Sort of like when extreme sports went mainstream... Seems like this is a better way for people to show of their skills for the ever growing, and ever more lucrative security business....
Ugh- textbooks cost enough without having "clickers" bundles in.
Call me crazy, but if students aren't comfortable sharing their opinions in class or joining the discussion, then maybe the profs need to cultivate a better atmosphere for discussion. I personally wouldn't want a class to degrade into one of those bar remote control trivia games.
Maybe the solution is smaller classes....
I think it depends on parenting to a large degree. If parents aren't instlling enough moral fiber in their kids to overcome the influence of video games, then we have a problem...
Although, keep in mind that a lot of things are cyclical. Developed societies tend to swing back in forth, as a whole, between liberalism and conservatism. It is just the way it is... Whether you see the bible as the word of God, or just a historical book with myth and allegory, there was certainly immorality (Jezebel, babylon etc.), and there certainly was violence... We tend to think just in our times, without considering history
I agree it is not going to happen during this administration- I should have said The President instead of W.
Unfortunately, in this country it often take a time of struggle or hardship for anything to change, but if there is ever a break in the oil supply chain, we will have to do something.... It would be bad for the oil companies and Saudi princes Bush is beholden to. There are other reasons too- such as, if we didn't have a foreign oil habit, geopolitics would change, and a lot of defense contractors would be out of business. There are also the US Auto Lobbies, andd I am sure many other concerned parties
Actually, the day after tommorow was based on Art Bell and Whitley Strieber's book The Coming Global Superstorm. In the book they are clear that it is hypothetical-
What I like about it, is that it refutes the idiots that say "there is no global warming because it we had a cold winter and the summer isn't that hot..." (There was a letter in the Cleve. Plain Dealer a couple months ago saying that because whe had a late snow (late march, 8inches in Ohio) global warming si a joke, and the letter writer would keep driving his SUV etc...) Global warming will lead to screwed up weather, not just hot weather. Change the currents in the ocean, and GB could quickly become cold like Siberia....
I don't think it is an A leads to B thing- Movies won't make kids automatically interested in science, however I think a lot of people were inspired by the cold war to get into science, and movies that made the Russians look bad got American kids into science, and vice versa.
Whatever your opinion of the administration- Imagine if W had a conference, said that we are going to get rid of our need for foreign oil w/in 10 years, and got scientists etc. going with the support they deserve and need- it could be like JFK's moon challenge.
It isn't just movies that influence people- we need a whole atmosphere of education in the US.
Of course, another way to do this would to bring kids to 15 year reunions, when the football team captains have gotten fat and work at car washes, and the high school nerds are making great money in great jobs.... Education is cool man.
Okay- say what you will about deregulation, whatever. The issue to me, is that these lines are on public property, and in public airspace... Would another company be allowed to build poles and run lines right next the current lines? If not, it seems that the phone companies should have to share/lease them out at a fair price.
Correct me if I am wrong- but I kind of liken Linux to ownership of a Ferrari or Jag in the US in the 70s- great cars, but you had to know a lot about cars and how cars work to own one.
Look- Macs are great- I was a mac guy through pretty much the entire 90s- I only switched to PCs because at the time, there was a ton more software/games etc cheaper for the PCs.
Computers have become appliances- they are consumer goods now for the masses, not just for us enthusiasts/hobbyists. When one buys an appliance, we tend to buy what is cheap and available easily.
One can argue monopoly or whatever all day- but the fact is, MS is dominant in the market. There must be some legitimate reason for it... Mod me down for saying this if you want- but if you are new to/. and want to get up to excellent karma as quickly as possible, write anti MS posts in any article about computers, and anti-Bush/Republican or US posts in any article about politics. That will quickly raise your Karma. Stories like this one are tricky, Karma wise- you will not be judged for your argument, but more likely, you will be judged on whether the mod agrees with your opinion.
