I do agree with this. AMA isn't always right. I have friends who are diabetic, and have noticed that over time, the AMA's definition of a "healthy blood sugar level" has risen because more and more people have higher blood sugar. They still keep by the old standards and are healthier in general than the diabetics who follow the new blood sugar standards. Go figure.
Well, there IS a difference between intelligence and creativity, but if you think about it, there probably isn't a link between any of these things and video games. I haven't met any fuming angry people who I saw at their height of creativity. Nothing new.
Also, although I run the risk of sounding arrogant, I do consider myself to be fairly intelligent. However, I play video games nearly every day. I know a lot of people who don't really show that they are intelligent (whether or not they really are), and they do the same. I just don't think that there is a "link" or a "relationship" between games and something.
Video games are like a tool that you can use. Not everyone receives the same effects from it.
Oh, okay. I was wondering why they're so afraid of us.
I know that it seems like a good idea to just move, and maybe that is the most reasonable plan. But I know quite a few people who are stuck where they live because of finances. Is it really unreasonable to own some kind of weapon when you live in a neighborhood with gang issues?
Perhaps the mudslinging is good for the process in some ways, but honestly, I'd much rather hear about what a candidate CAN do for our country rather than hearing about what they CAN'T do. All humans are failures. We certainly shouldn't expect any candidate to have a perfect track record, and the truth is that if someone tries to find fault with another, they are going to succeed at some point. The hard thing is to find good reasons to elect a person, not to find good reasons not to elect a person.
Sounds great, but what about the person whose system of justice says that nothing that THEY do can be wrong? How can you do anything against them? They can just run rampant because justice is based around their own actions.
I think a more valid point is the fact that the two things aren't even comparable. Sure, the Wiimote isn't as low quality, but the two don't even do the same thing.
Many fundamentalists think it's about twice that time period. I've never even met one who thinks it's less than 8,000 years, and the most common estimate for them seems to be 12,000 to 14,000.
In addition to that, I'd like to point out that the evolutionary mindset doesn't have something much different than the dirt theory: my physics teacher (an evolutionist) taught us that we were made of star dust. I'm not sure why we can make fun of them, in that case.
It would be funnier, I think, if it were the makers who were actually wiped out; I think it was just soldiers. That's not quite as funny, and has some sadness, because it's not their fault that the machine was screwed up.
"If they're not working for my party, they aren't good." Aren't they, now? Google has been more supportive of free resources to the public than a lot of companies out there. How can you change the good that they do into bad by saying they vote Republican?
Say what you'd like, but when I see the topic "Some people think that there are more dolphins than whales in the ocean," I'm probably going to click on it and read it....
I think one of the main problems so far with walking robots is that while they can move their joints and things accurately, they can't fine-tune the movement very well. I think the first step might be to add sensors on the feet. It might seem strange, but us humans can feel how much weight is on either leg. Until the robot can detect how much weight is being placed on each foot, I doubt it'll be able to walk with the proficiency of a human.
But it's also pretty arrogant to assume that we aren't the only form of life in the universe; both are assumptions that haven't been backed up by anything yet.
The interesting difference between Facebook and MySpace, for me, is that most of my friends on MySpace aren't really friends... just kind of a collection. On Facebook, my friends are the people I really care about and like to talk to a lot. I see many of them more than once a week. I guess there are different friend strategies for everyone, but I don't feel that the friend collection is the norm.
In a couple years, all these gamers will be trying to get kids off the lawn. Except, they won't be telling them to get off the lawn. They'll be fragging the kids with their canes.
thios is only gettin worse. the whole point of having a COMPUTOR is so that you can manipulate your own media, ie get rid of ads. if i wanted commercials i would go watch tv.
But, remember that it ISN'T your media. Once you upload it to Google they can display it however they want, and in addition they can display any part of their site however they want to. this shit has to be left in the dust by everyone, or you wont recognize the internet in 15 years; it will be like digital cable, only with commercials. The main difference between TV and computers in my mind is not that one has ads and the other doesn't. Computers require user input which makes them very much different than TV. It'll never be as bad as TV where you either sit there and watch ads for 10 minutes or you go do something else. On a computer you can just close the window and find the video you want somewhere else.
hopefully people will keep writing software to prevent this from happening. i know google does have something in the pipe about searching images and even video, so its not too far fetched to have a program that searches and destroys unwanted ads.
That's just silly. You can't "destroy" an ad if it's put on someone else's server.
as far as people being paid to post shit on the net? i dont care if it dries up. i like free video, with no ads, if you cant do that then you can find another line of work or fuck off and die. i didt tell you to be in this business, and i dont want what you are selling. if you dont provide ad free video i can get it from tons of other places
If there was no advertising on the internet, a large portion of sites would be forced to shut down because of the high maintenance costs. Do you think there's some rich dude sitting behind Google and paying them to keep running? Probably not quite that much. They're probably keeping their sites alive through advertisements.
i already dont like google video because it doesnt let you right click and save their stuff. now there is going to be more drm and commercials? i think my response is clear: and the horse you rode in on.
And yes, you CAN download their videos. You simply need to have their video player, which makes sense (so you can't just copy it over to another website).
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I do agree with this. AMA isn't always right. I have friends who are diabetic, and have noticed that over time, the AMA's definition of a "healthy blood sugar level" has risen because more and more people have higher blood sugar. They still keep by the old standards and are healthier in general than the diabetics who follow the new blood sugar standards. Go figure.
Well, there IS a difference between intelligence and creativity, but if you think about it, there probably isn't a link between any of these things and video games. I haven't met any fuming angry people who I saw at their height of creativity. Nothing new.
