HUGE point in there. Anyway, nobody wants a factory of human beings used for evil armies - and people link 'eye color' and 'sex' as a first step to reach that distopia.
Another point is that there are selections based on genes that, if used in a wrong way, will bring problems to us as a race - eg, if everybody chooses to have a male child, etc. It doesn't mean that will necessarily happen, but I think that should be avoided for obvious reasons.
...there's a big difference between what you CAN do and what you SHOULD do. Science does not obligate you to do everything it says that will work. Eg: atomic bombs.
I think there's a big discussion to be developed in the matter of what you can do and what you should do, but that argument is just dumb.
I really hope something good comes out from Microsoft's project Natal. The Wii is good, but IMHO, worse than the graphics is the lack of _real_ control using the WiiMote. The number of moves you can do with your hands is virtually infinite (and that's what she said), but most Wii games translate these 'infinite movements' in 6, 7 types of movement (take Tennis in WiiSports and 'Star Wars - The force unleashed' as examples). That's frustrating.
I don't believe in everything I read, and I fully agree with you. I may have sounded too critical, but as you have your 'hero' in your cultural ground, we have our 'violent cop that solves everything by killing people'. If you watch a movie called Tropa de elite (something like 'Elite Squad') you'll see what most Brazilians think about how crime should be handled. Good movie, terrible way of solving the problems.
Anyway, I liked the book because it explained pretty good some atitudes that the US takes when dealing with foreign affairs. South America has a lot to complain since Monroe doctrine.
I don't really mean any offense to you personally, but you just stated, in a long winded example, two things that everyone here already knows.
No offense at all.
Someone trying to sell something beefed up the drama to make it more exciting and interesting and sell more products. We know that happens.
Yes, but the question here is the 'hero' thing. You can sell the same stuff by exagerating in many other ways - here in Brazil, for example, ppl would say that 'despite the corrupt police, this policeman did his job'.
People are too self involved and egotistical to think they are incorrect in their assumptions and therefore everyone else must be wrong. They can't see how others can see it any other way.
You are right again, but you can think they are 'wrong' and do nothing about it, or you can think they are 'wrong' and sell them democracy and other western values. I think Graham Greene thought that Americans were not bad, they were only ingenuous.
Such thought processes have traditionally permeated our culture to the point where every child strives to be that hero. To save the world as it were. The results can be seen in everything from local government (simply amazing small towns built out of nothing) to the larger scale of US resolve during WWII and the later Space Race. Thus the communal aspects of working together have always been a strength for us.
As a Brazilian bombarded everyday by USA-imported-mass-enternainment-industry, I've noticed that this is true indeed. I find it very interesting that it seems important to find a 'hero' in almost every situation - for instance, in 'the most amazing videos', there was a car with something stuck in the accelerator and the car kept moving in circles over and over. Then, a policeman came, entered the car by the window, and stopped it. The thing is: when you hear what the narrator says, it seems that the policeman saved a thousand people.
I've recently read 'The Quiet American', which further investigates this. As I read it, it seems that Graham Greene thought that Americans can't imagine how other people could want something different from what they have, and how could they think different from what they, Americans, think. I don't know if it's true, but it's a very interesting POV.
Yeah, that's right. In Brazil we had a lot of scandals recently because of copied translations appearing in unauthorized editions.
Jorge L. Borges said once that the original book was a translation of an idea in the author's mind. Or, even better: 'The original is unfaithful to the translation.'
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...can someone lend me that cool (but useless) thermal scanner so I can watch that hot girl that lives next door? That would be definitely useful.
Australian scientists had already pointed that.
Another point is that there are selections based on genes that, if used in a wrong way, will bring problems to us as a race - eg, if everybody chooses to have a male child, etc. It doesn't mean that will necessarily happen, but I think that should be avoided for obvious reasons.
I think there's a big discussion to be developed in the matter of what you can do and what you should do, but that argument is just dumb.
Well, I watched this video today and it looks promising.
