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Where does this idea occur? What is it that creates this analysis? What defines matter and mind? What is 'matter'? It is defined in 'the standard model' which is an intellectual construction.Alex123 wrote: Actually, dualism suffers this problem and what happens from that -> problem of interaction. It is quite possible that there is only one substance, matter (in physicalist sense) that can produce emergent quality such as mind.
Quite right. Which is why 'materialism' doesn't actually mean anything, any more. We have lost sight of the fact that what it used to mean was that 'the eternal and imperishable' comprised the 'fundamental building blocks' of reality. Everything we saw, then, was simply permutations of these eternally existent indivisibles ('a'- not 'tom' - divisible). So now this has become the hope that one day science will reveal all. Instead what we are doing is supercharging samsara.Alex123 wrote: Of course materialism (or physicalism) is a bit more complex than theory that there are "bricks" or tiny balls of matter that constitute everything. Sub-atomic forces, gravity, and strings, for example, are not some tiny indivisible spheres or bricks floating around.


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The International Monetary Fund sees the Federal Reserve maintaining large monthly bond purchases until at least the end of this year and urged the central bank to carefully manage its exit plan to avoid disrupting financial markets.
Unwinding a policy of record-low interest rates and $85 billion in monthly bond-buying known as quantitative easing will be challenging even though the Fed has "a range of tools" to withdraw the stimulus, the IMF staff wrote in its annual assessment of the U.S. economy.
"Effective communication on the exit strategy and a careful calibration of its timing will be critical for reducing the risk of abrupt and sustained moves in long-term interest rates and excessive interest-rate volatility as the exit nears," according to the concluding statement released today.
Such moves "could have adverse global implications, including a reversal of capital flows to emerging markets and higher international financial market volatility," the staff said in the report.
Concern is already showing, with almost $3 trillion that has been erased from the value of global equities since Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said May 22 the central bank could scale back stimulus efforts should the job market outlook show "sustainable improvement."
Stocks Fall
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index, which has risen in each of the past seven months, declined 0.3 percent to 1,631.36 at 11:59 a.m. in New York. The yield on 10-year Treasury notes was 2.11 percent compared with 2.15 percent late yesterday.
"We are seeing clearly that communication will be key in order to monitor expectations and in order to reduce uncertainty and this will certainly be seen in the weeks and months to come," IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said during a press conference in Washington today.
Lagarde said the fund's projections assume a "very slight" decline in the amount of monthly bond purchases in 2014, and no tightening. The lower growth forecasts reflect that, in contrast to April, the fund assumes that automatic budget cuts that started to come into effect this year won't be phased out.
Bernanke will have an opportunity to retune the Fed's message during a press conference on June 19 after the Federal Open Market Committee concludes a two-day meeting and releases a policy statement.
Lower Forecast
The Washington-based IMF left its U.S. growth forecast for this year unchanged at 1.9 percent, which assumes that budget cuts may trim as much as 1.75 percentage points off the expansion. It also lowered its prediction for 2014 to 2.7 percent, from 3 percent growth predicted in April.
Investors' overreaction to the Fed's initial steps to normalize its monetary policy is also a risk to the country's growth outlook, according to the fund's report, which said other threats include a stronger impact of fiscal tightening and a reigniting of Europe's debt crisis.
IMF economists meet with government and central bank officials to prepare their estimates. The full report will be discussed by the IMF board next month.
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Question: Is it morally permissible to divorce in order to be able to qualify for Medicaid assistance to pay for nursing home costs? My wife has dementia and will soon need nursing home care, which costs $120,000. My wife's savings would be wiped out in nine months, and then they would come for my assets, which would be gone in three years.
Answer: You describe a difficult situation faced by many today. A brief column such as this cannot explore all the moral issues involved here, but the bottom line answer is, no, you should not divorce.
The well-known axiom that the ends do not justify the means applies here. And while the "end" of trying to save your money (presumably to give it to your children) is a good and understandable end or goal, one cannot sin in order to obtain it. What is the sin involved in what you ponder? Fundamentally it is either to divorce, which God hates (see Malachi 2:16), or it is to lie.
Regarding divorce, it is essential to recall the vow you made, which is very pertinent in exactly the case described here. The vow said, I take you to be my wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part. Clearly sickness and poverty were anticipated as a possible scenario in your vows.
But one might argue, "We are not really getting divorced, it is just a legal move regarding civil marriage. We will still consider each other as spouses." But in this case, a lie is being told to the state for the purpose of Medicaid funds. Either way, it seems that what is proposed is that one do evil (sin) that good may come of it. This is not a valid moral solution to an admittedly difficult and painful issue.
In recent years, long-term care insurance has been a solution to some of this, but for an older person, this new device is seldom much help since, if they have it at all, the premiums were high and the payoff low.
I pray it might be of some consolation to recall that the goal in life is not to die with a lot of money in the bank. The goal is to die in holiness. God has promised the kingdom to those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, and who have done what is right, even at high personal cost.
Question: I was taught to abstain from food or drink at least one hour before receiving holy Communion. Lately I've been seeing people at Mass drinking bottled water before Communion. This includes a deacon sitting with the priest at the altar. Has there been a change in the rules?
Answer: Drinking water does not break the fast before Communion. The current rule, in place since 1964, says a person who is to receive the most Holy Eucharist is to abstain for at least one hour before holy Communion from any food and drink, except for only water and medicine (see Canon 919).
It is a bit odd for a liturgical minister to be drinking bottled water in the sanctuary. Perhaps the deacon has a health problem. But, precluding that, one would think it was usually possible to go without water for an hour or two. Water bottles are a kind of modern fad. We used to manage quite well without them.
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Samsung D900 review
|Review: August 2006
Last updated November 2007
In a nutshell: A massive bestseller! This ultra-slim slide phone comes with a 3 megapixel camera with autofocus, video camera, music player, expandable memory and Bluetooth.
Today's best buy: Samsung D900 - Black - Unloc ... from Amazon (£0)
The Samsung D900 puts the WOW! in WOW! FACTOR. Seriously, a phone this exceptional doesn't come along very often, perhaps not since the Samsung D500 in 2004.
You can tell we love the phone, so let's get on with the reasons why. Firstly, this is the world's slimmest slider phone (now beaten by the Samsung U600!). Samsung have really perfected the slide design, and the D900 is silky smooth. The physical appearance of the phone is unbeatable, with a lovely magnesium surface coating and a small but functional keypad making the phone very tactile and easy to use. The LG Chocolate and the Samsung E900 may look cool with their touch-sensitive keypads, but you can't beat the ease-of-use of a conventional keypad. At just 13mm thickness, the D900 even beats the Motorola RAZR in the thinness charts.
Looks aren't everything however, so let's move on to the next reason for choosing the D900 - its 3 megapixel camera with autofocus. This is simply the best camera currently available in any phone after the Sony Ericsson K800i. It gives results of amazing clarity, and what is really astounding is that Samsung have fitted their best ever camera in their thinnest slider phone! We are in awe. The video camera is also of high quality and records in MPEG4 format. The display on the D900 is very finely detailed with outstanding clarity and does full justice to the camera. Some reviewers are mistaken in believing that videos cannot be viewed in full screen, but they can - just press 1 to switch to full screen mode.
Next the music player. This handles a good range of formats - MP3, ACC, ACC+ and e-AAC+ - and has very good sound reproduction with 3D virtual surround sound and a digital power amplifier. The player is easy to use with playlists of up to 30 tracks. You can use the stereo headset supplied by Samsung or a wireless Bluetooth headset. The built-in memory is 70 Mbytes, which is enough to get started, but if you're serious about using the phone as an MP3 player you can buy a Micro SD card - a 512 Mbyte card costs around £15. The only real downside on the music front is that there's no radio included.
The phone has all the usual features that you'd expect - messaging, email, MP3 ringtones, speakerphone, Java games, etc, etc. The full spec is listed below. There are a few bonus features - a document viewer for viewing MS Office files, offline mode for use when listening to music on a plane, a TV-Out connection for viewing images directly on a TV screen, and EDGE for fast internet access. Connectivity is via Bluetooth or fast USB. The user interface is very nice and friendly, with a new menu design featuring a black background - very smart. Battery life is good. One gripe is that you can't use an MP3 for the SMS alert sound (same with all Samsungs), but good news - you can select vibrate and ring simultaneously.
2006 has been an exciting year for phones, but the Samsung D900 has got to be a serious contender for phone of the year. The D900i is virtually the same as the D900 but it also has an FM radio (but is missing the document viewer). The new Samsung U600 is even slimmer. The G600 isn't quite as slim, but features a 5 megapixel camera and is an outstanding phone.
