And on the 9th Day The garden of eden website was slashdotted. God saw this and realized it was bad. He cast the leader of the slashdot and said, "Forver you will drink yellow substance and be denied sleep. You will also fear the sun and lack social skills"
the great and many slashdotters cheered and ran into thier underground cavern. God realized he made a mistake.
Next week Slashdot will pull a whole days worth of articles from the washington post. Then the week after that New york times. then the week after that whatever newspaper website pays the most for a review of thier website.
It used to be I would be sitting playing on my computer and hear a OOOOOOOO!!! in the background. now i can either filter it out or listen for my pleasure.
"The 21-year-old Hudson man was addicted to EverQuest, says his mother, Elizabeth Woolley of Osceola. He sacrificed everything so he could play for hours, ignoring his family, quitting his job and losing himself in a 3-D virtual world where more than 400,000 people worldwide adventure in a never-ending fantasy. "
Lets see A full grown adult commits sucide. who do we blame?
I dont know about you but if your grip on reality is so weak that everquest makes you lose your job and become distant from everything else then I imagine ANY other game or BOOK would do the same. Geez. How did the guy support himself if he lost his job?
""It's like any other addiction," Elizabeth Woolley said last week. "Either you die, go insane or you quit. My son died.""
Or you manage it and keep it under control. I know plenty of people who are addicted to everquest but still maintain a fulltime job and don't commit sucide. (one is a level 56 enchanter I believe) I also know some college students who are addicted to speed and such but keep it under some control while they try and use it to thier benfit.
""Shawn was playing 12 hours a day, and he wasn't supposed to because he was epileptic, and the game would cause seizures," she said. "Probably the last eight times he had seizures were because of stints on the computer.""
so he had a previous problem with seizures and yet he kept playing the game. I dont know about you but when a adult chooses to try something they KNOW will or could harm them often they hold nooone but themself responcible.
""After playing the game for 36 hours straight, he had a psychotic break because of sleep deprivation, Parker said.""
Rofl. So he plays a game for 36hr and suffers. What is different from lack of sleep from a game and lack of sleep due to out partying.
""He thought the characters had come out of the game and were chasing him," Parker said. "He was running through his neighborhood having hallucinations. I can't think of a drug he could have taken where he would have disintegrated in 15 weeks.""
Sadly has this woman ever heard of many drugs like Crack, Acid or even herion? 15 weeks is long enough time for any drug or any thing taken into excess to hurt you significant.
"A call for warning labels"
I can see it now.
WARNING. Playing of this game can lead to having no social life if you can't control yourself. People who have lots of free time and addictive personality should not play this game. People who lack a LIFE to fall back upon when the servers crash need to also avoid this game.
WheatoniX, The Next Generation OS, was developed entirely by Wil Wheaton in his spare time (when he wasn't working on his website or pursuing his acting career).
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/wil.sht ml
Once when hauling my case to a lan party dang thing dropped. Bent the whole case and now I cannot remove my CDburner. Otherwise it works. I imagine if i had something like that it would have softened the blow. If I lose a chunck I could just bring extra foam along.
When I call someone often I like to hear thier voice. Not some mechanical or recorded voice. Also I think other people would like the same on the other end.
But at the end of the article they say it could apply to help send text messges which would make it quite usefull. this tech would be wonderful for voice recongition programs. Or imagine using one of those voice command programs in the middle of the night without having to worry about waking your roommate. Or typing out a quick text message without taking your hands off your steering wheel while driving or while reading a paper and then the program sending a text message to someone.
If they had launched a N'sync member instead. Who cares if it lacks the tech to keep him safe. It would relieve us of a Nsuck member.
I can see it now.
PAy 20mil to goto spacestation but get to ride in china's one for free. Hopefully the boybands are too dumb to realize they are unmanned and they would be cargo without life support.
Then that would assure me that my grandchildren and thier children will visit my grave. Plus the revenue from the quaters will help pay for my spot in the cemertary.
That I agree with the RIAA. Let them make thier own deals with each company. Watch how very very few or even none at all come to them. Hence blocking off the entire source of income. I hope the RIAA wins it. Also I wish the streaming places to start doing more indie work along those lines. Perhaps if the RIAA can see that they will get either a small % or nothing at all we will see how greedy they are. then if the RIAA starts thier own streaming we can organize a boycott to deny them money.
But the thought really hurts those who are making a living streaming the music as it stands. So my idea is probably a bad one. Tis a thought though.
do things like this than making a gauss cannon inside a teddy bear.
"" Look ma my bear is sick.......
THUNK
Mom why are you lying down?""
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Sigh. The poor lady.
And on the 9th Day
The garden of eden website was slashdotted.
God saw this and realized it was bad.
He cast the leader of the slashdot and said, "Forver you will drink yellow substance and be denied sleep. You will also fear the sun and lack social skills"
the great and many slashdotters cheered and ran into thier underground cavern. God realized he made a mistake.
Next week Slashdot will pull a whole days worth of articles from the washington post. Then the week after that New york times. then the week after that whatever newspaper website pays the most for a review of thier website.
i say we all goto Mcdonalds or burger king and order a hamburger:-)
I am glad someone major is bringing more attention to that bill and the attempt to get it passed. the more the general public knows the better.
If atnt follows TW's lead then I may have to finally drop Broadband.
Though I hear AtnT will be debuting a tiered pricing/speed scheme soon. Perhaps they have already considered it?
