Unfortunately, 'maintain discipline' is against the rules (and insurance policies re: lawsuits) of most schools. Without that, 'don't take shit from the students' fails, leading to teacher burnout, leading to a failure of your first, third, and fourth points.
Welcome to most inner-city schools.
Now, with that, sure, technology may not be neccessary, but - the lack of technology sure doesn't help anyone.
Seriously. If Idle is supposed to be the garbage collection of bad/. articles, at least please make some attept to stop garbage like this from spilling out into other categories.
And for god sake someone give us the option to block Idle entirely.
Your whole argument about women avoiding or being terribly uncomfortable accepting that sort of trust and responsibility is complete, and utter bullshit, and frankly portrays you as just the sort of ignorant, hatefull geek stereotype that keeps people of both genders from wanting to get into the field.
My proof?
Women give birth to babies.
So bullshit they're afraid of trust and responsibility.
Especially since they're smaller and faster to develop, that means that, as long as more crap, we're also likely to recieve, on average, more/good/ games than when compared to the multi-year, multi-million dollar mega development 'modern' games.
I'd rather play a new 2d Metroid, Sonic, or even just basic/fun/ 2d game than the latest 'FPS Hero Guy' game any day.
What if this were a book, or a movie, or a TV show, instead of a videogame?
There are thousands of books in which children are killed, drugs are used, that have post-apocalyptic imagery based on real places on the covers, and in the books themselves.
Movies too, number in the thousands that show the killing of children, the use of drugs, and the destruction of public property.
And Television shows, again, there are many where children are killed, drugs are used, and property is destroyed.
So why, then, the hysteria of a videogame portraying the same?
I think I've suggested an answer to that in the subject of my post.
Also likely, from this 'Investigators should presuppose the existence of a fully functional quantum computer' is that they/already have/ a fully functional quantum computer, and are just trying to figure out what to do with the darned thing.
It wasn't $49.99 at release. Who's the liar now? People like you who are quick to accuse, insult, and point fingers when they feel their sacred cows are being threatened are the reason 'fanboy' has become an epithet to most.
Not sure if English is your first language or not, but I'm pretty sure that what was written, "does that include the basement as well or just the main floors?" is what was meant.
And there's more than a bit of hypocrisy in typing "every household will have a mechanical machine that will use up precious energy and resources", WHILE USING A COMPUTER.
If you're that worried about mechanical machines using up precious energy and resources, the last thing you should be using is a computer.
People who are allergic to real flowers, for one. Or people who think it's neat and fun, looks nice in their home, or just want to own one?
Really, the 'why have a real 'whatever' when you can you a pretend 'blablabla' argument, seemingly always in a 'I'm holier than thou' sort of way, is just tired and overused by now.
Some other examples I've seen before:
"Why have a real conversation, when you can just type messages on the internet? Is that so hard?" "Why go outside and play with your friends, when you can have pretend internet friends? Who wouldn't want that?" "Why write real letters on real paper, when you can write on pretend paper on a computer that wastes so much more energy? Who wouldn't want that?"
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Unfortunately, 'maintain discipline' is against the rules (and insurance policies re: lawsuits) of most schools. Without that, 'don't take shit from the students' fails, leading to teacher burnout, leading to a failure of your first, third, and fourth points.
Welcome to most inner-city schools.
Now, with that, sure, technology may not be neccessary, but - the lack of technology sure doesn't help anyone.
Seriously. If Idle is supposed to be the garbage collection of bad /. articles, at least please make some attept to stop garbage like this from spilling out into other categories.
And for god sake someone give us the option to block Idle entirely.
Your whole argument about women avoiding or being terribly uncomfortable accepting that sort of trust and responsibility is complete, and utter bullshit, and frankly portrays you as just the sort of ignorant, hatefull geek stereotype that keeps people of both genders from wanting to get into the field.
My proof?
Women give birth to babies.
So bullshit they're afraid of trust and responsibility.
Someone who's 'far-right', anywhere else in the world, in America would be considered 'moderate' or 'left-leaning'.
Think about that for a few moments, and realise what that means.
Of course, the police don't tell you about the Spectre IV, which has a radar-detector-detector-detector detector circuit in them.
