I had high hopes for this about 20 minutes ago, when, aside from redubbing into English (and likely changed lyrics, but I don't fault them on songs), the intro was completely intact (including the Japanese title).
I should have known it would be bad when they changed one of the first lines, "It's my fault" to "It was an accident".
It seems they changed about 1/2 to 2/3 of the lines, at least. And not just little grammar changes, I'm talking completely different lines.
2. you can give money if you can't give blood. its easy too. I don't know about other places but hear in southeastern virginia you can go to Food Lion (local big box grocery store) at the register there are 1$, 3$, and 5$ coupons that can be scanned and add the amount to your bill. instantly you've given the red cross money to help.
In central Texas (Austin at least, I'm not sure exactly how far out in which directions they have stores), I believe H.E.B. grocery stores have something like this as well. I don't know how effective this is in comparison to other ways of helping, but heck, it's better than nothing, and its very easy, especially if you're going to the grocery store anyway.
Unfortunately, I can see how MS is willing to do this, despite those points:
"Linux is good enough for them to worry about" For things like "intellectual property" or whatever Microsoft is calling it this week, it doesn't really matter who's bigger, especially if both parties are competitors.
"They publicise the fact the Linux has NTFS support" True, but they do it in an "but it shouldn't and our lawyers will make it go away so don't count on it" way. If they think they can get away with it, not something they'll worry overmuch about.
"They publicise Linux in general" Heh, with all the media attention Linux has been getting (it's getting so the average reporter even knows how to say it), the term "a drop in the bucket" comes to mind. ^_^
"They unleash thousands of press articles on how Microsoft is scared and is having to rely on lawsuits to compete." Exactly! As has been stated before (though in slightly different context), "See, we're not a monopoly!"
I'm certainly not defending their actions; I think it's a pretty stupid thing for them to do. But I do see, sort of, why they're trying it. --
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I had high hopes for this about 20 minutes ago, when, aside from redubbing into English (and likely changed lyrics, but I don't fault them on songs), the intro was completely intact (including the Japanese title).
I should have known it would be bad when they changed one of the first lines, "It's my fault" to "It was an accident".
It seems they changed about 1/2 to 2/3 of the lines, at least. And not just little grammar changes, I'm talking completely different lines.
Plus, Kuwabara's voice just sucks.
2. you can give money if you can't give blood. its easy too. I don't know about other places but hear in southeastern virginia you can go to Food Lion (local big box grocery store) at the register there are 1$, 3$, and 5$ coupons that can be scanned and add the amount to your bill. instantly you've given the red cross money to help.
In central Texas (Austin at least, I'm not sure exactly how far out in which directions they have stores), I believe H.E.B. grocery stores have something like this as well. I don't know how effective this is in comparison to other ways of helping, but heck, it's better than nothing, and its very easy, especially if you're going to the grocery store anyway.
- "Linux is good enough for them to worry about"
- "They publicise the fact the Linux has NTFS support"
- "They publicise Linux in general"
- "They unleash thousands of press articles on how Microsoft is scared and is having to rely on lawsuits to compete."
I'm certainly not defending their actions; I think it's a pretty stupid thing for them to do. But I do see, sort of, why they're trying it.For things like "intellectual property" or whatever Microsoft is calling it this week, it doesn't really matter who's bigger, especially if both parties are competitors.
True, but they do it in an "but it shouldn't and our lawyers will make it go away so don't count on it" way. If they think they can get away with it, not something they'll worry overmuch about.
Heh, with all the media attention Linux has been getting (it's getting so the average reporter even knows how to say it), the term "a drop in the bucket" comes to mind. ^_^
Exactly! As has been stated before (though in slightly different context), "See, we're not a monopoly!"
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