> Especially limit exposure to shows/games that use a lot of sarcasm or display/infer violence. Your kid isn't going to be a serial killer because they play violent games but they do model what they see and if you want them to learn how to interact successfully with others then make sure they see / hear / live in way that is what you consider healthy.
Not really, regarding modeling. Many (most ?) kids are capable of differentiating between modeling the internal vs. the external world, as in, they can take all the sarcasm, blood and gore, and still understand the "abstraction" part behind it. I spent a lot of time around certain kids growing up, and while they were certainly above the norm intellectually, by the age of about 12, every abstract thing you throw at them they can take just dandy.
What is much more dangerous, is not having the valve for gore and brutality - you may think it strange, but it is necessary. I've seen kids ruined by over-protective parents. In other words, I've noticed that true demons among kids are those who have not noticed pain and suffering in the world, and esp. those who have not felt pain and personal loss - not saying that you should traumatize your kids, far from it - what I am getting at is that kids need to go outside, for example, take a camping trip - and not experience comfort for once - but the mud, the hunger and hardship - these are the things that make kids appreciate it in others and become more helpful.
Also, boys (maybe I am coming off as sexist here, whatever) tend to naturally seek out sources of pain in real life while playing. But it is healthy - broad spectrum of experience defines us as persons.
Not sheltering them or making them "model" some behaviour on rote level, but rather, leading them to understand root causes and relationships of this world, is a better approach.
Why oh why would healthy kids require games such as blubber blaster ?
They should be called apps for big boned, sensitive kids.
And now what ? You're trying to blast their blubber away ? Seems like recipe for insecurity...:/
Better to create a game called "Life Challenged" wherein the object is to increase the worth of society by stopping being an oxygen thief - and there's only one way to do that. Achievement points for creative solutions !:P
Hello there fellow/.er from Norway (as I deducted from your long term posts, correct me if wrong), I have a totally OT question:
I, together with my friend, are going to Norway in a few days, to travel, and also make some cash back collecting (and selling where appropriate) forest berries. Do you have any idea how to find the (trading places, markets or some such) who buy them in bulk ? I looked all over but it's not really apparent on the internet for those not proficient in Norwegian.
Any pointers in how to find them (is there a method ? Company names, anything ?).
Pardon me for such inquisitiveness, don't answer if you do not want to:P
Antarctica is illegal to own, even if you had the technical means to live there, I don't think you could. IIRC, it is only legal for certain countries explicitly for purposes of science.
And all the little islands are already taken, except maybe 3-4, which are unfeasible, and if you would as much as be seen frolicking on the soil of some tiny island of some say African or South american nation, they would send some military boats and remove you asap, by all means, without much forethought.
There are people who would want to band together, to form a new nation - it is not as easy as it sounds.
> If he didn't have a gun, he would have slugged her. The next day they would have made up, and gone on with their lives.
Their happy-lovely wife-slugging lives. Truly an approximation of paradise.
> Why don't you carry a wine bottle around for protection?
It is not handy and very slow to wield, a kitchen knife is better even. Bare fists can kill a person in less than 3 seconds if they belong to highly skilled fighter. But that is not the point - guns excel at killing OR disabling, and they are a top tier personnel weapon that you can legally buy, therefore people naturally prefer them.
The main problem people usually have with microwaves is that they're undetectable, unwarned and plausibly denied after the fact (pooh what ? Some coagulated protein is no proof for anything, good sire !).
Government law enforcement agencies should use easily detectable, and easily fingerprinted non-lethal techs, for easy avoidance, and for after the fact accountability.
> OK, I can accept that I may be wrong, that there may be some privacy issue that I'm not seeing.
I imagine a more advanced version - it recognizes me by face, correlates it (magically, maybe even via legally gray methods) to my Google searches, and peddles me dickgirl lolicon manga (oh no, I went there), WHILE I'm walking around with my lower-aged guy-friend with whom any sex-related themes are taboo by mutual choice. (We are both guys, we talk exclusively about fighting related stuff, weapons and videogames lets say).
