If stores can't sell to kids, they won't bother selling to adults. An effective ban of violent gaming. EA don't control the mass-market of gaming, Walmart do.
I actually really enjoyed Silent Hill... and I've never played any of the games. The plot made sense, and the effects were amazing. The dialogue and acting were subpar, but besides that, it was pretty damn good. Fans of the game apparently hated it because it strayed from the original plot too much, and non-fans didn't understand it for the most part. Maybe they didn't get the exposition scene in the hospital room, or were incapable of seeing big, nasty, flesh-tearing monsters as "not the bad guys". I dunno. I enjoyed it, that's all that counts here.
Kinda like you, 'cept with "be an asshole" instead of "get the first post."
To balance my critique... this has as much to do with lego as tap-dancing. The article writer's just trying to make his article more interesting using a reasonably valid analogy for the masses of non-biochemists. New Scientist is read by a suprisingly large number of people. "They also gave nine rats a lethal dose of the anthrax toxin, injected into their tails..." Ow. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't like a needle of Anthrax jabbed up my ass, even if it was to help a superior species survive. XP
I understand your point, and agree with your argument, but you've got to remember the high fallibility of statistics. In a more realistic example, hemp is outlawed despite the many advantages it has over cotton. I'd do a side-by-side checklist to prove my point, but let's just assume for now. Why is hemp banned? Because of one of it's uses. Statistically, you could say that the KEY product of the hemp plant, is used as a 'dangerous drug', and knowing politics, you could probably force some statistic to say that 99.99% of the plant's growers are growing it with bad intentions. While your lockpick argument is fine, you have to remember that even non-dangerous things can be forcibly banned through 'reliable statistics'.
I'd just like to note that homosexual behaviour IS illegal in many places, both around the world and in the USA.
As for the topic... being bisexual myself, the only reason I'd join a GLBT guild is to actually meet people with an immediate common link. I'd rather join a Metal Gear Solid Fan Guild, to be honest, and put up with the language. It's just words, and if it starts to bug me, I'll use/ignore.
While I say these guys (and girls) have every right to set up their gay guild, they shouldn't be such fags about it.:P
1. The last time I checked, slashdot was "News for Nerds". 2. So your assumption is invalid. 3. The last time I checked, I was running both iTunes and Linux, on seperate partitions. 4. The answer is:
BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE CAN WATCH IT, YOU ARE NOT EVERYBODY.
"Land Warrior's software system is powered by a variant of the Linux operating system and has a modular, open architecture for further improvement. Reliability in recent testing at Fort Benning has been extremely high."
Well, that explains so much...
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heheeheee, whenever I think about Yamaha I imagine a keyboard strapped to the handlebars of a motorbike... and you play it to steer it.
Why does the image of Linux fans as fat, bearded guys with bad hair and beer not suprise me in the slightest?:/ I even know a guy who uses Linux and looks like that.. in person. Linux on a hacked XBox, to be precise...
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Welcome to the modern paranoid age, too scared to even use email at a friend's house.
In Japan, foxes are tricky tricky pests. They're still considered very cute and are actually quite popular with some people. Trickster are neither good nor evil, just ask Loki!
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If stores can't sell to kids, they won't bother selling to adults. An effective ban of violent gaming. EA don't control the mass-market of gaming, Walmart do.
I actually really enjoyed Silent Hill... and I've never played any of the games. The plot made sense, and the effects were amazing. The dialogue and acting were subpar, but besides that, it was pretty damn good. Fans of the game apparently hated it because it strayed from the original plot too much, and non-fans didn't understand it for the most part. Maybe they didn't get the exposition scene in the hospital room, or were incapable of seeing big, nasty, flesh-tearing monsters as "not the bad guys". I dunno. I enjoyed it, that's all that counts here.
I'm British. That number is huge and incorrectly formatted =P
Kinda like you, 'cept with "be an asshole" instead of "get the first post."
To balance my critique... this has as much to do with lego as tap-dancing. The article writer's just trying to make his article more interesting using a reasonably valid analogy for the masses of non-biochemists. New Scientist is read by a suprisingly large number of people.
"They also gave nine rats a lethal dose of the anthrax toxin, injected into their tails..."
Ow. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't like a needle of Anthrax jabbed up my ass, even if it was to help a superior species survive. XP
Didn't know about that one, thanks for the info. If I had mod points I'd mod you an interesting point. As it is, you'll have to settle for thanks.
Not to, of course, deny that the cotton industry also helped crush the hemp plant.
Who modded this funny? Seems perfectly insightful to me...
Humans are apathetic about their government. Who cares WHAT system is on top, as long as it's one that doesn't upset what you like?
...calling them "moonbats" would be an insult to any future lunar aerial mammal community.
That is the funniest thing I've read all day, thank you so much for cheering me up XD
I wouldn't be suprised if they adopted that as a marketing slogan... :-/
...it does.
You like the fact that only 1 out of 5 thought it was insightful? :P
I understand your point, and agree with your argument, but you've got to remember the high fallibility of statistics. In a more realistic example, hemp is outlawed despite the many advantages it has over cotton. I'd do a side-by-side checklist to prove my point, but let's just assume for now. Why is hemp banned? Because of one of it's uses. Statistically, you could say that the KEY product of the hemp plant, is used as a 'dangerous drug', and knowing politics, you could probably force some statistic to say that 99.99% of the plant's growers are growing it with bad intentions.
While your lockpick argument is fine, you have to remember that even non-dangerous things can be forcibly banned through 'reliable statistics'.
I'd just like to note that homosexual behaviour IS illegal in many places, both around the world and in the USA.
/ignore.
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As for the topic... being bisexual myself, the only reason I'd join a GLBT guild is to actually meet people with an immediate common link. I'd rather join a Metal Gear Solid Fan Guild, to be honest, and put up with the language. It's just words, and if it starts to bug me, I'll use
While I say these guys (and girls) have every right to set up their gay guild, they shouldn't be such fags about it.
1. The last time I checked, slashdot was "News for Nerds".
2. So your assumption is invalid.
3. The last time I checked, I was running both iTunes and Linux, on seperate partitions.
4. The answer is:
BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE CAN WATCH IT, YOU ARE NOT EVERYBODY.
I don't know why that amuses me so much... almost as if the two are related somehow...
"Land Warrior's software system is powered by a variant of the Linux operating system and has a modular, open architecture for further improvement. Reliability in recent testing at Fort Benning has been extremely high."
Well, that explains so much...
heheeheee, whenever I think about Yamaha I imagine a keyboard strapped to the handlebars of a motorbike... and you play it to steer it.
Maybe I'm losing it...
He has to mentione Linux in there somewhere, or he wouldn't be at (5, Interesting) right now :D
With the 3D controller, you now have realistic cowboy thrusting action!
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Don't shoot any lawyers.
Are capitalising letters and a sense of humour also beneath you?
3 digits, wow. Ages like wine - it turns into vinegar. =P
Why does the image of Linux fans as fat, bearded guys with bad hair and beer not suprise me in the slightest? :/
I even know a guy who uses Linux and looks like that.. in person. Linux on a hacked XBox, to be precise...
Welcome to the modern paranoid age, too scared to even use email at a friend's house.
In Japan, foxes are tricky tricky pests. They're still considered very cute and are actually quite popular with some people.
Trickster are neither good nor evil, just ask Loki!