Uh, wow, as a reply to "scientists don't like Unions" you state "The Unites States won't last as long as the Roman Empire" and continue on with a lengthy, somewhat nonsensical anti-US rant. It really had very little to do with what the poster stated, or with Google offering free database storage - obviously you're looking for the slightest provocation to rave on against the US, whether or not is has anything to do with the subject at hand.
I realize Slashdot attracts anti-social nerds who often have weird agendas to promote, I just wish it wasn't getting modded up to a level where I had to read it.
It's only natural. Sweden produces very little IP of its own, and probably never will, so they really have no stake in preventing massive piracy. Even if it disproportionately damages the Swedish media industry, it's still a net gain.
Yes, and these nations are either Cambodia, in Southeast Africa, or in the Middle East. Every other nation is a signature of the Berne Convention, and respects copyright.
I agree, and to be honest I think it's programs like these that make a strong case for impeaching President Bush. In fact I think this shows that 12 Galaxies have Guiltied to a Zegnatronic Rocket Society.
A site like Slashdot is unusable on a cell phone - as is basically every other thing I use the Internet for, except VoIP and maybe youtube. There's just no way around the tiny-ass screen and the inferior input methods. Japan uses phones for the Internet because it's a good way to kill time on the subway, not because there's anything superior about mobile phones as an internet device.
I hate to be Mr. Offended-too-easily. But I was slightly shocked to see the article describe the business model as "pair of sandals to every China man" - a racist epithet that would get you punched in the mouth in the wrong company! The article puts the term in quotes, but a Google search of the term just points back to the article in question. What gives? It's hard to believe a gentleman-CEO on a semi-respectable website would throw racist terminology around.
Apples and Oranges. The difference is, nobody actually cares about the IP you produce, it's not capable of making you much money, and you aren't dedicating a significant amount of time & resources to creating this IP.
And copyright isn't a monopoly, in the way most people think of monopoly. If I don't like RIAA music, there's plenty of indie bands I can listen to.
This is a bogus claim anyway, everyone knows college kids (aka Students) are piss poor and couldn't afford to buy the music even if they didn't download it.
When I was in college plenty students had large CD collections - that was when Napster was just getting on the scene, though. Have you ever been to college?
Anyway, being poor doesn't give a right to pirate/steal.
You obviously don't know anything at all about the Chinese language, Chinese writing, or Asian languages. You're just repeating stuff from Wikipedia that you don't understand. Why are you even posting? To get your post count up?
"All bullies are cowards. Appeasement of bullies doesn't work. Standing up to bullies and fighting back has a much higher success rate."
Hello. My name is Terrence "Mongo" Rennet, and I represent the American Council of Bullies, Toughs, and Schoolyard Ruffians. I'm here to clear up some tragic misconceptions about bullies and their place in the academic hierarchy, misconceptions that have gone unchallenged for too long. It is my hope that by "clearing the air," as it were, bullies and bullied can walk with head erect or cower behind lockers respectively with a newfound respect for one another.
Myth: Bullies are just jealous of your intelligence, sensitivity, or ability to play the oboe.
Fact: Bullies have no more jealousy of your mental abilities than we have of your clean, well-ironed, unfashionable clothing. To the contrary, we are profoundly glad that you have chosen to develop your mental prowess, leaving your body weak and defenseless against our brutality. For that we thank you, even as we elevate your underwear.
Myth: Bullies suffer from low self-esteem, and victimize others to make themselves feel better.
Fact: While each bully has his (or her, as is increasingly the case) own deeply personal reasons for bullying, I can assure you that a poor self-image is not one of them. To the contrary, bullying is a high-pressure occupation, and only someone with an unusual amount of self-confidence will have the elán to shake down younger students efficiently while evading authority. Children without self-confidence tend instead to spend recess in the library, the computer lab, or pretending to be warriors in ridiculous fantasy games. Sound familiar?
Myth: If you stand up to a bully, he will reveal himself to be a coward.
