"If you're 18 or older and you're a grown-up and an adult, that's your business," the governor said. "But I don't believe that my 8-year-old daughter has a constitutional right to cut somebody's head off in a game that she plays."
I live in Illinois and have been for three years, so I have the right to say that this is total crap. I think what he fails to see is that as a parent he needs to not only monitor what his child buys, but teach himself along with his daughter the difference between virtual and real. Children aren't stupid, tell them that in a video game it's not real and that in real life it's not okay to hurt people. It's that simple.
<I>Under the governor's plan, the proposed fine for violating the bans would be a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in prison or a $5,000 fine.</I>
Wouldn't it be psychologically scarring to put a minor in prison? Wouldn't it be cruelty to put a parent in prison for buying a game he/she feels their child is responsible enough to play?
I don't buy it, not a scrap of it. On the shallow side, he even -looks- a bit of a quack. I suspect he's the next Penn & Teller cannon fodder for their series. No where in the article did I even see anything remotely scientific. It was just a bunch of hype. Where're the scientific facts he's supposedly gathered to back it up? A thousand years is a big promise to make, a promise of 100 years would've sufficed even in this day and age.
The Methuselah Mouse project did/does prolong the life of a mouse, granted a mouse only lives for three years naturally so proportionally a mouse that lives 5-10 years would seem phenomenal.
I'm with Olshansky, the way de Grey makes it out to be makes you suspect he's forming it into a bit of a cult instead of an actual scientific endeavor.
...is that if and when spam is ever eliminated, it would mean the end of Spamusement.
http://www.spamusement.com/ I actually look through my spam to find the weirdest subject headings to send to the guy who makes the cartoon. It's the best use for spam I've yet to see.
I remember the robo-bee, that's been around for years and years. So the concept of robot insects isn't -that- new. But is a robo-roach necessary for just killing them? If you're trying to control roach populations, can't you just feed it something to sterilise the males or females like the kind of sticky, sweet drops you give to small, indoor ants?
I read through the list of articles the site linked to, all they talk about mainly is the interaction between robot creatures and real ones and how to blend it "seamlessly". Maybe I missed the bit about killing off anything, because it sounds more like a way to control how they all behave.
There's only one MMORPG that I play, Ragnarok Online. It's got the same "pest control" problems in most instances, but the real fun is the "bad Engrish". This is one of the few game that I've actually continually enjoyed for nearly a year and a half. The hardcore folks might not like it, however, it features cute anime-style 2D characters on a pastely 3D world, but the simple bitmap textures are to die for and the monsters are 2D animations, as well. It's the combination and the ambiance that always draws me back to RO, not so much the gameplay anymore.
They also feature a test server, to "translate" features already being played in Korea and bringing them international players. I think half the fun of the game has always been that you can email them English corrections and game suggestions and you actually get a response from them.
They feature seasonal events, as well. Right now they've filled the main towns with monsters and an NPC giving out special quests for Halloween.
I just downloaded some 4 or 5 ebooks today at Project Gutenberg (http://promo.net/pg/). I think there is an appeal to downloadable books, but that's because I have no other way of reading something at work on my breaks unless it's on my machine.
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"If you're 18 or older and you're a grown-up and an adult, that's your business," the governor said. "But I don't believe that my 8-year-old daughter has a constitutional right to cut somebody's head off in a game that she plays."
I live in Illinois and have been for three years, so I have the right to say that this is total crap. I think what he fails to see is that as a parent he needs to not only monitor what his child buys, but teach himself along with his daughter the difference between virtual and real. Children aren't stupid, tell them that in a video game it's not real and that in real life it's not okay to hurt people. It's that simple.
<I>Under the governor's plan, the proposed fine for violating the bans would be a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in prison or a $5,000 fine.</I>
Wouldn't it be psychologically scarring to put a minor in prison? Wouldn't it be cruelty to put a parent in prison for buying a game he/she feels their child is responsible enough to play?
I know who I'm -not- voting for next time around.
I don't buy it, not a scrap of it. On the shallow side, he even -looks- a bit of a quack. I suspect he's the next Penn & Teller cannon fodder for their series. No where in the article did I even see anything remotely scientific. It was just a bunch of hype. Where're the scientific facts he's supposedly gathered to back it up? A thousand years is a big promise to make, a promise of 100 years would've sufficed even in this day and age.
The Methuselah Mouse project did/does prolong the life of a mouse, granted a mouse only lives for three years naturally so proportionally a mouse that lives 5-10 years would seem phenomenal.
I'm with Olshansky, the way de Grey makes it out to be makes you suspect he's forming it into a bit of a cult instead of an actual scientific endeavor.
...is that if and when spam is ever eliminated, it would mean the end of Spamusement. http://www.spamusement.com/ I actually look through my spam to find the weirdest subject headings to send to the guy who makes the cartoon. It's the best use for spam I've yet to see.
I remember the robo-bee, that's been around for years and years. So the concept of robot insects isn't -that- new. But is a robo-roach necessary for just killing them? If you're trying to control roach populations, can't you just feed it something to sterilise the males or females like the kind of sticky, sweet drops you give to small, indoor ants?
I read through the list of articles the site linked to, all they talk about mainly is the interaction between robot creatures and real ones and how to blend it "seamlessly". Maybe I missed the bit about killing off anything, because it sounds more like a way to control how they all behave.
There's only one MMORPG that I play, Ragnarok Online. It's got the same "pest control" problems in most instances, but the real fun is the "bad Engrish". This is one of the few game that I've actually continually enjoyed for nearly a year and a half. The hardcore folks might not like it, however, it features cute anime-style 2D characters on a pastely 3D world, but the simple bitmap textures are to die for and the monsters are 2D animations, as well. It's the combination and the ambiance that always draws me back to RO, not so much the gameplay anymore.
They also feature a test server, to "translate" features already being played in Korea and bringing them international players. I think half the fun of the game has always been that you can email them English corrections and game suggestions and you actually get a response from them.
They feature seasonal events, as well. Right now they've filled the main towns with monsters and an NPC giving out special quests for Halloween.
I just downloaded some 4 or 5 ebooks today at Project Gutenberg (http://promo.net/pg/). I think there is an appeal to downloadable books, but that's because I have no other way of reading something at work on my breaks unless it's on my machine.