I get the feeling you don't like the Chinese. I doubt I know as many as you would claim, but I have found them to be typical - some are good problem solvers, most are not. I think you should consider the fact that China has the most English speakers in the world - compare that with many countries where the only bilingual people are those that immigrated. And from your attitude I would conclude that your department may not be the tolerant of people who have difficulty speaking English. This may explain why those students decide to form their own clique, and this is the fault of the department not the students.
As you have not experienced a track-based educational system, I doubt you are best suited to analyse it - not that it seems to stop you. The system allows as much flexibility as possible while allowing students to take subjects that they are interested in. Since we are in school for three years prior to our decision, we have taken the subjects we are about to evaluate. And most people stick with their favourites, I do not see a problem.
An elementary school student being able to understand the definition of diagmagnetism but not what a diagmagnetic substance is, does not have to be evidence of memorization. As more than likely they would've memorized substances also. There are other reasons why a primary school child may freeze in presence of a Feynman's questioning, and they are equally valid.
And when the Brits say Asian they usually mean Indian.
Yes, you would probably get a more realistic simulation of stabbing someone by stabbing a banana sucker or some other fleshy plant. Now are you about to outlaw or restrict this activity ?
> A non-gamer would inevitably ask why computer simulations are used in the military, medicine, pilot training, etc. - if the experience is as unreal and meaningless as the gamer claims. The highway code (book containing driving rules) is used to train drivers, and while you can learn to drive by reading no one would suggest it is the same thing. A simulation generally just represents this information in a more interactive manner. So seeing the location of the heart in a 3D projection is useful, more so than seeing a drawing but it is not equivalent to actually opening a person's chest. Is it ?
> A mon-gamer would ask why the politically sensitive Slashdot poster comes out against America's Army. Cause it is creepy to use toys to recruit kids to kill or die.
While I have not used a pliers to castrate anyone, I have used pliers and I have used the Wii controller. And I feel confident stating that the difference between the Wii controller and a real pliers is quite large, and the simulation only works if the user suspends disbelief. And this is why 100,000s of people would play Manhunt 2, yet only your select few indulge in ripping peoples testicles out, with or without a pliers.
> DISCLAIMER: I do not support child rape This is my problem with the whole game censorship 'issue', why do you feel the need to say you don't support child rape ? Are we to assume that fans of GTA support murder, what about Diablo fans ? I think some people have yet to understand that these are just games, and the presence of your disclaimer indicates quite a few don't understand what a game is.
Yes. Do you play video games ? I've yet to see one that simulates the real world well enough not require the gamer suspend disbelief. So what you are calling the simulation of child rape, is actually clicking a mouse button.... in reality this is quite a big difference. The mere fact that this is all fantasy, will lead you down a path of overly arbitrary rules.
If you have a market of people who want to play such games that is your problem, your focus should be on dealing with these people. Imposing restrictions on games will merely lead to sickos who play games where the kids are rabbits or something, and you'll have the same problem - gamers who get off on this behaviour. My point is that you are dealing with fantasy and the suspension of reality, if there is a problem it isn't with the game but rather with the gamer.
I hate to be the one who points it out to you, but people watch movies for enjoyment. Most people anyway. I know people who enjoyed A Time To Kill, and I do not think they are 'sick in the head'. So I disagree with your point.
Sure you don't. Maybe this scenario helps, a US citizen working for a multinational in Saudi Arabia. Do you think he is going to stay because he has married a Saudi ? or do you think he will return home ? Hope that helps.
The local library stocks subject matter that I find offensive, including material that project certain people as subhuman. I find this as offensive as child abuse dvds, but I do realize that unlike child abuse dvds no one was actually harmed in producing these movies. And I think that is the distinction we must make, this is why a movie depicting the rape of a child is not equivalent to a child porn video. As in the latter case an actual crime is being committed. Since these games do not require the recreation of actual scenes they deserve more leeway in their depictions, as no one is being harmed. The images projected in Manhunt 2 and other games are merely pictures, and not particularly realistic ones. There is no actual difference between Manhunt 2 where one slaughters oddly shaped representations of people and Space Invaders.
