This question obviously would not get posted to "Ask Slashdot", but I'm still curious.
What sites do you, the full-on geek slashdot community, think deserve my readership after next week's closing of lwn?
Loads of linux news sites are out there, from home-grown to corporate backed, but I've yet to find one that comes close to the professional and relevant lwn (not that I was looking hard - after all, I love lwn). Lay it on me!
Have you ever taken the time to read any of the other threads just like yours in every other anime article ever posted on Slashdot?
Actually, no. As I stated in the parent, I hate anime, so I never really read them. And yes, I can disable the anime topic in my settings. I mean to nearly every time I see an anime post, but I always seem to get caught up in something else.
But... have no fear. Someday I'll disable. I mean to as soon as I finish this post. Hopefully the phone doesn't ring or something.
Just because it doesn't matter to you doesn't mean it doesn't matter to anybody else.
Damn. It's not like I'm demanding anime be done with on slashdot. Please. I was asking a question. Why so hostile?
I've been reading slashdot for years and have never figured why anime keeps cropping up here. Does computer geek = anime geek or does the vocal minority here simply make it appear as such?
I ask this question as a computer geek. I hate anime and know very few other computer geeks that really like it. I've known a few anime geeks in my time and sure, they used computers, but they were far from reaching the geekdom truly deserved of the title "computer geek" (whatever that means).
Basically, I'm ranting. I can sort of see how anime is "News for Nerds", but it would be quite a stretch to consider it "Stuff that matters".
While exaggerated, I think your post is probably and example of the future of any mailing list done by SecurityFocus. Sad. Symantec always seemed cheap and sleezy to me while SecurityFocus at least tried to be legitimate.
With this purchase, SecurityFocus' credibility (at least with me) has gone out the window. I can't see how they can continue to be credible when they've got a company in charge that ONLY cares about the bottom line. Just look at their irresponsible virus warnings (as you've so clearly demonstrated). Boooooo!
I only say this because the default install, when selecting Japanese as the primary language, worked right out the box for my wife. She's had no complaints (she actually loves the speed improvement over Windoze), although cannaserver, etc don't work exactly like windoze, but she picked it up quickly. Even the man pages are in Japanese. Need an English man page, simply do a
LANG="en_US"; export LANG
and you're in bidness.
I say all this GUESSING that the support for Chinese in Redhat will be just as good, if not better, as the Japanese support.
Oh, BTW, Abiword does do internationalization. As does Mozilla, Sylpheed (this thing rocks!), gqview. The basics are covered, but you probably already knew that.
It's really nice to hear that bandwidth in the USA is increasing... at least in San Fran.
It's SAD that I'm writing this from Tokorozawa, Japan via my 8Mb ADSL (3500yen/month ~= $30) that I've had for 6 months (My modem currently says 6.2Mb down,.842Mb up - I don't negotiate at max, but I'll take it)!!! SAD! I guess that article the other day was right - Japan really DOES get all the cool stuff first...
WAY FIRST! My sister-in-law, who lives about 10 minutes from me, can't get ADSL due to fiber in the middle. That's OK. She can get 2Mb Cable (again, about $30/month) or 100Mb FIBER ($90/month)! FIBER I SAY!
I really hate to argue, but where? I can't find it. ". ..and the ability to run most Microsoft programs." is the part that is missing. Show me where on Walmart's page that exists.
If you can't find it, then the story is not bollocks as you so quickly stated.
It is not the end of the world, but it's likely the end of US leading the way.
The U.S. hasn't led the way in broadband for a while - Japan has.
In my area alone (Tokorozawa, which is no megapolis), there exists a ridiculous amount of ADSL providers for me to choose from (ISPs - GOL, BigLobe, SoNet, OCN, YahooBB, etc. "loop" providers" - Eaccess, NTT, ACCA, DION, etc.). Of course, NTT owns the copper to my house, but they get their cut. NTT charges an "access fee" (about 180 yen a month) for the use of the "last mile" copper for something other than telephone service. In total, I pay a little under $40 a month for 8Mb ADSL (<=8Mb down, <=1Mb up).
Then there is cable TV access... oh yeah... and a huge initiative that's coming to my area soon... FTTH - Fiber To The Home. 100Mbs of broadband lovin (too bad about them bottlenecks).
Broadband internet access has become like telephone or cable TV service... it's just something you have. I don't know anyone here, none of my friends, none of my co-workers*, that doesn't have some form of broadband.
From what I read here and from talking with friends in the States, quality broadband is hard to find. It's definitely more expensive. It's sad that I live in arguably the most expensive country in the world, yet I pay less for my broadband than anyone I know in America (does 8Mb ADSL even exist there?).
