What if you're in the middle of an MGS4 install?

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Believe in something! Even if it's wrong, believe in it! -Glenn Beck

 Old Guy: You see my plan is to put a timer device between the outlet and the power cable and it will turn the device off when the time is up .... 

Consumer: and how sir would a child not just circumvent this device ?

Old Guy: Because kids are stupid darn nabit

Consumer: and also sir as consoles have become more powerful they have started to reacqurie the same care as a PC meaning that yanking the power suddenly out of the device can cause damage to the File System let alone the information currently being accessed by the game such as save game information etc ... how does your device handle this?

Old Guy: God Darn Nabit you people can't raise your kids buy my crap and shut your pie hole.

Consumer: I see thank you sir.

Yeah I think it'll only take one 'Save Data corrupted, Continue anyway?" before the kid annihilates this thing with a sledgehammer. *insert generic 'parents should do their f***ing job' text here*

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a more effective method than that useless piece of thing would be simply run to your local hardware store for a decent combination lock, and use it to lock your breaker panel when you've shut the breaker off to the room with the game console in it, much more effective totalitarianism :D

I support your strong parenting, however instead of busting it take it to a children's hospital or similar organization, teaching your kid two lessons in one go, responsible playing habits and charity.

A plug-in timer................ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Do people really think that this is going to work. This is a Fail with a capital FAIL! But you know what truely makes this peice of hardware worthless is not that the kid can simply unplug and replug the console. No....

Its the fact that BOTH Xbox360 and PS3 have BUILT IN parental timers that are infinitly harder to circumvent in comparison. For example the Xbox360 allows the user/parent to set up a 4 digit combination code for accessing various parental control functions, Including a timer with hourly/daily/weekly settings. For the combination code there are roughly 8 buttons that can be used, meaning over 1000 different possible codes. I am doubtful little billy would have the patience to go through every single last combination. Any account playing the console is given X number of hours to play before you are prompted to input the code Otherwise the console will shut off; and it doesnt even quit the game when the time is up meaning no lost progress or damaged console. The parental controls on modern consoles are incredibly versitle, the problem is that most people, like this guy, doesnt seem to realize this.

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Responsibility: Its time that the next generation takes up the reigns of power in our government, before the old fools who hold them steer this country of ours closer to capsizing. We must act before its to late to repair the damage.

Back in my day, my parents would unplug the TV antenna and tell us that the TV was broken to force us outside.  They limited my game time to 30 min a day during the school week.   I'm grateful to them for that.

Too many parents these days are spineless (just like the rest of western society) and lazy. 

Don't the current gen consoles have built-in timers anyway? The 360 does at least... 

More proof parents need to educate themselves on the features of game consoles. 

For many, it's a useless tool.  But there are a few it may be useful for.

A Parent who feels their child can't be responsible enough to pay attention to a timer probably won't use it.

A child who doesn't want to abide by a timer will work to get around it.

But a Parent who has found that their child is responsbile enough and will abide by a timer might find it useful.  Yeah, the timer might catch them off guard.  But, at the same time, it will create a good habit in that the child will eventually find that finishing up well in advance and not getting started on something that will take a long time.  It can be one of several tools used to create responsibility and good habits.  For some anyway.  It just depends on the needs of the Parent and what they know of their child.

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