There are many precedents for the English language evolving to correct historical misspellings of place name. Peking / Beijing and Canton / Guangdong, for example. Brasil is the correct spelling, whether you like it or not.
Partially correct, actually "Peking" comes from an older pronounciation of the word in Chinese. Other non-western cultures use the word too. In Japanese, a language from a country that had contact with China long before Europe ever did, the word is "pekin"(romanized of course)
Honestly, if any language can come close to getting a place name correct, I'm impressed.
This is going very off-topic, but could the low birth rate also be becuase it takes so long to even get "settled" nowadays? Seriously, you have to have at least a bachelors degree(sometimes more depending on your field) to even get your feet planted financially(esp. if you are like me and paid your own way through school) Plus you have to go through a few years of work just barely treading water while paying insane amounts of money in rent(which unlike a sane mortgage, is not an investment but blowing money everywhere) in order to save enough money to even consider having a kid(unless you don't mind poverty and crappy schools).
Seriously, it's not just the guys, I know a lot of women who are putting off childbirth as long as possible, if not deciding against it altogether. I know devout Catholics who are putting off having children(which for them means putting off getting married and having sex at all) till they are 30 because they just can't afford it. I was kind of shocked the other day when I came to the realization that my mother(who is a college graduate) was as old as I am right now when she had her first child, whereas I am in no way ready for that kind of responsibility/committment.
Wow, amazing....you seem to enjoy bashing American's ignorance while exposing your own:read the first sentence here, it tells you the official name of Bra(s/z)il in Portugese is...........drumroll please.....
República Federativa do Brasil!
And guess what, I'm an American! I've also had tech jobs on 3 continents before my 25th birthday! Go back and learn something about the world, then we can talk
It's hard to say where a product is "made" in anymore. In the US, it has to come from 70% US sources to be labeled "Made in the USA". There are still plenty of fabs in the US, but the product then goes to Malaysia and whatnot for final packaging(the most labor intensive part) so it will get labeled as "Made in Malaysia" when more accurately it should be labeled, "Made in Malaysia and USA"(and designed by Indians:P)
It's just scary to realize how similiar the Chinese economy is to the Japanese economy of 20 years ago, and how China is pretty much guarenteed to hit the wall within the next decade, just like Japan did. Remember, Japan started off the same way as China did, with a fixed currency, starting with the "low hanging fruit" so to speak of labor intensive manufacturing, had a central government that plays a huge role in the economy(Japan's government, at least pre-Koizumi, was democratic in name only pretty much), as well as growth that seems focused soley on exports and constructing stuff to export more. Hell, you even have at first a blatant disregard for the environment at first until some major events really wake you up(in Japan events like the mecury poisining in Kagoshima, in China the Haribin chemical spill). Hell, they even have the same demographic issues, China is just about 20 years later than Japan. However, Japan hit the wall when it turned out they couldn't export any more than they were already exporting. Now Japan is finally posting above 1% growth for the first time in about 15 years, but even then exports to places such as China play a large role. Japan's consumer spending is still depressed compared to places like the richer EU countries(everyone's spending is depressed compared to US consumers) I foresee China hitting such a wall as well. Already there are more factories than there is demand for their products, and signs of speculation are increasing rapidly.
Of course the big difference is China has 10x the population and nukes....
Here in Germany they carbonate pretty much everything else under the sun. I never thought they would carbonate apple juice, but damn, after trying my first Lift ApfelSchorle, I was hooked. That is damn good stuff, and under a euro to boot(actually cheaper than a lot of cola you buy in a store in the US)
but the level of "involvement" in the conversation is limited. Really, in all those situations the most you are doing is giving short bits of information, not having real conversations which would cover a broad range of topics and have a very natural back and forth.
Yes, but a passenger is MUCH more likely to alert you of an impending danger(they can see where you are, and of course don't want to die) than a person on a cell phone. Not to mention that even on hands free sets talking on a cellphone is less natural, and thus takes more concentration than talking to someone next to you.
The problem is that as google gains in popularity, people are learning more and more about how their search engine works and how to exploit it(see nigritude ultramarine). When google came on the scene nobody(including spammers) had seen anything like it, so you actually got useful results, unlike some other search engines. However, google has to be able to fight back against the tide of spamming to still continue to provide "useful" results, and in certain regards, I think like you, it's failling...
Um, did you, oh I don't know, actually READ the article before going off on your nice little rant? The suggestions in the article are to get as much time as you can outside, eat well, drink plenty of water, and exercise. So can you tell me where big pharma's cut in that is? As I see it, if you follow the advice given in the article then you are much less likely to need drugs. Though you could use the proverbial "chill pill" of course.
How would have closed source really prevented cheating though? It hasn't on a lot of other games, the problem isn't open source, the problem is trusting the clients. As long as the clients, not the server, is responsible for sending that info you are going to have a problem.
do they have games planned to actually release with or soon after the launch of the console? Cuz they still don't have PSP games...though that "mega pack" does look tempting, however it is basically Sony conceding that they made a really sexy video player with a decent screen.