The D900 has been the best selling phone for the first half of 2007 and there are now some incredible deals available. Use our links at the top right of this page to shop around for a bargain.
Samsung D900 features include:
- 3 megapixel camera with autofocus, flash and 4x digital zoom
- Video camera (MPEG4 format)
- Display: TFT, 262,144 colours, 240 x 320 pixels
- Music player (MP3, ACC, ACC+, e-AAC+ formats) with 3D sound and digital power amp
- FM radio (D900i only)
- 64-voice polyphonic ringtones / MP3 ringtones
- Voice memo recorder
- Integrated handsfree speakerphone
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, email (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4, SSL, TLS)
- T9 predictive text
- Document viewer for MS Office, PDF and HTML files
- Mobile printing via Bluetooth (PicBridge™)
- Java games (Forgotten Warrior, Freekick, Arch angel, Cannon ball) plus downloadable games
- Flight mode
- Personal organiser functions
- Memory: 70 Mbytes plus MicroSD memory card slot
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, TV-Out
- WAP 2.0, GPRS Class 10, EDGE
- Quad band
- Size: 104 x 51 x 13 mm
- Weight: 93g
- Talktime: 3.3 hours
- Battery standby: 260 hours
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Reviewed by joy
from UK
on 28th Jan 2011
good quality camera
Reviewed by saqlain
from UK
on 28th Jan 2011
ilove that phone
Reviewed by bryan clark
from UK
on 4th Nov 2010
flat battery in less than 24 hours have out in new battery just the same
Reviewed by Ang
from UK
on 16th Oct 2010
I've washed mine with the laundry, and it still works, but vibrates all the time, and i traded it for the BlackBerry Pearl 8110, but i would still take the D900, because it is the best phone ever.
Reviewed by J
from UK
on 9th Oct 2010
I think this is a brill phone im looking to get it again the only reason for replacing it is because i droped it loads of time although its still working its chipped and the buttons have gone loose
Reviewed by hond
from UK
on 6th Oct 2010
I've had this phone for about 3 to 4 years now. I've been pretty contented about this phone even though it's not exactly what I'd hoped it to be. Battery lasts about 2 to 3 days when making a few calls a day, which I don't think is enough. It only has 70mb of memory on board, which isn't a lot either but it has a card-slot. The screen is very good, no scratches after all this time, only a little dust behind it. It has just started to malfunction (the backlight doesn't always switch on). It's been dropped on streets etc, even been driven over by a bike, and all that did was take some of the paint off. The camera is ok, even very good for snapshots. I had a D600 before this one and I have to say, the D600 was a better phone, although the finish on the d900i is better. All by all a pretty good phone but it could've been better.
Reviewed by titch
from UK
on 22nd Sep 2010
i have a d900i and it works brilliantly i have had it for 4 years now and it still works it has never had to go in for repair and the camra great.
Reviewed by Suzi
from UK
on 31st Jul 2010
My D900i has given me four years of trouble free service, until I dropped it last year, since when it has been cutting out ever more often and now needs replacing. Trouble is, what do I get now? I like slide phones that are thin and light, I just text and call on it, but that doesn't mean I'll settle for something chunky, sad and cheap looking. It needs to hang onto the signal like a dog with a bone as I live rurally. It needs to show 3 or 4 tel numbers under the name and if it could e-mail, heaven! Oh, and payg. The relentless march of technology has left room for a niche manufacturer to move in here I feel. It drops one star only because the camera is truly dreadful.
Reviewed by Jonathan
from UK
on 12th Jul 2010
My phone d900 is too slow to internet
Reviewed by B.D
from UK
on 29th May 2010
Best mobile phone I've ever had, easy to use. If you need a phone for taking pictures I would highly recommend it. had phone for nearly 2 years and still working as well as the day I got it
Reviewed by racky
from UK
on 18th May 2010
it is very good phone . .i like it . .
Reviewed by roger wickes
from UK
on 13th May 2010
I've had the d900i for over two years now, I skate (so fall over and bash my phone about a lot)but the only issue I'm having is that the phone turns itself off every now and again (which does get quite annoying). But all in all a great phone.
Reviewed by connor okeeffe
from UK
on 9th Apr 2010
i hate this phone the others may think its stylish and have a good camera but this is 2010 weve got 12 mega pixel camara phones now and its not the slimmest phone by the way
Reviewed by Suf
from UK
on 30th Mar 2010
trust me, this is not a phone for the averqge user. hoplessly unreliable, not durable at all and also not very many features. the screen breaks easily
Reviewed by Gary from JHB South Africa
from UK
on 24th Feb 2010
Both myself and my daughter have had good service for up to 15 months, now both our phones go dead intermittently when using the slider.
Reviewed by Willie from Lockerbie
from UK
on 22nd Feb 2010
Love the D900i it is a cracking wee phone had one before but some0ne wanted it badly so i sold it & bought a G600 Though it is a great phone as well i couldn,t resist a new D900i at less than £40 Ilike it,s size and the camera is clearer than the G600 also an easy mobile to text with all in all a great phone no faults at all Brrrrrrrrrrrr iii llll
Reviewed by Mel
from UK
on 17th Feb 2010
Have gone back to this phone as it beats most others hands down, including the G600 and U600, neither of which are quite as good. Everything is easy to use and the camera is a corker! My young son loves his too. If you could put themes on it would be great, but this is the only downside and can definitely live without for the fact its outstanding in every other way. The music sounds great, better than any other phone too. Highly recommended.
Reviewed by Trish
from UK
on 13th Feb 2010
My husband and I both own a Samsung D900i, we both really like the model for it's realiabilty, look and ease of use. Probably the best phone either of us have ever owned. Both have been dropped on a number of occasions and survived! Sadly I have to replace mine due to it having been through the washing machine as I left in a pocket of my dressing gown! Have just bought another identical one to replace it......great phone, highly reccomended.
Reviewed by anthony
from UK
on 24th Jan 2010
i have had a samsung d900 for 4 years and it is brilliant
Reviewed by Thomas McCarthy
from UK
on 20th Jan 2010
Reading these other reviews is like stepping back in time. I'm writing this in January 2010, still faithfully using my original D900 some three years after buying it. I like it so much I won't swap it for a newer model. Why replace a classic? I've bought a spare model, identical, which is sitting in the cupboard in case the one I've got ever breaks or gets stolen. The D900 is the best ever mobile phone.
Reviewed by Stranger
from UK
on 21st Dec 2009
had this phone for a while now, its very good with a very good camara and desing it has lots of good features aswell,it is much better than the e900 which I have had in the past although it seems to be quite similar. im going for the tocco lite now as this phone is getting quite old now, I'll quite miss this phone as it's served me well
Reviewed by Anthony
from UK
on 20th Dec 2009
i like the phone the only down side is how many song u can play if u got 50+ songs on ur memory card u can only play 30
Reviewed by T
from UK
on 18th Dec 2009
yo i got a D900, loving it m8! cant see myself getting another phone, does everything i want it too, yo, u want it offer me over 30 quid and you can have it, but give a new D900 on top, innabit!
Reviewed by mat
from UK
on 16th Dec 2009
hi i have had my d900ì for two years it was working fine until my charging block broke it will now turn off whenever i charge it of put in ea phones it will not charge now which is inconvinient becsuse it is on low battery im still giving it a four star rating as it is a fantastic phone! thank you
Reviewed by Paul Upham
from UK
on 28th Nov 2009
I have the D900. A reviewer below states: 'Both myself and my partner have had both the D900 & the D900i and unfortunately both of them have broken down. The D900 with a faulty charging block...'. This looks to be my problem also; my phone is about 2 years old and has suddenly become impossible to charge. As I take care of my equipment and the phone was not cheap, I don't really think 2 years is an acceptable life-span. Many people will be ok with 2 yrs though, and these are otherwise decent phones - just buy in the knowledge that they may not be with you for long!
Reviewed by Georgia
from UK
on 22nd Nov 2009
I had the samsung D900i for about 2 years. I still think it is a great phone, but I'ts a bit unreliable; as both mine and my sisters has broke now, both by turning off when they wernt supposed to. My sisters lasted 1 year, and mine lasted 2 years. The phone looks great and the features are fantastic. I'm marking it 3 stars because they have broke.
