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Auratus, I wish you good luck with computer engineering. I'd like to advise you to invest into good quality keyboards, perhaps learn dvorak (either programmers or normal depending on what you do a lot, programmers changes the special symbol locations to make often used symbols more accessible) just ...

arcade Where do you live and how the hell do arcades still exist there? :lol: Even in the Netherlands there are a few places with arcade halls, mainly in the major cities. The closest one for me has for example House of the Dead 3, several racing games, two pinball machines, a dance thing, air hock...

It brings to mind the one bad thing about the game, which is that the dev's made the girls seem almost too normal. Apart from maybe Hanako, none of the girls are shown to really suffer from their disabilities. If anything, they're more like minor inconveniences. Because of their problems, they come...

In Dutch sign language we would use a summation:
PANDA COLOR TWO: BLACK, WHITE
Or something similar to that.

Myself I've been considering Dutch sign language prior to playing ks and this year I'm doing a minor in it (so it counts for my bachelor as well, it is more intensive and better than self study or small courses). Also, signing shouldn't hurt your arms. Please take sufficient breaks once you start fe...

[..]So, I do hope in the future SCIENCE advances so much that other problems like missing limbs, hearing problems and other kinds of disabilities become as minor issues as eyesight problems. But some people here seem to think that we should stop looking to fix it, and just let people be as they are...

I'm perfectly cool with the idea, despite the use of the term "mad scientist". But, folks like Kutagh have expressed reservations. We express reservation mostly about the concept of 'having to be FIXED', which implies there is something seriously wrong with being Deaf. There are a few tha...

I've seen several books and websites on the subject —one of my teachers thought it would be hilarious to have the guy with AS do a research paper on AS— but they unfortunately seem to assume or imply that it can be "fixed". I wouldn't call it an ailment; it's a different mindset that you ...

Wow, and she didn't immediately lock herself away, or stuff her ears full of wax or something like people speculated in the Deux Ex thread? Remarkable. ;) Thanks for the link. Keep in mind that not everyone is the same. Haven't watched the movie though (in train, 3g...) so I don't know what the rea...

I'm betting if Deus Ex Machina washed over Yamaku and removed all the disabilities, that Lilly would be even MORE lost because she's never had to use her eyes for anything. Imagine how long it would take for her to get used to it after 17 or 18 years of NOT having it. Something I already have menti...

Wow, mental lapse galore. I finished the thing and never put it up... :lol: Here ya go. Kinda iffy on doing anything about crud's interview. Just hearing the music in the background of Hive's nearly killed me. xD Yeah thanks. I assume the [text] parts are your personal comments :P And yeah, people ...

@Kanewarrior: Yeah, her ears would be sensitive as hell, considering the fact that the nerve ending for hearing hasn't been stimulated for years. And she wouldn't understand anything for several months, hearing is extremely tiresome... I know from experience, due to having a Cochlear Implant (and no...

For the deaf/mute people around here. Do you think it is really true, that signing forces you to think about what you say more than traditional talking? It was a point (or maybe just a rationalisation of her behaviour) in Shizune's characterisation and i couldn't help but wonder if this is really t...

Oddball wrote:the idea that she's somehow broken and can be "fixed" easily is something she'd probably take offense to.

Not only her but a significant majority of the Deaf community thinks so. We're people, not robots >.>

As a Deafie myself... Pen&Paper is good for occasional communication, but becomes quite tedious when you have to rely on it. It just doesn't encourage spontaneous conversation. Same goes for typing. Keep in mind that it is not just about you, but also about others. The process with P&P/typi...