Yet every male Avatar depicted in games can play the xylaphone on his abs.
Perhaps players don't care to depict Rosanne Barr nor John Madden when they wish to depict themselves in a fantasy world.
I could be wrong.
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Very good question. However, is this any more legitimate than a review of Fable and it's 8 hours of gameplay or whatever it was?
Or what about 50 hours in to Morrowind? Can a reviewer then reasonably write a review? Does the progress through a game's linear structure (if it has one unlike morrowind) prevent a reviewer from writing such a review? I don't think so. Of course it's arbitrary but if someone plays for 30 hours on a game I think they have every right to post a review as long as they clearly document that they have not completed the whole game if that game in fact has that "end" if you will.
Easy. Or, if they are completely clueless search *.doc
The 20% of time searching for "items" is too general to conclude that users are being non-productive. Microsoft is trying to sell a product. Just like the Oxyclean guy on TV that demonstrates a shirt with a grass stain that appears to have been affixed to the bottom of a lawnmower. "You have a need people and this need is so significant that we are shocked your need hasn't been filled. To that end our product has this fantastic ability to fill your overhyped need."
The marketing research doesn't specify that users spend 20% of their time looking for files. They say items. Is an "item" as simple as a user searching for a formula in a spreadsheet? Is it looking for a paragraph in a Word document? Evaluating data, using computer data, saving it, opening new data etc... all requires looking for "items". Like any company that conducts marketing research they are are going to find evidence that supports the sale of their product.
With that said, none of my users are spending near 20% of their time looking for files. Not the greenest of my green computer users does this.
Under the metaconstitutional Oakes test, any infringement of individual Charter liberties, such as a publication ban, must have a "rational connection" to the intended benefit and must be the most minimally restrictive measure that can bring about the benefit. The argument here is that if a ban doesn't work in practice--say, because American webloggers are all printing the mind-blowing stuff Canadian ones cannot--it can't meet Oakes. With due respect to the ban, which I consider myself to have observed herein, it would actively help free the hands of Canadian webloggers and reporters if our foreign cousins were to be aggressive about "publishing" the substance of the Brault testimony outside the reach of Canadian law.
Problem is, you have concluded that he has a specific political philosophy based on his advertisers. You've immediately stereotyped him and concluded he's not reputable based on your prejudice.
Furthermore, you base such conclusions on what are clearly debatable issues such as "Iraq debacle". You state them as fact, not areas of debate. In conclusion you site (via his advertisers mind you) that he must be a neocon and as such must hold some universal held believe in noble lies regarding Iraq which consequently means he cannot be trusted to tell the truth. So what he wrote could be a lie so why read it.
Wouldn't want to actually read what he wrote and judge it on it's face would you?
If you never read anything you disagree with you can always be right.
Focusing on the parents responsability in keeping these games away from their kids is a distraction. These "violent" games will get in the hands of these kids regardless. The point is there is no proven connection between video games and violent personal behavior. It can't be proven in court be it civil or criminal court. To wit, I quote Kyle from HardOCP as he has said it better than I can,
"said this 4 years ago, and I will say it again...if video games cause violence, how come Japan consumes 10x - 15x more video games than the U.S. even though they are only a fraction of our size and yet their violent crime rate is 1% of the U.S.? Shouldn't they be slashing everyone up with ninja swords and Karate chopping each other to death in Pokemon/Mortal Kombat style death duels by now?"
Art that costs $15 million + to produce IS a business.
Speaking of which my wife liked a painting she saw in Bombay Company, price tag? $450. This consumer declined but I'm sure another will purchase it. Art is not philanthorpy either.
Preload a CD the usual suspects like AVG, Zonealarm, Adaware, Spybot S&D, (Microsoft beta spyware remover has seemed good to me so far)and whatever other items you'd like to add then create a batch file for the user to run to load it. Create a straight forward pdf for instructions on any user input that's needed.
Not all computer issues can be resolved with such a blanket solution of course. However, in my experience a great majority of them are. As a result I've run in to two different type of users. One, that's obviously unwilling to work at it and simply want you to do it all and the other does as I subscribes and it works or they need some additional help. Charge the first type.
If it's more complicated then the work is pretty rewarding for me anyway as I enjoy problem solving. If it's just watching a virus scan or installation routine then It can feel like labor and time that should be compensated for.