Fact: This is perhaps the most hurtful stereotype of them all, in the sense that if you try it we will hurt you. Endless movies and after-school specials depict a tormented victim finally working up the courage to attack his neighborhood bully, after which said bully runs away crying and -- I must chuckle here -- calling for his mommy. What writers of these "entertainments" don't realize is that bullies invariably establish a complex ritual pecking order through constant low-level violence against each other. Haven't you noticed us punching each other in the shoulder at the bus stop? Then you've witnessed the magic of our social structure. Even if you, with your weak, gelatin-like arms were able to do us physical harm, I can assure you that we would recover faster than you can recite your grade point average and teach you a few things about savage poundings you can't learn from Spider-Man comics.
With that thought, I take your leave, confident that I have, in my own small way, improved the world's understanding of the art and craft of bullying. Good day, and if I see you after school you're dead meat.
What are you talking about? Of course this technology is possible, have you ever used Facebook or Myspace? I can't say whether the practice empirically lead to a decrease in crime/abuse, but the law is definitely technologically possible, and at first glance would seem to make it more difficult for strangers to get in contact with minors.
Your attitude shows why technological people have so little influence in politics - you're unconcerned with the realities of the situation, or the actual technology, and more concerned with getting on a high horse and making your unqualified opinions out to be fact. Stop being so self-righteous and start making sense.
Obviously it depends on the situation. I live in a city and the subway station is right around the corner. It goes where I want it to, and it's cheaper (and usually faster, traffic here can be bad) than taking a car. Subways come every few minutes so waiting isn't really an issue.
Don't know how cars are cheaper. Maybe if you're only considering gas and live in an area with no traffic or stoplights, but I also don't have to pay for a parking spot where I live, parking when I go out, insurance, maintenance, licensing fees, or the considerable cost of buying a car.
For me, not having to worry about a car is a big advantage, anyway I'd rather chill on the subway than have to drive. I like that I can go out and have a few drinks and not worry about drunk driving, or drunk drivers for that matter. I also like the smug sense of superiority from not contributing as much CO2 into the atmosphere.
Yeah if you live in the middle of fucking nowhere, taking the bus can be a pain.
Wow, that's very interesting. I'm glad you tell me this - I'm in China drinking a China-bought Diet Coke and using my China-bought HP laptop (with a China-bought MS mouse), listening to music from my China-bought Creative Zen on my China-bought Philips computer speakers.
Anyway I was thinking of taking a taxi (Volkswagen) to Best Buy tonight and buying an Onkyo speaker system, it's useful to know that China doesn't allow foreign brands, and I'd just be wasting my time.
Logically, you're not capable of voting if you're dead - your statement is patriotic but makes no sense.
Obviously this whole topic is to be hyperbolic, the point is we're supposed to ignore that $1 million dollars will make a much larger differences to our lives than whether or not we vote, or that the American Revolution was economic more than philosophical - these are *seriously* inconvenient historical facts. Instead the point is to to praise "our forefathers," Mom, Apple Pie, and baseball. Perhaps we can erupt with a few spontaneous rounds of "I'm Proud to Be An American" or "God Bless America" while we're at it.
Yes, it's amazing the things you can afford when you're not paying for another war every few years.
Not to support the war (I don't), but Japan can't afford it - it has by far the largest public debt in the World at $6.8 trillion. That's 25% more than the US's, but with less than half the population, and the population shrinking and rapidly aging. Personal debt is only a couple percent less than the US's, on average.
Japan is just addicted to public spending, they build stupid shit everywhere, especially in the countryside. The seashore of Japan is almost entirely surrounded by huge concrete jumping jacks (waves are dangerous y'know), every po-dunk village has a huge cultural performance building, every ravine or river has a modern bridge built across it, right next to the old bridge that was perfectly serviceable. Perhaps it's the political system on croney-ism, perhaps it's that votes in the country-side are worth 2 or 3 times that of a vote in Tokyo, and the only jobs in the countryside are public works and heavily-subsidized farming.
No, really, it wasn't trolling. I enjoy Slashdot but it boils down to people talking about science-fiction movies, discussing new techie gadgets, constantly whining naively about US laws and cell phone coverage (???) with a pathetic groupthink (well I don't love that part), and various topics that really the Chinese government could care less about. Considering it doesn't block most foreign newspapers, articles like this, and is especially lax with foreign-language media, why should the PRC care about Slashdot?
