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- 04 Jan 2016, 10:53
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Force Awakens.
- Replies: 139
- Views: 17539
Re: The Force Awakens.
Presumably living near a port where humans appeared to be in the minority, she picked up a number of languages. I don't know if the Wookiee language was ever established to be a difficult language to learn in-universe, but I don't believe Chewbacca was ever shown having difficulties communicating w...
- 05 Nov 2014, 05:59
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The General Chat thread
- Replies: 6647
- Views: 393795
Re: The General Chat thread
Valkyrie-Lemons wrote:Twitch is apparently worth a hell of a lot of money.
Either there was a currency crash I missed or one of these numbers is wrong.
- 28 Oct 2014, 01:38
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The General Chat thread
- Replies: 6647
- Views: 393795
Re: The General Chat thread
So something has been bothering me all day and I dont know why but here it is. In the Star Trek universe, why arn't there more Vulcan captains, for that matter, why aren't MOST of Star Fleets captains Vulcan? Here is my logic. Vulcans are stronger, faster, and more intelligent than humans, they are...
- 23 Oct 2014, 09:21
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The General Chat thread
- Replies: 6647
- Views: 393795
Re: The General Chat thread
Prospero101 wrote:I would think that Swedish and German might have at least a few cognates. But then again, I don't know shit about shit.
Different branches of a surprisingly large tree.
And:
8 years English
4 years Latin
3 years Spanish
2 years French
Except in French and Latin I get by okay.
- 23 Oct 2014, 01:12
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The General Chat thread
- Replies: 6647
- Views: 393795
Re: The General Chat thread
Valkyrie-Lemons wrote:I think we probably should. Heck, I think there should be a real effort to try and get kids to speak *any* second language.
Henning Wehn:
It's good how proud the British are, when they get out one or two words of a foreign language.
Ironically said on the BBC.
- 21 Oct 2014, 09:05
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Judges have a sense of humor, who knew?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1602
Re: Judges have a sense of humor, who knew?
Yeah, we have similar collections in German. Especially rhyming seems to be popular, I once read an entire trial in rhyme.
- 21 Oct 2014, 08:08
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Judges have a sense of humor, who knew?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1602
Re: Judges have a sense of humor, who knew?
Just out of interest, are these trials by jury or by judge?
- 14 Oct 2014, 10:26
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A question about copyright on youtube
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2027
Re: A question about copyright on youtube
Finally something. Smeghead, I think you should talk to your boss about this whole idea and get a specialized lawyer (or a general counsel if you have one at hand) to look this over. Because this opinion piece in Wired basically tells you all about your situation: Could work, might end badly.
- 14 Oct 2014, 07:09
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A question about copyright on youtube
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2027
Re: A question about copyright on youtube
This is what the dispute over the Summer between YouTube and Indie labels was all about. YouTube wants to force them all to accept the exact deal they made with the major labels. So yes, these deals exist. Here's my problem: You keep referring to a contract you say exists. If such a contract existe...
- 14 Oct 2014, 06:08
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A question about copyright on youtube
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2027
Re: A question about copyright on youtube
In the vast majority of cases with popular music covers your school may post, you'll be covered by YouTube's agreement with the artist/label, and being "flagged" simply means they'll put ads and pass along the revenue, but does not count as a copyright violation because you're essentially...
- 18 Sep 2014, 00:35
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What is Adam Baldwin thinking?
- Replies: 780
- Views: 62644
Re: What is Adam Baldwin thinking?
There's no conflict of interest if the exchange is one way. Like, say a Restaurant Critic for the New York Times has a favorite restaurant. They go to the restaurant all the time. There's nothing that should stop them from writing a review of that restaurant, even though they've contributed money t...
- 13 Sep 2014, 01:56
- Forum: Magic: The Gathering
- Topic: Custom cards - Playability assessment
- Replies: 148
- Views: 13443
Re: Custom cards - Playability assessment
That doesn't help, because the activation is simply to weak to actually warrant any use. You would have to be in a situation where you accepted putting yourself on a 19-turn clock to draw one card. Meanwhile your opponent draws two cards every turn regardless of what you do. Nitpicking: You named th...
- 12 Sep 2014, 12:14
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What is Adam Baldwin thinking?
- Replies: 780
- Views: 62644
Re: What is Adam Baldwin thinking?
No, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory things with the intention of provoking an emotional reaction. What you described is the actual advocatus diaboli, which is an actual and important role in a debate.
