As I say, I have no personal experience, not having lived in Korea myself. My guess is that the folks I've talked to in Korea haven't really been in the loop.
That said, I certainly didn't mean to imply that actually playing games in Korea was unpopular. I've seen enough PC bangs to know that gaming is very popular. I had just heard that professional gaming isn't as popular as/. makes it out to be. It seems I was misled.
While I've heard that from Slashdotters, most people I've talked to who actually live in Korea say that pro gaming is nowhere near as huge as it's made out to be. Games are shown at 2:00 or 3:00 a.m., and most regular folks would much rather play a game than watch one. Pro players are famous among avid amateurs, but the average person on the street couldn't name a single pro gamer.
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Yes, but it has a VERY strange voting pattern. I suspect ballot stuffing.
A company's news bot will give priority to that company's news articles...How incredibly surprising.
I didn't realize Slashdot was in the business of pointing out the extremely obvious. How about some links that state that the sun is hot, or that Abraham Lincoln is dead?
IUD is Intrauterine Device . I really don't think you meant that:)
Original post: What's the worst that could happen if an IUD ends up in the wrong place? Only minor bloodshed.
Are the IUD scare mongers the same ones that can't get over the horror of gay marriage and want to amend the constitution over it? They can't even accept the existence of birth control.
An actual encounter with something containing an IUD might be shocking to most slashdotters, but think about why-you've never seen anything that could contain IUD.
I'm not using an IUD. I never intend to, and I'm not going to live in fear of the consequences of IUD's. I for one refuse to live in fear of amenorrhea, irregular bleeding, cramping, partially expelled strings, and other side effects that can occur with progestin-releasing IUDs, which can be considered a frightening biological weapon.
No, he means exactly that, he's just subtle, and the mods didn't get the joke.
As a Traktor user, I find it implausible/impossible that this DJing product will provide very good results, based on the fact that the standard PS2 controller doesn't have nearly enough inputs.
With Traktor, the frequently used controls (not an exhaustive list) include (for left deck alone):
Deck A start Deck A BPM synch Crossfader Deck cut left (switch crossfader immediately to left) Deck A monitor Deck A gain Loop in Loop out Skip forward X beats Kill high Kill middle Kill low Pitch up Pitch down
Plus a slew of other controls (filters, eqs, etc.). Even if the PS2 controller uses a "switch deck control" button to allow control of deck A and deck B using the same buttons, you've got a dearth of buttons available. I just can't see deceont results coming out of the PS2 without a dedicated controller.
Also, presumably, you'd have to use some sort of surround sound system in order to allow monitoring of a deck while the other deck is playing to the main sound-system.
Altogether, it seems like you'd need quite a complex setup for everything to work well enough to provide "real" results. In that case, Traktor provides far superior results, with an accordingly large increase in cost.
So while this PS2 solution allows more bedroom DJs and dabblers, I seriously don't think you'll have to worry about seeing your club invaded by DJs with a PS2 under their arm. You're far more likely to see someone bring in their laptop.
DJing blindfolded with DAT tapes is incredibly hard, and someone who is good at it is really impressive. So what?
DJs don't DJ because it's hard. They DJ because they like music, they like mixing, they like creating flow, etc. They've been stuck with crappy tools, that make their jobs hard. That is not a merit, it is an unfortunate condition, and any rectification of it will result in DJs who are more concerned with quality results than just technical proficiency, and DJs who are not stymied by their own equipment.
But that's the way it is with fields that invite elitism. Vinyl DJs made fun of CD DJs, CD DJs made fun of PC DJs, and now PC DJs will have someone else to kick.
Fuck, considering all the times I've corrected other people on that, here I go making the same damn mistake myself. Next thing I know I'll be saying "same difference". Sorry. I knew better; I just slipped.
People don't get offended at Americans talking English to hotel clerks. They get offended by Americans talking English to the little old lady selling newspapers, and shouting in English at them as if they're stupid for not understanding. They get offended at Americans not even bothering to learn to say "Thank you" in the country they're visiting.
More than anything, they're annoyed that Americans just assume that everyone speaks English.
