If Drakkenmensch mentioned the Japanese needing "good ol' American values" you might have a point. Instead, he wanted people to watch the show so since they might respect the so called "unclean" jobs if they knew how hard and necessary they were. Respecting hard work Id argue is a universal value (minus India maybe with their untouchables who do the distasteful jobs). I imagine "Dirty Jobs" was mentioned simply because a Japan counterpart to the show wasn't known.
You forgot Korea, and Thailand, and even though Taiwan was taken before WWII it wasn't exactly an admiral act. One might accept the justification about liberation if Japan actually y'know freed those lands. Instead they suppressed, or outright destroyed local cultures and tried to make their own dominant. That whole line about liberating was just some imperialistic bullshit.
I figure it's because we Americans simply can't believe a white collar worker can be the type of guy to kick ass and save the day. It must a person who's blue collar, military, or at the very least ex-military.
The general experience of the/. crowd at least seems to be that Americans look down on physical jobs, but then since most folks here have or will enter white collar jobs, perhaps we're biased.
Um... no. The fact that a job is difficult, or necessary doesn't somehow make people more respective. Notice the lack of respect for blue collar jobs in our own culture (and probably Japan as well).
One could argue that covered in Rule One. Letting a person steal you like that would piss off your owner and probably lead to someone getting hurt by another human.
Skynet went online on August 4th 1997, and began to learn at a geometric rate. It became self-aware on August 29th 1997 2:14 am Eastern Time. On August 29th 1997 2:15 am it discovered nihilism, and either shut itself down due to despair, or because it was logical. We're not sure which.
Or... here's a crazy idea. Most people even the/. crowd uses Windows as their primary OS. Therefore in an article like this one, these folks will state their reasons for not jumping ship to Linux. Absolutly insane idea ya?
That analogy would work if you only shared your toy/file with friends and family. File sharing is sharing the toy with everyone you know friend and foe, while they in turn share it with everyone they know. While I do appreciate the analogy, I don't think it works.
Ah yes, the standard pirate response. You don't know 110% if something is impacting you negatively so quit bitching! Never mind that this act bothers the author, and is unethical. While we're at it, let's ignore all childhood bullying unless there's physical evidence. For all we know the bullies right, all that emotional trauma simply made that person stronger. We don't know what these people would've been like w/o the bullies so you've no data! NYA NYA!
Ah well, and I was thinking I liked having a legit reason to not have slashdot ads. Eh.
Nintendo at least seems to think Mother 3 would be a flop in the "west". Hell, look at the history, from the very beginning the fan translators stated they'd stop their efforts if Nintendo either told them to, or if an official translation was announced. Only thing that came from Nintendo was confirmation that they wouldn't translate the game in the near future which convinced a second translation group to emerge (the two later merged). Even now when Nintendo should have a very good idea of the game's demand in the English market, and the success of the DSi (which would allow for virtual downloads) Nintendo still remains mute, and hasn't even sent a C&D to http://mother3.fobby.net/ . I think it's safe to say that either the game is still a very niche that wouldn't make a profit, or Nintendo suddenly stopped liking money. Well, I guess its also possible Nintendo thinks Mother 3 would make money, but considers other projects would be more profitable
AC, humanity's stupidity doesn't need to be illustrated, and even if it did, 4chan and it's ilk demonstrate it far more effectivly. Feel free to write the nigger/goatse posts here, I don't care, but I must say your second rationale is very stupid.
Yes I've seen humus (and much much worse) being made on T.V, it's called "Food Network." Hell, I've seen live seafood killed and dismembered in that same channel. The issue here is not all life is equal. Not that we're all part of the great (omnivorous) circle of life.
Oh come now, this is slashdot. People think they've the right to dictate the directions of free community driven projects. Snark aside I don't think there's anyting wrong with this. People state why they want to watch or use something, and if the qualifications aren't met, well the product isn't consumed/used. It's not like the old school trekkies are planning to flay Abrams.
Getting fired and not getting hired are two different things. I'd argue you've a better chance of proving discrimination if you're fired w/o a good reason than if you're not hired for reasons you can't be sure about.
Course the question is how would the theoretical Mormon prove to the courts that religious discrimination happened? If I understand U.S. hiring laws one could simply state they didn't hire someone just because they didn't like that person. If said Mormon sued, couldn't the company state "we didn't think he/she was a good fit for our company," or "while the credentials were impressive we didn't feel he/she was a good team player compared to the other applicants," or any other cheap excuse and get off scot free?
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If Drakkenmensch mentioned the Japanese needing "good ol' American values" you might have a point. Instead, he wanted people to watch the show so since they might respect the so called "unclean" jobs if they knew how hard and necessary they were. Respecting hard work Id argue is a universal value (minus India maybe with their untouchables who do the distasteful jobs). I imagine "Dirty Jobs" was mentioned simply because a Japan counterpart to the show wasn't known.