I hope not.
Is the bandwidth bill after they get /.'d
Without fear of someone seeing my shopping habits.
I am filled with much joy to see this. Am so glad tattered cover won.
now to correct my spelling
It used to be I would be sitting playing on my computer and hear a OOOOOOOO!!! in the background. now i can either filter it out or listen for my pleasure.
(/crude immature joke)
I need a new SBS for my druid. Anyone know if I could get one?
I mean comon poor guy lost his job and suddenly he found out the extra $$ he wouldn't be able to afford it.
"The 21-year-old Hudson man was addicted to EverQuest, says his mother, Elizabeth Woolley of Osceola. He sacrificed everything so he could play for hours, ignoring his family, quitting his job and losing himself in a 3-D virtual world where more than 400,000 people worldwide adventure in a never-ending fantasy.
"
Lets see
A full grown adult commits sucide. who do we blame?
I dont know about you but if your grip on reality is so weak that everquest makes you lose your job and become distant from everything else then I imagine ANY other game or BOOK would do the same. Geez. How did the guy support himself if he lost his job?
""It's like any other addiction," Elizabeth Woolley said last week. "Either you die, go insane or you quit. My son died.""
Or you manage it and keep it under control. I know plenty of people who are addicted to everquest but still maintain a fulltime job and don't commit sucide. (one is a level 56 enchanter I believe) I also know some college students who are addicted to speed and such but keep it under some control while they try and use it to thier benfit.
""Shawn was playing 12 hours a day, and he wasn't supposed to because he was epileptic, and the game would cause seizures," she said. "Probably the last eight times he had seizures were because of stints on the computer.""
so he had a previous problem with seizures and yet he kept playing the game. I dont know about you but when a adult chooses to try something they KNOW will or could harm them often they hold nooone but themself responcible.
""After playing the game for 36 hours straight, he had a psychotic break because of sleep deprivation, Parker said.""
Rofl. So he plays a game for 36hr and suffers. What is different from lack of sleep from a game and lack of sleep due to out partying.
""He thought the characters had come out of the game and were chasing him," Parker said. "He was running through his neighborhood having hallucinations. I can't think of a drug he could have taken where he would have disintegrated in 15 weeks.""
Sadly has this woman ever heard of many drugs like Crack, Acid or even herion? 15 weeks is long enough time for any drug or any thing taken into excess to hurt you significant.
"A call for warning labels"
I can see it now.
WARNING. Playing of this game can lead to having no social life if you can't control yourself. People who have lots of free time and addictive personality should not play this game. People who lack a LIFE to fall back upon when the servers crash need to also avoid this game.
Sigh.
WheatoniX, The Next Generation OS, was developed entirely by Wil Wheaton in his spare time (when he wasn't working on his website or pursuing his acting career).
t ml
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/looflirpa/wil.sh
I hope wil has a good sense of humor.
WOOHOOO read it and weep peeps.
European pigeon?
Once when hauling my case to a lan party dang thing dropped. Bent the whole case and now I cannot remove my CDburner. Otherwise it works. I imagine if i had something like that it would have softened the blow. If I lose a chunck I could just bring extra foam along.
When I call someone often I like to hear thier voice. Not some mechanical or recorded voice. Also I think other people would like the same on the other end.
But at the end of the article they say it could apply to help send text messges which would make it quite usefull.
this tech would be wonderful for voice recongition programs. Or imagine using one of those voice command programs in the middle of the night without having to worry about waking your roommate. Or typing out a quick text message without taking your hands off your steering wheel while driving or while reading a paper and then the program sending a text message to someone.
If they had launched a N'sync member instead. Who cares if it lacks the tech to keep him safe. It would relieve us of a Nsuck member.
I can see it now.
PAy 20mil to goto spacestation but get to ride in china's one for free. Hopefully the boybands are too dumb to realize they are unmanned and they would be cargo without life support.
that we find out info about a USA space program from a european news site. W
hmmm... popups eh. Perhaps that would be a fun way to get back at them. Fill thier log with popups. then when they view they get 50-100 porn sites.
So I can um go check and make sure its holding content that needs to be blocked.
Actually I am all for blocking kiddie porn.
But what I would like to have is a complete independant party to verify that the blocking is legit.
Then that would assure me that my grandchildren and thier children will visit my grave. Plus the revenue from the quaters will help pay for my spot in the cemertary.
Imagine playing Ghouls and Goblins in a cemetary.
That I agree with the RIAA. Let them make thier own deals with each company. Watch how very very few or even none at all come to them. Hence blocking off the entire source of income. I hope the RIAA wins it. Also I wish the streaming places to start doing more indie work along those lines. Perhaps if the RIAA can see that they will get either a small % or nothing at all we will see how greedy they are. then if the RIAA starts thier own streaming we can organize a boycott to deny them money.
But the thought really hurts those who are making a living streaming the music as it stands. So my idea is probably a bad one. Tis a thought though.
do things like this than making a gauss cannon inside a teddy bear.
""
Look ma my bear is sick.......
THUNK
Mom why are you lying down?""
{joke}
For helping terrorist manafactur weapons that could cause mass destruction. Anyone who has viewed this page and learned something from it needs to IMMEDENTLY turn themselves into the local FBI and be detained for trial.
This message brought to you by the Local FBI and National Security commision.
{/joke}