And you're assuming that everyone who uses the net is using it for international communications. Many people could care less about people in other countries, and use the net for a plethora of non-international reasons. There's no reason for a Brazilian to use a non-native language which is the norm for international communications to talk with another Brazilian across town.
Ok, good call. I would contend that hip-hop, while occasionally popular, has only really become universal in the last 8 years or so (sure, Beasties sold well, NWA was popular, Fat Boys were popular, etc., but it was seen as a burgeoning gigantic subculture, as opposed to the primary culture it is now), but if you factor in gigantor class subculture status, it has been something like 20 years now...
Large, unparkable American cars with steering wheels on the wrong side of the car and a history of breaking down rapidly?
<br> Do this for me: Count the number of Russian cars you see in America. Count the number of American cars you see in Russia. It's not because of protectionism that Russian cars sell poorly in the US, it's because of quality. The same goes with Japan. Speaking personally, there are some things that I would be happy buying that are from America, but electronics and cars are not among them.
1. Japan is EXTREMELY Xenophobic. They aren't going to sell out their extremely LARGE console market to a "Gaijin" company without VERY good reason.
As a resident of Japan, I can never understand why Microsoft's collosal incompetence in Japan is blamed on some sort of Japanese xenophobia. MS released a system that was huge, whose clock got reset when unplugged (unplugging peripherals is very common in Japan to save on electric costs), which scratched customer CDs and DVDs and then told those consumers to just "ignore it, it's no big deal", which featured as a flagship game aimed at adults "Sneakers", which got a 34% on gamerankings.com, as well as a "killer app" consisting of an FPS (Japanese aren't too fond of FPS), and yet the reason the Japanese didn't buy it is xenophobia??
Broadband here (in Japan) is cheap. If you're lucky enough to live in a house (instead of an apartment), or your apartment is relatively new, you can get a 100 Mb fiber connection for around $50 per month. Even without, if you live in a city (as most gamers do), you probably live very, very close to your telephone exchange (yay population density), so you get 12 Mb DSL for about $20 or less a month.
You're right, fewer Japanese own computers than Americans, but in the last 5 or 6 years, the gap has narrowed immensely. I think if you do a "total number of computers / total number of people", you'll still get a lower number, but that's because it's pretty common in the US for a single household to have more than one computer. If you do "number of households with one or more computers" comparisons, your numbers will be closer together.
That said, because the spread of computers came so late, PC gaming is regarded as a weird hobby of uberdorks. Normal people have PCs for email, chat, the internet, word processing, etc., but not gaming. That's what consoles are for (I'm not agreeing, I'm just noting the mindset here). So, with XBox being nonexistent, Nintendo not offering online, people not using PCs to game (much), and PS2 having a smattering of online games at best, I'm not too surprised at the lack of online gaming enthusiasm.
I'm quite a bit lazier, but I was happy to see that someone else uses 90210.
I generally use the name "Bob Bob" (easy to type) DOB around 1900 The wrong sex Afghanistan (the first in the dropdown list) 90210 Telephone number 555-5555 (doesn't exist in the US).
I switched from zip code 11111 to 90210 when "smart" forms would detect fake zip codes and codes which don't match the state. 90210 is the only one where 1) I know it's real, and 2) I know what state it's in.
Of course, for forms where you select the country instead of the state, it ignores the zip, but it's easier to use the same number across the board. Laziness scores extra points.
Or they'll use the system that J-Phone (since bought out by Vodafone, but, thankfully, governed by the same policies) uses: You get the first 100 characters or so of the mail for free, and push a button to download the rest, thereby allowing you to pay only for the mails that you actually want to read. It does nothing for the annoyance of receiving spam (you still have your phone buzzing at you whenever the spam comes in), but at least you don't have to pay.
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Mod this man up then.
/. makes it out to be. It seems I was misled.
As I say, I have no personal experience, not having lived in Korea myself. My guess is that the folks I've talked to in Korea haven't really been in the loop.
That said, I certainly didn't mean to imply that actually playing games in Korea was unpopular. I've seen enough PC bangs to know that gaming is very popular. I had just heard that professional gaming isn't as popular as
While I've heard that from Slashdotters, most people I've talked to who actually live in Korea say that pro gaming is nowhere near as huge as it's made out to be. Games are shown at 2:00 or 3:00 a.m., and most regular folks would much rather play a game than watch one. Pro players are famous among avid amateurs, but the average person on the street couldn't name a single pro gamer.