But can I get a call on Goodwin's Law while we're at it?
But can I get a call on Goodwin's Law while we're at it?
- 12 Sep 2014, 00:17
- Forum: Magic: The Gathering
- Topic: Custom cards - Playability assessment
- Replies: 148
- Views: 13443
Re: Custom cards - Playability assessment
Frankly you couldn't pay me to play this card. Just imagine you played this with five counters on it. Your opponent immediately pays five mana, you gain 10 life. And gave your opponent five 3/3s. And +2/+2 to his other creatures.
- 11 Sep 2014, 12:03
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Venting Thread Delta - Now With Easy to Follow Rules
- Replies: 7432
- Views: 438155
Re: Venting Thread Delta - Now With Easy to Follow Rules
Burden of proof: You want to use an argument, you proof it to be right, not the other way around.
- 06 Sep 2014, 14:09
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Advice Thread
- Replies: 1621
- Views: 89878
Re: Advice Thread
My advice would be to get some distance to your cousin. Because from what I read, you have not two but three people who have to become active and that obviously hasn't happened. Your cousin doesn't seem to be willing to take the necessary steps to get his parents working / out of his apartment, so w...
- 03 Sep 2014, 09:43
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What is Adam Baldwin thinking?
- Replies: 780
- Views: 62644
Re: What is Adam Baldwin thinking?
So you can have a phobia of something without being scared of it. For example, a lot of homophobes state religious grounds for opposing homosexuality. In other words, they think their religious beliefs are threatened by homosexuals, and thus they have a fear of them. That argument might work better...
- 03 Sep 2014, 01:19
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What is Adam Baldwin thinking?
- Replies: 780
- Views: 62644
Re: What is Adam Baldwin thinking?
It's not the only word with 'phobe' in it. I believe the only real difference between a 'phobe' and a 'phobia' is how it is used in a sentence. Someone 'has' a -phobia, therefore they 'are' a -phobe. I think he meant the question as "Why are derogatory and hostile sentiments toward homosexuals...
- 30 Aug 2014, 00:16
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: Gaming General Chat Thread
- Replies: 2184
- Views: 182127
Re: Gaming General Chat Thread
*waves bye-bye to the 'real gamers'* [...] ...and that term doesn't mean the same thing anymore, and the unevolved, unenlightened holdbacks that can't accept change and ride the changing tides are going to get hostile and violent toward 'these interlopers infringing on OUR hobby'. But don't worry, ...
- 29 Aug 2014, 13:11
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: Gaming General Chat Thread
- Replies: 2184
- Views: 182127
Re: Gaming General Chat Thread
But that's just it: We're seeing it break down. There's clearly a notion of 'gamer' as an identity, hence why we get the constant "they're not real gamers" comments whenever any poll shows that yes, more women and older people (and older women, for that matter) are playing games. The noti...
- 29 Aug 2014, 08:17
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: YRR of LRR 2: Kickstarting Soon?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1498
Re: YRR of LRR 2: Kickstarting Soon?
They are going to kickstart throwing bears in lava? That might create backlash.
- 28 Aug 2014, 13:11
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Advice Thread
- Replies: 1621
- Views: 89878
Re: Advice Thread
Well, the French will help you learn Spanish, but German, Welsh and English are the wrong family, no help there. Yesterday I had an add for a language-site that claimed to teach you any language in 180 days, maybe you could try that. My personal experience is, that you learn best by learning the bas...
- 28 Aug 2014, 13:03
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What is Adam Baldwin thinking?
- Replies: 780
- Views: 62644
Re: What is Adam Baldwin thinking?
Once the trope is established, the question in modern media studies becomes: why does this trope exist? Second: what impact might it have on people watching it? And here, the "positions" that Sarkeesian takes are hardly revolutionary. If you show someone lots of violence, they become dese...
- 28 Aug 2014, 12:09
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Advice Thread
- Replies: 1621
- Views: 89878
Re: Advice Thread
It depends on several factors, one of the more important being if you have any kind of knowledge in other languages, preferably roman.
- 28 Aug 2014, 09:03
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What is Adam Baldwin thinking?
- Replies: 780
- Views: 62644
Re: What is Adam Baldwin thinking?
I think in a few regards Elomin Sha is right. I only watched the last video, so I will talk about that: I got the impression this video was not an exploration but a search for arguments for a position. The two theories were: "Video games use sexual violence against women as shorthand for the mo...