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Was -5 out here until about half an hour ago. Nice and frosty
Jesus christ, what horrid cold place do you hail from? I went to the Blue Mountains a couple of weekends ago and it was 1 degree. That was enough for me.
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Jesus christ, what horrid cold place do you hail from? I went to the Blue Mountains a couple of weekends ago and it was 1 degree. That was enough for me.
codswallop
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I haven't used GMG much until recently, did they just try to sell and trade-in their own stock or allow other games? I'm envisaging a store that allows sales/trade-ins from all the other big guys (like you'd ever get them to agree to it).
While the EoJ ruling creates some opinio juris (nonbinding) international precedent, I'd have to see the ruling to determine upon what principles this case was determined. In the short term, at least, I doubt it - at least until a High Court case is brought forward.
Ham, are you saying PC gaming non-resalability is part of why initial DD prices can be so low?
http://www.airbornegamer.com/2012/07/02/this-is-why-girls-suck-at-gaming/
Well played gentlemen
Jintor, aren't European laws bounded by the EU constitution?
Well played gentlemen
Jintor, aren't European laws bounded by the EU constitution?
codswallop
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Not sure about pre-owned choc, but you can trade some games you've bought from GMG back in for credit.
I'd recommend watching anime without subtitles even if you don't understand everything. You tend to get lazy and not concentrate if you focus on reading subtitles.
In addition to anime, you could also watch some dramas and variety shows which are probably more suited to learning the language as they tend to be more natural. Check out Lincoln and Gaki no Tsukai for some variety shows that you might find amusing without even knowing a lot of the language.
Sure, but it's non-binding for Australian jurisdiction, like any other international law. It's persuasive though.
shanshan310
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Wow that wasn't even a subtle attempt at a troll. The 'women are bad at computers' thread looks awful. You know when you start arguing about whether women are biologically less interested in technology you should probably stop.
reptilescorpio
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I expect it will sell average. Which is annoying because they did a fantastic job in putting you through the damages of violence and war. Although the section I am in is pretty much just a slog-shoot-fest at the moment which sucks. The confronting stuff though is done very, very, very well. Very impressed with the developers and will be keeping an eye on any of their projects from here on out, some great minds over there that look to be above the usual run of the mill projects.
Slow the roll hombre, dickish software companies first. Gaming is another ballpark but this does bode well indeed for selling your games without reprimand. The issue of what Steam is classified as though could end up changing their whole plans and could backfire immensely on gamers in terms of the current value system just to get the ability to trade your old games. With prices so freaking low and a hell of a lot of purchases being throwaway, impulse buys based on price fluctuations and low, low prices the idea of then making them trade-able seems like a dangerous proposition to allow companies to still make a living out of them.
the easiest thing you can do is keep drilling what you already know with Anki.
Consolidation is key. Even if you don't learn anything new.... half an hour to an hour drilling in the toliet/bus/tv should be enough to maintain your skills.
Erin's challenge
https://www.erin.ne.jp/en/
Pretty good site for beginners..... the short videos has subtitles for japanese and english. Also has transcripts with "mouse over" translations
Its basically the journey of this english girl (who looks japanese =,= ) as she enters a school as a foreign student.
have you heard of Lang 8?
http://lang-8.com/
Its website of cooperation where users write entries in a public diary and japanese people can comment and correct your mistakes.
The philosophy is that you're supposed to use your native level english skills to correct the diary entries of english learners. Sharing is caring and all that >_>
shanshan310
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Also, for anki... which do you reckon is better, reading the japanese to remember the english or reading the english to try and remember the japanese?
Ideally both. Some anki decks do it. but, if you can only do one, English in to Japanese seems to get my memory working more.
japanese to english at the moment.... (passive)
english to japanese is problematic because as your vocabulary increases you may get 10 different possible japanese choices which will mess with your reviews.
nothing really wrong with it.....but it may be time consuming...
edit: now that I think about it, it is probably good to have some english to japanese cards too.... but mainly the words that probably won't have synonyms eg: dog cat etc. You shouldn't worry about going both ways for every word.
for your "active" memory, may be better to practise writing sentences or finding a speaking partner.
english to japanese is problematic because as your vocabulary increases you may get 10 different possible japanese choices which will mess with your reviews.
nothing really wrong with it.....but it may be time consuming...
edit: now that I think about it, it is probably good to have some english to japanese cards too.... but mainly the words that probably won't have synonyms eg: dog cat etc. You shouldn't worry about going both ways for every word.
for your "active" memory, may be better to practise writing sentences or finding a speaking partner.
There's probably an element of truth to that, it's just that it's more of a trend than a black and white rule. The article is pretty clearly saying all girls are X, all guys are Y, which is stupid.
Forgive me for asking, but aren't pc games obscenely cheap these days? I mean, fair enough if you bought a silly EA game you would want to sell it, but I'm surprised the issue is getting more traction with respect to the pc rather than console market.
I'd love to sell my xbla and capcom psn games.
I'd love to sell my xbla and capcom psn games.
Well at least you're right chromosomally.
That thread looked unbelievably silly, but I haven't had a chance to enjoy its various literary charms just yet.
Yep, I think so. I also think retailers not caring much about PC gaming is part of the reason too.
oh yeah of course. But EU is covered
roosters93
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Was -5 out here until about half an hour ago. Nice and frosty
Damn poor Fogz. I'm so glad I've escaped most of the Canberra winter. Left on the 20th of May and coming back early August. So I nearly missed the whole winter!
I never had to deal with such thick frost on my car until I came to Canberra. I need to get a bucket or something.
Also, for anki... which do you reckon is better, reading the japanese to remember the english or reading the english to try and remember the japanese?
Considered rosetta stone?
I imagine it's because a lot of people have converted to near 100% DD on PC in a fairly short period of time. Not many people are doing that for consoles I'd think.
For true. Another reason I hate this article is it casts the biological basis for gender differences in a negative light. This kind of stuff is ammo for the "literally every single thing is a social construct" crowd.
But they all speak kansai ben so it might confuse poor beginner jint! But yeah it is good to see how natural dialogue works, especially sentence structure and what not.
Ah yes, good point! Although Kansai-ben is the best ben.
thats the only reason that I learnt japanese.... >_>
Not now that chrono trigger pal is finally out.
People just need to look at Korea and Starcraft to understand what being fully immersed in technology can do to create scenarios where certain people are better.
Those threads on TL are always funny when people seem to think, genetically Koreans are better at Starcraft.
Japanophile!
shanshan310
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I know its lame, but Tokyo-ben will always be my favourite <3
There's a lot to be said for people confusing social versus genetic factors.
CrazedProfessional
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8 pages you mean, 8 pages.
DO YOU COME FROM 7 PAGES IN THE FUTURE? :O
reptilescorpio
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La Madman La Manga La Sale!
They are indeed! Never a better time to be a PC gamer. I mean, Spec Ops the Line is $25 at release! Insanity! Even stuff like GMG make it so you can grab most brand new games for $35-40 at most. Picked up Arkham City, Saints Row 3, Sleeping Dogs and Deus Ex 3 that way! Not to mention the Indie Bundles for FREE or basically free and all the delicious Steam sales. Also GOG sales at the moment! Classics made to run on modern computers for less than a fucking coffee at your local gay hating barista!
This man is correct, fuck you 100pppp!
FormallyMegadrive
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For a band who had one good song (Polyester Girl) and at $38.80? Doubtful. Buy tickets to Say Anything at Billboard next Friday!
And do you know if we finally get a proper thread title?!
Boo, hiss!
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