Reviewed by gill37
from UK
on 14th Nov 2009
I have had my phone for two years or more, it has been the best phone ive ever owned, have just ordered a new phone but am having second thoughts as this has been very reliable, good battery life, easy to use, could go on but have no complaints :)
Reviewed by mike
from UK
on 13th Nov 2009
I am now on my second d900i the first one something happened to the screen, I hadnt hit it or damaged it in any way but since the warranty had just ended bought another d900i as I liked the model. I bought my second one in 08-08 and once again I got up this morning and the screen was exactly the same as the first one. I have contacted Samsung today and am waiting for their reply but from what I have heard from other reviews I will get nowhere.
Reviewed by whats-in-the-name
from UK
on 13th Nov 2009
I've been using this phone(D900i) for over an year now and only curse the day I purchased this blasted phone for 9.5k. I mean I feel even my 4.8k Nokia 3110 was much better than it. I'll present to you the actual description of its features: 1.Camera - Average, 3 Mp good but the delay(2-3 sec) it takes to save,poor(nearly no) flash counter it. 2.Music player - pretty good. 3.FM radio - good. Though auto station detect isn't much reliable.I manually found out 11 stations(in Blr) while it detected only 4. 4.Ringtones,Voice memo recorder,speakerphone - Avg 5.Messages - Average, though the range of characters it allows you to type is limited to alphanumerics and a few symbols(heck I hate it when I can't use quotes("),apostrophe(') or star(*) symbol). Though messaging provides many good options. 6.Phonebook and mobile tracker - good. 7.Java games - Good. Though hardly any chance for installing a new game(4 MB constraint), also there are too many compatibility issues. 8.Calls-Huge lists for keeping record.But don't use speaker mode in a call, as they forgot to put option of switching back to normal mode. 9.Phone mode-pretty good, but 'no profiles' annoys me. 10.Browser(WAP 2.0)-it's like the worst browser there could be.. slow,unable to load big(>~200KB) pages, and not so good for viewing pages either. 11.Personal organiser functions - good. 12.Alarm-3 alarms-wake up(has snooze option), 2 additional alarms. Prettty good. 13.Document viewer for MS Office, PDF and HTML files - It's only a myth!!! None of those features is there. 14.Size,design,look,display - Pretty impressive, though display visibility is highly vulnerable to sunlight. 15.MicroSD card slot - It's handled like a uncopyable readonly memory, can't copy, edit, delete any file on it... on connecting to pc. memory card doesn't even show up. 16.MOST IMPORTANT - Battery - Max. on time - 3 days(if no call, music, radio etc.), 1.5-2 days(on 1 hour voice call) and you can do the math.. Conclusion: With every good on this phone, there are way more bads attached.. e.g. so many multimedia options but alas meagre battery renders them all useless..also good radio but can't be used without earphones and so, can't allow phone to be charge at the same time. For any queries, post a comment here and I'll answer them. Thanks.
Reviewed by -
from UK
on 30th Sep 2009
My d900i hit a wall at 80mph and stil works fine a year later, despite breaking into its constituent parts. Its a bit slow and lacks memory and functionality but it has been th best phone of all those bought by my friends around th same time
Reviewed by Peter Cosgrove
from UK
on 26th Sep 2009
Hello I just bought a samsung D900 ultra model the slimmer one for £30 in the post off ebay. Its a nice mobile phone everything seems good on it so far. Only problem I have noticed so far you cant put custom text message tones on there. Unless somebody changed the firmware or made something that can. Thats the only thing I find fault with so far at the moment. I would give it 5 stars but it gets 4 stars for the reason above. Also looking online this seems to be the biggest problem with the phone something so simple yet modern phone you cant change!
Reviewed by MAHESH RAJAPAKSE
from UK
on 21st Sep 2009
iam using this phone for the last 02 years i like it so much
Reviewed by will
from UK
on 1st Sep 2009
the phone is good but i cant read the memory card
Reviewed by adnan
from UK
on 26th Aug 2009
very nice phone
Reviewed by ferretmasta
from UK
on 12th Aug 2009
excellent phone, although i would have been happy with a plastic cup and bit of string after going to this from my olde (sic) nokia 3100. It is excellent in everyway possible. Cannot fault it. Mainly wrote this review to say thanks Kevin Williams for the video playback advice. It works thanks!
Reviewed by rose
from UK
on 4th Aug 2009
i loved my phone had it for about 4 years untill yesterday when i droped down a drain, got it back but its no good would like to buy the same phone that samsung d900i was the world to me
Reviewed by d900 fan
from UK
on 1st Aug 2009
brilliant phone reliable also light and easy to use
Reviewed by mj (jammiiee)
from UK
on 28th Jul 2009
Ive had this phone about nearly a year now, the reason why i bought this is because i was attracted to the pink colour on the phone. It has lots of decent specifications, the camera is ok...however ive been disappointed with the battery as ive had to charge it everyday which is very irritating. Now and again it freezes but otherwise everything is fine, especially the signal that's been terrific ^^) merci aurevoir. lol
Reviewed by jmes
from UK
on 27th Jul 2009
it is amens
Reviewed by oh
from UK
on 21st Jul 2009
I've had two and the screen on both has broken
Reviewed by Philip
from UK
on 14th Jul 2009
There would appear to be some inherant faults on these phones. Both myself and my partner have had both the D900 & the D900i and unfortunately both of them have broken down. The D900 with a faulty charging block and the D900i with a faulty screen and a faulty circuit board. I would not recommend anyone to buy these phones as they are clearly not fit for purpose. I repair electronic items for a living and I know how to use these phones and that is with a reasonable amount of care. Surely we can expect to have some wear and tear out of a phone before they break down. I have a motorola V3 which is a few years old now and I have gone back to using that and as for samsung's never again.
Reviewed by lilly
from UK
on 14th Jul 2009
its gud and is very useful!
Reviewed by craig
from UK
on 9th Jul 2009
this is the beat phone i have ever owned!! where can i but another 1?
Reviewed by Noor Ahmed
from UK
on 4th Jul 2009
Wow, I got d900i in pink colour. This is great, I have never seen as beautiful set colour as d900i. Hope, we get more colours
Reviewed by Someone :P
from UK
on 30th Jun 2009
JAZ, i dont know what u have done with ur phone coz i have had mine for ages and it isnt stiff when sliding up, it doesnt turn off by itself except if battery gone obviously, memory is ok on mine and the videos are good, the only prob is the whole txt tones u have to pick from the crappy 10 songs lol
Reviewed by Katiee
from UK
on 26th Jun 2009
i think this phone is brillant ive had mine for nearly 3 years, no scratches, alright camera, battery powers is okayy soo overall great phone
Reviewed by Lucy
from UK
on 24th Jun 2009
This phone is rubbish
Reviewed by lauren<3.
from UK
on 5th Jun 2009
i got this phone not last christmas the christmas before and it was one of the best phones i ever had. the memory was good and the camera as good for 3mp. phones these days hardly have flashes and was happy it had a flash.. im only 14 and the type to want a new phone every christmas but i was going to keep the phone as long as i could until i had my phone in my pocket and i hung my coat up at school and it hit off the doorframe. got to admit screen is kinda fragile.. but overall a good phone.
Reviewed by JAZ
from UK
on 1st Jun 2009
Good Phone although better phones ot there! Sometimes it just randomly turns itself off and the video quality isn't very good at all ! Blury. When you watch videos you can hardly see them and the memory isn't very good .It is also very stiff to slide up.
Reviewed by Kellie
from UK
on 13th May 2009
Ive had this phone for about 2 years now, its an excellent phone, the camera has built in flash which doesnt always come with some phones nowadays. The quality of the pictures is really good, especially for the price. I know allot of people are saying it runs out of battery really quick , thats only if you use they games/media player for about an hour or so, i dont have to charge mine for about a week, as i turn mine off at night then in the morning its re-charged itself to get another bar. The only problem with the phone is that it doesnt charge off the mains, i have to charge it off the USB, before that happened though and i DID use it from the mains and it seemed to not fit properly, it was as if it was too big to fit in. Overall though its a really good phone.
Reviewed by Lu
from UK
on 9th May 2009
This is a standard phone which is good for the price, it is a good quality and the camera is OK. I found that the phne runs out of battery quickly and was easily scratched. Overall a good phone for the price
Reviewed by asad
from UK
on 9th May 2009
da best fone ever nd a good price 2
Reviewed by wag1
from UK
on 8th May 2009
1 of the best phones i had
Reviewed by Samuel T
from UK
on 2nd May 2009
This is a good phone, I've had mine for over two years and it's still going, showing it's age a little though. I think a lot of the people giving it bad reviews just haven't figured out how to use it. It has a lot of features which aren't even mentioned in the manual which can make it quite confusing but they can all be figured out. For example, the guy who said his photos came out as mirror images, this is a feature you can get by pressing one of the volume buttons, the other button turns the image upside down. I don't know how people are managing to wreck them as no paint or anything had dropped off mine. The screen did break a while ago, but it was fairly cheap to fix at a corner shop. For taking photos, the sensor takes it's time, people getting blurry photos are moving the phone before it's done taking the photo. The charging connector is starting to wear out, so I think that'll be the end of this phone, but it's lasted very well and still looks cool two and a bit years on.
