Of course, that would be presumptuous, if not directly offensive. I'm from the US, but live in Japan.:)
For many years, there were a lot of keis available under 800-900 lbs., but they've been getting heavier at each model change (one I was going to cite as an example is the Mitsubishi Minica, but checking it's up to almost 1300 lbs now). The Suzuki Twin you mentioned went out of production a few years ago and was a bit bigger.
What I find interesting is that cars have been getting heavier in Japan due to rising interest in SUVs/crossovers and added luxury/safety features, but in 2009 sales of keis have shot up over 10% while almost every other sector has fallen. Cost, efficiency, licensing (by weight and displacement), and parking. With that, there are promises of some even smaller and cheaper keis again...though I'm not sure they'll be as low as 700 lbs.
I live in Japan, one of those countries where small cars are prevalent. Kei cars aren't exactly 700 lbs. but the smallest are close. This country is decidedly not third world, last I checked.
it doesn't even seem to serve to further creativity since by design it will not recommend things that will expand your horizons, but will encourage people to stay with the safety of yet another rehash of something they've already read.
I would think such an algorithm could be used however most appropriate for stated needs. Want to read the same sort of thing? Look for works that match best. Want to expand your horizons? Limit the variables to certain kinds of similarities. I'm assuming a level of customization that may not exist for the end-user, but who knows?
Can you just imagine what Japan would be like if marijuana were legal there?
It would be a huge improvement. I love it here in Tokyo, but sometimes it would be nice to burn one with some Japanese friends just to chill out. So many people here are overly-stressed, anxious, and unwilling to talk about it. Sure, those things are cultural, but they're also the sorts of things pot actually helps alleviate.
What's better? The high rate of suicide in Japan? How about the high incidence of alcohol poisoning? I fail to see how pot would make things worse.
Unfortunately, MacArthur made sure that Japanese demonize marijuana and think of it as more dangerous than heroin or cocaine.
Production assistants and credits like that are sometimes wrong on IMDB (or extras are self-added, who are not "actors" in the official credits). But, if the director is listed incorrectly, the studio's lawyers or the director's lawyers would have it changed.
He absolutely directed all three. Several of my friends who worked with him on all three (2 and 3 were shot at the same time, and they couldn't have had different directors).
Absolutely agreed. It doesn't matter if you're eating a hamburger, doing your makeup, shaving, screwing with stereo controls, or talking on a cell phone.
There are already laws against driving erratically (careless driving -- even reckless driving) and there is no need for an additional law.
As for precedent, both Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven (coauthors of Footfall, and the Mote in God's Eye amongst other works) were a significant part of the push in the 80's to develop what is now National Missile Defense.
This makes me afraid. Jerry Pournelle's writing -- without Larry Niven to stay his hand -- borders on fascism. In person, he's even worse.
This is awesome. I Live in L.A. and work in Shanghai, and I know I'm going to be on a no-fly list someday. Now I can put the top down and cruise all the way to China!
The five million people who spend varying amounts of time in Second Life have probably heard the word before. Has it never been applied to you for playing D&D? Well, OK then...
So what happens if I create a person in SL, have this make pretend person go and get/buy a gun. Next I have this make pretend person go and shoot someone. Does that mean that in _real_life_ I get arrested for murder?
If you're in areas of Second Life that allow people to be killed (most of the areas don't). So, no, there's no ramifications for killing someone in SL. That doesn't mean there won't be someday. I could see a time where SL avatars' real life owners are sued for the equivalent of Denial of Service attacks.
Microsoft Windows had the fewest number of patches and the shortest average patch development time
So, Apple took 66 days on average to fix its problems. Only 1 of those problems was serious; the other 42 weren't. The times are averages, remember. Could be that the one serious problem took 5 days and some of the others took 100 days. So what? I think the serious problems usually get handled first, right?
Microsoft had 12 serious problems to fix and 39 overall. Took a shorter time overall because Microsoft also goes after serious problems first. The other problems were put on the back burner.
This makes total sense. The only numbers to take away from this article are that 30% of Microsoft's problems were serious, compared to 2% of Apples, and 1% of Red Hat's.
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Of course, that would be presumptuous, if not directly offensive. I'm from the US, but live in Japan. :)
For many years, there were a lot of keis available under 800-900 lbs., but they've been getting heavier at each model change (one I was going to cite as an example is the Mitsubishi Minica, but checking it's up to almost 1300 lbs now). The Suzuki Twin you mentioned went out of production a few years ago and was a bit bigger.
What I find interesting is that cars have been getting heavier in Japan due to rising interest in SUVs/crossovers and added luxury/safety features, but in 2009 sales of keis have shot up over 10% while almost every other sector has fallen. Cost, efficiency, licensing (by weight and displacement), and parking. With that, there are promises of some even smaller and cheaper keis again...though I'm not sure they'll be as low as 700 lbs.
I live in Japan, one of those countries where small cars are prevalent. Kei cars aren't exactly 700 lbs. but the smallest are close. This country is decidedly not third world, last I checked.
