FTA ''Video games are protected speech under the First Amendment just like movies, books and television,'' said Sally Jefferson of the Entertainment Software Association.
Well, Sally, guess what? 17 year olds cannot go to certain movies. 17 year olds cannot buy Playboy. 17 year olds cannot buy the X-Channel.
So if that is your attempt to defend selling any title to any age group, you REALLY need to think through your arguement more.
Like the above three examples... if the parent approves it, and buys it on behalf of the minor -- fine. But some titles are questionable enough that a parental decision should be required. That is all the law says.
Now, let us hear the whiners tell us how this is an infringement on everyone's rights (it isn't). Let's hear how this means we are trying to be a nanny state (we have on many, many more issues than this over the last two plus centuries).
Bottom line: No one's rights are being attacked. This is common sense.
And that is one of the shortcomings with people in general. The reason he is doing it is to provide a service to other people (in his mind). You may disagree with his assessment, but it does not change the fact that it is not done to satisfy himself. You simply disagree with him so vehemently, that you are unable to, at the very least, see his real motives.
Now, if you compared his actions to a guy who has sex, but his penis is so small he couldn't satify a woman, that would be a more apt analogy. Masterbation is not.
Ummmm. no. He is using the term "mastubatory" to reflect doing something strictly to satisfy oneself. Wheter you agree or not Thompson is doing his work to help society as a whole. Therefore, it is not mastubatory.
But, you go with groupthought on Slashdot... Thompson is bad. Even if your logic is flawed you should get your +5 Insightful soon.
Adjusting the clock is of course the easy way to solve the mismatch between our ideal time and earth's rotation
Oh yeah? It took me about ten minutes to adjust all the clocks in my house due to the damn leap second. Multiply this by the 100 million households in the nation, and we have a very serious issue here.
I demand that George Bush pull us out of whatever God forsaken U.N. treaty that got us into this mess.
Uncle Cletus' eruptions. Every five minutes. Like clockwork. Cannot be explained entirely -- even after considering his diet of beer and refried beans. By my calculations, the emissions should result in his losing five pounds every year. Yet, at every Christmas party, he shows up heavier than last year.
Perhaps these two scientific mysteries are related.
I'll bet you a sig line that it turns out he made up the "beating". Looking at the dude, if he really got jumped by two guys, he wouldn't have walked away from it. Reading his e-mail, he hasn't the highest character level, regardless of his beliefs.
Can some kind mod please bump this guy up? Look at his posting history... no reason he should be negative. Looks like some mod without a sense of humor decided to bomb him into oblivion.
Gates, Ballmer, Ozzie, et al: I'm going to give you a hint which will help you. I'm not supposed to do this because I'm a Linux fanatic but I'm going to do it anyway because you seem to be retarded and it makes me feel good inside to help those who are less fortunate than I am.
It is amazing how all the brilliant people are living in their mom's basement, posting on slashdot, while all the retards start and grow multi-billion dollar companies. if only the man wouldn't keep us down...
The comments made were from eight years ago. If you are trying to do an analysis on whether the comments were correct or not, you'd have to look at eight years... not one.
Try following the thread. The gp was equating margin with ROI. Two different concepts entirely.
And despite your brilliant usage of the word 'pwned', I have to take exception with your analysis. You conveniently use a 1-year chart. Try a 10 year chart, and you will see Dell kicking the crap out of Apple.
Profit margin is NOT the same as return on investment. Not even remotely close. Profit margin in only half the equation in profitability (Wal-Mart has a very low profit margin, but due to volume is one of the most profitable companies). And profit margins are only part of the equation of return on investment (ROI). ROI is the profit divided by capitalization.
Slashdot Mirror
This is why I love Slashdot: the deep and significant philosophical commentary.
Actually, I am here for the chicks.
And the law requires that a parent make the purchasing decision... not the child.
FTA
''Video games are protected speech under the First Amendment just like movies, books and television,'' said Sally Jefferson of the Entertainment Software Association.
Well, Sally, guess what? 17 year olds cannot go to certain movies. 17 year olds cannot buy Playboy. 17 year olds cannot buy the X-Channel.