Thanks- I never could figure out NASA- I am going to be honest here- I like reading, and if I am put in a room with a book I will read it. Whenever I stay with my brother, he has a ton of conspiracy books, and I read them. A lot of the tinfoil hat people who write these books seem to think NASA was chartered under the DOD... I guess I picked up on that, and never bothered to find out the whole story. I do wonder how much black bag stuff goes up on the shuttle. Nonetheless, it still chaps my ass we are running around the hot spots with equipment meant for landings or operating in the rear... I just think that we ought to get our priorities straight when it comes to spending money. On the other hand- I am fascinated by space,so I am glad we are up there...
Wait, they used their tools for penetration testing? And a honeypot? I am going to search google images for penetration, honeypot and tool and see if I can add anything to the discussion
For example, many US Republicans are against abortion but in favour of the death penalty (no doubt they have their reasons).
How about, for example, many Democrats are in favor of jail time for disturbing the eggs of the Piping Plover (or name an endangered species), but are in favor of sucking a human fetus out of a womb... Don't touch the growing bird, but go ahead with the human.
Many Republicans say "I am proud of what you do in the Guard, I would be over there with you if I wcould be." And then i point out that they are under the enlistment age, and we will gladly take them. And then of course, well, I'd fight if they really needed me. Hmmm.... Lets see- the army could use some people bud...
Or when Hannity, who never served, says "I don't agree with you but I would die for your right to say that..." Um sure- I have never heard a vet say that- I mean, I wouldn't put my life on the line and die so that someone is free to say that the US sucks...
Not in favor of the death penalty? Would you be if you kid was raped, or your mom was beaten? I pray to got that never happens. People often say one thing to hypotheticals, but it is very different in reality.
Look, the test is not what you say, but what you do. If you believe info should be free, but you get paid to design information that is sold, well then you aren't practicing what you preach. Character is what you do when no one is looking.
The best leaders/influencers are those who are "do what I do", not "do what I say, not what I do."
If you look for things that are wrong, you will find them. Your car may run fine and be safe, but give it a thousand point inspection, and I am certain that you will find numerous potential safety issues.
There is some risk involved in being an astronaut. 20 of our brothers get killed in Iraq because they were driving around in a amphibious landing vehicle with a flat hull, and we are spending many many millions on this damn problem with the shuttle? And before you get into dollars and cents and say that the lives of an astronaut are more important than that of a grunt because of all the training, A: do some research into what it costs to train a grunt and B: soldiers who are willing to go in hot zones (I am talking Marines, infantry etc.) are not easy to come by....
My point is, and I am aware that the shuttle is a symbol and all, but it is just bad taste to be nitpicking every little thing on a Military Plane (Nasa is part of the DOD) carrying seven people, while soldiers are driving around Iraq in insufficent vehicles..... Sorry if this comes accross as flame bait- but this really chaps my ass.
Thats great... I had a head injury in 2002, and I was at a big hospital in Cleveland with a great reputation, and they gave me all these tests. I scored a 185 on the IQ thing once, another time I scored 135, and another time in between those two scores. It is a joke. It measures nothing, as you can see by my three scores. I am absolutely not a genius by anyones definition, yet the 185 says otherwise... The only people who brag about (or even mention, or for that matter even know) their IQs are people who feel superior to others because they did well on a reasoning test, yet have no money/crappy jobs.... As in, well, I may be broke and have no woman, but my IQ is 50 pts higher than the salesman who is rolling in money and has a nice looking wife.... That and $25 will get you a Blowjob downtown
Give me 100 people who know their IQ, and I would wager 95 of them are assholes with crappy jobs
The world isn't the US? Golly Gee, if I had a decent textbook, I might have known that knowledge. Sarcasm aside, you and I have no reason to disagree. YOu say a typical textbook for you is 50-70 Euros.... A Euro is about $1.22 US, so that 70 Euro book is roughly what, 80$ or so US... (Is the 50-70Euro price including any taxes?) That is about the cost of a decent PDA here... PDA= multiple textbooks (if the content is donated, which it would be- How can you say no to those skinny kids). Seems much cheaper for several subjects...