* Some of my friends live in Yokota AB. That place is NOT Japan. It's little America. The sole ISP there is fully taking advantage of it's monopoly. If you live on the base, you pay $35 a month for 56k dial-up that's limited to 90 hrs a month or you go without, which in today's world, isn't an option when you're thousands of miles away from home. Poor bastards!
News for Nerds or Stuff that Matters? You know, it seems more and more stories on slashdot don't fall into either catagory. Maybe I'm just not "nerdy" enough?
I'm not. Not until it's released on DVD or I get confirmation from a reliable source (friend whose opinion I trust) that it isn't a bag-o-"lets sell some merchandise".
I bet a million bucks someone will spout on and on how this is all George Bush's fault. You know, it's all part of his "secret agenda" to give BIG BUSINESS (but not small... he wouldn't dare help the little guy) anything and everything they want. Hell, he put arsnic in our drinking water for crying out loud.
I understand now. You consider scarred one thing, I another. I've had many of the same conversations you mentioned with my friends and co-workers. They too were deeply emotional about the issue, however, I don't feel they are scarred. It was a sad, sad time. No denying that, but IMHO , it hasn't affected the daily lives of most Japanese.
Forgive my earlier hostilities... I let the passion from a another debate bleed into this one needlessly. Don't get me wrong. I love Japan. I've lived here six years. I just let my "mouth overload my ass" (as my mom used to say).
Do you mean to say you have some sort of credible proof from your excellent talk radio sources [hmm... ad hominem?] that contradicts the public record?
Who said anything about talk radio? If you're asking if I have links and articles handy that refute your (lack of) proof... no I don't. I could get them, but I seriously doubt it would matter to you.
...or do you just want to call names?
No name calling here... or did you perceive something?
I don't deny the one fact you presented - forces in the governement ARE talking missle defense. Proof of failure is plentiful... so... let's just give up... let's not keep trying... that's the American way.
As for pulling out of treaties, you must be talking about Kyoto. Tired... tired of hearing about Kyoto. America didn't raitify it. Neither did most of the EU. Hell, Japan hasn't either and, IIRC, doesn't plan on it (and they hosted it). So what makes America different when it comes to Kyoto?
If your talking about the AMB Treaty, I'd not say that America pulled with a "fuck you, we do what... [we]...want, we're the US" attitude. This hardly sound like "fuck you".
...talking nuclear proliferation in spite of all common sense...
Whose idea of common sense? Yours? A nuclear weapon is the most powerful and fear-bringing ever devised. To simply shelve this weapon forever is, IMO, dumb. Low-yeild, "clean" nuclear weapons are a possibilty. This report's only call for "more nukes, more nukes" is of the least destructive kind. This is my common sense talking... and I have no proof.
...using the recent terrorist attacks to promote ill will toward coutries that have nothing to do with them.
Proof! I gotta ask for proof on this one. Which countries has America promoted ill will toward in the name of the "terrorism"? You make it sound as if Bush is yelling "Yeeehaw.... I don't know why, but let's fuck up that counrty too!"
You ask me to provide credible evidence that refutes what you've said when you provide NONE that supports it? Funny.
I said MOST Japanese under 50. Not the vocal minority. You can find people demonstrating against nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants almost everyday in America too (probably any 1st world country). As for the Shakaito and Kyosanto... who cares! Just like Joe-average-America, Joe-average-Japanese doesn't give a rat's ass about their government or politics either.
If I see people demonstrating against the use of Cupid Mayonnaise on yakisoba everyday on my way home from work, does this mean that MOST Japanese oppose the use of Cupid Mayo on their yakisoba? (I hope not... I friggin LOVE Cupid Mayo on my yakisoba!)
You're basically puking up what you've been fed by a ridiculously left media. You've been watching too much CNN, reading too much NYTimes. Try something a little less biased and you might find yourself to be a little more open minded. Or not...
You are a moron. Most Japanese under the age of 50 don't give a rat's ass about the nukes dropped on Japan. Sure... they have their views on it (whether wrong, right, or indifferent), but in their daily lives... as long as they can smoke, drink, and Okamura continues to be the funniest bastard on TV, they're cool. Scarred my arse!
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This question obviously would not get posted to "Ask Slashdot", but I'm still curious.
What sites do you, the full-on geek slashdot community, think deserve my readership after next week's closing of lwn?
Loads of linux news sites are out there, from home-grown to corporate backed, but I've yet to find one that comes close to the professional and relevant lwn (not that I was looking hard - after all, I love lwn). Lay it on me!
Have you ever taken the time to read any of the other threads just like yours in every other anime article ever posted on Slashdot?
