I know, 5-7 hours a day means he's not playing for 17-19 hours. At worst he wastes 11 hours each day on trivial matters like eating, sleeping, school/work and stuff. A healthy person could easily play twice as long each day. And 15 hours on the weekend? What the beep is he doing for the remaining 18 hours? Talking about some lack of attention span.
Well, I think we better prepare the wall. The revolution must be coming!
Well, I would revolt if our government would impose such inhuman laws. What's next? A limit on how much coke you can drink? Mandatory vegetables with each meal? Banning fastfood? Forced physical activity each day? Such laws would kill us all!
what personal problems do these people have that make them want to spend so much time watching TV?
Want them to stop watching? Get them a psychologist. Addiction is only a symptom.
People watch several hours a day TV. Every day. Most people don't even know what to do if they can't watch TV an evening. Now why is playing games an addiction and watching TV not? The social aspect of sitting silently next to each other staring at the same screen? Ever noticed how people complain that there is nothing on TV, but they still keep watching? TV is the number one addiction in the so called developed world.
Lets make those PC's happy and introduce the gender neutral pronoun: he/she/it -> hesheit -> hshit (note: first h is silent).
So don't write "he went to school" or "she went to school", write "Hshit went to school" and nobody will be offended.
non-lethal? Picture what happens when someone is shocked and drops to the ground in the middle of a crowd. Crowd tend to not look where they walk and falling down is very unhealthy.
If duke4ever is going to be as good as duke3D is, then it is worth the wait. I'm only worried that I might have died of old age before it's released. I mean I'm 23 now, I've got at most 80 years left so it's going to be tight.
Actually in contrast to popular believe the average/. editor excells on both grammar and spelling. The true reason why/. articles lack both qualities lays in the fact that said editors have trained their pet monkeys to use keyboards.
That's the part I've never understanded about the US. On one hand the US is ultra-religious. But on the other hand helping the poor is totaly unamerican (socialism is baaaaaaaad). Now what I don't get is this: is the US hypocritical (a lot of talking, but noone really meaning what they say) or is this a case of a splitten personality? (radical differences in oppinion)
This isn't meant as flamebait or anti-americanism or something. It's just strange that a society that holds on to religion in so many ways, seems to disagree with a major portion of it.
Athoret from the planet France, spoke to the press today. He stated that the union of ass-probing industries will not stand for allowing these home build devices to destroy their industry. His union will file for a complete ban on these devices. "We're working hard to feed our children, how can we allow the action of such inresposible people to damage our industry?" stated the angry Francian.
Multithreading could do away with loading screens. If the player approaches the end of the level, the other thread could start loading the data for the next level. Imagine huge worlds that are full of detail, uninterrupted by pesky loading screens.
Are you implying the US military hasn't advanced the knowledge of humanity? Thanks to the military (not just the US ofcourse) we've got a few million ways to kill all sorts of intresting people. Without it we would still be beating each other over the head with a bone and now you got to admit that a modern dressed man beating someone to death with a bone looks just ridiculouse, right?
So what is the purpose of military research? Simple: to keep our killing tools up with our latest fashion in clothing.
I wouldn't worry so much about the impact of blowing up a sky scraper. IMO a coordinated attack at city facilities like its water supply would be much more devastating. How long would a city like New York be habitable without a water supply? Electricity gets much more attention, but a city without it, can still keep its inhabitants alive and (relative) well. We've been living in cities without electricity for milenia, while I've never heard about a city existing without water.
Modchips were banned. Why wouldn't they be able to make it illegal to modify your phone? It's not as if you really own any of your own bought hardware these days, is it?
Not really. A con-man studies his mark to find his weak spots and then using these weak spots to push him in a situation where the mark does what the con-man had in mind. Advertisement just does the same thing on a much larger scale. It tries to get a whole bunch of people to do a certain thing, like buying a particular product. What they are saying is that they are getting better at this. So is that a good thing or isn't it?
It won't be less annoying; the annoyance will just be later, when you realise you were tricked in buying some crapware again. Advertisement is nothing more than a glorified con-job.
Overclock an electronic computer -> chip burns to a crisp.
Overclock a optical computer -> Neighbours complain about the new hole through the wall, closet, chair, TV, other closet and wall.
Overclock a quantum computer -> astronomists of distant world talk about the new supernova they've spotted.
Ok, now I realise I'm spoiled. The cinema I visit regulary, Metropolis (kinepolis group) in Antwerp, flanders (in Europe), has 20 screens all THX, good seats and sticky floors. Cost 7.5 a seat. resonably (over)priced drinks and candy. Adds are equaly annoying.
Unlogical? It's unlogical that you can't do what you want with the hardware you buy (modchips anyone) or make backups from your own movies (DVD encryption anyone?). It's all unlogical, but it's profitable. Companies want only one thing: more revenue. Volunteers are just another source of income. The beauty of it all (from the companies POV) is that volunteers can do all the work, but never can make any (legal) claim on any of the extra income they generate for the company. After all the company never hired them or anything. And if the volunteer gets tired of it and quits, there plenty more to replace him.
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The Union of Science Fiction Writers? Must be frustrating having your best ideas copied by reality so often.