Reviewed by Wills
from UK
on 27th Apr 2009
Had my phone for about a year, came onto this site to see if anyone was having the problems I am now getting, mine has started switching itself off when I am trying to sent text messages and is freezing on me, I think its time for a new phone.
Reviewed by em
from UK
on 25th Apr 2009
scratches easy mine wont charge and its NOT the charger thats broken screen smashed and it wasnt eveen mee !! dont buy it peeps !!! (:
Reviewed by luke
from UK
on 30th Mar 2009
Decent phone nothing outstanding about it, poor battery life and memery + recently my camera has freaked out giving me photos of random colour and texture =S
Reviewed by Ant
from UK
on 26th Mar 2009
Had my d900i phone replaced less than two weeks ago after the other one's screen went black and i couldnt hear people when they phoned me, cannot be bothered to list all the problems ive had with it, anyway they gave me a new one which i was very very surprised about, and thought oh brilliant hopefully ill have this for another yaer or two and not have to buy another phone, that was until a few days ago after only having it about two weeks when the phone screen smashed without reason when i took it out of my pocket to look at a text, i was bitterly dissapointed with my new replaced phone and now they have refused to fix it for free, they want £67 from me to replace the screen and i didnt even break it. Very unhappy and will never buy samsung again, and im sure im not the only one who can see the faults in samsung as a manufacturer.
Reviewed by gina
from UK
on 26th Mar 2009
to all those reading this review DONT BUY THIS PHONE!! i bought mine one year ago and it broke just a few days ago , the screen would not turn on anymore.I know a lot about samsung phones as out family owns 6. But buyer beware this phone is riddled with faults and poor quality materials. 1. The keypad is absolutely horrible to txt on a it is too wide and too hard to press down and the result is CRACKED key pads. After about 2months the paint off the keypad started coming off and soon later the pads started cracking, i do not have long fingernails either. 2.The "ok" button in the middle of the keypad is an absolute pain in the butt, as often i would take the phone out of my pocket and find that the internet had been running for ages thus taking most of my credit. 3.The phone does not save sent messages! arrrgh in order to have messages that u sent you have to save each txt MANUALLY and to do this you have to open up the menu for each txt and clicked a few buttons for it to save wen sending. 4.The phone has an odd habit of shutting off at its own will and this seems to be a common occurence with most samsung phones. 5.the pridictive t9 is horrible 6.the charging slot is on the RIGHT side of this stupid phone so txtn while the phone is chargin is insanely annoying and the charging end keeps bpping out on the right 7.THIS PHONE DOESNT SLIDE WELL. i had always wondered if it was just my phone but my friend also has the D900i and trust me it is by far the worst "slide" phone made by samsung . Its stiff and so u end up haviung to press quite hard down on the screen and a lot of users have ended up having their screen broken so all in all just wanted to say this phone lasted me a year bought new.
Reviewed by Saeed
from UK
on 20th Mar 2009
I have Samsung D900i Excellent Phone. Stylish, but i need the fallowing things to be included as well, such as (Flight Mode,Document viewer for MS Office, PDF and HTML files,FM radio (D900i only and voice changer).
Reviewed by kiran ayub
from UK
on 16th Mar 2009
i absolutely hate this phone with a passion! i had high hopes for this phone! but it's got a mind of its own! i had problems with making/taking calls! it started to call my numbers in my call log automaticali since the first day!i couldn't answer the phone and it would freeze for ages! it was madness! so i gave it bak!:(
Reviewed by Anna
from UK
on 15th Mar 2009
well i got this phone december before last and i really liked it. but the camera is quite bad, the keypad is a joke because the buttons are so flat, if yolu have a memory card then all your files are so slow to navigate and it scratches so easily! im 12 and i go out a lot and once i dropped it out a tree and the two slides fell in half but i just slid them back together. it was fine. also the battery life is ridiculous. sadly, a few days ago a boy took my phone and pressed down on the screen therefore the screen just messed up. i dont think i wont another samsung looking at all of these comments. :)
Reviewed by David
from UK
on 2nd Mar 2009
I know this phone is old by now, and stuff, but i wanted to say that its a great phone with rubbish build quality. I have owned two (I washed the first one, still with the second) and on each after about 2 weeks the slide mechanism has become awful. Its so stiff, you really have to force it to open it! I've sort of become used to it, but whenever a friend tries to do it, they simply can't, i have to do it for them! Good features though, only problem is that the camera really doesn't have auto focus, if i shake my hand even a little i get a very blurry photo that is almost indecipherable!
Reviewed by sunil samuel
from UK
on 2nd Mar 2009
Hello For this i would like to say one thing that this phone looks beauitful in that colour . Personaly i love this phone .
Reviewed by Tim B
from UK
on 28th Feb 2009
Had one of these for two years but broke the screen recently. Replaced it with the G600 because the shop told me this was a better phone . Wrong!! Camera is poor and operation is generally jerky in comparison. Think i,ll get the 9oo fixed!
Reviewed by Nikki
from UK
on 21st Feb 2009
This phone was given to me as a bithday present August 2008. At the time I was extremely pleased but now after only 6 months of having it the buttons have stopped working. I'm not able to go into my menu or anything. The only thing that works is the slide - I can accept and reject calls only. The buttons only work if I wait for the backlight to go out but as you can imagine this takes forever to do anything as after every press of a button I have to wait for the backlight to go out again. However, I still am not able to access things through my menu as soon as I get to the menu it throws a wobbly and the screen flashes wildly. I am not impressed with this phone even though I'd had not trouble with it untill now.
Reviewed by sophie
from UK
on 20th Feb 2009
this is a rubbish phone if it wasnt for my 12 month contract ending this june, i would have got a new 1 straight away. every day i look at it and think wy did i buy it? - u cant put a song as your ringtone - the screen is hard to slide up - my web n walk wouldnt work - worst '3 megapixel' camera in the world, all my pictures are fuzzy - STUPID PHONE WONT SEND PICTURES TO THE COMPUTER!! Worst phone in the world i want june to come QUICKLYYYY
Reviewed by leah.
from UK
on 17th Feb 2009
i had this phone for under a year , i loved it . the only problem was when you have a memory card , you have all your files in a part on your phone . also , while your using the memory card , it is VERY VERY slow . i wouldnt EVER buy a samsung again , they dont have the "look" they look cheap in my eyes , plus they just dont fit in . no one has these phones no more , and now there is a dearer version out , people think its the cheaper version , and you have paid £30, PATHETIC ! samsung is rubbish xo
Reviewed by Dot
from UK
on 16th Feb 2009
I have had this phone for about 6 months and have had no problems apart from the size of the screen when playing a video as it is not full size. I read that if you press 1 this will make it full screen but having tried it the video size did not alter. Any suggestions to this problem. I had this phone as a replacement when my Ericsson 910i went faulty, my contract is up in April but I am quite happy with this phone but for the video screen size.
Reviewed by alice
from UK
on 15th Feb 2009
i really didnt like this phone. it broke for no reason twice (the screen went blank although when you called it it worked). and i would never trust it again. the camera was not up to a usual 3mp standard and was rubbish because it was in perfect position but when you went to view it was much more zoomed out and was very annoying. i dont think this phone hs even reached the star i have given it. BAD!!
Reviewed by Ms Priest
from UK
on 13th Feb 2009
I have just bought one of these fones but after reading all the bad reports its looks like i have made a real bad mistake. I have had so many fones and unfortunately i cannot seem to find a good reliable one thats easy to use and as all the features of the D900i
Reviewed by Mr.Rose
from UK
on 9th Feb 2009
Reviewed by kim
from UK
on 9th Feb 2009
i recently borrowed this phone off my mum just 2 days ago whilst mine is been fixed and to be honest i don't get what is so great about it, the keys are god awful as you have have to press them hard for it to work properly and the phone is the slowest phone ive ever come across, ill be glad to see the back of it
Reviewed by mouldred
from UK
on 8th Feb 2009
Dont believe the negative comments they are TOTALL WRONG. Ive had this phone over two years and its fantastic. It is still better than most new models.
