My first entry with this user. I don't even remember my old user name, but I never posted much, so no one else would remember, anyway.

Been a while since I've kept up with this hell hole and I missed it.

So I was checking out some new stuff (at least new since the last time I actively read /.) and found the link to slashdot.jp. Automatic translations of (especially) Japanese sites are always humorous, so I took it to Google. This may not be news to most people who might read this, but it cracked me up, so I decided to natter on about it a bit.

The usual translational silliness abounded, of course. I checked out the following:

The mod tags in the comments included the usual "Interesting", but the rest were a bit different: "as a reference", "great insights" and "ha-ha funny". The "ha-ha funny" (my favorite, of course), was:

Obsolete in your browser? That's harsh, man. They must have similar fun with English to Japanese translations, especially if it doesn't use katakana. If I remember that right.