in which I made it look like that it was only 'the west' that was repressed
No, you didn't "make it look", you straight up said that "only the west is so repressed." So, yes, I agree with you. I didn't get what you were saying, but that's because you weren't very clear about what you were saying.
No, I understand completely, but the fact of the matter remains that many non-western cultures consider "child pornography" to be just as awful an offence as here in the west - countries that have no Judeo-Christian background. While there are places that do not share this, it's not related to Christan values, and it's not related to the west.
Remember, since I used a quote, I was only dealing with that section of your post. I never said anything about the rest of it.
Gee, it's almost like the war against drugs and piracy! Strange how people keep doing what they want, against the "laws", despite the prevalent "morality" of their state. It's almost like the state doesn't truly represent the people at all.
So, it's just the west? There's moderate to severe nudity taboos in Japan and China (don't know about the rest of the Far East), in many middle eastern countries, and most of the post-Russian block countries. In fact, the only place off the top of my head where nudity is a normal part of society is Africa, and the in much of Europe it's tolerated (kinda), and that's, uh, the West. No, nudity taboos are pretty universal among developed nations - the West has nothing to do with it.
It's funny you say that. It's almost like what happens on 4chan's/b/ "random" board are closer to human nature, because people are not held back by personal inhibitions.
Which means nothing more than mindshare. Those who will pay for games will pay for it, and those who refuse to will continue to pirate. The more the game gets downloaded, the more the game, it's name, and it's developer get known about, meaning more sales in the future. So, all you mean is, the better the game, the more likely it is that people will know about it. You seem to think that, for some reason, having this additional mindshare doesn't mean additional sales. This is, frankly, bullshit.
Sorry buddy, it's not an argument, it's the truth. Something can't be morally theft. Copyright infringement is morally wrong, or so I would argue. But it's not "morally theft". That doesn't even make sense. ``Depriving'' someone of theoretical income is not theft. Copying something, which deprives someone of a physical product, is theft. This is not. Period. Stop thinking otherwise. Nobody's saying "derp derp copyright infringement means i can steal games lol" (well, maybe some are, but they're not who we're talking about). They're letting you know that, quite literally, the act is not theft.
I dunno. Why do we call it the Edo period instead of Yedo, and why is the island Hokkaido instead of Yezo? (To your credit, we still (incorrectly) call it "Yen" in the west.) Maybe because it completely fell out of the language. "Smyth" still exists in English, "ye" doesn't in Japanese. Period. It's a bad romanization of "we", which was officially dropped from the language in 1946, and had been pronounced identically to "e" for perhaps hundreds of years before that. Not changing it means you're being stubborn and pretentious. It's like spelling your name with this particular symbol. It's no longer used in common English, so I see no reason at all for it to be in a name other than wanting to stick out and be special (read: pretentious).
So, anyone who uses it either has no idea what they're talking about or is a pretentious fuck. Doesn't sound like they're worth my time either way, hmm? Especially considering we're talking about romanization systems, of which there are standards. But I guess it's OK to use archaic names if you want to be edgy.
So, in other words, there is nobody with the last name "Inouye" who is native Japanese. So I won't have to tell too many people.
I'm more interested in the name of the researcher. They're apparently from Japan, but "Inouye" is almost, but not quite a Japanese name. Looks like they got it wrong. "Inouye" can't exist in the Japanese language (they have fewer phonemes than English). Perhaps they meant "Inoue" or "Inoe" (with a bar over the o, slashdot isn't unicode).
Most likely no, as this device makes the skull vibrate, which is then picked up by the inner ear. If their ears don't work at all, this won't solve anything.
Agreed. Google and Slashdot are the two (depending on my mood) sites I test to see if I have an internet connection. If I can't reach one, I don't even bother testing the other - I assume it's on my end, and I've not yet been wrong.
Well, (in Japanese, as that pronunciation makes little sense in Chinese), the characters shown on their advertisement read "Tree tree sap", and it makes about as much sense to write it that way in English as it does Japanese. That alone should tell you it's bullshit.
Good enough? Addict? I'm sorry, I don't want to sound like a dick, but you clearly aren't much of a tech person. Let me ask you, when was the last time you downloaded a service pack or tried to use SVN on dialup? It's hell.
But, I agree 100% that it's good enough for most people. But not everyone is most people.
But downloading music supports pirates. And kills the economy. So all you have to do is stop piracy, and everyone will be happy, and the politicians richer!
I sometimes wonder exactly who the governments are representing. Their constituents download MP3s and toke it up all the time, yet those "representatives" decide these things are just so bad, and need to spend their constituents' money on stopping them.
This is absolutely 100% true. I have a friend who is a tech for AT&T. With him, we've been able to get into many "restricted" areas, simply because he's a tech and I look like one. People go "oh, something's wrong with the lines? No, but you still need to do tests? Better let 'em through." Never asked for ID, nothing. People seem to have this implicit trust that "tech people" are there to help, and do not want to be bothered. While it's true, this privilege can be abused.
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No, you didn't "make it look", you straight up said that "only the west is so repressed." So, yes, I agree with you. I didn't get what you were saying, but that's because you weren't very clear about what you were saying.
