IceCream wrote:

Mcjon01 wrote:

IceCream wrote:

What is Trinity? I keep seeing it around... but googleing only brings up cambridge stuff...?

Check the main page of this very site.  Under the progress chart button.

um... maybe ive done too much studying today or something, but under the progress chart button, theres only how many users are reviewing today, and the site news? i can't find the word Trinity anywhere on the main page. Is it just the name for the RTK flashcards or something?

It's a new site by Fabrice, currently in Beta I think. It works somewhat like this site, but you can add your own stuff to it, like anki.

Mcjon01 wrote:

Yonosa wrote:

Musashi wrote:

I was also wondering that. Suddenly the whole thread dissappeared.

I purposely deleted it because I didn't finish my goals for yesterday, and figured it was more distracting than anything. Especially since it evolved into something different than its intended purpose.

Any complaints?(If so just think them out and I'll get it telepathically because I'm off this forum for the whole day to play the "let's really immerse today" game.)

The fact that it evolved into something other than originally intended should have been reason enough to leave it alone.  It wasn't your thread at that point, it was the forum's, and deleting it was in bad taste.  You might have had the power, but not the right.

I mean seriously, if it was distracting you from your goals, you could have just closed the browser or something.  Nobody was forcing you to keep participating in the thread for as long as it existed.

too bad though, don't bash I couldn't take it back now anyways. But hey if I have the power to do something like that I assume the reason is so that I can do it if I want. If the powers at hand don't want us to be able to do that(I heard that they don't haha) then they should change whatever they need to change so that we can't do it. If the site is set up in a way that allows me to do something, and there are no specific rules on the forum telling me that I shouldn't or can't, then don't tell me that I can't do it. I'm rather narcissistic about my studies and if something is distracting me, I don't care if I have to end it (if I started it) even if others are interested. That was my creation and that was my thread where I wanted opinions about something, start a new thread and continue the argument if you guys want, but don't hijack mine and do that. 失礼しました。

Let alone tell me that I can't end it... what were there good points and great information on that thread? hell no... just bickering, I was even involved and admit it.

WWOOOPPS I am hijacking this thread now
もう失礼しましたと言ったから　(￣ー￣)/~~バイバイ

Last edited by Yonosa (2009 July 11, 5:28 pm)

Yonosa wrote:

Mcjon01 wrote:

Yonosa wrote:

I purposely deleted it because I didn't finish my goals for yesterday, and figured it was more distracting than anything. Especially since it evolved into something different than its intended purpose.

Any complaints?(If so just think them out and I'll get it telepathically because I'm off this forum for the whole day to play the "let's really immerse today" game.)

The fact that it evolved into something other than originally intended should have been reason enough to leave it alone.  It wasn't your thread at that point, it was the forum's, and deleting it was in bad taste.  You might have had the power, but not the right.

I mean seriously, if it was distracting you from your goals, you could have just closed the browser or something.  Nobody was forcing you to keep participating in the thread for as long as it existed.

too bad though, don't bash I couldn't take it back now anyways. But hey if I have the power to do something like that I assume the reason is so that I can do it if I want. If the powers at hand don't want us to be able to do that(I heard that they don't haha) then they should change whatever they need to change so that we can't do it. If the site is set up in a way that allows me to do something, and there are no specific rules on the forum telling me that I shouldn't or can't, then don't tell me that I can't do it. I'm rather narcissistic about my studies and if something is distracting me, I don't care if I have to end it (if I started it) even if others are interested. That was my creation and that was my thread where I wanted opinions about something, start a new thread and continue the argument if you guys want, but don't hijack mine and do that. 失礼しました。

Let alone tell me that I can't end it... what were there good points and great information on that thread? hell no... just bickering, I was even involved and admit it.

