I'm not really sure whether AOL/Netscape hold the copyright to Mozilla or whether they assigned it to someone else. (Didn't they assign it to the Mozilla Foundation?)
Either way, AOL/Netscape has been a major contributor of code, money, and other resources to Mozilla. Will that end with this new relationship?
There are some very bad parents out there. I really think that society also has a responsibility to keep inappropriate things away from children. M rated video games being one. Butterfly knives being another. Guns being a third. Booze and Cigarettes. Pr0n.
Just because some parents don't care doesn't mean its OK to sell these things to children.
You underestimate me. By the time my parents found out what I had done, it was the 90s and I was in college.
And as far as conning the ride, I just waited until we were going there anyway.
So, I would think that the kid would buy the game and play it when mom and dad aren't home. For example, after school until someone got home. Any kid can figure out how to hide a CD sized disc.
Right, so your argument is that you want to make money by selling M rated games to kids who are too young for them. Now we no where the opposition is coming from - people who are greedy and don't care about children.
When I was a child, there was an occasion where I wanted to buy something very badly. The item was something my parents did not want me to have and cost almost $100.
I saved every dime that came my way for almost a year to buy it. And I managed to con a ride to a city 20 miles a way so that I could make the purchase. You would be surprised how much you can save when you are very motivated and look for change on the ground, in coin returns, etc. Plus doing extra chores for the odd 50 cents here or there.
The item was a modem, by the way. It was the early 1980s.
I fully believe a motivated child can find the money to buy GTA3.
I recall some of the same criticisms about game violence in the 80s, but the violence in asteroids, pac man, donkey kong, etc clearly was at a lower level than today's games.
Why is it that there aren't more games like these today?
OTOH, I would be very afraid of a remake of Dig Dug with today's realistic graphics!
So, if your kid walks into Target without you, buys GTA3, takes it home and plays it when you are not around, that's OK with you? After all, it isn't society's responsibility to content filter, right?
Your kid gets out of school at 2:30pm and you probably get home from work at 6? If you are lucky enough to have a stay at home wife, great. But what if something happens and no longer have that luxury?
And if you are OK with GTA, what if it were cigarettes or liquor? Doesn't society have some responsibilities?
And if you try to discipline someone else's child, you run the risk of getting yourself into a physical fight with the parents, or even sued. I don't think so.
Hiting someone else's child is never appropriate. If the child is acting inappropriately and the parent is not around, it is OK to say something reasonable to ask the child to behave. If you are a store owner, it would be perfectly reasonable to ask the parent to remove the child from the premises if they are allowing bad behavior. But, you have to use common sense.
For example, a child is running through your store. Saying "No running, please" is perfectly OK.
Perhaps other, similar industries are doing a better job of self regulation?
I honestly don't know. For TV, there is the V-chip. For movies, the theatre and video stores are supposed to check ID before allowing a child to see or rent a movie. I believe blockbuster and hollywood video do a decent job on that for video games and movies.
I'd be interested to find out if stores like Target, Wal-Mart, etc. that sell R Rated DVD movies are checking ID. If not, then I would think they should be busted. Maybe I'll send my 10 year old intto Fry's to try to buy an R rated DVD and see what happens.
Does the Michigan law prevent sales of (any) video games to adults?
It is not my understanding that it does. So, please tell me how you are affected by the law? (Because now you can't make money selling GTA to kids without their parents present?)
I would assume that if you did in fact have children and you did want them to play GTA, you could buy it and then give it to them. You could also buy them bondage pr0n DVDs, cartons of cigarettes, and bottles of Jack Daniels, too, but then you wouldn't be that great of a parent.
So, please state specifically how this law is screwing with the rights of the rest of us?
You would be surprised at the number of really bad parents in the world. Talk to a social worker sometime about it.
Although, in some cases, the effects of GTA on these kids might not be the biggest thing society has to worry about. OTOH, do you really want a child who is already a sociopath playing GTA games?
