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Brandon Sanderson / Re: ALCATRAZ und das Pergament des Todes
« on: September 02, 2008, 08:50:08 AM »
Quote from: miyabi on August 31, 2008, 07:13:36 PM
In HP the 'die' is the article for 'the'  and in Al the 'das' is that.

I prefer Japanese.  No articles to worry about. xP

Actually das, die und der können alle auf die gleiche Sache sich beziehen (there are three genders, you know), aber....

中文比日本文更好。

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Mistborn : The Final Empire : The Soundtrack
« on: September 02, 2008, 07:58:23 AM »
Honestly the Steel Ministry, in my opinion, really needs the sound of Fundamentum as sung by Lesiem.  There's no way around that one.

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Writing Group / Re: Can I outsource writing to India at $.25 per page and pass it off as my own?
« on: September 02, 2008, 07:32:36 AM »
Quote from: miyabi on September 02, 2008, 06:29:07 AM
I don't mean did the work as in cause it's creation I'm saying did the work as in did the writing itself.

But in any case Ethics are objective.

I assume you mean subjective?

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: To pass the time: Buy/Sell
« on: September 02, 2008, 07:30:44 AM »
Quote from: miyabi on September 02, 2008, 06:37:18 AM

Buy Or Sell?

Preservation is trapped in the Lake?

Sell.  Only young girls with image problems are trapped in the Lake.

Buy or Sell:  Ruin the giant Kitty will get bored without something to chase, so she leads Vin to free Preservation the giant Mouse.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hero of Ages Prologue
« on: September 02, 2008, 07:18:52 AM »
Did it say there was actually an Inquisitor being created?  If so, I have forgotten.  If not and it is only left as a vague 'something is happening and everyone reading assumes it's related to an Inquisitor based on past information' sort of thing, my suggestion still stands and quite firmly. ^^

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Mistborn Trilogy Question (SPOILERS)
« on: September 02, 2008, 07:17:36 AM »
Quote from: miyabi on September 02, 2008, 07:06:31 AM
If we italicized EVERY word that was loaned from another language half of our language would be italicized.

But he still couldn't believe himself to be 'the Hero' unless he believed in the Hero.

There's a difference between an English word and a loan word.  For example, et cetera is a loan word whereas facade is now generally considered English (stolen from French, though its root I do not know).

Actually he could.  I don't really feel like digging up old blog entries I've had with my ex-philosopher roommate, but suffice to say I could drone for awhile about this sort of topic (sometimes at my own peril :D).

I read somewhere-and it may have been either in or in regards to Harry Potter-that a prophecy is not necessarily meant to come true the way we see it.  A huge example is right at the end of MB2, the prophecy said one thing but then it was actually something else.  Sazed could believe that a person will come along with the traits exhibited by the Hero, do what the Hero is supposed to do, and that he himself is the one to be this 'Hero', all while disbelieving in the actual prophecy of the Hero.

If I said "In three days, someone will eat cheddar cheese and that person is the CHEESE EATER OF AWESOME", and you believe that you will eat cheddar cheese in three days, that does not require you to believe that you are the CHEESE EATER OF AWESOME.  See?  You can believe that you are a person to fulfill these duties but it does not require you to believe you are some mythical cheese eater because you are merely eating lunch.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Reen's obsidian
« on: September 02, 2008, 07:09:47 AM »
You think a glass-shard formed from something burning deep within the earth doesn't contain metal?

Pure obsidian is usually dark in appearance, though the color varies depending on the presence of impurities. Iron and magnesium typically give the obsidian a dark green to brown to black color.

;)

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hero of Ages Prologue
« on: September 02, 2008, 07:04:58 AM »
Quote from: miyabi on September 02, 2008, 06:58:37 AM
Where I agree it would be cool for this to be the body of Ruin, I just see Ruin's embodiment being something of a more aesthetic and transcendental nature.  Something that will make him feel like God.

