Depends where you go. In Tokyo foreigners are not even noticed these days. If you have strong body odor or if you are making sounds with a stack of hacked phone cards, people will avoid you, but if you are foreign, white or black, and if you can look good in a suit, then yes, people will treat you very well.
If you go outside Tokyo, either you are in teritory where they don't know and don't really care, or in teritory where they are discomforted. But these things are obvious, so if you ask around or make some calls before you make any decisions, you should have no problem.
What I find interesting is that in comparision, aren't REAL signatures actually less realiable? They are forged all the time.
And sure, some people have long complex signatures, but I have seen *very* simple signatures, and also a *lot* of people have similar handwriting. And of course there are those professionals who can write like anyone.
xxx and.kids? These two were thrown out because they are ridiculus. The very idea of giving one organization the power to say "Your content is offensive. You forfit your domain name." is a terrible way to go.
No. There are already laws in place that "cencor" x-rated content. It is the 18 year old or over rule (different in some places). XXX sites usually know they are XXX. So by sayin "all.xxx will be filtered on filters" what sites can do is go to.xxx and rest assured that they are differentiated.
In my opinion, it doesn't have to be enforced. Even if it is voluntary, having domains like.kids and.xxx is much more domain worthy by definition (DOMAIN). Having tons of names like.site.info.biz.inc.web is what is truly useless.
And also, we ARE talking about cencorship. Yes. It is already illegal for minors to view porn. So you are debating that law, not.xxx.
I don't know who the hell is responsible but the mutlilingual domain registeration that was to have started 11/10 is just a total mess. Who the hell is the authority who did such a STUPID IRRESPONSIBLE JOB!!
It is only a "test". So the domains can't be used yet. Plus, they may never be fully compatible with EMAIL ever!!
It is only a "test". So only a few registars provided intl. domains starting 11/10. Not only were the servers overloaded, not everyone who wanted to register could register "properly" through their registar of choice.
Who the *uck decided it was 11/10 local time? A Registar in japan started registering BEFORE regsitars in the US because it became 11/10 there first.... and of course their servers were overloaded as hell.
Domains are first come first serve. So whether it is a test or whatever registar, if you need a domain, you gotta register it first the moment the system becomes avail. So this situation is totally predictable, and it was done totally on purpose.
What is amazing is not only were the registars' servers overloaded, so was the main registration system...
And I am sure people know by now that this thing is all about making $$$. Cybersquating is encouraged. It is obvious. Who the hell would use 30 domains at once? ISPs registering for their clients? Ya right.
.sex or.xxx or.port is a great idea. All x-rated content should be moved there. What is wrong with this? ICANN should be renamed ICANT because they are so irresponsible and lazy.
No wonder the web is going no where ever since the businessmen got involved.
I have a bucket next to my desk because everytime there is something to do with domains it makes me puke!!!!
AOL ``didn't hire the guys at Nullsoft to decide what is and is not legal behavior for consumers on the Internet,'' Sinnreich said. ``They hired the guys at Nullsoft to think of really cool things that you can do with music online.''
Nullsoft didn't decide anything. This article is total bull, and the guy who wrote it would be using winamp if he knew better.
Instead of talking about the internet in libraries, how about talk about bringing the libraries online!!!!
You won't even have to go to a library anymore! You would be able to access ALL the books without paying, from anywhere in the world!! woohoo capitalism! way to go government! talk about some spending cuts!!!
Gore ALREADY worked to enforce the history function in IE/NN, and the warning pages. That was the whole point!!! So all you idiots who are affraid of history peaking by parents, DON'T WORRY. The function is already there!! argh.
Even on tv they were all yapping about this... Really pisses me off. No one is listening anyways. No wonder people just look at the makeup.
And its amazing how many people against censorship are totally for internet filtering. hello hello?
What an idiot. How are you going to meter "premium" internet services, when all they do is use internet access. Fax? Just send a file, and have it print. Same with anything else. Nothing a little software or hardware can't solve.
Maybe he should start monitoring his own brain access instead.
And who needs 20 gigs of bandwidth coming into their Playstation 2 of all things? Maybe if it had even a hundredth of the functionality of a PC it would be worth it, but on a PS2? What's the point?
Well, I think they want to send movies and PS2 games over the network. Not HTML poker.
At least the title "one-click shopping" is. In reality, I assume the content of the patent is more specific and it doesn't apply to all shopping carts.
It is also a combination of technologies... cookies, databases, etc. Sure they have a formula, but that is what they have. Not a monopoly on everything that is "one-click". And the technologies they use are not theirs.
Programming is very systematic. And answers are better off shared, because they always lead to the next thing. And you usually are already using shared code. Once you have specific pieces of code patented, every programmer suffers because they ahve to work around them. And yes, it is almost always possible to work around them. Just a pain in the asss.
What if certain tags in HTML were patented? What if cookies had royalties?
It usually isn't the programmer who goes to the patent office... it's the guy who hired him/her.
