Not being Catholic, I can't respond fairly to this particular set of questions, though you do raise some interesting points. I fail to see, however, how the minutiae of doctrine somehow cause the entire perspective to be somehow unworthy of consideration.
When you want to have a real philosophical discussion, do you seek out New Age believers who have faith in the power of crystals? People who believe you can communicate with the dead? Conspiracy theorists who think the world is run by a secret cabal of Jew bankers?
The Pope is the middle one.
Last I heard, the Catholic Church actually took a very strong stance against communicating with the dead. Something about being witchcraft or something.
I'm not referring to words or phrases lost in translation...I'm talking about things like King James versions, etc.
The King James Version is a translation. The KJV-only folks actually hold that this translation is more authoritative than the original texts. This doesn't make much sense to anyone else.
You, as well as whoever modded you up, is falling to the logical "genetic fallacy"; dismissing any arguments he has simply because of where it came from and his other beliefs and teachings.
I never said that I agreed with the practice I spoke of; frankly, I don't. I was merely observing that a lot of people on Slashdot do it. There are those who agree with him, there's the "Pope = religious = LOLDERP" crowd, and there are those who agree with him for more well-thought-out reasons. The second group, however, seems to be by far the largest around these parts.
Maybe elsewhere too, but I can't be as certain. It's got very strong associations in Japan, though. The Cho Aniki series is probably the most famous example outside Japan of how this works, but Persona 4 also has an interesting example, and Wii fans can get more than they probably ever wanted to see by downloading Muscle March.
This is also true. FFX-2 is actually quite a good game, if you can get past all the friggin fanservice. Unfortunately, said fanservice is so pervasive and damaging that many people can't bring themselves to play, and it's taken to such a ridiculous level that it's hard to blame them for not being able to do so. One of the characters actually wears more clothing during the hot-springs scene than she does for most of the game.
Just for a quick bit of info, from what I understand in the Japanese culture the effeminate looking bishounen (prettyboy) with the heart-shaped face is actually an ideal of masculinity. The massive square-jawed body-builder a la Zangief is actually their stereotype for gay.
Not quite. Although bishounen are considered an ideal of beauty, they aren't considered an ideal of masculinity, per se. That has a different archetype with its own name (otokomae), and it's much more similar to what most Westerners consider manly (though there are still some cultural differences, of course). To give some examples in FF terms (specifically FF6), Edgar is a bishounen while Sabin (Mash, if you go by Japanese naming) is otokomae.
You're right about hyper-muscular bodybuilders being a gay stereotype in Japan, though.
This article would seem to argue that the general public isn't all that much better than those in power over them. And could it really be any different in a democracy, where the government amounts to a reflection of the people? I mean, it still sucks less than every other form of governance yet devised, but it has no magical anti-corruption powers.
This. IE6 won't die until XP dies; even though IE7 and IE8 run on XP as well, there will always be people who Just Won't Upgrade.
Even if IE6 eventually does die before XP, IE8 certainly won't, since IE9 can't run on XP. This is why Microsoft really should have added XP support to IE9.
The idea behind Wikileaks is a good one, but Assange has an agenda (as the Collateral Murder site clearly showed). I hope these people are heading off to form their own organization, with perhaps something closer to neutrality.
Getting Linux into users hands with convenient, easy-to-use installers, providing support, etc. = Not Valuable
That seems to be the gist of the article, and is one case where some members of the OSS community have really lost sight of something important: code is not the only thing projects need. It is true that Canonical hasn't done particularly much in the way of code, but it has found other ways to pull its weight, particularly in terms of user support. And pull its weight it most certainly does. Whether or not it does more than other companies, I can't say: you can't measure it like you could lines of code or number of applications. But it is grossly unfair to call it parasitic: it does things that frankly nobody else is bothering to do on the scale that Canonical does it. It has earned treatment as an equal to the more established players, even if it fulfills a very different function from them.
How many sites use custom fonts? How many of those sites are not tied to IE? How many sites require SVG font support? How many sites require a custom font and font don't use the WOFF? format?
Slightly fewer than used CSS3 selectors or any aspect of SVG other than fonts prior to their widespread implementation. Yet these were eventually implemented, because it makes no sense to use something that hasn't been implemented. Likewise with SVG fonts: implementation has to precede use.
