Before everyone goes "duh", all I want to do is relate what happened to two of my friends.
The first was less serious, he just played way too much and lost out on social interaction, lost some friends in the process. Got out of playing it when he realised it got really bad. He seems pretty well-adjusted now.
The second one was more extreme. According to his own account, he ran whenever he could on the way home. Office to train station, and after the train ride, ran home from the train station so he could get more playing time. Sleep was given just enough time to recuperate, and he neglected his fiancee.
He didn't tell me what triggered him to stop, but when he did, he not only gave up his character, he also deleted from his IM contact lists all those people whom he played WoW with, completely cutting himself off from the community. I've ever come into contact with recuperating heroin drug addicts, and the one thing that always gets recalcitrants back into it is contact with those who still take it. Couldn't help but notice that his recovery method resembled that of a heroin addict.
I've never played WoW myself, but it'll be interesting if anyone here has heard of similar addictions and could relate them.
Admittedly, I've never had to use Apple's customer service, but the stories I have heard from my friends who have just makes them out to be no better than any other companies' like Dell or Acer, at least here in Singapore.
What I do notice is that the Apple community is something that keeps people in the Apple fold. People share their experiences, how to solve problems, you know, kind of like any Internet community, but they have this small group of seriously dedicated people who help others, making sure they don't just give up and move on to something else.
They did break the law. The Sedition Act in Singapore includes these
3. (1) A seditious tendency is a tendency;
(a) to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the Government;
(b) to excite the citizens of Singapore or the residents in Singapore to attempt to procure in Singapore, the alteration, otherwise than by lawful means, of any matter as by law established;
(c) to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the administration of justice in Singapore;
(d) to raise discontent or disaffection amongst the citizens of Singapore or the residents in Singapore;
(e) to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races or classes of the population of Singapore.
I'm not saying they are right in charging them, but at least they are not twisting the law. See for yourself.
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Before everyone goes "duh", all I want to do is relate what happened to two of my friends. The first was less serious, he just played way too much and lost out on social interaction, lost some friends in the process. Got out of playing it when he realised it got really bad. He seems pretty well-adjusted now. The second one was more extreme. According to his own account, he ran whenever he could on the way home. Office to train station, and after the train ride, ran home from the train station so he could get more playing time. Sleep was given just enough time to recuperate, and he neglected his fiancee. He didn't tell me what triggered him to stop, but when he did, he not only gave up his character, he also deleted from his IM contact lists all those people whom he played WoW with, completely cutting himself off from the community. I've ever come into contact with recuperating heroin drug addicts, and the one thing that always gets recalcitrants back into it is contact with those who still take it. Couldn't help but notice that his recovery method resembled that of a heroin addict. I've never played WoW myself, but it'll be interesting if anyone here has heard of similar addictions and could relate them.
So that's why they are trying to get mobile phones and laptops to use fuel cells, Tesla bought all them Li-Ion batteries
And this information is useful because we are always using our mobile phones out in thunderstorms.
Admittedly, I've never had to use Apple's customer service, but the stories I have heard from my friends who have just makes them out to be no better than any other companies' like Dell or Acer, at least here in Singapore. What I do notice is that the Apple community is something that keeps people in the Apple fold. People share their experiences, how to solve problems, you know, kind of like any Internet community, but they have this small group of seriously dedicated people who help others, making sure they don't just give up and move on to something else.
They did break the law. The Sedition Act in Singapore includes these
3. (1) A seditious tendency is a tendency;
(a) to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the Government;
(b) to excite the citizens of Singapore or the residents in Singapore to attempt to procure in Singapore, the alteration, otherwise than by lawful means, of any matter as by law established;
(c) to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the administration of justice in Singapore;
(d) to raise discontent or disaffection amongst the citizens of Singapore or the residents in Singapore;
(e) to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races or classes of the population of Singapore.
I'm not saying they are right in charging them, but at least they are not twisting the law. See for yourself.