No, I understand completely, but the fact of the matter remains that many non-western cultures consider "child pornography" to be just as awful an offence as here in the west - countries that have no Judeo-Christian background. While there are places that do not share this, it's not related to Christan values, and it's not related to the west.
Remember, since I used a quote, I was only dealing with that section of your post. I never said anything about the rest of it.
Gee, it's almost like the war against drugs and piracy! Strange how people keep doing what they want, against the "laws", despite the prevalent "morality" of their state. It's almost like the state doesn't truly represent the people at all.
So, it's just the west? There's moderate to severe nudity taboos in Japan and China (don't know about the rest of the Far East), in many middle eastern countries, and most of the post-Russian block countries. In fact, the only place off the top of my head where nudity is a normal part of society is Africa, and the in much of Europe it's tolerated (kinda), and that's, uh, the West. No, nudity taboos are pretty universal among developed nations - the West has nothing to do with it.
It's funny you say that. It's almost like what happens on 4chan's /b/ "random" board are closer to human nature, because people are not held back by personal inhibitions.
As it turns out, the editors are basing this on complete hearsay. Nobody knows if the RIAA were even involved in this.
I really hope you're referencing some kind of media here (movie, comic, etc), for I would much like to know its name so I may consume it.
Which means nothing more than mindshare. Those who will pay for games will pay for it, and those who refuse to will continue to pirate. The more the game gets downloaded, the more the game, it's name, and it's developer get known about, meaning more sales in the future. So, all you mean is, the better the game, the more likely it is that people will know about it. You seem to think that, for some reason, having this additional mindshare doesn't mean additional sales. This is, frankly, bullshit.
Sorry buddy, it's not an argument, it's the truth. Something can't be morally theft. Copyright infringement is morally wrong, or so I would argue. But it's not "morally theft". That doesn't even make sense. ``Depriving'' someone of theoretical income is not theft. Copying something, which deprives someone of a physical product, is theft. This is not. Period. Stop thinking otherwise. Nobody's saying "derp derp copyright infringement means i can steal games lol" (well, maybe some are, but they're not who we're talking about). They're letting you know that, quite literally, the act is not theft.
Welcome to the fail that is "no unicode on slashdot". Enjoy your stay.
Ahhh, got it, got it. I won't be turning in my geek license quite yet, though.
Claim you're the son of God. Worked for Asia for thousands of years.
I dunno. Why do we call it the Edo period instead of Yedo, and why is the island Hokkaido instead of Yezo? (To your credit, we still (incorrectly) call it "Yen" in the west.) Maybe because it completely fell out of the language. "Smyth" still exists in English, "ye" doesn't in Japanese. Period. It's a bad romanization of "we", which was officially dropped from the language in 1946, and had been pronounced identically to "e" for perhaps hundreds of years before that. Not changing it means you're being stubborn and pretentious. It's like spelling your name with this particular symbol. It's no longer used in common English, so I see no reason at all for it to be in a name other than wanting to stick out and be special (read: pretentious).
So, anyone who uses it either has no idea what they're talking about or is a pretentious fuck. Doesn't sound like they're worth my time either way, hmm? Especially considering we're talking about romanization systems, of which there are standards. But I guess it's OK to use archaic names if you want to be edgy.
So, in other words, there is nobody with the last name "Inouye" who is native Japanese. So I won't have to tell too many people.
I'm more interested in the name of the researcher. They're apparently from Japan, but "Inouye" is almost, but not quite a Japanese name. Looks like they got it wrong. "Inouye" can't exist in the Japanese language (they have fewer phonemes than English). Perhaps they meant "Inoue" or "Inoe" (with a bar over the o, slashdot isn't unicode).
Most likely no, as this device makes the skull vibrate, which is then picked up by the inner ear. If their ears don't work at all, this won't solve anything.
Agreed. Google and Slashdot are the two (depending on my mood) sites I test to see if I have an internet connection. If I can't reach one, I don't even bother testing the other - I assume it's on my end, and I've not yet been wrong.
How in God's name does the first post get named redundant?
Well, (in Japanese, as that pronunciation makes little sense in Chinese), the characters shown on their advertisement read "Tree tree sap", and it makes about as much sense to write it that way in English as it does Japanese. That alone should tell you it's bullshit.
Great job! You insulted me and then agreed with my post! Troll harder next time.
Good enough? Addict? I'm sorry, I don't want to sound like a dick, but you clearly aren't much of a tech person. Let me ask you, when was the last time you downloaded a service pack or tried to use SVN on dialup? It's hell.
But, I agree 100% that it's good enough for most people. But not everyone is most people.
But downloading music supports pirates. And kills the economy. So all you have to do is stop piracy, and everyone will be happy, and the politicians richer!
I sometimes wonder exactly who the governments are representing. Their constituents download MP3s and toke it up all the time, yet those "representatives" decide these things are just so bad, and need to spend their constituents' money on stopping them.
Hivemind.
This is absolutely 100% true. I have a friend who is a tech for AT&T. With him, we've been able to get into many "restricted" areas, simply because he's a tech and I look like one. People go "oh, something's wrong with the lines? No, but you still need to do tests? Better let 'em through." Never asked for ID, nothing. People seem to have this implicit trust that "tech people" are there to help, and do not want to be bothered. While it's true, this privilege can be abused.