I find it interesting you mention Quake II. I played quake 2 heavily for a year then one day started getting very ill playing it.
After 5 minutes I was uncomfortable, after 15 I was ill by every definition, and once I tried to play as long as I could -- after 30 minutes I was just a quivering mass on the floor. Couldn't see straight, couldnt stand, was throwing up, dizzy, the works. I could never play q2 again and not get sick -- but i've never had any problem with any other game.
No... McAfee is just irresponsible. Try another program like Panda or Trend or Avast. I personally think Panda is the best at catching viruses -- but its software is a bit buggy. Trend is a solid performer, and Avast seems to do an ok job but it screws up Visual Studio so I dont use it personally, but I recommend the free version to friends.
Personally, I don't think games induce violence as much as they inspire violence
Close but no cigar. People who are attracted to violence are attracted to violent videogames. There's the link.
Hundreds of millions of people play video games each year, and maybe 10 a year go nuts. Now if you want to have a look at something interesting -- investigate the link between Prozac, Zoloft and Luvox and a psychosis known as "mania":
According to the manufacturer, Solvay, 4% of children and youth taking Luvox developed mania during short-term controlled clinical trials. Mania is a psychosis which can produce bizarre, grandiose, highly elaborated destructive plans, including mass murder. Interestingly, in a recent controlled clinical trial, Prozac produced mania in the same age group at a rate of 6%. These are very high rates for drug-induced mania--much higher than those produced in adults. Yet the risk will be even higher during long-term clinical use where medical supervision, as in the case of Harris, is much more lax than in controlled clinical trials. These drugs also produce irritability, aggression or hostility, alienation, agitation, and loss of empathy.
And this demonstrates the severity of the problem -- I get moded flamebait for posing legit questions.
The question remains: Republicans were elected back into power after stunning Democract corruption. Why now in an era of massive Republican corruption -- are Democrats unable to make good?
I have always believed Bush stole both elections... What is stunning to me is Democrats inability to make a political issue out of even the most serious of crimes commited by the Republicans, which in this case is treason, which is what vote fraud is (I am not a Democrat BTW).
We've known for quite some time that at least one, probably both presidential elections were stolen -- and numerous congressional/senatorial races were stolen as well. Why is it that can't even make the news? Why aren't the people who have the most to gain from that knowledge doing nothing about it? The Democrats are *NEVER* going to win an important election again util these machines are thrown away.
Let me tell you how the other half lives... In the past my income has flucuated from as much as 6 figures to as little as 4, so I think I am in a unique situation to comment, having been desperately poor and fairly well to do.
I pay over 40% of my income between state and federal, medicare, social security. I paid 1300$ last year for disability insurance tax! And that doesn't include sales tax, car taxes, etc etc which easily brings it past 50%. So basically, the government takes what I make, breaks it in half, and gives me one of the half.
This sucks for many reasons. First of all, there's no incentive to work. I used to do consulting on the side, but 1099 income is taxed at your rate + 14%. So on consultig income my base tax rate is 54%, and that still doesn't include all the other taxes we talked about which brings it up another 10% or so to around 64%. It's like having an abusive partner that beats you up and takes your money. Would you work on weekends if you could only keep 36% of what you made? Neither would I.
Well at least all this money is going to better society right? Not really... the vast majority is wasted. The government has proved to me that it is incapable of doing damn near anything right. The government just throws money at problems, and somehow some giant megacorp usually ends up with the money that was supposed to help people.
When people do actually get the money, poor people usually waste it. In california, 30% of San Bernardino county is on government assistance. In my town, there are appartments where the government provides rental assistance to people who can't afford rent -- the cars there are nicer then my middle class neighborhood. In california, 10 billion a year of tax money goes to services for illegal immigrants -- I see no reason why I should be taxed to provide services to the indigenous peoples of a foreign country.
My last anticdote -- the stock boy where I work drives *MY* dream car. I make 5x what this guy does. I won't buy myself the car because It would be irresponsible.
So here's the deal. When people who have a bit of money hear people say "Health care is a fundamental human right" the reality of the situation is that *SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR YOUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS*. You are declaring that you have the right to take the fruits of someone elses labor. So when you hear "healthcare is a fundamental right"... they hear "another 10% tax increase that the government will waste".
The real sollution has always, and will always be to eliminate government waste, pay down the debt, and at that point you will probably be able to expand services *AND* lower taxes.
I have had a history of strange rejections... Once I was verbally promised a very high up job, and the company would literally never take a call from me again.
