first software rant of the year...Rails is a Ghetto

2008-01-01 Thread Robert Munn
from CNet: http://www.cnet.com/8301-13846_1-9838477-62.html?tag=cnetfd.blogs.item wacky way to start the year... ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://a

Triangle Area ColdFusion Developers - TACFUG Meeting Jan 23rd. 2008, Featuring Ben Forta

2008-01-01 Thread Scott Stewart
As part of a 40 city tour, Adobe will be sending Ben Forta to the Raleigh/Durham area for a presentation on Flex and AIR. Mr. Forta will be with us on January 23rd, 2008. The exact location is still to be determined. Adobe will be providing some eats and a copy of Flex 3 (upon release) and CS3

Re: Happy New Years

2008-01-01 Thread Erika L. Walker
Something like that :D On 1/1/08, SMR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > is that supposed to entice me to go get Halo 3 to learn it and get online > to > kick ur arse?? > ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important

old mac & photo mags

2008-01-01 Thread Dave l
as I am starting to thin out my belongings for my move I have a few years of macworld and a year or so of shutterbug and popular photography if anyone wants them before they get tossed. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the

RE: Happy New Years

2008-01-01 Thread SMR
is that supposed to entice me to go get Halo 3 to learn it and get online to kick ur arse?? -Original Message- From: Erika L. Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 4:11 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Happy New Years That's the Halo 3 reference ... ;) And I d

Re: Video Game Violence? I don't think so.

2008-01-01 Thread Todd
- Original Message - From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 3:39 PM Subject: Re: Video Game Violence? I don't think so. > >No, I am not buying it. Violent people are hardwired that way. > > OK what data can you cite that supports that

RE: Video Game Violence? I don't think so.

2008-01-01 Thread Scott Stewart
Larry, Wouldn't there be an underlying psychological condition that would be triggered by violent media (games, tv, movies, literature). Instead of trying to research and treat the trigger, shouldn't we be looking for and attempting to treat the underlying cause. I've been exposed to violent mus

Re: Happy New Years

2008-01-01 Thread Erika L. Walker
That's the Halo 3 reference ... ;) And I did forget to mention making your life hell all year ... :) And being glad I could make your life hell ... ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to

Re: Video Game Violence? I don't think so.

2008-01-01 Thread Larry Lyons
I never said anything about Nazism. But the idea that so-called human nature is unchangeable has been associated with southern white racism. > Well, Larry pulled the "lynching" and "racism" cards, so I guess this > thread is over. > > So sad. > > Hitler! > > On Jan 1, 2008 3:39 PM, Larry Lyons

Re: Video Game Violence? I don't think so.

2008-01-01 Thread Larry Lyons
There have been a series of prospective studies that have looked at playing video games and later abuse. One very good study followed over 600 students from kindergarten entrance to their entering high school. They were able to assess initial levels of aggressive behaviors and control a variety

Re: Video Game Violence? I don't think so.

2008-01-01 Thread Jerry Johnson
Well, Larry pulled the "lynching" and "racism" cards, so I guess this thread is over. So sad. Hitler! On Jan 1, 2008 3:39 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That approach to me is simply ignorant, and ignores the strong human > potential for change. But then it fits within the id

Re: Video Game Violence? I don't think so.

2008-01-01 Thread Larry Lyons
>No, I am not buying it. Violent people are hardwired that way. OK what data can you cite that supports that. An opinion is not worth anything unless you have research to back it up. > A game does >not make you violent. ONE game does not. But a lifetime of violence being positively reinfor

RE: Video Game Violence? I don't think so.

2008-01-01 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 11:55 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Video Game Violence? I don't think so. > > >I'll admit that the case for violence in media and its effects are > still > >open for study, I'll eve

Happy New Year

2008-01-01 Thread Dana
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/all/ enjoy ;) -- Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free our minds - Bob Marley ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release

RE: Happy New Years

2008-01-01 Thread Scott Stewart
Best of 2007 *** Moving to Raleigh Having a .5 Acre yard Having a great house... Telecommuting Having real friends online who are there when the shit hits the fan TACFUG (Far more active than DC or MD CFUG's and not just a monthly advertisement for the hosting company) Callie, our Cavalier

Re: Any doubts after reading this?

