A true show-stopper of Tencent’s international expansion

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Depends on how the word “showstopper” is being perceived here, you might find the following quotes, lifted directly from Tencent QQ’s software license agreement, a tad too funny or scary, even for the least paranoid western users.

Important Notice:

…the User should read carefully every article of this Agreement, including articles exempting or limiting the liability of Tencent and those restricting the rights of the User…

5 Other articles

5.2 Laws and regulations of People’s Republic of China are the governing law for the interpretation of, validity of and settlement of disputes arising from this Agreement. When any dispute or controversy arises between Tencent and the User, the two parties shall resolve the same through friendly negotiation; if the negotiation fails, the User hereby agrees that the dispute or controversy shall be resolved in the court located in the jurisdiction where Tencent resides.

5.4 The English version of this Agreement is for reference only. In the event of any discrepancies or inconsistencies between the English and Chinese versions, the Chinese version shall prevail.

But think about all the video-chatting with random chinese models, made possible only by Tencent! (since they pretty much eliminate all third-party clients)

A little hope goes a long way.

theydidit

我这辈子还没看过任何领导人的就职典礼,懒,官腔和走形式是我的最好借口。这次不太一样,全世界的经济命脉就握在美国手中,有权力改写这一切的人是他。我不认同演讲稿的浮华,但我敬佩演讲者的信念——美利坚就是这样一个国家,无处不展现着狂妄与霸道,与夜郎自大不同的是,他们从不停止创造奇迹,从不停止追逐理想。

一个优秀的对手应该如此,不仅让你看清差距,更激励你想方设法的弥补这些差距,直至能与他同台竞技。我们需要这么一个对手,需要了解他们的理念并取长补短——某台选择在演讲的时候评论就职午餐的布丁材料或许称不上最正面的回应。

APH电视放送解决办法

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店长本来对APH兴趣不大,没想到它是热门话题。如今一禁,不该知道APH的人知道了,想鄙视韩国的世界群众放胆鄙视……情况糟糕透了!不过别担心,比特客栈是化解这方面困扰的砖家。这是店长叫兽在往方块面包上涂覆盆子果酱时想到的妙计——既然该动画原定是在半夜两点播放,一定是针对死不睡觉的小屁孩吧!那么为啥不将韩文字幕去掉,或者替换整个音频为李明博的牛肉进口政策演说?

How hard can it be ?

饼状图立功了

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可爱的任天堂给我们上了实用的一课:如何用饼状图捏造新闻。如图所示,美国游戏业2008年度总收入相比2007年的增量为33.5亿美元;任天堂称他们的同期收入增量为33.1亿美元,因此美国游戏业2008年99%的收入增量是来自任天堂的……呃,假设任天堂没有捏造数据,这个说法还是有很大的漏洞。

想到了吗?任天堂的大胆称述,只有在所有公司的年收入都增加的情况下才成立;一旦要抵消负增长,总增长就不能与个体增长直接相比。我不清楚微软的情况,但索尼遭遇了公司史上第二次的运营亏损,上半年的收入就下降了47%——这块损失和任天堂的收入增长差不多。这么明显的误导,居然都没有网媒和博客吐槽吗?

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