Because it's still the worse in the world, per capita. And it isn't the gun laws; it's the violent behaviour. It's this feeling of empowerment youths have with violence.
Yeah, but the government can't control parent's behaviour. There's a strong correlation between children who watch violence and children who are violent.
On the list of influences, one must recognize which ones the government has control over. Like I said, it's something. Teen violence today is quite deplorable.
I haven't read any info on the correlations you mention, but I posted this link above. There's a plethora of articles that draw that correlation. Granted correlation != causation; the former is much easier to prove than the latter.
However the case is compelling, and why wait for a proof of causation before you take some kind of action? If curbing children's access to video game violence can save even on kid's life, I'm all for it. Restricting access to violent video games surely won't harm any child will it?
There's a strong correlation that cannot be ignored. While causation is harder to prove than correlation, when the correlation is strong, it's compelling to want to do something.
If it offends you, do something about the real crimes that occur, don't take it out on videogame makers.
Don't you think there's something wrong with glorifying these acts? I mean, we are responsible enough to understand that stealing and violence are wrong, but are kids? There's a real correlation between kids' watching violence and kids' violent behaviour.
Perhaps this open approach to violence isn't working, and the state of California recognizes this. Kudos to them for making an attempt to curb teen violence.
. If parents don't have the sense enough to not let their kids play games with that in them, then I wonder if the government should step in.
Just because you and me are good parents doesn't mean our neighbours are. If my neighbour lets his kids play violent video games and use drugs, his kids might still cause society as a whole harm. Sometimes it is important for the government to come up with policy to protect us. Sometimes it goes too far.
IMO, violence on TV, movies, and video games isn't appropriate for kids.
Then again, I played liesure suit larry as a kid and didn't turn out to be a perv. Well yes I did...
I'd rather kids see porn than senseless killing and violence.
I'd rather we have a bunch of horny kids out there humping than have a bunch of violent ones out there killing each other.
And don't give me the crap about porn leading to rape. There's a lot of soft core porn out there where the man puts the woman on a pedastel and respects her while he makes love to her.
Clearly though, he just gave money to this site. His intentions were not seemingly malicious at first. Seems like this guy was sincere. Must have been a slow day at the police station.
I have, on occasion, tried an sql injection and directory traversal, just for the sake of it. See what I can find. Was never looking to deface a site, nor was I looking to steal information. Was just curious if the site was vulnerable, and would probably just report it to them, nothing more. I don't "hack" sites to try to gain access to unauthorized information because I'm a prick. I do it because I know how easy it is for a web developer to screw up on the code, and sometimes curiosity gets the better of me.
I consider that action about the same as Michael Moore walking around Toronto trying people's doors to see if they were unlocked. Should he be put in jail for that? We have the evidance right?
Do not try to use the excuse of curiousity to break into another person's system?
Directory traversing IMO isn't trying to break into a system. Neither is SQL Injection or anything else.
If you leave your blinds open when you shag your wife, and I look in your windows from the street, I'm not breaking any laws. Close your damn blinds.
Really, a web site is up for public consumption, and directory traversing is quite a common http request. Web developers use it all the time - to specify images or a css file or a js file or whatever.
He's just doing what a script is already allowed to do on the server.
If you don't want it happening on your server, lock it out. It's easy. IIS 6 blocks that by default , and using mod_security you can block that request easily enough.
Truth is, it's an idiot webmaster, and an idiot judge. I think it's making a mountain out of a mole hill.
British Law says that if you know you are not allowed access, you cannot attempt to circumvent system security.
That's stupid. If I am submitting my credit card to a web store, I should be allowed to make a reasonable attempt to verify my credit card information is secure. If I want to ensure the database isn't accessible through an SQL injection attack, then I should (IMO) be allowed to test that, for my own safety.
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After that, you go to Greek letters
Can't use greek letters. Who'd buy SUsE Alpha or SUsE Beta? Maybe Gamma, Delta or Epsilon. Perhaps Zeta, Hita, Theta, Iota, Kappa or Lambda.:)
AFAIK, D-Link and netgear and others make a wireless media box for $300 that'll stream video (divx et al), and mp3's across your wireless network. 54mbit is plenty of bandwidth for mpeg4 video.
now, IANAL, but isn't attempting to force pricing schemes on the retail end illegal?
