What I want to see is a decent Japanese Nintendo DS Electronic Dictionary. There's a "Dictionary Game" for the DS but it sucks for practical use. I'd love to see some Japanese dictionary maker come out with a cartridge that works on the level of my Canon Wordtank 3000 and allows me to draw characters for lookup. They could even throw in voice recognition and pronunciation, but that's not a must. Have foreign Japanese learners test it so it's good for them, and then make it to support the Japanese market too. (No Roma-ji please). All you have to do is design the software and you don't even need to worry about hardware production!
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What I wouldn't give for a Multi-Cultural class that actually studied different cultures instead of how the white Anglo-saxon male has subjugated them.
Why not both? A class that ignores the effects of western colonialism would be just as useless as the one that focuses solely on it. If it's a Cultural Studies class that focuses on the present day situations it would be a huge oversight to ignore the effects of colonialism on cultures. Look at the number of countries that now speak English, French or Spanish. Or the british crown countries that play cricket or soccer. Or the institutions, both legal and cultural, that now exist as a result of "Anglo-Saxon" colonialism/subjugation/influence. This isn't bad, the story of colonialism is frequently one of cultural perseverance, adaptation, growth and strength. It's an important story and it deserves to be told.
Seems like the best class would be a balanced but not to ignore the effects of western colonialism just because it makes you feel bad for some reason.
Well there could be several things that could make an American work be classified as Manga:
-adoption of a particular type of style. I would say this goes beyond "big eyes" as other posters have contended. Manga has a tendancy to use certain background designs, framing styles and page layout.
-adoption of Japanese Manga style publishing. Manga in Japan is mainly centered around weekly magazines that are large, thick and cheap. We have nothing similar in America. These magazines contain many authors and competition for inclusion and placement in the magazine is stiff. I agree that this case doesn't seem to be in agreement with this point. Daily newspaper strips aren't really in sync with Manga publishing styles.
-adoption of Japanese Manga style themes. Whether the focus is on the fantastic or home life there are certain themes that reappear in Manga. These are frequently very centered in Japanese culture and seem foreign to Western audiences.
So it's obvious that manga has meaning outside country of origin. Even if this particular instance isn't necessarily the best example of that. If a Western artist has chosen that term to describe their work then clearly to them it has some meaning beyond "Made in Nihon". Language evolves. It would be like people at the turn of the century saying that there's no need for a word like "impressionism" because we already have word in English, "painting."
hehe, after hiking for 3 days straight through buddhist temples and no shower I'd like to see how your hair looks. But really? That's the best you do? Scrounge through the web for a photo? Troll.
Kayoukyoku is just the Japanese word for popular music.
It's important for the grandparent and other's to note is that what people think of as popular Anime or music in the states or other Western countries is frequently not all that popular in Japan. Very few Japanese right now are even familiar with Cowboy Bebop and those that are think of the show as being quite old and unpopular.
The most popular Anime in Japan are Doraemon (a story of a blue, earless, robot cat who can pull things out of a tummy pouch strictly for deus-ex-machina purposes) and Sazae-san, a television Anime about a mother who lives a very Japanese life and does simple, everyday things.
Most Anime that is popular in the US is rarely known by Japanese audiences, primarily I believe because the stuff that sells well in Japan references Japanese culture in a way that would translate poorly to other countries audiences. When Sazae-san's husband brings home warm sweet potatoes in winter, American audiences would have a hard time understanding the seasonal and cultural associations of such a moment.
Meanwhile, every culture seems to understand the language of big-ass-robot-ese.
That's an ingenious idea. Anyone have any information on if this would be possible with an optical bluetooth mouse?
My first instinct says that mice use much more energy than watches. A watch can take a small battery and last months or years. A bluetooth optical mouse takes triple A batteries and lasts a month.
The problem with your viewing order though is that it completely removes the impact of Yoda's revelation of Leia as Luke's sister. Those going into Return of the Jedi would already know that they're brother and sister.