There is a new ethiopian restaurant in town, so I thought I would check it out. I went in, they made me sit on the floor, and Sally Fields brought me an old can of corn.
Does this windows Guri post on slashdot....
I thought I saw this exact comment modded +500 insightful 'My advice here is simple: Boycott Internet Explorer. It is a cancer on the Web, and must be stopped. IE is insecure and is not standards-compliant, which makes it unworkable for both end users and Web content creators... You can turn the tide by demanding better from Microsoft and using a better alternative Web browser. I recommend and use Mozilla Firefox, but Apple Safari (Mac only) and Opera 8 are both worth considering as well.'"
So real books are difficult to obtain, but Pocket PCs are plentiful?
Uh- not to be sarcastic, or insult you (you are excused if you are in high school and don't have to buy books)- but did you go to college? We are talking textbooks, not Penguin Classics. I have bought many $90-$250 textbooks for school back when. Textbooks used in grade school classes are also very pricey. More than E-books. Plus, textbooks are not as useful after a few years (some subjects more than others), so with e books thay can be updated. Plus, if you get the materials (e.g. e books, software) donated, many times FedEX or UPS or DHL donates the freight- and they will be more likely to donate service to ship 100 8 oz e-books than 100 3 pound textbooks.
As far as the power- not being a dick, but why cant we send them little pedal or crank powered generators for their e-books....
As far as copyright infringing/counterfit items. When I buy anything that is likely to be fake, I only buy it from the US and will only accept shipment by the USPS. If someone sends counterfit goods through the mail, and you notify the US Postal Inspectors, you would be amazed at the veracity they have in bringing criminals down. The US Postal Inspection Service does not f--k around. You can report things to Ebay and Paypal and who knows what will happen- report it to the USPS and they will take care of it.
I would have appreciated a more hard hitting interview. I have seen statistics all over the board from 1% of the items are stolen to 50% of the laptops sold on there are stolen... who knows? Why not ask the interviewee?
Keep in mind however, the media is not perfect- Have you ever seen negative articles on Car Dealerships or Realtors in the Newspaper? Does that have anything to do with the millions they spend on page after page of display ads in the newspapers?
I didn't get much from this article- but I do use common sense when buying online from non-corporations, the same as from any city bazaar or flea market. Brand new hot item at a 80% discount? Hmmmm... I wonder if it fell off a truck, or isn't real....
And don't forget, a lot of the stuff that is technically counterfit really isn't- The brand name legal goods are made in a factory in China, they just keep the factory running a couple extra days and the goods are the exact same, just not exactly legal. If the guys at Ford snuck in the factory and made a couple extra cars in their free time, and sold them themselves, are the cars counterfit? Something to chew on. But the whole security/scam issue online is comlicated.
My understanding, and correct me if I am wrong please, is that Pluto was not formed at the same time as the rest of our solar system, that it was pulled in. Would it be the same for this additional planet? If so, there could be others out there with orbits that we didn't expect.
Maybe I will move my telescope from being pointed at the neighbors shower and point it towards the sky.
What I love about space, is that the more we discover, the more we have to learn.
I see our point- in most situations, however I am a little more aware of my surroundings and better at handling a firearm than many others. Even if I do get carjacked, once I am out of the car, the car jacker isn't getting far- I live in an area where shooting a fleeing car jacker through the back window of your truck as he flees isn't likely to cause a stink (red state)...
On a related note, I do feel that I am less likely to be a carjacked for other reasons, i.e. I am very aware of my surroundings, especially when in bad neighborhoods. There are a couple things that are wise to do- #1, always leave at least a car length between the car in front of you and your car when at a red light. This allows you the options of pulling forward and out of the situation. #2: never drive in the curb lane in a bad neighborhood when you can avoid it. when you are in the street lane, you will know when someone is coming up to your car (if you follow rule 3), whereas in the curb lane they look like pedestrians until it is too late. #3- look in all three mirrors when stopped at a light, watch your surrounding, and floor it if you see someone creeping up on you. It is a good idea to always be aware of your surroundings for other reasons also (it makes you a safer Motorist).