2008-01-01 Thread Vivec
I find Torture utterly abhorrent and corrupt. Yes, there are better ways. But none that appeal so readily to vice, vengence, pride and avarice as Torture. The realities of the human condition and the world in which we live conflict greatly with any romantic ideals that we may have. Any illusion t

Re: Any doubts after reading this?

2008-01-01 Thread Robert Munn
I don't need to prove anything. The only person they would need to convince is the President, who has access to threat information that the public does not. And yes, as I said, the investigators would have to be sure that the information they got would save lives, because they would have to convin

Re: Video Game Violence? I don't think so.

2008-01-01 Thread Todd
No, I am not buying it. Violent people are hardwired that way. A game does not make you violent. The guy that sparked this thread was built from the ground up as an uncompassionate, violent prick. Just because some of the more violent among us are sometimes drawn to these types of games does

Re: Video Game Violence? I don't think so.

2008-01-01 Thread Vivec
So why aren't there 100 million people running around killing each other after playing Mortal Kombat? What caused Murder in the days of the caveman? Paintings on the walls? On Jan 1, 2008 12:55 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pretty damning if you ask me. But the critical factors may

Re: Video Game Violence? I don't think so.

2008-01-01 Thread Jerry Johnson
Might be me sticking my head in the sand, but all of those studies don't convince me that a 17 year old killing a 9 year old pretending to be playing a video game is both evil and knowing of the wrongness of his actions. Minus one more to the population counts, I say.

Re: Video Game Violence? I don't think so.

2008-01-01 Thread Larry Lyons
>I'll admit that the case for violence in media and its effects are still >open for study, I'll even admit that they might in fact be triggers for some >personalities... Jim, I completely disagree with you about this one. We've been over this before. The research is pretty clear (see http://tin

RE: Happy New Years

2008-01-01 Thread SMR
what happened to xbox360 finally making your list??? -Original Message- From: Erika L. Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 2:05 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Happy New Years Best, in no particular order: Spending it with my man, Charles and famil

Re: Jesus camp

2008-01-01 Thread Larry Lyons
>No Larry - you see that can't possibly happen because liberals have a >stranglehold on academics. Nothing like this would possibly be allowed. > >The many radically right-wing, fundamentalist colleges and universities >really must be figments of our imagination. > I only wish. I had multiple run

Re: Happy New Years

2008-01-01 Thread Yves Arsenault
Happy new year to all. Wishing you all the best in 2008, Yves On Jan 1, 2008 12:27 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYBODIES!!! > >^_^ > > Still trying to figure out the good and the bad from last year. But > regardless, > > Happy New Years All. > > larry > > ~

Re: "I Am Legend" Book vs Movie: FIGHT!

2008-01-01 Thread Larry Lyons
>You can download the movie for free from: > >http://www.archive.org/details/the-last-man-on-earth > >since it has is now in the public domain. I have downloaded it, but haven't >watched it yet. No wonder I was able to pick it up for a dollar. Its pretty cheesy, but then again I thought the book

Re: Happy New Years

2008-01-01 Thread Larry Lyons
>HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYBODIES!!! >^_^ Still trying to figure out the good and the bad from last year. But regardless, Happy New Years All. larry ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to

Re: Any doubts after reading this?

2008-01-01 Thread Larry Lyons
>It comes down to the ticking time-bomb scenario. The information extracted >from Khaleid Sheik Muhammed saved thousands of lives, maybe more. Can you prove that? From what I remember reading, the information he provided was so flawed as to be useless. That's the problem with torture, there's no

Re: Any doubts after reading this?

2008-01-01 Thread Dana
otherwise known as today's episode of "24"... On Dec 31, 2007 8:25 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It comes down to the ticking time-bomb scenario. The information extracted > from Khaleid Sheik Muhammed saved thousands of lives, maybe more. From a > legal standpoint, the practice sh

Re: Happy New Years

2008-01-01 Thread Vivec
HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYBODIES!!! ^_^ ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.co