Why allow the lesser film to do that to the greater? Seems a better order would be 4,5,1,2,6,3 or even sequentially at 4,5,6,1,2,3.
Man, I always have those points when I don't need them and then a great post like this comes along and I can't show my appreciation.
China is a diverse nation, linguistically much more so than the United States. Are there problems there? Hell yes! Are there problems in America? Good Lord Yes!
As fore Falun Gong, the first google search to check out would be "Falun Gong Suicide" and find out about one of the reasons it is illegal in China, namely the tendency of it's members to commit mass suicide. When you ask most Chinese about Falun Gong it has the same associations that many American's would have towards that Waco Cult.
It's also ironic that the web-pages that the grandparent post listed were, a. in english and b. of old news that everyone in China is aware of and discusses readily. Nothing of more recent problems or censored issues. It shows that Reagan-era anti-Chinese attitudes are still prevalent today.
Speaking of New Zealand and our need for iTunes or, really, any type of competition.
A new CD in New Zealand currently runs around NZ$30, which was fine when our currency was valued around.5 to the american dollar. But now that we're at nearly.72 why hasn't the price of CDs followed? Why is it that CDs are the one commodity that inflation has no effect on?
New Zealand has an active home grown music scene and if Apple could come in and help this market then they would also have a good opportunity for other Apple products to gain market here.
Yes, but note the first definition and really the only one that is in common usage. Common enough that my friends in New Zealand know the meaning and even some of my non-native speaking English speakers here in Japan know what it means. I'm getting a lot of replies to this that I should have anticipated but I didn't.
Yes, there are many definitions for the word "gimp" but only one is truly commonly used and it isn't anything you'd say to someone's face unless you knew them well.
Yes, I could create my own version of GIMP and rename it, but frankly it should come from within. Plus my reference was specifically about how to make GIMP taken seriously. If it doesn't want to be taken seriously that's fine but if it does then I, and many others, believe that the "cute" name needs to be changed.
Perhaps somebody, like the developers, could come up with a concurrent release with a more professional name, while keeping GIMP for beta testing and using GAMUT (Graphic Art Manipulation Usage Tool) for example for other releases. Or perhaps, if that's taken, then in the name of keeping linux programs named after alcohol GIN (Graphic Image Noodling), anything really would be fine. Now someone may jump in and say that gin could be offensive to alcoholics or something like that and if they're willing to drag every conversation to the lowest common denominator that's fine.
What it comes down to is that GIMP is a clever name, it's just not smart. Kinda something us geeks are stereotyped for.
4. Change the name to something that can be taken seriously.
I like Gimp but I'm sorry, the name has got to go. If I'm proposing to my school to provide a piece of software on all campus computers it has to have a name that isn't this offensive.
I was at the a game show in Tokyo last friday and there were a few other sneak peaks that we got a look at. There is going to be a new Final Fantasy 7 universe game, but it's not Advent Children. Instead it's based around the character Vincent. It has a definite gothic flavor to it and seems like it may not be turn based.
The second is the Final Fantasy 7 mobile phone game which looks awesome and fun. It takes place before the original and seems to really flesh out some of the side characters.
I'm a little surprised that SquareEnix has chosen to refocus on Final Fantasy 7 but that may have to do with the appeal of the game to the Japanese market.
I just thought it was a joke: Shrek, troll, get it?
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But there are many unused rail lines both in the United States and abroad. The opportunity lies for reclaimation of these unused lines for a company that wishes to have a stronger rural shipping base.
Also, for passenger applications there are many countries around the world who have rail systems that aren't as heavily used as the United States, some of them going to waste. Here in New Zealand there are long streches of rail that have been relegated to infrequent, or complete disuse. Wish proper production and implementation this could be a godsend to tourism, allowing for the scenic, speed and accessibility benefits of rail while allowing for direct hotel access it could provide an in for a company looking to make a unique niche in the growing tourism sector here. I'm sure other nations could also take advantage of this.