Um, the summary says 1 yen is worth ".83 cents", which is just about.0082977 USD...congrats on proving the summary correct when you were trying to prove it wrong:P
When the free market demands it? Seriously, people who are serious about their data use more redundant, longer lasting(and by extension usually more expensive) media. But that doesn't match everyone's needs. Some people just need (relatively)short lived but dense storage. So should companies stop producing cds/dvds or make them more expensive so they last longer just to appease the former crowd?
If someone(you can feel free to do it of course!)came up with a cheap, dense, long lasting media format then the world will beat a path to their door, money in hand. But until that point, your groussing really doesn't make a lot of sense.
Not to mention DeutscheBahn in Germany or one of many in Japan(you can even get it on your cell phone there), and that is just the countries I have lived in. I'm a 25 year old USian and the one thing that I really like about Germany and Japan has been that both have very extensive public transport systems(though were I live in Germany is a bit lacking, the closes train station is 16ks away, but I also live in cow country)....
Honestly, I think a lot of the problems with health stem from American's overreliance on cars. Seriously, look at Germany and Japan, the people tend to weigh a lot less and live a lot longer even though the German diet is full of fat and the Japanese has tons of sodium. However, both of those places tend to have their cities designed such that you can't park right next to your destination wherever you go. I seriously think that all that walking has significant health benefits.
It seems as though more and more talent is signing up with iTunes directly instead of through a label. A band that doesn't want to totally burden their customers with copy restrictions but want to make money from their stuff could give away a few of their tracks and either a)sell the rest of the tracks directly(secure credit card transfers are pretty easy and cheap to do, although you will pay a decent chunk to the CC company bastards) or b)sell the rest on iTunes(easier for the band since they don't have to deal with the payment details, can't be sued for fraud, and maybe will get some free publicity(iTunes's 'single of the week'), but will have to split profits with Apple and will still have some DRM on the music)
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There are many precedents for the English language evolving to correct historical misspellings of place name. Peking / Beijing and Canton / Guangdong, for example. Brasil is the correct spelling, whether you like it or not.
Partially correct, actually "Peking" comes from an older pronounciation of the word in Chinese. Other non-western cultures use the word too. In Japanese, a language from a country that had contact with China long before Europe ever did, the word is "pekin"(romanized of course)
Honestly, if any language can come close to getting a place name correct, I'm impressed.
This is going very off-topic, but could the low birth rate also be becuase it takes so long to even get "settled" nowadays? Seriously, you have to have at least a bachelors degree(sometimes more depending on your field) to even get your feet planted financially(esp. if you are like me and paid your own way through school) Plus you have to go through a few years of work just barely treading water while paying insane amounts of money in rent(which unlike a sane mortgage, is not an investment but blowing money everywhere) in order to save enough money to even consider having a kid(unless you don't mind poverty and crappy schools).
Seriously, it's not just the guys, I know a lot of women who are putting off childbirth as long as possible, if not deciding against it altogether. I know devout Catholics who are putting off having children(which for them means putting off getting married and having sex at all) till they are 30 because they just can't afford it. I was kind of shocked the other day when I came to the realization that my mother(who is a college graduate) was as old as I am right now when she had her first child, whereas I am in no way ready for that kind of responsibility/committment.
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Wow, amazing....you seem to enjoy bashing American's ignorance while exposing your own:read the first sentence here, it tells you the official name of Bra(s/z)il in Portugese is...........drumroll please.....
República Federativa do Brasil!
And guess what, I'm an American! I've also had tech jobs on 3 continents before my 25th birthday! Go back and learn something about the world, then we can talk
Better than other things being "micro" on the site I would suppose...
Slashdot, where we support freedom of speech and don't delete comments unless they embarass the editors!
Japan was/is doing that as well. China is currently the biggest buyer of US debt, Japan, IIRC, is still the biggest holder(and 2nd biggest buyer)
It's hard to say where a product is "made" in anymore. In the US, it has to come from 70% US sources to be labeled "Made in the USA". There are still plenty of fabs in the US, but the product then goes to Malaysia and whatnot for final packaging(the most labor intensive part) so it will get labeled as "Made in Malaysia" when more accurately it should be labeled, "Made in Malaysia and USA"(and designed by Indians :P)
It's just scary to realize how similiar the Chinese economy is to the Japanese economy of 20 years ago, and how China is pretty much guarenteed to hit the wall within the next decade, just like Japan did. Remember, Japan started off the same way as China did, with a fixed currency, starting with the "low hanging fruit" so to speak of labor intensive manufacturing, had a central government that plays a huge role in the economy(Japan's government, at least pre-Koizumi, was democratic in name only pretty much), as well as growth that seems focused soley on exports and constructing stuff to export more. Hell, you even have at first a blatant disregard for the environment at first until some major events really wake you up(in Japan events like the mecury poisining in Kagoshima, in China the Haribin chemical spill). Hell, they even have the same demographic issues, China is just about 20 years later than Japan. However, Japan hit the wall when it turned out they couldn't export any more than they were already exporting. Now Japan is finally posting above 1% growth for the first time in about 15 years, but even then exports to places such as China play a large role. Japan's consumer spending is still depressed compared to places like the richer EU countries(everyone's spending is depressed compared to US consumers) I foresee China hitting such a wall as well. Already there are more factories than there is demand for their products, and signs of speculation are increasing rapidly.
