I Passed 8th Grade Math

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct!

Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

Subject tags: [Meme] [Math]

Video Gaming Myths Debunked

Leave it to PBS to debunk some of the pervasive video game myths as part of their coverage of the Impact of Gaming in their Video Game Revolution series. I was very surprised for their findings.

The 8 myths they debunked:

1. The availability of video games has led to an epidemic of youth violence.
2. Scientific evidence links violent game play with youth aggression.
3. Children are the primary market for video games.
4. Almost no girls play computer games.
5. Because games are used to train soldiers to kill, they have the same impact on the kids who play them.
6. Video games are not a meaningful form of expression.
7. Video game play is socially isolating.
8. Video game play is desensitizing.

I still think it is important to have children playing age appropriate games. No Grand Theft Auto until my kids are much older.

Subject tags: [Gaming] [Video Games] [Youth] [Violence] [Children] [Girls] [Social Expression] [Preception] [Desensitization] [LAN] [Myths] [Debunked] [Console]

Internet Explorer vs. Firefox

Checkout the RocketBoom Video Blog with Amanda Congdon for December 2nd. It would appear she is at a university questioning people as they walk by if they prefer Internet Explorer or Firefox. From my own field tests I showed that Firefox was way ahead of Internet Explorer among my visitors, and growing at a very fast rate.

It is interesting that in the video everyone who gave a "why" for Firefox, gave a feature of Firefox, or an advantage, even if only a perceived advantage. Everyone who said Internet Explorer and gave a "why" their reasons were like "Because I don't know any better", "I never heard of Firefox", "It came with my computer", etc.

This reinforces my theory / argument that using Internet explorer is like buying a picture frame and leaving the filler picture in place. The only reason to do this is either you don't know anyone who's picture you can put in, you don't realize the picture is removable, or you lack the ability to change the picture.

Subject tags: [Mozilla] [Firefox] [Microsoft] [Internet Explorer] [Browser]