Dear mr_roberts_z,
That made absolutely zero sense. No Finnish person would be able to interpret that correctly. My best guess is that you're asking "Since you're an expert, is my Finnish horrible?". An even baffling thing is why you are asking that from Fabian, who is Swedish. Most Swedish people don't know a word of Finnish.
Dear Fabian:
Varför finns det så många duktiga TASare från Sverige och Finland men inte från (vad jag vet) Danmark och Norge? Är folk från Finland och Sverige helt enkelt bättre?
No Finnish person would be able to interpret that correctly. My best guess is that you're asking "Since you're an expert, is my Finnish horrible?".
Well, you interpreted it correctly, and you seem to be Finnish. Therefore your two points kind of contradict each other. And I had no idea which languages Fabian spoke; I was just asking him because this seems to be the appropriate thread for asking Fabian stuff.
But, for the sake of the thread...
Dear Fabian: Scratch that last one, I figured out the answer myself.
To be honest I don't know you that well. I mean we talk a lot since we TAS the same game and everything, but still I don't know very much about you apart from that you seem like a very cool kid.
Dear Fabian:
Varför finns det så många duktiga TASare från Sverige och Finland men inte från (vad jag vet) Danmark och Norge? Är folk från Finland och Sverige helt enkelt bättre?
The reason there are many more Swedish and Finnish TASers than Norwegian/Danish ones is probably.. well I don't know. This community started out in Finland so I'm sure that has had something to do with it. This answer kinda sucks but it's a tough question.
Dear Fabian:
Hän , jotta sinun kehittynyt asiantuntemus -lta kielenkäyttö aikaa antaa , on minun Finnish joten aivan niin hirmuinen?
You are saying:
He, in order that your developed expertise -from use of language gives time, is my "Finnish", so that almost as terrible?
(As precise translation of what you wrote as possible (precise not possible because English grammar restricts on the word order, losing some of the ill-adviced nuances). Yes, SysTran is absolutely horrible at translating from/to Finnish.)
Automated translation gets a lot better if you carefully pick the words which comprise the starting phrase. As an example, "I do good things like that" will likely come out as complete gibberish, while "I accomplish similar altruistic endeavours" might give you the right words, at least.
Dear Fabian,
I'm not entirely sure what to ask you. I'll try to come up with something that actually pertains to you.
Do you feel that TASing has changed your lifestyle? Has it encouraged you to study/investigate topics which did not interest you beforehand, or affected your emotional makeup in some way?
Automated translation gets a lot better if you carefully pick the words which comprise the starting phrase. As an example, "I do good things like that" will likely come out as complete gibberish, while "I accomplish similar altruistic endeavours" might give you the right words, at least.
Dear Fabian,
I'm not entirely sure what to ask you. I'll try to come up with something that actually pertains to you.
Do you feel that TASing has changed your lifestyle? Has it encouraged you to study/investigate topics which did not interest you beforehand, or affected your emotional makeup in some way?
I don't think TASing has changed my lifestyle in any kind of way. TASing has just been another really nerdy hobby amongst others for me. I think I've always enjoyed trying to solve puzzle like tasks, so nothing has really changed. The one thing I might maybe add is it's taught me a bit about being patient and not expect huge results right away, since TASing definitely is more of a marathon than a sprint.
Dear Fabian:
Hän , jotta sinun kehittynyt asiantuntemus -lta kielenkäyttö aikaa antaa , on minun Finnish joten aivan niin hirmuinen?
Many of your questions kinda suck. Especially this one.
Well, that's fair; that last one was kind of a dumb joke (thus, the "scratch that"), though most of my last questions were pretty serious. Oh well, this will probably be my last question/post on this thread.
Dear Fabian:
What is an exemplary question for this thread?
Bisqwit wrote:
mr_roberts_z wrote:
Dear Fabian:
Hän , jotta sinun kehittynyt asiantuntemus -lta kielenkäyttö aikaa antaa , on minun Finnish joten aivan niin hirmuinen?
You are saying:
He, in order that your developed expertise -from use of language gives time, is my "Finnish", so that almost as terrible?
(As precise translation of what you wrote as possible (precise not possible because English grammar restricts on the word order, losing some of the ill-adviced nuances). Yes, SysTran is absolutely horrible at translating from/to Finnish.)
I've kind of found that SysTran pretty much fails at every language (along with most other free internet ones). IIRC, I put in something like "why, in your advanced knowledge of the subject, is my Finnish so sickeningly awful?".
Dear Fabian,
Can you explain this rules interaction? Say I have a Dodge speciality «Unexpected Attacks»x3. When I get hit with an unexpected attack, is my DV set to 0 before or after the speciality adds 3 dice? If it's before it'll only change my die-adder caps but if it's after my DV will be 2 instead of 0 so you can see why I want to know.
someone is out there who will like you. take off your mask so they can find you faster.
I support the new Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun.
Hmm. I feel that creating such a thread like this is just your idea of getting more post...
so heres a question...
How much wood, would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
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Vatchern wrote:
Hmm. I feel that creating such a thread like this is just your idea of getting more post...
Of course, because someone has to have selfish intents in order to make a topic aimed to providing 'Off topic' with something rather than Rridgway burns.
Honestly..
<adelikat> I am annoyed at my irc statements ending up in forums & sigs
Hmm. I feel that creating such a thread like this is just your idea of getting more post...