Yes, but it has a VERY strange voting pattern. I suspect ballot stuffing.
Note that this is a vanity game, made by CocoIchiban, and (as far as I've seen), only for sale at CocoIchibanya.
A company's news bot will give priority to that company's news articles...How incredibly surprising.
I didn't realize Slashdot was in the business of pointing out the extremely obvious. How about some links that state that the sun is hot, or that Abraham Lincoln is dead?
IUD is Intrauterine Device . I really don't think you meant that :)
Original post:
What's the worst that could happen if an IUD ends up in the wrong place? Only minor bloodshed.
Are the IUD scare mongers the same ones that can't get over the horror of gay marriage and want to amend the constitution over it? They can't even accept the existence of birth control.
An actual encounter with something containing an IUD might be shocking to most slashdotters, but think about why-you've never seen anything that could contain IUD.
I'm not using an IUD. I never intend to, and I'm not going to live in fear of the consequences of IUD's. I for one refuse to live in fear of amenorrhea, irregular bleeding, cramping, partially expelled strings, and other side effects that can occur with progestin-releasing IUDs, which can be considered a frightening biological weapon.
No, he means exactly that, he's just subtle, and the mods didn't get the joke.
That said...
As a Traktor user, I find it implausible/impossible that this DJing product will provide very good results, based on the fact that the standard PS2 controller doesn't have nearly enough inputs.
With Traktor, the frequently used controls (not an exhaustive list) include (for left deck alone):
Deck A start
Deck A BPM synch
Crossfader
Deck cut left (switch crossfader immediately to left)
Deck A monitor
Deck A gain
Loop in
Loop out
Skip forward X beats
Kill high
Kill middle
Kill low
Pitch up
Pitch down
Plus a slew of other controls (filters, eqs, etc.). Even if the PS2 controller uses a "switch deck control" button to allow control of deck A and deck B using the same buttons, you've got a dearth of buttons available. I just can't see deceont results coming out of the PS2 without a dedicated controller.
Also, presumably, you'd have to use some sort of surround sound system in order to allow monitoring of a deck while the other deck is playing to the main sound-system.
Altogether, it seems like you'd need quite a complex setup for everything to work well enough to provide "real" results. In that case, Traktor provides far superior results, with an accordingly large increase in cost.
So while this PS2 solution allows more bedroom DJs and dabblers, I seriously don't think you'll have to worry about seeing your club invaded by DJs with a PS2 under their arm. You're far more likely to see someone bring in their laptop.
Yes, you are indeed an elitist.
DJing blindfolded with DAT tapes is incredibly hard, and someone who is good at it is really impressive. So what?
DJs don't DJ because it's hard. They DJ because they like music, they like mixing, they like creating flow, etc. They've been stuck with crappy tools, that make their jobs hard. That is not a merit, it is an unfortunate condition, and any rectification of it will result in DJs who are more concerned with quality results than just technical proficiency, and DJs who are not stymied by their own equipment.
But that's the way it is with fields that invite elitism. Vinyl DJs made fun of CD DJs, CD DJs made fun of PC DJs, and now PC DJs will have someone else to kick.
Uh...I'm an American too. And damn courteous.
It was a joke. Hence the winking emoticon.
If this recording enters the public domain, what incentive will Elvis have to produce new music?
I'll stop while I'm a head. ;-)
Fuck, considering all the times I've corrected other people on that, here I go making the same damn mistake myself. Next thing I know I'll be saying "same difference". Sorry. I knew better; I just slipped.
People don't get offended at Americans talking English to hotel clerks. They get offended by Americans talking English to the little old lady selling newspapers, and shouting in English at them as if they're stupid for not understanding. They get offended at Americans not even bothering to learn to say "Thank you" in the country they're visiting.
More than anything, they're annoyed that Americans just assume that everyone speaks English.
