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Comment: Re:If you wanted to know about humans, (Score 1) 450

by Gamer_2k4 (#43007227) Attached to: We Aren't the World: Why Americans Make Bad Study Subjects

Have you been paying attention to recent world events? You know, like the failed US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan? Hundreds of billions of dollars of state-of-the-art military equipment and they still couldn't win a fight with people who had little more than small arms. And those people are strangers to us. Fighting other Americans would be even harder because of divided loyalties within the ranks of government troops.

Failed?

Comment: Re:Primary Problem? (Score 1) 245

by Gamer_2k4 (#42880233) Attached to: Xbox Originator: "Stupid, Stupid Xbox!!"

It's the interface. It sucks. I bought a machine to game on, not one to sell me other crap. Two years ago when they changed to pre metro I boxed up the x-box and games and gave it to my nephews.

X-Box is doomed. Simply because it's not about gaming, but all about sales.

How much of your XBox time did you spend in the menu, and how much did you spend in the games?

I'm guessing the ratio is heavily, HEAVILY weighted toward the latter. Your argument is absolutely ridiculous.

Comment: Re:Treason (Score 1) 813

by Gamer_2k4 (#42877937) Attached to: Missouri Legislation Redefines Science, Pushes Intelligent Design

This sort of behavior from elected officials should be considered treason.

It is severely hurting the future of our country and making the next generation more ignorant.

They should be removed from office and any position of power of influence over others.

They speak for the people they represent; that is, they're doing EXACTLY THEIR JOBS.

If you have an issue with the legislation itself, that's one thing, but remember that elected officials are supposed to be the voice of their constituents. Don't call it treasonous when the elected actually do their job.

Comment: Re:offtopic... (Score 1) 450

by Gamer_2k4 (#42844009) Attached to: Printable AR-15 Mag Gets More Reliable; YouTube Pulls Video of Demo

but isn't it sad that violence and gore is more acceptable than sex? Show a beheading in one of Tarantino's movie is ok, but show a penis on the screen and it's x-rated?

How is it sad? We all know that no one is going to kill anyone from watching a movie, so it's okay to be desensitized to violence. However, almost everyone is going to have sex at some point, and being desensitized to that would be terrible.

I'm glad people don't walk around naked, because I want nudity to be special.

Comment: Re:$3600 ship (Score 1) 398

by Gamer_2k4 (#42732735) Attached to: How <em>EVE Online</em> Dealt With a 3,000-Player Battle

Incidentally, estimated losses for the entire battle (which included *three* titans lost before it was all over, all on the side the guy who misjumped) is over 700 billion ISK. That's about *$25,000*, kiddies.

$25,000 for 3,000 players?

So each participant lost, on average, 8-9 bucks. Not exactly a mindblowing number there.

Comment: Re:Strong Sports Affiliations? (Score 1) 42

by Gamer_2k4 (#42614183) Attached to: First Known 'Social Chromosome' Found

Inherited, you say? This might go a long way to explaining why certain families are very invested in sports (especially supporting national sports teams), where other families don't really care about it. I think we all know that one family where everyone loves football, even though they all have different teams ... or, if you're part of that family, then it might go a long way to explaining why no one outside your family is nearly passionate enough about football.

Nature versus nurture. This is an example of nurture.

Comment: Re:What about Magic? (Score 3, Informative) 136

by Gamer_2k4 (#42584245) Attached to: The Science of Game Strategy

If you draw nothing but lands, you're screwed. Get no lands, you're screwed.

This, without exception, is my biggest problem with Magic. No matter how good you are or how good your deck is, it's realistically very possible to be completely screwed out of a game by the random nature of your deck.

That's probably the reason I'm such a fan of Dominion. It's a card game where strategy is truly the only difference between winners and losers. Add in its low cost of entry and high replayability, and you got a game that's (in my opinion) much better made than Magic.

Comment: Re:Forgetting something? (Score 3, Insightful) 198

by Gamer_2k4 (#42345171) Attached to: TI-84+C-Silver Edition: That C Stands For Color

"Educators simply weren’t asking for them until recently... We don’t want to create technology for technology’s sake"

Translation: "We haven't the slightest clue what the word innovation means or why it's important."

Innovation is the devil when it comes to this sort of thing. The article made the excellent point that TI calculators are approved for standardized testing due to their readily-known constraints. What's the point of releasing a new model every year when students won't be able to use them on the important things?

Comment: Re:Is that a man or a woman? (Score 1) 559

by Gamer_2k4 (#40896861) Attached to: The Tricky Science of Olympic Gender Testing
You separate them because otherwise women would become insignificant. This isn't PC garbage either; it's also basic biology. Will a woman every be as good at rings as a man? How about basketball, or weightlifting? Or running? No, to all of those. Men are naturally more athletic, so they're going to do the best. That's why we separate genders.

If you disagree, feel free to name a few athletic records that AREN'T held by men.

Comment: Re:Citation needed (Score 2) 198

by Gamer_2k4 (#40581987) Attached to: IT Salaries and Hiring Are Up &mdash; But Just To 2008 Levels

Or is there some hope among the US people that a potential non-Obama future president would be able to solve the economical problems of the US in one swift stroke using his magical superabilities?

Well, it was a similar hope in a magical President that got Obama into office in the first place, so...

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