Reviewed by lauraaaa
from UK
on 6th Feb 2009
i would not buy this phone, it doesnt remember the words when texting, really annoying! and the camera is the worst ever. i hate this phone but im stuck with it and texting is abit hard because the buttons are flat. and also this phone seems to have rubbish signal wherever i go so sometimes i cant contact friends or family..
Reviewed by john davidson
from UK
on 5th Feb 2009
best phone ive had in years never let me down took it camping hiking too work i work outside as im a landscaper trustworthy phone
Reviewed by imran
from UK
on 4th Feb 2009
I have had this phone for 6 months now and have had absolutely np problems with it. It is a fantastic and value for money phone.
Reviewed by Jess
from UK
on 2nd Feb 2009
Do not buy this phone it is rubbish!! Firstly, the battery life is poor, i am having to charge it everyday which is very annoying. Also after a while it will start to switch itself off even if you are half way through something, sometimes the screen will go blank so you just have to switch it off. Next, it doesn't really look very nice when you get it, it scatches easily and just looks tacky. I wouldn't suggest gettin this phone at all.
Reviewed by faye
from UK
on 1st Feb 2009
its ok nothing special. i always have problems with ppl hearing me on the line, and the battery doesn't last long at all, i av to charge it every night. I had nokia 6230 b4 this and that switched itself off at times. so really no fone is perfect, they all have faults. The best fone i ever had was the nokia 3310 and thats prob coz it never had all the technology the fones these days have. Thats what causes the problems all the technology put into them.
Reviewed by Natisha
from UK
on 31st Jan 2009
I think this phone is a good phone, however, in regards to the strange icon that showed up (I think someone described it as a red and blue fuse with a fire extinguisher) that doesn't appear in the manual, it is a voicemail message indicator. Go to Messages, Answering Machine, and check and/or delete your voice message
Reviewed by sharukh khan
from UK
on 23rd Jan 2009
i love the d900 and also the d900i. they r 1 of the best mobiles i have ever seen. i am also thinking to buy 1 of them. the price is less, it has 3 megapixel camera, bluetooth and much more. but i like the d900i more than d900 coz it has one more feature that is a fm radio. i will soon buy this mobile. i like it and i love it. although i am an actor but i WILLLLL buy this mobile!!!
Reviewed by Natcho peno
from UK
on 18th Jan 2009
Rubbish slide slid off first time i touch and i got a vodafone 533
Reviewed by philip
from UK
on 15th Jan 2009
I was so excited. I got the the new D900i out of my box this Christmas. I pick up the phone slid the screen up and and it slid off even though i was gentle. I picked it off the floor and the had screen cracked and the middle button came out. I have traded it in for a Motorola Z6 orange slide and guess it din't break It great and would recommend it to music lovers (But not people with chubby finger)
Reviewed by sunny
from UK
on 14th Jan 2009
i can't recieve multimedia messages on my samsung d900 and i don't really know why can someone help me?
Reviewed by Claire James
from UK
on 12th Jan 2009
I HATE this phone. Previously I've had Nokias and Sonys and find the Samsung menu system very unintuitive and clumsy. Have had to refer to the manual several times to work out how to do simple functions such as select predictive text (*key) and select between different suggested words (0 key). Connecting to PC to view pictures/upload music was a nightmare, doesn't have standard small USB connection, you have to use the supplied software disc and cannot just view the files as a folder using a simple driver as with other phones. Also, you have to have the USB set to 'modem' in the phone menu, something I had to surf user forums on the net to find out, as it's not in the manual. Photos are almost as poor quality as my prevous 1 mp. All in all this phone has been a total pain, without any great advantages, and I will not be getting a Samsung again.
Reviewed by John
from UK
on 10th Jan 2009
DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE it is utter rubbish screen broken within 2 days
Reviewed by dawn hawksworth
from UK
on 9th Jan 2009
hey guys!! I LOVED THIS PHONE AND SADLY HATED IT!! but its worked with me well since ma and pap bought it me 4 chrisrmas, well later guys mines in pink its sicken dude
Reviewed by jordan kempton
from UK
on 9th Jan 2009
best phone ive had :D
Reviewed by bench warmer
from UK
on 4th Jan 2009
brilliant phone unfortuantly the camera is not very good and you cant have a peronalised mesage tone
Reviewed by gerry
from UK
on 2nd Jan 2009
cant understand all the negative feedack on this phone,i have had mine for a year now and no complaints whatsoever,it does for me what i want it to do mainly make calls and texts,i have been round the block ie nokia, motorola, sony,lg.to name a few and imo samsung are a much better phone.
Reviewed by tom
from UK
on 2nd Jan 2009
hate it
Reviewed by Lyn
from UK
on 1st Jan 2009
Phones great everything was fine till the lcd broke in 2 after it was in my pocket for about 20mins
Reviewed by Dawood
from UK
on 31st Dec 2008
i love this set its very nice
Reviewed by Emma
from UK
on 28th Dec 2008
I would only recommend this phone to those who aren't into up to date features and only need it for basic uses. The 3 megapixel camera is NOT high standard and in certain lighting it is appauling resulting in grainy pictures. Another fault with this is that using the camera kills the battery in no time and when recording videos, the result is pixelated. I find i have to charge this phone every day, 2nd if i'm lucky, even when i do not use the camera.
Reviewed by JAN
from UK
on 26th Dec 2008
Reviewed by John Smith
from UK
on 23rd Dec 2008
Ive had this phone for a year and a hlaf now, and cant fault it in any way. So much so, that I only came across this trying to find an exact replacement as the keypad is now getting a little hard to work as the buttons are wearing. 10/10
Reviewed by Oritise
from UK
on 23rd Dec 2008
Very bad turns off whenever i am listening i bang it by accident. Charger stopped working after a week very bad phone!!! If I could give 0 stars I would.
Reviewed by Yasmin
from UK
on 22nd Dec 2008
Same with my fone! the inside of the screen split too! and i only got it last christmas
Reviewed by Kat
from UK
on 20th Dec 2008
Nice looking phone but had problems with both my original D900i phone AND the replacement phone with the screen freezing up. As a one off I would have passed it off as a dodgy one but with the replacement also having the same problems I would say it's a design fault. Easy to use but camera not very good as there is a good delay in the capture of the photos meaning the phone has to be held still until the pic has saved which is a pain. Video capture rubbish, sound quality rubbish. When I press OK to stop my morning alarm the camera screen opens up for some reason (as it did with the original again.. Design fault?). Battery port stopped working on the original phone, charger is difficult to put in... Very fiddly. Problems with the WAP too, sometimes it will connect and is FINE, then it stops working for two weeks which is quite frustrating. I am on O2 and although this might be a network fault I have to mention it, I can't get a signal, really struggle in a lot of places and it means that calls get cut short. Then I'll be writing a text and the signal will go, then a symbol will appear showing I have no signal and no matter where I go after that to actually GET a signal it will not pick one up again until I have turned the phone OFF then back on again. Great fun when you haven't the space on the phone to SAVE the text to come back to it. Hate to slate as it really is a cute phone, just a shame about the faults really.
Reviewed by Dais
from UK
on 19th Dec 2008
I had this phone for a year and after 6 months, it started to make strange bleeping sounds for no reason (i checked the most obvious cause) then it wouldn't turn on unless connected to the charger. then it wouldn't turn off either. A nightmare!!!! I got this phone because of the camera, but turns out to be useless. The camera is in mirror image. I'm pretty certain i'm not the only one who had serious problems with the camera. It's a nice shape, small and easy to use.


text: Conflict & Justice Israeli Soccer Team Clamping Down on Violence and Racism PRI's The World February 11, 2013 One of Israel's leading professional soccer clubs is going through a nasty episode of intolerance - and violence. Fans are angry about their team signing two Muslims. A few weeks ago, the team was the only one in Israel with an all-Jewish roster.


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Blackhawks have to throw Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard off his game
The Chicago Blackhawks want to make life more miserable for Jimmy Howard.
If they don't, then they're the ones who'll be wallowing in misery for the rest of the summer.
The Detroit Red Wings goaltender has been outstanding so far in the NHL Western Conference semifinal, frustrating the Blackhawks snipers, who have only two goals in their last three games.
With the Red Wings up 3-1 in the series heading into Game 5 Saturday at the United Center, the Blackhawks have to figure out a way to get past Howard to keep their season alive.
"We're going to keep doing what we're doing," said Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews. "We've been getting in front of him, we've been shooting from all over the place, and we're going to keep doing that, even more so.
"We know that we have a lot of talent, top to bottom, on this team and that anybody can score goals. Whoever it is, we want guys to step up. It's playoff hockey and we're looking for some big goals (Saturday) night, that's what it's going to take to win. He's one of those key guys that we want to be really tough on. We have to keep doing that."
