Are you really from the US? I kind of don't believe you because "Like Yankees or Yanks? It's not like we take offense to the term or something." You call someone where I'm from (the south) "Yankee" and you're likely to be punched in the face.
Umm, Kanji is a Japanese word that means "chinese characters" Chinese people don't understand the word "kanji" because it's a Japanese word.
Japanese was originally a spoken-only language and then the higher ups decided to import a writing system in and, low and behold, the closest system was the Chinese system.
However, depending on the region of Japan, the time of importation, and the original Japanese word that it went with, most kanji have 2 readings if not more (the most I can think of for one off the top of my head is 9). This differs from the original Chinese where the character is read as what it is.
I can't bother to RTFA so I sure as hell can't be bothered to read your link, but I have to say that Chinese characters didn't evolve phonetically, but were actual representations (ie drawings) of the word they represent (more complex ideas being made up of combinations of simpler concepts). But as a speaker of Japanese, not Chinese, I only know the history of the characters in Japan, which is not the country of origin.
At any rate, the AC is right, Chinese characters and Kanji are two unique and different things. Calling them all "kanji" is misleading and inaccurate.
An AC said it, but let me reiterate exercise don't make skinny, diet is way more important. If they want to make posters about fat dead people, they need to make ads against candy, chips, and fast food.
This ad campaign is either video game bashing or just wrong.
Also, people should be able to pay by the page for content rather than buy the book. Just like paying for songs instead of albums, this is the future of reading.
Are you serious? What sort of sick demented world do you live in? Why would someone want to buy one page unless it were for a sample, which is usually given out free?
Aside from the above speculation, here are ten solid, in-depth, good reasons why you're completely wrong.
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Research before turfing please. The best numbers for the Zune I could find were here. 10.2% of 30GB hard-disk based players. That's like saying, "I got the best score on the math test for someone under 4ft and weighing over 200lbs with an IQ of 102!"
This means that if you buy an Apple CD you can draw on it, shred it, burn it, recycle it, or put it on a pedestal and worship it. However, you have no authority to distribute the content on that disk, the same as you have no authority to distribute the content of the book that you own.
Which was not being debated, what was being debated is if Apple has the right to say you can't mess with the software on the CD for your on personal use. The physical CD is to the software as the cover is to the story of the book. If I want to take my copy of The Da Vinci Code and replace every incidence of "Da Vinci" with "Ninja Turtles", no matter how they kick and scream, the publisher has no legal right of stopping me. That is what Apple is trying to do, stopping me from changing the contents.
Have you never photocopied a short story for a friend, how about a poem? The reason we don't copy the book first is because we're lazy and by the time we actually get a copy, it would have been cheaper to just buy another copy. The problem with most DRM is me just lending you the original CD of the game without making a copy is infringement.
But what about the people behind the scenes who make those artists songs better? What about the producers? Fuck the RIAA execs, but I'm starting to wonder about the "Support the artists" = "go to shows" rant. There are some really good producers out there that know how to tweak the song in just the right way to make it better. They don't see any money from concerts or t-shirts, but they sure did a lot for the band. If you don't know what I mean, think of Christopher Walken in the SNL Cowbell sketch. Yes, some bands do a really good job self-producing, but there are other ones that can't. How would starting artist be able to afford a producer?
Marlene Dietrich - actress
Chaplin - actor (and still decently well known)
Keaton - actor
Brando - acotr
The only "timeless" person you name that isn't a musician is a scientist. Let me challenge you, name one of Shakespeare's actors. Can't can you? But you sure know who Shakespeare is. Actors and actresses fade away. No one watches old movies, they'll just watch the remake.
Music, however, is different. It gets redone and remade and covered, people remember, it gets taught in school. The Beatles have already outlasted their generation.
You don't listen to Car Talk do you? Do you know how many people are out there driving with their "check engine" light on for months? Or how many people go for years ignoring something minor that turns into something major because they ignored it? There's plenty of people out there who will drive their car into the ground go "oops" and buy a new one. DRM what? Oh well, I guess I'll just buy it again (fails to check for DRM again...)
Actually, the phone example is a real problem in Japan. Predators call up old people and yell, "It's me! It's me!" The old people will then say who they think it is, "Taro?" The bad guy will reply "Yeah, Taro, I need you to send me a grand quick" The old people will then transfer the money. It's so bad that you can't use an ATM without it being covered in warning signs about it telling the gullible old person to call their grandson back and make sure before sending the cash.
I still don't get it. How do you fix the public school system by removing the students? Isn't that similar to trying to fixing a leaky faucet by turning it off halfway?
Why not do something like increase the amount of time kids go to school? American kids barely go to school for half a year. High School kids may need the time to get a job, but everyone under working age should be doing something, besides forgetting.
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Are you really from the US? I kind of don't believe you because "Like Yankees or Yanks? It's not like we take offense to the term or something." You call someone where I'm from (the south) "Yankee" and you're likely to be punched in the face.
I think I know where the confusion comes in. No body lives on "the planet Endor". The ewoks live on "the forest moon of Endor".
Lacking mod points, all I can do is a "well said, sir".
Umm, Kanji is a Japanese word that means "chinese characters" Chinese people don't understand the word "kanji" because it's a Japanese word.
Japanese was originally a spoken-only language and then the higher ups decided to import a writing system in and, low and behold, the closest system was the Chinese system.
However, depending on the region of Japan, the time of importation, and the original Japanese word that it went with, most kanji have 2 readings if not more (the most I can think of for one off the top of my head is 9). This differs from the original Chinese where the character is read as what it is.
