Any kids that went out and did stuff like that had problems before they ever got ahold of GTA.
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As you command, Megatron.
Dude, all kidding aside? I'm more worried about posters who pledge allegience to the Gobots in their sig than I am about kids with guns who're too wall-eyed to even shoot straight.
And that's it in a nutshell. In today's motherless homes, children are dealt with like nails you hammer down whenever they stick out a little. There's no fine-tuning of children's behavior, no development of ideals, so soft touches and conversations testing and checking to be sure things are okay.
If you only took care of your car when it stopped working, how long do you think it would last? If you only patched your firewall when intrusions became evident, would you be a good sysadmin?
For fuck's sake, parents: your kids aren't pets. They're a responsibility, and they should be your FIRST responsibility. Wives, quit your jobs and stay home where you belong. Husbands, be sure your wives are finishing the job they started -- the full-time bit does not end at nine months.
I blame the parents for not teaching the kids that you don't leave friends and family behind. If you do a hit, you do it right. You clean up, and you don't have to worry about these kinds of loose ends.
You've got to give the full picture when you quote these kinds of statistics. In Israel and Canada, they remove your dominant hand from the wrist on down for a gun crime. In Ireland, you lose your vehicle license, which means no driving and no drinking. In a culture like Ireland's, the two go together like hand and glove, and so people take this much more seriously.
And hell, in Japan they won't even let you HAVE a gun. It's hard to have a gun death when all you've got are whatever kind of wasabi wakashi swords your samurai grandparents left you!
England's the only one there that surprises me, but then again -- we know what most Englishmen do at night, and most guns capable of killing won't fit in a purse.
These problems pretty much coincided with females moving out of the kitchen and into the workplace. Now, I'm not saying women shouldn't be working, but children do still need loads of attention and direction at a young age to grow up right. And women are more inclined toward dealing with the subtleties and slight changes that show how a child is developing. There's a reason nature made women more like children than grown men, and by throwing that away in favor of letting women play businessman so adults can selfishly get more toys, we're raising a nation of maladjusted people. It's no wonder that antidepressants and psychologist visits are at an all-time high, and still rising exponentially. Women belong at home. Children need mothers. A mother shouldn't even be allowed to work for the first few years after she's given birth -- the price is too great.
On the other side of the coin, the victim might not be concerned about deep pockets. Instead, the victim is most likely in deep pain and may be under the impression the stopping the game company from making such games might also stop this pain from happening again.
Show me ONE case where parents have sued to stop publication, rather than suing for heaps and heaps of cash. Show me just ONE and I'll say you've got a valid point.
Hollywood and the game industry really do have a profound effect on our kids. I was quick to poke fun at this case, but now I begin to see the parallel, and it frightens me a little.
Let me tell you a bit about the experiences I had with my own son. You see, after his second viewing of The Silence of the Lambs, it took me a full month to remove the smell of the sewing discards from our basement...
I wish lawyers gained and lost points for cases won and lost. If they reached something like a 4:1 loss:win ratio, they should be disbarred for a year.
Maybe then they'd stop taking all these crap lottery cases.
"Your honour, I was under the influence of Grand Theft Auto! Mnnnnn!"
That totally sucks as an insanity defense, and I'm calling these kids on it. "It's-a Mario Kart, you honour!" as a plea? Now a that's a spicy-a meatball. (fr1st)
I'm still a bit baffled by why these IP lawsuits are still going on. I mean, surely IBM is using DNS for all important operations. Can't they just give SCO its IP back and purchase a new C block on ebay like everybody else? Seems safer than letting a $3 billion claim go to court, and a whole lot cheaper too.
inc_x writes "GROKLAW has a compelling analysis that shows that SCO's claims that it owns the UNIX operating system are not very truthful. The Open Group confirms this position
Kudos to the parent post. In all seriousness, this is a very personal issue for many of us. And even for the folks who don't believe the outcome has the potential to steer free software in a new direction, it's still every bit as engaging as sports are for your average guy: every tiny change and detail is fascinating. Many of us are learning about how the legal system really works for the first time by digging into these updates, many others are coming to understand the protections really offered by the GPL, and for once the geeks have something really substantive to chat about around the water cooler.
I think the Slash editors have done a great job of spacing these stories so that they aren't even beginning to overwhelm the site, and I hope they keep it up through to the case's conclusion. And if the ongoing high comment count for each SCO story are any indication, I'm not the only one who thinks this way.
Please, Slashdot, keep up the good work. Through everybody's efforts, we can win this, and UnixWare will once more come out on top.
"It seems that SCO finds it increasingly difficult to distinguish facts from fiction"
Darl here, and I'm afraid this is one shortcoming we've got to own up to. The explanation for our warped perception is pretty straightforward, however -- You see, we here at SCO have started reading Slashdot.
Serious question -- you hear of countries trying to escape MS in favor of Linux all the time. Why haven't we seen a large government announcing plans to test Apple desktops?
Surely the lower-end, more affordable Macs are sufficient for the majority of the office workers.
