Linux is great because you have to have root priviledges to modify critical stuff, this makes it more secure!
Windows sucks because you need admin access to back up potentially sensitive files!
Hypocrisy, anyone?
"An assumption unsupported by anything other than anecdotal evidence. Once doesn't have to be 'PC' to compare the number of school shootings in the 70's to the number in the 90's to see that something has changed radically in society."
Perhaps you fail to take into consideration the massive increase in pressure put on students in recent years? Students are now feeling compelled to take college level courses in high school, participate in athletics, extracurricular activities are nearly jammed down their throats, and in addition they still have to keep their grades up, work a job, keep healthy relationships, all that has always been expected, and much more. We are no longer in a good 'ole days society where you simply take the same classes as everyone else, pass, graduate in a class of 150, and go to college and off to a great life. We live in an era of highly competitive cutthroat children told by parents, teachers, guidance counselors, etc. that they have to be at the top of their 1500 person class or they won't go to college and will fail at life. Where is the outlet for these kids if not video games? Some of them just crack. There are crazy people in the world. Put pressure on them, and maybe an unkind word by some teacher, and what do they do? They shoot up their school. And their isn't a whole lot that the schools can do. It is the parents responsibility to teach them morals, not the government, certainly not Hollywood, and no, it isn't video games fault either.
Hmm, that's really interesting, suprising, actually. I figured since we did everything else different, surely we drove on the wrong side too:P. Glad to know we don't do everything backwards, although this might be because the advent of mass produced automobiles originated in the US.
amen! haha, seriously, that is the first time i have ever heard reasonable support agains drm besides "ahhh it sucks cause corporations are taking away my rights"
mod parent up.
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Linux is great because you have to have root priviledges to modify critical stuff, this makes it more secure! Windows sucks because you need admin access to back up potentially sensitive files! Hypocrisy, anyone?
you can't find it cause it was a Popular Science article i believe, i read it too.6 a010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html?s_prop18=whatsne w
a quick search of the popsci website found this:
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/whatsnew/bc0b041c051
"An assumption unsupported by anything other than anecdotal evidence. Once doesn't have to be 'PC' to compare the number of school shootings in the 70's to the number in the 90's to see that something has changed radically in society."
Perhaps you fail to take into consideration the massive increase in pressure put on students in recent years? Students are now feeling compelled to take college level courses in high school, participate in athletics, extracurricular activities are nearly jammed down their throats, and in addition they still have to keep their grades up, work a job, keep healthy relationships, all that has always been expected, and much more.
We are no longer in a good 'ole days society where you simply take the same classes as everyone else, pass, graduate in a class of 150, and go to college and off to a great life. We live in an era of highly competitive cutthroat children told by parents, teachers, guidance counselors, etc. that they have to be at the top of their 1500 person class or they won't go to college and will fail at life. Where is the outlet for these kids if not video games? Some of them just crack. There are crazy people in the world. Put pressure on them, and maybe an unkind word by some teacher, and what do they do? They shoot up their school. And their isn't a whole lot that the schools can do. It is the parents responsibility to teach them morals, not the government, certainly not Hollywood, and no, it isn't video games fault either.
I got mod points for my birthday :)
thanks slashdot.
congradulations, you made the only insightful one.
Hmm, that's really interesting, suprising, actually. I figured since we did everything else different, surely we drove on the wrong side too :P. Glad to know we don't do everything backwards, although this might be because the advent of mass produced automobiles originated in the US.
I just wonder why Homer's car is a right side (american style) car while Marge's is left side (everyone else's style) car.
hey, we are on slashdot. here, darwinism == science.
amen! haha, seriously, that is the first time i have ever heard reasonable support agains drm besides "ahhh it sucks cause corporations are taking away my rights" mod parent up.