And you're assuming that everyone who uses the net is using it for international communications. Many people could care less about people in other countries, and use the net for a plethora of non-international reasons. There's no reason for a Brazilian to use a non-native language which is the norm for international communications to talk with another Brazilian across town.
Ok, good call. I would contend that hip-hop, while occasionally popular, has only really become universal in the last 8 years or so (sure, Beasties sold well, NWA was popular, Fat Boys were popular, etc., but it was seen as a burgeoning gigantic subculture, as opposed to the primary culture it is now), but if you factor in gigantor class subculture status, it has been something like 20 years now...
This musical fad is as long-lasting as glam was, disco was before it, and doo-wop was before that.
That's not at all true - the genre's been going strong for 20+ years.
You're both right. The musical fad is short, the genre is long. Same as prog, same as glam, same as disco (for what is House if not disco?).
Large, unparkable American cars with steering wheels on the wrong side of the car and a history of breaking down rapidly?
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Do this for me: Count the number of Russian cars you see in America. Count the number of American cars you see in Russia. It's not because of protectionism that Russian cars sell poorly in the US, it's because of quality. The same goes with Japan. Speaking personally, there are some things that I would be happy buying that are from America, but electronics and cars are not among them.
1. Japan is EXTREMELY Xenophobic. They aren't going to sell out their extremely LARGE console market to a "Gaijin" company without VERY good reason.
As a resident of Japan, I can never understand why Microsoft's collosal incompetence in Japan is blamed on some sort of Japanese xenophobia. MS released a system that was huge, whose clock got reset when unplugged (unplugging peripherals is very common in Japan to save on electric costs), which scratched customer CDs and DVDs and then told those consumers to just "ignore it, it's no big deal", which featured as a flagship game aimed at adults "Sneakers", which got a 34% on gamerankings.com, as well as a "killer app" consisting of an FPS (Japanese aren't too fond of FPS), and yet the reason the Japanese didn't buy it is xenophobia??
Sure, for a conversation school, that's enough, but teaching at an elementary school is a different can of worms. My guess is he's a JET.
No, it explains why it did well in Japan.
Funny, I remember the PS2 costing less than a plain ole DVD player in Japan when it came out.
Broadband here (in Japan) is cheap. If you're lucky enough to live in a house (instead of an apartment), or your apartment is relatively new, you can get a 100 Mb fiber connection for around $50 per month. Even without, if you live in a city (as most gamers do), you probably live very, very close to your telephone exchange (yay population density), so you get 12 Mb DSL for about $20 or less a month.
You're right, fewer Japanese own computers than Americans, but in the last 5 or 6 years, the gap has narrowed immensely. I think if you do a "total number of computers / total number of people", you'll still get a lower number, but that's because it's pretty common in the US for a single household to have more than one computer. If you do "number of households with one or more computers" comparisons, your numbers will be closer together.
That said, because the spread of computers came so late, PC gaming is regarded as a weird hobby of uberdorks. Normal people have PCs for email, chat, the internet, word processing, etc., but not gaming. That's what consoles are for (I'm not agreeing, I'm just noting the mindset here). So, with XBox being nonexistent, Nintendo not offering online, people not using PCs to game (much), and PS2 having a smattering of online games at best, I'm not too surprised at the lack of online gaming enthusiasm.
I'm quite a bit lazier, but I was happy to see that someone else uses 90210.
I generally use the name "Bob Bob" (easy to type)
DOB around 1900
The wrong sex
Afghanistan (the first in the dropdown list)
90210
Telephone number 555-5555 (doesn't exist in the US).
I switched from zip code 11111 to 90210 when "smart" forms would detect fake zip codes and codes which don't match the state. 90210 is the only one where 1) I know it's real, and 2) I know what state it's in.
Of course, for forms where you select the country instead of the state, it ignores the zip, but it's easier to use the same number across the board. Laziness scores extra points.
Or they'll use the system that J-Phone (since bought out by Vodafone, but, thankfully, governed by the same policies) uses: You get the first 100 characters or so of the mail for free, and push a button to download the rest, thereby allowing you to pay only for the mails that you actually want to read. It does nothing for the annoyance of receiving spam (you still have your phone buzzing at you whenever the spam comes in), but at least you don't have to pay.