A big issue that only a few people have touched on is the fact that when you enter your preferences, you are choosing to not have the device associate with certain people. Now, while this may be a boon to some, keep in mind some of the best friendships/relationships are had by people who are complete opposites of each other. This device works directly against that.
Also, part of being compatible with someone is having your differences and working around them together. Yet you'd never know about those differences you could work around if you decided to filter out that type of person.
This device looks extremely useful, or rather the concept of it, but it will never be a substitute for real social skills.
I was about to post about this exact thing, although as I recall, it had details about the person as well, so that you could more accurately fine tune it to your tastes. I wish I knew how well it did over there. I also wonder how well something like that would catch on here what with all the dating shows on tv, and all the Speed Dating services popping up.
I don't know how good of an idea it would be to have Americanized dating sims....I mean...don't get me wrong, I've played a couple translated Japanese ones and enjoyed them, but I don't think our society is quite yet ready to handle them.
Also, I'd be interested in a REAL perspective on who actually plays dating sims in Japan, as opposed to some blatantly offensive GameSpy article. Is it a publicly accepted genre? Or do people get mocked for playing them over there as they would inevitably be if they played them over here?
The last reason I don't think we should Americanize dating sims just yet is that the people who create mainstream entertainment in our culture still have yet to learn how to tell a good story. I mean, take a look at Hollywood for example, every now and then they turn out something decent, but for the most part its crap. Same with video games. And of all the types of games out there, dating sims require some of the BEST storytelling. You simply can't compensate in a dating sim with better graphics.
While I understand they might be able to help prevent spam with this possibly defensive patent...keep in mind some things that have happened in the past. Phone companies sold people caller-id to help stop telemarketers. Then they sold people caller-id blocker, and so on and so forth. And that is just ONE of the examples of when they've done something like that.
Hopefully in this day and age of corporations getting a lot of bad press for treating customers poorly, AT&T will decide NOT to be completely stupid.
Actually, this was the entire point of my original parent post. Presentations need to be taken BEYOND Powerpoint. In fact, I had a teacher in a class that forbade the use of PP because she wanted us to actually learn how to present.
There are two defined camps here on Slashdot regarding this issue. The first thinks their children should not be trusted, and that they need to monitor their every thought. The second believes that kids need to have some reasonable respect for privacy and that if you try to hide it from them, they will figure it out.
Well, if you couldn't tell from the previous text, I am in the second camp. And I can tell you that BECAUSE my parents gave me a reasonable degree of privacy, I was more truthful to them. I also increased our trust, because I felt they trusted me to make the right decisions.
Now, I'll be the first to admit, I've done some things that I probably shouldn't have, and I will never tell them about it, and they MAY have found out if they pried more into my life, but guess what, I'm a better person for experiencing those things, and I also would have lost all my trust in them if they pried enough to find out. Now, I'm not saying I'm innocent in all this, I'm just saying them knowing about what I've done and trying to make me feel bad about it wouldn't have changed things in the least. I would have still done those things.
Parents, give us kids SOME credit. We're not as stupid as you think we are. We do learn from our experiences.
"3. Allow them to view any content (within reason) that they're willing to explain, and talk about. Conversely, forbid anything that they're too ashamed to bring up. Let their own moral compass pester them for you, and save yourself the trouble."
I agree with all your points except the one I quoted. Why should your child have to be willing to converse about masturbation with you? It is a very personal, private thing for many people. I certainly would never talk to my parents about it, nor do I feel I should have to. It is called PRIVACY. Also, what if your child had a social/mental issue that they wanted to handle themselves and didn't want you involved in? What if it was between them and another friend? Do you feel you are privy to that information?
Kids who grow up in families where they are allowed no privacy become very good at creating their own, in whatever way they can.
Why do you feel you need to shame your child into not learning about something that is completely natural? Why do you feel you need to use a weapon against your kid?
Guess what, no matter how much you know about computers, your kid will be able to see it if he wants to, he just has to go to a library or a friends house. Do you WANT your kid to grow up socially handicapped? I mean, for gods sake, what is the problem with a 16 year old looking at porn? He's gotta have SOMETHING to masturbate to. Unless that is something you feel you need to shame him into not doing either.