No, you don't understand, or at least you haven't read enough Slashdot - the Wii is about having *fun*. High-end technical specifications or a library of worthwhile games isn't necessary! It's all about the *fun*!
Have I ever mentioned about the excellent parties I have, where I break out Wii Sports Bowling? Or my wife, who I regularly conjoin into playing Wii Sports Tennis with me? Or all the old people I'm aware of who picked up a Wii of their own, after waiting in line at Gamestop? It's all about the *fun*, not fancy-shmancy technical specifications.
No, Slashdot isn't censored in China, it's just a bunch of man-children whining about the RIAA after all. I'm in Shanghai, and I use the lowest-level broadband, and I'm way faster than 10k/ to the US...but yeah, it's not for US sites as actually being in the US.
There is no such thing as Remembrance/Armistice Day. There is Remembrance Day in some countries, Armistice Day in some counties, and Poppy Day in other countries. However, most countries don't have a related holiday on November 11th. Google and Slashdot are American sites and many Americans quite naturally refer to it by the American name.
This would be an excellent post if only it had been posted 30 years ago. As it it, pretty much your entire post is no longer true. I live in China and hate the government as much as everyone else does, but it's time to update your assumptions.
Holodomor was not a Chinese thing. Blaming the Chinese pseudo-Communist government for the USSR's mistakes is really a stretch.
Leaving the village is everyday practice. Traveling on trains does not require a written permission slip from the village leader. That is silly.
Machines that make copies can very easily be bought in China, in cash if you want - perhaps at Best Buy.
Hot water is in every single Chinese city. That is totally ridiculous. Of course there's gas bills and it's not free, but basically every single person in a city will have enough money to afford hot water, and I'd guess that's true in the village but I don't fucking go to Chinese villages.
If you have the money, you can just buy an apartment. There's no years-long wait. I get advertisements in my mail almost every day. Real-estate agents are all over the place, including American real-estate companies.
My home telephone connection took a few hours to set up. Every street has a person selling SIM cards for a cellular phone for about $3 US. You don't even need an ID to purchase one, they can be completely anonymous.
The most popular car model in China is GM. The 2nd most popular is Volkwagen. Any motherfucker with cash can buy a car. If I had a bag full of money, I could go to a car dealership and purchase one tonight.
Electronics are easily available.
I recommend you learn a little about the country of China, it is absolutely nothing like the 60's era anti-Russian propaganda you seem to have so thoroughly absorbed.
Wow, not that I don't believe you, but I live in Shanghai and they don't have deals anywhere near that good.
And as far as I know, all the coolest phones are also available in the US, and a few cool phones are available in the US that aren't available in China (iPhone being the most obvious).
True the average urban Chinese cell phone is nicer than the average cell phone in the US, but that's just how Chinese people roll, rather than a lack of availability in the US market.
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Well, it's faster, with over 5 million...
I realize Slashdot attracts anti-social nerds who often have weird agendas to promote, I just wish it wasn't getting modded up to a level where I had to read it.
It's only natural. Sweden produces very little IP of its own, and probably never will, so they really have no stake in preventing massive piracy. Even if it disproportionately damages the Swedish media industry, it's still a net gain.
That's not true. emusic.com was doing this years before iTunes.
Yes, and these nations are either Cambodia, in Southeast Africa, or in the Middle East. Every other nation is a signature of the Berne Convention, and respects copyright.
I agree, and to be honest I think it's programs like these that make a strong case for impeaching President Bush. In fact I think this shows that 12 Galaxies have Guiltied to a Zegnatronic Rocket Society.
A site like Slashdot is unusable on a cell phone - as is basically every other thing I use the Internet for, except VoIP and maybe youtube. There's just no way around the tiny-ass screen and the inferior input methods. Japan uses phones for the Internet because it's a good way to kill time on the subway, not because there's anything superior about mobile phones as an internet device.
I hate to be Mr. Offended-too-easily. But I was slightly shocked to see the article describe the business model as "pair of sandals to every China man" - a racist epithet that would get you punched in the mouth in the wrong company! The article puts the term in quotes, but a Google search of the term just points back to the article in question. What gives? It's hard to believe a gentleman-CEO on a semi-respectable website would throw racist terminology around.
