Recent Technology (and the Students Who Love It)

A lot of adults say recent technology, such as video games, the Internet, and cell phones, are bad for students. This is simply not true, however. Technology is a very good resource for students.

Video games are known for violence, engendering buffoonery, and being completely futile. This, I argue, is wrong. Though there may be an occasional violent game, they are always marked as such. Any parent that decides their six year old daughter should get a game marked "Adults Only" on the front of the case either needs glasses or parental accompaniment. Video games also improve creativity and hand-eye coordination, both of which help immensely in a great variety of fields.

The Internet is known for it's life-sucking MMORPGs, talisman worshiping, baloney toasting, and generally any other absurd thing you can think of. Again, that is not correct. The Internet has gotten a bad rap from people that do not understand how it works. It also allows people to collaborate on school and business projects in real time and to preform important research. Clearly, the only downside to the Internet is the fact it costs money, though there are many people attempting to change that.

Elders say cell phones are bad because teens talk on them too much. That is a dual edged sword, as there are just as many adults who over use cell phones as teenagers. I admit, the only real reason for a teen to have a phone is to call family or 911, but then why not make it so those are the only numbers they are allowed to call? There are phones that let you do that. That allows you to avoid getting huge phone bills yet still makes sure that if your child needs to reach you, they can.

Before ending this essay, I would just like to summarize that video games, the Internet, and cell phones are actually good for teenagers. They promote safety and learning. I hope this has cleared up some common misconceptions.

Free Wii offer (It's a fake)

Have you ever heard of the below site?

http://freewiis.net/

It's a fake. I got 20 referrals. NO WII. I even asked Nintendo, and the guy that responded said it was legit. I'm not saying it's a Nintendo conspiracy, all I'm saying is Nintendo needs FACT CHECKERS: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO! Do they need payment? Well, then, use this rake (it's a fake link).

[YouTube] A Boot to the Head

No pirating of free things is allowed, apparently.

I like Game Maker. I've been using it since version 5, which is, by-the-way, the version I use now. Why? Because, when YoYo Games bought Game Maker from LEEROY JENKINS!, err, I mean, Mark Overmars, they decided it would be a good idea to use Softwrap! Next to StarDisk (I think that's what it's called), this is the worst protection you could pick (unhonorable mention: Steam).

They didn't want their full version pirated. Understandable. They released a free version, and protected it with SoftWrap. There's registered and unregistered, and when the thing tells me, right after using the official installer, that it thinks I'm pirating the UNREGISTERED/FREE version, then that pretty much means there are going to be two people losing there head, one figuratively, one literally.

So then I try Game Maker 6. It worked before installing 7, but now it doesn't. Okay, 3 people.

So I go back to 5. If it didn't work, 5 people. It did, however. Yay!

But Google doesn't think "Yay" is a word. 4.

In conclusion, I beat teh eval soft-rappas and teh world was safe ah-gains. Teh fin.

No harm came to anyone from this. The only person who lost their head was me, figuratively, of course. After all, I ain't going around with Magus and an Aussie girl named Kid trying to find FROZEN FIRE!

[Filler] I ain't sure "n00bity" is a word.

I was typing up a post to some forum, and I typed both the words ain't and n00bity. We all know ain't is a word. If you don't, look in a dictionary, and you see it's a contraction of both "are not" and "am not". Guess what; it marked ain't as wrong and n00bity as right. Yeah, lets look that up in a dictionary.

"n00bity adj. Of or relating to Google's dictionary. See also: Leeroy Jenkins"

Wait, what's that? I was typing that paragraph, and it said "words" wasn't a word, well the first 2 letters, anyway. Oh, and now it says "wasn't" isn't a word.

[Filler] N-N--NES

I was looking at a site, and under the heading "Nintendo" was "Nintendo NES". NES means "Nintendo Entertainment System", so in all, it said, "Nintendo Nintendo Nintendo Entertainment System." Why do I even mention this? Come on, say it! Nintendo Nintendo Nintendo Entertainment System! It rolls of the tongue while at the same time it doesn't. Odd, ain't it.

Ligers and Tigons and Leoliguars, oh my!

We all know about Ligers. But did you know about the Tigon? You see, a mix between a lion and a tiger isn't always a liger. A male tiger and a female lion mating produces a liger offspring. Switch the genders around, however, and you've got a tigon.

Also interesting is are li/ti-ligers/tigons. You see, ligers and tigons are known by all to be infertile. But that's only half true. The males are infertile, but the females are fertile. If a female tigon mates with a lion, you get a li-tigon. If a female tigon mates with a tiger, you get a ti-tigon. If a female liger mates with a lion, you get a li-liger. If a female liger mates with a tiger, you get a ti-liger.

But are lions and tiger the only big cats that can mate? No, there's:

1. the Jaguar and Leopard hybrids, the Jagupard, the Leguar, and the Lijagulep;
2. the Jaguar and Lion hybrids, the Jaglion, the Liguar, and the Leoliguar;
3. the Leopard and Lion hybrids, the Leopon, the Liard, and the Leoligulor;
4. and the Leopard and Tiger hybrids, the Dogla and the Tigard;
5. but not the Jaguar and Tiger. Weird, eh?

Oh, and want to control time? Get a Blynx.