It would be one thing if WoW wasn't a game where you joined the world with millions of other players. If you are playing offline, do whatever the hell you want with the game you bought. However, my gameplay suffers when others violate the terms of agreement and flood the game with bots.
So yes, you do own the CD and you can do whatever you want with it...as long as you stay off of my server.
Oh, ok. Didn't catch the sarcasm. The problem is that there are a lot of people on slashdot who think they way you (sarcastically) posted-the "false-dichotomy" fallacy being right up there in popularity with the straw man and the appeal to authority fallacies.
The rest of the world has a large section of uneducated people who are so not by choice. The difference, in my opinion, is that many of us in the US actually cherish and reward being uneducated. It is an active anti-intellectual culture, not just one where a bunch of people aren't educated. People are proud to be folksy (we have country music, why don't other countries?), simple, and under-educated and under-employed.
Fortunately we have a lot of really intelligent people as well. When I lived overseas (UK and Germany) I constantly had to prove my intellectual worth because the assumption was always that I was a dumb American with no world-view. Strictly playing the odds, this is usually a safe bet.
But TV commentators have been fired in the not too distant past for saying similar statements.
I assume you mean the guy who got fired for saying black people have an extra muscle in their hamstring (which isn't true)? That is grounds for being fired, in my book.
Or maybe you mean the guy who said, "look at that little monkey run!"
A) physiology that lends well to succeeding in sports? B) kids in Latin America tend to have fewer sports options, so they play Soccer and Baseball growing up?
I know, these are gross generalizations, but I don't think they are "politically incorrect".
I bet there are more Indian badmitton and squash world champions than American ones. It's one of those "cultural things" being tossed around in this thread.
And neither art nor sports require knowledge or mental discipline to be successful.
Wait, what? Art doesn't require knowledge? Would you like to explain the bajillion books on Photoshop? What about the fact that every college in America has an Art History program? What about studying painting, 3D animation, or photography...MUSIC for God's sake?!
I think you are inferring that 'self-taught' artists can be successful. To that, though, I'd argue that 'self-taught' constitutional experts can also be successful (Limbaugh, Beck, et.al), but it doesn't mean they are good.
Was that post written ironically? It's hard to catch sarcasm online...
If it wasn't, the proper idiom is "would have", not "would of". The part that probably confuses you is you always hear "would've", which is a contraction of "would" and "have", but sounds like "would of"
If you did mean it ironically, I apologize;)
The question is do Indians make better Grammar Nazis though?
Alternate, alternate explanation: it would be really fun to be a (rock star, athlete, actor, race driver) and make lots of money, so in general, we tend to worship those people because we'd like to be them (and we'd like to make lots of money).
Sports and PE instruction can be (usually are) two different things. Kids benefit very little from playing a sport in gym class for an hour a day, but would benefit immensely from a personal fitness course for an hour a day. I'd recommend shit-canning organized sports during school time and replace them with a hybrid PE/Health course that teaches kids how to exercise and eat right.
Rote memorization says very little about the cognitive powers of the brain. Spelling well is hardly an indicator of how smart somebody is, or how good they'll be at problem-solving, negotiation, and other pertinent real-world skills.
They are teaching this in Ancient History Studies...hmmm, it can't be soon enough that Intelligent Design can be bundled in with the rest of the crazy mythologies of ancient history!
Sticky relates to Apple's "world class UI" and the customers' willingness to trust an Apple device, even when untested, because stuff has just worked in the past.
Sticky has nothing to do with the difficulty of moving away from Apple due to vendor lock-in, but everything to do with staying with Apple. I bought a Airport Extreme based on this exact logic. I know there are better/cheaper wireless routers out there, but I knew I could just drop my 500GB Airport Extreme in the closet with the wireless router and it would just work.
I guess if you are like me and over the age of, oh, 20, you don't experience enough Mactards on a daily basis for them to matter.
What really pisses me off are those Dell dorks. I can't believe they have the gall to use their laptops in coffee shops and airports. Don't they realize it makes me really insecure, since I'm not as cool as them to own a Dell?
Seriously, slashdot, let's just drop this issue that people who use Macs only do so to be cool. Chances are, they are using their computer to go online and it just happens that a lot of public places offer free wireless. This doesn't mean the person cares about what you think about their computer. That's your hang up.
It's also very hard to make others think you are cool about owning a $120 consumer electronic device, so I'm not sure ANYBODY on the planet is flaunting their iPod. If $120 makes me cool, then I should be one cool mo-fo (but sadly, I am not).
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Not only that, but books like this are good for pointing out useful things that otherwise would be hard to find out about just from using it.
Hence the "Missing Manual" part of the title. Pogue has made a career off of this technique. I, for one, am a fan.
Because the slashdot audience needs a new Microsoft to bitch about?
I still find it amusing that Blizzard is going after the makers of Glider, when the license violation is on the part of each player using it.
Isn't this the same thing as going after Pirate Bay instead of the people who are using Pirate Bay?
It would be one thing if WoW wasn't a game where you joined the world with millions of other players. If you are playing offline, do whatever the hell you want with the game you bought. However, my gameplay suffers when others violate the terms of agreement and flood the game with bots.
So yes, you do own the CD and you can do whatever you want with it...as long as you stay off of my server.
