Why, you're right! People should just _put up_ with having their belongings stolen! Taking measures to protect their stuff is just asking for trouble -- they deserve whatever they get!
Aagh! The 'semaru' kanji actually _does_ occur in a compound! Apparently 'akuseku' is actually composed of TWO kanji for 'grinding teeth'! TWO!! Has the world gone MAD??
I didn't know there was a kanji for 'suso' -- it's one of those words like 'semaru', 'to grind the teeth' where the kanji is so specific that it only occurs in that one word. (I will now be corrected by someone pointing out how actually it's used in several common words)
I was aware of the word 'susoage' but I have no need of it as my legs are way longer than the longest jeans available in Japan:/
I am, however, not Japanese -- I just play one on Slashdot.
But Product Activation? Hasn't impacted Windows XP sales at all. In fact, one could point to it as evidence that Product Activation can work if done correctly.
Although I am generally pro-MS (I remember what it was like _before_ MS, you see -- flames to/dev/null please) I don't think this is true at all. I know many people who have tried to avoid going to XP partly or wholly because of the licensing system, and I can think of one case where an organization recently went from XP to 2k to simplify adminstration.
I think the new 'subscription' model of licensing has had an extremely serious morale effect in large companies, and that Ballmer-led MS really seems amazingly unaware of the situation.
Pedantry and a desire to avoid doing useful stuff compel me to reply.
Example is the Kanji for crisis, "opportunity + danger"; Japanese origin AFAIK.
The word for 'crisis' is made up of two kanji; there is no 'kanji for crisis'. Neither of the kanji in the word is Japanese in origin. I just don't know how to put it any more simply, other than to point out in slow, clear pronunciation that the original post said 'kanji' and not 'word'.
The word 'kiki' as in 'crisis' is indeed Japanese afaik.
You would have gotten bonus points on the jeans one if you'd pointed out that the 'GI' in 'G-pants' is not the 'GI' that refers to an infantryman...
Anyway, 7/10 for Japanese, 2/10 for reading things before replying:)
You could try using any version of Windows since NT 4 or thereabouts. Being able to use non-european scripts is only new and exciting in the linux world.
Although I have been told with a straight face that MULE is a perfectly good substitute:)
Quite a few compounds made their way back into Chinese, though after they were coined they weren't regarded as foreign. Example is the Kanji for crisis, "opportunity + danger"; Japanese origin AFAIK.
Sigh.
The Japanese for 'crisis' is made of two separate Chinese characters; one means 'danger' and one 'opportunity' and both are from China.
Mine works well too. I can carry spare batteries for it for very long trips -- makes a good short term backup device too.
The thing is, products that work are fine for dull. boring people like us, but special people need to have an apple product to reassure them that they are special and unique.
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After all is said and done, the conclusion that I came up with in the 1st draft of my doctoral thesis (which was rejected and I then approached this subject different which was then accepted)
By 'super chinese' the article seems to mean 'the set of characters supported by ChoKanji'. I have no idea what it means by 'multi chinese'. You'd think they could have just given the names of the character sets.
I must say the original article's list strikes me as very much the view of someone who doesn't particularly like or use computers, but I guess it's all a matter of opinion. Here's what I think of as a more middle-of-the-road list (in no order):
ZX81 Commodore 64 TRS-80 Amiga A500 BBC Model B (I hated it but it was undeniably of huge importance in the uk) Atari 800 Heathkit computer Apple II Palmpilot...er...
Sony Vaio series, symbols of the commoditization and appliance-ization of the PC.
...from before HTTP, for instance, and I've never heard of JenniCam. I think you should consider the possibility that there's a large population of people out there who have better stuff to do.
I mean, I know that sounds mean, but it's kind of an 'interesting to some, though not all, bored American kids' thing rather than an 'interesting in general' thing, isn't it?
I guess there was a generation that only discovered the internet about the time webcams came along, and to that generation maybe webcams are the stuff of sentimentality.
Yeah, the Ibaraki reactor leak was insane -- the threat of radiation wasn't that scary, but the constant 'there is nothing wrong... the atom is your freind... this is someone else's fault... stay indoors and look happy or die...' announcements were terrifying.
Yes, I've looked at it. It's reminiscent of the old NeXT display system in some ways:)
In general, though, I agree and I am very glad that MS innovations like embeddable gui components and app servers are now part of the software culture as a whole.
It's cool that the 2 examples given of MS non-innovation are both endlessly copied by the free software people.
Someone who just found out about Linux last month will now mod me down;)
China _are_ the big boys and it is what the Chinese want to trade, not what US-aligned companies want to sell, that is determining the shape of many markets.
Perhaps before you sack him, your CFO would like to look up what share of last year's global economic growth was China's.
1) Tires that don't go flat!... Yes there are Kevlar tires that are as thin as your thumb and cost $200, hold 100 PSI air pressure, and rarely go flat, but they don't count.
I have kevlar tires that cost about $30 each and I run them at 60 psi. Try your local bike store!
2) Something to keep the rain and road dirt from putting a big skunk stripe up our backs when riding in wet climates. There are fenders, but they don't work well.