We were not given information pertaining to the body that is to actually become the 'Inquisitor', merely the sacrifice.  :)

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Mistborn Trilogy Question (SPOILERS)
« on: September 02, 2008, 07:03:07 AM »
Quote from: miyabi on September 02, 2008, 06:54:11 AM
OMG I love you.  You spell (and I assume say) et cetera correctly!

Anyway.  Believe in a religious idol is to believe it what it stands for.  If you say "the watermelon exists, but is not a fruit" it's the same as saying "the watermelon doesn't exist."  Believing in something is believing in what it is.  If you don't believe in WHAT it is, you can't believe in IT.

re et cetera:  partly because I lived with a Latin student and partly because I know that foreign loan words require italics.

re belief:  If I say "Sazed believes in himself" that is not to say "Sazed believes he is the Hero" as much as it is not to say "Sazed believes he is a slice of mango pie".  We would need to objectify the specific belief in which we are regarding him before making denials or proclamations.  Sazed, if he ever did believe he was the Hero, could still not believe 'in himself' insofar as he wouldn't believe he would make the ideal Hero even though he may conclude that he is, in fact, the Hero.

With the three statements provided, one could entertain at least nine or more different ways in which Sazed could believe or disbelieve and all would have a pinch of truth to it.  The answer we would seek, however, is the one where all three answers ding into place like a slot machine.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Reen's obsidian
« on: September 02, 2008, 06:53:43 AM »
It was, albeit indirectly, created by TLR.  You don't think the taint of magic can leave a footprint?

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hero of Ages Prologue
« on: September 02, 2008, 06:50:45 AM »
(If you're quick to point out the flaws in another, at least take the time to remove your own. Thanks. :) )

Just another Inquisitor?  I can see the prologue sharing with us Marsh's inner struggle while also giving us a glimpse into the horrors of Inquisitor fabrication, though I don't think Ruin finding a body mid-book would be as striking as if it were part of this scene.

Brandon hasn't failed me, yet, though.  If Ruin has a body and it's not this one, I suspect it will be even more believable and better to read overall than my suggestion.

Oh, and that request for a link was mere joke re: other comments that have been made. :)

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Mistborn Trilogy Question (SPOILERS)
« on: September 02, 2008, 06:47:14 AM »
Quote from: miyabi on September 02, 2008, 06:42:49 AM
doesn't believe in any religion, and the Hero is a part of a religion.  So if he's the Hero he doesn't believe in himself. ROFL.

While the amusement is...err...amusing...

Sazed can be the Hero, believe in himself and still not believe in any religion.  Semantics, I know, but believing in oneself has nothing to do with being the Hero of any myth.

Also, he can believe he's the Hero while not believing in himself.

Furthermore, Sazed could believe himself to be the Hero while at the same time not believe in the prophecies about the hero.

et cetera, et cetera, et cetera

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Reen's obsidian
« on: September 02, 2008, 06:43:27 AM »
Yeah and nobody still has a firm grasp on the complexities of the magic systems, yet, so why so quick to dismiss? ;)

Furthermore I did not say it had to be part of a magic system, only that it could potentially hold some power - a particularly general, vague and sweeping statement.  Don't try to box it down into a tiny little idea, ne?

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: FREE AUTOGRAPHED MISTBORN #3 BOOKS?
« on: September 02, 2008, 06:41:29 AM »
Quote from: Chaos2651 on September 01, 2008, 05:20:53 PM
I mean, come on. Brandon will not be giving away free books. Wasn't that... obvious?

What's obvious is that Brandon has given us all a free book already.  ;)    Hey, TOR has given us two...

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Writing Group / Re: Can I outsource writing to India at $.25 per page and pass it off as my own?
« on: September 02, 2008, 06:21:59 AM »
Quote from: miyabi on August 30, 2008, 05:02:10 AM
Really it comes down to whether or not you are implying you did the work.

What if I did the work that earned the wages to pay someone else to do the work?  Isn't it my work, then, because I did work necessary for its creation?

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