First of all, $300/year is not chump change. My motorcycle insurance was less than that - for full coverage.
Second of all, how much protection does it really offer for slander or liebel cases? Or are there escape clauses that make the policy useless when you really need it?
CVT. Although I would argue that from the user's point of view, CVT is just like automatic transmission. Now of course that sounds inaccurate to someone who understands the technical details of the transmission. To the rider, its just like an automatic transmission in a car. You push the gas, the car goes - you twist the handle, the scooter goes.
And I don't understand the details of either how an automatic transmission works, nor how the CVT on my Vespa works.
Then build your own server. Jeez. This is obviously for people who:
a) Are not in a position to have their own database getting this information. or b) Believe that they can get useful information out of the last 100 exceptions.
When panic sets in, the instinct is to push the peddle to the floor.
I'm one of those idiots. Every time I've been in an emergency situation, I've paniced and done the stupid thing that people warn you against - pushing the brake pedal all the way to the floor, turning against the skid, etc.
The one exception being in icy conditions. In icy conditions, I know ahead of time that the car might slide, so I'm ready for it and I don't panic.
And yes, ABS on my last car saved me from causing some accidents.
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Everyone knows the moon landing were faked.
Besides, I would think that $100 Billion is too much. The price of motion picture special effects has come down a lot since the 60s.
Dude, who do you think owns Mozilla/Firefox?
I'm not really sure whether AOL/Netscape hold the copyright to Mozilla or whether they assigned it to someone else. (Didn't they assign it to the Mozilla Foundation?)
Either way, AOL/Netscape has been a major contributor of code, money, and other resources to Mozilla. Will that end with this new relationship?
Sure, now we're going to be innundated with Windows CD's offering 1000 hours of Windows free with your credit card.
This sounds like something that could be used as a deterent to crime.
Judge: "You are hereby sentanced 1000 hours of Windows"
Defendent: "Nooooooooooooooo!"
Probably wouldn't work though. We have restrictions on cruel and unusual punishment. Windows isn't unusual, but it certainly is cruel.
There are some very bad parents out there. I really think that society also has a responsibility to keep inappropriate things away from children. M rated video games being one. Butterfly knives being another. Guns being a third. Booze and Cigarettes. Pr0n.
Just because some parents don't care doesn't mean its OK to sell these things to children.
You underestimate me. By the time my parents found out what I had done, it was the 90s and I was in college.
And as far as conning the ride, I just waited until we were going there anyway.
So, I would think that the kid would buy the game and play it when mom and dad aren't home. For example, after school until someone got home. Any kid can figure out how to hide a CD sized disc.
Right, so your argument is that you want to make money by selling M rated games to kids who are too young for them. Now we no where the opposition is coming from - people who are greedy and don't care about children.
Right, because there aren't any stores that would say, "If I can make a buck selling M rated games to kids, then that will be my market niche."
When I was a child, there was an occasion where I wanted to buy something very badly. The item was something my parents did not want me to have and cost almost $100.
I saved every dime that came my way for almost a year to buy it. And I managed to con a ride to a city 20 miles a way so that I could make the purchase. You would be surprised how much you can save when you are very motivated and look for change on the ground, in coin returns, etc. Plus doing extra chores for the odd 50 cents here or there.
The item was a modem, by the way. It was the early 1980s.
I fully believe a motivated child can find the money to buy GTA3.
I really can't believe the moderators today. -2 Troll for something that was clearly an attempt at being humorous.
I recall some of the same criticisms about game violence in the 80s, but the violence in asteroids, pac man, donkey kong, etc clearly was at a lower level than today's games.
Why is it that there aren't more games like these today?
OTOH, I would be very afraid of a remake of Dig Dug with today's realistic graphics!
So, if your kid walks into Target without you, buys GTA3, takes it home and plays it when you are not around, that's OK with you? After all, it isn't society's responsibility to content filter, right?
Your kid gets out of school at 2:30pm and you probably get home from work at 6? If you are lucky enough to have a stay at home wife, great. But what if something happens and no longer have that luxury?
