Debate.org: Technology Debates

Wider tires have less rolling resistance

2013-05-22T22:53:06-08:00

(Debating Period) When the changing of the contact patch is wider and causes less stress on the tires, they will roll faster.

Do FPS(First Person Shooter) video games making children violent?

2013-05-22T22:25:57-08:00

(Debating Period) I think that they do not make children violent and adults just blame all violence of a child on a video game if they play violent games. Let's face it. Almost all male children between the ages of 11 and 14 play video games and the majority of the games are violent. Action video games are proven through tests at a university to give players better reaction times and quicker problem solving skills. Games do not make kids violent but other reasons maybe like undiagnosed mental conditions, problems at home, or maybe they were just born of violent nature. Overall I believe games do not make kids violent or encourage or make children want to kill or hurt others. Please respond if you have a different point of view or if you agree with me.

Mac is better then PC

2013-05-21T15:32:52-08:00

(Voting Period) Mac is way better then PC for tons of reasons and I have few of them First mac is way faster then PC so you dont need to delete anything to make it faster Second it is faster to play games on it and even if there are games that you can "only" play on windows there is stuff to play it on mac Third windows sucks

Whether Apple is Better Than Microsoft

2013-05-22T23:02:00-08:00

(Debating Period) Apple is better than Microsoft due to its increased user-friendlyness and unique functions. Any arguments?

Should there be a 3 debate completion requirement for voting/

2013-05-08T14:38:02-08:00

(Post Voting Period) NO they should not because in the United States freedom of speech is given to all citizens in the constitution as well as the right to vote.

There should be more restrictions on violent video games

2013-05-07T21:36:29-08:00

(Post Voting Period) First round is acceptance. My First Debate on here. Don't take it easy on me.

Terraria VS Minecraft

2013-04-25T12:49:37-08:00

(Post Voting Period)

Terraria because it has more monsters you can battle and more bosses

Should violent videogames be banned?

2013-04-24T10:41:15-08:00

(Post Voting Period) First off, I am a gamer myself. I play Call of Duty, Battlefield, ect.. and i don't retaliate towardsw others in reality. It is for entertainment and to relieve yourself of anger.

Valve is the best gaming company in the world

2013-04-11T23:26:19-08:00

(Post Voting Period) Valve is the best gaming company out there because the majority of valves games win game of the year and are more bang for your buck with a great story line. Such games valve has developed are is The Half-Life series, Portal Series, Team Fortress series, and The left 4 dead series. Also Valve has a great CEO in Gabe Newell who truley care about gaming rather than making a quick buck. Another thing about Valve is that they don't run their game franchises into the groung by making new games in the series year after year like the Call of Duty series. And because valve does not do that it make us gamers wanting more instead of being bored.

Should Univerous allow non-premium members to sell limiteds?

2013-04-07T11:18:48-08:00

(Post Voting Period) Should non-premium users be able to sell limiteds? If we get more then 50 users opinion the rule will change, alt voting will not be tolerated.

Samsung Galaxy S4 is better than Iphone5

2013-03-30T10:46:57-08:00

(Post Voting Period)

There have been huge competition between Samsung Galaxys and Iphone 5's recently. But you must agree with me that Samsungs galaxy S4'S are better than Iphone 5's because of the following reasons.

1. Speed

The response and internet access from the samsung galaxy S4 is way faster than the iphone five, not only that, the connection is always lost and you often have to restart a program etc.

2. Screen size

The samsung galaxy S4's screen is 5 inches! A whole inch larger than the Iphone!

3. Camera quality

The samsung galaxy S4's camera software packs a 13 megapixel camera whilst the Iphone 5 only holds 8 megapixels.

4. Sharper screen

The iphone5's pixel resolution is 1136x640 whilst the samsung galaxy S4 has an even more impressive 1920x1080 pixels resolutions!

So after all this, what else can be said? The Samsung Galaxy S4 i

Facebook does more good than harm

2013-04-01T17:40:44-08:00

(Post Voting Period)

We will be debating whether the benefits of facebook outweight the detriments. Burden of the proof is equal.

If you accept, you will be debating that facebook is bad. First round is for accepting only.

Parents should be allowed to access their children's social media

2013-03-28T06:19:35-08:00

(Post Voting Period) I believe that, for the safety of our children, Parents should have an account to access or see what their children have posted or received. Too many people are being cyber-bullied today and 4400 people a year commits suicide from cyber-bullying on average. allowing parents to access their childs social media will greatly decrease the deaths of children and teens. If you are a parent, you should understand. If you are a teen, guess what? So am I! I have been cyber-bullied and suffered from depression before. I was treated by a psychologist. PARENTS! PROTECT YOU CHILDREN! Dont be stupid and go against please!

Capable until proven incabable.. Internet edition..

2013-03-28T17:34:11-08:00

(Post Voting Period) I am officially a noob on this website... I have but one forum post... And this is my first official debate... The question is, am I capable of making a good argument, and speaking for all the people out there who are or were once noobs, I claim that I should be judged as coherent by the debate.org community until gone astray..

Teaching Java in Introductory programming courses

2013-03-28T22:37:44-08:00

(Post Voting Period)

Thanks to LarztheLoser for accepting the debate and I look forward to an enjoyable and educational debate.

Resolution

Introductory college courses in Computer Science should teach the Java programming language as opposed to Javascript.

Definitions
Java: Java is a general purpose object oriented programming language details of which are shown in this link [1].
Javascript: Javascript is an interpreted computer programming language originally implemented as part of web browsers more details of which are provided in the link[2].

Burden Of Proof
BOP is shared. Con must argue that JavaScript should be taught in introductory college courses as opposed to Java, not just that both are equally good.

Backgro

should people be able to have guns

2013-03-06T15:14:15-08:00
(Post Voting Period) We should be able to use guns

Best Video UNDER 1 min long

2013-03-04T03:14:02-08:00
(Post Voting Period)
Here is the best video i found that is under 1min

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJd1RktjYTU

R.I.P Gary Coleman

cell phones

2013-02-23T15:24:36-08:00
(Post Voting Period) Kids should have phones in school.

Should cell phones be allowed in school

2013-02-22T09:53:50-08:00
(Post Voting Period) Cell phones should not be allowed in school, because they are a distraction to kids in school and they will not pay attention in school. They will text each other and cheat on tests and things like that. Kids dont need there cell phone in school at all, so ya.

PC gaming is, on balance, better than console gaming.

2013-02-27T12:12:49-08:00
(Post Voting Period) Pro will argue that PC gaming is better, on balance, than console gaming. PC gaming will be defined as the following: "PC games, also known as computer games, are video games played on a general-purpose personal computer rather than a dedicated video game console or arcade machine." {1} Consoles are defined as the following: "A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device (a television, monitor, etc.) to display a video game. The term "video game console" is used to distinguish a machine designed for people to buy and use primarily for playing video games on a TV." {2} Console gaming will therefore be defined as gaming on a console. First round is for acceptance Second round is for opening arguments from both debators. Third round is for rebuttals. Fourth round is for further rebuttals and closing. No new arguments will b