Howard has been giving the Blackhawks fits all series. Even in the opening game the Blackhawks won, Howard held them off single-handily before they were able to break through midway through the third period.
Since then, the Blackhawks have been unable to get to the fifth-year goaltender, who's been a key ingredient in the Red Wings success so far this post season.
"I think we have a lot of shots in these game, but maybe we have to go to the front of the net more and try to have a good screen on him and make sure he doesn't see the puck," said Blackhawks winger Michael Frolik. "We can be better at that, we haven't scored many goals. It's hard, he's been playing unbelievable, but we have to be better."
In Thursday's 2-0 victory, Howard was kept busy early, turning away 14 shots in the first period. However, once they took the lead, the Red Wings did a good job defensively and limited the Blackhawks to 14 shots through the final two periods.
Regardless, Howard still needed to come up with a handful of outstanding saves, his best coming against Dave Bolland in the third period, sprawling across to get a piece of his effort in front.
Howard also did get some help behind him as the Blackhawks hit a pair of goalposts.
"I think the bounces really haven't gone our way, but we still have to be better," said Blackhawks winger Brandon Saad, who's still looking for his first goal of the playoffs. "We're getting some chances, we're hitting some posts, but we still can be better as a team, try to create more chances, get in front of him, take away his eyes. They have a good team defensively they have a good goaltender and we have to find a way to beat him."
Part of the strategy heading into their must-win encounter Saturday will be to get more traffic in front of Howard.
The Blackhawks have not done a good job of battling for position in front of the Red Wings net, allowing Howard to see most of the shots he's facing.
There have been few second-chance opportunities in the three consecutive games the Blackhawks have lost in the series.
"With goaltenders these days, there are a lot of good goaltenders left in the playoffs, and that's what it's all about," Saad said. "You watch other series, you have to get those ugly goals, get in front of him and bang in some rebounds."
Thursday was the first time all season the Blackhawks had been shutout. It also marked the first time the team dropped three consecutive games this season.
"We've had some quality chances, we'd like to have more quality with traffic," said Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville. "He's been challenging. I still think we're getting some decent looks, but I think more traffic will make it more of a challenge for him."


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Dan Balz, the Washington Post's chief correspondent (5/20/12), complains that President Barack Obama hasn't solved America's fiscal problems:
Obama has drawn criticism for failing to offer more forceful leadership. He established the Simpson-Bowles commission but declined opportunities at key moments to push and prod for its consideration and enactment.
There's an odd syntax here that reflects some slippery thinking. Grammatically, "its" in the second sentence seems like it would refer to the Simpson-Bowles commission, but that would be nonsensical. You're presumably supposed to think it means the commission's plan, but that's a trick–there was no plan passed by the commission as a whole. Instead, the co-chairs, Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, came up with their own plan that they were unable to get the required supermajority of the committee to sign off on.
Balz wants you to think that doesn't matter–that there was a plan involving Simpson and Bowles, and it got the support of 11 of the 18 committee members, so that's pretty much the Bowles-Simpson commission's plan, right?
The 'Bowles/Simpson' plan "essentially saw deficit-reduction as an opportunity to redistribute income upwards: by capping government revenues, cutting tax rates for the wealthy and corporations (while raising them for the middle class), lowering Social Security benefits and making the elderly pay more for their healthcare."
Well, no–actually, it matters a great deal that it didn't get the 14 votes it needed to be adopted by the commission. As in most media discussions of Simpson-Bowles, Balz doesn't really talk about what the plan Simpson and Bowles came up with actually does. They essentially saw deficit-reduction as an opportunity to redistribute income upwards: by capping government revenues, cutting tax rates for the wealthy and corporations (while raising them for the middle class), lowering Social Security benefits and making the elderly pay more for their healthcare.
In other words, their plan has a lot of elements that are deeply unpopular. If you want an agenda like that enacted, the only way to do so is to get Republicans and Democrats to both sign on to it. If only one side supports it, the other side will–and should–point to all the unpopular things their opponents are supporting. That's what certainly would have happened if Obama had made a point of talking about what a great plan Simpson and Bowles had.
The people who set up the commission understood this perfectly well, which is why they put in a supermajority requirement that could be met only if a majority on each side agreed on a proposal. A plan that only one party agreed to was a plan that was going to fail. Pundits like Balz, on the other hand, either don't understand this – or are hoping that you won't.


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Then I started to write a post about how I'd just binned the other post, but then realized I shouldn't run that one either, also, largely, for reasons. So I binned it, too.
And the fact is that I met one deadline this morning and then wrote something in a white hot fury about the Hagel nomination and the ugly fight put up by professional "pro-Israel" apologists (which I'll crosspost anon, I promise, you don't need to beg), and the fact that I was well on my way to getting a proper, thoughtful post up here, too, had me a little giddy so I maybe held on to that darling a little too long, but look, I finally binned both it AND the meta-it, and DAMN IT, now I have nothing.
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In many ways, this is where the majority of the block int he discussion is. It's not that most of us deny sexism in videogaming, but trying to tone down the hyperbole makes it look like we do. Yes, women portrayed like Jill Vanentine, Chell, Samus, and Peach are rarer, but they do exist, and there's ample opportunity to let your demographic be known to the industry, especially now that things are available digitally. We all know companies go where the money is, so if there are things that add diversity, but they didn't sell, then the fault isn't on game companies for not providing, but on us for not buying. And who the hell wants to blame ourselves when there are faceless corporations we can blame for not marketing to us?
I really REALLY would like some actual statistics on these kind of things instead of emotion filled tantrums from people that act like they've looked at every single video game on the planet and came up empty.
Honestly, it's impossible for me to take anyone who claims that any design in a Vanillaware game is representative of an industry standard.
The only reason all of you are talking about the sorceress in the first place is that her design goes so far beyond usual tropes in its exaggeration. If her design didn't stand out as exceptional, there wouldn't be anywhere near this much talk about a design in a niche game from a niche publisher. You throw out examples like Ivy and Kasumi, but none of the standard 'sexy' characters you name actually look anything like the sorceress; they appear conservative in comparison.
Ignoring the games other designs is incredibly lazy and intellectually dishonest. Look at the amazon. How many other games have characters that look like that? How many games have visibly super-muscular women of any kind? Look at the knight and the dwarf. Even among impossibly bulky male protagonists, how many look that cartoonishly exaggerated? Look at other Vanillaware games. How much of their work looks like anything else in gaming? They make niche games with a very distinctive visual style, driven by the creative vision of an individual artist, not big-budget titles that are designed by committee and decide what to include based on pandering to fan demographics.
You're having what should be a meaningful debate, but it isn't a debate about Dragon's Crown, nor is it terribly relevant to that game.
It must be fun to represent the exact same groups who have said point blank that they want to destroy the current video game market, in no uncertain terms. They want your childhood. They want to eat it for breakfast. They complain about everything without the slightest grasp of things like marketing and what sells.
You'd do well to avoid the sensationalist drivel and idle name calling journalist rackets like Kotaku engage in. You should aspire to more lofty goals than playing follow the leader.
This is an utterly imbecilic and patently untrue argument as far as I can see, as I posted in the other topic regarding this topic, please go visit the Steam Store and browse through the list of late releases, I couldn't find a single game that fits your criteria throughout the first few pages: http://store.steampowered.com/
The amount of "mass market games" after 2010 or so that do this are infinitesimally small and are usually Japanese or Korean games. Almost every single example that keeps being brought up as this "evil example" is from games 5+ years ago (the last Tomb Raider before the new one was from 2008, the last Street Fighter is from 2008 etc.) and the very few games that dare to show any amount of boobs always seem to become this huge flamefest, every single one of them.
It boils down to, "You shouldn't like what I don't like and it shouldn't exist because it offeeeeeeeends meeeeeeeeee! Everyone shouldn't hurt my feelings!"
It's usually also a very loud minority that complains and a bunch of "videogame journalists". There's still a market of millions for all of these games that like them just fine, as I pointed out before when Scarlet Blade came up, go through this thread of people who play the game and see just how many women not only don't have a problem with its design, but actively like it and play/enjoy the game because of it: http://www.aeriagames.com/forums/en/viewtopic.php?t=1793473
This seems like a parody. Its more ridiculous than sexual. I think feminists would make a bigger impact if they complained about more serious examples of sexism in games, and let this stuff slide since its basically more silly than anything. That's just my opinion on complaining strategy...if this really offends you, go ahead and say something.
captcha: it is different
no, captcha, its all the same.
