Swicord and Particle keep this thread from dying - thank you to you! Catching the Kzinti might be a bit tough - but just hanging in to the game makes for pleasant and challenging experience. It's great that a game quite old now by game standards can still maintain an interest, because it is good.
Hello fellow Gerontocracys. I think 4th on the altameta is respectable position - our numbers are much smaller than other empires. So just sending encouragement out to others in the empire of us. I was away from the game for a long time and just reinstalled on my laptop again.
Zettai Baka said: [quote]Thanks for your viewpoint, mightygoobi. Enlightening, as always. A year ago, I made friends with an English language student from Beijing who came to California. He said that he minored in Japanese at his university in Beijing. Strangely, later in casual conversation, he called the Japanese language a "barbarian language", and mentioned that a lot of Chinese don't drive Japanese cars because of resentment. Since these were casual remarks, I assume he wasn't
I read this in the Miami Herald. It's about taxi in Beijing. I almost cried laughing. Because it's so true! Welcome to China :) [B]Dave Barry: Beijing cab ride is a real trip BY DAVE BARRY[/B] [email protected] Here's how you get around Beijing. First you go to the hotel front desk, which will be staffed by 17 people. This is one of the nice things about China: There are always plenty of people around to help. For example: In some men's rooms, there
Oh goodness... I wish the Oympics were here all the time. I've never attended an Olympics before and it's really unbelievable! Top ten comments from me: 1. I know the Olympics should all be about the athletes. For the common spectator, I have really enjoyed walking down he streets and taking random photos with strangers from Equator Guinea or Belarus. And sharing a beer. And learning how to say Beer in Spanish. 2. Chinese are patriotic. I think this Olympics has made us super h
Just finished watching a quick documentary on Phelps, the American swimmer, on CCTV. He is simply amazing. China seems to be doing well across a range of disciplines, but we don't have one superstar like Phelps. Simply congratulations!
Heavy rain in Beijing today - not going to watch any events. I've been reading a bit about the Chinese female gymnasts. Lots of comments on age, on cheating. One thing that is common is that the idea is we have a totalitarian Chinese government is obsessed with winning medals. It forces babies into sporting concentration camps, makes them do a million drills a day. I don't know any Olympians personally. I don't go to training camps and I don't know how they train. I do know that we do
[U][B]Spacepony [/B][/U]said: [quote]mightygoobi, If I may, would you be so kind as to direct your friends who speak english and enjoy bragging about the olympics to this website? WWW Link http://www.ultimatesportsrankings.com/[/quote] Done! :) I hope you get some good hits on your site. [U][B]Zettai Baka [/B][/U]said: [quote]Do young Chinese people typically hate, or at least still have a grudge against Japan for what it did to their ancesto
One of the big topics in the leadup and during the Olympics has been the issue of Tibet and also of Human Rights. There has been 'free tibet' packages distributing, or 'free tibet' posters hung off highway and human rights talking about the torch. I respect people have a strong desire to act and do what they think is right. My question is: what is the goal of the protesting? I would imagine the underlying goal is to make life better for Tibetans or increasing 'human rights' for all Chinese p
Spacepony said: [quote]so glad to see you back online... Where in The United States did ou go? If you were in Philadelphia I wish you would have let me know... could have shown you China Town here.[/quote] Thank you for your kindness Spacepony. Didn't make it to Philadelphia - and if I do go, I will certainly let you know. :D Zydor said: [quote] ... the silent majority who just get on with lives, have without a doubt been very impressed with the spectacle th
I recently got back from the USA. I think I must apologise for what gets served in Chinese restaurants over there - I'm not quite sure how we get away with drowning noodles in oil, adding salt and MSG and calling it 'Chinese food'. And I'm not quite sure why all our generals are apparently going to the US to cook chicken (Tsao, Chao, Tsiu, Chow etc. Who are these guys?) China is all over the news right now. According to most English press I've read, this Olympics is a disaster. You ne
Warshrimp said: [quote] 7. What do you think of Americans? (Not America, Americans. You can like one but dislike the other.)[/quote] This is a pretty broad question :) Here's my personal opinion and a very tentatively attempt to give some broader Chinese opinions. i) I have to agree with Spacepony at the beginning - there are so many different 'Americans', it's hard to give a fair answer. In this thread alone, there is Spacepony, General Etrius, ProfCS101, Carbon016 (a