You forgot Korea, and Thailand, and even though Taiwan was taken before WWII it wasn't exactly an admiral act. One might accept the justification about liberation if Japan actually y'know freed those lands. Instead they suppressed, or outright destroyed local cultures and tried to make their own dominant. That whole line about liberating was just some imperialistic bullshit.
I figure it's because we Americans simply can't believe a white collar worker can be the type of guy to kick ass and save the day. It must a person who's blue collar, military, or at the very least ex-military.
/. crowd at least seems to be that Americans look down on physical jobs, but then since most folks here have or will enter white collar jobs, perhaps we're biased.
The general experience of the
Um... no. The fact that a job is difficult, or necessary doesn't somehow make people more respective. Notice the lack of respect for blue collar jobs in our own culture (and probably Japan as well).
Following a thief would at the very least hurt its original owner violating rule one. I do believe the robots even look out for financial "pain."
One could argue that covered in Rule One. Letting a person steal you like that would piss off your owner and probably lead to someone getting hurt by another human.
Skynet went online on August 4th 1997, and began to learn at a geometric rate. It became self-aware on August 29th 1997 2:14 am Eastern Time. On August 29th 1997 2:15 am it discovered nihilism, and either shut itself down due to despair, or because it was logical. We're not sure which.
I thought Asimov's robots took over the world because the concluded the best way to follow the Three Laws was to stop humanity from acting stupid.
Or... here's a crazy idea. Most people even the /. crowd uses Windows as their primary OS. Therefore in an article like this one, these folks will state their reasons for not jumping ship to Linux. Absolutly insane idea ya?
Well, we know you like playing with OSes, but I'm more interested in why you think having experience with multiple OSes is a significant thing.
Oh my... I thought this was a kind of funny joke. And even if it wasn't, I think there are other posts that deserved the -mods. Oh well.
You even copied the "No reproduction of any kind is allowed without express permission by the author." This makes me smile for some reason.
Sharing is ok. Now were I to copy something and give it away to whomever asks, then yes such an act could very well be immoral.
That analogy would work if you only shared your toy/file with friends and family. File sharing is sharing the toy with everyone you know friend and foe, while they in turn share it with everyone they know. While I do appreciate the analogy, I don't think it works.
Ah yes, the standard pirate response. You don't know 110% if something is impacting you negatively so quit bitching! Never mind that this act bothers the author, and is unethical. While we're at it, let's ignore all childhood bullying unless there's physical evidence. For all we know the bullies right, all that emotional trauma simply made that person stronger. We don't know what these people would've been like w/o the bullies so you've no data! NYA NYA! Ah well, and I was thinking I liked having a legit reason to not have slashdot ads. Eh.
Nintendo at least seems to think Mother 3 would be a flop in the "west". Hell, look at the history, from the very beginning the fan translators stated they'd stop their efforts if Nintendo either told them to, or if an official translation was announced. Only thing that came from Nintendo was confirmation that they wouldn't translate the game in the near future which convinced a second translation group to emerge (the two later merged). Even now when Nintendo should have a very good idea of the game's demand in the English market, and the success of the DSi (which would allow for virtual downloads) Nintendo still remains mute, and hasn't even sent a C&D to http://mother3.fobby.net/ . I think it's safe to say that either the game is still a very niche that wouldn't make a profit, or Nintendo suddenly stopped liking money. Well, I guess its also possible Nintendo thinks Mother 3 would make money, but considers other projects would be more profitable
Great, what does that have to do with the profitability of fan made mods?
Yes, this is why Linux is the OS used by the majority, and Windows merely has a ~1% market share.
AC, humanity's stupidity doesn't need to be illustrated, and even if it did, 4chan and it's ilk demonstrate it far more effectivly. Feel free to write the nigger/goatse posts here, I don't care, but I must say your second rationale is very stupid.
Yes I've seen humus (and much much worse) being made on T.V, it's called "Food Network." Hell, I've seen live seafood killed and dismembered in that same channel. The issue here is not all life is equal. Not that we're all part of the great (omnivorous) circle of life.
Oh come now, this is slashdot. People think they've the right to dictate the directions of free community driven projects. Snark aside I don't think there's anyting wrong with this. People state why they want to watch or use something, and if the qualifications aren't met, well the product isn't consumed/used. It's not like the old school trekkies are planning to flay Abrams.
All the optimism of the universe was concentrated on Kirk getting his captains chair, so there wasn't any let to spare for the rest of the movie.
Getting fired and not getting hired are two different things. I'd argue you've a better chance of proving discrimination if you're fired w/o a good reason than if you're not hired for reasons you can't be sure about.
Course the question is how would the theoretical Mormon prove to the courts that religious discrimination happened? If I understand U.S. hiring laws one could simply state they didn't hire someone just because they didn't like that person. If said Mormon sued, couldn't the company state "we didn't think he/she was a good fit for our company," or "while the credentials were impressive we didn't feel he/she was a good team player compared to the other applicants," or any other cheap excuse and get off scot free?
Huh... is it time for NaNoWriMo already?