Thank you for pointing this out... Most violent crime is not thrill crime. a tiny percentage. Until robbing someone in a video game gives you real money to buy real drugs, video games will not slow violenet crime. Meth is already overwhelming the police in places like Ohio- it is getting into the upscale burbs also. It used to be crack was the ghettos issue, and meth was the trailer parks issue, but now it is spreading. Just another reason for concealed carry licenses for citizens.
Ugh- The majority of violent crime is drug related. When robbing someone in a video game gives you money for crack, then the argument makes sense. We have huge meth crime problem now- peeople robbing while on meth or to buy more meth. A video game won't solve that... Carjacking is also way down in states with concealed carry. An intelligent carjacker will be more likely to car jack a honda civic with a Earth! sticker on it because you can assume the driver hates guns and doesn't own one... I have a Ford F350 with an NRA sticker (I have a concealed carry permit, but that is beside the point) and a reasonable car jacker can assume a person in a pickup is more likely to be armed (legally). Unfortunately, there is a dearth of intelligent car jackers....
Let's see, I can kill people in multitude of efficient ways- none of which i learned from video games. Where did I learn? Um, Leonard Wood. Um, who paid for me to learn, um- Uncle Sam.
I know how to have sex. Where did I learn... not a video game.
Um.... violent crime has been steadily decreasing in the US over the past decade, except for a few choice places like DC. More kids are playing these games, yet violent crime is going down... sort of odd for congress to draw a link.
Any regardless of your politics- how strange is it that the wife of the man who made it normal to discuss fellatio (translation:playing the skin flute) and semen stains (translation: love juice, monkey spanking sauce) on dresses okay to discuss on the 6 oclock news and the front page of newspapers, is upset about some simulated sex accesible only be searching for it and downloading some code... The gov't needs to get out of our lives and pocket books.
It would be funny to design a game called oval office and have simulated intern fellatio, and see if Hillary is upset by the real thing....
Another case of do as I say, not as I do...
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Sort of like when extreme sports went mainstream... Seems like this is a better way for people to show of their skills for the ever growing, and ever more lucrative security business....
Ugh- textbooks cost enough without having "clickers" bundles in.
Call me crazy, but if students aren't comfortable sharing their opinions in class or joining the discussion, then maybe the profs need to cultivate a better atmosphere for discussion. I personally wouldn't want a class to degrade into one of those bar remote control trivia games.
Maybe the solution is smaller classes....
I think it depends on parenting to a large degree. If parents aren't instlling enough moral fiber in their kids to overcome the influence of video games, then we have a problem...
Although, keep in mind that a lot of things are cyclical. Developed societies tend to swing back in forth, as a whole, between liberalism and conservatism. It is just the way it is... Whether you see the bible as the word of God, or just a historical book with myth and allegory, there was certainly immorality (Jezebel, babylon etc.), and there certainly was violence... We tend to think just in our times, without considering history
I agree it is not going to happen during this administration- I should have said The President instead of W.
Unfortunately, in this country it often take a time of struggle or hardship for anything to change, but if there is ever a break in the oil supply chain, we will have to do something....
It would be bad for the oil companies and Saudi princes Bush is beholden to. There are other reasons too- such as, if we didn't have a foreign oil habit, geopolitics would change, and a lot of defense contractors would be out of business. There are also the US Auto Lobbies, andd I am sure many other concerned parties
Actually, the day after tommorow was based on Art Bell and Whitley Strieber's book The Coming Global Superstorm. In the book they are clear that it is hypothetical-
What I like about it, is that it refutes the idiots that say "there is no global warming because it we had a cold winter and the summer isn't that hot..." (There was a letter in the Cleve. Plain Dealer a couple months ago saying that because whe had a late snow (late march, 8inches in Ohio) global warming si a joke, and the letter writer would keep driving his SUV etc...) Global warming will lead to screwed up weather, not just hot weather. Change the currents in the ocean, and GB could quickly become cold like Siberia....
