motto of the "the nail that sticks up highest gets hammered down first"
the reason why there even is anime/hentai at all is becuase the japanese are so insanely socially repressive that people needed an outlet
they are also allowed to go into public centers and be unruly but only during set hours.
in japan someone killing someone while you are drunk is rarely prosecuted, only a society pushed to the brink would allow that kind of ingrained escapism.
notice how the opposite is true in America, here everyone pretends to be happy all the time which is funny when it directly contradicts mass polling that clearly shows us as being one of the most miserable nations on earth, and with the higest work hours (the average american works 300 more hours a year than the average japanese, think about that)
i swear to fucking god this week has been either a troll fiesta or the average/. reader is getting insanely myopic and embarassingly ignorant
Japan is *totally* controlled by big business, they dictate every aspect of life; try reading some books instead of listening to your highschool friends.
They're also one of hte strictest socities on Earth, notoriously cut-throat in teh schooling to get them ready for the same pace at work where their jobs dictate everything from making them do calestenics in teh morning to being forced to out drinking wth teh boss at night
this s a country that doesn't allow PUBES IN PORNO maybe by not overbearing you meant they're not overtly raping and torturing people like hussein's iraq (although they probably do it in secret like hteir US allies)
btw they RIAA doesn't do anything special, their business model is to sue people and then hope they settle out of court for the $3k extortion fee
luckily there are people fighting these lawsuits but they have deep pockets
the next time you think to yourself "gee i wish i could have a business model like the RIAA" remember that is the equivalent of wanting to live in a digital Stalin's russia and then starve yourself to death accordingly and spare the rest of hte world
notice its almost always megacorporations that do all the souless shit, that's because no one person is responsible and they all hide behind the company name to front their own agendas of power lust and money hunger
there was a time where american individualism didn't mean fucking your brother over, ask the ww2 vets what they think of america now.
and yet it is the baby boomer culture dominated by greed and Mine that they created, their spoiled 2.5 children who grew up in perfect cookie cutter houses, who were taught that equality has to mean everyone acts/thinks/is the same way when in fact that is the exact opposite of everything america was/is supposed to stand for. our monoculture is japanese in its ruthless oppression of dissenting views from the norm, and they are enforced through our "justice" system which is nothing more htan people trying inflict their own "morality" on others. notice that what is right and wrong changes with teh times (it was socially acceptable to burn witches/homosexuals/blacks all at one time or another here) but the fact the gov't holds a gun to your head to tell you waht's right and wrong does not.
i can use the xbox to pirate xbox games with a ps/2 you need a dvd burner and the ethernet add-on
most people know you can mod both of the systems tehy just don't know how, every computer geek i know has a modded xbox (because its a pc, myself being the exception) and by extension all the people they know that they sell the service too (ie joe public) know that they can buy the xbox and if they feel like dropping another $100 they can get endless rental-fee priced games from blockbuster or free ones from the net
the point is that its a status symbol, notice that you can buy a $50 cellphone and a $700+ cellphone
they do basically the same things give or take a camera or whatever
enter the ipod, they weren't first they aren't last, they're sleek and people are buying into a lifestyle so that people will see it and think "wow look how cool and trendy and rich they are, i wish i could be like that(have one of those)" THAT is where Apple capitalizes on the Beat the Jones ticket
so yes M$ will sell a billion of these but no it won't be killing the ipod just like the pc didn't kill the mac its an IMAGE its more than a music player
your competitors, that is called "dumping" and it's illegal
they've already admitted to doing it with teh xbox, notice the DoJ still busy with shadowy "terrorists" without hands while king kong's monster nuts roll over every competitor in every other market
i wonder if these are the same people who want one world gov't also
when will walmart/M$/aoltimewarner merger be so i can sign up for my beast-marking discount card
the sad part is the most vocal people here will probably buy one.
