The sad thing is that it took you this long to ask the right question to cure you of your ignorance, then you said you didn't want to de-ignorantify yourself. I don't really get this. I mean, you're confused about something, so instead of asking questions about it, you'd rather whinge about it then defend your decision to remain ignorant. Why is this? Are you trying to look smart? Is it because you think the original point should be defended and you don't want to take the time to consider that maybe you joined the wrong side of it? Am I just way off the mark, here?
My original post stated this piece is celebrity gossip which you haven't disagreed with. I also noted geeks are ultimately no better or worse than the so called "unwashed masses" which you also agree with. Where pray tell did I whine? What on earth is so important about understanding the desire for celebrity gossip, that you should care whether or not I remain ignorant? And since you think the question "what if I liked Dr. Who" is so important. Tell me, what if I liked it? You certainly chastised me enough for not asking it.
Also, there's no right or wrong to something as trivial as: "is this a kewl/interesting topic."
That also story didn't (and wouldn't have) make it to Slashdot.
I mentioned it to note I'm well aware of fandom's desire to talk about their stars. That's the only reason I can think of for why my opinion of Dr. Who would be a factor in this.
It's not baffling at all, the coincidences surrounding it are fun in a nerdy sort of way.
So you've already said. And though I don't get it, I not disputing it. Well, at least the fun part. I'm not seeing how it's nerdy. I'm sure no one here would claim it's nerdy to know two actors from any other genre are getting married after all. Perhaps this is a case where anything linked to a sci-fi show gives it a hint of nerdiness.
Well gee shit, no wonder you don't get it. You should be asking questions instead of making statements.
What would I have gotten had I liked Dr. Who? The aforementioned gossiping about celebrities is cool if I like the actor/show mindset? I didn't care when I learned two actors in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (Alexander Siddig and Nana Visitor) were married. I understand being interested in celebrity lives when it affects the show (like when Visitor was pregnant), but the allure of just talking about their lives still eludes me. And I believe I'll continue to remain ignorant on this topic. But thanks for trying to enlighten me.
You've picked a pretty useless argument against this story being here, but I'll give you credit for referring to something the Doctor says ad-nauseum.
It's not so much me arguing, but being baffled how a group who's so against following celebrity lives either think this is kewl, or are remaining silent about the news story. Like I kind of hinted at in my previous post, I don't really mind the gossip, I just having trouble understanding why people enjoy it.
And just to note, I don't watch Doctor Who. After watching some of the new episodes, I felt it was too campy.
This is nothing more than celebrity gossip. If such things are ok for shows that we like, then geeks are no better than the unwashed masses we so love to denigrate. Course, I believe that's always been the case.
I disagree. Many sequels as stand alones are good games, perhaps even better then the original. However, sequels must be better (by some nebulous value of better) than the original and both different enough and same enough to succeed. It really isn't an easy thing to do, even when you're creating a direct sequel.
Well, I don't know if I'll use the word abusive either, but it does seem needlessly assholish to make something taste so foul that someone will need to starve themselves for several days before being willing to consume the ration. Not to mention not eating for those days will impact health and stuff. I'd opt for making ok tasting food that only comes in one flavor and probably make it porridge like. Humans crave variety in their diet, and spending weeks eating the same mush will probably make most folks want something better in life.
A risqué statement is only considered a joke when one can be certain the person is y'know actually joking. It's far too easy to assume the random poster is some racist who hates the growing Spanish speaking population in the U.S, and wants to bitch about any tech geared towards bridging the language gap.
May I ask if your education was in Korea or America? Or did you get to experience both?
I attended one year of elementary school in Korea before coming to NYC at age six. Also, while living here, my parents sent me to a Korean American church which had Saturday classes that focused on teaching the Korean language. The whole thing was run by an ex-Korean teacher.
I'd be interested to know about some of the specifics that cause this kind of mindset.
Well, if I had to guess, ancient China had an imperial examination which in theory allowed any man to become a civil servant. This system, which was adopted by various neighboring countries including Korea, was focused on testing memorization and comprehension of various materials. This (technically) meritocratic system created a cultural mindset that education was the key to success, but it also made people equate education with sitting down and reading textbooks. So, even when the schools modernized the emphasis on book learning remained.
A bit offtopic but I'm about to become a father, and I very strongly want my daughter to be a good self-learner (with strong critical thinking - I don't even want to blindly accept what *I* say as being true without verifying it herself) and will steer her as much as possible in this direction - by knowing the other side of the coin, it'd be good to know what I should try to avoid doing.
