Because America didn't have an economy based on commodity exports, which is what the dutch disease is all about. And those regions of the country that *did* have economies built on commodity exports - the South in particular - had the most vulnerable economies with the greatest inequities.
Do a Google search on "the Dutch disease" and get back to me. You'll learn why having a valuable natural resource can always only help a small number of people in the country, and can often hurt, unless that country does like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia do and become massive welfare states for anyone not in the oil industry.
I can't stand spoiler-panic. It's the stupidest attitude towards narratives (other than, say, a whodunit or other "punchline" plot structures) that I can possibly imagine. You know, I'm going to a good production of Hamlet *even though I know everybody dies at the end.* I'd go to see My Big Fat Greek Wedding *even though I know there will be a big fat Greek guy at the end.*
The best video game made into a movie was never a video game, and it was called Run Lola Run. It had more of a sense of what makes video games unique and novel than any of the franchise movies. Also, unlike any of the spin-off movies, Run Lola Run didn't suck.
Think about it: multiple lives, a rule-based universe, minigames in the movie (soccer, roulette, bike games). If you haven't seen Run Lola Run, do yourself a favor and grab it, and don't give any of these sad opportunistic clowns making franchise-flicks a penny of your money.
Well, he *was* passing out pirated data in a fake, hollow copy of Baudrillard's "Simulacra and Simulation." Actually, that scene is sort of a metaphor for the whole film.
I am aghast at how many people marvel at The Matrix's skin-deep riff off the old "brain in a vat" rhubarb.
There's a phrase that sums up about half of what's wrong with science fiction in film and television, and fan cultures in general. I think those words speak for themselves: geek apologetics.
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Think about this, does society consider mags like GQ "immature"?
Yes, pretty much. Maybe it's a little upmarket from Maxim, but not much. However, more to the point, you're comparing one title with an entire industry. GQ is a niche publication. So is Playgirl. Magazine publishing in general, however, does not have such a heavy emphasis on catering to heterosexual male desire. The gaming industry does.
Besides, if you go to a video store, you'll find a few titles that are flaunting the T&A line. That's fine. The fact is that there's "pandering" or reference to the sex and emotional drives of just about everyone, though - the adolescent T&A crowd is just a niche; Hugh Grant romantic comedies are another niche, and bittersweet post-feminist tragic romances like Jane Campion's "The Piano" are another one.
The point is that if I go to a Blockbuster, I don't get the message "testosterone space!" If I go to an EB Games, the environment is completely different, and far less universal. Compare E3 to a trade show or conference about film, and you'll see that E3's whole economy of "who desires what" is so constricted, so stereotypical and limited, that there's no comparison.
And there you have it... the self-fulfilling prophesy. "There would be more games that girls would feel comfortable playing if there were more girls in the game market."
The problems with the treatment of women in the game industry aren't new - the work environment for women at Atari was said to be worse than most auto body shops. If you've ever been to E3, it's humiliating - humiliating for me as a man, who doesn't need to have my libido pandered to in order to get me interested in a game (and who generally doesn't expect his libido to inform most of his other activities except, you know, sex.) To see all those bored models dressed in skimpy costumes is just a way of saying "we're an industry and culture completely dominated by the fantasies of frustrated adolescent boys! Don't take us seriously! And girls, just stand there so we can look at you!" It's a horrible, depressing message. It's no wonder that women don't go into the gaming-room, the entire gaming culture has essentially been hostile (and, yes, being the object of constant sexual and romantic attention is hostile, in its way) to women from the get-go.
I have nothing against a little pandering in its sector. If you go to a video store, there's an adult section. But it's not like the entire display rack is filled with bikini models. Pandering to sex drives should be a niche market, not a dominant theme.
The way rebates work is that the seller gets almost all the benefits of a sale price - getting to list something as being $300! (after rebate) for only a fraction of the cost. It's simply a fact that only a fraction of the people who buy the goods will successfully apply for the rebate: multiply that fraction by the amount of the rebate, and you have the amount they actually have to lose per unit sale while getting virtually all of the competitive advantage of announcing the discount.