disclaimer: no i dont' have any fucking handhelds for my music, i still burn cds to listen to in my car from mp3s, call me a luddite
the reason its' so popular is the same reason that windows is
because there are TONS OF PIRATED GAMES OUT THERE AND ITS EASY TO PIRATE YOUR OWN (once you get some geek to mod it), in addition to that the hacked firmware and tools people have provided make one desireable. and contrary to popular belief there are even good titles out there, we're talking about M$ here they have some muscle a new gaming console market entree (ie phantom) doesn't have so they get good titles, go play Ninja Gaiden and dont take a shower for a week like me.
having said all that its too much work for me to fuck with, i play pc games, i'm just talking about friends i know and why they have them
M$ loses money on the consoles, if you pirate the games they lose out there too, what they're doing is getting a foothold with which to kill Sony/Nintendo first THEN extend their grasp to kill the PC market using these hybrid monsters as well
and lets not forget how easy it is to get cracked/pirated versions of everything
if the BSA or anyone else actually enforced the anti-piracy laws OSS would take off like a rocket.
naturally i'm glda they don't, and M$'s more or less lax stance (they've disabled all of what, a handful of the most pirated keys?)
suggests they aren't entirely blind to the fact that most of their market dominance has been due the proliferation of free and highly discounted products as well as getting in bed with universities and whatnot...
what they have in place is only good enough to stop joe six pack in teh USA who doesn't really care what percentage of the price of his new dell the OS constitutes and who gets stuck with a shitty home version of xp
and if they would let them write about what they want
i bet that would improve the substance and quality of handed in essays exponentially as well as cut out 95% of the existing ones by virtue of them not being written at the last second on something no one but the professor cares about
not to mention how many shady (china) nations there are out there working on some kind of opposite
lets not forget both gov't and medicine have more money than 2 college kids to develop these things, of course there is nothing you can do about it so just live with the threat of another horrible death over your head today like any other; thought i'd spread some midsummer cheer =)
Would you, kind post reader, please reply with with your various passwords and any other related identification needed to access whatever said passwords guard?
I'd also like a pony, and a million dollars, and to rub britney the right way.
PS There's milk and cookies in it for you if you're so inclined and travel by reindeer
myopia creeps into slashdot, which is avoiding much bigger problems like the RENEWAL OF THE PATRIOT ACT. New polls shows BUSH WINNING this would be the same guy under whose totalitarian police state the constitution has been totally ignored.
The RIAA and MPAA are a microcosm of how this is playing out on a larger field, one that transcends the ephemeral bullshit that spews forth unrelentingly on slashdot every fucking day. I guess news that matters to me includes news that affects how people are ALLOWED TO LIVE THEIR EVERY DAY LIVES.
(note: no one can, if you need proof look at the prison system, god doesn't punish people, people do)
If you go to UCLA or any other spineless corporate whore-stringed puppet that claims to educate people that is instituting these bullshit policies I suggest you organize student groups and educate people about how they're being policed on the public networks their tuitions are paying for by mercenary media armies of misguided self-righteous scum fucks.
This is a symptom not a problem, the problem is the ELECTION WHICH IS COMING UP; you know hte one with the only one candidate that has two different names and is going to create WWIII no matter what.
oh yea i can feel the flamebait coming. "What's that? THOU HAST OFFENDED MY DELICATE SLASHDOT EARS, I DISAGREE SO YOU'RE WRONG." final tally -42 Truth
Slashdot Mirror
motto of the "the nail that sticks up highest gets hammered down first"
the reason why there even is anime/hentai at all is becuase the japanese are so insanely socially repressive that people needed an outlet
they are also allowed to go into public centers and be unruly but only during set hours.
in japan someone killing someone while you are drunk is rarely prosecuted, only a society pushed to the brink would allow that kind of ingrained escapism.
notice how the opposite is true in America, here everyone pretends to be happy all the time which is funny when it directly contradicts mass polling that clearly shows us as being one of the most miserable nations on earth, and with the higest work hours (the average american works 300 more hours a year than the average japanese, think about that)
the word KIRETSU CAME FROM RIGHT?
/. reader is getting insanely myopic and embarassingly ignorant
i swear to fucking god this week has been either a troll fiesta or the average
Japan is *totally* controlled by big business, they dictate every aspect of life; try reading some books instead of listening to your highschool friends.
