First line of deffense, against the worst scum of the universe

Monday, November 3, 2008

First line of deffense, against the worst scum of the universe
Bowling is a simple sport, you get two chances to knock down ten pins. However, there is much more to it. You have to know exactly what you need heading into the final frames in order to beat you opponent. The maximum score in bowling is not 100 pins, it is 300. How one obtains this is by bowling 12 strikes in ten frames. How the scoring system works is if there is 1 pin left after your frame then you get a nine. But there are marks such as spares and strikes that score a little more complex. A spare, is the act of knocking down all ten pins in two attempts. The spare is scored as 10 pins plus your next ball. So if you get a spare and a nine it is 10+9=19 for just the one frame. A strike is 10 plus your next two balls. So if you get a strike and then a 5 and 4 you total 19 pins. The most efficient way to score is by adding strikes in a row. Such that three strikes in a row to start a game would give you a score of 30 just for the first frame. If is a simple concept when you bowl a lot, but for the recreational bowler it is not as easy to pick up.America not being number one at something? That is a shock. I guess considering we didn't get wind of it to the masses until American Idol came out which I believe was a show idea stolen from Britain, makes it more believable. But now as this article is two years old I would like to see how the writer views Americans and texting. Moving into modern aticles like Thumbspeak, well it proclaims there are not trillions of texts sent annually in America so I guess they are now catching up to foreign countries. Not only are Americans caught up, it seems after reading this article that other countries are beginning to copy us ironically. English is much shorter than most other languages and is therefore making the simplicity of texting even easier for everyone now. Although it is stirring up controversy, texting does appear to be for the present and the future.Touching upon instant messaging, I agree with the initial viewpoint of the emoticons article that IM is the most efficient form of communication. It can be formal or informal. It is fast and one can express emotions using emoticons. The argument that people are not always at their computers makes IM bad is innaccurate because people normally put up an away message or notify the person they are talking to that they will be right back. If not and it is that important, well then text messages, which are a form of IM's, can be enforced. But still IM's allow for the fastest and most useful because even when someone misinterprets what you are saying, literally seconds later you can say "no that is not what I meant, I really meant it to mean this."
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