It was on the BBC and the theory (and a fossil which backed it up) was that the claw was ment to peirce the throat as the raptor grabbed onto the dinos face. It works in principle but anything which didn't walk on 4 legs may have made this totally useless.
you're a fucking twat. Go throw yourself off a damn bridge.
If his hobby is playing games then his hobby is playing games. It's not important how much paper he gets given later in life for it. If you're that fucking blind please do as I stated above. His happiness is second to how much money he earns?
You're an asshole. If you gave a fuck about your kids you wouldn't be pissed at him for doing what he enjoyed, instead you get annoyed because GASP he has a hobby. Next time you look at him playing games just think "He's not drinking, smoking crack or knocking girls up". Maybe "silly video games" arn't quite the devil.
The whole planet won't, but a lot of it will which means land will be extremely rare compared to today. No one but the rich will be able to aford it, all the poor countries will be the worst hit. Look at the recent flood in America.. now think of that flood was in one of the African slums where they can hardly eat.
If this does all goto hell then the entire eco system will change. Storms will be 10 times worse, the heat will be deadly.. Does it matter if we drown, die in a storm or heat stroke? Either way they'll end up killing people for more money. Something I personally find sickening..
Anyone else feel sick when you read things like this? If the human race is that fucking stupid then we deserve to drown in the flood we'll end up making. Saddly a handful will probably survive it.. most likely the rich ones who can aford to hoard boats, food and drinkable water...
Money : Because killing 6 billion people just to make some more was so worth it, now that it's totally useless because everyones dead and paper has no use when it's already doodled on.
Some people's minds are warped and a game in the hands of one of them may just be the trigger. Of course that trigger could also be a book, or a toy gun or a movie/TV show.
The "violent games don't make violent people" thing has been over a hundred times, but then fire doesn't make pyros.. they just get influenced by it. I think a study needs to be done where deranged kids are given books, movies and games and see which "screws them up the most".
I've played violent games, read violent books and watched 18+ films since I was like 7 or 8 and I'm not violent and such. Hence I'm on the same side as you, but we need a proper study to go "oi look now STFU!"
That doesn't define manga at all. It defines the mass market manga we see translated. Theres a lot of different styles where the eyes arn't huge and such, but unless a fanbase picks up they never get released.
This on the other hand ia crappy American drawn wannabe stuff. Shrug and mock it is the usual end result.. the "cool kids" they try to appeal to will laugh and go back to the fansubs they are watching.
Catch TV tune with latest celebrity fad VS 600 page boring book.. CRIA will win this "fight" over and over and over.
If you want to get kids attenction it needs to be quick, easy and flashy. A 600 page book is none of these, where as the R/CIAA's adverts are all of them.
Same headline as usual I see. Everything "may" kill the leading product, but the chances of it happening are slim to none. The reason they're the leading product is the average person trusts them, the average person has no idea what star office is and won't care. If they're lucky they'll get 10% market share, if they arn't they'll llive for a few years and then die hopelessly.
Many people use things they can't explain. I can't explain the chemical reactions to cooking for example. All I know is when I boil an egg it goes white and hardens so I can eat it.
We live in an era of ignorance, "It just works" as MS put it. Us geeks are the exception and want to see how things work. Let them become more ignorant and we'll become smarter, make more money off them and maybe we can change the world in 20 years or so because of it.
Humanity has always revolved around what it knew. The more we know the better chance we have of making the next generation with power. Knowledge is power for a reason..
The average person could have 1/380th of that, put it in the bank and live on it just about forever (with intrest). If I could earn that much for making a crappy film I'd be over the moon
Well said.. seems Slashdot in the last 2-3 days has been getting a lot of "Bussinesseseses comes first cause I'm the boss!" type posts. Lots of guys who seem to forget that they need us, not we need them. If we're ill we're rather fucked and expecting us to work only makes it longer and us unhappier, so we do less work etc.
Guess sooner or later they'll realize at slashdot we're pro people not pro money and fuck off or join us:/
I think I speak for us all when I say "What The Fuck".
What company wants to sue children? We were all kids once, we probably commited minor crimes (stole a chocolate bar or whatever). But you never hear a shop keeper going "lets sue the little kid! He's a right fucker him!", they slap them on the wrist, tell their parents and keep a closer eye on them.
I didn't like the RIAA before, but when they start to sue children.. you've crossed a line no adult should even think of crossing.
Give it a couple of weeks, they may not instantly come in stock.
If you have the money (and don't want the classic GB/GBC playing properties) you may want to go for a DS instead. Not much more money and you have a bigger selection of games in the long run.