Before you just assume that an unregulated spectrum is a good thing, I would suggest you read up on The Tragedy of the Commons. It is an economic theory that most certainly applies to your post.
" Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Better anwser "working 5 times as hard for half the pay" and not "I want to take your job". Are you interviewing anywhere else? Damned if you do (not too interested, has plenty of options so no pity) damned if you don't (why doesn't any one want him, he's such a loser)."
And this paragraph right here somes up the attitude of the rest of your post, or namely, why you wouldn't be hired.
Guess what, the vast majority of HR people ARE NOT STUPID. You would be stupid for not providing a suitable answer if you wanted the job. A better answer for the 5 years question might be, "working on a career path with room for growth", or maybe "being able to make better business decisions after I've completed my MBA in a couple years". The interviewing elsewhere question? I ALWAYS say I am interviewing elsewhere. Guess what, it shows you're desirable enough that people want you to come and interview with them. It shows that you aren't desperate. While they may not give you "pity", they certainly will view you as a more valuable person.
This is the one thing I hate about posts like yours. They assume that the HR people are stupid, and don't know their job, and that they are only out to screw you. Guess what, if you take on a different mindset, and can manage to persuade them through interesting and well thought-through answers, they'll hire you.
Actually, I find it kind of disgusting that there is a referral code in his link. This means he profits whenever someone signs up through his link. Which means he is trying to profit off of the Slashdot crowd reading his posts.
"I love the 24-hour Walmarts because I do my weekly marketing at about 4AM every Saturday."
Wow, as someone in marketing/advertising, I have to say, you are QUITE dedicated to your job. 4AM? Wow. I can just imagine all the useful research you do at Walmart too! Most impressive.
""The system allows the parents to establish 'fences,' which, when entered by the child, cause a notification to be sent to the parents in the form of either an SMS message or an email." Hmmm."
Thank God. For a second I was a little scared. I mean, my parents need me to program their VCR to stop flashing 12. My dad thought his shift key was broken, when in reality his entire keyboard wasn't working. My guess is that the kids are going to be able to either change the "fence", disable it, make it so it doesn't notify the parents, or simply not take it with them.
Just goes to show, digital rights management isn't the only easy thing to crack, organic rights management is too.
"by removing Windows Media Player from Windows, it would be forced to ship a substandard version to European consumers."
Bill really is looking out for the customers. You see, he feels hurt that he'd be forced to give them a product that would do anything less than completely lock out all of those....."undesirable" programs.
"yet another email harvesting operation, in the same light as those someone-has-a-crush-on-you sites."
I always hated those things so much when I found out how they harvested email addresses. You don't really get a chance to opt-in because your friends do it for you....how nice of them. And you can't really opt-out because by then they've already sold your email address to someone else.
"But I simply don't get what the problem is here. If one "shares" material in a manner which violates to copyright conditions, or receives something shared that way, it's a copyright violation."
This is the key issue that needs to be addressed. It IS a copyright violation, which is a civil matter. They want to send all the college students who send these movies to each other to jail for up to three years. Doesn't anything about that sound the LEAST bit wrong to you?
Maybe you're one of those people who believe people should be anally raped every day in prison because they got caught smoking pot once.
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I once played against such an opponent, and yes he did beat me. I believe the game was called Pomg or something.
Well, I for one reject them because I don't know where half the pieces are able to move, but thats just me.
Also, part of being compatible with someone is having your differences and working around them together. Yet you'd never know about those differences you could work around if you decided to filter out that type of person.
This device looks extremely useful, or rather the concept of it, but it will never be a substitute for real social skills.
Given that this is Slashdot, wouldn't it be more probable that that would work the other way around?
Also, I'd be interested in a REAL perspective on who actually plays dating sims in Japan, as opposed to some blatantly offensive GameSpy article. Is it a publicly accepted genre? Or do people get mocked for playing them over there as they would inevitably be if they played them over here?
