I was wondering if someone would beat me to this post. People who haven't lived in Japan just don't seem to grasp just how much space is at a premium. Flatscreen monitors and wallhanging plasma tv's sell in droves not just because they're "cool" but because they allow people to reclaim space.
I think too many people base their ideas of Japanese life on anime. Most of the apartments and houses in those shows are unrealistic. Think "Friends" where a bunch of people with mediocre jobs somehow manage to have apartments in NYC that would cost ridiculous amounts of money in the real world.
Mozilla is great but let's face it, for a lot of people The Internet means Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. So, as part of the setup get all of your new users to install either the Google Toolbar or the Avant Browser add-on for IE. They both do an excellent job of blocking popups in IE.
How many people do you know with the time or other resources to trace every purchasing decision back to source? Right. This is why we have some central controls.
How much effort does it take to flip a package over and look for the "Made In China" label? It's sad that we're getting to the point where we expect our government's to do everything for us and not bother to take care of things ourselves.
Why is it always more legislation we need? Here's an idea, how about people stop BUYING stuff made in countries that flout human rights. If people won't buy it, then stores won't sell it. Problem solved.
Favorite memories? Upgrading from 2400. I paid $300 for a used Intel SatisFAXtion 14.4 internal modem. Whoa. The screens of text are drawing faster than I can read them. Cool.
Chatting on local message boards and then discovering Fidonet. Back then I hung out in the Fidonet SF Echo. One day someone in the echo mentioned that he had been looking for a particular book that was OOP and couldn't find it at any of the local used bookstores. Somebody elsewhere in the country said "Hey, I saw that book the other day at a local used bookstore. I could pick it up for you, just reimburse me." You could just see the collective light go on over everyone's head and suddenly the Fidonet Used Book Squad (FUBS) was born. I had a spreadsheet keeping track of who I owed books or payment to and who owed me books or payment. We even had a t-shirt printed up.
I've heard that in that category, yard and lawn waste is one of the leading contenders. Which I might note is biodegradable but won't because nothing biodegrades in an anaerobic landfill environment.
That's where being a lazy geek pays off. I use a mulching mower and just let the grass clippings lay there on my lawn, acting as fertilizer. I have this vision of a tiny grass stalk yelling at his neighbors "Soylent green is grass! Aaaahhhh!!!!!"
And no, my lawn isn't as perfect as some of my neighbors. And no, I don't really care.
that I can't tell them I don't want calls from politicians either. I mean, what if I don't want the Democratic National Committee bugging me? I need a DNC for the DNC.
What you need to understand is that the media like to portray things in black and white so that "consumers" can understand it. Bacon Bad! makes a beetter headline than "Scientists have shown that bacon in excessive quantities can be bad" And of course bacon in small or moderate quantities can have good effec ts. So the media switches to "BACON GOOD!" when they really should be saying " Scientists have shown that small quantities of bacon in a diet are beneficial, while large quantities are still bad for you" Bacon good is just easier fof the media to say.
Oh, I'm aware of that. I was just having a little fun, being sarcastic and stretching the truth. I'm as likely to go on the roof with my rifle as the media is to report the complete truth.
Besides, shooting a lever-action rifle like mine is a PITA from a prone position and I haven't finished building my "Evil Black Assault Rifle.":)
Because simply not committing malpractice is not an option...
Actually it's not, I'm sad to say. There are things that go wrong in medicine (like anything else) that are simply unavoidable or unforseeable. Unfortunately these days nobody is willing to admit that and if anything goes wrong they sue because obviously it must be the Dr's fault. A lot of OB/GYN's are dropping the OB part of their practice because it's just too expensive to cover the cost of liability. "Junior was born with a problem! I'll sue!"
(no, I'm not a Doctor, but my wife is an RN, my mother-in-law is a respiratory therapist and a close friend is an anaesthesiologist so I get to hear about this stuff)
One wonders. When I saw the name the first thing I thought of was SLMR (pronounced "slimer") which was a QWK mail reader I used back in my old Fidonet BBS days before switching to Blue Wave. Ah, the good old days when buying a second hand 9600 baud modem for only $300 was a great deal and I couldn't believe I was leaving 2400 behind.
Butting consonants together happens all the time. Chinkushyo
I knew there were words where it happens but I thought it was relatively uncommon. Well, I did say my Nihongo wasn't that good. Now you know I'm telling the truth.
