Haha yeah sure buddy. You honestly expect me to believe you're using 3.1? Everyone knows 3.1 is a myth!
Next you'll be telling me about some new fangdangled OS with a "glass-like" interface..
Let's also remember that IE8 is still in beta. I'm not trying to apologize for MS (i use FF3), but you're comparing a final release product with a beta. Apples and oranges?
Oh, and queue the predictable (and correct) responses about how you can't "steal" digital images. To steal a photo or a picture, you would have to take a physical copy belonging to someone, and deprive someone else of that physical copy, without their permission.
Let's give them some credit at least. They've managed a break through in science and just because it's not perfected yet, you feel the need to disregard it completely? They obviously know it needs more work, they admitted so in TFA.
You'd get stopped for photographing a lot of stuff in the USA too. Scare some panicky shut-in and the cops get called. But that doesn't mean it's illegal, just that panicked shut-ins see terrorists in everything anyone does.
He isn't claiming it's illegal. That's the whole point. He's claiming that it's going against the culture of Japan. Which you (or I) can't argue is right or wrong until we've lived in Japan to experience it.
So different that all people in Japan think alike? There's no need for your racist assumptions. This isn't "The Japanese View". This is merely the neighborhood busy-body view.
No, not The japanese view but A japanese view. As opposed to your view which is neither. My point being that while he does not represent the entire population of Japan, he is japanese, therefore his view on the situation is far more relevant than yours.
Banning Google's Streetview would prevent people from seeing the area, but would not prevent an enemy of yours from placing a perfectly legal webcam and watching you specifically, or sharing this data - it would merely prevent all the other uses.
Actually the writer of the letter seemed to think this was already prevented. FTFA:
... if you were to walk along a residential street in an urban area of Tokyo, every 10 meters surveying all 360 degrees of your surroundings, there's no question that you would be reported to the police within 30 minutes. Even just filming the scenery from the street with camera in hand, there's no question that if you tried to shoot the area not covered by Street View, you would be asked, after initial questioning, to come to either the Ikegami Police Station or the Den-en-Chofu Police Station.
Could it be that Japan and America are actually different places? Who would have thought!
Pretty much missed the whole point there. *You* see nothing wrong with it because you live in America. If you grew up/lived in Japan your views would be completely different. Two very different cultures.
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Well sure, use semantic markup. But what the hell is wrong with a bit of css?
I can never find my plug gauge when I need it.
Real men set their plugs with a 6-inch ruler!
But, but, but ... won't someone think of the kids?!?!
Why must they make me trawl through 8 pages of ads?
Mum, is that you?!
Haha yeah sure buddy. You honestly expect me to believe you're using 3.1? Everyone knows 3.1 is a myth! Next you'll be telling me about some new fangdangled OS with a "glass-like" interface..
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There, fixed the title for you.
Not at the moment. Any "new" features in Chrome are easily replicated with FF extensions.
Let's also remember that IE8 is still in beta. I'm not trying to apologize for MS (i use FF3), but you're comparing a final release product with a beta. Apples and oranges?
Did you read that press release all by yourself? Let's wait for some solid testing before we judge eh?
Newer doesn't necessarily = better
Oh, and queue the predictable (and correct) responses about how you can't "steal" digital images. To steal a photo or a picture, you would have to take a physical copy belonging to someone, and deprive someone else of that physical copy, without their permission.
Where would you like them to line up?
Let's give them some credit at least. They've managed a break through in science and just because it's not perfected yet, you feel the need to disregard it completely? They obviously know it needs more work, they admitted so in TFA.
Give 'em a break man.
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Because Linux is a minority. You don't make money supporting a minority.
posted Aug 11th 2008 at 1:13AM
You'd get stopped for photographing a lot of stuff in the USA too. Scare some panicky shut-in and the cops get called. But that doesn't mean it's illegal, just that panicked shut-ins see terrorists in everything anyone does.
He isn't claiming it's illegal. That's the whole point. He's claiming that it's going against the culture of Japan. Which you (or I) can't argue is right or wrong until we've lived in Japan to experience it.
So different that all people in Japan think alike? There's no need for your racist assumptions. This isn't "The Japanese View". This is merely the neighborhood busy-body view.
No, not The japanese view but A japanese view. As opposed to your view which is neither. My point being that while he does not represent the entire population of Japan, he is japanese, therefore his view on the situation is far more relevant than yours.
Banning Google's Streetview would prevent people from seeing the area, but would not prevent an enemy of yours from placing a perfectly legal webcam and watching you specifically, or sharing this data - it would merely prevent all the other uses.
Actually the writer of the letter seemed to think this was already prevented. FTFA:
... if you were to walk along a residential street in an urban area of Tokyo, every 10 meters surveying all 360 degrees of your surroundings, there's no question that you would be reported to the police within 30 minutes. Even just filming the scenery from the street with camera in hand, there's no question that if you tried to shoot the area not covered by Street View, you would be asked, after initial questioning, to come to either the Ikegami Police Station or the Den-en-Chofu Police Station.
Could it be that Japan and America are actually different places? Who would have thought!
Pretty much missed the whole point there. *You* see nothing wrong with it because you live in America. If you grew up/lived in Japan your views would be completely different. Two very different cultures.
Yeah and all those other animals out there are helping keep the fish population up huh?