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    Image of robot-shmobot robot-shmobot
    03/23/09

    In reply to What the iPhone Has Needed All Along is Coming: Sparkle, A 3D Virtual World
    John Mahoney. Perfect name for a 1930's gangster. Whenever I read an article of yours, I picture you in a pin-stripe suit with a fedora and a tommy gun.
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    Image of John Mahoney John Mahoney
    03/23/09

    @robot-shmobot: They didn't let Irishmen be gangsters in the 30s. Nevertheless, sounds like it's time to update my profile.
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    03/23/09

    @John Mahoney: Irish gangs are amongst the oldest in the United States.
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    03/23/09

    In reply to What the iPhone Has Needed All Along is Coming: Sparkle, A 3D Virtual World
    Is it nitpicking, or does it bother people when someone calls an iPod Touch and iTouch?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/23/09

    @secretmanofagent: I hear you. Whenever people see my iTouch and ask "Hey dude, is that an iTouch?", it pisses me off. Makes me not want to take my iTouch out anymore.
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    03/23/09

    @secretmanofagent: I don't have one but even if I did I don't care what people want to call it.
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    Image of loriensleafs loriensleafs
    03/23/09

    @secretmanofagent: that has got to be the stupidest fucking grievance ever. iTouch is just a nick name.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/23/09

    @loriensleafs: To be fair, it's a popular grievance. I don't suppose we'll be seeing anyone complain over calling this website "Giz", despite that not being the site's real name.
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    Image of vista64guy vista64guy
    12/21/08

    In reply to City of Decatur, Georgia Mulling Virtual World Interface
    That was the best description of Second Life players I've ever heard.
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    12/22/08

    @vista64guy: agreed.
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    Image of nfreader nfreader
    12/21/08

    In reply to City of Decatur, Georgia Mulling Virtual World Interface
    Heh, cool. I actually live in Decatur. Not that I care about this virtual city thing. I fail to see the point and I have to wonder why they think it's a good idea to spend money on this. The government should focus on upgrading our crappy municipal wifi that you can find everywhere, but seldom use.
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    12/22/08

    @nfreader: It's probably mostly a tourism thing, if you are planning on traveling to/near Decatur/Atlanta and you are researching accommodations/attractions online and you find this, you will probably get sucked in and waste all your researching time looking at bars/shows/restaurants/hotels/etc that are located in Decatur rather than spending some/most of that time looking at the same things in other nearby areas through the "old school" research medium aka regular websites.


    It's actually not a bad idea from a tourism standpoint, but at the same time its kinda shistey since you are more/less monopolizing peoples travel research time.


    This thing's advantages/potential for local government otherwise I believe are shaky at best. Unless of course the local government feels that they don't get enough input from the snarky, porn-obsessed online dating crowd.

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    12/21/08

    In reply to City of Decatur, Georgia Mulling Virtual World Interface
    So, why is the local government so interested in building a vr singles chat service?


    T-minus 12hrs and counting to naked man avatar filled virtual Decatur.


    I bet the local motels where you can pay by the hour will be the first to sign up for virtual store fronts...

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    Image of blue4130 blue4130
    10/31/08

    In reply to Things Virtual Reality China Will Not Prep You For (And What You Can Do Instead)
    You missed the key points.


    Things that are rude here (in China) are not taboo.


    Pissing in the street

    a$$l3ess pants on kids so they can crap in the street

    spitting

    basically expelling any bodily fluid

    cutting in line

    starring


    should I continue?

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/31/08

    @blue4130: So long as it ain't on my shoe, it's cool. It'll make a heck of a conversation when you get back home....provided you don't live there.
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    Image of Acerbus Letalis Acerbus Letalis
    10/30/08

    In reply to Things Virtual Reality China Will Not Prep You For (And What You Can Do Instead)
    I'm never going to China.
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    10/30/08

    @takashimiike 7 aka Dl33t: People I know who've gone there tell me they've all had a good time.
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    Image of LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
    10/30/08

    In reply to Things Virtual Reality China Will Not Prep You For (And What You Can Do Instead)
    I totally understand this. When I was getting my MBA I we were all required to take an international business class to better understand foreign cultures.


    For example, the etiquitte of presenting a business card in most asian countries by preforming with a small bow with the card gripped with to hands and facing the reader's directions.


    They always told us to assume there was much more to understanding the proper behavior expected in a foreign country.


    I guess this article would be part of the "much more" they were talkin' about!

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    Image of Eric1285 Eric1285
    10/30/08

    In reply to Things Virtual Reality China Will Not Prep You For (And What You Can Do Instead)
    Nothing will prepare you for the sea of people. Get ready to fight for the right to get onto a subway train. Oh, and even though there are people everywhere, apparently they take offense if you accidentally bump into them while you're in a hurry. This happened to me in one of the subway stations and the guy who I bumped into actually chased me down and put his hand on my shoulder to try and spin me around and confront me. After being shouted at in angry Chinese (I speak mandarin, but I have a difficult understanding people who are shouting and I don't know very many of the nastier words) I pushed him aside and turned away. He comes after me again, and I strongly consider just wailing on him to teach him a lesson, since I'm bigger than 99% of the people in China. Luckily, I remembered that I was in China and they might not take too kindly to that type of behavior. In the end, I just turned and walked away.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/30/08

    @Eric1285: After over a decade of solid commute on the subway and canadian metro, I think I've had at least one minor training course. I'm ready sir! I'm ready!
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    Image of Rustabout Rustabout
    10/31/08

    @Kaiser-Machead's LEGO Hug Machine (with Cookies): Canadian subway? Pffft!

    Give us a break!!!

    you can't even remotely understand the meaning of "rush hour", if all you've seen is the Canadian subway...
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    10/31/08

    @Kaiser-Machead's LEGO Hug Machine (with Cookies): Next time you're on the subway, as the guy next to you to sit on your face, then you'll be ready.


    Ahhhhhhh!!! But then again, maybe one shouldn't be ready for that...


    I've been to China, nice place, it's home to them and they're use to it. I had a hard time though, I take the stairs most places I go just in case I end up being crammed inside of a elevator instead.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/31/08

    @Rustabout: Actually the most I've seen is the NYC subway, and I was just joking. I know we're not saturated like those folk.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/31/08

    @shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: I'm not sure how that could happen without terrible violence.
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    10/30/08

    In reply to Things Virtual Reality China Will Not Prep You For (And What You Can Do Instead)
    They should let Rockstar get a piece of the action. We'll be able to throw people off of roofs and run amok, and have diplomatic immunity!
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