I see these using already in place but disused infrastructure. Not something that would rung along the same lines as current trains.
I'd like to thank everyone who took the joke that was subtly implied in the posting and clumsily made the same joke again as a comment. I'd also like to thank the mods who in turn wasted their mod points rating these dolts funny.
I'll get these out of the way early: Why would I buy an iPod for $250 when for 800 dollars more I could get 25 times the capacity with this... Does it support.ogg?
I'm going to take a bite here. I'm sure other people have seen the problems in your example but I'll lay it out.
Raising prices of a product to increase demand only works when the product in question has a quality that is difficult to determine. For instance if a consumer is given the choice between two music players that have the same storage capacity but one costs $50 more than the other they might assume that the one that costs more is better. They do what could be called gambling economics, they know in their minds that better quality materials cost more than lesser quality materials so it's likely that the more expensive product has gold wiring instead of copper.
Of course once you've played around with technology long enough you know that price can be determined in odd ways that subvert the ol' concept of supply and demand.
Music, and perhaps most art, has a value that is rather easy to determine. You listen to the thirty second sample or you hear it on the radio. You know whether you like it or not and chances are you look for either the cheapest, quickest or easiest way to purchase it.
Now I suppose some music stores could start offering different compression techniques that claim higher audiophile quality. There could be some appeal in that some people want to believe they're getting a decent version of their favorite song. Who knows maybe we'll start seeing "iTunes with Techron" or some other appeal to a higher quality compression product. I doubt it though, you're already accepting lossy when you start purchasing online and I think what Apple understands is that people want cheap music that's easy to listen to. Cornering the audiophile market with.aiff downloads wouldn't just lack profit (like iTunes does now) but would be a pit that money would actively be poured down. At least for now.
For students at least, or even anyone who works at a University, or if you happen to have a going to school that you could order in their name. Slashdotters don't ever take into consideration the Apple education discount which isn't to difficult to take advantage of and which makes getting an iPod even more enticing.
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May I suggest that everyone tag this story "thankgod"
They've named their development tool Atlas and their search engine and map tool Windows Live. Good job marketing department!
What I want to see is a decent Japanese Nintendo DS Electronic Dictionary. There's a "Dictionary Game" for the DS but it sucks for practical use. I'd love to see some Japanese dictionary maker come out with a cartridge that works on the level of my Canon Wordtank 3000 and allows me to draw characters for lookup. They could even throw in voice recognition and pronunciation, but that's not a must. Have foreign Japanese learners test it so it's good for them, and then make it to support the Japanese market too. (No Roma-ji please). All you have to do is design the software and you don't even need to worry about hardware production!
Why not both? A class that ignores the effects of western colonialism would be just as useless as the one that focuses solely on it. If it's a Cultural Studies class that focuses on the present day situations it would be a huge oversight to ignore the effects of colonialism on cultures. Look at the number of countries that now speak English, French or Spanish. Or the british crown countries that play cricket or soccer. Or the institutions, both legal and cultural, that now exist as a result of "Anglo-Saxon" colonialism/subjugation/influence. This isn't bad, the story of colonialism is frequently one of cultural perseverance, adaptation, growth and strength. It's an important story and it deserves to be told.
Seems like the best class would be a balanced but not to ignore the effects of western colonialism just because it makes you feel bad for some reason.
Well there could be several things that could make an American work be classified as Manga:
-adoption of a particular type of style. I would say this goes beyond "big eyes" as other posters have contended. Manga has a tendancy to use certain background designs, framing styles and page layout.
-adoption of Japanese Manga style publishing. Manga in Japan is mainly centered around weekly magazines that are large, thick and cheap. We have nothing similar in America. These magazines contain many authors and competition for inclusion and placement in the magazine is stiff. I agree that this case doesn't seem to be in agreement with this point. Daily newspaper strips aren't really in sync with Manga publishing styles.
-adoption of Japanese Manga style themes. Whether the focus is on the fantastic or home life there are certain themes that reappear in Manga. These are frequently very centered in Japanese culture and seem foreign to Western audiences.