I really hope something good comes out from Microsoft's project Natal. The Wii is good, but IMHO, worse than the graphics is the lack of _real_ control using the WiiMote. The number of moves you can do with your hands is virtually infinite (and that's what she said), but most Wii games translate these 'infinite movements' in 6, 7 types of movement (take Tennis in WiiSports and 'Star Wars - The force unleashed' as examples). That's frustrating.
At least gravel is better for the environment, isn't it?
How do you people know he lives in America?
My 2-year-old son likes to watch this cartoon called Mechanimals that proved me that dino-robots can be boring as hell.
I didn't RTFA, but did they merge the robots with frogs this time? It'd be an amazing frog-bot!
Bill Gates is not a CEO anymore.
So what is Linux success? Is it dominating Windows?
See Ubuntu bug #1
I don't believe in everything I read, and I fully agree with you. I may have sounded too critical, but as you have your 'hero' in your cultural ground, we have our 'violent cop that solves everything by killing people'. If you watch a movie called Tropa de elite (something like 'Elite Squad') you'll see what most Brazilians think about how crime should be handled. Good movie, terrible way of solving the problems.
Anyway, I liked the book because it explained pretty good some atitudes that the US takes when dealing with foreign affairs. South America has a lot to complain since Monroe doctrine.
I don't really mean any offense to you personally, but you just stated, in a long winded example, two things that everyone here already knows.
No offense at all.
Someone trying to sell something beefed up the drama to make it more exciting and interesting and sell more products. We know that happens.
Yes, but the question here is the 'hero' thing. You can sell the same stuff by exagerating in many other ways - here in Brazil, for example, ppl would say that 'despite the corrupt police, this policeman did his job'.
People are too self involved and egotistical to think they are incorrect in their assumptions and therefore everyone else must be wrong. They can't see how others can see it any other way.
You are right again, but you can think they are 'wrong' and do nothing about it, or you can think they are 'wrong' and sell them democracy and other western values. I think Graham Greene thought that Americans were not bad, they were only ingenuous.
Such thought processes have traditionally permeated our culture to the point where every child strives to be that hero. To save the world as it were. The results can be seen in everything from local government (simply amazing small towns built out of nothing) to the larger scale of US resolve during WWII and the later Space Race. Thus the communal aspects of working together have always been a strength for us.
As a Brazilian bombarded everyday by USA-imported-mass-enternainment-industry, I've noticed that this is true indeed. I find it very interesting that it seems important to find a 'hero' in almost every situation - for instance, in 'the most amazing videos', there was a car with something stuck in the accelerator and the car kept moving in circles over and over. Then, a policeman came, entered the car by the window, and stopped it. The thing is: when you hear what the narrator says, it seems that the policeman saved a thousand people.
I've recently read 'The Quiet American', which further investigates this. As I read it, it seems that Graham Greene thought that Americans can't imagine how other people could want something different from what they have, and how could they think different from what they, Americans, think. I don't know if it's true, but it's a very interesting POV.
Mod parent 'troll for inconvenient truth'.
It seems he got a damn fast judgement. And a damn fast judgement done by a private company.
Does anyone remember 'Judge Dredd'? 'I am the law!!!'
Damn, you could at least lose your dormitory for a movie worth watching.
Yeah, that's right. In Brazil we had a lot of scandals recently because of copied translations appearing in unauthorized editions.
Jorge L. Borges said once that the original book was a translation of an idea in the author's mind. Or, even better: 'The original is unfaithful to the translation.'
HP Palo Alto researcher's reaction to 2girls1cup is top 1 video in youtube.
"If you want to make a movie, do it in an empty white room with your two closest friends. Everything else opens you up for copyright claims."
I have a patent on that. Patent 588233, boring movie done with two closest friends in an empty white room.
Please send me my share or we'll meet in court. Thanks.
Yeah, yesterday I was getting an Internet from some friends and I only got it today.
It's not just like a big truck, you know.
Ask CADIE for help.
I actually think it is great:
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Your username fits your description perfectly.