, thus, cannot tax it, and 2) the government cannot regulate the flow of rational thought like they can the liberal media and, therefore, cannot better their position relatively unchallenged. Face it, government studies just don't cut the mustard when it is about something they desire to regulate. Period. Anybody else's synapses firing out there? Loopus Maximus
Ach, Mein Gott!! "Do you don't think this doesn't matter..." I simply must learn to paste into this submitter from a word processor! Double-checking my own writing is still my nemesis!
//Loopus Humbleus
Dropping out helped you to use proper punctuation, capitalization and grammar, huh? Do you don't think this doesn't matter, or that you have "artistic license" to write like a semi-literate cretin? The simple fact that someone recognizes these "inadequacies" in a relatively obscure list such as this just illustrates my point. You cannot expect your views to be seen as credible when you express them in a lackadaisical manner. Do you think the Constitution would be such a profound document had they used conversational slang? Furthermore, if you won't hold yourself to a higher standard, what standard will you hold your children to? Return("Rant_Over"); } //Loopus Maximus