"Cool" or "surprises me" may be not the best metric for measuring technology progress. Maybe if you cut off Internet, TV and other sources of information for 5 years you would be as much surprised as your grandmother
I have two paid dictionary apps on my iPod - American Heritage Dictionary and Longman's Dictionary of Contemporary English. Both of them contain every dirty word I'm aware of.
Tell about Real vs Fake to all the teenagers that keep Playboy under their bed and dream about sex with some celebrity. I bet they would be very disappointed if they met her without all her makeup and photoshop.
So, the Chinese government has just stated to the world that they are not confident that their people are capable of discerning the difference between things that are real, and things that are not real?
It's not Real vs Fake. It is about cultural values. All those games and movies tell you that the best thing in a world is to make a quick buck and spend it on chicks, alcohol and cool car. And this has bad influence on youngsters
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I think the majority of the stupid patents from the big companies are just to protect them from the patent trolls in the future
"Cool" or "surprises me" may be not the best metric for measuring technology progress. Maybe if you cut off Internet, TV and other sources of information for 5 years you would be as much surprised as your grandmother
I have two paid dictionary apps on my iPod - American Heritage Dictionary and Longman's Dictionary of Contemporary English. Both of them contain every dirty word I'm aware of.
Tell about Real vs Fake to all the teenagers that keep Playboy under their bed and dream about sex with some celebrity. I bet they would be very disappointed if they met her without all her makeup and photoshop.
So, the Chinese government has just stated to the world that they are not confident that their people are capable of discerning the difference between things that are real, and things that are not real?
It's not Real vs Fake. It is about cultural values. All those games and movies tell you that the best thing in a world is to make a quick buck and spend it on chicks, alcohol and cool car. And this has bad influence on youngsters