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As Slashdot Jp article quotes,E-commerce drug site counterstrikes;They sue govenment for unfair regulation.(Kenko(i.e. health).com)

Slashdot Japan editors released new firefox extension,Slashdot Extension at Sourceforge.JP.This new extension intended to "make Slashdot more useful".
Slashdot Extension 0.2 can be used with both Slashdot Japan and Slashdot.org.
Currently,It's 0.2 and very first stage of development.Slashdot Japan users discuss at Slashdot.jp article for more further usability and feature.

http://slashdot.jp/it/article.pl?sid=08/04/07/099244

It's not Wikipedia article or hoax.It's real!
Technical Research and Development Institute,Japanese Self Defense Force's technicla research center,annouces they start to develop "GUNDAM-like advanced personal weapon system".Look at this PDF.Details are not yet released.But Mobile Suits is nothing near "personal weaponry",it should be battlesuits of some sort.More information would be provided at Ichigaya GrandHill Hotel on November 7.

Welcome,Our new Vinegar Machine Overlord!

Accoding to Yomiuri Online(Japanese article), inventor of modern instant noodle,one of the best frineds of nerds, Momofuku Ando died of myocardial infarction ,on January 5. Ando claimed "chicken ramen" instant noodle was everyday diet of his own and largely contributed his healthy ,long life.Try another cup noodle for your healthy geek life?

Amazon.co.jp opens OTAKU STORE.
Japanese Otaku market seems large enough to amazon.

Is US Otaku market profitable enough to Amazon.com? Maybe someday Amazon.com also opens OTAKU Store.

I checked "Low bandwodth option" for Homepage and I find very hard to reach my prefs and journal page...Only easily accesible is page is articles page! All other link and slashbox are gone.
Who designs slashcode?

http://unit.aist.go.jp/itri/knoppix/http-fuse/index.html
Press Release says it is developed from bitter experience that SFS-KNOPPIX did't run well for American and European(!) user.

According to ITMedia article,Japanese company ACCESS,known for their "NetFront" embedded machine Web browser,sued Unisys for inappropriate GIF Patent royalty demands(Press Release). "We are sure we would win,for their demand violates Japanese Patent law and such" ACESS Global Corporate Communication Division says.

http://www.nhk.or.jp/special/schedule.html

"Kohakubaizu" drawn by Ogata Kolin,famous Tokugawa-shogunate era Japanese artist,was said to be drawn using gold and silver tissue.
but modern scientific equipment reveal its true nature.

Geek would notice one of the important scientific equipment is Mac OS X computer!(period)

I post a really,really redundant && useless comment.
I don't want to be noticed by anyone.Oh no...

GNU/Linux system is considered too complex and unsuitable for layman in Japan as well as U.S of A.
But a group of Japanese geeks writes a book named "Poe-lina" ,full of customoizing tips for "kawaii" Linux.
And nIcer goods is included with the book by the authors; Customised "Kawaii" KNOPPIX CD!(Screenshot)
"Poe-lina" may launch desktop linux in Japan ,...may not.

I was taught only practical RAID-tech is RAID 5,1,0(or combination of 1+0),and no RAID-2,3,4 is developped and available.
But recently I found Fujitsu has RAID-4 storage server(http://storage-system.fujitsu.com/jp/term/raid/07.html)

# I'm a kind of Fujuitsu guy.

Why RAID-4?
RAID-5 has all the advantages of RAID-4,plus its know-how and merits and flaws are all well-knownn(compared to rare RAID-4).
You may be able to consult with Google for any time for any trouble.(Correctness of answer is not guaranteed,but you can try)

Why RAID-4?
Does RAID-4 have any advantages over RAID-5?

Any Comments and Suggents(especially from RAID-guru) are welcomed

We slashdot.jp volunteer team launches English-Japanese translation Wiki Page for /..
This is for Japanese people who are not good at English but want to read /. articles.
Comments and Suggestions from any Japanese-fluent /. people are welcomed.