None of these conclusions make sense in an Eastern shame culture/honor culture. These conclusions, do, however, dovetail nicely with Western guilt culture. Correctly pointing out the mistakes of others can result in massive loss of face for the correctee. This will have real consequences for the finger-pointer. Publically admitting that you were wrong and redressing your errors is career suicide in many places throughout the world. I see it all the time, Westerners are shocked that their culture of "it's OK to make mistakes and it's a positive thing to admit when you are wrong" doesn't apply everywhere.
What FOSS banner? Who said anything about that? You're jumping at shadows - where did anyone say FOSS, huh? That tells us far more about your attitudes than anything else. I don't know who this guy is and I don't care. I have no reverence for majesty. I just read something on the Internet which used bullshit marketing adjectives and I reflexively turned it off. I can tell that a lot of people are hopping mad that their idol got caught speaking Marketroid instead of English.
That's not much of a franchise. OK, I can see if they had an obscure GB game from the early days that I had never heard of, but that's stretching it. Compare the other 'franchises' of Nintendo and see if Kid Icarus compares. Good original game, but a sequel 30 years later - gah. Invent something new, people!
Franchise? What franchise? Kid Icarus isn't a franchise! They only ever made the one game! A sequel 30 years after the original is kind of pushing it, people. New ideas, new ideas...*sigh*.
What's that supposed to mean? Things have always ever been thus? Negative. The Greece of Plato's time had peaked and in fact was already declining. Plato's is a warning. In addition, it doesn't say anything about risk-taking. I live in a culture that is still going up and this sort of crap isn't tolerated.
See? These cultural blinders we don't even know we're wearing. Only in America and related countries is it "traditional" for teenagers to be risk-takers. Decades of MTV have taken effect. I live inside another culture and here, teens are assumed to have other traits, none of which is a fondness for irresponsible behavior. In fact, the very idea of "teenager" doesn't really exist.
We say condescending, discrediting things only when we have no other argument and someone on the other side appears to be winning. When it's positive everyone jumps all over each other and says video games help develop reflexes, hand-eye coordination, etc.
Just because *you* were reckless doesn't mean *all kids* are reckless. False generalization. It's not 'since the dawn of time' it's 'since modern American culture started in the 50s'.
They're just trying to stay relevant in the modern age by rubbing themselves up against a current trend. Sad to see a myrmidon of Art feel that it needs to chase tasteless consumer idiots. Youtube videos are definitely vulgar "art" in that they are seldom produced by Artists. The videos in some cases may be safely considered craftsmanship.
What on Earth makes you think a random commenter on Slashdot would have "met Dan" before? Is meeting the author a prerequisite to comment now? I just said marketroid speak turns me off and based on my previous experiences has a very high potential for being bullshit. Or did you just want to show off how cool you are in front of everyone..."oh yes Dan and I have met and we're on a first-name basis! Look at me and respect me! Remember the utterly forgettable handle I use on this website and quake when I write, for it is with the voice of Oz himself that I speak! Lo, I have met the author of an article on slashdot. Look on my words, ye mighty, and despair!"
As soon as I hit "deliverable" in the first paragraph, warning bells went off. When "productize" appeared as a verb in the second paragraph, I closed the browser window. Sorry, but my experience tells me that the article is simply not worth reading.
Obama has already promised that America will be out of Afghanistan by 2011. Didn't you get the memo? Surely he was briefed on this top-secret information before he made his decision. Looks like it's a good day to be Chinese - they certainly won't be bothered by our moral concerns.
It appears that nobody is interested whatsoever in what will happen to Afghanistan - the only posts here so far are people projecting their fears and prejudices on this new phenomenon. Let me get in the mood - looks like Halliburton is going to have to fire up their earthquake machine again!
PS "Think Different" is not poetry, where'd that idea come from? That's an obvious retcon. Apple's slogan is a funny play on words from IBM's slogan of "Think". You know, gray, monolithic IBM that removes choice and squeezes all the joy out of computing? Remember Apple's famous 1984 ad? The hammer thrower was symbolically smashing IBM. From Steve Jobs 1983 Apple keynote address: "It is now 1984. It appears IBM wants it all. Apple is perceived to be the only hope to offer IBM a run for its money. Dealers initially welcoming IBM with open arms now fear an IBM-dominated and -controlled future. They are increasingly turning back to Apple as the only force that can ensure their future freedom. IBM wants it all and is aiming its guns on its last obstacle to industry control: Apple. Will Big Blue dominate the entire computer industry? The entire information age? Was George Orwell right?"