By far the weirdest was (this is more or less an exact quote). "Hi, we would like you to know that we thought your interview went well and we think you would be excellent for the position. However, another candidate is further a long in the process and has already had 2 interviews. If he doesn't work out, would you be avaliable?"
When companies act like that you dont want to work for them anyways... but I was crushingly unemployed at the time, it was difficult.
I have two almost identical systems (only difference --4GB of ram) and have had no problem with XP or XP64. Infact Id say they're the best computers Ive ever owned.
You sir, are exactly right. This however is part of a long trend. Many years ago my grandmother who I would imagine was born around the 20's or 30's would boast about finishing high school! My father explained that when she grew up, very few people finished highschool, and of THOSE almost none were women.
So in 50 years we've advanced from not needing a high school education, to, a college education being a pre-requisite for employment.
I think that really points towards the failure of high schools to teach anything of value.
(standard) ME TO post. Prosecuters and police are always looking to make criminals out of people. I did stuff *FAR* worse to my high school computers (in the early 90's) and I got caught doing some of it. But guess what, they shrugged it off as mischevous youth... which is what it was.
Some people don't notice, some people do, and some monitors are far worse than others. As people age their hearing in that range (and probably other ranges as well) tends to degrade. It used to drive me nuts at 17, at 27 I dont find myself noticing it as much. But I also think monitors are getting better.
The funny thing about Prodigy is that first album was pretty much just the use of a sample cd called 160db IIRC. The link is of course to a reissue as the original is quite old. At the time the prodigy sound was pretty "fresh" (at least in the states), but when you realize you can buy fresh for a few bucks, its pretty weird:)
There is some irony there but Its a bit too early in the morning for me to work it all out.
When i say, "Finally! A reason to go into Walmart."
Seriously, just make it do one clever thing and I'll buy one. I'd love a media PC to replace my modded xbox (which is the best thing that ever happened to TV).
I'd like to add, if it exists, and you can hook it up to a TV as the article suggests, then you can probably play some kind of videogames on it.
NEVER trust a DVD writer review that praises plextor? Plextor *USED* to make the best writers, but their 740 series has a VERY HIGH failure rate, and the 716 is actually a remarked Benq drive!
amen to that. I am stuck in that position at my work place. A bunch of electrical/mechanical engineers wrote a bunch of very critical software in visual basic which now is failing left and right. Not only are there no best practices, there is no documentation, no requirements specifications, nothing. We are stuck migrating all of this code to appropriate platforms by reverse engineering it.
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After 5 minutes I was uncomfortable, after 15 I was ill by every definition, and once I tried to play as long as I could -- after 30 minutes I was just a quivering mass on the floor. Couldn't see straight, couldnt stand, was throwing up, dizzy, the works. I could never play q2 again and not get sick -- but i've never had any problem with any other game.
So I wonder if we have some common infirmity :)
No ... McAfee is just irresponsible. Try another program like Panda or Trend or Avast. I personally think Panda is the best at catching viruses -- but its software is a bit buggy. Trend is a solid performer, and Avast seems to do an ok job but it screws up Visual Studio so I dont use it personally, but I recommend the free version to friends.
Mod this man up! Man that was funny/tragically true :)
Close but no cigar. People who are attracted to violence are attracted to violent videogames. There's the link.
Hundreds of millions of people play video games each year, and maybe 10 a year go nuts. Now if you want to have a look at something interesting -- investigate the link between Prozac, Zoloft and Luvox and a psychosis known as "mania":
According to the manufacturer, Solvay, 4% of children and youth taking Luvox developed mania during short-term controlled clinical trials. Mania is a psychosis which can produce bizarre, grandiose, highly elaborated destructive plans, including mass murder. Interestingly, in a recent controlled clinical trial, Prozac produced mania in the same age group at a rate of 6%. These are very high rates for drug-induced mania--much higher than those produced in adults. Yet the risk will be even higher during long-term clinical use where medical supervision, as in the case of Harris, is much more lax than in controlled clinical trials. These drugs also produce irritability, aggression or hostility, alienation, agitation, and loss of empathy.
I think the real irony is that the book is terrible (yes I have read it).
The Storyteller
Mirrormask (which just came out)
The question remains: Republicans were elected back into power after stunning Democract corruption. Why now in an era of massive Republican corruption -- are Democrats unable to make good?