They're also one of hte strictest socities on Earth, notoriously cut-throat in teh schooling to get them ready for the same pace at work where their jobs dictate everything from making them do calestenics in teh morning to being forced to out drinking wth teh boss at night
this s a country that doesn't allow PUBES IN PORNO
maybe by not overbearing you meant they're not overtly raping and torturing people like hussein's iraq (although they probably do it in secret like hteir US allies)
get modded up as insightful
btw they RIAA doesn't do anything special, their business model is to sue people and then hope they settle out of court for the $3k extortion fee
luckily there are people fighting these lawsuits but they have deep pockets
the next time you think to yourself "gee i wish i could have a business model like the RIAA" remember that is the equivalent of wanting to live in a digital Stalin's russia and then starve yourself to death accordingly and spare the rest of hte world
let me help, from dict.org:
altruism
n : the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
emphasis mine
left over
i hope they have charcoal seat cushions
cause it sure as fuck isn't comcast
its jsut a matter of scale
notice its almost always megacorporations that do all the souless shit, that's because no one person is responsible and they all hide behind the company name to front their own agendas of power lust and money hunger
there was a time where american individualism didn't mean fucking your brother over, ask the ww2 vets what they think of america now.
and yet it is the baby boomer culture dominated by greed and Mine that they created, their spoiled 2.5 children who grew up in perfect cookie cutter houses, who were taught that equality has to mean everyone acts/thinks/is the same way when in fact that is the exact opposite of everything america was/is supposed to stand for. our monoculture is japanese in its ruthless oppression of dissenting views from the norm, and they are enforced through our "justice" system which is nothing more htan people trying inflict their own "morality" on others. notice that what is right and wrong changes with teh times (it was socially acceptable to burn witches/homosexuals/blacks all at one time or another here) but the fact the gov't holds a gun to your head to tell you waht's right and wrong does not.
(/rant)
with chinese embassy maps
what, it was about terrorists right? who's taken away more of your freedom, bin laden or ashcroft?
yea you can but its not nearly as easy
i can use the xbox to pirate xbox games with a ps/2 you need a dvd burner and the ethernet add-on
most people know you can mod both of the systems tehy just don't know how, every computer geek i know has a modded xbox (because its a pc, myself being the exception) and by extension all the people they know that they sell the service too (ie joe public) know that they can buy the xbox and if they feel like dropping another $100 they can get endless rental-fee priced games from blockbuster or free ones from the net
the point is that its a status symbol, notice that you can buy a $50 cellphone and a $700+ cellphone
they do basically the same things give or take a camera or whatever
enter the ipod, they weren't first they aren't last, they're sleek and people are buying into a lifestyle so that people will see it and think "wow look how cool and trendy and rich they are, i wish i could be like that(have one of those)"
THAT is where Apple capitalizes on the Beat the Jones ticket
so yes M$ will sell a billion of these but no it won't be killing the ipod just like the pc didn't kill the mac its an IMAGE its more than a music player
which microsoft STILL is selling at a loss and is basically designed a stealth PC killing pill
and also has a 10 gb drive in it, i think they can pull this off easily and they're probably not even involved i bet they contracted it out
what i really want to know is what happened to bill gates
do you people remember when he included BASIC on every machine becuase he wanted EVERYONE to be programmers?
where is that gates? why can't i program the computer in english using my voice yet? are you out there bill?
your competitors, that is called "dumping" and it's illegal
they've already admitted to doing it with teh xbox, notice the DoJ still busy with shadowy "terrorists" without hands while king kong's monster nuts roll over every competitor in every other market
i wonder if these are the same people who want one world gov't also
when will walmart/M$/aoltimewarner merger be so i can sign up for my beast-marking discount card
the sad part is the most vocal people here will probably buy one.