I know, 5-7 hours a day means he's not playing for 17-19 hours. At worst he wastes 11 hours each day on trivial matters like eating, sleeping, school/work and stuff. A healthy person could easily play twice as long each day. And 15 hours on the weekend? What the beep is he doing for the remaining 18 hours? Talking about some lack of attention span.
Well, I think we better prepare the wall. The revolution must be coming!
Well, I would revolt if our government would impose such inhuman laws. What's next? A limit on how much coke you can drink? Mandatory vegetables with each meal? Banning fastfood? Forced physical activity each day? Such laws would kill us all!
what personal problems do these people have that make them want to spend so much time watching TV?
Want them to stop watching? Get them a psychologist. Addiction is only a symptom.
People watch several hours a day TV. Every day. Most people don't even know what to do if they can't watch TV an evening. Now why is playing games an addiction and watching TV not? The social aspect of sitting silently next to each other staring at the same screen? Ever noticed how people complain that there is nothing on TV, but they still keep watching? TV is the number one addiction in the so called developed world.
Lets make those PC's happy and introduce the gender neutral pronoun: he/she/it -> hesheit -> hshit (note: first h is silent).
So don't write "he went to school" or "she went to school", write "Hshit went to school" and nobody will be offended.
non-lethal? Picture what happens when someone is shocked and drops to the ground in the middle of a crowd. Crowd tend to not look where they walk and falling down is very unhealthy.
If duke4ever is going to be as good as duke3D is, then it is worth the wait. I'm only worried that I might have died of old age before it's released. I mean I'm 23 now, I've got at most 80 years left so it's going to be tight.
Voice controlled I hope? "Computer. Activate self destruct. 15min. silent countdown."
My pet monkey has a learning disability?
Actually in contrast to popular believe the average /. editor excells on both grammar and spelling. The true reason why /. articles lack both qualities lays in the fact that said editors have trained their pet monkeys to use keyboards.
That's the part I've never understanded about the US. On one hand the US is ultra-religious. But on the other hand helping the poor is totaly unamerican (socialism is baaaaaaaad). Now what I don't get is this: is the US hypocritical (a lot of talking, but noone really meaning what they say) or is this a case of a splitten personality? (radical differences in oppinion)
This isn't meant as flamebait or anti-americanism or something. It's just strange that a society that holds on to religion in so many ways, seems to disagree with a major portion of it.
Athoret from the planet France, spoke to the press today. He stated that the union of ass-probing industries will not stand for allowing these home build devices to destroy their industry. His union will file for a complete ban on these devices. "We're working hard to feed our children, how can we allow the action of such inresposible people to damage our industry?" stated the angry Francian.
Quick! grab the holy water, some crosses and the jezus action figures... oh wait. Wrong mythical figure.
Yes, but this one was copied from the dupe.
Multithreading could do away with loading screens. If the player approaches the end of the level, the other thread could start loading the data for the next level. Imagine huge worlds that are full of detail, uninterrupted by pesky loading screens.
Are you implying the US military hasn't advanced the knowledge of humanity? Thanks to the military (not just the US ofcourse) we've got a few million ways to kill all sorts of intresting people. Without it we would still be beating each other over the head with a bone and now you got to admit that a modern dressed man beating someone to death with a bone looks just ridiculouse, right?
So what is the purpose of military research? Simple: to keep our killing tools up with our latest fashion in clothing.
I wouldn't worry so much about the impact of blowing up a sky scraper. IMO a coordinated attack at city facilities like its water supply would be much more devastating. How long would a city like New York be habitable without a water supply? Electricity gets much more attention, but a city without it, can still keep its inhabitants alive and (relative) well. We've been living in cities without electricity for milenia, while I've never heard about a city existing without water.
We've replaced the epicycle with a bicycle and now even a kid can do it.
Modchips were banned. Why wouldn't they be able to make it illegal to modify your phone? It's not as if you really own any of your own bought hardware these days, is it?
Area 51?
Not really. A con-man studies his mark to find his weak spots and then using these weak spots to push him in a situation where the mark does what the con-man had in mind. Advertisement just does the same thing on a much larger scale. It tries to get a whole bunch of people to do a certain thing, like buying a particular product. What they are saying is that they are getting better at this. So is that a good thing or isn't it?
It won't be less annoying; the annoyance will just be later, when you realise you were tricked in buying some crapware again. Advertisement is nothing more than a glorified con-job.
Overclock an electronic computer -> chip burns to a crisp.
Overclock a optical computer -> Neighbours complain about the new hole through the wall, closet, chair, TV, other closet and wall.
Overclock a quantum computer -> astronomists of distant world talk about the new supernova they've spotted.
Ok, now I realise I'm spoiled. The cinema I visit regulary, Metropolis (kinepolis group) in Antwerp, flanders (in Europe), has 20 screens all THX, good seats and sticky floors. Cost 7.5 a seat. resonably (over)priced drinks and candy. Adds are equaly annoying.
Unlogical? It's unlogical that you can't do what you want with the hardware you buy (modchips anyone) or make backups from your own movies (DVD encryption anyone?). It's all unlogical, but it's profitable. Companies want only one thing: more revenue. Volunteers are just another source of income. The beauty of it all (from the companies POV) is that volunteers can do all the work, but never can make any (legal) claim on any of the extra income they generate for the company. After all the company never hired them or anything. And if the volunteer gets tired of it and quits, there plenty more to replace him.