Recent Comments:
Enter to win a $5k Dell WoW Edition notebook {WOW Insider}
Dec 20th 2007 5:37PM I'd like the Alliance edition.
And I'm not even going to play WoW on it.
Vicarious Visions pens op-ed on troubling NY game bill {Joystiq}
Jun 6th 2007 11:32AM They can pretty this bill up all they want, but in the end it's saying that it's illegal to sell certain content. That is plain out un-American, and these kinds of cases fall through court everyday.
It is the responsibility of the parent to regulate content to their children who are minors, it is up to independent retailers as to what their policy is towards minors. That's all the protection that was ever needed, making it felonious is grossly overboard and a gratuitous and extravagant misuse of politics and taxes from the people.
I don't see the necessity all of a sudden to regulate video games so much legally.
China puts moratorium on new internet cafes {Engadget}
Jun 4th 2007 11:50AM I guarantee that if you want people to break from this so much then put proximity timers on the computers. If you're close enough to reach the keyboard or read text on the monitor then the timer counts down warning when you've got to a certain point. Only by stepping away for a certain amount of time will the timer restart, and yes, some asshat walking by can interrupt however the duration of restart time doesn't start over if this happens, it just pauses.
Furthermore, on a more sociological note, with the enforcement and commitment usually imbued into Chinese students how could the government have not predicted something like this occurring? To add to that don't they know these kids have enough persistence to overcome or defeat whatever laws or boundaries they place?