Hilarity ensues.
I see an embryo of a similar situation developing ALREADY, with present tech.
To tell you the truth, if I found a compy in a middle of nowhere, then I would take out the battery, bring it home, take out HD, mount it and try to find an owner by data.
If the compy lacked important / identifying data, I dunno, bring it to lost and found ?
> 60 years from now, you'll have old farts reminiscing about how these new bands kids listen to are all mindless crap, unlike the great music of Eminem, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spear and Lady Gaga that they grew up with. Those were the great musicians.
I'd like to interject.
The main reason why 70s music is so widely listened to still is a a big exposure of 70s contemporaries to this little animal (symbiotic molecule?) called LSD-25 and friends.
It really inspired music not otherwise possible, and the beginings of culture not seen before (or after), and a lot of it was phenomenally not motivated by profit.
Some of it was even deep, well, that's subjective of course, but still:P
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Having the engine already developed should significantly cut spending for the sequels.
> Especially limit exposure to shows/games that use a lot of sarcasm or display/infer violence. Your kid isn't going to be a serial killer because they play violent games but they do model what they see and if you want them to learn how to interact successfully with others then make sure they see / hear / live in way that is what you consider healthy.
Not really, regarding modeling. Many (most ?) kids are capable of differentiating between modeling the internal vs. the external world, as in, they can take all the sarcasm, blood and gore, and still understand the "abstraction" part behind it. I spent a lot of time around certain kids growing up, and while they were certainly above the norm intellectually, by the age of about 12, every abstract thing you throw at them they can take just dandy.
What is much more dangerous, is not having the valve for gore and brutality - you may think it strange, but it is necessary. I've seen kids ruined by over-protective parents. In other words, I've noticed that true demons among kids are those who have not noticed pain and suffering in the world, and esp. those who have not felt pain and personal loss - not saying that you should traumatize your kids, far from it - what I am getting at is that kids need to go outside, for example, take a camping trip - and not experience comfort for once - but the mud, the hunger and hardship - these are the things that make kids appreciate it in others and become more helpful.
Also, boys (maybe I am coming off as sexist here, whatever) tend to naturally seek out sources of pain in real life while playing. But it is healthy - broad spectrum of experience defines us as persons.
Not sheltering them or making them "model" some behaviour on rote level, but rather, leading them to understand root causes and relationships of this world, is a better approach.
World-proof your kids.
Why oh why would healthy kids require games such as blubber blaster ?
They should be called apps for big boned, sensitive kids.
And now what ? You're trying to blast their blubber away ? Seems like recipe for insecurity ... :/
Better to create a game called "Life Challenged" wherein the object is to increase the worth of society by stopping being an oxygen thief - and there's only one way to do that. Achievement points for creative solutions ! :P
Hello there fellow /.er from Norway (as I deducted from your long term posts, correct me if wrong), I have a totally OT question:
I, together with my friend, are going to Norway in a few days, to travel, and also make some cash back collecting (and selling where appropriate) forest berries. Do you have any idea how to find the (trading places, markets or some such) who buy them in bulk ? I looked all over but it's not really apparent on the internet for those not proficient in Norwegian.
Any pointers in how to find them (is there a method ? Company names, anything ?).
Pardon me for such inquisitiveness, don't answer if you do not want to :P
Just fishing for info ...
Thanks in advance.
Antarctica is illegal to own, even if you had the technical means to live there, I don't think you could. IIRC, it is only legal for certain countries explicitly for purposes of science.
And all the little islands are already taken, except maybe 3-4, which are unfeasible, and if you would as much as be seen frolicking on the soil of some tiny island of some say African or South american nation, they would send some military boats and remove you asap, by all means, without much forethought.
