And the simpsons was dead on
April 03, 2002
I was reading fuckedcompany.com and found that, Idealab was giving money to fuckedcompany.com even though idealab was the target of unnice remarks by fcomp. Idealab CEO then says, “The move makes perfect sense. By operating a number of small, profitable websites, PK Interactive is leading the next paradigm of web business.”
One episode in the Simpsons said something like people who use the word “paradigm” were stupid people who were trying to sound smart (or something to that effect). The Simpsons is a tv show proving to be this century’s Oracle. What the fuck does leading the next paradigm of web business mean? He just dumped 18 million into a company! How does that lead to the next paradigm? 18 million could’ve gone into marketing, or human resource, or dividends (remember what those are people? dot com’s don’t know what dividends are), or just whatever. 10 bucks says this company’s gonna tank because of stupid use of the word paradigm.
Some kid with obvious mental illnesses kills himself and the mother blames Everquest
Here’s the article. I don’t think it was Everquest that killed him. It was him that killed him. Did the game contribute to his death (and therefore be found liable for … manslaughter or negligence or some crap)? Who knows. The mother wants “warning labels” put on the games. Dude, that will just make kids want to play it more. Things are more fun when they’re forbidden or frowned upon. Here’s another story in the article:
One client – a 21-year-old college student – stopped going to class within eight weeks after he started playing EverQuest his senior year.
After playing the game for 36 hours straight, he had a psychotic break because of sleep deprivation, Parker said.
“He thought the characters had come out of the game and were chasing him,” Parker said. “He was running through his neighborhood having hallucinations. I can’t think of a drug he could have taken where he would have disintegrated in 15 weeks.”
It’s not the game’s fault these kids were stupid. It’s actually violence on tv, blame violence on tv instead.
