Recent content by gabx

I'm kind of tired of people using the phrase "circular logic." Circular logic would imply that you have a premise and you use that premise to prove itself. The Catalyst's premise is that machine always rebel, etc. so he concludes that he needs to stop it. You might not agree with his premise...

There are a lot of fallacies here. First of all, she assumes that equal treatment is "fair." You could just as easily assume that it is unfair for straight people to not be able to marry someone of the same sex. She also assumes that the same actions have the same utility for everyone...

Oh yes. Of course they shouldn't use a system that works better than any other dialogue system ever created (according to public opinion.) Also, how is a semi-turn based MMO essentially a third person shooter? Gameplay - Considering that the only long gameplay videos are of low-level...

The kid has an imaginary talking pet tiger and he spends every minute of his life daydreaming. He doesn't need your help to be schizophrenic.

Have any past inventions had the same potential to change human society as the Internet does today?

You people are so naive! Everyone knows that the Video Game Industry has placed a secret code (often referred to as the Konami Code)into every Video Game. It has a chance of killing anyone who plays video games! Plus my friend had a 107 year-old grandmother who died when her Wii sent out a...

Seriously, there's no reason for so much hate of the rich. The vast minority of the top 10% actually make enough money to pay for an average American college for two children (since 'rich' people get no financial aid.)As for socialism and communism, why would any person be motivated to try if...

But if they are inferior seed-spreaders, do you really expect us guys to restrain ourselves?

There is a very simple reason why there will never be world peace: people don't actually want it. People actively invent new reasons to kill each other; religion, resources, skin color, etc. Humankind has only gotten this far by killing anything that stood in its way, and it will continue doing...

Everyone complaining about totalitarianism needs a history lesson. The very fact that you have access to a non-government controlled source of information (the internet) already means Britain is not totalitarian. Another hint is the fact that all of the people complaining about the government...

1. A very,very fat and smelly man to use as bait 2. Companion cube 3. Holy Hand Grenade (from Monty Python) 4. Food/water/weapons/ammo 5. Gallons of blood-colored paint to write "THE CAKE IS A LIE!" in every safe house

Obviously, the school officials grossly overreacted. On the other hand, if the girl had overdosed on the meds and died, the parents would have sued the school and most likely won. If you hold schools to an unreasonable standard of protecting its student body with BS laws, then at least one VP in...

The world is not coming to an end. Every generation thinks the generation under them is mutilating the values of society. Your parents probably thought the same thing about your generation. Things change, and some of that change is good, some of it is bad. Life goes on.

Teacher: What do the periods 1783-1812 and 1865-180 have in common? Girl: BLACKS! *Everyone laughs at her.* Teacher: ...You know, Freud said your conscience is like an iceberg- Girl interrupts him: *MY* conscience!?

American society seems to use video games in the same way fascist regimes used minorities. Germany during the 1930s- Our economy isn't screwed up because we got into a massive war, incurred massive debts, and caused massive inflation. It isn't because the entire world is in the biggest...