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To Dave:

Nic

To Dave:

by Nic » Wed, 29 Oct 2003 01:48:11




> >Well, I don't know about you, but I'm definitely here.

> No you're not.  This is nothing.  It's just some virtual network of
> computers that serve news data.  It doesn't really exist.

> Don't fool yourself.

I'm definitely *here* in my room, right now. You're the one on the
computer...

Anyway, I just wanted to make it clear that thousands of people are
dying every day from AIDS, kids are being gunned down in Brazil in
drive-by shootings because they are not wanted and considered vermin,
and you guys are crying because something bad happened in a computer
game.

There is such a thing as relativity, you know. Go tell your
wife/girlfriend/girlfriend-to-be/any woman/the samaritans (depending
on where you lie on the scale) that you were crashed into by somebody.
You'll get 'it's only a game' as a response probably 99.9% of the
time. And you know what? They're right.

By the way, this isn't aimed at you Jason, just the guys who started
this all off. Surely they must have experienced worse things in their
life than crashing in a computer game?!?!?

Mitch_

To Dave:

by Mitch_ » Wed, 29 Oct 2003 02:14:15

See Nick we come HERE so we have a place we can cry about a game, and we do
:)  If you don't like it go find alt.savetheworld.org and have at it :-)
Theres no crying in Baseball, not racing.  Hehe.

Mitch


Ruud van Ga

To Dave:

by Ruud van Ga » Wed, 29 Oct 2003 02:21:48





>> >Well, I don't know about you, but I'm definitely here.

>> No you're not.  This is nothing.  It's just some virtual network of
>> computers that serve news data.  It doesn't really exist.

>> Don't fool yourself.
...
>Anyway, I just wanted to make it clear that thousands of people are
>dying every day from AIDS, kids are being gunned down in Brazil in
>drive-by shootings because they are not wanted and considered vermin,
>and you guys are crying because something bad happened in a computer
>game.

>There is such a thing as relativity, you know.
...
>By the way, this isn't aimed at you Jason, just the guys who started
>this all off. Surely they must have experienced worse things in their
>life than crashing in a computer game?!?!?

The funny thing about relativity is that in your own little universe,
crashing in a computer game DOES become more upsetting than people
dying from AIDS somewhere in another place in the world.
Humans just work like that, given the chance.

Ruud van Gaal
Free car sim: http://www.racer.nl/
Pencil art  : http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery/

Peter Ive

To Dave:

by Peter Ive » Wed, 29 Oct 2003 05:15:07







>> >Well, I don't know about you, but I'm definitely here.

>> No you're not.  This is nothing.  It's just some virtual network of
>> computers that serve news data.  It doesn't really exist.

>> Don't fool yourself.

>I'm definitely *here* in my room, right now. You're the one on the
>computer...

Prove it!  ;-)
Just because you have been conditioned enough to believe you are in
'your' room, doesn't mean that you actually are.  You have to take it as
fact though because you have no reference point to show you otherwise.
Doesn't mean that no reference points exist though.  In other words,
just because you haven't experienced something doesn't mean it doesn't
exist or isn't possible, it just means it doesn't exist or isn't
possible for you at this moment.
--
Peter Ives (AKA Pete Ivington)
Remove ALL_STRESS before replying via email
If you know what's good for you, don't listen to me :)
GPLRank Joystick -50.63 Wheel -25.01
jason moy

To Dave:

by jason moy » Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:24:11


That's when you say "It's only sex, right?" =)

Jason

Nic

To Dave:

by Nic » Wed, 29 Oct 2003 19:16:32



> >There is such a thing as relativity, you know. Go tell your
> >wife/girlfriend/girlfriend-to-be/any woman/the samaritans (depending
> >on where you lie on the scale) that you were crashed into by somebody.
> >You'll get 'it's only a game' as a response probably 99.9% of the
> >time. And you know what? They're right.

> That's when you say "It's only sex, right?" =)

> Jason

lol!
Nic

To Dave:

by Nic » Wed, 29 Oct 2003 19:17:45


> >I'm definitely *here* in my room, right now. You're the one on the
> >computer...

> Prove it!  ;-)
> Just because you have been conditioned enough to believe you are in
> 'your' room, doesn't mean that you actually are.

Urrgh, looking forward to Matrix: Revolutions?!?! Hehe

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