...and have you seen version 7 of Acrobat reader? It takes about 20 minutes to install, and comes packed with photo album software and the Yahoo toolbar.
Think about this, maybe some humans are just violent by nature. Humans have been at war with each other since the beginning of time. This was before video games or violent movies. You could even argue that our past was even more violent than present time.
Your second sentence makes no sense so we'll just ignore it.
Since you are having trouble reading let me break this down for you. Some kids see things in a video game and don't understand that they are just playing a game, and think that they may repeat these actions in real life. Hence, not being able to seperate reality from fantasy. Get it?
Leave the sane ones among us to reflect to some extent on whether it is a good idea to have our children spending hours a week engaging in ever more realistic bloodshed.
But you did hit the nail on the head here. Parents, who are the ones really responsible for raising a child, should monitor thier children's activities. They are responsible for the child's upbringing, and should make good decisions for their child based on that fact.
I just don't like congress getting involved in these types of issues.
From my own personal experiences I have played these types of video games since I was a kid, and even watched violent movies. I turned into a normal adult, and I don't have any violence issues whatsoever. Hey, maybe I'm just the exception. I only speak from my experiences.
I thought the whole point of the military sponsored FPSs was to teach teens that war is just a game.
Which FPSs are military sponsored? Dude, loose the tin foil hat. Soldiers and pilots, people already in the service, use training programs. As they have for a long time.
I did not know that the ESRB ratings are not law. Although, I must say that every video game I have purchased in recent memory has had the ratings on them. I just looked at all my playstation 2 games, and they all have the rating. It does look like the game publishers are adhering to the voluntary policy. I'm sure they are not intrested in congress getting involved. If only the stores would enfore it.
Or maybe we're just naturally violent, in which case nothing external is to blame.
Well, being that humans have been at war with each other since the beginning of time I can reasonably assume it is not the video games that are to blame.
When I watch a movie it is a fairly passive activety. I sit back, enjoy the flick without much involement. When I play a game though, such as grand theft auto or the like, that is a very active thing. I look for pedestrians to run over, I look for police to beat up.
That's good. Now all you have to do is realize that you are pressing buttons on a plastic controller, and viewing pixels on a TV screen. Common people these are video games. It is not real!
There is a rating system on video games, and there has been for years. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe you are supposed to be at least 17 to buy Grand Theft Auto. We need to enforce these laws that we already have. Seems to me that stores should be enforcing this policy, and that parents should get a clue as to what games (with what ratings) their kids are playing.
Video games do not fucking make people violent! What the fuck is wrong with you people! I'm going to thump the skull of the next mother fucker who says it!!!
Ya lets get rid of the video games, and movies, and boxing, football, and all other "violent" activities and live your pie in the sky dream.
You are always going to have people who cannot distinguish between make believe and reality. We should commit these people, not punish the sane people.
If the root servers were taken out temporarely I don't see that as being a major crisis. Most businesses have their own "caching" DNS servers that would work just fine. However, during the time the root servers are down you would not be able to view any new websites that just registered their domain name/IP, and who's DNS information has not propagated to the caching servers.
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Did Netcraft confirm this?
Wikipedia article here
They are assuming people would buy the software if they couldn't get it for free.
I'm guessing you pulled that stat right out of your ass.
But yes, guns are used against people. We didn't win the revolutionary war by throwing rocks at the Brits.
...and have two stuck rovers?
As any redneck will tell you... you should never go muddin without a winch.
When trying to install a PDF reader I shouldn't have to opt-out of stupid fucking programs I didn't ask for. Get a clue.
...and have you seen version 7 of Acrobat reader? It takes about 20 minutes to install, and comes packed with photo album software and the Yahoo toolbar.
I believe you are underestimating the price benefit considering how cash-strapped most public schools are right now.
+1 oh so wrong
We need more cowbell!
I would also like port 80 open. Let me decide what ports I want to block.
I just wish more record companies would sign up for iTunes so that there will be more selection, and of course, lose the damn DRM.
...and they are called windows
Who's giving away these G-5s anyway? I want in!
Your second sentence makes no sense so we'll just ignore it.
Since you are having trouble reading let me break this down for you. Some kids see things in a video game and don't understand that they are just playing a game, and think that they may repeat these actions in real life. Hence, not being able to seperate reality from fantasy. Get it?
Leave the sane ones among us to reflect to some extent on whether it is a good idea to have our children spending hours a week engaging in ever more realistic bloodshed.
But you did hit the nail on the head here. Parents, who are the ones really responsible for raising a child, should monitor thier children's activities. They are responsible for the child's upbringing, and should make good decisions for their child based on that fact.
I just don't like congress getting involved in these types of issues.
From my own personal experiences I have played these types of video games since I was a kid, and even watched violent movies. I turned into a normal adult, and I don't have any violence issues whatsoever. Hey, maybe I'm just the exception. I only speak from my experiences.
Which FPSs are military sponsored? Dude, loose the tin foil hat. Soldiers and pilots, people already in the service, use training programs. As they have for a long time.
I did not know that the ESRB ratings are not law. Although, I must say that every video game I have purchased in recent memory has had the ratings on them. I just looked at all my playstation 2 games, and they all have the rating. It does look like the game publishers are adhering to the voluntary policy. I'm sure they are not intrested in congress getting involved. If only the stores would enfore it.
Well, being that humans have been at war with each other since the beginning of time I can reasonably assume it is not the video games that are to blame.
That's good. Now all you have to do is realize that you are pressing buttons on a plastic controller, and viewing pixels on a TV screen. Common people these are video games. It is not real!
There is a rating system on video games, and there has been for years. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe you are supposed to be at least 17 to buy Grand Theft Auto. We need to enforce these laws that we already have. Seems to me that stores should be enforcing this policy, and that parents should get a clue as to what games (with what ratings) their kids are playing.
Video games do not fucking make people violent! What the fuck is wrong with you people! I'm going to thump the skull of the next mother fucker who says it!!!
You are always going to have people who cannot distinguish between make believe and reality. We should commit these people, not punish the sane people.
If the root servers were taken out temporarely I don't see that as being a major crisis. Most businesses have their own "caching" DNS servers that would work just fine. However, during the time the root servers are down you would not be able to view any new websites that just registered their domain name/IP, and who's DNS information has not propagated to the caching servers.
Everyone should throw their computers in the ocean to protest.