Oh, ok. Didn't catch the sarcasm. The problem is that there are a lot of people on slashdot who think they way you (sarcastically) posted-the "false-dichotomy" fallacy being right up there in popularity with the straw man and the appeal to authority fallacies.
The rest of the world has a large section of uneducated people who are so not by choice. The difference, in my opinion, is that many of us in the US actually cherish and reward being uneducated. It is an active anti-intellectual culture, not just one where a bunch of people aren't educated. People are proud to be folksy (we have country music, why don't other countries?), simple, and under-educated and under-employed.
Fortunately we have a lot of really intelligent people as well. When I lived overseas (UK and Germany) I constantly had to prove my intellectual worth because the assumption was always that I was a dumb American with no world-view. Strictly playing the odds, this is usually a safe bet.
I'm glad you feel that way.
But TV commentators have been fired in the not too distant past for saying similar statements.
I assume you mean the guy who got fired for saying black people have an extra muscle in their hamstring (which isn't true)? That is grounds for being fired, in my book.
Or maybe you mean the guy who said, "look at that little monkey run!"
Here's a fun source on the topic: http://www.slate.com/id/2154672
Let's try:
A) physiology that lends well to succeeding in sports?
B) kids in Latin America tend to have fewer sports options, so they play Soccer and Baseball growing up?
I know, these are gross generalizations, but I don't think they are "politically incorrect".
Then again, there are so few Indian athletes.
I bet there are more Indian badmitton and squash world champions than American ones. It's one of those "cultural things" being tossed around in this thread.
You eat Pork BBQ instead of frog legs, because that is what you were taught.
You like football, because that is what you were taught.
Psychology 101: Ego-centrism. I've always argued that nobody would ever eat grits, collard(sp?) greens and pig knuckles because they LIKE it.
Well said. I wish I read this before I posted the same thing, but with far less command of English (native speaker, here). ;-)
And neither art nor sports require knowledge or mental discipline to be successful.
Wait, what? Art doesn't require knowledge? Would you like to explain the bajillion books on Photoshop? What about the fact that every college in America has an Art History program? What about studying painting, 3D animation, or photography...MUSIC for God's sake?!
I think you are inferring that 'self-taught' artists can be successful. To that, though, I'd argue that 'self-taught' constitutional experts can also be successful (Limbaugh, Beck, et.al), but it doesn't mean they are good.
Asian cultures believe that success is directly proportional to the effort the person puts into it.
...in bed. (Or at least it sounded like a fortune cookie when I read it)
Was that post written ironically? It's hard to catch sarcasm online...
If it wasn't, the proper idiom is "would have", not "would of". The part that probably confuses you is you always hear "would've", which is a contraction of "would" and "have", but sounds like "would of"
If you did mean it ironically, I apologize ;)
The question is do Indians make better Grammar Nazis though?
Alternate, alternate explanation: it would be really fun to be a (rock star, athlete, actor, race driver) and make lots of money, so in general, we tend to worship those people because we'd like to be them (and we'd like to make lots of money).
Sports and PE instruction can be (usually are) two different things. Kids benefit very little from playing a sport in gym class for an hour a day, but would benefit immensely from a personal fitness course for an hour a day. I'd recommend shit-canning organized sports during school time and replace them with a hybrid PE/Health course that teaches kids how to exercise and eat right.
Intellectual endeavors are great and all, but spelling is about as intellectual as NASCAR is athletic.
Rote memorization says very little about the cognitive powers of the brain. Spelling well is hardly an indicator of how smart somebody is, or how good they'll be at problem-solving, negotiation, and other pertinent real-world skills.
that field is less likely to be taught by people with a scientific background.
The fact that there are teachers out there without a scientific background scares me.
YOUR JUST WRONG
Your just wrong what? You need another word, or you need to learn how to use possessives.
+1 for best use of Wikipedia. Nicely done. If only more posts used Wikipedia as effectively and with as much thought as your post...
ID==Creationism with the God tags removed so they can pass Constitutional muster (in the US..yes I realize this is a story about Australia...)
They are teaching this in Ancient History Studies...hmmm, it can't be soon enough that Intelligent Design can be bundled in with the rest of the crazy mythologies of ancient history!
Sticky relates to Apple's "world class UI" and the customers' willingness to trust an Apple device, even when untested, because stuff has just worked in the past.
Sticky has nothing to do with the difficulty of moving away from Apple due to vendor lock-in, but everything to do with staying with Apple. I bought a Airport Extreme based on this exact logic. I know there are better/cheaper wireless routers out there, but I knew I could just drop my 500GB Airport Extreme in the closet with the wireless router and it would just work.
I guess if you are like me and over the age of, oh, 20, you don't experience enough Mactards on a daily basis for them to matter.
What really pisses me off are those Dell dorks. I can't believe they have the gall to use their laptops in coffee shops and airports. Don't they realize it makes me really insecure, since I'm not as cool as them to own a Dell?
Seriously, slashdot, let's just drop this issue that people who use Macs only do so to be cool. Chances are, they are using their computer to go online and it just happens that a lot of public places offer free wireless. This doesn't mean the person cares about what you think about their computer. That's your hang up.
It's also very hard to make others think you are cool about owning a $120 consumer electronic device, so I'm not sure ANYBODY on the planet is flaunting their iPod. If $120 makes me cool, then I should be one cool mo-fo (but sadly, I am not).