There are people who would want to band together, to form a new nation - it is not as easy as it sounds.
use counterfeit money ? Freshly minted with your laser printer ? Distance obscures, you know ...
> If he didn't have a gun, he would have slugged her. The next day they would have made up, and gone on with their lives.
Their happy-lovely wife-slugging lives. Truly an approximation of paradise.
> Why don't you carry a wine bottle around for protection?
It is not handy and very slow to wield, a kitchen knife is better even. Bare fists can kill a person in less than 3 seconds if they belong to highly skilled fighter. But that is not the point - guns excel at killing OR disabling, and they are a top tier personnel weapon that you can legally buy, therefore people naturally prefer them.
The main problem people usually have with microwaves is that they're undetectable, unwarned and plausibly denied after the fact (pooh what ? Some coagulated protein is no proof for anything, good sire !).
Government law enforcement agencies should use easily detectable, and easily fingerprinted non-lethal techs, for easy avoidance, and for after the fact accountability.
> "Money problems? Did you know there are places in this world that will buy your children? Press "9" on your television remote for further details."
This, combined with you nickname, paints a scary picture ... :/
> OK, I can accept that I may be wrong, that there may be some privacy issue that I'm not seeing.
I imagine a more advanced version - it recognizes me by face, correlates it (magically, maybe even via legally gray methods) to my Google searches, and peddles me dickgirl lolicon manga (oh no, I went there), WHILE I'm walking around with my lower-aged guy-friend with whom any sex-related themes are taboo by mutual choice. (We are both guys, we talk exclusively about fighting related stuff, weapons and videogames lets say).
Hilarity ensues.
I see an embryo of a similar situation developing ALREADY, with present tech.
Grain alcohol and pure rain water is the way to go !
I will now have better appreciation for scat fetishists...
Those people are doing good for one another ! :)
1. It is the truth
2. It is the equivalent of calling a fat person "fat".
The truth is painful.
To tell you the truth, if I found a compy in a middle of nowhere, then I would take out the battery, bring it home, take out HD, mount it and try to find an owner by data.
If the compy lacked important / identifying data, I dunno, bring it to lost and found ?
I would NEVER turn it on as it is, intact.
> 60 years from now, you'll have old farts reminiscing about how these new bands kids listen to are all mindless crap, unlike the great music of Eminem, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spear and Lady Gaga that they grew up with. Those were the great musicians.
I'd like to interject.
The main reason why 70s music is so widely listened to still is a a big exposure of 70s contemporaries to this little animal (symbiotic molecule?) called LSD-25 and friends.
It really inspired music not otherwise possible, and the beginings of culture not seen before (or after), and a lot of it was phenomenally not motivated by profit.
Some of it was even deep, well, that's subjective of course, but still :P
Meet Nobuo Uematsu and others, inspired me in ways that real instruments could not.
And you know what ? I don't care.
It's all about the heart.
Trent is amazing ! Like Pokey!!!!
We have no jurisdiction over Klingon, annd I doubt we would in any case :P
USA, not China/NK.
For the worst, and most importantly, trend-setting shit happens in USA.
Trend-setting for China and like.
But more importantly, also us western people (I am european).
So, pirate party.
I need to boot up my not well-known of subspace red-phone to The Hindmost.
It's seldom used ...
> bears, wolves, tigers, alligators or crocodiles, lions
Or a common dog.
The dogs.
That is all.
> the fish has three heads,
OK, I have 2, technically, according to some people... still, Check!
> 5 legs
Check!
> and squirts a strangely mutagenic substance at it's prey
Check!
Is a mutation even necessary ?
What actually happens is that you get 4.16p % more protons :P
> All of the ideas are vague and at least partially impractical.
This.
Also,
- Build real-time, user-reported news service
OMG WTF /. ?
@_@
NOT ANY ONE of the ideas is of tthe caliber "create superconductor operating @ higher than 280 Kelvin" or some other truly revolutionary one.
Like controlled fusion.