That won't stop the press from hyping it as a cure anyway. "Today on CNN, could Terry Schaivo been cured!?" Now with this article they may go the opposite way. "Stem cell research causes cancer! Today on CNN"
"I once did an informal (and anecdotal) caucus, and on one business trip observed about 95% of any laptop users playing solitaire or some game with their computers."
I needed a laptop for a biz trip to a software convention in SF CA. I was giving a talk and was reviewing my notes. But the thing the laptop was best for was killing the time during the flight. I was playing Nethack and even got a double take and knowing smile from a fellow techy who was walking down the aisle.
I think a movie based on the Scarface video game would be a killer film (excuse the pun). They should show what leads up to the begining of the game and have Tony die in the final fight.
Atari's old ET game would also kick ass. Where's my funding?
Video game movies are bad ideas. The game is made for interactive play with a story line usually tacked on out of obligation. I'm glad Fox wised up (now if they could just dump their news division). I suspect that some consultants are going to studio heads and pushing the "Look how video games have become a $x billion dollar industry. Look at the demographics! You'd be a fool not to make crappy movies based on them." I'm surprised they aren't soing "World of Warcraft" or "Grand Theft Auto".
I'm still waiting for "Pac Man, The Movie" starring John Goodman as a man with an uncontrolable appetite who is literally haunted by ghosts from his past. Oh shit, I just spotted it on your list. Please god, send that asteroid now!
Amino acids have been seen in molecular gas clouds so the formation of complex organic compounds can occur in places that seem too hostile for it. Remember the hadean earth was very hostile.
They'd come out with battery powered wireless USB devices (not monitors of course). Your wireless USB card reader will be next to the missing TV remote under the couch.
The next stage will be trading beads and beaver pelts for MP3s. Maybe I can barter with them? "I'll help you turn a couple of PCs into bots for some tunes."
Lets be honest, the real reason they aren't going after it is that usenet is little known outside of IT circles and is pretty user unfriendly (at least to a layman).
I doubt profoundly depressed people would play an interactive on-line game religiously. The people I've know who have been clinically depressed are more likely to spend their time isolated and in bed, not organizing raids on-line.
I'd say low level depression sets the stage for most addictive behavior (starting it at least). It provides a mental boost that compensates for the depression (one reason the mentally ill tend to be heavy smokers). It is very hard for a person with depression to "snap out of it" because the will they need to fight it is also crippled by it. I wouldn't be surprised if most of the worst on-line stories were preceeded with dissatisfaction with marriages, work, life in general, etc. A natural tendency towards depression may also be in these people's genes. Maybe a combination of mild anti-depressents combined with counseling would be in order for these folks.
Schools get sued more than you think. Just the act of defending yourself is enough to drain valuable funds from a town. And one big successful lawsuit, especially if the town's insurer deems it not covered, can really impoversh a town. The threat of a lawsuit alone is enough to turn government agencies and businesses into pathetic nannies who have to point out the obvious dangers of everything so someone can't claim they didn't know better in court.
Now you can get sued if the curriculum doesn't make every single parent happy. Good luck with that! Lexington MA Lawsuit
I know of a certain person who'd I'd like to see stop going to work, meeting people, submitting bills, etc so I'm sending a set of WoW install CDs to:
The White House
c/o Pres. G.W. Bush
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Keep an eye out for a female elf with a Texas accent.
I'd play BF2142 if I could blow the ads up with a round from my RPG. I'd especially like to empty a clip into the actors from the "teens rapping about diarrhea" ads that were on TV a little while back.
"I see you've been 'pwned', would you be interested in Viagra(tm) so you can feel like a man again?"
"I see you've been playing for over 4 hours, would you be interested in a coupon for Preperation H?"
"Your browser is open in the background to 'www.HornyTeenSluts.com', could I interest you in singles available in your area?"
"I was scanning your email while you were playing and found a letter from what appears to be your girlfriend who is breaking up with you. Could I interest you in a special at 1-800-FLOWERS? No? How about those available singles I mentioned before?"
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That won't stop the press from hyping it as a cure anyway. "Today on CNN, could Terry Schaivo been cured!?" Now with this article they may go the opposite way. "Stem cell research causes cancer! Today on CNN"
Sorry I hurt your feelings. It was hilarious. Really it was.
It wasn't a Mac, just like your comment wasn't a joke.
"I once did an informal (and anecdotal) caucus, and on one business trip observed about 95% of any laptop users playing solitaire or some game with their computers."