Here's the text from the ad, does it remind you of any companies you know today in 2010? "Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology. Where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail!"
"In fact, one of the most gratifying experiences a foreign student of Chinese can have is to see a native speaker come up a complete blank when called upon to write the characters for some relatively common word. You feel an enormous sense of vindication and relief to see a native speaker experience the exact same difficulty you experience every day. I have seen highly literate Chinese people forget how to write certain characters in common words like "tin can", "knee", "screwdriver", "snap" (as in "to snap one's fingers"), "elbow", "ginger", "cushion", "firecracker", and so on. And when I say "forget", I mean that they often cannot even put the first stroke down on the paper. Can you imagine a well-educated native English speaker totally forgetting how to write a word like "knee" or "tin can"? Or even a rarely-seen word like "scabbard" or "ragamuffin"?"
Here's how it goes: Somebody has a great idea to form an association of some sort. Then, the idea of the actual association gets lost. Why? Narcissistic empathy-lacking morons are attracted to it because they can control the apparatus instead of deliver actual services. Then, the people who started the service get angry and fight back, and we get the situation we have here. Usually, the good guys lose and are forced to start their own splinter group. The new group never gets as big as the original because the original group has all the clout and relationships.
I know a local "chamber of commerce" type organization. They spend all their time in committee meetings, electing general secretaries, and deciding who gets what title than actually promoting local business. Their association is a joke - it's obvious to everyone but them. To themselves, they're king ding-a-ling and they strut around like they're important people.
Been there, done that. It's still better in central China than in the Mao days, better than in the Chiang Kai-Shek days, better than the Qing Dynasty days...
considering the reality of china, where the state treats everyone like a slave
Please, stop. Just stop. Don't post about China any more because you have Z-E-R-O idea what you're talking about. The state does not treat everyone as a slave.
distinctly modern chinese breed of hell on earth for the poor
Oh, come ON. Things are better in China, for everyone, than ANY TIME IN THE FIVE THOUSAND YEARS OF CHINA'S HISTORY. Ever since Deng Xiaoping hijacked the people's revolution onto the capitalist road, every year has been better than the last. Yes, even for the workers. Please stop regurgitating what you read in Newsweek or Business Week. It's amazing how much ignorance there is about China. China these days is just a blank slate upon which Westerners project their undesirable thoughts, because they just plain don't know any better. Come here, live for a few years, learn Chinese, actually TALK to the workers (shock, horror, firsthand information) and then you can have your permission to comment back.
The problem is, that song is pretty much the pinnacle of Dr. Demento. The rest of his music, sadly, just wasn't that good. It was like watching a sitcom written by fourth graders instead of highly skilled television professionals. Like, you could tell where the jokes were supposed to be funny but they just weren't.
"No shortage" means that there are 600+ million of them. That's a lot of women. The women being picky has everything to do with culture and nothing to do with "hard numbers". Women simply aren't getting married because there are few men out there who can fulfill their impossible demands. But go ahead and repeat the stuff you saw on TV - it only makes you look more intelligent.
Sigh...you're getting your news from the mainstream media, aren't you? That's one of their favorite stories for some bizarre reason. Actually China has a lot of people. A LOT. No shortage of women. In fact, the problem is precisely the opposite, women are far too picky and insist that a man own property and a car before marriage will even be considered. It's a sort of runaway narcissism due to a combination of One Child Policy and spoiling children. China always had a tradition of large extended families until the government started requiring "permission to give birth" certificates. Now, words like "uncle" aren't even being used any more because of all the only children. The only men who will lose out are the poorest of the peasants, who have nothing to offer a woman save a life of eating bitterness.
I don't know anyone who goes to church or temple, and I know a lot of people. Who are these religious folk? Buddhists? Ancestor worship? Those aren't exactly 'religions' in the way that you or I would consider the term, they're more like traditions. As for erroneous presumptions, it may be that your own presumptions could merely be one interpretation of the subjective reality that you live in, and you're denying that any other interpretation could exist. This is much closer to the real definition of ignorance.
