I guess I kind of made up my own definition there.
I consider buying more legos to be normal sales...not extra sales.
Whatever quantity you buy should be the quantity you have 50 years from now... ...minus those that have been lost. (and assuming the robotic variety haven't taken over the Earth.)
I'm not sure where you're shopping for your legos,
but you should be able to find buckets at most stores in the $30-40 range.
And while even that might seem like a lot to pay for a piece of plastic,
you have to consider the lifespan of that piece of plastic.
Legos rarely break...so that means they only get extra sales from replacing lost legos. (which I realize is much more common)
I couldn't take anything in the Patent Prospector link seriously after reading that...
When you can't make it through one paragraph before resorting to namecalling,
you must not have a very strong argument to make.
Why aren't new nuclear plants under construction in the U.S.?
Nuclear- and coal-powered plants are "baseload" facilities that operate continuously. Few baseload power plants have been built in the United States since 1980 because much of the country has excess electricity. Many utilities have only built "peaking" plants: small facilities, generally fueled by oil or natural gas, that quickly can be turned on and off, according to swings in demand.
Yep...and all because some guy thought he was smarter than his equipment.
Nice link though...One of the most notable outcomes of the Three Mile Island disaster was the ultimate collapse of the nuclear power industry
What collapse? I work for a company that supplies the nuclear industry and we're setting new sales records every year.
It may have slowed things down a little, but collapse, not even close.
The author only claims to be a hobbyist.
Steve Phillips apparently assumes he is a professional,
and supposedly then should know better(?),
since he's buying a $3000 camera.
There is no credibility issue.
Wikipedia's website acknowledges that it is not responsible for inaccurate information, but Wales, in a recent C-Span interview with Brian Lamb, insisted that his website is accountable and that his community of thousands of volunteer editors (he said he has only one paid employee) corrects mistakes within minutes.
My experience refutes that. My "biography" was posted May 26. On May 29, one of Wales' volunteers "edited" it only by correcting the misspelling of the word "early." For four months, Wikipedia depicted me as a suspected assassin before Wales erased it from his website's history Oct. 5. The falsehoods remained on Answers.com and Reference.com for three more weeks.
Maybe it wasn't edited sooner because nobody cares who this guy is,
so nobody was reading the allegedly false biography.
While persuaded may mean 'to succeed in causing a person to do or consent to something.',dictionary.com
it can also simply mean 'to plead with: urge'.webster.com
So it could be possible he was persuaded to sign a document, but refused.
GTA does not imitate reality, or anywhere near it. You can't go on a shooting spree in downtown LA, drive a few blocks, and then hop out of your car as if nothing happened.
Of course you can't. You have to drive through the appropriate number of police bribe badges first.
For my own computers, I'm willing to pay to keep the ads off.
I could see this catching on at large companies.
A few dollars here and there can add up fast when you're working with 100's or 1000's of computers.
I've been to Digg, and their stories are much more current than Slashdot's (seemingly because of the way stories are posted)
I, myself, have not been to Digg...
Just curious if you saw the http://diggvsdot.com/ link in the story?
I've heard many times here that Digg comes out with stories faster...this seems to disagree.
Is this bad data?
Now, I love playing sports, especially soccer, but you can only run around having fun kicking a ball so long before you physically get tired and the pain of sore legs outweighs the pleasure you have dribbling and passing the ball down the field and your brain tells you to stop. Unfortunately, with computer gaming the only thing telling you to stop is a parent, spouse, or your heart as it gives out playing your choice MMORPG several days straight nonstop.
If you've never felt real physical discomfort or fatigue from playing a video game too long,
your definition of playing an insane amount must differ greatly from mine.
These days, there's hardly any uproar about children watching violent movies because parents understand the rating system and movie theatres enforce it. One only needs to read comments from Gamespot- or EB-employed slashdotters here in this thread to see that the problem isn't the voluntary enforcement, because most stores are enforcing the rating system these days.
I don't believe I ever said anything was reaching epidemic proportions.
If the theatres and game stores are doing such a good job, this will have no effect on them.
Why should the law step in to cover incompetent parents?
Because kids can't protect themselves?
Why are there laws preventing sales of alcohol and cigarettes to minors?
I just don't understand why people would be so upset over one more way of keeping questionable material away from kids.
Who decides what is questionable is an entirely different argument...
and that's an argument I think is much more important.
I'll assume that I'm in the minority on this one.
The penalties may be a little stiff...
there is no good reason that the penalties would be worse for selling games.
(Texas came up first with a Google search, so that's what I'm going with.)
Sale of Alcohol to a Minor:
Class A misdemeanor is punishable by a fine not to exceed $4000;
confinement in jail for a term not to exceed one year;
or both fine and confinement.
Purchase of Alcohol for a Minor or Furnishing Alcohol to a Minor:
Class B misdemeanor is punishable by a fine not to exceed $2000;
confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days;
or both fine and confinement.