All I know is, with these new levels of police presence, I've been entirely unable to get within strangling distance of Carrot Top, and that right there is problem enough. Just DIE down the CENTER, Carrot Top!!!
I will pay you handsomely not to bring that up in court.
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Please read the response to the other seven people who thought giving it the same name made it the same technology.
It's not the same thing at all. It's not source compatible, the machine isn't the same, and it doesn't run.NET apps. It is in no way compatible with the desktop.NET implementation, save a small subset of the API.
I too am sorry for your shame, dearest Daniel. But you are forgiven. The mormon church requires that I forgive all spelling errors, so long as you are an SCOX stockholder.
Mr. Daniel Staal, we need to talk about your license fee, however. You are running Linux, stolen from us?
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Please read the responses to the other six people who pointed to the same. This is the.NET framework by name alone. This is not a port of the.NET framework, it is a marketing twist on a clone of an overly simplified Java virtual machine. You will not execute.NET apps within this environment.
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Dude, all kidding aside? I'm more worried about posters who pledge allegience to the Gobots in their sig than I am about kids with guns who're too wall-eyed to even shoot straight.
If you only took care of your car when it stopped working, how long do you think it would last? If you only patched your firewall when intrusions became evident, would you be a good sysadmin?
For fuck's sake, parents: your kids aren't pets. They're a responsibility, and they should be your FIRST responsibility. Wives, quit your jobs and stay home where you belong. Husbands, be sure your wives are finishing the job they started -- the full-time bit does not end at nine months.
-- Darl Carlione
And hell, in Japan they won't even let you HAVE a gun. It's hard to have a gun death when all you've got are whatever kind of wasabi wakashi swords your samurai grandparents left you!
England's the only one there that surprises me, but then again -- we know what most Englishmen do at night, and most guns capable of killing won't fit in a purse.
These problems pretty much coincided with females moving out of the kitchen and into the workplace. Now, I'm not saying women shouldn't be working, but children do still need loads of attention and direction at a young age to grow up right. And women are more inclined toward dealing with the subtleties and slight changes that show how a child is developing. There's a reason nature made women more like children than grown men, and by throwing that away in favor of letting women play businessman so adults can selfishly get more toys, we're raising a nation of maladjusted people. It's no wonder that antidepressants and psychologist visits are at an all-time high, and still rising exponentially. Women belong at home. Children need mothers. A mother shouldn't even be allowed to work for the first few years after she's given birth -- the price is too great.
Show me ONE case where parents have sued to stop publication, rather than suing for heaps and heaps of cash. Show me just ONE and I'll say you've got a valid point.
It would have been okay for these little fuckers to be packing heat if they were weened on Bubble Bobble instead?!
MnnnnnNNn-nnnnnnnnn
Also, if they reach 1:4 loss:win, they should level up and win the game.
Let me tell you a bit about the experiences I had with my own son. You see, after his second viewing of The Silence of the Lambs, it took me a full month to remove the smell of the sewing discards from our basement...
Maybe then they'd stop taking all these crap lottery cases.
That totally sucks as an insanity defense, and I'm calling these kids on it. "It's-a Mario Kart, you honour!" as a plea? Now a that's a spicy-a meatball. (fr1st)
I'm still a bit baffled by why these IP lawsuits are still going on. I mean, surely IBM is using DNS for all important operations. Can't they just give SCO its IP back and purchase a new C block on ebay like everybody else? Seems safer than letting a $3 billion claim go to court, and a whole lot cheaper too.
inc_x writes "GROKLAW has a compelling analysis that shows that SCO's claims that it owns the UNIX operating system are not very truthful. The Open Group confirms this position
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I think the Slash editors have done a great job of spacing these stories so that they aren't even beginning to overwhelm the site, and I hope they keep it up through to the case's conclusion. And if the ongoing high comment count for each SCO story are any indication, I'm not the only one who thinks this way.
Please, Slashdot, keep up the good work. Through everybody's efforts, we can win this, and UnixWare will once more come out on top.
-- Darl
You reach a certain age, and you're supposed to stop with this childish crap.
Darl here, and I'm afraid this is one shortcoming we've got to own up to. The explanation for our warped perception is pretty straightforward, however -- You see, we here at SCO have started reading Slashdot.
Surely the lower-end, more affordable Macs are sufficient for the majority of the office workers.
All I know is, with these new levels of police presence, I've been entirely unable to get within strangling distance of Carrot Top, and that right there is problem enough. Just DIE down the CENTER, Carrot Top!!!
The stone idol! It SPEAKS to me!
I will pay you handsomely not to bring that up in court.
It's not the same thing at all. It's not source compatible, the machine isn't the same, and it doesn't run .NET apps. It is in no way compatible with the desktop .NET implementation, save a small subset of the API.
Mr. Daniel Staal, we need to talk about your license fee, however. You are running Linux, stolen from us?
Please read the responses to the other six people who pointed to the same. This is the .NET framework by name alone. This is not a port of the .NET framework, it is a marketing twist on a clone of an overly simplified Java virtual machine. You will not execute .NET apps within this environment.