Chinese propaganda was loud and strong against Tibetans and their religion. It was the excuse that China used to march in and take over: we're liberating the workers from the chains of superstitious belief. It continues today with tirades against the Dalai Lama. A little learning goes a long way in curing ignorance.
Every slot machine in America has the following text written on the front: "Machine Malfunction Voids all Plays and Pays". This google search shows many stories such as the one in the title.
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None of these conclusions make sense in an Eastern shame culture/honor culture. These conclusions, do, however, dovetail nicely with Western guilt culture. Correctly pointing out the mistakes of others can result in massive loss of face for the correctee. This will have real consequences for the finger-pointer. Publically admitting that you were wrong and redressing your errors is career suicide in many places throughout the world. I see it all the time, Westerners are shocked that their culture of "it's OK to make mistakes and it's a positive thing to admit when you are wrong" doesn't apply everywhere.
What FOSS banner? Who said anything about that? You're jumping at shadows - where did anyone say FOSS, huh? That tells us far more about your attitudes than anything else. I don't know who this guy is and I don't care. I have no reverence for majesty. I just read something on the Internet which used bullshit marketing adjectives and I reflexively turned it off. I can tell that a lot of people are hopping mad that their idol got caught speaking Marketroid instead of English.
That's not much of a franchise. OK, I can see if they had an obscure GB game from the early days that I had never heard of, but that's stretching it. Compare the other 'franchises' of Nintendo and see if Kid Icarus compares. Good original game, but a sequel 30 years later - gah. Invent something new, people!
Franchise? What franchise? Kid Icarus isn't a franchise! They only ever made the one game! A sequel 30 years after the original is kind of pushing it, people. New ideas, new ideas...*sigh*.
What's that supposed to mean? Things have always ever been thus? Negative. The Greece of Plato's time had peaked and in fact was already declining. Plato's is a warning. In addition, it doesn't say anything about risk-taking. I live in a culture that is still going up and this sort of crap isn't tolerated.
See? These cultural blinders we don't even know we're wearing. Only in America and related countries is it "traditional" for teenagers to be risk-takers. Decades of MTV have taken effect. I live inside another culture and here, teens are assumed to have other traits, none of which is a fondness for irresponsible behavior. In fact, the very idea of "teenager" doesn't really exist.
Heavy video gamer credits gaming for saving his life while driving. Read the whole thread.
We say condescending, discrediting things only when we have no other argument and someone on the other side appears to be winning. When it's positive everyone jumps all over each other and says video games help develop reflexes, hand-eye coordination, etc.
Just because *you* were reckless doesn't mean *all kids* are reckless. False generalization. It's not 'since the dawn of time' it's 'since modern American culture started in the 50s'.
They're just trying to stay relevant in the modern age by rubbing themselves up against a current trend. Sad to see a myrmidon of Art feel that it needs to chase tasteless consumer idiots. Youtube videos are definitely vulgar "art" in that they are seldom produced by Artists. The videos in some cases may be safely considered craftsmanship.
What on Earth makes you think a random commenter on Slashdot would have "met Dan" before? Is meeting the author a prerequisite to comment now? I just said marketroid speak turns me off and based on my previous experiences has a very high potential for being bullshit. Or did you just want to show off how cool you are in front of everyone..."oh yes Dan and I have met and we're on a first-name basis! Look at me and respect me! Remember the utterly forgettable handle I use on this website and quake when I write, for it is with the voice of Oz himself that I speak! Lo, I have met the author of an article on slashdot. Look on my words, ye mighty, and despair!"
As soon as I hit "deliverable" in the first paragraph, warning bells went off. When "productize" appeared as a verb in the second paragraph, I closed the browser window. Sorry, but my experience tells me that the article is simply not worth reading.
Obama has already promised that America will be out of Afghanistan by 2011. Didn't you get the memo? Surely he was briefed on this top-secret information before he made his decision. Looks like it's a good day to be Chinese - they certainly won't be bothered by our moral concerns.
It appears that nobody is interested whatsoever in what will happen to Afghanistan - the only posts here so far are people projecting their fears and prejudices on this new phenomenon. Let me get in the mood - looks like Halliburton is going to have to fire up their earthquake machine again!
Excellent apology for Apple. Well done.