I don't think it is an A leads to B thing- Movies won't make kids automatically interested in science, however I think a lot of people were inspired by the cold war to get into science, and movies that made the Russians look bad got American kids into science, and vice versa.
Whatever your opinion of the administration- Imagine if W had a conference, said that we are going to get rid of our need for foreign oil w/in 10 years, and got scientists etc. going with the support they deserve and need- it could be like JFK's moon challenge.
It isn't just movies that influence people- we need a whole atmosphere of education in the US.
Of course, another way to do this would to bring kids to 15 year reunions, when the football team captains have gotten fat and work at car washes, and the high school nerds are making great money in great jobs.... Education is cool man.
Okay- say what you will about deregulation, whatever. The issue to me, is that these lines are on public property, and in public airspace... Would another company be allowed to build poles and run lines right next the current lines? If not, it seems that the phone companies should have to share/lease them out at a fair price.
Correct me if I am wrong- but I kind of liken Linux to ownership of a Ferrari or Jag in the US in the 70s- great cars, but you had to know a lot about cars and how cars work to own one. /. and want to get up to excellent karma as quickly as possible, write anti MS posts in any article about computers, and anti-Bush/Republican or US posts in any article about politics. That will quickly raise your Karma. Stories like this one are tricky, Karma wise- you will not be judged for your argument, but more likely, you will be judged on whether the mod agrees with your opinion.
Look- Macs are great- I was a mac guy through pretty much the entire 90s- I only switched to PCs because at the time, there was a ton more software/games etc cheaper for the PCs.
Computers have become appliances- they are consumer goods now for the masses, not just for us enthusiasts/hobbyists. When one buys an appliance, we tend to buy what is cheap and available easily.
One can argue monopoly or whatever all day- but the fact is, MS is dominant in the market. There must be some legitimate reason for it...
Mod me down for saying this if you want- but if you are new to
Thanks- I never could figure out NASA- I am going to be honest here- I like reading, and if I am put in a room with a book I will read it. Whenever I stay with my brother, he has a ton of conspiracy books, and I read them. A lot of the tinfoil hat people who write these books seem to think NASA was chartered under the DOD... I guess I picked up on that, and never bothered to find out the whole story. I do wonder how much black bag stuff goes up on the shuttle. Nonetheless, it still chaps my ass we are running around the hot spots with equipment meant for landings or operating in the rear... I just think that we ought to get our priorities straight when it comes to spending money. On the other hand- I am fascinated by space,so I am glad we are up there...
Wait, they used their tools for penetration testing? And a honeypot? I am going to search google images for penetration, honeypot and tool and see if I can add anything to the discussion
Do not search google images for honeypot or penetration while at work...
For example, many US Republicans are against abortion but in favour of the death penalty (no doubt they have their reasons).
How about, for example, many Democrats are in favor of jail time for disturbing the eggs of the Piping Plover (or name an endangered species), but are in favor of sucking a human fetus out of a womb... Don't touch the growing bird, but go ahead with the human.
Many Republicans say "I am proud of what you do in the Guard, I would be over there with you if I wcould be." And then i point out that they are under the enlistment age, and we will gladly take them. And then of course, well, I'd fight if they really needed me. Hmmm.... Lets see- the army could use some people bud...
Or when Hannity, who never served, says "I don't agree with you but I would die for your right to say that..." Um sure- I have never heard a vet say that- I mean, I wouldn't put my life on the line and die so that someone is free to say that the US sucks...
Not in favor of the death penalty? Would you be if you kid was raped, or your mom was beaten? I pray to got that never happens. People often say one thing to hypotheticals, but it is very different in reality.
Look, the test is not what you say, but what you do. If you believe info should be free, but you get paid to design information that is sold, well then you aren't practicing what you preach.
Character is what you do when no one is looking.
The best leaders/influencers are those who are "do what I do", not "do what I say, not what I do."
If you look for things that are wrong, you will find them. Your car may run fine and be safe, but give it a thousand point inspection, and I am certain that you will find numerous potential safety issues.