So, the internet could someday actually *be* a big truck?
Weird...I was logged in but that posted as AC.
it doesn't even seem to serve to further creativity since by design it will not recommend things that will expand your horizons, but will encourage people to stay with the safety of yet another rehash of something they've already read.
I would think such an algorithm could be used however most appropriate for stated needs. Want to read the same sort of thing? Look for works that match best. Want to expand your horizons? Limit the variables to certain kinds of similarities. I'm assuming a level of customization that may not exist for the end-user, but who knows?
Yeah, you can certainly find it, even here in Tokyo.
The stigma is certainly part of it, as is the fear -- as a foreigner -- that you'll be deported and kept out of Japan.
Personally, I'd like to stay. But I'd also like to have access to some things I took for granted on the US west coast.
The majority of people who kill themselves in Japan are not in the situation you describe.
Can you just imagine what Japan would be like if marijuana were legal there?
It would be a huge improvement. I love it here in Tokyo, but sometimes it would be nice to burn one with some Japanese friends just to chill out. So many people here are overly-stressed, anxious, and unwilling to talk about it. Sure, those things are cultural, but they're also the sorts of things pot actually helps alleviate.
What's better? The high rate of suicide in Japan? How about the high incidence of alcohol poisoning? I fail to see how pot would make things worse.
Unfortunately, MacArthur made sure that Japanese demonize marijuana and think of it as more dangerous than heroin or cocaine.
Production assistants and credits like that are sometimes wrong on IMDB (or extras are self-added, who are not "actors" in the official credits). But, if the director is listed incorrectly, the studio's lawyers or the director's lawyers would have it changed.
He absolutely directed all three. Several of my friends who worked with him on all three (2 and 3 were shot at the same time, and they couldn't have had different directors).
Study-respondents actually put up with 33%, which what they believed was a figure.
So, how long until the powers-that-be up that percentage to 33%, knowing that most people already believe it to be so?
Absolutely agreed. It doesn't matter if you're eating a hamburger, doing your makeup, shaving, screwing with stereo controls, or talking on a cell phone.
There are already laws against driving erratically (careless driving -- even reckless driving) and there is no need for an additional law.
Probably like what Oregon has been talking about: tax by the mile. http://www.planetizen.com/node/20112/
As for precedent, both Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven (coauthors of Footfall, and the Mote in God's Eye amongst other works) were a significant part of the push in the 80's to develop what is now National Missile Defense.
This makes me afraid. Jerry Pournelle's writing -- without Larry Niven to stay his hand -- borders on fascism. In person, he's even worse.
Why can't this just be a video game? Would certainly be more fun than sitting through 6+ hours of what could be very shlocky filmmaking.
Except that the information would have been available under the previous policy.
They're basically saying: "We think you might be dangerous, so we'll send you somewhere else so that when you snap you don't hurt any of *our* kids."
Oooh...a tinfoil MacBook Pro. Time to buy a container-load of Reynold's Wrap and rebox it as Anti-Spying Wrap.
This is awesome. I Live in L.A. and work in Shanghai, and I know I'm going to be on a no-fly list someday. Now I can put the top down and cruise all the way to China!
Looks like it's only about 60 miles with a nice little island halfway in between.
Any bets on the number of bars, gas stations, IHOPs and whorehouses clever entrepreneurs can fit on that nice little island?
Can anyone say...... loser?
The five million people who spend varying amounts of time in Second Life have probably heard the word before. Has it never been applied to you for playing D&D? Well, OK then...
So what happens if I create a person in SL, have this make pretend person go and get/buy a gun. Next I have this make pretend person go and shoot someone. Does that mean that in _real_life_ I get arrested for murder?
If you're in areas of Second Life that allow people to be killed (most of the areas don't). So, no, there's no ramifications for killing someone in SL. That doesn't mean there won't be someday. I could see a time where SL avatars' real life owners are sued for the equivalent of Denial of Service attacks.
I predict that Coldwell Banker will lose their shirts on this one.
Maybe, but they're only virtual shirts, and they can just rez others.
So, did dinosaurs have to endure those irritating "Duck and Cover" films in school, too?
That'd be pretty neat. Except that they'd never be able to tell the rest of us what it is like.
You mean like how writers can't tell us what it's like to go on an African safari, or train to be an astronaut, or climb Everest?
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There's a High Performance Dance Dance Revolution 2?
Microsoft Windows had the fewest number of patches and the shortest average patch development time
So, Apple took 66 days on average to fix its problems. Only 1 of those problems was serious; the other 42 weren't. The times are averages, remember. Could be that the one serious problem took 5 days and some of the others took 100 days. So what? I think the serious problems usually get handled first, right?
Microsoft had 12 serious problems to fix and 39 overall. Took a shorter time overall because Microsoft also goes after serious problems first. The other problems were put on the back burner.
This makes total sense. The only numbers to take away from this article are that 30% of Microsoft's problems were serious, compared to 2% of Apples, and 1% of Red Hat's.