So it's obvious that manga has meaning outside country of origin. Even if this particular instance isn't necessarily the best example of that. If a Western artist has chosen that term to describe their work then clearly to them it has some meaning beyond "Made in Nihon". Language evolves. It would be like people at the turn of the century saying that there's no need for a word like "impressionism" because we already have word in English, "painting."
hehe, after hiking for 3 days straight through buddhist temples and no shower I'd like to see how your hair looks. But really? That's the best you do? Scrounge through the web for a photo? Troll.
uhm, 1990 called, they want their NOT back.
I could feel the discomfort as everyone on Slashdot silently mouthed the work "NOT?" and then avoided making eye contact.
Kayoukyoku is just the Japanese word for popular music.
It's important for the grandparent and other's to note is that what people think of as popular Anime or music in the states or other Western countries is frequently not all that popular in Japan. Very few Japanese right now are even familiar with Cowboy Bebop and those that are think of the show as being quite old and unpopular.
The most popular Anime in Japan are Doraemon (a story of a blue, earless, robot cat who can pull things out of a tummy pouch strictly for deus-ex-machina purposes) and Sazae-san, a television Anime about a mother who lives a very Japanese life and does simple, everyday things.
Most Anime that is popular in the US is rarely known by Japanese audiences, primarily I believe because the stuff that sells well in Japan references Japanese culture in a way that would translate poorly to other countries audiences. When Sazae-san's husband brings home warm sweet potatoes in winter, American audiences would have a hard time understanding the seasonal and cultural associations of such a moment.
Meanwhile, every culture seems to understand the language of big-ass-robot-ese.
That's an ingenious idea. Anyone have any information on if this would be possible with an optical bluetooth mouse?
My first instinct says that mice use much more energy than watches. A watch can take a small battery and last months or years. A bluetooth optical mouse takes triple A batteries and lasts a month.
The problem with your viewing order though is that it completely removes the impact of Yoda's revelation of Leia as Luke's sister. Those going into Return of the Jedi would already know that they're brother and sister.
Why allow the lesser film to do that to the greater? Seems a better order would be 4,5,1,2,6,3 or even sequentially at 4,5,6,1,2,3.
Man, I always have those points when I don't need them and then a great post like this comes along and I can't show my appreciation.
China is a diverse nation, linguistically much more so than the United States. Are there problems there? Hell yes! Are there problems in America? Good Lord Yes!
As fore Falun Gong, the first google search to check out would be "Falun Gong Suicide" and find out about one of the reasons it is illegal in China, namely the tendency of it's members to commit mass suicide. When you ask most Chinese about Falun Gong it has the same associations that many American's would have towards that Waco Cult.
It's also ironic that the web-pages that the grandparent post listed were, a. in english and b. of old news that everyone in China is aware of and discusses readily. Nothing of more recent problems or censored issues. It shows that Reagan-era anti-Chinese attitudes are still prevalent today.
Speaking of New Zealand and our need for iTunes or, really, any type of competition.
.5 to the american dollar. But now that we're at nearly .72 why hasn't the price of CDs followed? Why is it that CDs are the one commodity that inflation has no effect on?
A new CD in New Zealand currently runs around NZ$30, which was fine when our currency was valued around
New Zealand has an active home grown music scene and if Apple could come in and help this market then they would also have a good opportunity for other Apple products to gain market here.
or better yet: 1: buy two rather wonderfull but epensive monitors 2. plug in new monitors 3. turn on your Apple Voila!
Yes, there are many definitions for the word "gimp" but only one is truly commonly used and it isn't anything you'd say to someone's face unless you knew them well.
Yes, I could create my own version of GIMP and rename it, but frankly it should come from within. Plus my reference was specifically about how to make GIMP taken seriously. If it doesn't want to be taken seriously that's fine but if it does then I, and many others, believe that the "cute" name needs to be changed.
