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Haak · 2012-01-08, 17:06

Nepotism?

I don't think it applies to friends but there's a word for that too:

Spoiler for ...:

Irenicus · 2012-01-08, 17:15

Nepotism.

Edit: whoops, seconding Haak then.

Albeit, the term is not limited to family, it is used for every sort of corruption of that kind regardless of the relationship between the "patron" and the beneficiary.

blaze0041 · 2012-01-08, 17:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haak

Nepotism?

I don't think it applies to friends but there's a word for that too:

Spoiler for ...:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Irenicus

Nepotism.

Edit: whoops, seconding Haak then.

Albeit, the term is not limited to family, it is used for every sort of corruption of that kind regardless of the relationship between the "patron" and the beneficiary.

Nepotism! That's the word! Thanks, you two.

Sister Princess · 2012-01-10, 19:08

I'm consider using paypal to buy trading cards. Is paypal safe in the long run?

blaze0041 · 2012-01-10, 23:56

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Originally Posted by Sister Princess

I'm consider using paypal to buy trading cards. Is paypal safe in the long run?

PayPal is arguably the safest way to buy stuff online. PayPal also offers conflict resolution as well, if you happen to get an item that does not perform as expected, or you don't even get an item.
For added security, you can turn on two-factor authentication.

Krytonis · 2012-01-12, 01:59

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Originally Posted by blaze0041

PayPal is arguably the safest way to buy stuff online. PayPal also offers conflict resolution as well, if you happen to get an item that does not perform as expected, or you don't even get an item.
For added security, you can turn on two-factor authentication.

*snaps VISA card and gets PayPal* ............ what?

blaze0041 · 2012-01-12, 02:07

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Originally Posted by Koominator

*snaps VISA card and gets PayPal* ............ what?

You might to hold on to that VISA card, you can also use it as a backup funding source. PayPal acts as the mediator in a transaction, so the only information that the merchant receives is your basic personal details (name, home address, phone number, etc.) and not your payment details (bank account number, credit card number, etc.).

SaintessHeart · 2012-01-14, 20:59

So far all the Call Of Duty games have featured legendary regiments like the SAS and Rangers, but why hadn't they featured the Gurkhas yet?

Is it because their badass level is so high that a game can never portray it well enough?

HasuMasu · 2012-01-14, 23:00

So I recently got a new pair of glasses which is for emergency use, the lense is of the same grade as what I'm using right now but for some reason it just doesn't feel like the same grade when I try to wear it, why is this?

RandySyler · 2012-01-14, 23:27

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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

So far all the Call Of Duty games have featured legendary regiments like the SAS and Rangers, but why hadn't they featured the Gurkhas yet?

Is it because their badass level is so high that a game can never portray it well enough?

This seems like it's meant to be rather inflammitory towards the said American and British regiments, but it's probably due to 1) Buyers are mostly American and British so 2) The appropriate nationalities are assigned as such. It's not like the average video gamer knowns what the Gurkhan regiments are.

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So I recently got a new pair of glasses which is for emergency use, the lense is of the same grade as what I'm using right now but for some reason it just doesn't feel like the same grade when I try to wear it, why is this?

It's probably because you've worn the same glasses for so long that the little differences in the new ones make it feel different.

TinyRedLeaf · 2012-01-15, 03:10

Out of curiosity, does anyone here suffer from anosmia?

In my case, it is congenital, although I wasn't consciously aware of it until my late teens. It has had no adverse effect on my life, though it does often leave me wistful to know the smells that people describe. I could stand right next to a stall selling D24 durians and not smell a thing, but still enjoy the fruit all the same. I can "taste" just fine, but am probably not able to distinguish between flavours like others can (I can't be sure; after all, how am I to describe how I taste to people who taste normally?).

About the only time that the condition was possibly dangerous was in my second-year in university. I had just moved into my new room and had turned on the gas heater. My housemate dropped in about an hour later and exclaimed right away about the stink — the gas was leaking, and I didn't even know.

