I used to live in America and Australia. Now I live in Japan. Like anyone else, I buy the media from the country I'm living in. Because of this, I have a fairly varied variety of games and dvd's from three different regions.
This leaves me with the option of buying multiple players or media, or using a mod chip. Personally, I prefer to only pay for something ONCE.
If sony or whoever wants to tell me that playing my legally purchased games in a legally purchased system is illegal, then they can go fuck themselves.
As much as I dislike Microsoft, you're incorrect. I just typed a paper in Japanese using Office for OSX. It has some annoyances, but it seems to work just fine with unicode.
It was apparently a toaster generated rendering of the stampeding dinosaur herd (albeit only the skeletons) that originally sold the production on CG in the first place. From what I've read, up until that point that had been planning for more traditional techniques but weren't satisfied with the results...
This is foggy memories of articles and features on the production though, so I could be just talking bullshit...
Yea, I know a lot of these Harry Potter writers. They have a pretty broad range of topics...... anything from "harry has affectionate thoughts for [random male cast member]" to "harry rapes/gets raped by [random male cast member] using a monkey, a tub of lard, a spare tire, and a crowbar". In between is a mix of bondage, teenage romance (with [random male cast member]), and some more bondage.
Something about the little dude seems to have drawn together every slash writer that can put together a coherent sentence (and most who can't).
I'm not saying this is a bad thing, but don't be fooling yourselves.
Sure, you're 12 year old daughter is imagining herself as a wizard at Hogwarts, flying around on a broomstick and chasing dragons. Just remember that at the end of the day when the classes are over and the dragons are chased, she'll be in the back-room, sodomizing little harry potter with her broomstick.
"I can't guess what a good screw would be worth on Mars"
After a few months in space, all alone on another planet with no way off...
Tell me, in those conditions what WOULDN'T a good fsck be worth?
Any Australians going to post?
I've been out of the country for a year, so I'm not quite up to date on the rates.
Is it still capped at 3gigs download a month?
All I can tell you is the I haven't walked properly since the last time Telstra came to collect their bill.
I wish I had mod points for you mate. Your comment should be included with all of the stories that slashdot posts about gadgets in the Japanese market. It might help eliminate the hundreds of "but why!" post that follow.
There was a story a few months ago along a similar theme. Some sort of desktop that folded up and had a handle. A lot of people mistook it for something intended as a portable, and it didn't seem to occur to them that, unlike a lot of slashdotters, not everyone sets up their computer as some sort of hybrid command-post/cybernetic-extension/shrine. In fact the whole marketing campaign for that computer was that it folds up easily and can be put off to the side.
I live in Japan. I have to climb over my damn toilet to get to the shower. If I were in the market to buy home entertainment gear, I would want it to take up as little space as possible.
No matter what the setting, Windows users are so used to being bombarded with countless dialog boxes and wizards that they'll click on damn near anything.
(I speak this as a person who worked on and supported windows boxes until last year, but I'm not bitter about it, no, not at all...)
Too bad this can't be modded up any more. I really don't want to hear another "I've had my ipod for [insert time] and it still works fine".
Some iPod batteries are failing and it's bloody costly to replace them. The fact that someone elses iPod hasn't failed has no connection. What to they want, some kind of award for a having working iPod?
I have a $3,000 powerbook. Its battery (which was always properly treated) died about a month after the warranty expired. The fact that Bob next door has a working battery has no effect on the $120 that Apple insists I pay for the new one.
I live in Japan and have been seen this a lot on the news in the last few days.
The running doesn't get it very var. Most of the motion is vertical, so while it is technically running (both feet off the ground) it's not making much use of it.
It can also throw a ball. The motion was pretty impressive in how natural it looked.
patents, trademarks, copyrigts...Well gee, how 2002 of you!
The hot new thing these days is "intellectual property"
What is it?
Well, here's the deal. Intellectual property is pretty expensive. You have to be a corporation to own it. Basically it lets you squash competition, silence commentary, and make money from customers while at the same time taking a shit on their front lawn.
Also, every other friday you're allowed to grab a random person off the street and fsck them in the ass.
Macs have come a long way in the last few years. It seems like there are as many ex *nix people using them as there are old time mac users.
