Honestly, who wants to take odds that this will be attributed to violent video games...
Wait...that's higher up in the thread. However, I'm just waiting for them to pull the same set of cards we had in Colombine, the whole "Blame the system" or the giant "ban guns"..
But a question remains. What can we do to reasonably(Non-Orwellian) prevent something like this from happening again?
I'm sure this is a DIRECT outcome of the Alleged Duke Rape Case that's not only being mishandled by the prosecution(There IS no case against the Duke kids IMHO), but it's forcing Universities to take steps to protect their students(read: athletes) from whatever digital evil they thought up.
The "anti-facebook" is more than likely a protective measure to keep the wild parties where strippers might be involved under wraps. We all know, if there's no proof, then it NEVER happened.
...Wait. I thought hackers managed to open a huge hole in the WRT54G that could be bad! I use that specific router as my access point for my rather cumbersome network, with nefarious old school Linksys switches. But whew.
But as I read this article further, I'm glad SOMEONE who had the spare time(enough of it, anyways) to slap Linux on it. Now I just got to get the spare time to finally do it rather than "I think I'll try some Linux on that...oooo, let's play WoW." But I do have a question I'd like answered.
Is the Router soft/firmware that Linux offers better than what is on the firmware already in it(with timely updates)? God, I bet I sound ignorant.
Honestly, this article is like the light that's been shining in our eyes for so long we didn't care anymore. I stopped using Yahoo when it installed a toolbar in my IE(I know, I'm all Firefox now)and began not just pumping, but flooding my PC like N.O. with spyware.
Yahoo's a long standing company, and in being long standing, they start getting the shady people inside their ranks, and eventually one of them gets high enough to implement an idea like this.
Sadly, this is Capitolism. The Company that can profit the most does the best. If Yahoo is in with typosquatters, so be it! That's their business practice and I didn't find much about it being illegal, just not nice. So while Yahoo didn't break any rules, it only re-enforced the belief of this non-net-savvy person that I should use Google from now on.
And didn't Yahoo start this when they had the Full Page Flash Overlay ads?
Ok, I agree with most of what you said, but I will lay out the parts I didn't catch too well.
These are known as Guidelines, the ratings are Guidelines for the issuance of the games, and sadly enough the Christian "Save Our Family" movement has weilded them to their benefit. They have become what most of these "Watchdog" groups turn into. They become near Socialist in their implimentation of what they view is "good for you".
Games are meant to be played by everyone, and of course there's going to be people who like "Leisure Suit Larry: Unrated and Uncut", and those who will like "My Princess Pony: The Makeup Game" or something like that. But to purposefuly mark these games with ratings that would kill thair sales is akin to barring a certain artish or writer to publish his work because it "isn't nice". Anyone seeing the parallel I'm making here?
I might be one of the few, but I view games as Artwork, as well as amusement. Someone had to think up the concept and guide it through the evolution from code to graphics to controls to beta testing to make sure his baby was perfect. In essence, he worked as hard as Picasso to bring us something for our enjoyment. So why can't his works be set out to the public arena for scrutinization. If Mommy and Daddy don't want little Suzie to play "Guts And Gore, Entrails Galore", then they shouldn't buy it for little Suzie. Plain and simple.
But this rant also goes to the stores who buy the games to sell. Shame on you for stifling artwork! Shame on you for saying that someone's hard work and perserverance doesn't pay off, Shame On You!
There's Trekkie, and then there's this. And since when did the US Military want a foward operating base on the Moon? And since when did we get the means to shoot at anything in space? Ok ok, one rocket in a comet doesn't make us ready for an Intergalactic Invader....but we do have the Men In Black...right?
1) Saying "Vrooom Vrooom" 2) Picking it up and moving it like a monster truck over your PC 3) Doing the "SCREECH!" noise when you make a turn 4) Putting a Bottle Rocket in it
If I play GTA, Prince of Persia, AND Burnout 3....I will become a dagger-using thug who thinks he can turn back time while driving into other cars in the hopes of making them explode so I can get more cars in my garage? I love these shrinks who wholly believe in that kind of drivvel. The games may influence the weaker minds, but that does NOT make all of us who play them one step away from rampaging psychopaths. BTW, I thought we denounced all this in a previous Slashdothttp://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/12/1 0/2223202&tid=149/?