There is some risk involved in being an astronaut. 20 of our brothers get killed in Iraq because they were driving around in a amphibious landing vehicle with a flat hull, and we are spending many many millions on this damn problem with the shuttle? And before you get into dollars and cents and say that the lives of an astronaut are more important than that of a grunt because of all the training, A: do some research into what it costs to train a grunt and B: soldiers who are willing to go in hot zones (I am talking Marines, infantry etc.) are not easy to come by....
My point is, and I am aware that the shuttle is a symbol and all, but it is just bad taste to be nitpicking every little thing on a Military Plane (Nasa is part of the DOD) carrying seven people, while soldiers are driving around Iraq in insufficent vehicles..... Sorry if this comes accross as flame bait- but this really chaps my ass.
Thats great... I had a head injury in 2002, and I was at a big hospital in Cleveland with a great reputation, and they gave me all these tests. I scored a 185 on the IQ thing once, another time I scored 135, and another time in between those two scores. It is a joke. It measures nothing, as you can see by my three scores. I am absolutely not a genius by anyones definition, yet the 185 says otherwise... The only people who brag about (or even mention, or for that matter even know) their IQs are people who feel superior to others because they did well on a reasoning test, yet have no money/crappy jobs.... As in, well, I may be broke and have no woman, but my IQ is 50 pts higher than the salesman who is rolling in money and has a nice looking wife.... That and $25 will get you a Blowjob downtown
Give me 100 people who know their IQ, and I would wager 95 of them are assholes with crappy jobs
The world isn't the US? Golly Gee, if I had a decent textbook, I might have known that knowledge. Sarcasm aside, you and I have no reason to disagree. YOu say a typical textbook for you is 50-70 Euros.... A Euro is about $1.22 US, so that 70 Euro book is roughly what, 80$ or so US... (Is the 50-70Euro price including any taxes?) That is about the cost of a decent PDA here... PDA= multiple textbooks (if the content is donated, which it would be- How can you say no to those skinny kids). Seems much cheaper for several subjects...
There is a new ethiopian restaurant in town, so I thought I would check it out. I went in, they made me sit on the floor, and Sally Fields brought me an old can of corn.
Does this windows Guri post on slashdot....
I thought I saw this exact comment modded +500 insightful
'My advice here is simple: Boycott Internet Explorer. It is a cancer on the Web, and must be stopped. IE is insecure and is not standards-compliant, which makes it unworkable for both end users and Web content creators... You can turn the tide by demanding better from Microsoft and using a better alternative Web browser. I recommend and use Mozilla Firefox, but Apple Safari (Mac only) and Opera 8 are both worth considering as well.'"
So real books are difficult to obtain, but Pocket PCs are plentiful?
Uh- not to be sarcastic, or insult you (you are excused if you are in high school and don't have to buy books)- but did you go to college? We are talking textbooks, not Penguin Classics. I have bought many $90-$250 textbooks for school back when. Textbooks used in grade school classes are also very pricey. More than E-books. Plus, textbooks are not as useful after a few years (some subjects more than others), so with e books thay can be updated. Plus, if you get the materials (e.g. e books, software) donated, many times FedEX or UPS or DHL donates the freight- and they will be more likely to donate service to ship 100 8 oz e-books than 100 3 pound textbooks.
As far as the power- not being a dick, but why cant we send them little pedal or crank powered generators for their e-books....
However fast we fix old holes, there will be people to exploit new holes...
As far as copyright infringing/counterfit items. When I buy anything that is likely to be fake, I only buy it from the US and will only accept shipment by the USPS. If someone sends counterfit goods through the mail, and you notify the US Postal Inspectors, you would be amazed at the veracity they have in bringing criminals down. The US Postal Inspection Service does not f--k around. You can report things to Ebay and Paypal and who knows what will happen- report it to the USPS and they will take care of it.
I would have appreciated a more hard hitting interview. I have seen statistics all over the board from 1% of the items are stolen to 50% of the laptops sold on there are stolen... who knows? Why not ask the interviewee?
