gonemad said...

gonemad at 03:03 AM JST - 20th March

take out some cash and leave your credit cards at home.

Bad advice. Then your cash will be gone. If they take your credit card, you may have some hassle, but you will not lose any money. You can cancel any charge which has not been authorized by your…

Posted in U.S. Embassy warns Americans to avoid Roppongi bars due to drink-spiking increase at 03:03 AM JST - 20th March
gonemad at 10:14 PM JST - 11th March

Under the revised copyright law, downloading content from the Net without copyright holder permission would be judged illegal.

So, except some rare obvious cases, how can the user know whether or not the copyright holder gave permission to publish the content on the net? As a practical example, let's…

Posted in New bill bans content downloads without author's permission at 10:14 PM JST - 11th March
gonemad at 12:27 AM JST - 6th March

Looks like this was the first time ever that someone listened to what Aso has to say...

Posted in President Obama looked me in the eye and listened attentively to every word I said, demonstrating great sincerity. This was very impressive. at 12:27 AM JST - 6th March
gonemad at 07:35 PM JST - 20th February

So what are "virtual pay cuts"?

Posted in Unions in electronics sector call for Y4,500 monthly pay hike at 07:35 PM JST - 20th February
gonemad at 12:53 AM JST - 5th February

this happens so often and always the rescue staff has to call around to find a hospital. I don't get it, why do they have to call at all? They should know in advance which hospital has an emergency service in place at that time. It seems the whole system…

Posted in Traffic accident victim dies after being refused admission by 14 hospitals at 12:53 AM JST - 5th February
gonemad at 02:48 AM JST - 31st January

Israel has the right to defend themselves from enemies that want to exterminate them.

Then Hamas does have the same right, doesn't it? Why do you make a difference?

Posted in Turkish PM blasts Israel president at Davos at 02:48 AM JST - 31st January
gonemad at 12:36 AM JST - 27th January

At 1.6kg it's a bit heavy for a netbook, even if you include the DVD drive.

Posted in Netbook with super-multi DVD drive at 12:36 AM JST - 27th January
gonemad at 01:40 AM JST - 21st January

I have always wondered whether these devices wouldn't generate rather high quantities of ozone? That shouldn't be healthy at all...

Posted in Sharp to install 10,000 plasmacluster ion generators in Japan and abroad at 01:40 AM JST - 21st January
gonemad at 09:09 AM JST - 20th January

likeitis,

Which is ridiculous to expect him to know.

The article mentions he "assisted". There is nothing ridiculous about taking the possibility into account that this means he knew about their intents.

Its even arguable whether the two guys committed a crime.

This is indeed a point. As…

Posted in Winny software developer pleads not guilty again at appeals court at 09:09 AM JST - 20th January
gonemad at 07:17 PM JST - 19th January

nishikat, as with other (P2P) software, it's a setup problem. If users don't care, they may make available all of their harddisk contents to others.

What some of you seem to have missed: it looks like he is not being prosecuted for providing the software itself, but for "assisting users…

Posted in Winny software developer pleads not guilty again at appeals court at 07:17 PM JST - 19th January