I'd say shameful joy is just a part of the whole thing. Maybe that's why you say schadenfreude and not just shameful joy.:-)
I guess dachshund is an old term. I never heared anybody say it in German. They were breeded to have short enough legs so they can get into the holes.
I guess a wiener is the only thing they can actually hunt down in in a running-after sense...
...really complex.
And that is why I risk being redundant here, but having read the other comments I got the impression that that really nice word gets off to negative. So...
Yes, it's true, it describes the joy you feel about other peoples misfortunes. I once got told (on German TV) that it is caused by the relieve that something bad that happened to someone else did not happen to you.
That can be something really bad if it happens to someone you dislike. I just felt really good about reading the Microsoft IIS hole gives System-level access article at The Register. This is really bad for Microsoft, but I laughed anyway. Or just because of that. That's one case of Schadenfreude here.
But usually it's the smaller tricks life plays on other people that make you feel this way. Like when you walk along with your buddy, he turns his head to look at 'the woman in the red dress' and bumps into something. Funny.
Or maybe if you sit together with some friends in the evening, and one of them spills wine over that ridiculous Hawaii shirt.
Most classic cartoons work this way. And they're damn funny. I'm sure in every coutry there are TV shows that feature home videos about kids falling off bicycles, dancers slipping and falling to the ground and various other people falling into/off stuff. That is supposed to be funny, too (I think it's not. But if I would have actually been there when these things happened, I would feel Schadenfreude).
But no, it's not funny to watch your best friend being run over by a truck. That would be sick, not Schadenfreude.
German has the advantage that virtually all words can be combined to form a new one. Sometimes they describe certain things pretty well. Some you might heared of are Weltanschauung, Fahrvergnügen, Autobahn, Kaffeeklatsch, Hinterland, Poltergeist. And yes, also the infamous Blitzkrieg. Blitz is lightning, Krieg is war. It is supposed to be a war that is over really quickly...
We use a lot of English words here. We even make up our own! A mobile phone is called 'Handy' in German. We have Showmasters. I have no idea why we do this. But you call a 'Dackel' Dachshund, don't you?
... bring your own mouse and that mouse pad.
why not? the pcs are there to keep everything equal, and to make life easyer for the players. I believe the balance would be shifted more if they would NOT allow people to bring their own input devices, as there would be some lucky ones who just happen to be used to the ones provided.
I can't seem to find Germany in the previous posts, so...
Restrictive laws:
Like German laws in other areas of life, you must not publish Nazi propaganda or child pornography.
Encryption is ok, even supported by the government.
We have a discussion about some proposal that would force ISPs and communication providers in general (like all the Telcos) so save connection data (like who called who when, who had what IP when and so on) for up to six months. But then, other parts of the government actively support projects like the Java Anon Proxy (click "English" on the top right).
So, besides Nazi propaganda restrictions, it's pretty much like in the US, which gladly hosts the Nazi propaganda for us.
Oh, and downloading mp3s via napster & co for private use is legal, if uploading is is uncertain.
Quality of service:
I have an aDSL connction, 768kb/s downstream and 128 up. That's some 30$/month alltogether (incl. unlimited data transfer). However, the infrastructure has yet to be build in some areas.
Alternatives are ISDN or satellite. Hardly anybody has cablemodem access. And that Powerline stuff (connection via powerline, most obviously) in quite new and again, the infrastructure has to be build (but of course the cables are already there).
Then, of course you can connect via your mobile, 9.6k with standart GSM available virtually anywhere, GPRS (depends on your mobile, >ISDN), or just wait for UMTS which will give you up to 2MBit/s on your mobile in abut 2 years (if you can afford it - the Telcos paid some $50Billion for the licences alltogether).
yugop always shows flash at it's very best. i don't know if the old version can still be found, it was hard to believe this was flash 4.
however, the new version stands up to the high expectations one has when regularily dropping by.
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yes, you can. trust me, I am german and I used to play it a lot when it was new.
But seriously, you're right, it's illegal because of all those swastikas and (that might surprise you) because you shoot people in the game. That's why you shoot monsters in so many games. In some countries shooting people is considered not politically correct.
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Most goverments in Europe are socialist and they try anything to stop the right wing from becoming a credible opposition. Even moderate right wing parties are blacklisted and persecuted.
like what government? like what party?
