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Postby cstaylor » Tue Nov 04, 2003 10:12 pm

What would do in Japan?

"I would study Japanese history because that is one of the best ways to learn about a country. Especially, Japan's traditions are very unique, so if I learned them, I could enjoy watching movies more because a film like "Matrix" often depicts Japanese martial arts and so on."
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Postby GomiGirl » Tue Nov 04, 2003 10:30 pm

Catastrophic failure.. I love it!!
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Postby cstaylor » Wed Nov 05, 2003 7:21 am

That's Japan Today for you, POS running on IIS using ADO to talk with the database. They should scrap that thing and move to Java.
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a F'ed job for a FG

Postby Taro Toporific » Wed Nov 05, 2003 10:24 am

cstaylor wrote:That's Japan Today for you, POS running on IIS using ADO to talk with the database. They should scrap that thing and move to Java.


Hey, this job is STILL open at the JT after 3-4 months. For some reason, nobody wants it, he,he...
Thu Oct 23, 2003 8:42 am
Post subject: a F'ed job for a FGCRISSCROSS RECRUITMENT
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Crisscross KK is looking for an experienced ASP programmer to work on Japan Today, the world's leading Japan portal. Send cover letter, resume and details of projects you have worked on to jobs@crisscross.com

Via japantoday.com
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Postby cstaylor » Wed Nov 05, 2003 10:41 am

Exactly: who would admit to such a career-crimping skill like ASP? (where's that puke icon again?)
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Postby kamome » Wed Nov 05, 2003 5:59 pm

I don't understand one thing being said in this thread, but at least I know that the puke icon is now available in the "View More Emoticons" window.

:puke:
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Postby GomiGirl » Wed Nov 05, 2003 6:09 pm

Kamome my friend.. last night the JT site had a "catastrophic error" on the link that CS posted.. so we all went off on a tangent.. (you snooze... :wink:

But back to the thread at hand.. I read the comments and people were saying what they would do if they were Japanese for a day.. it was all fairly mean-spirited juvenile..

What would I do?? Probably not much different to what I do now?

However, if I was a man for a day... there are lots of things that I would like to do/try!! :P
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Postby Nagged » Wed Nov 05, 2003 9:08 pm

kamome wrote:I don't understand one thing being said in this thread, but at least I know that the puke icon is now available in the "View More Emoticons" window.

:puke:


Know how you feel. These high tech falutin' young 'uns...don't even know where the puke emoticon is. Shame. :wink:

:puke:

GomiGirl wrote:However, if I was a man for a day... there are lots of things that I would like to do/try!! :P


Pray do tell, (for the benefit of us depraved individuals :twisted:)
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Postby cstaylor » Wed Nov 05, 2003 9:38 pm

kamome wrote:I don't understand one thing being said in this thread...
Okay, I'll explain:
Japan Today uses Microsoft technologies:
IIS - Microsoft Internet Information Server - it's a web server
ASP - Microsoft Active Server Pages - a scripting language for writing programs that do things on IIS, like forums, advertisements, etc...
ADO - Active Data Objects - a tool for programmers to access a database, containing things like polls, fourm messages, user logins, etc...

The trouble with Microsoft stuff is that you really need to know what you're doing, otherwise you'll end up writing something that scales (performs) like Japan Today (i.e. crap). Microsoft's tools makes it very easy to do the wrong thing.

FG is written in PHP (a perl-like scripting language that resembles ASP), but the team that wrote phpBB is concerned with performance, so the site runs pretty well.
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Postby kamome » Thu Nov 06, 2003 3:46 pm

Nagged wrote:
kamome wrote:I don't understand one thing being said in this thread, but at least I know that the puke icon is now available in the "View More Emoticons" window.

:puke:


Know how you feel. These high tech falutin' young 'uns...don't even know where the puke emoticon is. Shame. :wink:


Well, you can divide the membership of FG into two general groups: techies and non-techies. I define techie in the broadest possible terms: bloggers, website operators, engineers, audiovisual, etc. I believe the techies outnumber non-techies on FG by a huge margin. I am firmly in the non-techie camp (obviously), so I can't usually contribute in threads that use alphabet soup abbreviations like IIS, ASP, etc.