Yup, the Sorceress in this game is ridiculous but to be honest, it's no more exaggerated than the image of the viking style dude, a guy who looks so insanely beefy that I bet he could not actually wipe his backside. I'm calling sexism on both sides here, but as it's so silly I'm letting it slide.
(p.s. as an aside, my wife and stepdaughter have seen the Sorceress character in the trailer and both said that if they could make their boobs float they would as apparently having big boobs is *sore*)
Fear of the slippery slope or domino effect depending to how you would see it.
That if a game proves popular and does the usual stereotypical female depictions in its cast of characters, future games might seek to create similar characters. This could continue indefinitely and thus some outside whistleblowing is needed from time to time.
Of course what would be nice is if in the future a majority of games can make do without the sexiness and that the fanservice heavy games are considered fringe by the general audience.
Every character in Dragons Crown is drawn with absurd levels of exaggeration. So what if one of the characters has large breasts?!
Western society is too prudish.
If you don't like the look of a character, then don't play as her, or simply don't buy the game at all.
Unfortunately, not looking at a fire doesn't extinguish it. The those that did blow the whistle on this game were probably concerned about how this work might influence works to perpetuate something we would preferably shove into the backrooms.
;D great is'n't she.
from th kotaku writer he's arguing the disproportion of sexualising women to but as many have pointed out to use the art direction of Dragon's Crown for that complaint is a trivial pursuit.
it's murder on the back too
There is nothing wrong with this character design.
There are women that have breasts that size. I'd post a pic or two, but I'm sure the mods would cause issue, and I get the feeling those who'd benefit most from it aren't mature to handle it.
Some people are just too sensitive, stubborn or ignorant to understand the character is exaggerated for fun affect. You just have to look at the other characters in the roster to understand that. The same people who complain about the mage are the kinds of people who take South Park too seriously. Or fail to look at a product as a whole, or even playing the product at all (didn't we have this nonsense with Tomb Raider half a year back?), and jump the gun.
Then, there's others, where--
Makes me wonder how evolution/nature could even think of designing a body that has large breasts and not a strong enough back to comfortably support it. It's like nature had a hiccup, because it's had tens of thousands of years to perfect human design and we still end up having women with large breasts being in pain! How the hell did those women manage before bras were invented (i.e. how nature intended it)...did they simply avoid physical activity or what o_O
Meaning no offense to women with large breasts IRL, I'm sure they are equally frustrated and ponder the same question! Or maybe they are happy/satisfied, who am I to generalize :D
Evolution is hardly perfect, that's why 99% of every species that has ever existed is extinct ;)
Geez, finding sexualized female characters in video games jarring/problematic doesn't indicate an immature or prudish disposition.
Greek (maybe Roman) women chopped off a breast to fire arrows, the Asian Ladies wrapped themselves up for support (imagine that routine) and then there's the corset but that caused more important health problem hell, men wore them first :P Before that they must have just tightened the backs of there dresses to stop, "spillage" (smooth). The only male equivalent to a bra are briefs, we don't have that many option and they tend to chaff... but that's something else entirely ¬_¬
Most large breasted Women i know love their girls but hate the amount of money they have to spend to support them... Now they know how their men feel!
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Bob, the art in Dragon's Crown is grotesque and disgusting. Get your shit together, man.
The male elf & the Female Link look okay though.
Evolution is lazy. It does only what is necessary, not what is best. If a person is still able to have and raise as many children as everyone else, it really does not matter to evolution how inefficient or broken down the body is.
On topic, I really can't muster up rage against the Sorceress. Its sexist, sure, but primarily it just strikes me as incredibly juvenile. Like the gradeschool students who would scribble naughty pictures in their textbooks.
You know, Kamitani already issued an apology, and Jason Schreier refused to accept, still continuing to attack him.
You see what I mean here? It's like he's asking other artists like me to give him the same treatment, and not only refuse to back down, but also let him know that he's asking to have his face reconstructed.
I don't care who's right or wrong about this topic anymore. Having the entire fucking internet gang up on you just for doing what you like is pack mentality at its most vile. Shame on all of you, both sides.
So if I make a game that has a blackface character with a massive afro, fights by throwing watermelons, and heals himself by eating fried chicken, I am excused from all criticism because it's 'ironic?' I'll be sure to let David Duke know this.
So then those people are guilty of betraying other gamers, and they are doing it to appease the ignorance of others. And I wouldn't stop to piss on them even if they were on fire. The enemy is those who would try to blame and shame everyone who enjoys an artistic medium because they find certain uses of that medium to be offensive.
From arch-conservatives to militant feminists, to the far-right to the far-left of the political spectrum, those who attempt to politicise gaming are no friends to any gamer who would like to play games free of censorship and repression.
Hey, did you know that criticism and censorship are not synonymous? Amazing, I know!
And what harm will come to you by ignoring this game?
So basically this might lead to more games you don't like which you could also ignore. So what?
Tell me about it.
I find them annoying and I wish they would go away, but I'm not going to pretend their existence causes problems beyond "I may get some questionable looks playing this in public".
Yeah, and everyone should have paid no attention to Triuph of the Will because it was nothing but a collection of film strips that no one had to watch.
(Yeah I know, Godwin's Law. But I feel these threads are so stupid that they deserve it)
And this is why we have Godwin's Law. You just compared scantily clad women to Nazis. The fictional characters are not trying to convey any message or morals, they're just scantily clad and you compare them to Nazis.
There is a world of difference between someone offering solid and constructive criticism, and using the entertainment that we love not only as a soapbox of their own political viewpoints but also engaging in organised attempts to censor dissenting viewpoints, and enforce to the best of their ability a consensus on what and what isn't acceptable to be included in a video game.
So you think they're trying to insult women by making ones with large breasts? How would that work exactly?
What about scantily clad Nazis?
Or what? You will feel offended? Please, "CRY SOEM MOAR" about how people' negative opinions about a game's design shouldn't exist.
That was pretty much the point of the article, if you would have read it istead of just assuming that it must be about feminazis trying to violate your freedom of speech regarding Dragon's Crown.
Progressives won't shut up about conservative stances being "offensive", because while everyone has a right to be offensive, everyone also has a right to call out everyone else on being offensive. (and of course, everyone has a right to call out people on crying "offensive" too early).
You haven't added anything to this argument, you just made one step back to how your rights imply that these arguments shouldn't exist.
Please tell me I'm not in the minority here when I say: who gives a shit?
In the words of a random female Castanic from another game that stirred up at least just as much controversy over boobs and the portrayal of women: If you don't like it, leave.
That's really all there is to it. They can design the characters they want, and make the games they want and... you, you can choose not to buy the game if it offends you that much. Call of Duty offends me. I don't own anything past Modern Warfare 2. It's easier than complaining and makes a bigger impact.
Personally? I don't like this new character. She's shown up on certain sites for at least a couple years now, and, no... she isn't what I consider attractive. I'm not going to go into a rage, however, because she simply exists. Don't get me wrong, I'm looking for a strong, good example of a well done female character who isn't sexualized more than anyone here, I guarantee it, and most of the characters I've created, for game concepts I'm too lazy to put an alpha up of (regardless of how beneficial it may be) in UDK, satisfy that craving. As much as I'd like to see better examples of female characters, this character, in particular... doesn't piss me off, and it shouldn't piss you off. From what I can tell, she's not memorable, not worth your time, and exists for fanfare. There's nothing wrong with that. If the rest of the world wants to point this game and say 'this is why games r 4 kidz look at how imatur they r' then fuck the rest of the world in its super tight sphincter with the biggest fist you can find, because when all is said and done, the only one who can decide whether or not you like something, is yourself, nobody else.
And if you really care what the rest of the world thinks, throw Bioshock at them or something. We have mature games, or at least, we have games that strive to be mature. There will always be a market for that. We also have immature games that wear silly hats and like to draw large, cartoonish boobs on everything. There's a market for that, too.
So what are you still doing in this thread that you don't like?
The problem with criticising compaints about offensive content for what they are, is that it's an obvious "I'm rubber you're glue" situation. Every complaint that you can make about how people shouldn't complain, sticks to you. By your own logic, if you don't like feminist arguments, you are free to not listen to them.
Ironically, this is what the OP article actually *is* about, how discussions like this will never end in a society with freedom of speech. People won't just "leave" because someone else is not as offeneded about the game as they are.
They can post the complaints that they want, abd make the articles they want and... you, you can choose not to click on them if it offends you that much.
Except that you also have a right to express your opinion that they should leave, just as they have a righ to express their opinion that Dragon's Crown should leave.