Keep in mind however, the media is not perfect- Have you ever seen negative articles on Car Dealerships or Realtors in the Newspaper? Does that have anything to do with the millions they spend on page after page of display ads in the newspapers?
I didn't get much from this article- but I do use common sense when buying online from non-corporations, the same as from any city bazaar or flea market. Brand new hot item at a 80% discount? Hmmmm... I wonder if it fell off a truck, or isn't real....
And don't forget, a lot of the stuff that is technically counterfit really isn't- The brand name legal goods are made in a factory in China, they just keep the factory running a couple extra days and the goods are the exact same, just not exactly legal. If the guys at Ford snuck in the factory and made a couple extra cars in their free time, and sold them themselves, are the cars counterfit? Something to chew on. But the whole security/scam issue online is comlicated.
My understanding, and correct me if I am wrong please, is that Pluto was not formed at the same time as the rest of our solar system, that it was pulled in. Would it be the same for this additional planet? If so, there could be others out there with orbits that we didn't expect.
Maybe I will move my telescope from being pointed at the neighbors shower and point it towards the sky.
What I love about space, is that the more we discover, the more we have to learn.
I see our point- in most situations, however I am a little more aware of my surroundings and better at handling a firearm than many others. Even if I do get carjacked, once I am out of the car, the car jacker isn't getting far- I live in an area where shooting a fleeing car jacker through the back window of your truck as he flees isn't likely to cause a stink (red state)...
On a related note, I do feel that I am less likely to be a carjacked for other reasons, i.e. I am very aware of my surroundings, especially when in bad neighborhoods. There are a couple things that are wise to do- #1, always leave at least a car length between the car in front of you and your car when at a red light. This allows you the options of pulling forward and out of the situation. #2: never drive in the curb lane in a bad neighborhood when you can avoid it. when you are in the street lane, you will know when someone is coming up to your car (if you follow rule 3), whereas in the curb lane they look like pedestrians until it is too late. #3- look in all three mirrors when stopped at a light, watch your surrounding, and floor it if you see someone creeping up on you. It is a good idea to always be aware of your surroundings for other reasons also (it makes you a safer Motorist).
Thank you for pointing this out... Most violent crime is not thrill crime. a tiny percentage. Until robbing someone in a video game gives you real money to buy real drugs, video games will not slow violenet crime. Meth is already overwhelming the police in places like Ohio- it is getting into the upscale burbs also. It used to be crack was the ghettos issue, and meth was the trailer parks issue, but now it is spreading. Just another reason for concealed carry licenses for citizens.
Ugh- The majority of violent crime is drug related. When robbing someone in a video game gives you money for crack, then the argument makes sense. We have huge meth crime problem now- peeople robbing while on meth or to buy more meth. A video game won't solve that... Carjacking is also way down in states with concealed carry. An intelligent carjacker will be more likely to car jack a honda civic with a Earth! sticker on it because you can assume the driver hates guns and doesn't own one... I have a Ford F350 with an NRA sticker (I have a concealed carry permit, but that is beside the point) and a reasonable car jacker can assume a person in a pickup is more likely to be armed (legally). Unfortunately, there is a dearth of intelligent car jackers....
Let's see, I can kill people in multitude of efficient ways- none of which i learned from video games. Where did I learn? Um, Leonard Wood. Um, who paid for me to learn, um- Uncle Sam.
I know how to have sex. Where did I learn... not a video game.
Um.... violent crime has been steadily decreasing in the US over the past decade, except for a few choice places like DC. More kids are playing these games, yet violent crime is going down... sort of odd for congress to draw a link.
Any regardless of your politics- how strange is it that the wife of the man who made it normal to discuss fellatio (translation:playing the skin flute) and semen stains (translation: love juice, monkey spanking sauce) on dresses okay to discuss on the 6 oclock news and the front page of newspapers, is upset about some simulated sex accesible only be searching for it and downloading some code... The gov't needs to get out of our lives and pocket books.
It would be funny to design a game called oval office and have simulated intern fellatio, and see if Hillary is upset by the real thing....
Another case of do as I say, not as I do...