And if you are OK with GTA, what if it were cigarettes or liquor? Doesn't society have some responsibilities?
And if you try to discipline someone else's child, you run the risk of getting yourself into a physical fight with the parents, or even sued. I don't think so.
Hiting someone else's child is never appropriate. If the child is acting inappropriately and the parent is not around, it is OK to say something reasonable to ask the child to behave. If you are a store owner, it would be perfectly reasonable to ask the parent to remove the child from the premises if they are allowing bad behavior. But, you have to use common sense.
For example, a child is running through your store. Saying "No running, please" is perfectly OK.
Perhaps other, similar industries are doing a better job of self regulation?
I honestly don't know. For TV, there is the V-chip. For movies, the theatre and video stores are supposed to check ID before allowing a child to see or rent a movie. I believe blockbuster and hollywood video do a decent job on that for video games and movies.
I'd be interested to find out if stores like Target, Wal-Mart, etc. that sell R Rated DVD movies are checking ID. If not, then I would think they should be busted. Maybe I'll send my 10 year old intto Fry's to try to buy an R rated DVD and see what happens.
Does the Michigan law prevent sales of (any) video games to adults?
It is not my understanding that it does. So, please tell me how you are affected by the law? (Because now you can't make money selling GTA to kids without their parents present?)
I would assume that if you did in fact have children and you did want them to play GTA, you could buy it and then give it to them. You could also buy them bondage pr0n DVDs, cartons of cigarettes, and bottles of Jack Daniels, too, but then you wouldn't be that great of a parent.
So, please state specifically how this law is screwing with the rights of the rest of us?
You would be surprised at the number of really bad parents in the world. Talk to a social worker sometime about it.
Although, in some cases, the effects of GTA on these kids might not be the biggest thing society has to worry about. OTOH, do you really want a child who is already a sociopath playing GTA games?
Because when you sue the state, you effectively sue the attorney general who reports to the governor.
I heard that the XBox 360 was going to be called the 259.99999, but then they decided to use PowerPC instead of an Intel Pentium.
Also, the controller on the 360 is so big. (How big is it?) It is so big that when I dropped it onto the sofa, the legs of the couch broke off!
No one in Japan will buy the XBox 360 because in Japan, they like Sony.
Bill Gates should get a clue and realize that I will wait for the real versions of the games to come out for PS3 instead of buying for the XBox 360.
That's right. I've probably signed up 10 or 12 times for Yahoo mail accounts, but I've never even had a GMail invite.
If you think you are protected against people listening into your conversations merely because OnStar is a for profit business, you are naive.
First of all, $300/year is not chump change. My motorcycle insurance was less than that - for full coverage.
Second of all, how much protection does it really offer for slander or liebel cases? Or are there escape clauses that make the policy useless when you really need it?
And apparently you can get placed in one for refusing to sign an oath declaring political allegiance to the president's party.
CVT. Although I would argue that from the user's point of view, CVT is just like automatic transmission. Now of course that sounds inaccurate to someone who understands the technical details of the transmission. To the rider, its just like an automatic transmission in a car. You push the gas, the car goes - you twist the handle, the scooter goes.
And I don't understand the details of either how an automatic transmission works, nor how the CVT on my Vespa works.
Then build your own server. Jeez. This is obviously for people who:
a) Are not in a position to have their own database getting this information.
or
b) Believe that they can get useful information out of the last 100 exceptions.
Great. And when they get tickets for the seatbelts having been removed, you can pay for the outrageous increase in your liability insurance.
When panic sets in, the instinct is to push the peddle to the floor.
I'm one of those idiots. Every time I've been in an emergency situation, I've paniced and done the stupid thing that people warn you against - pushing the brake pedal all the way to the floor, turning against the skid, etc.
The one exception being in icy conditions. In icy conditions, I know ahead of time that the car might slide, so I'm ready for it and I don't panic.
And yes, ABS on my last car saved me from causing some accidents.