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Offline Kosh

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on: July 05, 2005, 01:52:02 am
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline WMCoolmon

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Reply #1 on: July 05, 2005, 03:56:38 am
Interesting thought -

Is it that it damages their brain, or is it that their brain evolves to be better suited to watching TV than interacting with people?
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Reply #2 on: July 05, 2005, 04:30:05 am
In other news, water is wet.
 

Offline Turnsky

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Reply #3 on: July 05, 2005, 05:47:00 am
dude, with the crappy shows they put on today... it's like putting draino into your cranium
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Offline aldo_14

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Reply #4 on: July 05, 2005, 05:55:09 am
Eh oh!.
 

Offline Kosh

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Reply #5 on: July 05, 2005, 07:04:15 pm
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon
Interesting thought -

Is it that it damages their brain, or is it that their brain evolves to be better suited to watching TV than interacting with people?



That and one other reason. It also is completly mindless. Often times children (and some adults) just watch stuff for the sake of watching it.
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline Ford Prefect

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Reply #6 on: July 05, 2005, 07:37:29 pm
I'd be willing to bet that excessive TV-watching is also contributing to a shortening attention span.

I'm sorry... what was I talking about?
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Offline Unknown Target

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Reply #7 on: July 05, 2005, 07:53:36 pm
One summer when I was younger I watched TV for the entire three months. When I got back to school, I had trouble doing basic addition/subtraction, and had almost completely forgotten multiplying and division.
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Offline IceFire

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Reply #8 on: July 05, 2005, 10:09:09 pm
I can't watch TV most of the time...its background noise only.  The Weather Network is usually my channel :)

On occasion I will watch a show...Stargate, Atlantis, Charlie Jade, and Battlestar when they are on.  Thats it.

TV is a useful tool, but its not a babysitter.  Thats the problem.
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Offline Kosh

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Reply #9 on: July 05, 2005, 11:48:06 pm
Some parents have tendencies to use the TV as a babysitter. Not all, but some.
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline Carl

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Reply #10 on: July 06, 2005, 03:31:57 am
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Reply #11 on: July 06, 2005, 10:15:13 am
TV BREEDS IDIOTS
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Offline pyro-manic

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Reply #12 on: July 07, 2005, 06:53:39 pm
I'd quote Bill Hicks, but I've forgotten the line... :o

No surprises though. I don't watch much television at all any more - most of it's too stupid. I'll watch the news, the Simpsons, the odd documentary and a bit of comedy, and that's it.
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Reply #13 on: July 07, 2005, 07:01:17 pm
I watch T.V. in spurts, I'll watch it for a while (about a week) then I'll take about a month or two of just watching new episodes of shows like stargate and the family guy.  Otherwise the rest is crap to me, well with exception of the history channel and the news.
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Reply #14 on: July 07, 2005, 07:07:37 pm
On a side note, apparently there's a correlation between breastfeeding and a higher IQ.
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Offline Kosh

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Reply #15 on: July 07, 2005, 08:32:00 pm
Seriously?
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline IceFire

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Reply #16 on: July 07, 2005, 10:52:53 pm
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Originally posted by Kosh
Seriously?

Yeah.  I read that report and said the same thing.  But apparently its true.

Breastfeeding, classical music, and a whole bunch of other things influence the IQ level of a developing child.  With the music, even a developing child in the womb actually benefits.  I guess in the last stages before birth, the ears start to work and the brain is nearly to the point where it can start interpreting the sounds.
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Reply #17 on: July 08, 2005, 02:29:38 am
Breast milk has long been known to be best for the developing child as it contains all kinds of nutrients that can't be found in formula.

I've heard evidence of the "Mozart Effect" before but all experiments seem to show that it's a very short term but real effect.
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Offline EtherShock

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Reply #18 on: July 10, 2005, 06:55:04 pm
Newton Minnow said, "Television is a vast wasteland."

It was true when he stated it the 60's and is true today. He may have been on the FCC, but he was way ahead of his time with that remark. Most of the programming on the air rots your brain. Now how am I going to change this?
 

Offline aldo_14

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Reply #19 on: July 11, 2005, 04:13:02 am
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On a side note, apparently there's a correlation between breastfeeding and a higher IQ.


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