Nope, it happens all the time, at least in Canada. I recently bought some 33" Goodyear MT/R tires for my Jeep. Vendor couldn't publicly quote a price for them in writing because he'd lose his license to sell goodyear tires.
While I agree it's anti-competitive, it happens in industry all the time.
I dunno, I'm not doing anything illegal, why should I be scared?
Wait until a friend of yours is coerced in submitting your name as a suspected terrorist. Recall the McCarthy era and heed your warning. Apathy towards civil rights is terrible, and it's a problem you'll find when it affects you.
I don't know about the US but here in the UK our prime minister's main speech before the declaration of war went "We know Saddam has weapons of mass destruction, we know he can launch them in 45 minutes, [and we need to invade to stop him doing this]" (my emphasis)
Yet you guys re-elected him. IMO brits are about as lame as yanks
I really hope they at least don't dump the part where Paker wore the suit first, and subsequently dumped it... The secret wars might be a bit much to swallow in the movie...
Still, after Brock was fired from the Bugle, he became obsessive, angry, wanting to kill Spider-Man... That's a key part of the story - it gives the villain drive. A villain without drive is IMO a very poorly written villain. A villain simply driven by wealth is a flat villain.
True, but I could actually see Thomas Hayden Church in that role. He's so animated, has the physique for it, and can look pretty darned angry if he wanted to. Besides, he was awesome in sideways.
And the newsreader in thunderbird is crap. I can't seem to be able to group by thread. Even IMO OE is better... Well at least TB shows yEnc images... Better for pr0n:)
That's sad casting IMO. Didn't Brock pump a lot of iron? Wasn't Brock stronger than spider-man because the symbian amplified Brock's strength, which was more than Parker's?
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Why is it deplorable?
Because it's still the worse in the world, per capita. And it isn't the gun laws; it's the violent behaviour. It's this feeling of empowerment youths have with violence.
Yeah, but the government can't control parent's behaviour. There's a strong correlation between children who watch violence and children who are violent.
On the list of influences, one must recognize which ones the government has control over. Like I said, it's something. Teen violence today is quite deplorable.
I haven't read any info on the correlations you mention, but I posted this link above. There's a plethora of articles that draw that correlation. Granted correlation != causation; the former is much easier to prove than the latter.
However the case is compelling, and why wait for a proof of causation before you take some kind of action? If curbing children's access to video game violence can save even on kid's life, I'm all for it. Restricting access to violent video games surely won't harm any child will it?
Just referring to articles like this
There's a strong correlation that cannot be ignored. While causation is harder to prove than correlation, when the correlation is strong, it's compelling to want to do something.
I applaud them for trying.
If it offends you, do something about the real crimes that occur, don't take it out on videogame makers.
Don't you think there's something wrong with glorifying these acts? I mean, we are responsible enough to understand that stealing and violence are wrong, but are kids? There's a real correlation between kids' watching violence and kids' violent behaviour.
Perhaps this open approach to violence isn't working, and the state of California recognizes this. Kudos to them for making an attempt to curb teen violence.
. If parents don't have the sense enough to not let their kids play games with that in them, then I wonder if the government should step in.
Just because you and me are good parents doesn't mean our neighbours are. If my neighbour lets his kids play violent video games and use drugs, his kids might still cause society as a whole harm. Sometimes it is important for the government to come up with policy to protect us. Sometimes it goes too far.
IMO, violence on TV, movies, and video games isn't appropriate for kids.
Then again, I played liesure suit larry as a kid and didn't turn out to be a perv. Well yes I did...
I'd rather kids see porn than senseless killing and violence.
I'd rather we have a bunch of horny kids out there humping than have a bunch of violent ones out there killing each other.
And don't give me the crap about porn leading to rape. There's a lot of soft core porn out there where the man puts the woman on a pedastel and respects her while he makes love to her.
Isn't it great? The ESA is standing up for the right's of minor's to purchase and play violent video games.
In related news, the NRA is fighting to allow children to purchase guns too. After all, it's not the guns themselves that kill people right?
I've messed around with FreeVO before and I liked it... Not as robust as MythTV, but a breeze to setup and use...
AFAIK, you are allowed to sell XP OEM licenses if you include a piece of hardware with it.
I sold a few win 98 licenses my old employer was turfing... I threw in a piece of EDO ram or an old MFM or RLL controller...
