I used to suffer from a similar malady - Super Nintendo Thumb. Over one summer, hours upon hours of head-to-head matchs of Super Mario Kart and Street Fighter II (the first one that was out for the SNES) against my brother resulted in a right thumb devoid of print, smooth as glass and perpetually pink.

Devster

Does Doom Legacy support Y-Axis movement with the mouse? If not and it's like the original doom I'd point to the continual side to side x-axis movement as the cause of the pain. At least that's how it was for me back in the day. Man was it nice to have that other axis so my hand wouldn't cramp. On a side note I need to go to bed sooner. It's too weird having blue doing work before I even pass out. I feel like I'm in Japan or something. Oyasami Nasai.

How could the newspaper think it was real history?!?! The story goes on to suggest celebrating Filipino American History Month by making jack-o-lanterns out of spam!

http://www.pinoylife.com/article.php?sid=84

"Once held for eight months in solitary confinement because the FBI feared he could launch nuclear missiles from a prison pay phone, Mitnick recently started a security consultancy called Defensive Thinking."

Rofl. That would give new meaning to "Reach out and touch someone."

... are not allowed to perform in a late show? (it is a late show, right?).

Seems much too prudish to me -- everyone who has seen these guys knows that it's essentially a comedy act. Even though they are naked there's certainly nothing pornographic about it, so what's the big deal?

We had them on public TV here in Germany and I've got to say it was quite a good show. Seems a waste to not let them perform when they are there...

I get the claw but the doctor said it was from masterbating too much

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Hazard...

%Didn't you know? This is America! The founding nation of free speech, civil liberty and lasiez faire capitalism. The way we handle things here is to censor everything under the guise of political correctness by making television, a private media outlet, a governmental priority. For shame on you germans for flip flopping fascism with us after the war when we weren't looking! I knew Colonel Klink wasn't as dumb as he acted.

% = internation sign for sarcasm

america is so fucked up sometimes. but at least the trains run on time.

Didn't you know? This is America!

Uh, ok :).

So you think this is really just to be politically correct? Are they afraid that people will see this is as an Australian stereotype and that they could think all men in Australia run around naked with only a cape on?

How ridiculous! Everyone knows that an Australian man goes nowhere without at least one tin of Fosters beer in his hand!

No worries, she'll be right!

After having proven my in-depth knowledge of Australian culture, here's a more serious question:

What about nude women? I don't know about the US, but our TV is full of them. Is that also unacceptable? Or are the producers of US TV shows simply all men?

[EDIT] scratch that. I just realized that most of the stuff we see here originates in Hollywood, so I guess nude women are considered "politcally correct" :). How they can justify the difference is beyond me, though.

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Leave it to HBO Real Sex to have shown these guys a few months ago. There act is really funny and quite harmless. It reminds me of a bunch of drunk fraternity guys. The best part of the HBO segment was their interviewing of new "actors" for productions in other cities. Quite hilarious watching them reproduce the show's signiture moves under pressure.


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The deal here is that network telivision is regulated by the government (FCC) because the government regulates the airwaves (this goes for radio as well) and not private business. This means that they censor language (shit, fuck, cunt, cock, cocksuker, tits, motherfucker). They also censor nudity of any kind.

Now of course these rules don't apply to cable because you pay for cable (which is hypocritical logic since you buy a TV), but for the most part almost all of our most famous shows are on network tv and therefor censored.

George Carlin is actually the man behind this whole story and i did a google search and found this link of the case that started all this bullshit.

http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Radio_and_tv/FCC_v_Pacifica/

Blue, you could try using a bigger mouse - that stopped happening to me so much after I started using Microsoft Intellimouse Optical, even after five-hour speedrunning sessions :).
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It's probably just a coincidence, but make no mistake, WSU is the drunkest college in the U.S.

*** As usual, I could be wrong. But really, what are the odds of that happening twice? ***

The deal here is that network telivision is regulated by the government (FCC) because the government regulates the airwaves (this goes for radio as well) and not private business. This means that they censor language

My question (since this seems to have sparked a whole load of anti-regulation opinions) is "Should the media be regulate at all?". My answer to this would be a resounding yes. I don't want (for instance) hard-core porn on free to air daytime TV where kids can see it. (Actually I don't want porn on free to air TV at all but hey).