You've spoken like someone who has not actually been through any part of the US immigration system. If you are married to a US citizen you are eligible to apply for a green card, this takes a long while and is more cumbersome than applying for or renewing an H1-B visa. Also, while there is a limit on H1-B renewals, two 3 year periods the last time I checked, there is no indication that this person was on an H1-B for 15 years. Case in point, someone who went to undergraduate and graduate school in the US could be resident for 15 years and be working an an H1-B. Also, possessing a green card has some restrictions, particularly with respect to residency, that may be burdensome to someone with limited ties to the US.
H1-Bs are not slaves. H1-Bs can change jobs, there is more paperwork involved with making the change and registering it with INS. I think the biggest hassle with an H1-B making a job change is not the INS restrictions, but the hassle in finding a new sponsored job. Part of this is due to the obtuse language and opaque policy of the INS and DOL, compared with the short hiring cycle of most US companies.
> So. Keep up youy Anti American rhetoric... but don't cry in your beer to us when you come to work, notice a stench of curry in the air, and find some coolie sitting at your desk.
I think you can make your point, without resorting to racial slurs.
> Most of it has not appreciated, to put it bluntly. If the IRS were to start playing hardball and try to tax you on the sale as Capital Gains, you would play hardball right back and show them your original basis and then the IRS would owe YOU for your loss.
> If I'm fat and I'm in a heated argument with someone or they attack me verbally and mention that I'm a big fatty in the process - that doesn't make them a "fat-hater".
Yes it does. If someone doesn't have a problem with a given feature or trait they are unlikely to use it as an insult. Even if the traits that are not usually negative, they are framed in such a manner e.g. muscle-bound fool or egg-head. Insults don't work if you admire the trait at the root of the insult.
I think you'll find demand is not that closely tied to salary. Someone working in a high cost of living area is going to earn more than someone in a lower cost of living area, regardless of demand. Likewise the pay in some fields are going to be higher, even if the demand isn't. Simply put, a real estate consultant is going to make more than a software developer.
> The average white (caucasian) male American between 15 and 55 is the most discriminated and censored group in the US. Do you have numbers or data to back up that conjecture ?
You don't actually believe that Muslims are treated with kid gloves in the US ? Do you have a television ? Have you seen "24", "True Lies" or "The Siege" ? What about the #1 radio personality in the US, constantly referring to Arabs as "tow*lheads", or one of your leading politicians objecting to an muslim congressman taking his oath of office on a Koran, or better yet another proposing o "nuke" Mecca. Sorry, but I just don't see this coddling you refer to.
I am not sure why you feel the need to offend people.
>So yes, to Americans the 3,000 coalition deaths are a bit more important than the 650,000 Iraqi deaths. Something is seriously wrong with you. And anyone else who agrees with your rationale.
Vdare.com is very racist. I propose you read some of Steve Sailer's articles before making the assertion that vdare.com is only slightly racist. If you have, and still made the statement - I would like to point out that most people are not that racist.
In most 'modern' countries trade unions have been instrumental in providing the rights and benefits that you now enjoy, and apparently take for granted. The eight hour day, safe working conditions and child labour laws are some of the benefits we have gained because of trade unions. You seem unable to differentiate between badly run unions and trade unions in general. You also seem unable to comprehend that the scope of a collective bargaining agreement depends on an agreement between the members of the union and management. As such demands are only made if they have support of the union membership.
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I get the feeling you don't like the Chinese. I doubt I know as many as you would claim, but I have found them to be typical - some are good problem solvers, most are not. I think you should consider the fact that China has the most English speakers in the world - compare that with many countries where the only bilingual people are those that immigrated. And from your attitude I would conclude that your department may not be the tolerant of people who have difficulty speaking English. This may explain why those students decide to form their own clique, and this is the fault of the department not the students.
