I'd just like to say that the "Linux convention smell" is obviously directed at all the Microsoft employees who sneak in to see what they are up against. In no way was I refering to our Open Source Overlords' bathing patterns.
1) Wiki is not a defnitive source. 2) From wiki: "640K ought to be enough for anybody." and "No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer."
* Two variants of the same quote. Attributed to him in 1981 when designing DOS's conventional memory limit as ten times the amount in his computer; Gates has denied this quote and mentions that it is always provided without a source. The quote sounds reasonable today, when Gates has so much control over the (personal) computing world, but he was hardly significant enough at the time to influence such issues. In fact, the memory limitation was hardware based: The intel 8086 processor imposed a 1MB memory limit. The 640KB limit came from the inflexible hardware architechture of the early IBM PC.
It never says he denies it because a confirmation cannot be made. He denies he ever said it, and offers the lack of confirmation as evidence.
Wasteful. I work for the department of defense. I just claim the documents are part of the war on terror. They get marked classified, and no one sees them for 25 years.
They need a supercomputer to simulate a virus? Crap, just get an XP box, give one of my coworkers admin rights, and you'll have the real thing in 15 minutes!
Have you looked at any of the information that I linked to in other messages? I'd suggest you are the one claiming the world is flat because you see it that way.
I disagree. This only puts people out of business, putting people out of work. Like rats, CEO's find another place to make their millions. It only punishes the bottom -- much like our wonderful international sanctions. Ever notice how the dictators are the only ones who don't seem to suffer?
If you are interested in disproving it, it is relatively simple. Science is an open process. Do your own study. But major studies by disinterested third parties have demonstrated a positive, causal relationship between video games and violence. Other studies have confirmed. Peer review has taken place.
If you simply say "I don't believe it.. politics", I will lump you in with global warming disbelievers, 6,000 year old earth believers who think smoking does not cause cancer.
They don't mention it here, but in A civil action, one of the quotes (paraphrasing) is "Corporations say they are sorry by paying money". If a corporation gets away with crap like this without a significant blood letting (law suits), they will try it again soon. It will be a more refined approach, you can be sure. But it will happen again.
Companies who pull this shit need to be punished. Badly. Not a public tounge wagging followed by a pseudo-aplogy. They hire people to do PR and deal with that. When the company's bottom line is hurt, they will be more cautious in the future. And if it takes months or years of cases hanging over their head, the stock will suffer. And when the stock suffers, so do the folks at the top.
Causal has been shown. I do not have the New England Journal of Medicine study. I do have a Summa newsletter that quoted from the study. Basically two groups were given video games --- one set with violent themes, another without. Behavior was studies afterward.
If it hadn't been NEJM, I would have more questions. This publication is one of the most respected and most thoroughly reviewed medical journals in the world.
If folks still question the implication, then I'd suggest that they fund their own studies to prove otherwise... the burden of proof now falls on the nay-sayers.
Again, all this means is that parents need to be parents. The study simply points out what to watch out for.
This is not anwywhere near 'off topic'. The parent is pointing out the new biofeedback mechanisms (similar to the 'game' mentioned in the summary). Biofeedback is nothing new. However, medical science has made the measuring systems much more accurate.
Can you imagine saying 'I want to be more patient', and buying a product that would measure your respiration rate, blood vessel constriction, and activity in certain regions of the brain? It could then apply a small amount of pain when it measures certain of these going about pre-defined levels. In this way, you could train yourself.
There are a thousand ways to go with this. And as for "good or bad".... imagine one of these devices being permanently installed in your skull, and measuring response to the state of the union address... would really encourage GoodThink!
I find ADHD to be an interesting subject. Studies have shown that a male child without a father living in his home is ten times more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than one who does have a father in the home.
Is this a medical condition or a societal condition? Or both?
No. Not really. I realize you spent about 5 seconds coming up with your comment, but there is a body of evidence linking hyperactivity and video games. It is fascinating how a certain group of people will laugh at head in the sand global warming deniers. They will laugh at new earth IDers. They will point to all the evidence and (rightly so) declare that they are denying obvious facts.
Studies have indeed shown a causal relationship between video games and hyperactivity, attention deficit, and violence. Does this mean we burn all games? Nope. I play video games, and my kids likely will.
I will, however, make decisions about what games and how much time based upon factors like age, social progress and scholastic performance. If my child is well adjusted socially, he'll have more freedom in this area. If my child is lagging, then I will encourage more social interaction. If school work is lagging, then I will restrict. Simple as that.
I think 95% of Slashdot would agree with this. It is called parenting.
However, when someone suggests that there is no link between the two, he opens up the "ban it all" type who can simply point at studies (such as ones that have appeared in new England Journal of Medicine) and show that you are full of it. It makes it that much easier to get their agenda forced on the rest of us.