Yes, but Romanji butts consonants together which is generally against the rules in Japanese. (there are exceptions, but not many). I've always heard it pronounced and seen it written as either romaji or romajii.
I'm tired of writing the same replies to people who say "I'll wait until they're cheaper and a single format wins." So here, I'll just link-whore myself to my own earlier posts -
If you don't believe me, ask the next Japanese person about it over a nice cold biru.
A nice cold building? Funny how the Japanese borrowed two English words and made their pronunciations very similar. I don't type or read romaji much, but it seems to me that beer would be "biiru" for the extended vowel sound.
Possibly. I've seen it written both ways many times. Romaji (Romajii is also a common spelling) can be a bit problematic. That and my Japanese skills are truly awful. ^_^
Q: Bryan, how much Japanese did you learn? You lived there 4 years.
A: Not as much as you'd think.
Q: Why not?
A: Because just about every Japanese person I knew wanted to practice their English skills on a native speaker, and their bad English was usually much much better than my atrocious attempts at Nihongo. Being lazy was quite easy. And I was a high school student so being lazy was in my nature.:)
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Why, oh why, can't they just start giving us a 1/8th input jack on car stereos?? I've been wanting this for years,
There are plenty of them out there. I've never seen one on a stock auto-stereo, but take a trip to your local Best Buy / Circuit City etc.. and you'll see them available. The very first model to pop up on Best Buy's page has one. I'm sure you can find more.
English is pretty open into importing/incorporating any words (even abbreviations like WMD) in the language, but I don't believe most other languages on Earth are.
The Japanese are probably the most "acquisitive" linguists. If you don't believe me, ask the next Japanese person about it over a nice cold biru.
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I was wondering if someone would beat me to this post. People who haven't lived in Japan just don't seem to grasp just how much space is at a premium. Flatscreen monitors and wallhanging plasma tv's sell in droves not just because they're "cool" but because they allow people to reclaim space.
I think too many people base their ideas of Japanese life on anime. Most of the apartments and houses in those shows are unrealistic. Think "Friends" where a bunch of people with mediocre jobs somehow manage to have apartments in NYC that would cost ridiculous amounts of money in the real world.
Mozilla is great but let's face it, for a lot of people The Internet means Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. So, as part of the setup get all of your new users to install either the Google Toolbar or the Avant Browser add-on for IE. They both do an excellent job of blocking popups in IE.
How many people do you know with the time or other resources to trace every purchasing decision back to source? Right. This is why we have some central controls.
How much effort does it take to flip a package over and look for the "Made In China" label? It's sad that we're getting to the point where we expect our government's to do everything for us and not bother to take care of things ourselves.
Why is it always more legislation we need? Here's an idea, how about people stop BUYING stuff made in countries that flout human rights. If people won't buy it, then stores won't sell it. Problem solved.
Put the mouse down.
Step away from the keyboard and nobody gets hurt.
Now go out and interact with people. They're in the same friggin house with you fer chrissakes.
Favorite memories? Upgrading from 2400. I paid $300 for a used Intel SatisFAXtion 14.4 internal modem. Whoa. The screens of text are drawing faster than I can read them. Cool.
Chatting on local message boards and then discovering Fidonet. Back then I hung out in the Fidonet SF Echo. One day someone in the echo mentioned that he had been looking for a particular book that was OOP and couldn't find it at any of the local used bookstores. Somebody elsewhere in the country said "Hey, I saw that book the other day at a local used bookstore. I could pick it up for you, just reimburse me." You could just see the collective light go on over everyone's head and suddenly the Fidonet Used Book Squad (FUBS) was born. I had a spreadsheet keeping track of who I owed books or payment to and who owed me books or payment. We even had a t-shirt printed up.
Yeah, we were a bunch of nerds.
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9. Apply.
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How about a dual format burner for $101.99 delivered?
Not this little black duck.
I've heard that in that category, yard and lawn waste is one of the leading contenders. Which I might note is biodegradable but won't because nothing biodegrades in an anaerobic landfill environment.
That's where being a lazy geek pays off. I use a mulching mower and just let the grass clippings lay there on my lawn, acting as fertilizer. I have this vision of a tiny grass stalk yelling at his neighbors "Soylent green is grass! Aaaahhhh!!!!!"
And no, my lawn isn't as perfect as some of my neighbors. And no, I don't really care.