So basically, the level of participation I can muster in a thread like this is throwing in a :puke: or a :bukkake: and leave it at that.

Note: Being a non-techie in an arena dominated by techies can be a lot of fun and a nice diversion from my non-techie real world experience. :idea:
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Postby GomiGirl » Thu Nov 06, 2003 4:47 pm

Yes but there are sub-groups with-in the techies.. ie the MAC techies and the Windoze techies, the web-designers and the network engineers.. then there are people like me who doesn't really belong in this group as I am a bio-chemist but just happens to work with software now.... but I am pretty good with a keitai. :wink:

There are so many fields within digital media and usually people rely on each other to help out.

For example, CS called me a weenie yesterday coz I wasn't sure if I had downloaded an SDK properly onto a windows machine.. but actually I had.. :bounce: yeah!! Usually I am a weenie though.. :oops:
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Postby cstaylor » Thu Nov 06, 2003 4:51 pm

You are a weenie, you mac-head. ;)
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Postby cliffy » Thu Nov 06, 2003 8:38 pm

[quote="&quot"]I am a bio-chemist but just happens to work with software now.... but I am pretty good with a keitai. :wink: quote]

Sooo you are working on Bio-Engineered keitai's :?: Eeewwwww :puke:
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Postby kamome » Fri Nov 07, 2003 2:25 pm

GomiGirl wrote:Yes but there are sub-groups with-in the techies.. ie the MAC techies and the Windoze techies, the web-designers and the network engineers.. then there are people like me who doesn't really belong in this group as I am a bio-chemist but just happens to work with software now.... but I am pretty good with a keitai. :wink:


For non-techies, the subgroups within the techies don't matter at all. From my perspective, you are all techies who speak a different language (when talking about technical stuff).

Techie = :alien:
Non-techie = :confused:
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Postby GomiGirl » Fri Nov 07, 2003 3:00 pm

kamome wrote:For non-techies, the subgroups within the techies don't matter at all. From my perspective, you are all techies who speak a different language (when talking about technical stuff).

Techie = :alien:
Non-techie = :confused:


Yes but I wanted to make sure that you were not overestimating my skills.. there is no way that my level even comes close to some of these guys. :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
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Postby gkanai » Fri Nov 07, 2003 5:06 pm

I'm just trying out some of the seldom used emoticons...

:flame: :shroom: :zzz: :shakeh: :shake: :roll: :biggrin2: :lol: :eeh:
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Postby kamome » Fri Nov 07, 2003 6:58 pm

GomiGirl wrote:
kamome wrote:For non-techies, the subgroups within the techies don't matter at all. From my perspective, you are all techies who speak a different language (when talking about technical stuff).

Techie = :alien:
Non-techie = :confused:


Yes but I wanted to make sure that you were not overestimating my skills.. there is no way that my level even comes close to some of these guys. :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:


Hey, cstaylor, get over here and fix my computer! (j/k :D )
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Postby GomiGirl » Fri Nov 07, 2003 7:00 pm

kamome wrote:Hey, cstaylor, get over here and fix my computer! (j/k :D )


Well after he has been over to set up my Windoze machine!!! :oops:
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Postby cstaylor » Fri Nov 07, 2003 7:17 pm

kamome wrote:Hey, cstaylor, get over here and fix my computer! (j/k :D )
Mr. Fancy-Pants lawyer, my bill is in the mail. ;)
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Postby devicenull » Sat Nov 08, 2003 1:08 am

cstaylor wrote:
kamome wrote:Hey, cstaylor, get over here and fix my computer! (j/k :D )
Mr. Fancy-Pants lawyer, my bill is in the mail. ]

i wish i had fancy pants :(

...and some blow :(
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Postby Crispy » Sun Nov 09, 2003 7:51 pm

Back on topic,

"I really want to be a very famous supermodel who, of course, works on the catwalks of Paris and Milan. Then, when I got to Japan, I would like to walk down the street, attracting everyone's attention. I would like to see everyone's eyes popping out at my slender hip and long legs."
So she thinks the reason she can't be a model is because she is Japanese? Girls say the darndest things...
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