And copyright isn't a monopoly, in the way most people think of monopoly. If I don't like RIAA music, there's plenty of indie bands I can listen to.
When I was in college plenty students had large CD collections - that was when Napster was just getting on the scene, though. Have you ever been to college?
Anyway, being poor doesn't give a right to pirate/steal.
You obviously don't know anything at all about the Chinese language, Chinese writing, or Asian languages. You're just repeating stuff from Wikipedia that you don't understand. Why are you even posting? To get your post count up?
Hello. My name is Terrence "Mongo" Rennet, and I represent the American Council of Bullies, Toughs, and Schoolyard Ruffians. I'm here to clear up some tragic misconceptions about bullies and their place in the academic hierarchy, misconceptions that have gone unchallenged for too long. It is my hope that by "clearing the air," as it were, bullies and bullied can walk with head erect or cower behind lockers respectively with a newfound respect for one another.
Myth: Bullies are just jealous of your intelligence, sensitivity, or ability to play the oboe.
Fact: Bullies have no more jealousy of your mental abilities than we have of your clean, well-ironed, unfashionable clothing. To the contrary, we are profoundly glad that you have chosen to develop your mental prowess, leaving your body weak and defenseless against our brutality. For that we thank you, even as we elevate your underwear.
Myth: Bullies suffer from low self-esteem, and victimize others to make themselves feel better.
Fact: While each bully has his (or her, as is increasingly the case) own deeply personal reasons for bullying, I can assure you that a poor self-image is not one of them. To the contrary, bullying is a high-pressure occupation, and only someone with an unusual amount of self-confidence will have the elán to shake down younger students efficiently while evading authority. Children without self-confidence tend instead to spend recess in the library, the computer lab, or pretending to be warriors in ridiculous fantasy games. Sound familiar?
Myth: If you stand up to a bully, he will reveal himself to be a coward.
Fact: This is perhaps the most hurtful stereotype of them all, in the sense that if you try it we will hurt you. Endless movies and after-school specials depict a tormented victim finally working up the courage to attack his neighborhood bully, after which said bully runs away crying and -- I must chuckle here -- calling for his mommy. What writers of these "entertainments" don't realize is that bullies invariably establish a complex ritual pecking order through constant low-level violence against each other. Haven't you noticed us punching each other in the shoulder at the bus stop? Then you've witnessed the magic of our social structure. Even if you, with your weak, gelatin-like arms were able to do us physical harm, I can assure you that we would recover faster than you can recite your grade point average and teach you a few things about savage poundings you can't learn from Spider-Man comics.
With that thought, I take your leave, confident that I have, in my own small way, improved the world's understanding of the art and craft of bullying. Good day, and if I see you after school you're dead meat.
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Your attitude shows why technological people have so little influence in politics - you're unconcerned with the realities of the situation, or the actual technology, and more concerned with getting on a high horse and making your unqualified opinions out to be fact. Stop being so self-righteous and start making sense.
Don't know how cars are cheaper. Maybe if you're only considering gas and live in an area with no traffic or stoplights, but I also don't have to pay for a parking spot where I live, parking when I go out, insurance, maintenance, licensing fees, or the considerable cost of buying a car.
For me, not having to worry about a car is a big advantage, anyway I'd rather chill on the subway than have to drive. I like that I can go out and have a few drinks and not worry about drunk driving, or drunk drivers for that matter. I also like the smug sense of superiority from not contributing as much CO2 into the atmosphere.
Yeah if you live in the middle of fucking nowhere, taking the bus can be a pain.
You're perfectly free to buy that kind of phone, and the iPhone isn't one of them. If you don't like it, don't buy an iPhone.
I should be able to buy a cell phone for $50. And actually, I can - just the iPhone isn't one of them.
It doesn't seem right that in a market with a lot of choices for cell phones, the government should dictate a niche player's business model.
Anyway I was thinking of taking a taxi (Volkswagen) to Best Buy tonight and buying an Onkyo speaker system, it's useful to know that China doesn't allow foreign brands, and I'd just be wasting my time.