I live in Europe and can't think of any. Yugoslavia was the last european country with a real socialist government. And they just elected a new one.
We have are highly controversal discussion here in Germany about blacklisting the NPD (National 'Democratic' Party). It's the first time since the 50s, and the process is very hard to do, takes long and is of uncertain outcome.
And the NPD is not moderate right wing, but very extreme. Plus, and that makes the process possible, they fail to meet one of the riquironments for germany parties, being democraticly organised.
You just don't know what you are talking about.
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When I surf the Internet I am often shocked about the views Americans have about matters of the outside world. It often seems stupid and ignorant.
But then, I think about the cultural differences. You (Americans) should try to see these differences, too. You are NOT setting the world standarts in everything.
It's true, freedom of speach is important, no matter where you are and what your opinion is. But, first of all, the distribution of nazi propaganda is illegal in Germany, and Bertelsmann is a german company and is simply breaking german laws when they permit nazi propaganda on Napster.
Second, not all Germans were Nazis, quite a number of them had to suffer under the Nazis as well, and are still living in Germany. I don't even want to imagine how someone who survived a KZ must feel if he or she passes an open window and some dumb nazi skinhead is loudly playing the Horst Wessel Lied inside. Or songs that glorify the nazis, call for another nazi revolution or simply tell people to kill jews or foreigners.
That's a poblem that is specific for Germany and the formerly nazi occupied parts of Europe.
Another thing I should mention is that one of the major goals of the german constitution is stability of the democracy. Germany had a VERY liberal constitution in the Weimar Republic which led to the Third Reich in less than 20 years. Bearing that in mind a number of defence mechanisms were build in the new one. Fighting anti democratic movements while they are small is part of it. Try to see some historical backgrounds.
Generally spoken, people in Europe are not more or less free in what they say and do than in America. They just have different freedoms. People are not offended by certain words on TV, and ads are not banned for nudity. In Germany, beer is legal when you're 16, in the Netherlands and Switzerland you are free to buy marijuana and no european country has capital punishment. You can often smoke in public places! Everybody has health care and if you can't find a job the government will pay for your living. You don't have to pay for universities, and if your parents can't support you financially (housing, food, clothes) than the government will do that. You can drink in public.
But you are not allowed to spread anti democratic propaganda in some European countries.
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I guess dachshund is an old term. I never heared anybody say it in German. They were breeded to have short enough legs so they can get into the holes.
I guess a wiener is the only thing they can actually hunt down in in a running-after sense...
And that is why I risk being redundant here, but having read the other comments I got the impression that that really nice word gets off to negative. So...
Yes, it's true, it describes the joy you feel about other peoples misfortunes. I once got told (on German TV) that it is caused by the relieve that something bad that happened to someone else did not happen to you.
That can be something really bad if it happens to someone you dislike. I just felt really good about reading the Microsoft IIS hole gives System-level access article at The Register. This is really bad for Microsoft, but I laughed anyway. Or just because of that. That's one case of Schadenfreude here.
But usually it's the smaller tricks life plays on other people that make you feel this way. Like when you walk along with your buddy, he turns his head to look at 'the woman in the red dress' and bumps into something. Funny.
Or maybe if you sit together with some friends in the evening, and one of them spills wine over that ridiculous Hawaii shirt.
Most classic cartoons work this way. And they're damn funny. I'm sure in every coutry there are TV shows that feature home videos about kids falling off bicycles, dancers slipping and falling to the ground and various other people falling into/off stuff. That is supposed to be funny, too (I think it's not. But if I would have actually been there when these things happened, I would feel Schadenfreude).
But no, it's not funny to watch your best friend being run over by a truck. That would be sick, not Schadenfreude.
German has the advantage that virtually all words can be combined to form a new one. Sometimes they describe certain things pretty well. Some you might heared of are Weltanschauung, Fahrvergnügen, Autobahn, Kaffeeklatsch, Hinterland, Poltergeist. And yes, also the infamous Blitzkrieg. Blitz is lightning, Krieg is war. It is supposed to be a war that is over really quickly...
We use a lot of English words here. We even make up our own! A mobile phone is called 'Handy' in German. We have Showmasters. I have no idea why we do this. But you call a 'Dackel' Dachshund, don't you?