WWOOOPPS I am hijacking this thread now
もう失礼しましたと言ったから　(￣ー￣)/~~バイバイ

Yonosa,

You have the ability to delete threads that you start. It's an unfortunate exploit that's not intended. Now, here's the repercussions: I and others are not likely to respond to threads started by yourself. In addition, we're likely to do full quotes to in responses to you in other threads should we respond at all. The former is so our intellectual property is not arbitrarily destroyed. The later is so others can see why we're responding the way we do.

So yes, you can exploit methods not intended, but we don't have to play along. That last thread may not have evolved to your liking, but it did have insight into Japanese culture written from first hand experience by foreigners. I was disappointed to see it deleted.

However, thanks for the lesson, I'll be sure to apply methods adapting to it in the future.

Question is why Fabrice doesn't remove that ability. I mean, I know this is PunBB and not something he coded himself, but PunBB is still just web content which we know for a fact that Fabrice is good at working with. Seems odd that he shouldn't be able to simply go in and edit it, can't be a lot of code involved.

yonosa wrote:

. But hey if I have the power to do something like that I assume the reason is so that I can do it if I want. If the powers at hand don't want us to be able to do that(I heard that they don't haha) then they should change whatever they need to change so that we can't do it. If the site is set up in a way that allows me to do something, and there are no specific rules on the forum telling me that I shouldn't or can't, then don't tell me that I can't do it. I'm rather narcissistic about my studies and if something is distracting me, I don't care if I have to end it (if I started it) even if others are interested.

Yonosa

Only certain animals do what they want when want it, only animals will do anything to satisfy their needs as long as they have the power or as long as nothing limits them. This is natural and fine, because they (most likely) lack the ability of higher abstract thinking.

I presume however, that you're an intelligent human and as such do posses this ability.
There is no formal law forbidding you to be unnice to other people, or, assuming that nobody catches you, there is nothing preventing you from stealing or killing somebody. I, however, would like to be neither robbed or killed, and that's why I believe it is probably a bad idea to do that to other people. Would you like somebody to delete your own posts? Something that you worked on, something that you found useful (I for example found the thread rather interesting, if only for the various (and enriching) range of arguments (and mind "schools") that  people were using), something that you exerted the effort to "build" ? . In a way, writing posts is a kind of intellectual work, and every intellectual work I write carries a part of myself. Be erasing it, you may have made some people feel like they had lost that part.



Also, similar to what Mcjon01 has already well said, if you think of it from the "mathematical"  point of view, than there was really nothing the post was doing to you- it didn't stomp on your toes, it didn't wake you up from sleep, it wasn't playing any modern songs. Zero minus points. On the other hand, it was very useful for the others, intersting to read, nice to think about. Three plus points.
Overally, it was much better for it to exist than not to.


You cannot pass your responsiblity to some "higher being" or system, just because that system is flawed- if you do, than be ready for the system to take over your rights as well.

OK.  I suggest we all voluntarily subject to urine tests before being allowed to post on this forum.

Garland wrote:

If however, you know of something faster or easier then by all means says so, I'd be happy to learn about it.

As long as vocabulary lists are involved, you can make use of Rikaichan's ability to add words - with their respective readings and meanings - into a plain text file.

1.- Set the vocabulary file through Rikaichan's options.

2.- (Optional, but very convenient) Create a shortcut pointing to your Rikaichan text file and put it somewhere easy to access - for example, the quickstart bar.

3.- Whenever you want to add a word to your wordlist, activate Rikaichan and put the mouse over the word -so that Rikaichan displays its meaning - and press "s".

4.- Do whatever yo want to do with your wordlist.

bodhisamaya wrote:

OK.  I suggest we all voluntarily subject to urine tests before being allowed to post on this forum.

LMFAO

Yonosa, you sound a bit... young?

Your own personal study habits don't give you the right to be a dick.

On one hand, you're famous here, I'll remember your name for some time, in the sense that I won't be clicking on topics you've written, as you've shown that posting in them is potentially a waste of time according to the fickle whims of your attention span. On the other hand, you're absolutely right, in that you shouldn't be wasting time on these forums anyway, as that is time that could otherwise be spent studying.

Seems to be a growing need for an "ignore user" option..