If you look on ebay, that's what everyone does to get around the oem policies.
Clearly though, he just gave money to this site. His intentions were not seemingly malicious at first. Seems like this guy was sincere. Must have been a slow day at the police station.
I have, on occasion, tried an sql injection and directory traversal, just for the sake of it. See what I can find. Was never looking to deface a site, nor was I looking to steal information. Was just curious if the site was vulnerable, and would probably just report it to them, nothing more. I don't "hack" sites to try to gain access to unauthorized information because I'm a prick. I do it because I know how easy it is for a web developer to screw up on the code, and sometimes curiosity gets the better of me.
I consider that action about the same as Michael Moore walking around Toronto trying people's doors to see if they were unlocked. Should he be put in jail for that? We have the evidance right?
Do not try to use the excuse of curiousity to break into another person's system?
Directory traversing IMO isn't trying to break into a system. Neither is SQL Injection or anything else.
If you leave your blinds open when you shag your wife, and I look in your windows from the street, I'm not breaking any laws. Close your damn blinds.
Really, a web site is up for public consumption, and directory traversing is quite a common http request. Web developers use it all the time - to specify images or a css file or a js file or whatever.
He's just doing what a script is already allowed to do on the server.
If you don't want it happening on your server, lock it out. It's easy. IIS 6 blocks that by default , and using mod_security you can block that request easily enough.
Truth is, it's an idiot webmaster, and an idiot judge. I think it's making a mountain out of a mole hill.
British Law says that if you know you are not allowed access, you cannot attempt to circumvent system security.
That's stupid. If I am submitting my credit card to a web store, I should be allowed to make a reasonable attempt to verify my credit card information is secure. If I want to ensure the database isn't accessible through an SQL injection attack, then I should (IMO) be allowed to test that, for my own safety.
After that, you go to Greek letters
:)
Can't use greek letters. Who'd buy SUsE Alpha or SUsE Beta? Maybe Gamma, Delta or Epsilon. Perhaps Zeta, Hita, Theta, Iota, Kappa or Lambda.
AFAIK, D-Link and netgear and others make a wireless media box for $300 that'll stream video (divx et al), and mp3's across your wireless network. 54mbit is plenty of bandwidth for mpeg4 video.
And in this story it was one music industry exec, not the entire industry no?
97c anybody
Didn't wal-mart try that price point, only to back out?
now, IANAL, but isn't attempting to force pricing schemes on the retail end illegal?
Nope, it happens all the time, at least in Canada. I recently bought some 33" Goodyear MT/R tires for my Jeep. Vendor couldn't publicly quote a price for them in writing because he'd lose his license to sell goodyear tires.
While I agree it's anti-competitive, it happens in industry all the time.
I dunno, I'm not doing anything illegal, why should I be scared?
Wait until a friend of yours is coerced in submitting your name as a suspected terrorist. Recall the McCarthy era and heed your warning. Apathy towards civil rights is terrible, and it's a problem you'll find when it affects you.
Again, recall the McCarthy era
I don't know about the US but here in the UK our prime minister's main speech before the declaration of war went "We know Saddam has weapons of mass destruction, we know he can launch them in 45 minutes, [and we need to invade to stop him doing this]" (my emphasis)
Yet you guys re-elected him. IMO brits are about as lame as yanks
I really hope they at least don't dump the part where Paker wore the suit first, and subsequently dumped it... The secret wars might be a bit much to swallow in the movie...
Still, after Brock was fired from the Bugle, he became obsessive, angry, wanting to kill Spider-Man... That's a key part of the story - it gives the villain drive. A villain without drive is IMO a very poorly written villain. A villain simply driven by wealth is a flat villain.
True, but I could actually see Thomas Hayden Church in that role. He's so animated, has the physique for it, and can look pretty darned angry if he wanted to. Besides, he was awesome in sideways.
Or even worse, Glitter, Crossroads, or From Justin to Kelly sit in the worse movies of all time category.
And the newsreader in thunderbird is crap. I can't seem to be able to group by thread. Even IMO OE is better... Well at least TB shows yEnc images... Better for pr0n :)
That's sad casting IMO. Didn't Brock pump a lot of iron? Wasn't Brock stronger than spider-man because the symbian amplified Brock's strength, which was more than Parker's?
Topher Grace is poor casting.