Mine work well. I generally only see the skunk stripe on people too cool to put on a proper fender.
3) The ability to fold the frame so that it can fit in the back of a small car or on the bus.
Now, I don't even _believe_ you've never seen a folding bike. The best ones are good for even long tours.
4) Brakes that work in the rain.
Disc brakes. Not that I use them myself, but they work in the rain. So do good rim brakes with the right rims. Again, your local bike store can help you.
5) Tires that don't go flat. So important, I'm saying it twice.
Yes, I use kevlar tires all the time now. Cheap, and totally worth the small extra weight. I hardly even bother to take a spare tube any more. Get some. It's easy: stop pretending to know about bikes, go to your Local Bike Store, and let them help you.
One other thing:
In fact, I HATE bicycle helmets. Their sole purpose is to show all the people driving around that the person on the bike is middle class
Noooooo, their sole purpose is to prevent your skull from splitting open, an important job if you frequently encounter trees and/or trucks while armed only with a bicycle. People who are _very_ insecure about image sometimes fail to realize this:)
Now go to the bike store and ask them about these things -- and (if you actually do cycle) remember to pick up a helmet on the way out.
"Apparently there were people near the top who know what they were doing,"
I know, I know, but if I actually put it like that I was afraid the American Patriot types would all come swarming over me nipping with their tiny pincers:)
At the time I figured the coalition stopped out of general political inertia, but this really is a well-thought-out explanation. It's remarkable how well it describes what has actually happened. Aparrently there are people near the top who know what they're doing, after all. Good.
No, you see, the reason Opteron is so powerful is that he is protected by ITANIUM ARMOR!! If the forces of evil ever get their hands on the secret of Itanium, we're doomed!
*ahem* yes well, back to doing important things now...
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Why, you're right! People should just _put up_ with having their belongings stolen! Taking measures to protect their stuff is just asking for trouble -- they deserve whatever they get!
Aagh! The 'semaru' kanji actually _does_ occur in a compound! Apparently 'akuseku' is actually composed of TWO kanji for 'grinding teeth'! TWO!! Has the world gone MAD??
Sigh.
I didn't know there was a kanji for 'suso' -- it's one of those words like 'semaru', 'to grind the teeth' where the kanji is so specific that it only occurs in that one word. (I will now be corrected by someone pointing out how actually it's used in several common words)
:/
I was aware of the word 'susoage' but I have no need of it as my legs are way longer than the longest jeans available in Japan
I am, however, not Japanese -- I just play one on Slashdot.
But Product Activation? Hasn't impacted Windows XP sales at all. In fact, one could point to it as evidence that Product Activation can work if done correctly.
/dev/null please) I don't think this is true at all. I know many people who have tried to avoid going to XP partly or wholly because of the licensing system, and I can think of one case where an organization recently went from XP to 2k to simplify adminstration.
:>
Although I am generally pro-MS (I remember what it was like _before_ MS, you see -- flames to
I think the new 'subscription' model of licensing has had an extremely serious morale effect in large companies, and that Ballmer-led MS really seems amazingly unaware of the situation.
I only hope Mono is up and running soon enough
Sorry about the sarcasm, but you do hear a lot of silly statements about asian languages on the internet these days so I'm a bit jumpy.
Re: bonus points, I might have been mistaken. I always thought the 'GI' was for 'General Issue', and (googling away) some pages agree with me:
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tshige/page030.html
but some don't, including this comprehensive history of words for 'jeans':
http://www.citronjeans.com/insider/other/gorj.h
(this page also contains the kanji for 'suso', 'pants cuff', a kanji not much used by most folks)
And those that mention both do not favor 'Government Issue':
http://www.sutv.zaq.ne.jp/ckafw600/yofuku/jeans
So it's probably from the usual 'GI' after all.
Pedantry and a desire to avoid doing useful stuff compel me to reply.
:)
Example is the Kanji for crisis, "opportunity + danger"; Japanese origin AFAIK.
The word for 'crisis' is made up of two kanji; there is no 'kanji for crisis'. Neither of the kanji in the word is Japanese in origin. I just don't know how to put it any more simply, other than to point out in slow, clear pronunciation that the original post said 'kanji' and not 'word'.
The word 'kiki' as in 'crisis' is indeed Japanese afaik.
You would have gotten bonus points on the jeans one if you'd pointed out that the 'GI' in 'G-pants' is not the 'GI' that refers to an infantryman...
Anyway, 7/10 for Japanese, 2/10 for reading things before replying
You could try using any version of Windows since NT 4 or thereabouts. Being able to use non-european scripts is only new and exciting in the linux world.
Although I have been told with a straight face that MULE is a perfectly good substitute
Quite a few compounds made their way back into Chinese, though after they were coined they weren't regarded as foreign. Example is the Kanji for crisis, "opportunity + danger"; Japanese origin AFAIK.
Sigh.
The Japanese for 'crisis' is made of two separate Chinese characters; one means 'danger' and one 'opportunity' and both are from China.
Honestly, this is probably the most visionary project that any government has undertaken in a generation.
