Unhealthy in what sense? Is it any more or less unhealthy than a pro football player practicing to the point of injury so he can make top $ at his sport? It's a market, just like any other. Just because it is nothing more than entertaining to the average lay person does not mean it is unhealthy or invalid. Other examples of officialy recognised sports that cause real physical damage are boxing and other full contact sports. Are those unhealthy too?
I think anything that causes personal life to become unmanegable is unhealthy. As for the rest, if they can be successful at it - more power to them. They have found a way to make money and get sponsorships playign video games then they have tapped a market that for many is a lifelong dream. Good for them I say.
I dissagree - there are plento of OSes. The key to beating Microsoft is distribution base. Get the OEMs - and you get Microsoft.
Most people dont know about other options because thats not what they are presented with out of the box. They get a Microsoft world. They dont know better.
Murder, Drunk Driving, Child Pornography, Domestic Abuse, etc...The list goes on...
Why is it that these days its the sexual crimes that get all the attention and the others not?
I would _love_ to see a registry of murderers.
RE: Violent Pornography - its not the violent porn, its not the music, its not the bottle - its the individuals pattern of behavior surrounding that fixation.
Many people drink - it takes that extra special person to kill someone for driving drunk.
Ths whole world watches porn *gasp - say not so!* (admit it - the more you gawk the more you want to watch) - it is one of the biggest industries out there. And the oldest.
Its just not polite. Sex.. isnt polite. Oh well. Its the first thing determined about us when we are born. Sex. Its a [insert gender here] Its the most fundamental thing that defines us.
This guy didnt kill anyone because he watched violent porn. He killed because he was disturbed and those in his life enabled him to continue being disturbed. Most governments perfer to engage in punitive policymaking rather than preventitive. This is punitive and reactionary. And it doesnt solve anything. Moreover - LOL - it wont stop violent porn from being made, and watched. Who do they think they are kidding.
of the entire game?
i find that hard to believe. since if i recall 59% of the game is runign around eating pills/dots.
perhaps thats the real reason more and more ppl in this country are overweight. do a study on that and leave us our video games - damnit all...
no matter what it is it seems to me that someone somewhere has a problem with it.
grains of salt and all that i suppose....
nothing to see here, move along.
Who is anyone to say that anything will lead any marked for that amount of time?
That is quite an arrogant boast IMHO.
Whoever made such claims has balls.
Yes but without all these early adopters - where would the rest of us be?
doesnt someone have to drive the bleeding edge so the rest of us can eventually buy or adopt a mature technology?
I have to wonder what your circumstances are that you can have such a smug attitude. Have you never dealt with "the system"? Or are you just so lucky that you are in it (job) or have never had to deal with it?
The simple fact is that bloated systems such as the US Govt. aren't out to make criminals of everyone. But its very bloated nature causes people to get stuck very easily when they become a number on a piece of paper with no regard for concequences down the line.
Sally Paperpusher has no concept or care of whos life she is changing when she stamps her stack of papers to hand to Bob Wantsabreak.
_THAT_ is what is going on. It is simply too big to be manegable anymore. The letter of the law is paramount. And the more letters there are in the law - the more conflicting and restricting it becomes. Imagine a really huge game of Magic: The Gathering - except the game is several rooms large, and never stops. And now imagine that the players just dont care.
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Unhealthy in what sense? Is it any more or less unhealthy than a pro football player practicing to the point of injury so he can make top $ at his sport?
It's a market, just like any other. Just because it is nothing more than entertaining to the average lay person does not mean it is unhealthy or invalid. Other examples of officialy recognised sports that cause real physical damage are boxing and other full contact sports. Are those unhealthy too?
I think anything that causes personal life to become unmanegable is unhealthy. As for the rest, if they can be successful at it - more power to them. They have found a way to make money and get sponsorships playign video games then they have tapped a market that for many is a lifelong dream. Good for them I say.
I dont know abt you - but I can throw a hard drive pretty far. :)
Re: IE CSS -- Thats IE's fault, not CSS's
What about a Table Cell with a width parameter?
isnt that what i said? oh wait! plain text is interpreted based on the mood of the reader
TRUTHINESS! ....That is all.......
Its all about the "Truthiness"!
Apparently dodging Sting Ray barbs is not, actually, what he does best. Perhaps he _should_ have stuck to crocs.
I dissagree - there are plento of OSes. The key to beating Microsoft is distribution base. Get the OEMs - and you get Microsoft. Most people dont know about other options because thats not what they are presented with out of the box. They get a Microsoft world. They dont know better.
Murder, Drunk Driving, Child Pornography, Domestic Abuse, etc...The list goes on...
Why is it that these days its the sexual crimes that get all the attention and the others not?
I would _love_ to see a registry of murderers.
RE: Violent Pornography - its not the violent porn, its not the music, its not the bottle - its the individuals pattern of behavior surrounding that fixation.
Many people drink - it takes that extra special person to kill someone for driving drunk.
Ths whole world watches porn *gasp - say not so!* (admit it - the more you gawk the more you want to watch) - it is one of the biggest industries out there. And the oldest.
Its just not polite. Sex.. isnt polite. Oh well. Its the first thing determined about us when we are born. Sex. Its a [insert gender here] Its the most fundamental thing that defines us.
This guy didnt kill anyone because he watched violent porn. He killed because he was disturbed and those in his life enabled him to continue being disturbed. Most governments perfer to engage in punitive policymaking rather than preventitive. This is punitive and reactionary. And it doesnt solve anything. Moreover - LOL - it wont stop violent porn from being made, and watched. Who do they think they are kidding.
nothing to see here.. move along...
of the entire game? i find that hard to believe. since if i recall 59% of the game is runign around eating pills/dots. perhaps thats the real reason more and more ppl in this country are overweight. do a study on that and leave us our video games - damnit all... no matter what it is it seems to me that someone somewhere has a problem with it. grains of salt and all that i suppose.... nothing to see here, move along.
"..through 2010.." I hope HAL keeps the pod bay door open.
Obviously they never saw "Pirates of Silicon Valley" http://imdb.com/title/tt0168122/
Who is anyone to say that anything will lead any marked for that amount of time? That is quite an arrogant boast IMHO. Whoever made such claims has balls.
Mr. Roboto!
.. can someone help me out here? Did I miss the memo where it was against the law to keep your personal property to yourself?
... he upgraded to a *nix?
Yes but without all these early adopters - where would the rest of us be? doesnt someone have to drive the bleeding edge so the rest of us can eventually buy or adopt a mature technology?
I have to wonder what your circumstances are that you can have such a smug attitude. Have you never dealt with "the system"? Or are you just so lucky that you are in it (job) or have never had to deal with it? The simple fact is that bloated systems such as the US Govt. aren't out to make criminals of everyone. But its very bloated nature causes people to get stuck very easily when they become a number on a piece of paper with no regard for concequences down the line. Sally Paperpusher has no concept or care of whos life she is changing when she stamps her stack of papers to hand to Bob Wantsabreak. _THAT_ is what is going on. It is simply too big to be manegable anymore. The letter of the law is paramount. And the more letters there are in the law - the more conflicting and restricting it becomes. Imagine a really huge game of Magic: The Gathering - except the game is several rooms large, and never stops. And now imagine that the players just dont care.