We've known for quite some time that at least one, probably both presidential elections were stolen -- and numerous congressional/senatorial races were stolen as well. Why is it that can't even make the news? Why aren't the people who have the most to gain from that knowledge doing nothing about it? The Democrats are *NEVER* going to win an important election again util these machines are thrown away.
MY iAudio X5 can steal corprate secrets *AND* play Ogg/Flac formats!
I'm not a republican or in favor of the war ... :)
I pay over 40% of my income between state and federal, medicare, social security. I paid 1300$ last year for disability insurance tax! And that doesn't include sales tax, car taxes, etc etc which easily brings it past 50%. So basically, the government takes what I make, breaks it in half, and gives me one of the half.
This sucks for many reasons. First of all, there's no incentive to work. I used to do consulting on the side, but 1099 income is taxed at your rate + 14%. So on consultig income my base tax rate is 54%, and that still doesn't include all the other taxes we talked about which brings it up another 10% or so to around 64%. It's like having an abusive partner that beats you up and takes your money. Would you work on weekends if you could only keep 36% of what you made? Neither would I.
Well at least all this money is going to better society right? Not really... the vast majority is wasted. The government has proved to me that it is incapable of doing damn near anything right. The government just throws money at problems, and somehow some giant megacorp usually ends up with the money that was supposed to help people.
When people do actually get the money, poor people usually waste it. In california, 30% of San Bernardino county is on government assistance. In my town, there are appartments where the government provides rental assistance to people who can't afford rent -- the cars there are nicer then my middle class neighborhood. In california, 10 billion a year of tax money goes to services for illegal immigrants -- I see no reason why I should be taxed to provide services to the indigenous peoples of a foreign country.
My last anticdote -- the stock boy where I work drives *MY* dream car. I make 5x what this guy does. I won't buy myself the car because It would be irresponsible.
So here's the deal. When people who have a bit of money hear people say "Health care is a fundamental human right" the reality of the situation is that *SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR YOUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS*. You are declaring that you have the right to take the fruits of someone elses labor. So when you hear "healthcare is a fundamental right" ... they hear "another 10% tax increase that the government will waste".
The real sollution has always, and will always be to eliminate government waste, pay down the debt, and at that point you will probably be able to expand services *AND* lower taxes.
Can you please explain the appeal of the grey album to me? I listenend to it and it didnt do much for me.
By far the weirdest was (this is more or less an exact quote). "Hi, we would like you to know that we thought your interview went well and we think you would be excellent for the position. However, another candidate is further a long in the process and has already had 2 interviews. If he doesn't work out, would you be avaliable?"
When companies act like that you dont want to work for them anyways... but I was crushingly unemployed at the time, it was difficult.
Haha you're the kind of person that thinks anyone cares what happens in a mud :)
As a member of the white guy minority ... I find the racial discussion in this country to be completely corrupt. Nobody has a right not to be offended.
I have two almost identical systems (only difference --4GB of ram) and have had no problem with XP or XP64. Infact Id say they're the best computers Ive ever owned.
So in 50 years we've advanced from not needing a high school education, to, a college education being a pre-requisite for employment.
I think that really points towards the failure of high schools to teach anything of value.
I thought I was the only one who absolutely worshiped that show. I wish we could get seasons 2 and 3 on DVD ... and seasons 4 and 5 in production :(
(standard) ME TO post. Prosecuters and police are always looking to make criminals out of people. I did stuff *FAR* worse to my high school computers (in the early 90's) and I got caught doing some of it. But guess what, they shrugged it off as mischevous youth... which is what it was.
There is some irony there but Its a bit too early in the morning for me to work it all out.
Seriously, just make it do one clever thing and I'll buy one. I'd love a media PC to replace my modded xbox (which is the best thing that ever happened to TV).
I'd like to add, if it exists, and you can hook it up to a TV as the article suggests, then you can probably play some kind of videogames on it.
NEVER trust a DVD writer review that praises plextor? Plextor *USED* to make the best writers, but their 740 series has a VERY HIGH failure rate, and the 716 is actually a remarked Benq drive!
amen to that. I am stuck in that position at my work place. A bunch of electrical/mechanical engineers wrote a bunch of very critical software in visual basic which now is failing left and right. Not only are there no best practices, there is no documentation, no requirements specifications, nothing. We are stuck migrating all of this code to appropriate platforms by reverse engineering it.
Hey! Hey! Stop that! On Slashdot we work firmly on *CONJECTURE* and *KNOW HOW*. Bringing facts to the table is cheating!