I can't bother to RTFA so I sure as hell can't be bothered to read your link, but I have to say that Chinese characters didn't evolve phonetically, but were actual representations (ie drawings) of the word they represent (more complex ideas being made up of combinations of simpler concepts). But as a speaker of Japanese, not Chinese, I only know the history of the characters in Japan, which is not the country of origin.
At any rate, the AC is right, Chinese characters and Kanji are two unique and different things. Calling them all "kanji" is misleading and inaccurate.
More than the authors life is excessive.
and think that you advocate for lifetime copyrights. The only position stated in this post is that
More than the authors life is excessive.
There is no mention of how long you think it should be, only how long it shouldn't be.
An AC said it, but let me reiterate exercise don't make skinny, diet is way more important. If they want to make posters about fat dead people, they need to make ads against candy, chips, and fast food.
This ad campaign is either video game bashing or just wrong.
I know you're an AC and I'm replying to a way dead article, but I have to say:
The GP specifically said "books" not newspaper, but "books".
If he had said newspaper, not book, I would have let it slide.
Also, people should be able to pay by the page for content rather than buy the book. Just like paying for songs instead of albums, this is the future of reading.
Are you serious? What sort of sick demented world do you live in? Why would someone want to buy one page unless it were for a sample, which is usually given out free?
Aside from the above speculation, here are ten solid, in-depth, good reasons why you're completely wrong. 1. Y
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What about google? That's where I search for torrents first...
Can't you read? He said "shot in the ass". That's where.
Neither a mother, nor anyone else should have the "right" to kill anyone else that is no threat and has committed no crime.
Just a quick question, if the pregnancy is a danger to the life of the mother, would it be ok then?
mmm 8.7% market share of only the US market
Research before turfing please. The best numbers for the Zune I could find were here. 10.2% of 30GB hard-disk based players. That's like saying, "I got the best score on the math test for someone under 4ft and weighing over 200lbs with an IQ of 102!"
This means that if you buy an Apple CD you can draw on it, shred it, burn it, recycle it, or put it on a pedestal and worship it. However, you have no authority to distribute the content on that disk, the same as you have no authority to distribute the content of the book that you own.
Which was not being debated, what was being debated is if Apple has the right to say you can't mess with the software on the CD for your on personal use. The physical CD is to the software as the cover is to the story of the book. If I want to take my copy of The Da Vinci Code and replace every incidence of "Da Vinci" with "Ninja Turtles", no matter how they kick and scream, the publisher has no legal right of stopping me. That is what Apple is trying to do, stopping me from changing the contents.
Have you never photocopied a short story for a friend, how about a poem? The reason we don't copy the book first is because we're lazy and by the time we actually get a copy, it would have been cheaper to just buy another copy. The problem with most DRM is me just lending you the original CD of the game without making a copy is infringement.
But what about the people behind the scenes who make those artists songs better? What about the producers? Fuck the RIAA execs, but I'm starting to wonder about the "Support the artists" = "go to shows" rant. There are some really good producers out there that know how to tweak the song in just the right way to make it better. They don't see any money from concerts or t-shirts, but they sure did a lot for the band. If you don't know what I mean, think of Christopher Walken in the SNL Cowbell sketch.
Yes, some bands do a really good job self-producing, but there are other ones that can't. How would starting artist be able to afford a producer?
Here, watch this. White-collar crime (Law and Order - Chappelle Show) It's about 2min in
Marlene Dietrich - actress
Chaplin - actor (and still decently well known)
Keaton - actor
Brando - acotr
The only "timeless" person you name that isn't a musician is a scientist. Let me challenge you, name one of Shakespeare's actors. Can't can you? But you sure know who Shakespeare is. Actors and actresses fade away. No one watches old movies, they'll just watch the remake.
Music, however, is different. It gets redone and remade and covered, people remember, it gets taught in school. The Beatles have already outlasted their generation.
The only thing more annoying than die-hard Chrisitan is an over-zealous Athiest.
Very few sites check your IP for location and serve you up an Ad free page if you are outside their target location on this wonderful planet of ours.
Even that doesn't work. I'm an American working in Japan and browsing American sites half the ads I see are for Green Cards (in Japanese)
while Christmas represents the true, original spirit of the holiday
You mean this?
You don't listen to Car Talk do you? Do you know how many people are out there driving with their "check engine" light on for months? Or how many people go for years ignoring something minor that turns into something major because they ignored it? There's plenty of people out there who will drive their car into the ground go "oops" and buy a new one. DRM what? Oh well, I guess I'll just buy it again (fails to check for DRM again...)
I'm sorry, I dozed off halfway through, too much gabbing. Do you think you could post it again, this time using stick people?
Teachers should wear tuxedos?
Actually, the phone example is a real problem in Japan. Predators call up old people and yell, "It's me! It's me!" The old people will then say who they think it is, "Taro?" The bad guy will reply "Yeah, Taro, I need you to send me a grand quick" The old people will then transfer the money. It's so bad that you can't use an ATM without it being covered in warning signs about it telling the gullible old person to call their grandson back and make sure before sending the cash.
I still don't get it. How do you fix the public school system by removing the students? Isn't that similar to trying to fixing a leaky faucet by turning it off halfway?
Why not do something like increase the amount of time kids go to school? American kids barely go to school for half a year. High School kids may need the time to get a job, but everyone under working age should be doing something, besides forgetting.