My mum bought me the original GTA when I told her honestly what it was about. I was underage at the same (by like 5 years if I remember correctly).
She never even thought twice about it. Never jacked a car or killed anyone myself so why are you saying my mother (in this case) is a psycho or ignorant?
She knew full well. I was honest with her, the game is clearly shown as violent. She just knew that I wasn't some little bastard and could handle watching horror films/playing violent games/whatever.
I agree with your point but don't you remember being a kid?
"No Stephen" *Insert me freaking out and screaming my nuts off much to my mother's embrassment*.
No matter how well behaved a kid is once in a while they will have a hissy fit. That's pretty much natural and they grow out of it (if the parents have a clue).
It's when them hissy fits don't stop we get the problems. Parents buy the latest fad to keep their kids from being assholes instead of learning to tell them no.
I guess as a kid I was rather spoilt (Got most of what I wanted), but as long as I can remember I've always been what most would consider polite and a gentleman (holding doors, saying good morning to neighbours and helping out if I can at all).
So maybe it's not a problem that the kids are being kids. Maybe it's a problem that society has just given up and decided work > life. After all why bother to raise your kids if you only see them for an hour ro so a day?
Get up for work, send kids to school, work, get home, cook meal, watch TV while Timmy plays GTA:SA, tell Timmy to sleep, sleep, get...
People took the easy way out and 10 years later it's biting them back.
I was going to mod this topic but I have a question
How is this even REMOTELY funny? maybe it was fun like 5 years ago, but all this crap (Simpsons, futurama, family guy, whatever) gets modded up every damn time.
Slashdot Mirror
because slashdot is a links site. We post links to other places, but it depends how quickly people submit the story to how soon it gets posted.
It was on the BBC and the theory (and a fossil which backed it up) was that the claw was ment to peirce the throat as the raptor grabbed onto the dinos face. It works in principle but anything which didn't walk on 4 legs may have made this totally useless.
you're a fucking twat. Go throw yourself off a damn bridge.
If his hobby is playing games then his hobby is playing games. It's not important how much paper he gets given later in life for it. If you're that fucking blind please do as I stated above. His happiness is second to how much money he earns?
You're an asshole. If you gave a fuck about your kids you wouldn't be pissed at him for doing what he enjoyed, instead you get annoyed because GASP he has a hobby. Next time you look at him playing games just think "He's not drinking, smoking crack or knocking girls up". Maybe "silly video games" arn't quite the devil.
And just to point out : You're an asshole.
I know. I have a friend from bangladesh, but that's not the point.
These things get even worse. 200,000 could be a very good season in the future. 3-4 million could be average.
"now" and "then" isn't important. What is it "then" can be prevented.
The whole planet won't, but a lot of it will which means land will be extremely rare compared to today. No one but the rich will be able to aford it, all the poor countries will be the worst hit. Look at the recent flood in America.. now think of that flood was in one of the African slums where they can hardly eat.
If this does all goto hell then the entire eco system will change. Storms will be 10 times worse, the heat will be deadly.. Does it matter if we drown, die in a storm or heat stroke? Either way they'll end up killing people for more money. Something I personally find sickening..
Anyone else feel sick when you read things like this? If the human race is that fucking stupid then we deserve to drown in the flood we'll end up making. Saddly a handful will probably survive it.. most likely the rich ones who can aford to hoard boats, food and drinkable water...
Money : Because killing 6 billion people just to make some more was so worth it, now that it's totally useless because everyones dead and paper has no use when it's already doodled on.
Some people's minds are warped and a game in the hands of one of them may just be the trigger. Of course that trigger could also be a book, or a toy gun or a movie/TV show.
The "violent games don't make violent people" thing has been over a hundred times, but then fire doesn't make pyros.. they just get influenced by it. I think a study needs to be done where deranged kids are given books, movies and games and see which "screws them up the most".
I've played violent games, read violent books and watched 18+ films since I was like 7 or 8 and I'm not violent and such. Hence I'm on the same side as you, but we need a proper study to go "oi look now STFU!"
That doesn't define manga at all. It defines the mass market manga we see translated. Theres a lot of different styles where the eyes arn't huge and such, but unless a fanbase picks up they never get released.
This on the other hand ia crappy American drawn wannabe stuff. Shrug and mock it is the usual end result.. the "cool kids" they try to appeal to will laugh and go back to the fansubs they are watching.
Catch TV tune with latest celebrity fad VS 600 page boring book.. CRIA will win this "fight" over and over and over.
If you want to get kids attenction it needs to be quick, easy and flashy. A 600 page book is none of these, where as the R/CIAA's adverts are all of them.
