...so what if some, a lot, or all CEOs happen to be sociopaths?
1) It shouldn't matter if anyone is a sociopath as long as they do not break any laws.
2) How would you actually go about getting people people to take this so called concrete test? Would someone have to take this test in order to start their own company?
3) If they are deemed a sociopath, then what? That's not illegal.
This is a slippery slope my friend.
"How about you use your imagination instead of your tongue?"
I agree with your statement completely except for the referance above. This man does not lack in the imagination department. Anyone who has played Katamari Damacy will vouch for that.
Plus, I just have to copy and paste this quote for Snow Crash, I think it's hilarious because it's completely true:
"Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If I moved to a martial arts monastery in China and studied real hard for ten years. If my family was wiped out by Colombian drug dealers and I swore myself to revenge. If I got a fatal disease, had one year to live,devoted it to wiping out street crime. If I just dropped out and devoted my life to being bad."
Far and away, the most hours I've sunk into a game belong to Counter-Strike. I've been playing it on and off since b6.1, back in....2000 or so. I currently play one of it's Warcraft 3 MODs a bit each night.
Followed by, in order:
- Half-Life 2
- Rome: Totalwar
- Day of Defeat
- Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin, probably the best wargame, ever.
- Medieval: Totalwar
- MindRover, an excellent game I doubt many people know about.
- Team Fortress Classic
- Half-Life 1
- Civilization: Call to Power (don't hit me!)
- StarCraft
- SimCity
- Warcraft 2, my first online game (through AOL)
- Romancing the Kingdoms 3 (Sega Genisis?)
- Archon (Nintendo)
...I'd imagine you would see what are Drill Sergeants would do in Basic.
Say you did something stupid (I never did btw...), the DS would get in your face and say (or yell) something like "You know PRIVATE, I can't call you a fucking idiot for doing that! I could get in trouble for that! Hell, I could get in trouble for for saying your an ate up shit bag who I think's going to recycled because I fuckin hate you!!! But I'm not going to do that....beat your face!"
Why are game makers not smarter than this by now? They create a game that people absolutely love and then instead of nurturing the franchise to make lots of money in the long run they exploit it for a few bucks short term and ultimately kill it. Big hits like Tomb Raider are the lifeblood of these companies. What are they treated so trivially? Can someone with industry knowledge please explain this to me?
This is stupid. You know what this is. It doesn't take industry knowledge. This is greed. Instead of staying true to something, they thought of money. If they forgot about money and just kept doing their thing, it would've been all good. It takes (an) exceptional individual(s) not to roll with things the wrong way. C'mon, we all know this right, we're not stupid. Slashdot baby! Lemme do it -/. Yeeeeah!/.! Huh!
This is complete bullshit. Just because others are naturally better at something than you only means you need to try harder and not give up if you want to accomplish something.
Some people have natural talent, so be it. That doesn't mean I can't learn to whip there ass in something I wish to do with enough HARDWORK & DEDICATION.
I sure hope you're not a teacher. Because, you know - you would actually have to TEACH the children things like that instead of saying "Sorry Billy, you failed your science quiz, I don't think you're cut out to be an astronaut like you've been dreaming. I suggest you start practicing how to flip burgers."
From a small, single life from oozing out of the primodial soup to visiting (or destroying) other alien species in other galaxies via your UFO. I can't wait for this one!
I'd just like to comment on this "Education spending and educational standards are falling.".
I was born and raised in Duluth, MN, I'm 26 now. My 9 year old nephew does (basic) algebra equations in school. This isn't because he's especially bright in math or anything, this is the standard for everyone going there.
When I was growing up here, you didn't even have the option of learning algebra until at least the 7th or 8th grade.
Have you seen these kids play basketball today? It's great. There's a single team with boy's and girls. Sex (or anything else) doesn't matter, I think they're learning it's just a matter of working together to complete a common task.
When I was younger, they spilt up the boys & girl.
They also play SO much harder. We never played like that, we just kind of screwed around & had fun.
Anyways, I admit I'm a bit nieve when it comes to international educational standards (or any for that matter), but these kids today, compared to what I experienced, it's rather impressive. They're learning a lot more, a lot earlier. I see the standards as rising.
Well said alienmole. Sometimes I get the feeling like I'm alone in the way I think when I try to discuss these things with my friends and some of my family.
They make me feel like "You're wrong!", "You're wrong!", "You're stupid!", "What's wrong with you?!".
Every day that passes I realize, even more so, how long it takes for people change. But(!), I still believe we're on the right path most of the time - I see it at times, in little things. It's just going to take us awhile...hope I get to see some of it.
I sound like a wuss (not hear, but in my life)...but it's nice to hear "my" thoughts from someone else, that's all 8^)
Not only that, but you would think that, by the time they are able to implement it on any type of broad/consumer market, that the patent would be expired. I mean, I really can't see them rolling this out anytime soon.
Wait, wait a minute... Maybe they got one of those special Disney-like-never-ending-copyright patents? Then it would make sense.