Actually, no. As I stated in the parent, I hate anime, so I never really read them. And yes, I can disable the anime topic in my settings. I mean to nearly every time I see an anime post, but I always seem to get caught up in something else.
But... have no fear. Someday I'll disable. I mean to as soon as I finish this post. Hopefully the phone doesn't ring or something.
Just because it doesn't matter to you doesn't mean it doesn't matter to anybody else.
Damn. It's not like I'm demanding anime be done with on slashdot. Please. I was asking a question. Why so hostile?
I've been reading slashdot for years and have never figured why anime keeps cropping up here. Does computer geek = anime geek or does the vocal minority here simply make it appear as such?
I ask this question as a computer geek. I hate anime and know very few other computer geeks that really like it. I've known a few anime geeks in my time and sure, they used computers, but they were far from reaching the geekdom truly deserved of the title "computer geek" (whatever that means).
Basically, I'm ranting. I can sort of see how anime is "News for Nerds", but it would be quite a stretch to consider it "Stuff that matters".
While exaggerated, I think your post is probably and example of the future of any mailing list done by SecurityFocus. Sad. Symantec always seemed cheap and sleezy to me while SecurityFocus at least tried to be legitimate.
With this purchase, SecurityFocus' credibility (at least with me) has gone out the window. I can't see how they can continue to be credible when they've got a company in charge that ONLY cares about the bottom line. Just look at their irresponsible virus warnings (as you've so clearly demonstrated). Boooooo!
I only say this because the default install, when selecting Japanese as the primary language, worked right out the box for my wife. She's had no complaints (she actually loves the speed improvement over Windoze), although cannaserver, etc don't work exactly like windoze, but she picked it up quickly. Even the man pages are in Japanese. Need an English man page, simply do a
and you're in bidness.
I say all this GUESSING that the support for Chinese in Redhat will be just as good, if not better, as the Japanese support.
Oh, BTW, Abiword does do internationalization. As does Mozilla, Sylpheed (this thing rocks!), gqview. The basics are covered, but you probably already knew that.
Dude. We posted at pretty much the same time on the same thing. My post follows right after yours (at least it does on my screen anyway.).
It's really nice to hear that bandwidth in the USA is increasing... at least in San Fran.
It's SAD that I'm writing this from Tokorozawa, Japan via my 8Mb ADSL (3500yen/month ~= $30) that I've had for 6 months (My modem currently says 6.2Mb down, .842Mb up - I don't negotiate at max, but I'll take it)!!! SAD! I guess that article the other day was right - Japan really DOES get all the cool stuff first...
WAY FIRST! My sister-in-law, who lives about 10 minutes from me, can't get ADSL due to fiber in the middle. That's OK. She can get 2Mb Cable (again, about $30/month) or 100Mb FIBER ($90/month)! FIBER I SAY!
And if I'm rambling incoherently, it's because of staying up all night only to watch England lose. Bah.
America just lost. I wonder if any Americans other than myself care?
BTW, I watched the Eng-Brz match. Brazil had a couple of extra teammates on the field, if you know what I mean.
I really hate to argue, but where? I can't find it. ". . .and the ability to run most Microsoft programs." is the part that is missing. Show me where on Walmart's page that exists.
If you can't find it, then the story is not bollocks as you so quickly stated.
The U.S. hasn't led the way in broadband for a while - Japan has.
In my area alone (Tokorozawa, which is no megapolis), there exists a ridiculous amount of ADSL providers for me to choose from (ISPs - GOL, BigLobe, SoNet, OCN, YahooBB, etc. "loop" providers" - Eaccess, NTT, ACCA, DION, etc.). Of course, NTT owns the copper to my house, but they get their cut. NTT charges an "access fee" (about 180 yen a month) for the use of the "last mile" copper for something other than telephone service. In total, I pay a little under $40 a month for 8Mb ADSL (<=8Mb down, <=1Mb up).
Then there is cable TV access... oh yeah... and a huge initiative that's coming to my area soon... FTTH - Fiber To The Home. 100Mbs of broadband lovin (too bad about them bottlenecks).
Broadband internet access has become like telephone or cable TV service... it's just something you have. I don't know anyone here, none of my friends, none of my co-workers*, that doesn't have some form of broadband.
From what I read here and from talking with friends in the States, quality broadband is hard to find. It's definitely more expensive. It's sad that I live in arguably the most expensive country in the world, yet I pay less for my broadband than anyone I know in America (does 8Mb ADSL even exist there?).
* Some of my friends live in Yokota AB. That place is NOT Japan. It's little America. The sole ISP there is fully taking advantage of it's monopoly. If you live on the base, you pay $35 a month for 56k dial-up that's limited to 90 hrs a month or you go without, which in today's world, isn't an option when you're thousands of miles away from home. Poor bastards!