Perhaps somebody, like the developers, could come up with a concurrent release with a more professional name, while keeping GIMP for beta testing and using GAMUT (Graphic Art Manipulation Usage Tool) for example for other releases. Or perhaps, if that's taken, then in the name of keeping linux programs named after alcohol GIN (Graphic Image Noodling), anything really would be fine. Now someone may jump in and say that gin could be offensive to alcoholics or something like that and if they're willing to drag every conversation to the lowest common denominator that's fine.
What it comes down to is that GIMP is a clever name, it's just not smart. Kinda something us geeks are stereotyped for.
I like Gimp but I'm sorry, the name has got to go. If I'm proposing to my school to provide a piece of software on all campus computers it has to have a name that isn't this offensive.
I was at the a game show in Tokyo last friday and there were a few other sneak peaks that we got a look at. There is going to be a new Final Fantasy 7 universe game, but it's not Advent Children. Instead it's based around the character Vincent. It has a definite gothic flavor to it and seems like it may not be turn based.
The second is the Final Fantasy 7 mobile phone game which looks awesome and fun. It takes place before the original and seems to really flesh out some of the side characters.
I'm a little surprised that SquareEnix has chosen to refocus on Final Fantasy 7 but that may have to do with the appeal of the game to the Japanese market.
I just thought it was a joke: Shrek, troll, get it?
But there are many unused rail lines both in the United States and abroad. The opportunity lies for reclaimation of these unused lines for a company that wishes to have a stronger rural shipping base.
Also, for passenger applications there are many countries around the world who have rail systems that aren't as heavily used as the United States, some of them going to waste. Here in New Zealand there are long streches of rail that have been relegated to infrequent, or complete disuse. Wish proper production and implementation this could be a godsend to tourism, allowing for the scenic, speed and accessibility benefits of rail while allowing for direct hotel access it could provide an in for a company looking to make a unique niche in the growing tourism sector here. I'm sure other nations could also take advantage of this.
I see these using already in place but disused infrastructure. Not something that would rung along the same lines as current trains.
I'd like to thank everyone who took the joke that was subtly implied in the posting and clumsily made the same joke again as a comment. I'd also like to thank the mods who in turn wasted their mod points rating these dolts funny.
Good work team, you're doing a bang up job!
I'll get these out of the way early: Why would I buy an iPod for $250 when for 800 dollars more I could get 25 times the capacity with this... Does it support .ogg?
to punch that annoying jogger who wants to "jack in" and "check out my tunes!"
Raising prices of a product to increase demand only works when the product in question has a quality that is difficult to determine. For instance if a consumer is given the choice between two music players that have the same storage capacity but one costs $50 more than the other they might assume that the one that costs more is better. They do what could be called gambling economics, they know in their minds that better quality materials cost more than lesser quality materials so it's likely that the more expensive product has gold wiring instead of copper.
Of course once you've played around with technology long enough you know that price can be determined in odd ways that subvert the ol' concept of supply and demand.
Music, and perhaps most art, has a value that is rather easy to determine. You listen to the thirty second sample or you hear it on the radio. You know whether you like it or not and chances are you look for either the cheapest, quickest or easiest way to purchase it.
Now I suppose some music stores could start offering different compression techniques that claim higher audiophile quality. There could be some appeal in that some people want to believe they're getting a decent version of their favorite song. Who knows maybe we'll start seeing "iTunes with Techron" or some other appeal to a higher quality compression product. I doubt it though, you're already accepting lossy when you start purchasing online and I think what Apple understands is that people want cheap music that's easy to listen to. Cornering the audiophile market with .aiff downloads wouldn't just lack profit (like iTunes does now) but would be a pit that money would actively be poured down. At least for now.
For students at least, or even anyone who works at a University, or if you happen to have a going to school that you could order in their name. Slashdotters don't ever take into consideration the Apple education discount which isn't to difficult to take advantage of and which makes getting an iPod even more enticing.
Why do we need a new language when we've already got esperanto?