... bring your own mouse and that mouse pad.
why not? the pcs are there to keep everything equal, and to make life easyer for the players.
I believe the balance would be shifted more if they would NOT allow people to bring their own input devices, as there would be some lucky ones who just happen to be used to the ones provided.
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Restrictive laws:
Like German laws in other areas of life, you must not publish Nazi propaganda or child pornography.
Encryption is ok, even supported by the government.
We have a discussion about some proposal that would force ISPs and communication providers in general (like all the Telcos) so save connection data (like who called who when, who had what IP when and so on) for up to six months. But then, other parts of the government actively support projects like the Java Anon Proxy (click "English" on the top right).
So, besides Nazi propaganda restrictions, it's pretty much like in the US, which gladly hosts the Nazi propaganda for us.
Oh, and downloading mp3s via napster & co for private use is legal, if uploading is is uncertain.
Quality of service:
I have an aDSL connction, 768kb/s downstream and 128 up. That's some 30$/month alltogether (incl. unlimited data transfer). However, the infrastructure has yet to be build in some areas.
Alternatives are ISDN or satellite. Hardly anybody has cablemodem access. And that Powerline stuff (connection via powerline, most obviously) in quite new and again, the infrastructure has to be build (but of course the cables are already there).
Then, of course you can connect via your mobile, 9.6k with standart GSM available virtually anywhere, GPRS (depends on your mobile, >ISDN), or just wait for UMTS which will give you up to 2MBit/s on your mobile in abut 2 years (if you can afford it - the Telcos paid some $50Billion for the licences alltogether).
The rest of the EU is pretty much alike.
yugop always shows flash at it's very best.
i don't know if the old version can still be found, it was hard to believe this was flash 4.
however, the new version stands up to the high expectations one has when regularily dropping by.
eom
But seriously, you're right, it's illegal because of all those swastikas and (that might surprise you) because you shoot people in the game. That's why you shoot monsters in so many games.
In some countries shooting people is considered not politically correct.
I live in Europe and can't think of any. Yugoslavia was the last european country with a real socialist government. And they just elected a new one.
We have are highly controversal discussion here in Germany about blacklisting the NPD (National 'Democratic' Party). It's the first time since the 50s, and the process is very hard to do, takes long and is of uncertain outcome.
And the NPD is not moderate right wing, but very extreme. Plus, and that makes the process possible, they fail to meet one of the riquironments for germany parties, being democraticly organised.
You just don't know what you are talking about.
But then, I think about the cultural differences. You (Americans) should try to see these differences, too. You are NOT setting the world standarts in everything.
It's true, freedom of speach is important, no matter where you are and what your opinion is.
But, first of all, the distribution of nazi propaganda is illegal in Germany, and Bertelsmann is a german company and is simply breaking german laws when they permit nazi propaganda on Napster.
Second, not all Germans were Nazis, quite a number of them had to suffer under the Nazis as well, and are still living in Germany. I don't even want to imagine how someone who survived a KZ must feel if he or she passes an open window and some dumb nazi skinhead is loudly playing the Horst Wessel Lied inside. Or songs that glorify the nazis, call for another nazi revolution or simply tell people to kill jews or foreigners. That's a poblem that is specific for Germany and the formerly nazi occupied parts of Europe.
Another thing I should mention is that one of the major goals of the german constitution is stability of the democracy. Germany had a VERY liberal constitution in the Weimar Republic which led to the Third Reich in less than 20 years. Bearing that in mind a number of defence mechanisms were build in the new one. Fighting anti democratic movements while they are small is part of it. Try to see some historical backgrounds.
Generally spoken, people in Europe are not more or less free in what they say and do than in America. They just have different freedoms.
People are not offended by certain words on TV, and ads are not banned for nudity. In Germany, beer is legal when you're 16, in the Netherlands and Switzerland you are free to buy marijuana and no european country has capital punishment. You can often smoke in public places! Everybody has health care and if you can't find a job the government will pay for your living. You don't have to pay for universities, and if your parents can't support you financially (housing, food, clothes) than the government will do that. You can drink in public.
But you are not allowed to spread anti democratic propaganda in some European countries.