Of course, because someone has to have selfish intents in order to make a topic aimed to providing 'Off topic' with something rather than Rridgway burns.
Dear Fabian:
Hän , jotta sinun kehittynyt asiantuntemus -lta kielenkäyttö aikaa antaa , on minun Finnish joten aivan niin hirmuinen?
Many of your questions kinda suck. Especially this one.
Well, that's fair; that last one was kind of a dumb joke (thus, the "scratch that"), though most of my last questions were pretty serious. Oh well, this will probably be my last question/post on this thread.
Dear Fabian:
What is an exemplary question for this thread?
Bisqwit wrote:
mr_roberts_z wrote:
Dear Fabian:
Hän , jotta sinun kehittynyt asiantuntemus -lta kielenkäyttö aikaa antaa , on minun Finnish joten aivan niin hirmuinen?
You are saying:
He, in order that your developed expertise -from use of language gives time, is my "Finnish", so that almost as terrible?
(As precise translation of what you wrote as possible (precise not possible because English grammar restricts on the word order, losing some of the ill-adviced nuances). Yes, SysTran is absolutely horrible at translating from/to Finnish.)
I've kind of found that SysTran pretty much fails at every language (along with most other free internet ones). IIRC, I put in something like "why, in your advanced knowledge of the subject, is my Finnish so sickeningly awful?".
Feel free to keep asking if you think of something worth asking. Asking me stupid questions about facts I obviously don't know and you can obviously find by googling is maybe not the way to go though, you know.
I thought the question Warp asked earlier was pretty awesome/perfect for this thread. I'm a computer nerd loser and I want to change, what should I do? That stuff can lead to great discussions I think, and probably is of some value to most members here.
Vatchern,
No one cares what you think. I've provided 10 times more value in this thread alone than you have in your 928 posts on this forum. The fact that you haven't even bothered to read it before going off with your borderline retarded statements is just extra stupid, but I'm not surprised.
Take your moronic attention seeking bickering to the "Fabian sucks lol" thread if you want to but don't try to bring your shit to this thread because no one cares.
Dear Fabian,
you seem to be more than just a decent guy. Your way of thinking does really appeal to me, even though I disagree with you at some occasions, for instance:
I am absolutly against capital punishment, if you think logically, the worst thing you can do (probably) is to end somebody's life (maybe it's worse to like destroy all cultural heritage or something) and every person has the right to life whatever he or she has done. To put a murderer in the electric chair is comparable to the scenario where a four-year-old child pinches a two-year-old child in the sandpit (sandbox) and the last-mentiond's mother avenge her child's suffering by pinching the four-year-old. In addition you can be more philosophical and ask the question if you ever can use capital punoshment when it's not a matter of course that you ever can truly blame the murderer what he has done, in one episode of House MD this question in raised when they find that the reason why a murderer who will be executed did murder was becasue of a tumour which let uncontrolled amounts of hormones out in his body poisoning his mind. He could not do anyting about it, but on the other hand do we all know that if your parents raise you in a bad way, punishing you, teach you bad values and so on, then they are exactly like a tumour poisoning your mind as well, and can you then really blame that child if he becomes a murderer, shouldn't you blame the parents?
Well, that was just a little brainstorming from me, I hope it's readabl, I'm from Sweden too so English is my second language. Actually I'm from Gothenburg, but I don't know if would make you laugh just by opening my mouth, my Göteborska isn't that obvious (at least not if you compare it to Albert & Herbert or Veiron i Ottan).
So my questions are:
1. Did your opinion on capital punishment change in anyway after reading this post?
2. Do you watch House MD (House in Sweden)?
3. Do you like Nile City 105,6?
4. Do you play any instrument? (The reason why I ask is because you said something earlier about not knowing what to do with your life, or that you wanted to dedicate your life to something (maybe you didn't actually say this, but that's the feeling I get), and I think that learning to play an instrument is really rewarding on many different levels (at least for me who started playing guitar just a couple of mounths ago (I'm 20 years old so it's never to late). It's the same thing with painting, so my personally advice to you is to start doing something cultural like playing music, paint, writing poems or something like that.)
PS: I hope all this made any sense to you (epecially to Fabian), I know that I abuse parenthesises(?) which can be a bit confusing.
Dear Fabian,
I hope you don't mind me butting in.
supermegavkoy wrote:
but on the other hand do we all know that if your parents raise you in a bad way, punishing you, teach you bad values and so on, then they are exactly like a tumour poisoning your mind as well, and can you then really blame that child if he becomes a murderer, shouldn't you blame the parents?
But how can you blame the parents? Their actions are a result of they way their parents raised them. There is a philosophical view that believes no one is responsible for their actions, they are all results of their environment. If you believe in God you could say God caused everything to happen the way it did, if you do not, you could say physics determined everything based on the initial conditions. Even if you think the same initial conditions can lead to different results, it still doesn't mean you had a choice, it is just random. I think it is called determinism.
This is a fine theory, but it does not mean people should not be punished for their crimes. The true purpose of laws and punishment is not justice. It is to deter crimes from happening in the first place. If you say oh well his parents raised him that way he shouldn't be punished. Then many more people will realize they won't be punished and thus will start killing people.
PS my question for Fabian, is does it annoy you when people answer questions for you? Or is it ok to jump in?