Obviously this whole topic is to be hyperbolic, the point is we're supposed to ignore that $1 million dollars will make a much larger differences to our lives than whether or not we vote, or that the American Revolution was economic more than philosophical - these are *seriously* inconvenient historical facts. Instead the point is to to praise "our forefathers," Mom, Apple Pie, and baseball. Perhaps we can erupt with a few spontaneous rounds of "I'm Proud to Be An American" or "God Bless America" while we're at it.
Not to support the war (I don't), but Japan can't afford it - it has by far the largest public debt in the World at $6.8 trillion. That's 25% more than the US's, but with less than half the population, and the population shrinking and rapidly aging. Personal debt is only a couple percent less than the US's, on average.
Japan is just addicted to public spending, they build stupid shit everywhere, especially in the countryside. The seashore of Japan is almost entirely surrounded by huge concrete jumping jacks (waves are dangerous y'know), every po-dunk village has a huge cultural performance building, every ravine or river has a modern bridge built across it, right next to the old bridge that was perfectly serviceable. Perhaps it's the political system on croney-ism, perhaps it's that votes in the country-side are worth 2 or 3 times that of a vote in Tokyo, and the only jobs in the countryside are public works and heavily-subsidized farming.
No, really, it wasn't trolling. I enjoy Slashdot but it boils down to people talking about science-fiction movies, discussing new techie gadgets, constantly whining naively about US laws and cell phone coverage (???) with a pathetic groupthink (well I don't love that part), and various topics that really the Chinese government could care less about. Considering it doesn't block most foreign newspapers, articles like this, and is especially lax with foreign-language media, why should the PRC care about Slashdot?
Have I ever mentioned about the excellent parties I have, where I break out Wii Sports Bowling? Or my wife, who I regularly conjoin into playing Wii Sports Tennis with me? Or all the old people I'm aware of who picked up a Wii of their own, after waiting in line at Gamestop? It's all about the *fun*, not fancy-shmancy technical specifications.
No, Slashdot isn't censored in China, it's just a bunch of man-children whining about the RIAA after all. I'm in Shanghai, and I use the lowest-level broadband, and I'm way faster than 10k/ to the US...but yeah, it's not for US sites as actually being in the US.
There is no such thing as Remembrance/Armistice Day. There is Remembrance Day in some countries, Armistice Day in some counties, and Poppy Day in other countries. However, most countries don't have a related holiday on November 11th. Google and Slashdot are American sites and many Americans quite naturally refer to it by the American name.
Awesome, very informative post. While we're at it, I heard that the cold summer of 1816 was caused by Benjamin Franklin's nature-tampering experiments with electricity.
Holodomor was not a Chinese thing. Blaming the Chinese pseudo-Communist government for the USSR's mistakes is really a stretch.
Leaving the village is everyday practice. Traveling on trains does not require a written permission slip from the village leader. That is silly.
Machines that make copies can very easily be bought in China, in cash if you want - perhaps at Best Buy.
Hot water is in every single Chinese city. That is totally ridiculous. Of course there's gas bills and it's not free, but basically every single person in a city will have enough money to afford hot water, and I'd guess that's true in the village but I don't fucking go to Chinese villages.
If you have the money, you can just buy an apartment. There's no years-long wait. I get advertisements in my mail almost every day. Real-estate agents are all over the place, including American real-estate companies.
My home telephone connection took a few hours to set up. Every street has a person selling SIM cards for a cellular phone for about $3 US. You don't even need an ID to purchase one, they can be completely anonymous.
The most popular car model in China is GM. The 2nd most popular is Volkwagen. Any motherfucker with cash can buy a car. If I had a bag full of money, I could go to a car dealership and purchase one tonight.
Electronics are easily available.
I recommend you learn a little about the country of China, it is absolutely nothing like the 60's era anti-Russian propaganda you seem to have so thoroughly absorbed.
And as far as I know, all the coolest phones are also available in the US, and a few cool phones are available in the US that aren't available in China (iPhone being the most obvious).
True the average urban Chinese cell phone is nicer than the average cell phone in the US, but that's just how Chinese people roll, rather than a lack of availability in the US market.