Warshrimp said: [quote]Hello, I'm an American and I have a few questions for any Chinese viewing this post; these are not sarcastic, I'm honestly curious:[/quote] Welcome to ask your questions Warshrimp. No 'sarcastic' meaning taken - I think if people ask each other more questions instead of making assumptions about each other, we build bridges. I will answer as best as I can - though it is sometimes hard to speak accurately on behalf of 1.3 Billion people :) I give
Elias001 said: [quote] And as far as reading and speaking in english goes. I think i read somewhere that most people will need on average of 800 words to read everyday stuff, but for those who are on the literate side of things, they can recognize around 10,000 words on paper. Not that they can recall all of it in any one instant. it is just that they recognize it when they see it. [/quote] A sad thing about my language skill - I can't remember the last time I wrote in Chinese
Spacepony said: [quote]mightygoobi, I will send you some links via your private email so that you can do some research on the subject..[/quote] That was a LOT of information Spacepony you sent me - thank you :). I suspect you must be a historian or at least a wiki contributor. Maybe some of the following questions belong in a seperate 'America' thread - and I'm going to do my best to keep on topic. As I understand from your data Spacepony: 1. American nat
I am working my way through a proper response to Spacepony who posted and emailed a lot of helpful information on American government. Haven't gone through everything yet - and I haven't forgotten :) A quick posting though... Zydor said: [quote]mightygoobi What access do you get to news Sites like MSNBC. There is lots of noise over here re access to "open" International News and Current Affairs Sites from within China. I am just genuinely curious what the reality is, i
Carobn016 said: [quote]Hmm, after reading that post I'm inclined to go learn a little Mandarin, as I know quite a bit of Japanese and a lot of it seems similar (there's limited tonality there too, but the copula, plurals, suffixes, and of course the kanji are all quite alike).[/quote] As I believe, Japanese has three 'alphabets' - one of which is Chinese characters. I also believe that the Koreans once used Chinese characters before they developed their own alphabet. It is in
Zydor said: [quote]*Psst* - *looks around furtively* - I'm English.[/quote] I'm sorry. I'm an idiot. You've mentioned your English many times in this and other threads (:( Here's something I've always thought interesting. To me, the difference between seeing a Chinese, a Japanese and a Korean is extremely obvious. But the difference between an American, an English, a French, a Swedish - though my European friends tell me this is very clear. Similarly, the
Mandarin is usually said to be the hardest language in the world to learn. I think it is hard - but a large reason is that it is very different to English and so English speakers find it hard. I have a guess that Japanese and Korean speakers (whose language is coming from Mandarin) find it easier. Anyway, taking a break from all the politics for a while, I thought I'd posting some thoughts about our language. 1. Chinese people find many of the English grammar hard. One reason i
Zydor said: [quote]Lets start a new campaign - mightygoobi for Party Chairman[/quote] Spacepony said: [quote]I secound the motion... Mightygoobi for Chairman! Oh lord, I hope that the Committe on unamerican activities dosnt get ahold of that remark... I might not be able to work in Hollywood for the next fifty years... Ah, salt of the earth.[/quote] ssssshhhhhh! Spacepony, you think [I][U]YOUR [/U][/I]going to have problems getting a job in Hollywood? How
Mumblefratz, I think it's great that so many people contributed to the Altmeta and also had the Metaverse Council. Indeed, you all deserve recognition - and special bonus to Kryo.
Afte reading through this thread and looking at the Altmeta page, I'd like to say thank you to Kryo, Mumblefratz and GreatEmperor for your work in putting it all together. I'm sure many people that the timing to check our scores, but few thank you properly for doing your work. If there are other's involved in the programing of the Altmeta, also thank you to you. I do like it.
Spacepony said: [quote]good to see you on here again. the news here about the aftermath of the earthquate has stopped... I am sure however that it is still very big news there... How are things going? is there anything that you folks in china feel we outsiders might be able to do to help that we are not yet doing?[/quote] There is 24 hour coverage of the earthquake here. As Zydor mentioned, we've now got a lot of rain. I like the phrase "kick in the teeth" - it really feels lik
Only one character here. Any more would make me dizzy. Attention span is already small.
Theazninvasion68 said: [quote]MightyGoobi. After reading much of what you've talked of the Chinese and China, I feel proud. Why? I am an ABC ( American Born Chinese ) full 100%, First Generation,[/quote] Thank you for your post azninvasion68. I believe that being ABC is both wonderful and challenging. I have a close Canadian Chinese friend who explains that it is great to be able to have 2 birthday's every year and celebrate Happy New Year twice a year. He also says it
