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Cyberbullying and the Law
author=Tyranos link=topic=2798.msg53193#msg53193 date=1230765703
This is like saying if someone is mean to you and you kill yourself your family has the right to press murder charges. Simply because you were not nice to them. I'm sorry but this country does not force people to be nice. Live with it. No one has to kiss your, or my own, ass and be a suck up who doesn't stop throwing compliments.
I'd agree except for the fact that this wasn't just someone saying "u suck lol."
It was a long-standing relationship, like a bf/gf relationship, between a teenaged girl and A GROWN WOMAN pretending to be a TEENAGED BOY.
Now think about if I'd replaced "woman" with "man."
Yeah, that's what I thought.
But instead of this ADULT feigning a romantic relationship with a young girl to get sex, she did it to ruin her life and get revenge.
It may not be illegal, but that kind of behavior is SERIOUSLY f*cked up.
Cyberbullying and the Law
So I was bored and the internet swept me away to a magical land called "Youtube," where I found out about a girl named Megan Meier. This girl was already emotionally unstable, and at the young age of 13, she hung herself due to some exceptionally cruel Myspace shit:
This was a few years ago, and Lori Drew ended up being indicted on three counts of accessing protected computers without authorization to obtain information to inflict emotional distress, and one count of criminal conspiracy. When the case went to trial, there was a mess of controversy surrounding the violation of Myspace's ToS. Some people were of the opinion that violation of ToS should be made illegal.
Setting aside the fact that this woman was probably the most immature human being to date (seriously, a grown woman CYBERBULLYING someone?), I feel that her actions were definitely the least of the cruelty that can come from the internet. For example, several people have personal photos spread around to strangers, spouses contacted and harassed, and - definitely the most detrimental - had their PERSONAL INFO (such as their address and phone number) posted to sites like Encyclopedia Dramatica. Not only is this a gross violation of personal identity, but it's also very unsafe.
I love free speech. I'm all for defending peoples' rights to say things that I disagree with, no matter how provocative. If someone wants to come online and talk about how great Hitler was, and what an awesome group of people the KKK are, that's fine with me, as long as no one is standing in the way of my being able to say the opposite. If you want free speech for one group or one opinion, you can't discriminate - it's all or nothing.
But I think it crosses the line when people post addresses, phone numbers, photographs, and other personal information. That's a violation of the safety of others, and I think the people who do that - and the webmasters who allow that kind of harassment - should be jailed.
But I've always found that this is an interesting topic of conversation. What do you think should be done about "cyberbullying?" When does it become serious... and when should the law be involved?
Her suicide was attributed to cyber-bullying through the social networking website MySpace. The account through which the bullying took place purportedly belonged to a 16-year-old male named "Josh Evans." However, it was actually created by an 18-year-old employee of Lori Drew, the mother of a former friend of Meier. Several people contributed to running the faked account, including Drew.
This was a few years ago, and Lori Drew ended up being indicted on three counts of accessing protected computers without authorization to obtain information to inflict emotional distress, and one count of criminal conspiracy. When the case went to trial, there was a mess of controversy surrounding the violation of Myspace's ToS. Some people were of the opinion that violation of ToS should be made illegal.
Setting aside the fact that this woman was probably the most immature human being to date (seriously, a grown woman CYBERBULLYING someone?), I feel that her actions were definitely the least of the cruelty that can come from the internet. For example, several people have personal photos spread around to strangers, spouses contacted and harassed, and - definitely the most detrimental - had their PERSONAL INFO (such as their address and phone number) posted to sites like Encyclopedia Dramatica. Not only is this a gross violation of personal identity, but it's also very unsafe.
I love free speech. I'm all for defending peoples' rights to say things that I disagree with, no matter how provocative. If someone wants to come online and talk about how great Hitler was, and what an awesome group of people the KKK are, that's fine with me, as long as no one is standing in the way of my being able to say the opposite. If you want free speech for one group or one opinion, you can't discriminate - it's all or nothing.
But I think it crosses the line when people post addresses, phone numbers, photographs, and other personal information. That's a violation of the safety of others, and I think the people who do that - and the webmasters who allow that kind of harassment - should be jailed.
But I've always found that this is an interesting topic of conversation. What do you think should be done about "cyberbullying?" When does it become serious... and when should the law be involved?
What makes a good dialogue?
author=G-Flex link=topic=2680.msg53099#msg53099 date=1230703837
I'll bet they pronounce "ye" with a "y" sound too when standing in for "the", despite the fact that it's just a weirdass alternate spelling of "the" (see the linked article, it explains it) in the first place.