As you have not experienced a track-based educational system, I doubt you are best suited to analyse it - not that it seems to stop you. The system allows as much flexibility as possible while allowing students to take subjects that they are interested in. Since we are in school for three years prior to our decision, we have taken the subjects we are about to evaluate. And most people stick with their favourites, I do not see a problem.
An elementary school student being able to understand the definition of diagmagnetism but not what a diagmagnetic substance is, does not have to be evidence of memorization. As more than likely they would've memorized substances also. There are other reasons why a primary school child may freeze in presence of a Feynman's questioning, and they are equally valid.
And when the Brits say Asian they usually mean Indian.
Could you be so kind to explain how the 'golden age' for Africa would be the colonial period ?
Yes, you would probably get a more realistic simulation of stabbing someone by stabbing a banana sucker or some other fleshy plant. Now are you about to outlaw or restrict this activity ?
> A non-gamer would inevitably ask why computer simulations are used in the military, medicine, pilot training, etc. - if the experience is as unreal and meaningless as the gamer claims.
The highway code (book containing driving rules) is used to train drivers, and while you can learn to drive by reading no one would suggest it is the same thing. A simulation generally just represents this information in a more interactive manner. So seeing the location of the heart in a 3D projection is useful, more so than seeing a drawing but it is not equivalent to actually opening a person's chest. Is it ?
> A mon-gamer would ask why the politically sensitive Slashdot poster comes out against America's Army.
Cause it is creepy to use toys to recruit kids to kill or die.
While I have not used a pliers to castrate anyone, I have used pliers and I have used the Wii controller. And I feel confident stating that the difference between the Wii controller and a real pliers is quite large, and the simulation only works if the user suspends disbelief. And this is why 100,000s of people would play Manhunt 2, yet only your select few indulge in ripping peoples testicles out, with or without a pliers.
> DISCLAIMER: I do not support child rape
This is my problem with the whole game censorship 'issue', why do you feel the need to say you don't support child rape ? Are we to assume that fans of GTA support murder, what about Diablo fans ? I think some people have yet to understand that these are just games, and the presence of your disclaimer indicates quite a few don't understand what a game is.
Yes. Do you play video games ? I've yet to see one that simulates the real world well enough not require the gamer suspend disbelief. So what you are calling the simulation of child rape, is actually clicking a mouse button .... in reality this is quite a big difference. The mere fact that this is all fantasy, will lead you down a path of overly arbitrary rules.
If you have a market of people who want to play such games that is your problem, your focus should be on dealing with these people. Imposing restrictions on games will merely lead to sickos who play games where the kids are rabbits or something, and you'll have the same problem - gamers who get off on this behaviour. My point is that you are dealing with fantasy and the suspension of reality, if there is a problem it isn't with the game but rather with the gamer.
I hate to be the one who points it out to you, but people watch movies for enjoyment. Most people anyway. I know people who enjoyed A Time To Kill, and I do not think they are 'sick in the head'. So I disagree with your point.
Sure you don't. Maybe this scenario helps, a US citizen working for a multinational in Saudi Arabia. Do you think he is going to stay because he has married a Saudi ? or do you think he will return home ? Hope that helps.
The local library stocks subject matter that I find offensive, including material that project certain people as subhuman. I find this as offensive as child abuse dvds, but I do realize that unlike child abuse dvds no one was actually harmed in producing these movies. And I think that is the distinction we must make, this is why a movie depicting the rape of a child is not equivalent to a child porn video. As in the latter case an actual crime is being committed. Since these games do not require the recreation of actual scenes they deserve more leeway in their depictions, as no one is being harmed. The images projected in Manhunt 2 and other games are merely pictures, and not particularly realistic ones. There is no actual difference between Manhunt 2 where one slaughters oddly shaped representations of people and Space Invaders.