Perhaps you should give us the OS you are running. That will greatly impact the answer(s) you will get.
For example, if you were running Windows 2000 or greater, there are various performance monitors that will give you a good clue about what is actually going on while your game is playing. Otherwise, you are in a guessing game.
Alternatively, you could swap out components and do observation based tests. However, this tends to be subjective, and less reliable.
Bottom line: give us more details, and someone might be able to help.
Try getting a good credit card. Citibank has an EXCELLENT policy for refusing to pay. I call, they say 'Yes sir, we'll put it in dispute'. I've only had to do it twice in the seven plus years I've owned the card.
Other cards have made me jump through hoops to dispute outright fraudulent charges.
Stores' policies are pretty much there for folks who don't have the balls to raise a rucus.
Can't these guys invent something new? They do a lot of good things, but it seems like all they do is embrace a new technology, buy a company, then extend it if they feel the need.
I used to steal software left and right (please feel free to tell me how it isn't theft so I can summarily ignore you). Then about 8 years ago, I really thout about it and deleted anything illegal, or outright bought it (very expensive conviction, let me tell you ).
I don't illegally copy, and don't think anyone should. Yet I am annoyed by all the inconveniences that I have to put up with in the name of protecting someone's profits. Registering crap, difficulties in backing up. Annoying requirements to periodically validate, etc. I will return products if they are too invasive. I am tired of being assumed guilty.
Yet, I see nothing improving. I fear than in 20 years we will look back at this era and view it as a "golden age of computing". Things will be locked down so tight, and all software will be pay-as-you-go.
Going from a search result link to another link full of partial information will be frustrating for many users and only benefits those who are makign aliving off of google ads, affiliates, etc.
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I'd just like to say that the "Linux convention smell" is obviously directed at all the Microsoft employees who sneak in to see what they are up against. In no way was I refering to our Open Source Overlords' bathing patterns.
(bye bye karma)
Ever see a CRT go up? A nice big flash followed by some of the worst stench outside of a Linux convention ;)
Seriously, I think the hazard from the toxic chemicals is worse than the danger of something catching on fire.
1) Wiki is not a defnitive source.
2) From wiki: "640K ought to be enough for anybody." and "No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer."
* Two variants of the same quote. Attributed to him in 1981 when designing DOS's conventional memory limit as ten times the amount in his computer; Gates has denied this quote and mentions that it is always provided without a source. The quote sounds reasonable today, when Gates has so much control over the (personal) computing world, but he was hardly significant enough at the time to influence such issues. In fact, the memory limitation was hardware based: The intel 8086 processor imposed a 1MB memory limit. The 640KB limit came from the inflexible hardware architechture of the early IBM PC.
It never says he denies it because a confirmation cannot be made. He denies he ever said it, and offers the lack of confirmation as evidence.
Ummm... read the thread. ggp is suggesting there is a way to open it, remove the mail and scan it without human intervention.
Wasteful. I work for the department of defense. I just claim the documents are part of the war on terror. They get marked classified, and no one sees them for 25 years.
No. You forgot.
Drop cellphone in toilet
Give crackberry to homeless man
Very obscure, but that just helps out the Hint Guide department make more sales.
They need a supercomputer to simulate a virus? Crap, just get an XP box, give one of my coworkers admin rights, and you'll have the real thing in 15 minutes!
Futher proof of Windows' superiority.
Then, I'd suggest smoking cigarettes is not a cause, but a trigger. After all, George Burns lived to be, what? 100+?
Have you looked at any of the information that I linked to in other messages? I'd suggest you are the one claiming the world is flat because you see it that way.
I disagree. This only puts people out of business, putting people out of work. Like rats, CEO's find another place to make their millions. It only punishes the bottom -- much like our wonderful international sanctions. Ever notice how the dictators are the only ones who don't seem to suffer?
If you are really intersted:
e o_Game_FAQs.htmle wsid=31961v iolence_anderson.htm
http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/faculty/caa/Vid
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?n
http://www.youngmedia.org.au/mediachildren/05_07_
Yup. It is all misleading math.
If you are interested in disproving it, it is relatively simple. Science is an open process. Do your own study. But major studies by disinterested third parties have demonstrated a positive, causal relationship between video games and violence. Other studies have confirmed. Peer review has taken place.
If you simply say "I don't believe it.. politics", I will lump you in with global warming disbelievers, 6,000 year old earth believers who think smoking does not cause cancer.
They don't mention it here, but in A civil action, one of the quotes (paraphrasing) is "Corporations say they are sorry by paying money". If a corporation gets away with crap like this without a significant blood letting (law suits), they will try it again soon. It will be a more refined approach, you can be sure. But it will happen again.
Companies who pull this shit need to be punished. Badly. Not a public tounge wagging followed by a pseudo-aplogy. They hire people to do PR and deal with that. When the company's bottom line is hurt, they will be more cautious in the future. And if it takes months or years of cases hanging over their head, the stock will suffer. And when the stock suffers, so do the folks at the top.