It seems to me that if we say Yes to my question then we have a more sensible discussion about what should and shouldn't be censored. At this point the arguments about shows such as "Puppetry of the Penis" becomes a better exchange of opinion. (Personallly I buy the "its only teenage kids humour so what the hell let programs with an audience of immature kids watch it" argument). 'There should be no censorship at all' is an equally valid argument (though completely unrealistic and mad IMO).

Actually there is a supplemental question, which is "Does the govt fund Network TV in the US?" in which case - just as with the Pay stations - surely those who fund the shows (taxpayers) should determine content, presumably thru a representative body of some description (either by apointment or election).



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My question (since this seems to have sparked a whole load of anti-regulation opinions) is "Should the media be regulate at all?"

I believe you need to ask yourself another question first: Who owns the medium that transmits the signal? I believe that the frequencies are owned by no one or everyone for that matter. Because of this someone needs to regulate the industry. Otherewise you'd have large businesses attempting to blow out each others signal with larger and larger signals.

I don't want (for instance) hard-core porn on free to air daytime TV where kids can see it.

My kids see roughly 2 hours of tv a day. After I get home from work the TV gets turned off until they go to bed. Now my kids are young, but old enough that I really don't want them watching 99% of the programs that come on after dinner. I spend a lot of time setting the timer on my VCR.

It seems to me that if we say Yes to my question then we have a more sensible discussion about what should and shouldn't be censored. At this point the arguments about shows such as "Puppetry of the Penis" becomes a better exchange of opinion.

Agreed, in the US sex is the big hang up. You can show people being blown up. You can even show people in bed together during day time TV (soaps). But don't you dare show the naked form (esp. the male form). I would guess that this goes back to the fact that this country was settled by a pretty up tight group of religious people.

Actually there is a supplemental question, which is "Does the govt fund Network TV in the US?" in which case - just as with the Pay stations - surely those who fund the shows (taxpayers) should determine content, presumably thru a representative body of some description (either by apointment or election).

I don't know if the federal governement funds network TV. I do know that the government makes big money from leasing the frequencies for cell phones, etc.

I also know that the FCC is run by appointment. It is not a representative body. Currently the FCC is run by Colin Powells son. Nepotism at its best


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I've got to agree that the US is the most prudish, yet whorish country around when it comes to the media. It's so screwed up, no wonder the crime rates so high- people don't know what to think. I think part of the reason they can't show guys naked is the politicians are scared their wives will see that someone else has a bigger package than they do...

And, as a public service announcement, please folks, don't substitute a lemon for a condom. Condoms are still the most effective way of preventing STD's. Lemons won't block icky stuff like genital warts, and the study didn't even mention lemon juice's effect (if any) on other fun STD's like herpes, syphilis, and ghonnorea.

Blue, for deathmatch over the net, you should check out ZDaemon and csDoom (both sites slip me atm) Both offer TCP/IP netplay with netcode borrowed from QuakeWorld. I was able to play with 4 other people (no more though) on a 28.8kbps AOL connection. If I'm not mistaken, ZDaemon is based off of csDoom, after certain things happened to csDoom.

The deal here is that network telivision is regulated by the government

Actually, I believe that's also the case here in Germany. But it seems that our laws in that respect are a bit more generous -- essentially, as long as it's not hardcore porn it is ok to show it after 10pm.

On a side-note: there is actually a precise definition of what constitutes pornography here - based on the "erection angle" of the penis. If I remember correctly, if it's less than 30 degrees it is not considered porn :).

I can picture morale-protectors sitting in front of their TV with some angle-measurement tool, trying to figure out wether they can complain to someone %).

I can picture morale-protectors sitting in front of their TV with some angle-measurement tool, trying to figure out wether they can complain to someone

Not something I'd want on my resume. What's really funny in the States is that you can't see that kind of stuff on TV but go to a public library that offers internet access and anything goes! Figures that the gov't says you can't watch naked bods (via network TV) in the privacy of your home, so go to a public place a peruse it on the net


-TPFKAS2S

In the UK I believe they use the "Scandanvian test". After 9(10?)pm UK TV shows are free to show nudity, however the male form isn't allowed to be elevated higher than the angle of the Scandanavian countries to Europe. I, too, wonder who works all this out