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Perhaps players don't care to depict Rosanne Barr nor John Madden when they wish to depict themselves in a fantasy world.
I could be wrong.
Or what about 50 hours in to Morrowind? Can a reviewer then reasonably write a review? Does the progress through a game's linear structure (if it has one unlike morrowind) prevent a reviewer from writing such a review? I don't think so. Of course it's arbitrary but if someone plays for 30 hours on a game I think they have every right to post a review as long as they clearly document that they have not completed the whole game if that game in fact has that "end" if you will.
Easy. Or, if they are completely clueless search *.doc
The 20% of time searching for "items" is too general to conclude that users are being non-productive. Microsoft is trying to sell a product. Just like the Oxyclean guy on TV that demonstrates a shirt with a grass stain that appears to have been affixed to the bottom of a lawnmower. "You have a need people and this need is so significant that we are shocked your need hasn't been filled. To that end our product has this fantastic ability to fill your overhyped need."
The marketing research doesn't specify that users spend 20% of their time looking for files. They say items. Is an "item" as simple as a user searching for a formula in a spreadsheet? Is it looking for a paragraph in a Word document? Evaluating data, using computer data, saving it, opening new data etc... all requires looking for "items". Like any company that conducts marketing research they are are going to find evidence that supports the sale of their product.
With that said, none of my users are spending near 20% of their time looking for files. Not the greenest of my green computer users does this.
Via instapundit.. http://www.colbycosh.com/%23ctah/
Under the metaconstitutional Oakes test, any infringement of individual Charter liberties, such as a publication ban, must have a "rational connection" to the intended benefit and must be the most minimally restrictive measure that can bring about the benefit. The argument here is that if a ban doesn't work in practice--say, because American webloggers are all printing the mind-blowing stuff Canadian ones cannot--it can't meet Oakes. With due respect to the ban, which I consider myself to have observed herein, it would actively help free the hands of Canadian webloggers and reporters if our foreign cousins were to be aggressive about "publishing" the substance of the Brault testimony outside the reach of Canadian law.
Problem is, you have concluded that he has a specific political philosophy based on his advertisers. You've immediately stereotyped him and concluded he's not reputable based on your prejudice. Furthermore, you base such conclusions on what are clearly debatable issues such as "Iraq debacle". You state them as fact, not areas of debate. In conclusion you site (via his advertisers mind you) that he must be a neocon and as such must hold some universal held believe in noble lies regarding Iraq which consequently means he cannot be trusted to tell the truth. So what he wrote could be a lie so why read it.
Wouldn't want to actually read what he wrote and judge it on it's face would you? If you never read anything you disagree with you can always be right.
Focusing on the parents responsability in keeping these games away from their kids is a distraction. These "violent" games will get in the hands of these kids regardless. The point is there is no proven connection between video games and violent personal behavior. It can't be proven in court be it civil or criminal court. To wit, I quote Kyle from HardOCP as he has said it better than I can, "said this 4 years ago, and I will say it again...if video games cause violence, how come Japan consumes 10x - 15x more video games than the U.S. even though they are only a fraction of our size and yet their violent crime rate is 1% of the U.S.? Shouldn't they be slashing everyone up with ninja swords and Karate chopping each other to death in Pokemon/Mortal Kombat style death duels by now?"
You're talking about the retailer. The costs of the Publisher aren't in your $10.
Art that costs $15 million + to produce IS a business. Speaking of which my wife liked a painting she saw in Bombay Company, price tag? $450. This consumer declined but I'm sure another will purchase it. Art is not philanthorpy either.
His facts are correct. Calling CO2 unneccessary is as you say, "stupid".
www.junkscience.com Cost calculator and rebuttle position to Kyoto (among other things).
Preload a CD the usual suspects like AVG, Zonealarm, Adaware, Spybot S&D, (Microsoft beta spyware remover has seemed good to me so far)and whatever other items you'd like to add then create a batch file for the user to run to load it. Create a straight forward pdf for instructions on any user input that's needed. Not all computer issues can be resolved with such a blanket solution of course. However, in my experience a great majority of them are. As a result I've run in to two different type of users. One, that's obviously unwilling to work at it and simply want you to do it all and the other does as I subscribes and it works or they need some additional help. Charge the first type. If it's more complicated then the work is pretty rewarding for me anyway as I enjoy problem solving. If it's just watching a virus scan or installation routine then It can feel like labor and time that should be compensated for.