Well, the only thing that motivated me to be a good learner (self or otherwise) was the stereotypical mindset that education is a good thing, plus horror stories of how various family members (including my parents) managed to escape poverty through hard work, education, and chutzpah. As one might guess, it didn't do much motivation. Though to be honest, it did work on others.
They sound like the quintessential examples of folks who have a lot of book learning, but virtually no practical experience applying that knowledge. I'm guessing they were the type of students who only studied, and expected to gain the necessary experiences in the workplace. It doesn't help that the Asian education and social system encourages that mindset until one hits college. At least that's my own experience as a Korean American.
Not a cell company, but Clearwire http://www.clear.com/plans does seem offer unlimited 4G internet access. I've no affliation with the group, just keep seeing them in various malls in the East Coast. only problem with the service is the locations you could use it is rather limited. http://www.clear.com/coverage
Though it's a path I dislike taking, the only method I've found that work with fundamentalists (sometimes) is to utilize their holy texts against them. Basically, argue like a moderate Christian/Muslim/whatever. Unfortunately, that tends to devolve into semantic arguments on how to interpret something, and whether it's more valid than another passage. And of course, there are many who believe as long as one part of their scripture says something is ok, then they're free to follow it, no matter how many other parts of their holy book contradicts it. But, might as well try right?
I'm not quite sure how one would educate a child on how the various parts of a computer works, even in the most basic sense. What kind of analogy might work on a child? The simplest one I can think of compares a computer to a kitchen, and I'm not sure even that's simple enough for a four year old.
Then please explain. I know 4chan is at it's core a random collection of people, but it does look like it's active members only care about laughing at "idiots" and on occasion taking up crusades against universally hated things like killing kittens and Scientology. Perhaps 4chan would take actions against this man. But history suggests otherwise.
It's not that bad. Despite becoming antiquated, travel by boat is still quite possible. Well, freighter boats for the average American. Even though the article notes there could be problems entering a country, for the most part, lack of security funding and apathy will mean someone will just glance at your passport before waving you into the country. At the very least, one would not be required to wade through hours of pointless security before entering the boat.
Meh, even in that sense I say it's a fail. For some useful info on North Korean animation studios something like "Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea" (where the author actually lived and worked with N. Korean animators) exists.
Poking fun at animation sweat shops may or may not be funny, but it isn't satire. The whole point of that is to mock or exaggerate negative things to educate and/or cause change. When has Korean/Asian animation studio practices needed to be scrutinized for controversy and corruption? It'll need to be pretty blatant if folks in the West know about it.
So if it aint satire what exactly is it? I'd go for needless negative portrayal of Korean/Asian animation studios analogous to criticizing American labor issues by portraying us as slaves. Too over the top to be taken seriously perhaps, but not a good thing either.
Seiyu are voice actors, and need to be "homegrown" so to speak. Japan outsources for the exact same reason America, France, Britain, etc does; it's simply cheaper. And no, the Japanese government has made no such outlandish claims recently.
No clue, but satire is supposed to contain at least a grain of truth. If a country with better labor laws than the U.S created a similar animation depicting the country as a third world hovel.. Well, I won't be offended, but I could certainly understand if it pisses people off.
At the risk of sounding pessimistic, I suspect this spike came because of the novelty of the situation. Should all comics try this, I suspect the effects would be analogous to webcomics. The very best and/or the best marketed comics will gain hits while the others will be mostly lost in the noise and the free publicity won't do much for them.
On the other hand, Japan has what we'd consider some rather draconian copyright laws. Copying data even for personal use has been ruled infringing, and folks have been arrested for sharing television shows on P2P networks. I can't help but wonder how this might have played out in 2chan.
The running theme in Korean dramas actually seem to be saint-like wives having to deal with a total monster of a mother-in-law (since traditionally the wife moves in with the husbands family). Problem persists because father-in-law is a total wuss who won't tell his wife to stop being a bitch, the new wife doesn't want to demand respect for whatever reason, and the husband can't do much against his own mother to be effective.
How many people actually care about tethering? How many of those would be able to set it up?
I don't know about caring, but I suspect a lot of people want the ability to surf the web using their phone as an internet gateway. Heck, there's a recent droid ad which boasts how the cellphone could transform into a wireless hotspot.