News for Nerds or Stuff that Matters? You know, it seems more and more stories on slashdot don't fall into either catagory. Maybe I'm just not "nerdy" enough?
Man... I think I agree with you comment more than I've agreed with ANYTHING I've ever read on slashdot.
I'm not. Not until it's released on DVD or I get confirmation from a reliable source (friend whose opinion I trust) that it isn't a bag-o-"lets sell some merchandise".
Maybe I'm too cynical... NAH!
DAMN! I got modded down much quicker than I anticipated. I guess it's true - disagree with the vocal minority on slashdot and get modded down.
You know, I thought it was pretty obvious I was being facetious.
Thanks for the civics lesson though. Oh... there I go being facetious again. Sorry.
Call me a troll, but...
I bet a million bucks someone will spout on and on how this is all George Bush's fault. You know, it's all part of his "secret agenda" to give BIG BUSINESS (but not small... he wouldn't dare help the little guy) anything and everything they want. Hell, he put arsnic in our drinking water for crying out loud.
DOWN WITH THE MAN!
WOW!
Kono kaiwa kekkou omoshirokatta.
Domo. Sumimasen.
I understand now. You consider scarred one thing, I another. I've had many of the same conversations you mentioned with my friends and co-workers. They too were deeply emotional about the issue, however, I don't feel they are scarred. It was a sad, sad time. No denying that, but IMHO , it hasn't affected the daily lives of most Japanese.
Forgive my earlier hostilities... I let the passion from a another debate bleed into this one needlessly. Don't get me wrong. I love Japan. I've lived here six years. I just let my "mouth overload my ass" (as my mom used to say).
Do you know what ad hominem means?
Yes I know what it means.
Do you mean to say you have some sort of credible proof from your excellent talk radio sources [hmm... ad hominem?] that contradicts the public record?
Who said anything about talk radio? If you're asking if I have links and articles handy that refute your (lack of) proof... no I don't. I could get them, but I seriously doubt it would matter to you.
No name calling here... or did you perceive something?
I don't deny the one fact you presented - forces in the governement ARE talking missle defense. Proof of failure is plentiful... so... let's just give up... let's not keep trying... that's the American way.
As for pulling out of treaties, you must be talking about Kyoto. Tired... tired of hearing about Kyoto. America didn't raitify it. Neither did most of the EU. Hell, Japan hasn't either and, IIRC, doesn't plan on it (and they hosted it). So what makes America different when it comes to Kyoto?
If your talking about the AMB Treaty, I'd not say that America pulled with a "fuck you, we do what... [we] ...want, we're the US" attitude. This hardly sound like "fuck you".
Whose idea of common sense? Yours? A nuclear weapon is the most powerful and fear-bringing ever devised. To simply shelve this weapon forever is, IMO, dumb. Low-yeild, "clean" nuclear weapons are a possibilty. This report's only call for "more nukes, more nukes" is of the least destructive kind. This is my common sense talking... and I have no proof.
Proof! I gotta ask for proof on this one. Which countries has America promoted ill will toward in the name of the "terrorism"? You make it sound as if Bush is yelling "Yeeehaw.... I don't know why, but let's fuck up that counrty too!"
You ask me to provide credible evidence that refutes what you've said when you provide NONE that supports it? Funny.
I said MOST Japanese under 50. Not the vocal minority. You can find people demonstrating against nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants almost everyday in America too (probably any 1st world country). As for the Shakaito and Kyosanto... who cares! Just like Joe-average-America, Joe-average-Japanese doesn't give a rat's ass about their government or politics either.
If I see people demonstrating against the use of Cupid Mayonnaise on yakisoba everyday on my way home from work, does this mean that MOST Japanese oppose the use of Cupid Mayo on their yakisoba? (I hope not... I friggin LOVE Cupid Mayo on my yakisoba!)
You're basically puking up what you've been fed by a ridiculously left media. You've been watching too much CNN, reading too much NYTimes. Try something a little less biased and you might find yourself to be a little more open minded. Or not...
You would blame a nuclear "war" on the Republicans?
Intersting... in a moronic, childish, blinded-by-my-own-bias sort of way.
You have got one HELL of an imagination. You should write fantasy.
You are a moron. Most Japanese under the age of 50 don't give a rat's ass about the nukes dropped on Japan. Sure... they have their views on it (whether wrong, right, or indifferent), but in their daily lives... as long as they can smoke, drink, and Okamura continues to be the funniest bastard on TV, they're cool. Scarred my arse!
Go hug a tree, you hippy.