disclaimer: no i dont' have any fucking handhelds for my music, i still burn cds to listen to in my car from mp3s, call me a luddite
the reason its' so popular is the same reason that windows is
because there are TONS OF PIRATED GAMES OUT THERE AND ITS EASY TO PIRATE YOUR OWN (once you get some geek to mod it), in addition to that the hacked firmware and tools people have provided make one desireable. and contrary to popular belief there are even good titles out there, we're talking about M$ here they have some muscle a new gaming console market entree (ie phantom) doesn't have so they get good titles, go play Ninja Gaiden and dont take a shower for a week like me.
having said all that its too much work for me to fuck with, i play pc games, i'm just talking about friends i know and why they have them
M$ loses money on the consoles, if you pirate the games they lose out there too, what they're doing is getting a foothold with which to kill Sony/Nintendo first THEN extend their grasp to kill the PC market using these hybrid monsters as well
what are YOU doing besides bitching about people bitching.
and lets not forget how easy it is to get cracked/pirated versions of everything
if the BSA or anyone else actually enforced the anti-piracy laws OSS would take off like a rocket.
naturally i'm glda they don't, and M$'s more or less lax stance (they've disabled all of what, a handful of the most pirated keys?)
suggests they aren't entirely blind to the fact that most of their market dominance has been due the proliferation of free and highly discounted products as well as getting in bed with universities and whatnot...
what they have in place is only good enough to stop joe six pack in teh USA who doesn't really care what percentage of the price of his new dell the OS constitutes and who gets stuck with a shitty home version of xp
what country are you from? this one is run by oil cartels and ashcroftian neo-nazi facism.
and what, with the speed the gov't implements new technologies and standards we'll just leap ahead by bounds all the other tech saavy nations
*cough*
who has that much bandwidth anyway
asking students if they would like to write
and if they would let them write about what they want
i bet that would improve the substance and quality of handed in essays exponentially as well as cut out 95% of the existing ones by virtue of them not being written at the last second on something no one but the professor cares about
not indianans
and not *all* of us have all our money in nascar hardees collector cups either
thank you
--indiana
i know his wife is but rumor has it he had to be forced into making his billion dollar non-profit business just as cut-throat as M$
industry, duh.
not to mention how many shady (china) nations there are out there working on some kind of opposite
lets not forget both gov't and medicine have more money than 2 college kids to develop these things, of course there is nothing you can do about it so just live with the threat of another horrible death over your head today like any other; thought i'd spread some midsummer cheer =)
fair amount of passwords just by asking, (ahem),
Would you, kind post reader, please reply with with your various passwords and any other related identification needed to access whatever said passwords guard?
I'd also like a pony, and a million dollars, and to rub britney the right way.
PS There's milk and cookies in it for you if you're so inclined and travel by reindeer
myopia creeps into slashdot, which is avoiding much bigger problems like the RENEWAL OF THE PATRIOT ACT. New polls shows BUSH WINNING this would be the same guy under whose totalitarian police state the constitution has been totally ignored.
The RIAA and MPAA are a microcosm of how this is playing out on a larger field, one that transcends the ephemeral bullshit that spews forth unrelentingly on slashdot every fucking day. I guess news that matters to me includes news that affects how people are ALLOWED TO LIVE THEIR EVERY DAY LIVES.
(note: no one can, if you need proof look at the prison system, god doesn't punish people, people do)
If you go to UCLA or any other spineless corporate whore-stringed puppet that claims to educate people that is instituting these bullshit policies I suggest you organize student groups and educate people about how they're being policed on the public networks their tuitions are paying for by mercenary media armies of misguided self-righteous scum fucks.
This is a symptom not a problem, the problem is the ELECTION WHICH IS COMING UP; you know hte one with the only one candidate that has two different names and is going to create WWIII no matter what.
oh yea i can feel the flamebait coming. "What's that? THOU HAST OFFENDED MY DELICATE SLASHDOT EARS, I DISAGREE SO YOU'RE WRONG."
final tally -42 Truth
that was fun, i guess i'll clean up now
they drown out the neighbors and the geese and the errant children all of whom mill around in the daytime while i'm sleeping avoiding daylight
;P
why yes it is an athlon