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The sad thing is that it took you this long to ask the right question to cure you of your ignorance, then you said you didn't want to de-ignorantify yourself. I don't really get this. I mean, you're confused about something, so instead of asking questions about it, you'd rather whinge about it then defend your decision to remain ignorant. Why is this? Are you trying to look smart? Is it because you think the original point should be defended and you don't want to take the time to consider that maybe you joined the wrong side of it? Am I just way off the mark, here?
My original post stated this piece is celebrity gossip which you haven't disagreed with. I also noted geeks are ultimately no better or worse than the so called "unwashed masses" which you also agree with. Where pray tell did I whine? What on earth is so important about understanding the desire for celebrity gossip, that you should care whether or not I remain ignorant? And since you think the question "what if I liked Dr. Who" is so important. Tell me, what if I liked it? You certainly chastised me enough for not asking it.
Also, there's no right or wrong to something as trivial as: "is this a kewl/interesting topic."
That also story didn't (and wouldn't have) make it to Slashdot.
I mentioned it to note I'm well aware of fandom's desire to talk about their stars. That's the only reason I can think of for why my opinion of Dr. Who would be a factor in this.
It's not baffling at all, the coincidences surrounding it are fun in a nerdy sort of way.
So you've already said. And though I don't get it, I not disputing it. Well, at least the fun part. I'm not seeing how it's nerdy. I'm sure no one here would claim it's nerdy to know two actors from any other genre are getting married after all. Perhaps this is a case where anything linked to a sci-fi show gives it a hint of nerdiness.
Well gee shit, no wonder you don't get it. You should be asking questions instead of making statements.
What would I have gotten had I liked Dr. Who? The aforementioned gossiping about celebrities is cool if I like the actor/show mindset? I didn't care when I learned two actors in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (Alexander Siddig and Nana Visitor) were married. I understand being interested in celebrity lives when it affects the show (like when Visitor was pregnant), but the allure of just talking about their lives still eludes me. And I believe I'll continue to remain ignorant on this topic. But thanks for trying to enlighten me.
You've picked a pretty useless argument against this story being here, but I'll give you credit for referring to something the Doctor says ad-nauseum.
It's not so much me arguing, but being baffled how a group who's so against following celebrity lives either think this is kewl, or are remaining silent about the news story. Like I kind of hinted at in my previous post, I don't really mind the gossip, I just having trouble understanding why people enjoy it.
And just to note, I don't watch Doctor Who. After watching some of the new episodes, I felt it was too campy.
This is nothing more than celebrity gossip. If such things are ok for shows that we like, then geeks are no better than the unwashed masses we so love to denigrate. Course, I believe that's always been the case.
I disagree. Many sequels as stand alones are good games, perhaps even better then the original. However, sequels must be better (by some nebulous value of better) than the original and both different enough and same enough to succeed. It really isn't an easy thing to do, even when you're creating a direct sequel.
So, instead of security by obscurity, companies should focus on security by geek appeasement instead?
Well, I don't know if I'll use the word abusive either, but it does seem needlessly assholish to make something taste so foul that someone will need to starve themselves for several days before being willing to consume the ration. Not to mention not eating for those days will impact health and stuff. I'd opt for making ok tasting food that only comes in one flavor and probably make it porridge like. Humans crave variety in their diet, and spending weeks eating the same mush will probably make most folks want something better in life.
A risqué statement is only considered a joke when one can be certain the person is y'know actually joking. It's far too easy to assume the random poster is some racist who hates the growing Spanish speaking population in the U.S, and wants to bitch about any tech geared towards bridging the language gap.
May I ask if your education was in Korea or America? Or did you get to experience both?
I attended one year of elementary school in Korea before coming to NYC at age six. Also, while living here, my parents sent me to a Korean American church which had Saturday classes that focused on teaching the Korean language. The whole thing was run by an ex-Korean teacher.
I'd be interested to know about some of the specifics that cause this kind of mindset.
Well, if I had to guess, ancient China had an imperial examination which in theory allowed any man to become a civil servant. This system, which was adopted by various neighboring countries including Korea, was focused on testing memorization and comprehension of various materials. This (technically) meritocratic system created a cultural mindset that education was the key to success, but it also made people equate education with sitting down and reading textbooks. So, even when the schools modernized the emphasis on book learning remained.
A bit offtopic but I'm about to become a father, and I very strongly want my daughter to be a good self-learner (with strong critical thinking - I don't even want to blindly accept what *I* say as being true without verifying it herself) and will steer her as much as possible in this direction - by knowing the other side of the coin, it'd be good to know what I should try to avoid doing.