Dude, it's an underpass. A larger than average underpass. "Americans spend money on cars" is not news.
How restricted would your view of the world have to be in order to consider this 'visionary'? The mind boggles.
Mine works well too. I can carry spare batteries for it for very long trips -- makes a good short term backup device too.
The thing is, products that work are fine for dull. boring people like us, but special people need to have an apple product to reassure them that they are special and unique.
After all is said and done, the conclusion that I came up with in the 1st draft of my doctoral thesis (which was rejected and I then approached this subject different which was then accepted)
Mm.
By 'super chinese' the article seems to mean 'the set of characters supported by ChoKanji'. I have no idea what it means by 'multi chinese'. You'd think they could have just given the names of the character sets.
That article had more flamebait than a Dvorak article.
Sorry, does that mean you're pro or anti Dvorak?
I always like following Dvorak debates; it brings the Ayn Randists out of the woodwork.
I've gotten several emails today from companies asking me to give permission to send me emails in the future.
But these emails that ask for permission -- I didn't ask for them! Those companies are _breaking the law_!
Meanwhile, today's spam count from Africa, the USA, etc: 40.
I must say the original article's list strikes me as very much the view of someone who doesn't particularly like or use computers, but I guess it's all a matter of opinion. Here's what I think of as a more middle-of-the-road list (in no order):
...er...
ZX81
Commodore 64
TRS-80
Amiga A500
BBC Model B (I hated it but it was undeniably of huge importance in the uk)
Atari 800
Heathkit computer
Apple II
Palmpilot
Sony Vaio series, symbols of the commoditization and appliance-ization of the PC.
I mean, I know that sounds mean, but it's kind of an 'interesting to some, though not all, bored American kids' thing rather than an 'interesting in general' thing, isn't it?
I guess there was a generation that only discovered the internet about the time webcams came along, and to that generation maybe webcams are the stuff of sentimentality.
Yeah, the Ibaraki reactor leak was insane -- the threat of radiation wasn't that scary, but the constant 'there is nothing wrong... the atom is your freind... this is someone else's fault... stay indoors and look happy or die...' announcements were terrifying.
Yes, I've looked at it. It's reminiscent of the old NeXT display system in some ways
In general, though, I agree and I am very glad that MS innovations like embeddable gui components and app servers are now part of the software culture as a whole.
It's cool that the 2 examples given of MS non-innovation are both endlessly copied by the free software people.
Someone who just found out about Linux last month will now mod me down
Your CFO must be from texas.
China _are_ the big boys and it is what the Chinese want to trade, not what US-aligned companies want to sell, that is determining the shape of many markets.
Perhaps before you sack him, your CFO would like to look up what share of last year's global economic growth was China's.
I have good news for you, oh whiny one!
... Yes there are Kevlar tires that are as thin as your thumb and cost $200, hold 100 PSI air pressure, and rarely go flat, but they don't count.
:)
1) Tires that don't go flat!
I have kevlar tires that cost about $30 each and I run them at 60 psi. Try your local bike store!
2) Something to keep the rain and road dirt from putting a big skunk stripe up our backs when riding in wet climates. There are fenders, but they don't work well.
Mine work well. I generally only see the skunk stripe on people too cool to put on a proper fender.
3) The ability to fold the frame so that it can fit in the back of a small car or on the bus.
Now, I don't even _believe_ you've never seen a folding bike. The best ones are good for even long tours.
4) Brakes that work in the rain.
Disc brakes. Not that I use them myself, but they work in the rain. So do good rim brakes with the right rims. Again, your local bike store can help you.
5) Tires that don't go flat. So important, I'm saying it twice.
Yes, I use kevlar tires all the time now. Cheap, and totally worth the small extra weight. I hardly even bother to take a spare tube any more. Get some. It's easy: stop pretending to know about bikes, go to your Local Bike Store, and let them help you.
One other thing:
In fact, I HATE bicycle helmets. Their sole purpose is to show all the people driving around that the person on the bike is middle class
Noooooo, their sole purpose is to prevent your skull from splitting open, an important job if you frequently encounter trees and/or trucks while armed only with a bicycle. People who are _very_ insecure about image sometimes fail to realize this
Now go to the bike store and ask them about these things -- and (if you actually do cycle) remember to pick up a helmet on the way out.
Let's edit:
"Apparently there were people near the top who know what they were doing,"
I know, I know, but if I actually put it like that I was afraid the American Patriot types would all come swarming over me nipping with their tiny pincers
At the time I figured the coalition stopped out of general political inertia, but this really is a well-thought-out explanation. It's remarkable how well it describes what has actually happened. Aparrently there are people near the top who know what they're doing, after all. Good.
No, you see, the reason Opteron is so powerful is that he is protected by ITANIUM ARMOR!! If the forces of evil ever get their hands on the secret of Itanium, we're doomed!
*ahem* yes well, back to doing important things now...
...it's a market where you trade bets on future events. Not the same.
movies that actually make an attempt a real depth (Matrix)
:)
Awww
This is why people should be made to read the classics, even if only for a year in school.