PS "Think Different" is not poetry, where'd that idea come from? That's an obvious retcon. Apple's slogan is a funny play on words from IBM's slogan of "Think". You know, gray, monolithic IBM that removes choice and squeezes all the joy out of computing? Remember Apple's famous 1984 ad? The hammer thrower was symbolically smashing IBM. From Steve Jobs 1983 Apple keynote address: "It is now 1984. It appears IBM wants it all. Apple is perceived to be the only hope to offer IBM a run for its money. Dealers initially welcoming IBM with open arms now fear an IBM-dominated and -controlled future. They are increasingly turning back to Apple as the only force that can ensure their future freedom. IBM wants it all and is aiming its guns on its last obstacle to industry control: Apple. Will Big Blue dominate the entire computer industry? The entire information age? Was George Orwell right?"
Here's the text from the ad, does it remind you of any companies you know today in 2010? "Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology. Where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail!"
Open source developers work on what they find fun. You have a problem with that? Go back to Windoze.
Here's how it goes: Somebody has a great idea to form an association of some sort. Then, the idea of the actual association gets lost. Why? Narcissistic empathy-lacking morons are attracted to it because they can control the apparatus instead of deliver actual services. Then, the people who started the service get angry and fight back, and we get the situation we have here. Usually, the good guys lose and are forced to start their own splinter group. The new group never gets as big as the original because the original group has all the clout and relationships.
I know a local "chamber of commerce" type organization. They spend all their time in committee meetings, electing general secretaries, and deciding who gets what title than actually promoting local business. Their association is a joke - it's obvious to everyone but them. To themselves, they're king ding-a-ling and they strut around like they're important people.
Been there, done that. It's still better in central China than in the Mao days, better than in the Chiang Kai-Shek days, better than the Qing Dynasty days...
considering the reality of china, where the state treats everyone like a slave
Please, stop. Just stop. Don't post about China any more because you have Z-E-R-O idea what you're talking about. The state does not treat everyone as a slave.
distinctly modern chinese breed of hell on earth for the poor
Oh, come ON. Things are better in China, for everyone, than ANY TIME IN THE FIVE THOUSAND YEARS OF CHINA'S HISTORY. Ever since Deng Xiaoping hijacked the people's revolution onto the capitalist road, every year has been better than the last. Yes, even for the workers. Please stop regurgitating what you read in Newsweek or Business Week. It's amazing how much ignorance there is about China. China these days is just a blank slate upon which Westerners project their undesirable thoughts, because they just plain don't know any better. Come here, live for a few years, learn Chinese, actually TALK to the workers (shock, horror, firsthand information) and then you can have your permission to comment back.
Newsflash: governments already spy on their own citizens. But please go back to your fantasy world where this doesn't happen.
The problem is, that song is pretty much the pinnacle of Dr. Demento. The rest of his music, sadly, just wasn't that good. It was like watching a sitcom written by fourth graders instead of highly skilled television professionals. Like, you could tell where the jokes were supposed to be funny but they just weren't.
"No shortage" means that there are 600+ million of them. That's a lot of women. The women being picky has everything to do with culture and nothing to do with "hard numbers". Women simply aren't getting married because there are few men out there who can fulfill their impossible demands. But go ahead and repeat the stuff you saw on TV - it only makes you look more intelligent.
Sigh...you're getting your news from the mainstream media, aren't you? That's one of their favorite stories for some bizarre reason. Actually China has a lot of people. A LOT. No shortage of women. In fact, the problem is precisely the opposite, women are far too picky and insist that a man own property and a car before marriage will even be considered. It's a sort of runaway narcissism due to a combination of One Child Policy and spoiling children. China always had a tradition of large extended families until the government started requiring "permission to give birth" certificates. Now, words like "uncle" aren't even being used any more because of all the only children. The only men who will lose out are the poorest of the peasants, who have nothing to offer a woman save a life of eating bitterness.
Chinese propaganda was loud and strong against Tibetans and their religion. It was the excuse that China used to march in and take over: we're liberating the workers from the chains of superstitious belief. It continues today with tirades against the Dalai Lama. A little learning goes a long way in curing ignorance.
Every slot machine in America has the following text written on the front: "Machine Malfunction Voids all Plays and Pays". This google search shows many stories such as the one in the title.
This forum discussion by casino workers is also informative.