Well, the only thing that motivated me to be a good learner (self or otherwise) was the stereotypical mindset that education is a good thing, plus horror stories of how various family members (including my parents) managed to escape poverty through hard work, education, and chutzpah. As one might guess, it didn't do much motivation. Though to be honest, it did work on others.
They sound like the quintessential examples of folks who have a lot of book learning, but virtually no practical experience applying that knowledge. I'm guessing they were the type of students who only studied, and expected to gain the necessary experiences in the workplace. It doesn't help that the Asian education and social system encourages that mindset until one hits college. At least that's my own experience as a Korean American.
Not a cell company, but Clearwire http://www.clear.com/plans does seem offer unlimited 4G internet access. I've no affliation with the group, just keep seeing them in various malls in the East Coast. only problem with the service is the locations you could use it is rather limited. http://www.clear.com/coverage
Though it's a path I dislike taking, the only method I've found that work with fundamentalists (sometimes) is to utilize their holy texts against them. Basically, argue like a moderate Christian/Muslim/whatever. Unfortunately, that tends to devolve into semantic arguments on how to interpret something, and whether it's more valid than another passage. And of course, there are many who believe as long as one part of their scripture says something is ok, then they're free to follow it, no matter how many other parts of their holy book contradicts it. But, might as well try right?
I'm not quite sure how one would educate a child on how the various parts of a computer works, even in the most basic sense. What kind of analogy might work on a child? The simplest one I can think of compares a computer to a kitchen, and I'm not sure even that's simple enough for a four year old.
Then please explain. I know 4chan is at it's core a random collection of people, but it does look like it's active members only care about laughing at "idiots" and on occasion taking up crusades against universally hated things like killing kittens and Scientology. Perhaps 4chan would take actions against this man. But history suggests otherwise.
It's not that bad. Despite becoming antiquated, travel by boat is still quite possible. Well, freighter boats for the average American. Even though the article notes there could be problems entering a country, for the most part, lack of security funding and apathy will mean someone will just glance at your passport before waving you into the country. At the very least, one would not be required to wade through hours of pointless security before entering the boat.
Meh, even in that sense I say it's a fail. For some useful info on North Korean animation studios something like "Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea" (where the author actually lived and worked with N. Korean animators) exists.
Poking fun at animation sweat shops may or may not be funny, but it isn't satire. The whole point of that is to mock or exaggerate negative things to educate and/or cause change. When has Korean/Asian animation studio practices needed to be scrutinized for controversy and corruption? It'll need to be pretty blatant if folks in the West know about it.
So if it aint satire what exactly is it? I'd go for needless negative portrayal of Korean/Asian animation studios analogous to criticizing American labor issues by portraying us as slaves. Too over the top to be taken seriously perhaps, but not a good thing either.
Seiyu are voice actors, and need to be "homegrown" so to speak. Japan outsources for the exact same reason America, France, Britain, etc does; it's simply cheaper. And no, the Japanese government has made no such outlandish claims recently.
No clue, but satire is supposed to contain at least a grain of truth. If a country with better labor laws than the U.S created a similar animation depicting the country as a third world hovel.. Well, I won't be offended, but I could certainly understand if it pisses people off.
At the risk of sounding pessimistic, I suspect this spike came because of the novelty of the situation. Should all comics try this, I suspect the effects would be analogous to webcomics. The very best and/or the best marketed comics will gain hits while the others will be mostly lost in the noise and the free publicity won't do much for them.
On the other hand, Japan has what we'd consider some rather draconian copyright laws. Copying data even for personal use has been ruled infringing, and folks have been arrested for sharing television shows on P2P networks. I can't help but wonder how this might have played out in 2chan.
You could've make the game both faster and harder by running away from the random battles...
The running theme in Korean dramas actually seem to be saint-like wives having to deal with a total monster of a mother-in-law (since traditionally the wife moves in with the husbands family). Problem persists because father-in-law is a total wuss who won't tell his wife to stop being a bitch, the new wife doesn't want to demand respect for whatever reason, and the husband can't do much against his own mother to be effective.
You mean your mama's so stupid. The Borg only care about what's on the inside. They're the ultimate socialists.
How many people actually care about tethering? How many of those would be able to set it up?
I don't know about caring, but I suspect a lot of people want the ability to surf the web using their phone as an internet gateway. Heck, there's a recent droid ad which boasts how the cellphone could transform into a wireless hotspot.