In reading this, I glance to my lonely AOL cd.....and replace my cup of coffee on it so I won't stain my desk. I don't readily understand why this was forced, Window$ doesn't force you to keep using any of the proprietary(I know the spelling is wrong) software. I know I'm probably going to get flamed for this, but Bill Gate$ and his cronies at Micro$oft might have put these things in Window$ for the old ladies and other people who have no clue nor need to go and download Winamp, FireFox, Thunderbird or any other Open Source style program. All in all, Window$ was designed with the retarded user in mind, so to sell it WITHOUT something that Window$ is semi-known for would mean a failure in sales, proven here. So with that being said......PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T KILL ME!! I DON'T LIKE BILL GATE$!!
Micro$oft at it's best!
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I swear, Bill Gate$ and his cronies are definately pulling all the propaganda strings on this one. I'll admit, I'm a fan of the XBoX, but not of it's 360 counterpart. I believe that the console was rushed out the door as fast as possible with enough marketing pusking behind it to possibly sell it as the next Messiah of console.
The damn thing CRASHED when it was released, I don't care how wowie-zowie it is. That means one thing to me, it's broken on delivery.
Now sadly, I'll have to find a different console to play on. I'm not buying a PS3 because of the Rootkit problem Sony just had, and with the 360 fiasco....
And why isn't Nintendo capitalizing on this? I'm sure they've still got SOME life left in that corporation.
For people like me who prefer phone communications over e-mail(*Prepares sheild for attack*), this is the best technology that I SHOULD have thought of first.
And to think, I'd have made a killing if I just saved that damn dinner napkin....
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"Pay me money or I'll.....post a link on Slashdot!"
"Oh God...anything but that! I'll Pay!"
Honestly, who wants to take odds that this will be attributed to violent video games...
Wait...that's higher up in the thread. However, I'm just waiting for them to pull the same set of cards we had in Colombine, the whole "Blame the system" or the giant "ban guns"..
But a question remains. What can we do to reasonably(Non-Orwellian) prevent something like this from happening again?
Tis simple math.
7:3 isn't as flashy as 70:30, salesmenship, my friend.
Taking bets on this turning into a Bush-Bashing Thread! I've got 70:30 odds on it, Good Money!
Redundant?...Mind if I ask how? Last I checked posting was offering an opinion about the article, and in being first...HOW IS IT REDUNDANT?!
Glad to see the barter system is alive and well, and still works
Hopefully first post
I'm sure this is a DIRECT outcome of the Alleged Duke Rape Case that's not only being mishandled by the prosecution(There IS no case against the Duke kids IMHO), but it's forcing Universities to take steps to protect their students(read: athletes) from whatever digital evil they thought up.
The "anti-facebook" is more than likely a protective measure to keep the wild parties where strippers might be involved under wraps. We all know, if there's no proof, then it NEVER happened.
...Wait. I thought hackers managed to open a huge hole in the WRT54G that could be bad! I use that specific router as my access point for my rather cumbersome network, with nefarious old school Linksys switches. But whew.
But as I read this article further, I'm glad SOMEONE who had the spare time(enough of it, anyways) to slap Linux on it. Now I just got to get the spare time to finally do it rather than "I think I'll try some Linux on that...oooo, let's play WoW." But I do have a question I'd like answered.
Is the Router soft/firmware that Linux offers better than what is on the firmware already in it(with timely updates)? God, I bet I sound ignorant.
Is it just me, or while reading this did I discern that this is a "Hate America" Thread?....Or should that be "Hate Bush" Thread?
Honestly people....Get over our current form of goverment and understand that it's broken. Quit whining unless you have a way to fix it.
Thank you, I will now accept flames and attacks from the left.
Honestly, this article is like the light that's been shining in our eyes for so long we didn't care anymore. I stopped using Yahoo when it installed a toolbar in my IE(I know, I'm all Firefox now)and began not just pumping, but flooding my PC like N.O. with spyware. Yahoo's a long standing company, and in being long standing, they start getting the shady people inside their ranks, and eventually one of them gets high enough to implement an idea like this. Sadly, this is Capitolism. The Company that can profit the most does the best. If Yahoo is in with typosquatters, so be it! That's their business practice and I didn't find much about it being illegal, just not nice. So while Yahoo didn't break any rules, it only re-enforced the belief of this non-net-savvy person that I should use Google from now on. And didn't Yahoo start this when they had the Full Page Flash Overlay ads?
Ok, I agree with most of what you said, but I will lay out the parts I didn't catch too well.