I give a semi-trailer's worth of shit, purely because Kamitani's still getting attacked by Schreier and his suckups even after Kamitani apologized. Sorry, but that's the kind of act that warrants another eye-for-an-eye treatment, and I will not stop my utter scorn for filth like him until he finally accepts Kamitani's apology, which was, in the first place, issued after a lot of pressure from half the fucking internet.
God forbid Kamitani goes even further with his apology and outright omitting the Sorceress in the release build.
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Richards duels Tanaka, but Halos fall to Yanks
NEW YORK -- Garrett Richards threw 58 two-seam fastballs against the Yankees on Sunday night, and the only one that stayed up was the one that went out for the home run that extended Masahiro Tanaka's 20-month streak of starts without a loss.
Chris Iannetta fielded 140 pitches Sunday night, and the one that bounced off his glove was the one that advanced two runners in the eighth and set the stage for the go-ahead run in a 3-2 defeat.View Full Game Coverage
NEW YORK -- Garrett Richards threw 58 two-seam fastballs against the Yankees on Sunday night, and the only one that stayed up was the one that went out for the home run that extended Masahiro Tanaka's 20-month streak of starts without a loss.
Chris Iannetta fielded 140 pitches Sunday night, and the one that bounced off his glove was the one that advanced two runners in the eighth and set the stage for the go-ahead run in a 3-2 defeat.View Full Game Coverage
Another one-run game, another loss.
The Angels are now 2-7 in that scenario this season.
"It comes back to the same discussion we've been having for a long time, and that's the middle and back end of your bullpen being able to hold leads," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "That's going to sway those one-run games, there's no doubt about it."
The series finale from Yankee Stadium swayed on one of baseball's most routine plays.
In a 2-2 game in the eighth, Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran drew walks against Michael Kohn, putting runners on first and second with one out and prompting Scioscia to go to left-handed pitcher Nick Maronde against left-handed hitter Brian McCann. On 1-0, Maronde's down-the-middle fastball bounced off Iannetta's glove, allowing both runners to advance.
"I just missed it," Iannetta said of his 15th passed ball since joining the Angels in 2012. "It was a fastball right there, and I just missed it. You catch I don't know how many balls a year and that doesn't happen."
Asked if sometimes that can happen when trying too hard to frame a pitch, Iannetta said: "I don't care what you're trying to do -- frame it, stand on your head and catch it, it doesn't matter. You have to catch it. It's one of the dumbest plays I've made in my career -- or not made."
Four pitches later, McCann's foul tip, on what would've been the third strike, fell from Iannetta's glove as he attempted a pickoff throw to third base. The pitch after that, a 1-2 slider, bounced right in front of home plate, ricocheted off Iannetta's chest protector, and trickled into the Yankees' on-deck circle, allowing the eventual winning run to come across.
"There's times when I've made that play, there's times when I haven't," Iannetta said. "It wasn't routine, but I hold myself to make every one of those plays. That's what I want to do. I just didn't make it tonight."
Kevin Jepsen checked in next, getting Alfonso Soriano to bounce into an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play after McCann reached first on a hit by pitch. But with two outs and pinch-runner John McDonald on second against Yankees closer David Robertson, Raul Ibanez -- out of the starting lineup because he was sick -- came on to pinch-hit for Collin Cowgill, and struck out to end the game.
And so the Angels finished their nine-game, three-city road trip 4-5, losing two of three in Detroit, winning two of three in Washington, and losing two of three in the Bronx -- where they've dropped 22 of their last 30 games, including the postseason.
"There's some games you look back on that we should've won," center fielder Mike Trout said. "There are some positives you can get off of it. You can't take the games back now, so you just have to turn the page and get back at it tomorrow."
The Angels traveled to Southern California on a redeye flight, one that will get them back home close to 4 a.m. PT, leading up to a 7:05 p.m. game against the Indians later that night.
They did so knowing they were a mere nine outs away from handing Tanaka his first regular-season loss since Aug. 19, 2012 -- a streak that includes wins in 28 consecutive decisions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball -- until Mark Teixeira tied the game at 2 by crushing a 2-2 pitch from Richards way over the right-field fence to lead off the seventh.
Richards, who pitched seven innings of two-run ball to put his ERA at 2.53 through 32 innings, called it "the one two-seamer that didn't sink tonight."
"First and foremost, I wanted to win the ballgame for us, but it would've been nice to give him his first loss," Richards said of Tanaka. "He battled out of some jams and obviously has some good stuff. Hopefully we'll get him the next time around."
Tanaka entered with 35 strikeouts through his first four career starts -- fourth most in Major League history -- to go along with a 2.15 ERA, an opponents' OPS of .574, and just two walks in 29 1/3 innings in the U.S.
The Angels doubled that walk total in the first four innings, and had the lead when Tanaka exited with one out in the seventh. But they managed only two runs against the $155 million right-hander, on a fielder's-choice groundout by J.B. Shuck and a solo homer by David Freese.
Tanaka and his nasty splitter scattered five hits, walked four and struck out 11 in 6 1/3 innings, putting his ERA at 2.27 and, yes, remaining undefeated.
"Hitters, we haven't seen it yet," Trout, who finished 2-for-4, said of Tanaka's splitter. "If you face a guy over time, you start to see the pitches, you know what he's got. He threw some pitches to a lot of us.
"We almost had him."
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez.


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GHS junior Tony James won the 55-meter dash in 6.28 over a star-studded field to highlight the opening day of the 6th Jimmy Carnes Indoor Track and Field Meet.
Track and field is no different than any other sport. You have to beat the best to be the best.
In Saturday's feature event at the O'Connell Center, that's exactly what Gainesville's Tony James did.
The fleet-footed GHS junior won the 55-meter dash in 6.28 over a star-studded field to highlight the opening day of the 6th Jimmy Carnes Indoor Track and Field Meet.
After crossing the finish line, James clinched his fists, thinking he had come up just short.
But as he began to walk backward slowly toward the starting area while looking up at the scoreboard for the official results, he got a pleasant surprise.
"When I came through the finish, I thought I had second, but I was OK with it," said James, one of a number of local runners competing for Pure Athletics. "But when I saw the scoreboard and realized I had come in first, it just went to a whole new level."
After seeing the official results, which brought a loud cheer from a large throng of local fans, James broke into a broad smile and pumped both arms in the air.
And why not? The list of athletes he defeated is certainly impressive, led by Levonte Whitfield, the reigning state Class 2A and Adidas Dream 100-meter champion who is considered one of the nation's elite sprinters.
Whitfield (6.32) managed to nose out St. Petersburg Gibbs senior standout Trayvon Bromell, the 2012 state Class 3A 100-meter runner-up who was third in 6.33, for the runner-up spot, while junior Kendal Williams of Jacksonville Stanton Prep, the 2012 Class 3A 100-meter champion, was fourth in 6.44.
Ponte Vedra Nease senior Ceolamar Ways, who was third in the 2012 Class 3A 200 meters, rounded out the top five in 6.47.
"It's a great feeling," James said. "I'm still kind of jittery from it. I haven't really calmed down from it yet."
There was no upset in the girls' 55-meter dash as Lauderdale Lakes Boyd Anderson senior standout Kali Davis-White, the 2012 Class 4A state runner-up in both the 100 and 200 meters who was competing for Trinity Elite, blitzed the field to win easily in 7.04.
She had hopes of topping the meet record of 6.85 set last year by current UF freshman Shayla Sanders, but came up a little short.
"I am a little frustrated because I really wanted to run a 6.80 or 6.75," Davis-White said.
"I wasn't really worried about the person next to me and wasn't really pushed, but I still should have run a better time. It is early, though, so I have a lot of time to improve."
James' effort capped a great day for local athletes.
Among the other top local performances were a trio of individual wins for Pure Athletics' Willie McKnight III, who won the age 13 division titles in the boys' 55-meter dash (7.15), 200 meters (24.69) and 400 meters (58.72), while on the girls' side, Pure Athletics' Nadiria Evans was the age 14 winner in both the 800 meters (2:32.34) and mile (5:40.70).
Other highlights included Royal Palm Beach sophomore Erin Ford not only repeating as the girls' ages 15-19 400-meter champion, but breaking her existing meet record of 56.56 set last year with a winning time of 56.51.
Today's College/Open Invitational competition gets under way at 10 a.m. and promises to be another action-packed day in the O'Dome.
While college-age and older athletes will dominate today's schedule, feature events for high school athletes in the 55-meter hurdles (ages 13-19) and mile run (ages 15-19) also will be held.
All of Saturday's final results, as well as live results from today, can be found at www.halfmiletiming.com.