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Smart Car-to-Car Navigation Network in Japan
nomrniceguy writes "Japan now boasts some of the latest technology in zapping computerized data to millions of cars, delivering what may be the world's smartest way to drive. New navigation systems in Japan can quickly tell drivers which roads have traffic jams. A computerized FM radio broadcast system that collects and sends information from more than 28,000 infrared and radio-wave beacons installed along roads, they can also calculate how many seconds it would take to drive through virtually every block of the nation's cities and then find the fastest routes. In tests by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, a Japanese research group, cars connect to other cars wirelessly to get information about a traffic accident or an approaching ambulance."
happy newy ears fuckers
Whee!
I just heard some sad news on talk radio, that seems to be getting ignored due to all the tsunami coverage - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
And back here in the US we can't forsee the need for software that is capable of scheduling planes with increasing demand over the holidays.
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Let's see:
number of planes *
number of seats *
number of terminal checkins *
number of internet reservation querys
number of database servers =
crash, right?
) Human Kind Vs Human Creation
) It'd be interesting to see how many humans would survive to serve us.
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On the Gregorian calendar!
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Whereas in Japan the schoolgirls get screwed. By 52 year old businessmen in raincoats.
next, make fun of the french.
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Eh, I say mod parent down. First of all, a lot more Japanese know a bit of English than Americans know any Japanese. Second, if you were being a karma whore here by trying to be funny and informative at the same time, it didn't work, because the text is too obnoxious to really read. Ultimately you just wasted a lot of space.
Take off every sig. For great justice.
fuck yeah!
happy ne3w yearz to all teh slashtard peepz!!!! UFKING 2005 WOOah fuck yeabitches
A one-joke posting stretched way too far.
First of all, a lot more Japanese know a bit of English than Americans know any Japanese.
I know an American that speaks Japanese, and lived there for 2 years, Japanese is a mix of Katakana, Hiragana, Kanji, and ENGLISH. Their culture uses the English language in the middle of sentences, and new words (such as tech things) just use their already existing syllables to create the exact same (well, to some extent..) sounds as ours.
Why WOULD we learn Japanese when we just import from them, we import from all over the world, with lots of different languages to learn, so that's just stupid to learn them all. I think we should invent a new language, similar to Esperanto, for everyone.
Second, if you were being a karma whore here by trying to be funny and informative at the same time, it didn't work, because the text is too obnoxious to really read.
That's the point, the Japanese language has no "l" sound, but they have a mix of "r" and "l" and to us it sounds like just an "r". Much like the Spanish "v" sounding like "b".
HAAAPY NEW YEAR RAAAAAAAAQWR
Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? Who knows? Who cares?
indeed, reposted articre text was annoying, but THIS is pure genius.
Katakana, Hirigana, and Kanji are their writing system, NOT their language per se. And English words are not used THAT much.