Does their evil know no bounds?
that I can't tell them I don't want calls from politicians either. I mean, what if I don't want the Democratic National Committee bugging me? I need a DNC for the DNC.
One day there will be a study claiming that bacon is good for you.
:)
It's called the Atkins diet.
{quirks eyebrow} Project for today: finish building my Evil Black Assault Rifle.
What you need to understand is that the media like to portray things in black and white so that "consumers" can understand it. Bacon Bad! makes a beetter headline than "Scientists have shown that bacon in excessive quantities can be bad" And of course bacon in small or moderate quantities can have good effec ts. So the media switches to "BACON GOOD!" when they really should be saying " Scientists have shown that small quantities of bacon in a diet are beneficial, while large quantities are still bad for you" Bacon good is just easier fof the media to say.
:)
Oh, I'm aware of that. I was just having a little fun, being sarcastic and stretching the truth. I'm as likely to go on the roof with my rifle as the media is to report the complete truth.
Besides, shooting a lever-action rifle like mine is a PITA from a prone position and I haven't finished building my "Evil Black Assault Rifle."
Every time I turn on the news "Scientists say X is good for you. No, wait, it's bad for you. Wait, it's good for you."
One day there will be a study claiming that bacon is good for you. You will then find me on the roof with a rifle.
(another overweight computer nerd)
Because simply not committing malpractice is not an option...
Actually it's not, I'm sad to say. There are things that go wrong in medicine (like anything else) that are simply unavoidable or unforseeable. Unfortunately these days nobody is willing to admit that and if anything goes wrong they sue because obviously it must be the Dr's fault. A lot of OB/GYN's are dropping the OB part of their practice because it's just too expensive to cover the cost of liability. "Junior was born with a problem! I'll sue!"
(no, I'm not a Doctor, but my wife is an RN, my mother-in-law is a respiratory therapist and a close friend is an anaesthesiologist so I get to hear about this stuff)
This belongs in the "Well duh Gomer, what the hell did you think would happen?" department.
God... Before reading this thread I would never have thought that the /. geek crowd contains elements of the gun nut movement...
:)
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Only the intelligent ones.
Hmmm. Must find time to go to the range this week and blow holes in defenseless paper targets
One wonders. When I saw the name the first thing I thought of was SLMR (pronounced "slimer") which was a QWK mail reader I used back in my old Fidonet BBS days before switching to Blue Wave. Ah, the good old days when buying a second hand 9600 baud modem for only $300 was a great deal and I couldn't believe I was leaving 2400 behind.
Butting consonants together happens all the time. Chinkushyo
I knew there were words where it happens but I thought it was relatively uncommon. Well, I did say my Nihongo wasn't that good. Now you know I'm telling the truth.
I know it as Romanji. You know, for ROMAN.
Yes, but Romanji butts consonants together which is generally against the rules in Japanese. (there are exceptions, but not many). I've always heard it pronounced and seen it written as either romaji or romajii.
I'm tired of writing the same replies to people who say "I'll wait until they're cheaper and a single format wins." So here, I'll just link-whore myself to my own earlier posts -
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If you don't believe me, ask the next Japanese person about it over a nice cold biru.
:)
A nice cold building? Funny how the Japanese borrowed two English words and made their pronunciations very similar. I don't type or read romaji much, but it seems to me that beer would be "biiru" for the extended vowel sound.
Possibly. I've seen it written both ways many times. Romaji (Romajii is also a common spelling) can be a bit problematic. That and my Japanese skills are truly awful. ^_^
Q: Bryan, how much Japanese did you learn? You lived there 4 years.
A: Not as much as you'd think.
Q: Why not?
A: Because just about every Japanese person I knew wanted to practice their English skills on a native speaker, and their bad English was usually much much better than my atrocious attempts at Nihongo. Being lazy was quite easy. And I was a high school student so being lazy was in my nature.
Why, oh why, can't they just start giving us a 1/8th input jack on car stereos?? I've been wanting this for years,
There are plenty of them out there. I've never seen one on a stock auto-stereo, but take a trip to your local Best Buy / Circuit City etc.. and you'll see them available.
The very first model to pop up on Best Buy's page has one. I'm sure you can find more.
English is pretty open into importing/incorporating any words (even abbreviations like WMD) in the language, but I don't believe most other languages on Earth are.
The Japanese are probably the most "acquisitive" linguists. If you don't believe me, ask the next Japanese person about it over a nice cold biru.