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...so what if some, a lot, or all CEOs happen to be sociopaths? 1) It shouldn't matter if anyone is a sociopath as long as they do not break any laws. 2) How would you actually go about getting people people to take this so called concrete test? Would someone have to take this test in order to start their own company? 3) If they are deemed a sociopath, then what? That's not illegal. This is a slippery slope my friend.
That's what she said
lol
Screw sharks. Just think what a gaggle of friggin' penguins could do!
Well, I think you need to be going to college in order to have a Facebook account. So, right there what, about 75-80% of Myspace users are ineligible.
"How about you use your imagination instead of your tongue?"
I agree with your statement completely except for the referance above. This man does not lack in the imagination department. Anyone who has played Katamari Damacy will vouch for that.
...comic books, the Waltz (no kidding, look it up!) and Rock & Roll.
Because this article states otherwise.
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Plus, I just have to copy and paste this quote for Snow Crash, I think it's hilarious because it's completely true:
"Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If I moved to a martial arts monastery in China and studied real hard for ten years. If my family was wiped out by Colombian drug dealers and I swore myself to revenge. If I got a fatal disease, had one year to live,devoted it to wiping out street crime. If I just dropped out and devoted my life to being bad."
So true, so true.
Far and away, the most hours I've sunk into a game belong to Counter-Strike. I've been playing it on and off since b6.1, back in....2000 or so. I currently play one of it's Warcraft 3 MODs a bit each night. Followed by, in order: - Half-Life 2 - Rome: Totalwar - Day of Defeat - Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin, probably the best wargame, ever. - Medieval: Totalwar - MindRover, an excellent game I doubt many people know about. - Team Fortress Classic - Half-Life 1 - Civilization: Call to Power (don't hit me!) - StarCraft - SimCity - Warcraft 2, my first online game (through AOL) - Romancing the Kingdoms 3 (Sega Genisis?) - Archon (Nintendo)
I wonder if this has anything to do with women living on average, seven years longer than men?
I'm thinking of registering theevenlongerlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdoma innameatlonglast.com, just out of spite.
Yes, always. If you're told otherwise, it's because they feel bad for you.
Is it getting hot in here, or is it just me?
Law? No, I'm sorry. I came into this world without a chip, I plan on leaving that way to.
Say you did something stupid (I never did btw...), the DS would get in your face and say (or yell) something like "You know PRIVATE, I can't call you a fucking idiot for doing that! I could get in trouble for that! Hell, I could get in trouble for for saying your an ate up shit bag who I think's going to recycled because I fuckin hate you!!! But I'm not going to do that....beat your face!"
They're rather clever.
Gotcha' Google. Do it. Do us wrong though - feel our wrath (nothin', literally). You're rollin' with it, please don't forget /.
This is stupid. You know what this is. It doesn't take industry knowledge. This is greed. Instead of staying true to something, they thought of money. If they forgot about money and just kept doing their thing, it would've been all good. It takes (an) exceptional individual(s) not to roll with things the wrong way. C'mon, we all know this right, we're not stupid. Slashdot baby! Lemme do it - /. Yeeeeah! /.! Huh!
Anyways, we're smarter then this. Human nature.
Some people have natural talent, so be it. That doesn't mean I can't learn to whip there ass in something I wish to do with enough HARDWORK & DEDICATION.
I sure hope you're not a teacher. Because, you know - you would actually have to TEACH the children things like that instead of saying "Sorry Billy, you failed your science quiz, I don't think you're cut out to be an astronaut like you've been dreaming. I suggest you start practicing how to flip burgers."
From a small, single life from oozing out of the primodial soup to visiting (or destroying) other alien species in other galaxies via your UFO. I can't wait for this one!
I was born and raised in Duluth, MN, I'm 26 now. My 9 year old nephew does (basic) algebra equations in school. This isn't because he's especially bright in math or anything, this is the standard for everyone going there.
When I was growing up here, you didn't even have the option of learning algebra until at least the 7th or 8th grade.
Have you seen these kids play basketball today? It's great. There's a single team with boy's and girls. Sex (or anything else) doesn't matter, I think they're learning it's just a matter of working together to complete a common task.
When I was younger, they spilt up the boys & girl.
They also play SO much harder. We never played like that, we just kind of screwed around & had fun.
Anyways, I admit I'm a bit nieve when it comes to international educational standards (or any for that matter), but these kids today, compared to what I experienced, it's rather impressive. They're learning a lot more, a lot earlier. I see the standards as rising.
Then what the hell are they talking about? Oh right. - greed. They want EVEYBODY to buy their stuff.
They make me feel like "You're wrong!", "You're wrong!", "You're stupid!", "What's wrong with you?!".
Every day that passes I realize, even more so, how long it takes for people change. But(!), I still believe we're on the right path most of the time - I see it at times, in little things. It's just going to take us awhile...hope I get to see some of it.
I sound like a wuss (not hear, but in my life)...but it's nice to hear "my" thoughts from someone else, that's all 8^)
Not only that, but you would think that, by the time they are able to implement it on any type of broad/consumer market, that the patent would be expired. I mean, I really can't see them rolling this out anytime soon.
Wait, wait a minute... Maybe they got one of those special Disney-like-never-ending-copyright patents? Then it would make sense.
"...get the game though. The article get's a bit vague on any real details."