These are known as Guidelines, the ratings are Guidelines for the issuance of the games, and sadly enough the Christian "Save Our Family" movement has weilded them to their benefit. They have become what most of these "Watchdog" groups turn into. They become near Socialist in their implimentation of what they view is "good for you".
Games are meant to be played by everyone, and of course there's going to be people who like "Leisure Suit Larry: Unrated and Uncut", and those who will like "My Princess Pony: The Makeup Game" or something like that. But to purposefuly mark these games with ratings that would kill thair sales is akin to barring a certain artish or writer to publish his work because it "isn't nice". Anyone seeing the parallel I'm making here?
I might be one of the few, but I view games as Artwork, as well as amusement. Someone had to think up the concept and guide it through the evolution from code to graphics to controls to beta testing to make sure his baby was perfect. In essence, he worked as hard as Picasso to bring us something for our enjoyment. So why can't his works be set out to the public arena for scrutinization. If Mommy and Daddy don't want little Suzie to play "Guts And Gore, Entrails Galore", then they shouldn't buy it for little Suzie. Plain and simple.
But this rant also goes to the stores who buy the games to sell. Shame on you for stifling artwork! Shame on you for saying that someone's hard work and perserverance doesn't pay off, Shame On You!
Rant done, thank you for your time.
STFU n00b! w3 r 1337x0r /. pwns j00!
Very Respectfully,
Slashdot.org Legal Department
"Doc, I've lived a healthy life, I haven't smoked or drank and have worked out 3 times a week, what else can I do?" "Have you tried Red Stripe?"
There's Trekkie, and then there's this. And since when did the US Military want a foward operating base on the Moon? And since when did we get the means to shoot at anything in space? Ok ok, one rocket in a comet doesn't make us ready for an Intergalactic Invader....but we do have the Men In Black...right?
You know, someone could make a killing off opening a Therapy Shop for Gamers and Non-Gamer SO's......And I think I will!
a_pessers: i r l337
I'd assume the fact the good Doc didn't want them to in the first place, and then got bamboozled by them is a pretty humilitaing concept.
1) Saying "Vrooom Vrooom"
2) Picking it up and moving it like a monster truck over your PC
3) Doing the "SCREECH!" noise when you make a turn
4) Putting a Bottle Rocket in it
If I play GTA, Prince of Persia, AND Burnout 3....I will become a dagger-using thug who thinks he can turn back time while driving into other cars in the hopes of making them explode so I can get more cars in my garage? I love these shrinks who wholly believe in that kind of drivvel. The games may influence the weaker minds, but that does NOT make all of us who play them one step away from rampaging psychopaths. BTW, I thought we denounced all this in a previous Slashdothttp://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/12/1 0/2223202&tid=149/?
Hate to say it, but pr0n did help Al Gore's internet get off the ground. I wonder if Bill put him up to it.....
"They've Gone Plaid!"
In reading this, I glance to my lonely AOL cd.....and replace my cup of coffee on it so I won't stain my desk. I don't readily understand why this was forced, Window$ doesn't force you to keep using any of the proprietary(I know the spelling is wrong) software. I know I'm probably going to get flamed for this, but Bill Gate$ and his cronies at Micro$oft might have put these things in Window$ for the old ladies and other people who have no clue nor need to go and download Winamp, FireFox, Thunderbird or any other Open Source style program. All in all, Window$ was designed with the retarded user in mind, so to sell it WITHOUT something that Window$ is semi-known for would mean a failure in sales, proven here. So with that being said......PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T KILL ME!! I DON'T LIKE BILL GATE$!!
....no wait, that's my laundry.
I swear, Bill Gate$ and his cronies are definately pulling all the propaganda strings on this one. I'll admit, I'm a fan of the XBoX, but not of it's 360 counterpart. I believe that the console was rushed out the door as fast as possible with enough marketing pusking behind it to possibly sell it as the next Messiah of console. The damn thing CRASHED when it was released, I don't care how wowie-zowie it is. That means one thing to me, it's broken on delivery. Now sadly, I'll have to find a different console to play on. I'm not buying a PS3 because of the Rootkit problem Sony just had, and with the 360 fiasco.... And why isn't Nintendo capitalizing on this? I'm sure they've still got SOME life left in that corporation.
For people like me who prefer phone communications over e-mail(*Prepares sheild for attack*), this is the best technology that I SHOULD have thought of first. And to think, I'd have made a killing if I just saved that damn dinner napkin....