You've spoken like someone who has not actually been through any part of the US immigration system. If you are married to a US citizen you are eligible to apply for a green card, this takes a long while and is more cumbersome than applying for or renewing an H1-B visa. Also, while there is a limit on H1-B renewals, two 3 year periods the last time I checked, there is no indication that this person was on an H1-B for 15 years. Case in point, someone who went to undergraduate and graduate school in the US could be resident for 15 years and be working an an H1-B. Also, possessing a green card has some restrictions, particularly with respect to residency, that may be burdensome to someone with limited ties to the US.
H1-Bs are not slaves. H1-Bs can change jobs, there is more paperwork involved with making the change and registering it with INS. I think the biggest hassle with an H1-B making a job change is not the INS restrictions, but the hassle in finding a new sponsored job. Part of this is due to the obtuse language and opaque policy of the INS and DOL, compared with the short hiring cycle of most US companies.
> So. Keep up youy Anti American rhetoric... but don't cry in your beer to us when you come to work, notice a stench of curry in the air, and find some coolie sitting at your desk.
I think you can make your point, without resorting to racial slurs.
Since most newspapers are online, it isn't that unlikely that a web search would turn up news of his arrest.
I chose Dell 3 times because I am cheap. Which laptop brand would you recommend on quality ?
How is a pertinent comment pointing out the effect of cheap AK-47s flamebait ?. I don't think moderation was intended to give voice to a position.
The purpose of the site seems to be to bring retribution to informants. If there is another aim, I would like to hear of it.
> Most of it has not appreciated, to put it bluntly. If the IRS were to start playing hardball and try to tax you on the sale as Capital Gains, you would play hardball right back and show them your original basis and then the IRS would owe YOU for your loss.
Pure genius.
> If I'm fat and I'm in a heated argument with someone or they attack me verbally and mention that I'm a big fatty in the process - that doesn't make them a "fat-hater".
Yes it does. If someone doesn't have a problem with a given feature or trait they are unlikely to use it as an insult. Even if the traits that are not usually negative, they are framed in such a manner e.g. muscle-bound fool or egg-head. Insults don't work if you admire the trait at the root of the insult.
I think you'll find demand is not that closely tied to salary. Someone working in a high cost of living area is going to earn more than someone in a lower cost of living area, regardless of demand. Likewise the pay in some fields are going to be higher, even if the demand isn't. Simply put, a real estate consultant is going to make more than a software developer.
I think what you are think of is that India, China and other 'over-represented' countries have a special line for permanent residency.
> The average white (caucasian) male American between 15 and 55 is the most discriminated and censored group in the US.
Do you have numbers or data to back up that conjecture ?
You don't actually believe that Muslims are treated with kid gloves in the US ? Do you have a television ? Have you seen "24", "True Lies" or "The Siege" ? What about the #1 radio personality in the US, constantly referring to Arabs as "tow*lheads", or one of your leading politicians objecting to an muslim congressman taking his oath of office on a Koran, or better yet another proposing o "nuke" Mecca. Sorry, but I just don't see this coddling you refer to.
I am not sure why you feel the need to offend people.
>So yes, to Americans the 3,000 coalition deaths are a bit more important than the 650,000 Iraqi deaths.
Something is seriously wrong with you. And anyone else who agrees with your rationale.
Vdare.com is very racist. I propose you read some of Steve Sailer's articles before making the assertion that vdare.com is only slightly racist. If you have, and still made the statement - I would like to point out that most people are not that racist.
In most 'modern' countries trade unions have been instrumental in providing the rights and benefits that you now enjoy, and apparently take for granted. The eight hour day, safe working conditions and child labour laws are some of the benefits we have gained because of trade unions. You seem unable to differentiate between badly run unions and trade unions in general. You also seem unable to comprehend that the scope of a collective bargaining agreement depends on an agreement between the members of the union and management. As such demands are only made if they have support of the union membership.