Solafighter · 2012-01-15, 14:14

Does someone know, if there is an offline version of google maps or simillar for certain countries(like Japan)?
Obviously, it doesnt need to have satelite photos. Just streets and such.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Dextro · 2012-01-15, 17:53

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Originally Posted by Solafighter

Does someone know, if there is an offline version of google maps or simillar for certain countries(like Japan)?
Obviously, it doesnt need to have satelite photos. Just streets and such.

Thanks a lot in advance.

If you use android you can pre-load maps onto your phone. It's an option under "Google Labs" on the app settings menu.

Solafighter · 2012-01-16, 10:45

I use Android. Thanks a lot for the info.

ChainLegacy · 2012-01-22, 20:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by TinyRedLeaf

Out of curiosity, does anyone here suffer from anosmia?

In my case, it is congenital, although I wasn't consciously aware of it until my late teens. It has had no adverse effect on my life, though it does often leave me wistful to know the smells that people describe. I could stand right next to a stall selling D24 durians and not smell a thing, but still enjoy the fruit all the same. I can "taste" just fine, but am probably not able to distinguish between flavours like others can (I can't be sure; after all, how am I to describe how I taste to people who taste normally?).

About the only time that the condition was possibly dangerous was in my second-year in university. I had just moved into my new room and had turned on the gas heater. My housemate dropped in about an hour later and exclaimed right away about the stink — the gas was leaking, and I didn't even know.

Interesting. The thing is, since people have different senses of taste, they probably have differing senses of smell. Perhaps no two people fully perceive taste the same way. Or perhaps perception is similar but reaction is different. It's so subjective and personal, it's hard to tell.

HasuMasu · 2012-01-22, 22:21

How do you type in Japanese? I doubt you could fit all the Hiragana/Katakana/Kanji characters on a keyboard.

dragon4dudes · 2012-01-22, 22:36

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Originally Posted by Detective-san

How do you type in Japanese? I doubt you could fit all the Hiragana/Katakana/Kanji characters on a keyboard.

Type by romanji or kana.
http://www.coscom.co.jp/learnjapanes...ejapanese.html

HasuMasu · 2012-01-22, 22:58

I'm not sure I understand, it says that you don't need a Japanese keyboard right? Then the question of how they fit all the Hiragana/Katakana/Kanji letters still stands. Now that I think about it, this goes double for Japanese phones, how do they make everything fit?

Ledgem · 2012-01-23, 00:38

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Originally Posted by Detective-san

I'm not sure I understand, it says that you don't need a Japanese keyboard right? Then the question of how they fit all the Hiragana/Katakana/Kanji letters still stands. Now that I think about it, this goes double for Japanese phones, how do they make everything fit?

You type phonetically in Roman characters. For example, ひ is hi ("he"). I entered Japanese input mode and typed "hi" - the computer instantly changed it to the Japanese character.

That's Hiragana. If I wanted to convert it to Katakana (ヒ), I follow the same procedure, but use a shortcut that converts the character to Katakana. If I type certain words (such as "anime") the system will offer to auto-convert it to Katakana. Since Katakana is used only for foreign words, it's not a big issue.

How about Kanji? The system recognizes certain words and offers to convert them. For example, to get 昼ご飯 (hirugohan - lunch), I typed "hirugohan," which appeared to me as ひるごはん. The system pops up a small menu with some Kanji conversion options (which isn't a big deal for this word, but in some phonetic words there are many different Kanji selections, and the computer will generally choose the most common ones by default, requiring that you may need to choose the one you intended). I can either select it, continue typing (and if I go for long enough, it automatically converts it), or force a conversion and then continue typing. It's a pretty good system.

This is all for Roman keyboards. Based on what I've seen in J-dramas, the methods I've described are used in Japan as well. I'm sure there are Japanese keyboards, too. The difference would be that their keys put out Hiragana characters with a single keystroke, as opposed to having to type out each one phonetically with Roman characters.

I can't explain how it works on phone - probably similar.

It is partly for this reason that people in Japan (and China) are said to be having problems with writing Kanji. It is much easier to recognize something in reading than to write it on a blank sheet of paper. With computers, people can easily write and have the computer come up with the various Kanji (so long as they know the pronunciation behind it). Writing Kanji is a very different matter...

HasuMasu · 2012-01-23, 01:04

I see, that sounds very troublesome.

Thanks for your answers, guys.

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