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relswick's Articles In Life
July 8, 2008 by relswick
Well, video games has correlated to a drop in violence, specifically among the youth.  Of course I am sure at some point, someone will show in some fashion how it is related to something else, but for now, this post has done a great job of showing how statistically crime has fallen as video games have stepped up in prominence.   As to the religion is bad part of the post title, this article here has a great explaination of how the Islamic religion is flawed as a well as going...
December 27, 2007 by relswick
So I can across the following... very interesting insight, of course some of it is ageless youth angst of course... Rich --> post... Alright people. A few of my friends and I have been talking, and we have created a list of things that people do that deserve to die. I figure I would post them here. I hope everyone that reads this, and does any of these things, thinks about their lives, and how much they suck. If you use any of these for any reason, give proper credit, or I will have yo...
October 3, 2007 by relswick
As I was recently an Adjunct Professor at IADT-Detroit Link this conference sounds like it is one to be attended by those looking for innovative ways to connect to their students. Perhaps one day. Here is a post from one of the presenters, who is out of Ann Arbor Link
April 11, 2007 by relswick
So the underhanded Bank of America just decided to jack me around and up my interest rate to 24.99% from something like 14% and I was a pretty good customer for a year. Something like take it or leave it... well, I will NEVER do business with Bank of America again. some others (and I know there were more, but I forgot them and cannot find the paper I wrote their names on, hence this post) Comcast - about the worse damn monopolistic cable service out there. Besides their Customer Se...
October 2, 2006 by relswick
This comment from an email list I am on intrigued me: I would highly recommend "Broadsword and Singlestick" to anyone with an interest in the gentlemanly arts of self defence as they were practiced during the late Victorian era. Is there such a thing as a modern (might vary by country) gentlemanly art of self defense? Or has this totally gone by the way side? Fighting has not stopped, but the gentlemanly art perhaps has. Has society totally passed it by in the sense that this...
June 15, 2006 by relswick
Well here I am with a BS in Computer Engineering working in the Auto Industry and it is not too bad as I currently have a job, but there are many that don't and some getting laid off work all the time. In a recent interview for Automotive Testing Technology International magazine in the May 2006 issue, Bob Lutz had a little mention about outsourcing of engineering for reduced costs and therefore improving profits. Here is his quote from the magazine "We will, over time, reduce the engi...