It's a little irksome, but I think the sense is that there isn't a lot of pressure to get one of these things if you're already a PS2 owner - the additions are nice, but not that big a deal. However, the GBA-SP included features (lighting) which really should have (lighting) been in the GBA to begin with (lighting).
Flip that around, and think of the message.
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If you *aren't* in the IT sector, but in any other sector of the economy, and you read that report, you might think "wow, I can keep my manufacturing costs down and have a better position in the high-tech labor market as an employer if I move more facilities to a weak-IP country."
Are you kidding? In the second original photo, the barrel of the gun is facing an Iraqi man carrying his child. In the modified picture, the barrel of the gun is facing safely away, and the soldier looks like he's closer to the vierwer.
Not completely correct. Koizumi is a strong supporter of the US-led operation in Iraq, but only about 30% of Japan agree with it. Many local governments have passed resolutions critical of the conflict. Like Anzar and Blair, he may pay a political price for that stance with a population that doesn't share it.
See here for a little pre-conflict analysis, here (I love Asahi Shimbun) for a look at what's happening in the Diet, here and here for a look at the political fallout of Koizumi's position.
I don't think it's ironic at all that Germany and Japan are, in different ways, two of the most resolute "pacifist states." It's more likely to be the consequence of their histories, than in spite of them.
Another quirk: in the US, kids can play with war and gore to their hearts content, but as soon as a pair of breasts shows up, it's Mature content, and behind the counter it goes. In many European countries, they consider violence a more sensitive subject than sex.
Miyazaki and Ghibli don't really care too much about the rest of the world - they are quite content to let Disney distribute it as little or as much as they want, as long as Ghibli maintains full and complete and utter editorial control.
Miyazaki's artistic integrity and lack of greed is, in general, awe-inspiring, as are the values that inform his work. He's one of a dying breed.
As someone who shares much of Michael Moore's politics, I think of him the way that more intelligent conservatives think of Rush Limbaugh - sometimes funny and informative, but not really rigorous and at times dishonest. More of a cheerleader than an analyst.
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Because America didn't have an economy based on commodity exports, which is what the dutch disease is all about. And those regions of the country that *did* have economies built on commodity exports - the South in particular - had the most vulnerable economies with the greatest inequities.
Do a Google search on "the Dutch disease" and get back to me. You'll learn why having a valuable natural resource can always only help a small number of people in the country, and can often hurt, unless that country does like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia do and become massive welfare states for anyone not in the oil industry.
I can't stand spoiler-panic. It's the stupidest attitude towards narratives (other than, say, a whodunit or other "punchline" plot structures) that I can possibly imagine. You know, I'm going to a good production of Hamlet *even though I know everybody dies at the end.* I'd go to see My Big Fat Greek Wedding *even though I know there will be a big fat Greek guy at the end.*
Think about it: multiple lives, a rule-based universe, minigames in the movie (soccer, roulette, bike games). If you haven't seen Run Lola Run, do yourself a favor and grab it, and don't give any of these sad opportunistic clowns making franchise-flicks a penny of your money.
"It's already moving."
Something about it being Mt. Fuji does invite pseudo-Zen one-line responses, I'm afraid.
Kudos on an excellent, well-written, informative review. A few articles of this depth and maturity and I could start sending money!
I am in complete and utter awe of your stupidity.
Well, he *was* passing out pirated data in a fake, hollow copy of Baudrillard's "Simulacra and Simulation." Actually, that scene is sort of a metaphor for the whole film.
I am aghast at how many people marvel at The Matrix's skin-deep riff off the old "brain in a vat" rhubarb.
There's a phrase that sums up about half of what's wrong with science fiction in film and television, and fan cultures in general. I think those words speak for themselves: geek apologetics.
Green and blurry.
Guh. "Canonical." Geekspeak for "jumped the shark."
Think about this, does society consider mags like GQ "immature"?