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Let's just say they use a lot of Kanji. Like, they don't say "implementation" in katakana.
Variables = Hensu. Hentai or Henjin = pervert by the way =)
If you go outside Tokyo, either you are in teritory where they don't know and don't really care, or in teritory where they are discomforted. But these things are obvious, so if you ask around or make some calls before you make any decisions, you should have no problem.
And sure, some people have long complex signatures, but I have seen *very* simple signatures, and also a *lot* of people have similar handwriting. And of course there are those professionals who can write like anyone.
So I wonder which is more secure.
Better yet, how about a .exe domain!! My hands will tremble!
(barf barf)
No. There are already laws in place that "cencor" x-rated content. It is the 18 year old or over rule (different in some places). XXX sites usually know they are XXX. So by sayin "all .xxx will be filtered on filters" what sites can do is go to .xxx and rest assured that they are differentiated.
In my opinion, it doesn't have to be enforced. Even if it is voluntary, having domains like .kids and .xxx is much more domain worthy by definition (DOMAIN). Having tons of names like .site .info .biz .inc .web is what is truly useless.
And also, we ARE talking about cencorship. Yes. It is already illegal for minors to view porn. So you are debating that law, not .xxx.
AMAZING. As of 2:28am Boston MA time, this site is DOWN due to an NT server error.
These guys are the creators of DNS infrastructure software....
barf barf
Domains are first come first serve. So whether it is a test or whatever registar, if you need a domain, you gotta register it first the moment the system becomes avail. So this situation is totally predictable, and it was done totally on purpose.
What is amazing is not only were the registars' servers overloaded, so was the main registration system...
And I am sure people know by now that this thing is all about making $$$. Cybersquating is encouraged. It is obvious. Who the hell would use 30 domains at once? ISPs registering for their clients? Ya right.
No wonder the web is going no where ever since the businessmen got involved.
I have a bucket next to my desk because everytime there is something to do with domains it makes me puke!!!!
any idea how to do this?
I'd be interested.
I was reading the press release... and apparently AOL hasn't made a version compatible with Win2K yet?!? Can anyone confirm this?
Kinda wierd... AOL ANYWHERE BUT WIN2000
Everyone is complaining. No?
Nullsoft didn't decide anything. This article is total bull, and the guy who wrote it would be using winamp if he knew better.
You won't even have to go to a library anymore! You would be able to access ALL the books without paying, from anywhere in the world!! woohoo capitalism! way to go government! talk about some spending cuts!!!
Gore ALREADY worked to enforce the history function in IE/NN, and the warning pages. That was the whole point!!! So all you idiots who are affraid of history peaking by parents, DON'T WORRY. The function is already there!! argh.
Even on tv they were all yapping about this... Really pisses me off. No one is listening anyways. No wonder people just look at the makeup.
And its amazing how many people against censorship are totally for internet filtering. hello hello?
Well, except for Apple and their sys reqs for OS X.
Why?
Because every year the CPU speed and disk space double, and a new version of Windows comes out.
I bet it only lights up 5% of the room =)
There's a construction tool on an infomercial that has this rotating saw... It has 3 wholes. And this is their "see-through technology".
Of course, patents are for "technology". I wonder how many coffee cup cover technologies are patented.
Then theres the fine line between discovery, design, and invention. I designed an invention that my friend discovered on his patented coffee cup.
Count out your XACCT change to merge to the Pay-As-We-Go Internet
What an idiot. How are you going to meter "premium" internet services, when all they do is use internet access. Fax? Just send a file, and have it print. Same with anything else. Nothing a little software or hardware can't solve.
Maybe he should start monitoring his own brain access instead.
Well, I think they want to send movies and PS2 games over the network. Not HTML poker.
Well, you probably didn't invent C++ or Java either.
So I guess he can only patent certain "ways" of driving. Like driving by stepping on the pedal "once".
Amazon's patent is *stupid* as in it is obvious.
At least the title "one-click shopping" is. In reality, I assume the content of the patent is more specific and it doesn't apply to all shopping carts.
It is also a combination of technologies... cookies, databases, etc. Sure they have a formula, but that is what they have. Not a monopoly on everything that is "one-click". And the technologies they use are not theirs.
Programming is very systematic. And answers are better off shared, because they always lead to the next thing. And you usually are already using shared code. Once you have specific pieces of code patented, every programmer suffers because they ahve to work around them. And yes, it is almost always possible to work around them. Just a pain in the asss.
What if certain tags in HTML were patented? What if cookies had royalties?
It usually isn't the programmer who goes to the patent office... it's the guy who hired him/her.
Secondly, I don't think these guys are online often enough, because they forgot to divide the duration time for software patents by 10.
Thirdly, in a world where monopolies are supposed to be BAD, monopolies over information is still allowed.
Now, no protection is also BAD. But the current patent system is destructive. We are no longer all farmers!
What should we do? Any suggestions?