Same headline as usual I see. Everything "may" kill the leading product, but the chances of it happening are slim to none. The reason they're the leading product is the average person trusts them, the average person has no idea what star office is and won't care. If they're lucky they'll get 10% market share, if they arn't they'll llive for a few years and then die hopelessly.
Many people use things they can't explain. I can't explain the chemical reactions to cooking for example. All I know is when I boil an egg it goes white and hardens so I can eat it.
We live in an era of ignorance, "It just works" as MS put it. Us geeks are the exception and want to see how things work. Let them become more ignorant and we'll become smarter, make more money off them and maybe we can change the world in 20 years or so because of it.
Humanity has always revolved around what it knew. The more we know the better chance we have of making the next generation with power. Knowledge is power for a reason..
380 MILLION
The average person could have 1/380th of that, put it in the bank and live on it just about forever (with intrest). If I could earn that much for making a crappy film I'd be over the moon
Well said.. seems Slashdot in the last 2-3 days has been getting a lot of "Bussinesseseses comes first cause I'm the boss!" type posts. Lots of guys who seem to forget that they need us, not we need them. If we're ill we're rather fucked and expecting us to work only makes it longer and us unhappier, so we do less work etc.
:/
Guess sooner or later they'll realize at slashdot we're pro people not pro money and fuck off or join us
It's not okay, but lets put it this way.
Kid gets a slap round the head, they pay for the candy bar. everyones happy VS "We'll sue you if you don't give us $20,000"
you work it out...
I think I speak for us all when I say "What The Fuck".
What company wants to sue children? We were all kids once, we probably commited minor crimes (stole a chocolate bar or whatever). But you never hear a shop keeper going "lets sue the little kid! He's a right fucker him!", they slap them on the wrist, tell their parents and keep a closer eye on them.
I didn't like the RIAA before, but when they start to sue children.. you've crossed a line no adult should even think of crossing.
Give it a couple of weeks, they may not instantly come in stock.
If you have the money (and don't want the classic GB/GBC playing properties) you may want to go for a DS instead. Not much more money and you have a bigger selection of games in the long run.
1.0.7 or Beta 1..?
I guess 1.0.7 has more security fixs but beta has some nice new features... which to use?
Sounds just fine to me. You never bought a CD, you bought the right to own and listen to the music. So if the CD is damaged your right is not.
well I couldn't walk five miles if you paid me too (would give it one hell of a try mind) so doesn't seem that lightly.
What would be a rough estimate week wise to get new shoes for people who only walk say 2 maybe 3 miles a week?
Here in the UK it's called slush puppy :)
How am I ment to remember such things? :P
Would be intresting if you can give me details. I was born with a club foot and my legs give me a lot of jip so shoe advice culd be useful.
I won't buy another pair of shoes untill they get a hole or don't fit any more.
My OS is just fine and still does it's job. Why would I buy another no matter how much marketing they throw at me?
Plus this is MS marketing. Every geek who ever saw a TV advert from MS thought "LIES!" within seconds of a word being spoken.
My mum bought me the original GTA when I told her honestly what it was about. I was underage at the same (by like 5 years if I remember correctly).
She never even thought twice about it. Never jacked a car or killed anyone myself so why are you saying my mother (in this case) is a psycho or ignorant?
She knew full well. I was honest with her, the game is clearly shown as violent. She just knew that I wasn't some little bastard and could handle watching horror films/playing violent games/whatever.
I agree with your point but don't you remember being a kid?
"No Stephen" *Insert me freaking out and screaming my nuts off much to my mother's embrassment*.
No matter how well behaved a kid is once in a while they will have a hissy fit. That's pretty much natural and they grow out of it (if the parents have a clue).
It's when them hissy fits don't stop we get the problems. Parents buy the latest fad to keep their kids from being assholes instead of learning to tell them no.
I guess as a kid I was rather spoilt (Got most of what I wanted), but as long as I can remember I've always been what most would consider polite and a gentleman (holding doors, saying good morning to neighbours and helping out if I can at all).
So maybe it's not a problem that the kids are being kids. Maybe it's a problem that society has just given up and decided work > life. After all why bother to raise your kids if you only see them for an hour ro so a day?
Get up for work, send kids to school, work, get home, cook meal, watch TV while Timmy plays GTA:SA, tell Timmy to sleep, sleep, get...
People took the easy way out and 10 years later it's biting them back.
I was going to mod this topic but I have a question
How is this even REMOTELY funny? maybe it was fun like 5 years ago, but all this crap (Simpsons, futurama, family guy, whatever) gets modded up every damn time.
WHY!?!