Yes, pretty much. Maybe it's a little upmarket from Maxim, but not much. However, more to the point, you're comparing one title with an entire industry. GQ is a niche publication. So is Playgirl. Magazine publishing in general, however, does not have such a heavy emphasis on catering to heterosexual male desire. The gaming industry does.
Besides, if you go to a video store, you'll find a few titles that are flaunting the T&A line. That's fine. The fact is that there's "pandering" or reference to the sex and emotional drives of just about everyone, though - the adolescent T&A crowd is just a niche; Hugh Grant romantic comedies are another niche, and bittersweet post-feminist tragic romances like Jane Campion's "The Piano" are another one.
The point is that if I go to a Blockbuster, I don't get the message "testosterone space!" If I go to an EB Games, the environment is completely different, and far less universal. Compare E3 to a trade show or conference about film, and you'll see that E3's whole economy of "who desires what" is so constricted, so stereotypical and limited, that there's no comparison.
The problems with the treatment of women in the game industry aren't new - the work environment for women at Atari was said to be worse than most auto body shops. If you've ever been to E3, it's humiliating - humiliating for me as a man, who doesn't need to have my libido pandered to in order to get me interested in a game (and who generally doesn't expect his libido to inform most of his other activities except, you know, sex.) To see all those bored models dressed in skimpy costumes is just a way of saying "we're an industry and culture completely dominated by the fantasies of frustrated adolescent boys! Don't take us seriously! And girls, just stand there so we can look at you!" It's a horrible, depressing message. It's no wonder that women don't go into the gaming-room, the entire gaming culture has essentially been hostile (and, yes, being the object of constant sexual and romantic attention is hostile, in its way) to women from the get-go.
I have nothing against a little pandering in its sector. If you go to a video store, there's an adult section. But it's not like the entire display rack is filled with bikini models. Pandering to sex drives should be a niche market, not a dominant theme.
The way rebates work is that the seller gets almost all the benefits of a sale price - getting to list something as being $300! (after rebate) for only a fraction of the cost. It's simply a fact that only a fraction of the people who buy the goods will successfully apply for the rebate: multiply that fraction by the amount of the rebate, and you have the amount they actually have to lose per unit sale while getting virtually all of the competitive advantage of announcing the discount.
It's a little irksome, but I think the sense is that there isn't a lot of pressure to get one of these things if you're already a PS2 owner - the additions are nice, but not that big a deal. However, the GBA-SP included features (lighting) which really should have (lighting) been in the GBA to begin with (lighting).
If you *aren't* in the IT sector, but in any other sector of the economy, and you read that report, you might think "wow, I can keep my manufacturing costs down and have a better position in the high-tech labor market as an employer if I move more facilities to a weak-IP country."
Are you kidding? In the second original photo, the barrel of the gun is facing an Iraqi man carrying his child. In the modified picture, the barrel of the gun is facing safely away, and the soldier looks like he's closer to the vierwer.
O of n^2. Eight.
This is an old thread, but I think you need to consider something: politics are peace. Politics are the alternative to violence.
Ironically, it's sarcasm, not irony.
See here for a little pre-conflict analysis, here (I love Asahi Shimbun) for a look at what's happening in the Diet, here and here for a look at the political fallout of Koizumi's position.
I don't think it's ironic at all that Germany and Japan are, in different ways, two of the most resolute "pacifist states." It's more likely to be the consequence of their histories, than in spite of them.
Another quirk: in the US, kids can play with war and gore to their hearts content, but as soon as a pair of breasts shows up, it's Mature content, and behind the counter it goes. In many European countries, they consider violence a more sensitive subject than sex.
Miyazaki's artistic integrity and lack of greed is, in general, awe-inspiring, as are the values that inform his work. He's one of a dying breed.
As someone who shares much of Michael Moore's politics, I think of him the way that more intelligent conservatives think of Rush Limbaugh - sometimes funny and informative, but not really rigorous and at times dishonest. More of a cheerleader than an analyst.