The last reason I don't think we should Americanize dating sims just yet is that the people who create mainstream entertainment in our culture still have yet to learn how to tell a good story. I mean, take a look at Hollywood for example, every now and then they turn out something decent, but for the most part its crap. Same with video games. And of all the types of games out there, dating sims require some of the BEST storytelling. You simply can't compensate in a dating sim with better graphics.
Hopefully in this day and age of corporations getting a lot of bad press for treating customers poorly, AT&T will decide NOT to be completely stupid.
Well, if you couldn't tell from the previous text, I am in the second camp. And I can tell you that BECAUSE my parents gave me a reasonable degree of privacy, I was more truthful to them. I also increased our trust, because I felt they trusted me to make the right decisions.
Now, I'll be the first to admit, I've done some things that I probably shouldn't have, and I will never tell them about it, and they MAY have found out if they pried more into my life, but guess what, I'm a better person for experiencing those things, and I also would have lost all my trust in them if they pried enough to find out. Now, I'm not saying I'm innocent in all this, I'm just saying them knowing about what I've done and trying to make me feel bad about it wouldn't have changed things in the least. I would have still done those things.
Parents, give us kids SOME credit. We're not as stupid as you think we are. We do learn from our experiences.
I agree with all your points except the one I quoted. Why should your child have to be willing to converse about masturbation with you? It is a very personal, private thing for many people. I certainly would never talk to my parents about it, nor do I feel I should have to. It is called PRIVACY. Also, what if your child had a social/mental issue that they wanted to handle themselves and didn't want you involved in? What if it was between them and another friend? Do you feel you are privy to that information?
Kids who grow up in families where they are allowed no privacy become very good at creating their own, in whatever way they can.
Guess what, no matter how much you know about computers, your kid will be able to see it if he wants to, he just has to go to a library or a friends house. Do you WANT your kid to grow up socially handicapped? I mean, for gods sake, what is the problem with a 16 year old looking at porn? He's gotta have SOMETHING to masturbate to. Unless that is something you feel you need to shame him into not doing either.
Actually, I am a professional who works for his money. You are no better than a spammer.
(The preceding text is brought to you by the Tin-Foil Society for Public Awareness, have a nice day.)
And this paragraph right here somes up the attitude of the rest of your post, or namely, why you wouldn't be hired.
Guess what, the vast majority of HR people ARE NOT STUPID. You would be stupid for not providing a suitable answer if you wanted the job. A better answer for the 5 years question might be, "working on a career path with room for growth", or maybe "being able to make better business decisions after I've completed my MBA in a couple years". The interviewing elsewhere question? I ALWAYS say I am interviewing elsewhere. Guess what, it shows you're desirable enough that people want you to come and interview with them. It shows that you aren't desperate. While they may not give you "pity", they certainly will view you as a more valuable person.
This is the one thing I hate about posts like yours. They assume that the HR people are stupid, and don't know their job, and that they are only out to screw you. Guess what, if you take on a different mindset, and can manage to persuade them through interesting and well thought-through answers, they'll hire you.
Wow, as someone in marketing/advertising, I have to say, you are QUITE dedicated to your job. 4AM? Wow. I can just imagine all the useful research you do at Walmart too! Most impressive.
Thank God. For a second I was a little scared. I mean, my parents need me to program their VCR to stop flashing 12. My dad thought his shift key was broken, when in reality his entire keyboard wasn't working. My guess is that the kids are going to be able to either change the "fence", disable it, make it so it doesn't notify the parents, or simply not take it with them.
Just goes to show, digital rights management isn't the only easy thing to crack, organic rights management is too.
Bill really is looking out for the customers. You see, he feels hurt that he'd be forced to give them a product that would do anything less than completely lock out all of those....."undesirable" programs.
I always hated those things so much when I found out how they harvested email addresses. You don't really get a chance to opt-in because your friends do it for you....how nice of them. And you can't really opt-out because by then they've already sold your email address to someone else.
This is the key issue that needs to be addressed. It IS a copyright violation, which is a civil matter. They want to send all the college students who send these movies to each other to jail for up to three years. Doesn't anything about that sound the LEAST bit wrong to you?
Maybe you're one of those people who believe people should be anally raped every day in prison because they got caught smoking pot once.