Also, although I run the risk of sounding arrogant, I do consider myself to be fairly intelligent. However, I play video games nearly every day. I know a lot of people who don't really show that they are intelligent (whether or not they really are), and they do the same. I just don't think that there is a "link" or a "relationship" between games and something.
Video games are like a tool that you can use. Not everyone receives the same effects from it.
Pretty hard to pull off though. How can you accurately represent EVERYONE?
I dunno, I would think it would be kind of encouraging to see your family member accepting their situation, etc.
Oh, okay. I was wondering why they're so afraid of us.
I know that it seems like a good idea to just move, and maybe that is the most reasonable plan. But I know quite a few people who are stuck where they live because of finances. Is it really unreasonable to own some kind of weapon when you live in a neighborhood with gang issues?
I hear more catty things on Slashdot than from high school age girls, nowadays. :(
Perhaps the mudslinging is good for the process in some ways, but honestly, I'd much rather hear about what a candidate CAN do for our country rather than hearing about what they CAN'T do. All humans are failures. We certainly shouldn't expect any candidate to have a perfect track record, and the truth is that if someone tries to find fault with another, they are going to succeed at some point. The hard thing is to find good reasons to elect a person, not to find good reasons not to elect a person.
Sounds great, but what about the person whose system of justice says that nothing that THEY do can be wrong? How can you do anything against them? They can just run rampant because justice is based around their own actions.
I think a more valid point is the fact that the two things aren't even comparable. Sure, the Wiimote isn't as low quality, but the two don't even do the same thing.
So basically, this man believes that Wikipedia is a model of evolution... but it's really a model of Intelligent Design :)
I find your post a bit exaggerated.
Many fundamentalists think it's about twice that time period. I've never even met one who thinks it's less than 8,000 years, and the most common estimate for them seems to be 12,000 to 14,000.
In addition to that, I'd like to point out that the evolutionary mindset doesn't have something much different than the dirt theory: my physics teacher (an evolutionist) taught us that we were made of star dust. I'm not sure why we can make fun of them, in that case.
It would be funnier, I think, if it were the makers who were actually wiped out; I think it was just soldiers. That's not quite as funny, and has some sadness, because it's not their fault that the machine was screwed up.
Yucca Mountain took care of those two problems.
Forty years later, the ocean is still overrun by four-meter long robotic attack ships, who refuse to allow any ship passage.
"If they're not working for my party, they aren't good." Aren't they, now? Google has been more supportive of free resources to the public than a lot of companies out there. How can you change the good that they do into bad by saying they vote Republican?
Yeah, we've had one since 1992 as well, but it took the designers 15 years to come up with the name "IRENE" before we could start using it.
Say what you'd like, but when I see the topic "Some people think that there are more dolphins than whales in the ocean," I'm probably going to click on it and read it....
I think one of the main problems so far with walking robots is that while they can move their joints and things accurately, they can't fine-tune the movement very well. I think the first step might be to add sensors on the feet. It might seem strange, but us humans can feel how much weight is on either leg. Until the robot can detect how much weight is being placed on each foot, I doubt it'll be able to walk with the proficiency of a human.
shouldn't this be marked funny instead of informative? :)
But it's also pretty arrogant to assume that we aren't the only form of life in the universe; both are assumptions that haven't been backed up by anything yet.
The interesting difference between Facebook and MySpace, for me, is that most of my friends on MySpace aren't really friends... just kind of a collection. On Facebook, my friends are the people I really care about and like to talk to a lot. I see many of them more than once a week. I guess there are different friend strategies for everyone, but I don't feel that the friend collection is the norm.
I live in Nevada, you insensitive clod!
Well, unfortunately we have enough scientific evidence; some of us still ARE monkeys.
In a couple years, all these gamers will be trying to get kids off the lawn. Except, they won't be telling them to get off the lawn. They'll be fragging the kids with their canes.
thios is only gettin worse. the whole point of having a COMPUTOR is so that you can manipulate your own media, ie get rid of ads. if i wanted commercials i would go watch tv.
But, remember that it ISN'T your media. Once you upload it to Google they can display it however they want, and in addition they can display any part of their site however they want to. this shit has to be left in the dust by everyone, or you wont recognize the internet in 15 years; it will be like digital cable, only with commercials. The main difference between TV and computers in my mind is not that one has ads and the other doesn't. Computers require user input which makes them very much different than TV. It'll never be as bad as TV where you either sit there and watch ads for 10 minutes or you go do something else. On a computer you can just close the window and find the video you want somewhere else.
hopefully people will keep writing software to prevent this from happening. i know google does have something in the pipe about searching images and even video, so its not too far fetched to have a program that searches and destroys unwanted ads.
That's just silly. You can't "destroy" an ad if it's put on someone else's server.
as far as people being paid to post shit on the net? i dont care if it dries up. i like free video, with no ads, if you cant do that then you can find another line of work or fuck off and die. i didt tell you to be in this business, and i dont want what you are selling. if you dont provide ad free video i can get it from tons of other places
If there was no advertising on the internet, a large portion of sites would be forced to shut down because of the high maintenance costs. Do you think there's some rich dude sitting behind Google and paying them to keep running? Probably not quite that much. They're probably keeping their sites alive through advertisements.
i already dont like google video because it doesnt let you right click and save their stuff. now there is going to be more drm and commercials? i think my response is clear: and the horse you rode in on.
And yes, you CAN download their videos. You simply need to have their video player, which makes sense (so you can't just copy it over to another website).