100% ACID3 compliance doesn't mean it's fully standards compliant. Chrome is 100% compliant but one check at quirksmode.org and you'll see that it doesn't support some CSS 3 features properly, like 'content', while Firefox supports those same features properly.
Of course Acid3 doesn't mean full compliance. It does, however, establish a bare minimum baseline: one Firefox doesn't cross, and which IE now feels justified in not crossing largely because Firefox doesn't cross it.
Unfortunately, Firefox's stubborn refusal to pass Acid3 legitimizes IE9's stubborn refusal to do the same. The dev team needs to swallow its pride and implement the standards.
Until we can synthesize Wertham in his time, he will be demonized by historians for changing the comic-book industry and affecting the way generations of adults see comic books.
And why should an enemy of freedom such as this man not be demonized? The trauma this man has inflicted on American media culture -such that entire media are still seen, more than 50 years later, as fit only for children- should be viewed with no other lens than pure, unadulterated contempt. There is nothing wrong with demonizing a demon.
I've also gotten into fountain pens. I didn't cramp up the way you did unless I was writing nonstop for a very long time, but I didn't like how I was getting out of practice with writing, and my handwriting had never been as good as I really would like it to be. The fountain pen has helped me practice: I have a Neat Tool to write with, and taking notes on paper gives me an excuse to use it.
I still say that Apple should have come up with a counter-commercial, showing Win95 crashes, driver annoyances, and other problems, all to the tune of "I Can't Get No Satisfaction."
*PS, do you guys actually call it American? Don't get me wrong, its your call and everything, I'm not one to interfere with your culture and all. It just seems really cheesey, as if American is so different from all other Englishes that we couldn't possibly understand you.
The only time I've ever heard it called that was by Big Bird, and I suspect that this was intended to portray naivete as opposed to any actual jingoism or imperialism (which aren't exactly how Sesame Street rolls).
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Not being Catholic, I can't respond fairly to this particular set of questions, though you do raise some interesting points. I fail to see, however, how the minutiae of doctrine somehow cause the entire perspective to be somehow unworthy of consideration.
When you want to have a real philosophical discussion, do you seek out New Age believers who have faith in the power of crystals? People who believe you can communicate with the dead? Conspiracy theorists who think the world is run by a secret cabal of Jew bankers?
The Pope is the middle one.
Last I heard, the Catholic Church actually took a very strong stance against communicating with the dead. Something about being witchcraft or something.
I'm not referring to words or phrases lost in translation...I'm talking about things like King James versions, etc.
The King James Version is a translation. The KJV-only folks actually hold that this translation is more authoritative than the original texts. This doesn't make much sense to anyone else.
You, as well as whoever modded you up, is falling to the logical "genetic fallacy"; dismissing any arguments he has simply because of where it came from and his other beliefs and teachings.
I never said that I agreed with the practice I spoke of; frankly, I don't. I was merely observing that a lot of people on Slashdot do it. There are those who agree with him, there's the "Pope = religious = LOLDERP" crowd, and there are those who agree with him for more well-thought-out reasons. The second group, however, seems to be by far the largest around these parts.
Among large parts of the Slashdot crowd, the fact that he's not an atheist is enough to disqualify his viewpoint from any kind of respect.
Maybe elsewhere too, but I can't be as certain. It's got very strong associations in Japan, though. The Cho Aniki series is probably the most famous example outside Japan of how this works, but Persona 4 also has an interesting example, and Wii fans can get more than they probably ever wanted to see by downloading Muscle March.
This is also true. FFX-2 is actually quite a good game, if you can get past all the friggin fanservice. Unfortunately, said fanservice is so pervasive and damaging that many people can't bring themselves to play, and it's taken to such a ridiculous level that it's hard to blame them for not being able to do so. One of the characters actually wears more clothing during the hot-springs scene than she does for most of the game.
Nitpick: Celes from FFVI was the one who attempted suicide, not Rosa from FFIV.
Just for a quick bit of info, from what I understand in the Japanese culture the effeminate looking bishounen (prettyboy) with the heart-shaped face is actually an ideal of masculinity. The massive square-jawed body-builder a la Zangief is actually their stereotype for gay.
Not quite. Although bishounen are considered an ideal of beauty, they aren't considered an ideal of masculinity, per se. That has a different archetype with its own name (otokomae), and it's much more similar to what most Westerners consider manly (though there are still some cultural differences, of course). To give some examples in FF terms (specifically FF6), Edgar is a bishounen while Sabin (Mash, if you go by Japanese naming) is otokomae.