Especially since they're smaller and faster to develop, that means that, as long as more crap, we're also likely to recieve, on average, more /good/ games than when compared to the multi-year, multi-million dollar mega development 'modern' games.
I'd rather play a new 2d Metroid, Sonic, or even just basic /fun/ 2d game than the latest 'FPS Hero Guy' game any day.
Okay, so... are you volunteering yourself as the first to be killed in the name of population control?
How about a random lottery? Every couple years, we chose one in a hundred thousand people, and kill them.
Or what about shutting down hospitals? If we get rid of all the doctors, I'm sure the reduction in population growth will make you very happy.
While we're at it, instead of incarcerating murderers, how about we reward them? After all, they're helping curb population growth.
Or you know what? Fuck you.
What? You do know that believing in 'creationism' or 'intelligent design' is /not/, in fact, a prerequisite to being a member of the Christian faith?
Just another example of 'old people' thinking.
What if this were a book, or a movie, or a TV show, instead of a videogame?
There are thousands of books in which children are killed, drugs are used, that have post-apocalyptic imagery based on real places on the covers, and in the books themselves.
Movies too, number in the thousands that show the killing of children, the use of drugs, and the destruction of public property.
And Television shows, again, there are many where children are killed, drugs are used, and property is destroyed.
So why, then, the hysteria of a videogame portraying the same?
I think I've suggested an answer to that in the subject of my post.
Was modded 'informative' earlier.
Okay, that's good to know. Care to elaborate on why?
And this proves it, in the worst, saddest way. :(
So when is he getting fired?
What the hell are you talking about? Ever heard of something like Wii Fit? Wii Music? The entire Wii console?
You have no idea what you're talking about, do you?
Then don't buy them. Do you really think Mario and Zelda are they only games Nintendo makes?
Of course not.
Wii Fit, for example, Wii Music, and others.
The same with other companies - Capcom, for example, makes more than Megaman, and even EA these days is making new games (Dead Space, for example).
It's a tired argument that's never been true, and frankly I'm tired of hearing it.
If dev kids are free, yes, more games will be made.
How many good games are made now, compared to crap games?
Now multiply the crap games by a thousand.
The whole signal/noise problem, all over again.
Also likely, from this 'Investigators should presuppose the existence of a fully functional quantum computer' is that they /already have/ a fully functional quantum computer, and are just trying to figure out what to do with the darned thing.
It wasn't $49.99 at release. Who's the liar now? People like you who are quick to accuse, insult, and point fingers when they feel their sacred cows are being threatened are the reason 'fanboy' has become an epithet to most.
Not sure if English is your first language or not, but I'm pretty sure that what was written, "does that include the basement as well or just the main floors?" is what was meant.
DRM prevents you from doing /legal/ things.
Some men are women.:)
"Your labor is worthless if you work on something that no one values."
Perhaps it would be better to say, it's monetarily worthless, unless something other than you gives you moeny it.
Others, for example, may not value /my/ labor, but I sure as hell do, even if I'm not paid for it in any way.
Maybe not country-wide, but what about, for example, New York? LA to San Fransico to Las Vegas? Places with population density that rivals Japan.
Then again, America has never been a fan of investing in public services.
What's stopping you from doing both?
And there's more than a bit of hypocrisy in typing "every household will have a mechanical machine that will use up precious energy and resources", WHILE USING A COMPUTER.
If you're that worried about mechanical machines using up precious energy and resources, the last thing you should be using is a computer.
People who are allergic to real flowers, for one. Or people who think it's neat and fun, looks nice in their home, or just want to own one?
Really, the 'why have a real 'whatever' when you can you a pretend 'blablabla' argument, seemingly always in a 'I'm holier than thou' sort of way, is just tired and overused by now.
Some other examples I've seen before:
"Why have a real conversation, when you can just type messages on the internet? Is that so hard?"
"Why go outside and play with your friends, when you can have pretend internet friends? Who wouldn't want that?"
"Why write real letters on real paper, when you can write on pretend paper on a computer that wastes so much more energy? Who wouldn't want that?"
See? It's silly.