So if that is your attempt to defend selling any title to any age group, you REALLY need to think through your arguement more.
Like the above three examples... if the parent approves it, and buys it on behalf of the minor -- fine. But some titles are questionable enough that a parental decision should be required. That is all the law says.
Now, let us hear the whiners tell us how this is an infringement on everyone's rights (it isn't). Let's hear how this means we are trying to be a nanny state (we have on many, many more issues than this over the last two plus centuries).
Bottom line: No one's rights are being attacked. This is common sense.
It is actually just two guys and a really efficient script. Then they sell items on eBay. Quite brilliant really.
No. I disagree that he is just talking to hear his own voice.
And that is one of the shortcomings with people in general. The reason he is doing it is to provide a service to other people (in his mind). You may disagree with his assessment, but it does not change the fact that it is not done to satisfy himself. You simply disagree with him so vehemently, that you are unable to, at the very least, see his real motives.
Now, if you compared his actions to a guy who has sex, but his penis is so small he couldn't satify a woman, that would be a more apt analogy. Masterbation is not.
Ummmm. no. He is using the term "mastubatory" to reflect doing something strictly to satisfy oneself. Wheter you agree or not Thompson is doing his work to help society as a whole. Therefore, it is not mastubatory.
But, you go with groupthought on Slashdot... Thompson is bad. Even if your logic is flawed you should get your +5 Insightful soon.
{Slowly pulls handgun out of pants and pulls back the hammer}
Next time, make sure you get it all the way out of your pants before letting go of the hammer.
Only problem is that I spend most of my time indoors,
This is Slashdot. Quit spamming us with stuff we already know.
Adjusting the clock is of course the easy way to solve the mismatch between our ideal time and earth's rotation
Oh yeah? It took me about ten minutes to adjust all the clocks in my house due to the damn leap second. Multiply this by the 100 million households in the nation, and we have a very serious issue here.
I demand that George Bush pull us out of whatever God forsaken U.N. treaty that got us into this mess.
half-ass game developement team
This would be a good forum to find such a team...
Uncle Cletus' eruptions. Every five minutes. Like clockwork. Cannot be explained entirely -- even after considering his diet of beer and refried beans. By my calculations, the emissions should result in his losing five pounds every year. Yet, at every Christmas party, he shows up heavier than last year.
Perhaps these two scientific mysteries are related.
Hey moron. It's neediest. Not neriest.
I always though Realdoll was the choice for the nerdiest?
Thanks for getting the joke..
Yeah. Us poor people stick with the homely chicks.
I'll bet you a sig line that it turns out he made up the "beating". Looking at the dude, if he really got jumped by two guys, he wouldn't have walked away from it. Reading his e-mail, he hasn't the highest character level, regardless of his beliefs.
Can some kind mod please bump this guy up? Look at his posting history... no reason he should be negative. Looks like some mod without a sense of humor decided to bomb him into oblivion.
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Gates, Ballmer, Ozzie, et al: I'm going to give you a hint which will help you. I'm not supposed to do this because I'm a Linux fanatic but I'm going to do it anyway because you seem to be retarded and it makes me feel good inside to help those who are less fortunate than I am.
It is amazing how all the brilliant people are living in their mom's basement, posting on slashdot, while all the retards start and grow multi-billion dollar companies. if only the man wouldn't keep us down...
The comments made were from eight years ago. If you are trying to do an analysis on whether the comments were correct or not, you'd have to look at eight years... not one.
Try again.
Try following the thread. The gp was equating margin with ROI. Two different concepts entirely.
And despite your brilliant usage of the word 'pwned', I have to take exception with your analysis. You conveniently use a 1-year chart. Try a 10 year chart, and you will see Dell kicking the crap out of Apple.
Profit margin is NOT the same as return on investment. Not even remotely close. Profit margin in only half the equation in profitability (Wal-Mart has a very low profit margin, but due to volume is one of the most profitable companies). And profit margins are only part of the equation of return on investment (ROI). ROI is the profit divided by capitalization.
You might want to re-think.
If anyone could photoshop it showing Tux on the "computer", it'd garner at least a +5 interesting...
The articles had very little on the look and feel. Better pictures can be found here.