The whole 'dumb mac user' thing really doesn't apply any more. Since Macs started working right, they've migrated over to XP where they found solace with bonzai buddy and his gator friends.
There seem to be a lot of people who don't like iTunes reorganizing their library. They seem to prefer doing it themselves.
While i'm not trying to piracy, I'm interested how many of those people are upset because now all their songs are listed under titles like "r1pped by ph34r h4x0r!!!".
Personally I like to make sure all my albums have proper id3 tags when I rip them. When I first started using iTunes I had no trouble finding any music. It's also nice not to have to worry about organizing the damn files.
So some guys climbed the hill in 2 1/2 hours on a Segway. I'm sure it was difficult. It's cold up there and the winds are fairly strong. I know this because I've run up the bloody thing. It took a lot less than 2 1/2 hours, so forgive me if I'm unimpressed.
As for Segways in general, isn't America already lazy enough? A little walking isn't going to hurt.
If a Segway can give a person freedom that they lacked before (due to age, injury, ect.) then I'm 100% for it.
But for the rest of us, I'll let you in on a little secret. There's this amazing device on the market. It's a form of transportation that's even better than the Segway. It's lighter, cheaper, faster, and gives a rider more control. It's legal on roads, and can go just about anywhere...
It's a fucking bicycle.
Artists are treated as talents rather than commodities.
IAMNAMABMFBIO (I am not a Manga artist but my friend's boyfriend is one). I can assure you that, aside from a few celebrity artists (ie. the ones you hear about outside of Japan), they are indeed treated like commodities. Very very cheap commodities.
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I used to live in America and Australia. Now I live in Japan. Like anyone else, I buy the media from the country I'm living in. Because of this, I have a fairly varied variety of games and dvd's from three different regions.
This leaves me with the option of buying multiple players or media, or using a mod chip. Personally, I prefer to only pay for something ONCE.
If sony or whoever wants to tell me that playing my legally purchased games in a legally purchased system is illegal, then they can go fuck themselves.
Ignore that. You're correct and I shouldn't be posting drunk.
As much as I dislike Microsoft, you're incorrect. I just typed a paper in Japanese using Office for OSX. It has some annoyances, but it seems to work just fine with unicode.
Rob Enderle would buy one.
It was apparently a toaster generated rendering of the stampeding dinosaur herd (albeit only the skeletons) that originally sold the production on CG in the first place. From what I've read, up until that point that had been planning for more traditional techniques but weren't satisfied with the results...
This is foggy memories of articles and features on the production though, so I could be just talking bullshit...
"Harry Potter fan fiction forums"
.. anything from "harry has affectionate thoughts for [random male cast member]" to "harry rapes/gets raped by [random male cast member] using a monkey, a tub of lard, a spare tire, and a crowbar". In between is a mix of bondage, teenage romance (with [random male cast member]), and some more bondage.
Yea, I know a lot of these Harry Potter writers. They have a pretty broad range of topics....
Something about the little dude seems to have drawn together every slash writer that can put together a coherent sentence (and most who can't).
I'm not saying this is a bad thing, but don't be fooling yourselves.
Sure, you're 12 year old daughter is imagining herself as a wizard at Hogwarts, flying around on a broomstick and chasing dragons. Just remember that at the end of the day when the classes are over and the dragons are chased, she'll be in the back-room, sodomizing little harry potter with her broomstick.
In Soviet Russia, people who voted against the wishes of the Party shoot you!
jesus christ man
what exactly are you planning on doing to these poor G5's to produce this "superior pr0n" of yours
i mean, i like my powerbook and all, but....
"I can't guess what a good screw would be worth on Mars" After a few months in space, all alone on another planet with no way off... Tell me, in those conditions what WOULDN'T a good fsck be worth?
The DEC research lab of old is dead.
Dead but not forgotten. The alpha sitting at my feet still keeps me warm on cold winter nights.
As for Carly... Jesus man, I haven't had my coffee yet. It's too goddamn early to deal with shit like that.
I'll start believing EB dates once my pre-ordered copy of TeamFortress 2 ships.