I needed a laptop for a biz trip to a software convention in SF CA. I was giving a talk and was reviewing my notes. But the thing the laptop was best for was killing the time during the flight. I was playing Nethack and even got a double take and knowing smile from a fellow techy who was walking down the aisle.
I'm hooked on Monkey Phonics!
I'll remember that rule for 5 minutes like I usually do.
You did know I was joking, right? I hope I don't need to start using "satire" tags again.
When they start having people with masters degrees in policy running guilds in a GAME I think it is time to go back to playing Minesweeper.
I think the South Park WoW episode is all we need. One of the funniest things I've ever seen. I almost fell off the couch watching it.
I think a movie based on the Scarface video game would be a killer film (excuse the pun). They should show what leads up to the begining of the game and have Tony die in the final fight.
Atari's old ET game would also kick ass. Where's my funding?
Video game movies are bad ideas. The game is made for interactive play with a story line usually tacked on out of obligation. I'm glad Fox wised up (now if they could just dump their news division). I suspect that some consultants are going to studio heads and pushing the "Look how video games have become a $x billion dollar industry. Look at the demographics! You'd be a fool not to make crappy movies based on them." I'm surprised they aren't soing "World of Warcraft" or "Grand Theft Auto".
I'm still waiting for "Pac Man, The Movie" starring John Goodman as a man with an uncontrolable appetite who is literally haunted by ghosts from his past. Oh shit, I just spotted it on your list. Please god, send that asteroid now!
Amino acids have been seen in molecular gas clouds so the formation of complex organic compounds can occur in places that seem too hostile for it. Remember the hadean earth was very hostile.
It was either do that or go to class.
It reproduces via mitosis. Eventually the parent organism becomes so large that it must split into two organisms or else risk splitting it's pants.
They are still looking for the prototype. It is around here somewhere...
They'd come out with battery powered wireless USB devices (not monitors of course). Your wireless USB card reader will be next to the missing TV remote under the couch.
The next stage will be trading beads and beaver pelts for MP3s. Maybe I can barter with them? "I'll help you turn a couple of PCs into bots for some tunes."
They have a new ad slogan:
"Mastercard, it is everywhere the law is gray."
Lets be honest, the real reason they aren't going after it is that usenet is little known outside of IT circles and is pretty user unfriendly (at least to a layman).
"Imagine a world without people"
I'm working on it! It'll be done soon, I promise.
I doubt profoundly depressed people would play an interactive on-line game religiously. The people I've know who have been clinically depressed are more likely to spend their time isolated and in bed, not organizing raids on-line.
I'd say low level depression sets the stage for most addictive behavior (starting it at least). It provides a mental boost that compensates for the depression (one reason the mentally ill tend to be heavy smokers). It is very hard for a person with depression to "snap out of it" because the will they need to fight it is also crippled by it. I wouldn't be surprised if most of the worst on-line stories were preceeded with dissatisfaction with marriages, work, life in general, etc. A natural tendency towards depression may also be in these people's genes. Maybe a combination of mild anti-depressents combined with counseling would be in order for these folks.
Schools get sued more than you think. Just the act of defending yourself is enough to drain valuable funds from a town. And one big successful lawsuit, especially if the town's insurer deems it not covered, can really impoversh a town. The threat of a lawsuit alone is enough to turn government agencies and businesses into pathetic nannies who have to point out the obvious dangers of everything so someone can't claim they didn't know better in court.
Now you can get sued if the curriculum doesn't make every single parent happy. Good luck with that! Lexington MA Lawsuit
I know of a certain person who'd I'd like to see stop going to work, meeting people, submitting bills, etc so I'm sending a set of WoW install CDs to:
The White House
c/o Pres. G.W. Bush
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Keep an eye out for a female elf with a Texas accent.
I'd play BF2142 if I could blow the ads up with a round from my RPG. I'd especially like to empty a clip into the actors from the "teens rapping about diarrhea" ads that were on TV a little while back.
"I see you've been 'pwned', would you be interested in Viagra(tm) so you can feel like a man again?"
"I see you've been playing for over 4 hours, would you be interested in a coupon for Preperation H?"
"Your browser is open in the background to 'www.HornyTeenSluts.com', could I interest you in singles available in your area?"
"I was scanning your email while you were playing and found a letter from what appears to be your girlfriend who is breaking up with you. Could I interest you in a special at 1-800-FLOWERS? No? How about those available singles I mentioned before?"