I come across this from time to time either installing a new program or app or acquiring a new service. It looks something like this from the Older Gamers Forum.
I am not a member of the Older Gamers Forum. I did a google image search for I HAVE READ etc and was intrigued
by this group that popped up. Not that I can't imagine there are older
gamers who would prefer play with equally mature like-minded folk. Something along the lines of these guys...
Eventually turning into into these guys...
But then I started wondering about the rules of The Older Gamers Forum. I imagined guidelines with anachronistic and esoteric eccentricities.
Would they have to play their way in by completing a codified list of games qualifying them to be a member...from Frogger to Donkey Kong...Mario Cart and beyond?
Would they have to name games by their sounds like members of the Audubon Society?
Here is a fun video game sound test.
Turns out their rules are pretty basic. You have to be over 25 and not peddling porn or pyramid schemes. Oh well.
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But then I started wondering about the rules of The Older Gamers Forum. I imagined guidelines with anachronistic and esoteric eccentricities.
Would they have to play their way in by completing a codified list of games qualifying them to be a member...from Frogger to Donkey Kong...Mario Cart and beyond?
Would they have to name games by their sounds like members of the Audubon Society?
Here is a fun video game sound test.
Turns out their rules are pretty basic. You have to be over 25 and not peddling porn or pyramid schemes. Oh well.
I HAVE READ AND AGREE TO THE TERMS OF USE annoys me because essentially every time I check that little box I am lying. I didn't read it. I have no intention of reading it.
So, this is my petition to ask whoever it is that writes and/or programs these little legal protections that they simply add a box that says...
I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT LEGALESE AND PROMISE TO NEVER SUE YOUR PRODUCT FOR STEALING MY IMAGES AND GATHERING INCRIMINATING DATA ABOUT MY LIFE AND DOING ALL SORTS OF SURREPTITIOUS THINGS THAT I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY DOING ANYWAYS AS LONG AS YOU DON'T TAKE MY MONEY...MUTHASCRATCHA!
I will check that every time. You see, I prefer not to lie.
Or maybe just a box that simply says...
I AGREE TO TERMS OF SERVICE.
If not for me then think of the conundrum this gives those concerned that this small act of checking a box might be a sin....like the following...
http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=510037
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