Of course the big difference is China has 10x the population and nukes....
The funny thing is we haven't(as far as I know) seen a Roland article in a long while....hmmm.....
spell the name of the University correctly if he is going to spam slashdot. It's CLARKSON, there is no T in there!
Here in Germany they carbonate pretty much everything else under the sun. I never thought they would carbonate apple juice, but damn, after trying my first Lift ApfelSchorle, I was hooked. That is damn good stuff, and under a euro to boot(actually cheaper than a lot of cola you buy in a store in the US)
but the level of "involvement" in the conversation is limited. Really, in all those situations the most you are doing is giving short bits of information, not having real conversations which would cover a broad range of topics and have a very natural back and forth.
Yes, but a passenger is MUCH more likely to alert you of an impending danger(they can see where you are, and of course don't want to die) than a person on a cell phone. Not to mention that even on hands free sets talking on a cellphone is less natural, and thus takes more concentration than talking to someone next to you.
*Disclaimer* I have no expertise whatsoever in the field but I'm very skeptical of what is being claimed.
Since WHEN has that ever stopped anyone from posting on slashdot?
The problem is that as google gains in popularity, people are learning more and more about how their search engine works and how to exploit it(see nigritude ultramarine). When google came on the scene nobody(including spammers) had seen anything like it, so you actually got useful results, unlike some other search engines. However, google has to be able to fight back against the tide of spamming to still continue to provide "useful" results, and in certain regards, I think like you, it's failling...
Um, did you, oh I don't know, actually READ the article before going off on your nice little rant? The suggestions in the article are to get as much time as you can outside, eat well, drink plenty of water, and exercise. So can you tell me where big pharma's cut in that is? As I see it, if you follow the advice given in the article then you are much less likely to need drugs. Though you could use the proverbial "chill pill" of course.
How would have closed source really prevented cheating though? It hasn't on a lot of other games, the problem isn't open source, the problem is trusting the clients. As long as the clients, not the server, is responsible for sending that info you are going to have a problem.
do they have games planned to actually release with or soon after the launch of the console? Cuz they still don't have PSP games...though that "mega pack" does look tempting, however it is basically Sony conceding that they made a really sexy video player with a decent screen.
Um, the summary says 1 yen is worth ".83 cents", which is just about .0082977 USD...congrats on proving the summary correct when you were trying to prove it wrong :P
When the free market demands it? Seriously, people who are serious about their data use more redundant, longer lasting(and by extension usually more expensive) media. But that doesn't match everyone's needs. Some people just need (relatively)short lived but dense storage. So should companies stop producing cds/dvds or make them more expensive so they last longer just to appease the former crowd?
If someone(you can feel free to do it of course!)came up with a cheap, dense, long lasting media format then the world will beat a path to their door, money in hand. But until that point, your groussing really doesn't make a lot of sense.
Not to mention DeutscheBahn in Germany or one of many in Japan(you can even get it on your cell phone there), and that is just the countries I have lived in. I'm a 25 year old USian and the one thing that I really like about Germany and Japan has been that both have very extensive public transport systems(though were I live in Germany is a bit lacking, the closes train station is 16ks away, but I also live in cow country)....
Honestly, I think a lot of the problems with health stem from American's overreliance on cars. Seriously, look at Germany and Japan, the people tend to weigh a lot less and live a lot longer even though the German diet is full of fat and the Japanese has tons of sodium. However, both of those places tend to have their cities designed such that you can't park right next to your destination wherever you go. I seriously think that all that walking has significant health benefits.
is to ruin your credit rating to the point where theives beg you to take your identity back!
And yet, throughout the years the (driver/user) still hasn't improved much, but power has, making both still as dangerous as ever...
What about when Kitty decides to go to France?
It seems as though more and more talent is signing up with iTunes directly instead of through a label. A band that doesn't want to totally burden their customers with copy restrictions but want to make money from their stuff could give away a few of their tracks and either a)sell the rest of the tracks directly(secure credit card transfers are pretty easy and cheap to do, although you will pay a decent chunk to the CC company bastards) or b)sell the rest on iTunes(easier for the band since they don't have to deal with the payment details, can't be sued for fraud, and maybe will get some free publicity(iTunes's 'single of the week'), but will have to split profits with Apple and will still have some DRM on the music)