People have an odd perception of linguistic history and assume that people spoke the same English during the Medieval period (which was actually a very long time, with a lot of variation in language) and Elizabethan times, that it was called "Middle English", and that it sounds like Shakespeare, when in reality, Shakespearean-style English was Early Modern English, and Middle English was basically another (yet similar) language.
What's worse is when they call the Shakespearean/Faux-Medieval stuff "Old English". You don't want to try reading Old English. It's barely recognizable.
Unless you know German... I bet Feld could probably know his way around old english, because it's way more germanic than what we've got now.
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Pictures of your desktop!
author=myersguy link=topic=2780.msg52971#msg52971 date=1230614742author=VerifyedRasta link=topic=2780.msg52968#msg52968 date=1230614454
Can't believe i haven't changed that desktop pic yet ... had it for at least a year
Hooray! Another laptop user!
I thought everyone was... :P
(okay naivite.. but that's my world since i'm in college)
What are you thinking about right now?
author=VerifyedRasta link=topic=1013.msg52967#msg52967 date=1230613845
I stopped posting ... dunno why, maybe I'll start again :Dauthor=myersguy link=topic=1013.msg52938#msg52938 date=1230604581
This is EXACTLY what I was going to post when I clicked this topic. All this holiday stuff, I suppose.
Also, I wish more people would give feedback on my 8bit sounds :). I will make more if I actually hear some people's thoughts.
I love 8bit sounds, can you direct me to these sounds with a link?
in a thread, look in artistic license. : P
god i'm sick right now.... hope you guys are well!
What makes a good dialogue?
author=G-Flex link=topic=2680.msg52946#msg52946 date=1230605735author=Abite link=topic=2680.msg50339#msg50339 date=1229018565
what are people's thoughts on a more... setting-accurate dialogue? for example, using more formal dialogue or words like "ye" for a medieval setting instead of "hey, what's up?" lol
If you're in a Medieval setting, historically-accurate dialogue would end up being stuff the audience wouldn't even recognize. See: Canterbury Tales.
Also, nothing's worse than Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe)
Hahaha, yeah, agree on both counts. I remember working at the ren faire for three years (as a musician, not an actor or vendor). My best friend/partner in crime/harpist and I came up with the three ways that faires most commonly "pastify" words (hint: don't use these).
1) Ye Olde ________
2) Adding unnecessary 'e's
3) Davinci's ________
In fact, the only thing you can't pastify using these three "tricks" is the word "future." Think about it. :P
Do You Remember My Lullaby
author=drakiyth link=topic=2754.msg52877#msg52877 date=1230560635
This game had some great mapping and graphics but that's about it. I found the whole thing really boring. I could not play it for a long time because it was just not my thing at all. Good job on the graphics though, I think you could put together an epic rpg with your talent. You can do much better than this no doubt.
Also, Lullaby sounds to toddler for me. I almost did not try it because of that alone. Well, whatever floats somebodies boat I guess. Some people liked the movie Mamma Mia too. Just shows you got your softies and your hardcore out there.
????SORRY WHAT???
I mean admittedly this wasn't Gears of War... but to compare it to a totally artless movie filled with aging and tone-deaf actors trying to sing and dance is pretty out of line (and this is coming from a girl who likes Mamma Mia! the musical ).
Sure it's not very exciting, but this is definitely as pretty as a painting... which is also not very exciting. I'm actually quite... well, excited... by Reives' work because it's bringing a new look on indie gaming/gamemaking in general. This is the response to anyone saying that games can't be artistic. Because while not a game proper, this is definitely art in a new medium.
Something that Mamma Mia, the film, definitely isn't.
(Also there is no rule that says something can't be thoughtful and mature without people blowing up :P)
Pictures of your desktop!
author=Reives link=topic=2780.msg52936#msg52936 date=1230603983
I'm not sure if this is the best place to talk about it, but isn't Johnny 5 to R.O.B. just like WALL-E is to Johnny 5? R.O.B. + tracks = Johnny 5, Johnny 5 + A garbage box for body = WALL-E
Nevermind the smaller details of course, in which there are many for both.That video typifies how badarse Johnny 5 is.And WALL-E wasn't badarse at all. :~
Besides being robots who admittedly look similar, WALL-E and Johnny 5 are very different little machines. That's just like saying two characters who might look similar, or two actors, are the same character. As far as I recall, Johnny 5 was not a little musical-loving bot obsessed with falling in love... he was a different kind of dude. There is a lot of room in my heart for all robots. Johnny 5 was sweet, but he and WALL-E had different temperaments.
Then again, it's been a while since I've seen Short Circut. Having seen both things, I definitly don't see any similarity between them, especially considering Johnny is fairly thin and Wall-e is boxy and (a little chunky <3).
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