Anything else is just the cost of doing business.
Causal has been shown. I do not have the New England Journal of Medicine study. I do have a Summa newsletter that quoted from the study. Basically two groups were given video games --- one set with violent themes, another without. Behavior was studies afterward.
If it hadn't been NEJM, I would have more questions. This publication is one of the most respected and most thoroughly reviewed medical journals in the world.
If folks still question the implication, then I'd suggest that they fund their own studies to prove otherwise... the burden of proof now falls on the nay-sayers.
Again, all this means is that parents need to be parents. The study simply points out what to watch out for.
This is not anwywhere near 'off topic'. The parent is pointing out the new biofeedback mechanisms (similar to the 'game' mentioned in the summary). Biofeedback is nothing new. However, medical science has made the measuring systems much more accurate.
Can you imagine saying 'I want to be more patient', and buying a product that would measure your respiration rate, blood vessel constriction, and activity in certain regions of the brain? It could then apply a small amount of pain when it measures certain of these going about pre-defined levels. In this way, you could train yourself.
There are a thousand ways to go with this. And as for "good or bad".... imagine one of these devices being permanently installed in your skull, and measuring response to the state of the union address... would really encourage GoodThink!
So, please mod parent up.
I find ADHD to be an interesting subject. Studies have shown that a male child without a father living in his home is ten times more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than one who does have a father in the home.
Is this a medical condition or a societal condition? Or both?
No. Not really. I realize you spent about 5 seconds coming up with your comment, but there is a body of evidence linking hyperactivity and video games. It is fascinating how a certain group of people will laugh at head in the sand global warming deniers. They will laugh at new earth IDers. They will point to all the evidence and (rightly so) declare that they are denying obvious facts.
Studies have indeed shown a causal relationship between video games and hyperactivity, attention deficit, and violence. Does this mean we burn all games? Nope. I play video games, and my kids likely will.
I will, however, make decisions about what games and how much time based upon factors like age, social progress and scholastic performance. If my child is well adjusted socially, he'll have more freedom in this area. If my child is lagging, then I will encourage more social interaction. If school work is lagging, then I will restrict. Simple as that.
I think 95% of Slashdot would agree with this. It is called parenting.
However, when someone suggests that there is no link between the two, he opens up the "ban it all" type who can simply point at studies (such as ones that have appeared in new England Journal of Medicine) and show that you are full of it. It makes it that much easier to get their agenda forced on the rest of us.
Perhaps you should give us the OS you are running. That will greatly impact the answer(s) you will get.
For example, if you were running Windows 2000 or greater, there are various performance monitors that will give you a good clue about what is actually going on while your game is playing. Otherwise, you are in a guessing game.
Alternatively, you could swap out components and do observation based tests. However, this tends to be subjective, and less reliable.
Bottom line: give us more details, and someone might be able to help.
A serious security issue in GPG! We are all doomed!
;)
what is GPG?
Yeah, I will go RTFA. However, summaries that assume you are familiar with an acronym are rude, IMHO
Try getting a good credit card. Citibank has an EXCELLENT policy for refusing to pay. I call, they say 'Yes sir, we'll put it in dispute'. I've only had to do it twice in the seven plus years I've owned the card.
Other cards have made me jump through hoops to dispute outright fraudulent charges.
Stores' policies are pretty much there for folks who don't have the balls to raise a rucus.
Players of Exanimus will have the option of playing as a living survivor or as one of the dead roaming the earth.
It is based off of my experiences at work. I demand royalties!
Can't these guys invent something new? They do a lot of good things, but it seems like all they do is embrace a new technology, buy a company, then extend it if they feel the need.
;)
What next? Online e-mail?
I used to steal software left and right (please feel free to tell me how it isn't theft so I can summarily ignore you). Then about 8 years ago, I really thout about it and deleted anything illegal, or outright bought it (very expensive conviction, let me tell you ).
I don't illegally copy, and don't think anyone should. Yet I am annoyed by all the inconveniences that I have to put up with in the name of protecting someone's profits. Registering crap, difficulties in backing up. Annoying requirements to periodically validate, etc. I will return products if they are too invasive. I am tired of being assumed guilty.
Yet, I see nothing improving. I fear than in 20 years we will look back at this era and view it as a "golden age of computing". Things will be locked down so tight, and all software will be pay-as-you-go.
The energy source was not unknown. The issue is that the temperature rise occurred after the energy source was removed.
Going from a search result link to another link full of partial information will be frustrating for many users and only benefits those who are makign aliving off of google ads, affiliates, etc.
Welcome to the Internet. We hope you enjoy your stay.
This is getting sad. TMM has resorted to hacking folks accounts to post pro-TMM material ;)