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Comment: Why this is bad (Score 1) 410

by joeflies (#42752945) Attached to: How Videogames Help Fund the Arms Industry
"We want to know explicitly how the rifle is to be used, ensuring that we are shown in a positive light"

I agree with the above posters that licensing the right to use a the title is a fair practice. What is not fair is the restrictions placed on how the item can be used in the game. You are licensing the right to use the name of a real world weapon, and end up signing away the rights of how a gun can be used and who could use them in a game. How is that a fair depiction of the real world? It's like paying to be an advertiser for the gun company..

Comment: Cause vs Effect? (Score 1) 124

by joeflies (#42610297) Attached to: Fukushima's Fallout of Fear
Experts believe that the many thousands who fled from the Fukushima nuclear disaster received very low doses of radiation

It seems to me that one explanation that many thousands received a low doses of radiation is BECAUSE they fled, not in spite of it which is what the summary seems to imply. And being told there is nothing to see here while a nuclear plant is actually going through a meltdown, then suddely told you must evacuate, well that seems like a category for stress. It's not like they could see if they are in danger or not, and they have no way of measuring how much danger they face (from possible exposure), so yeah, that's going to screw with your head.

Comment: One question (Score 5, Insightful) 453

by joeflies (#42526245) Attached to: The Problem With Internet Dating's Frictionless Market
Are the divorce rates changing or staying the same? That would lend some credence to his arguement that the old, difficult method produces a more beautiful and unexpected match. The problem with the old method is that it's often a game of attrition, namely you keep dating until you give up on finding someone that you are lifetime compatible with, and settle whoever's around at the time.

Comment: I think people are missing part of the story (Score 3, Interesting) 284

by joeflies (#42483721) Attached to: Scary Toothbrush Prompts Shutdown of World's Busiest Airport
the toothbrush in question was found in checked luggage. The story didn't say if it was a security person who found the bag, or if it was a baggage handler or some other person who doesn't have the right to inspect the bag. It wasn't a matter of going through the security checkpoint where the passenger is sitting in front of the bag and could get the toothbrush out and explain what it is. Now whether sounds require closing down the airport, that seems like a bit of overreaction.

Comment: Depends on how you group things (Score 2) 540

by joeflies (#42399783) Attached to: Krugman: Is the Computer Revolution Coming To a Close?
I think the products listed are generalized in a way to make the arguement. In the first wave, he lists (energy source, technology), aka (steam, locamotive). The second wave is (electricity and petroleum, and technologies and industries enabled). The third breaks the naming methodology and list just technologies. Of course certain forms of technologies are reaching the end of their economic impact. Another way to have stated the third wave is not in terms of products, but the technology that enabled the products. Have we exhausted the economic impact of the transistor? Even with the existing items. Electricity, petroleum and steam are nowhere near the end of their impact, so I find it hard to even state that phase 1 and phase 2 are over. In fact, when you add the problems of mainstream coal, nuclear and economic viability of solar, you could say that petroleum remains one of the most crucial factors to economic growth, and that's stage 2 according to the article.

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