I'm not sure if I'm missing the point here, or not...
I love my violent video games and don't believe they have the right to stop me, as an adult, from playing them.
If they can't punish stores that sell to minors, and people that help minors get their hands on the games, why have the games rated?
No idea if this stuff is good enough,
but I'm guessing equipment like this which is used trackside
during a NASCAR race would be good enough for short periods of time.
Slashdot Mirror
I guess I kind of made up my own definition there.
...minus those that have been lost. (and assuming the robotic variety haven't taken over the Earth.)
I consider buying more legos to be normal sales...not extra sales.
Whatever quantity you buy should be the quantity you have 50 years from now...
I'm not sure where you're shopping for your legos,
but you should be able to find buckets at most stores in the $30-40 range.
And while even that might seem like a lot to pay for a piece of plastic,
you have to consider the lifespan of that piece of plastic.
Legos rarely break...so that means they only get extra sales from replacing lost legos. (which I realize is much more common)
I couldn't take anything in the Patent Prospector link seriously after reading that...
When you can't make it through one paragraph before resorting to namecalling,
you must not have a very strong argument to make.
Where does it say anywhere that he won in court?
It says in the second sentence of the summary,
"The case was settled out of court, so is not binding..."
Thanks for that....I'm not a big fan of seeing movies in the theatre...
This is a movie I expected to see this week.
Maybe in the U.S.
...but is that because of 3MI?
Why aren't new nuclear plants under construction in the U.S.?
Nuclear- and coal-powered plants are "baseload" facilities that operate continuously. Few
baseload power plants have been built in the United States since 1980 because much of the
country has excess electricity. Many utilities have only built "peaking" plants: small
facilities, generally fueled by oil or natural gas, that quickly can be turned on and off,
according to swings in demand.
More are now being planned.
Nice link though...One of the most notable outcomes of the Three Mile Island disaster was the ultimate collapse of the nuclear power industry
What collapse? I work for a company that supplies the nuclear industry and we're setting new sales records every year.
It may have slowed things down a little, but collapse, not even close.
I'm guessing he didn't see it for the first 132 days either...
The author only claims to be a hobbyist.
Steve Phillips apparently assumes he is a professional,
and supposedly then should know better(?),
since he's buying a $3000 camera.
There is no credibility issue.
so nobody was reading the allegedly false biography.
While persuaded may mean 'to succeed in causing a person to do or consent to something.',dictionary.com
it can also simply mean 'to plead with: urge'.webster.com
So it could be possible he was persuaded to sign a document, but refused.
Shenzhen Chuanghui Electronics Co...? http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/ 21/0539250&tid=118&tid=137
For my own computers, I'm willing to pay to keep the ads off.
I could see this catching on at large companies.
A few dollars here and there can add up fast when you're working with 100's or 1000's of computers.
Just curious if you saw the http://diggvsdot.com/ link in the story?
I've heard many times here that Digg comes out with stories faster...this seems to disagree.
Is this bad data?
your definition of playing an insane amount must differ greatly from mine.
Wow...that is disturbing...
If the theatres and game stores are doing such a good job, this will have no effect on them.
Because kids can't protect themselves?
Why are there laws preventing sales of alcohol and cigarettes to minors?
I just don't understand why people would be so upset over one more way of keeping questionable material away from kids.
Who decides what is questionable is an entirely different argument...
and that's an argument I think is much more important.
Couldn't agree more.
They should be able to punish movie theatres too.
Thanks for pointing that out.
I'll assume that I'm in the minority on this one.
The penalties may be a little stiff...
there is no good reason that the penalties would be worse for selling games.
(Texas came up first with a Google search, so that's what I'm going with.)
Sale of Alcohol to a Minor:
Class A misdemeanor is punishable by a fine not to exceed $4000;
confinement in jail for a term not to exceed one year;
or both fine and confinement.
Purchase of Alcohol for a Minor or Furnishing Alcohol to a Minor:
Class B misdemeanor is punishable by a fine not to exceed $2000;
confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days;
or both fine and confinement.
I'm not sure if I'm missing the point here, or not...
I love my violent video games and don't believe they have the right to stop me, as an adult, from playing them.
If they can't punish stores that sell to minors, and people that help minors get their hands on the games, why have the games rated?
http://www.helmetfx.com/communications.htm
No idea if this stuff is good enough,
but I'm guessing equipment like this which is used trackside
during a NASCAR race would be good enough for short periods of time.
Weapon of Mass Distortion?
If they aren't careful with that Weapon,
we may be in further danger of global warming...
www.venganza.org/
Maybe not in the article,
but I'm sure they'll be mentioned plenty of times on this page
by the end of the day.
Did you mean unladen swallow?
If so, here's your answer.
http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/