You're right about hyper-muscular bodybuilders being a gay stereotype in Japan, though.
This article would seem to argue that the general public isn't all that much better than those in power over them. And could it really be any different in a democracy, where the government amounts to a reflection of the people? I mean, it still sucks less than every other form of governance yet devised, but it has no magical anti-corruption powers.
This. IE6 won't die until XP dies; even though IE7 and IE8 run on XP as well, there will always be people who Just Won't Upgrade.
Even if IE6 eventually does die before XP, IE8 certainly won't, since IE9 can't run on XP. This is why Microsoft really should have added XP support to IE9.
It was illegal for a time, but those laws were later repealed.
The idea behind Wikileaks is a good one, but Assange has an agenda (as the Collateral Murder site clearly showed). I hope these people are heading off to form their own organization, with perhaps something closer to neutrality.
This. If this turns out to be a usable loophole that will let me continue to run my lava lamp, then I propose nominating these folks for sainthood.
So we can see the thought process here:
Developing Linux Kernel = Valuable
Getting Linux into users hands with convenient, easy-to-use installers, providing support, etc. = Not Valuable
That seems to be the gist of the article, and is one case where some members of the OSS community have really lost sight of something important: code is not the only thing projects need. It is true that Canonical hasn't done particularly much in the way of code, but it has found other ways to pull its weight, particularly in terms of user support. And pull its weight it most certainly does. Whether or not it does more than other companies, I can't say: you can't measure it like you could lines of code or number of applications. But it is grossly unfair to call it parasitic: it does things that frankly nobody else is bothering to do on the scale that Canonical does it. It has earned treatment as an equal to the more established players, even if it fulfills a very different function from them.
How many sites use custom fonts? How many of those sites are not tied to IE? How many sites require SVG font support? How many sites require a custom font and font don't use the WOFF? format?
Slightly fewer than used CSS3 selectors or any aspect of SVG other than fonts prior to their widespread implementation. Yet these were eventually implemented, because it makes no sense to use something that hasn't been implemented. Likewise with SVG fonts: implementation has to precede use.
Supporting multiple font formats, both standard, is not an unreasonable request, especially not when Forefox's own developers admit that it would be "easy" to add.
What, 97% ACID3 compliance ain't good enough for you?
Not when other browsers go the full distance. Not when Firefox's own developers admit that it would be easy to add.
100% ACID3 compliance doesn't mean it's fully standards compliant. Chrome is 100% compliant but one check at quirksmode.org and you'll see that it doesn't support some CSS 3 features properly, like 'content', while Firefox supports those same features properly.
Of course Acid3 doesn't mean full compliance. It does, however, establish a bare minimum baseline: one Firefox doesn't cross, and which IE now feels justified in not crossing largely because Firefox doesn't cross it.
Unfortunately, Firefox's stubborn refusal to pass Acid3 legitimizes IE9's stubborn refusal to do the same. The dev team needs to swallow its pride and implement the standards.
If this article is any indication, it sounds like Will Farrell and Chris Kattan should be the most irresistible men on the planet.
Baby, don't hurt me
Don't hurt me no more
Just you watch; the way this thing's going, it'll released just in time to put it in a bundle with Duke Nukem Forever.
Oh, wait...
And why should an enemy of freedom such as this man not be demonized? The trauma this man has inflicted on American media culture -such that entire media are still seen, more than 50 years later, as fit only for children- should be viewed with no other lens than pure, unadulterated contempt. There is nothing wrong with demonizing a demon.
I've also gotten into fountain pens. I didn't cramp up the way you did unless I was writing nonstop for a very long time, but I didn't like how I was getting out of practice with writing, and my handwriting had never been as good as I really would like it to be. The fountain pen has helped me practice: I have a Neat Tool to write with, and taking notes on paper gives me an excuse to use it.
Great stuff; I highly recommend it.
I still say that Apple should have come up with a counter-commercial, showing Win95 crashes, driver annoyances, and other problems, all to the tune of "I Can't Get No Satisfaction."
The only time I've ever heard it called that was by Big Bird, and I suspect that this was intended to portray naivete as opposed to any actual jingoism or imperialism (which aren't exactly how Sesame Street rolls).