Any Australians going to post? I've been out of the country for a year, so I'm not quite up to date on the rates. Is it still capped at 3gigs download a month? All I can tell you is the I haven't walked properly since the last time Telstra came to collect their bill.
I wish I had mod points for you mate. Your comment should be included with all of the stories that slashdot posts about gadgets in the Japanese market. It might help eliminate the hundreds of "but why!" post that follow.
There was a story a few months ago along a similar theme. Some sort of desktop that folded up and had a handle. A lot of people mistook it for something intended as a portable, and it didn't seem to occur to them that, unlike a lot of slashdotters, not everyone sets up their computer as some sort of hybrid command-post/cybernetic-extension/shrine. In fact the whole marketing campaign for that computer was that it folds up easily and can be put off to the side.
I live in Japan. I have to climb over my damn toilet to get to the shower. If I were in the market to buy home entertainment gear, I would want it to take up as little space as possible.
Let's not forget the Windows User Corollary:
No matter what the setting, Windows users are so used to being bombarded with countless dialog boxes and wizards that they'll click on damn near anything.
(I speak this as a person who worked on and supported windows boxes until last year, but I'm not bitter about it, no, not at all...)
Too bad this can't be modded up any more. I really don't want to hear another "I've had my ipod for [insert time] and it still works fine". Some iPod batteries are failing and it's bloody costly to replace them. The fact that someone elses iPod hasn't failed has no connection. What to they want, some kind of award for a having working iPod? I have a $3,000 powerbook. Its battery (which was always properly treated) died about a month after the warranty expired. The fact that Bob next door has a working battery has no effect on the $120 that Apple insists I pay for the new one.
I live in Japan and have been seen this a lot on the news in the last few days.
The running doesn't get it very var. Most of the motion is vertical, so while it is technically running (both feet off the ground) it's not making much use of it.
It can also throw a ball. The motion was pretty impressive in how natural it looked.
>>I had to berate my father for WEEKS before he learned the intricacies of Download vs. Upload vs. Install.
Berating your father over a computer term?
For weeks?
RMS, is that you?
patents, trademarks, copyrigts...Well gee, how 2002 of you!
The hot new thing these days is "intellectual property"
What is it?
Well, here's the deal. Intellectual property is pretty expensive. You have to be a corporation to own it. Basically it lets you squash competition, silence commentary, and make money from customers while at the same time taking a shit on their front lawn.
Also, every other friday you're allowed to grab a random person off the street and fsck them in the ass.
Okay, the joke is lame but it's a good point.
Macs have come a long way in the last few years. It seems like there are as many ex *nix people using them as there are old time mac users.
The whole 'dumb mac user' thing really doesn't apply any more. Since Macs started working right, they've migrated over to XP where they found solace with bonzai buddy and his gator friends.
Amazing.
I've seen four people respond correcting this guy's code with a (userX|userY) script.
Not ONE of them has looked properly at the original question which asked for Server X AND User Y.
This is in responce to an article on bad software.
I love slashdot.
There seem to be a lot of people who don't like iTunes reorganizing their library. They seem to prefer doing it themselves.
While i'm not trying to piracy, I'm interested how many of those people are upset because now all their songs are listed under titles like "r1pped by ph34r h4x0r!!!".
Personally I like to make sure all my albums have proper id3 tags when I rip them. When I first started using iTunes I had no trouble finding any music. It's also nice not to have to worry about organizing the damn files.
In Soviet Russia, beowulf clusters of our new Pakistani-Indian-Arabic overlords steal YOU!
So some guys climbed the hill in 2 1/2 hours on a Segway. I'm sure it was difficult. It's cold up there and the winds are fairly strong. I know this because I've run up the bloody thing. It took a lot less than 2 1/2 hours, so forgive me if I'm unimpressed. As for Segways in general, isn't America already lazy enough? A little walking isn't going to hurt. If a Segway can give a person freedom that they lacked before (due to age, injury, ect.) then I'm 100% for it. But for the rest of us, I'll let you in on a little secret. There's this amazing device on the market. It's a form of transportation that's even better than the Segway. It's lighter, cheaper, faster, and gives a rider more control. It's legal on roads, and can go just about anywhere... It's a fucking bicycle.