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Japan strikes back @ anti-Japanese protests

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0800

Japan strikes back @ anti-Japanese protests

Yukirin — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:02:26 +0800

Japan strikes back at anti-Japanese protests in China with a moe character

Japanese seizure of a Chinese fishing boat near a disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku island chain in the East China Sea last month has resulted in a wave of violent anti-Japanese protests in China.
But instead of burning photos of Jackie Chan and sending an army of dangerous samurai and ninjas to crush the Chinese dragon, the Japanese are fighting back against the propaganda with an unlikely strategy that would puzzle even the most skilled diplomatic experts.
Namely, the users of the well-known Japanese forum 2ch, which also attracts visitors from China, have recently decided to turn the term “Japanese devil” — the favorite anti-Japanese insult of the Chinese — into a cute moe character drawn in manga style.

“Japanese devil” is a relatively old Chinese insult towards the Japanese that dates back to World War II and has been used by anti-Japanese propaganda ever since.
The juicy insult is written as 日本鬼子 and pronounced like “riben guizi” in Chinese and “nihon onigo” in Japanese.
However, in Japanese the term can be read alternatively as “Hinomoto Oniko”. Some clever forum users came up with the idea of using it as a name for the new character. In translation, “Hinomoto” means “origin of the sun”, while “Oniko” can be rendered as female name. The result of their creations can be seen on the pictures above (you can see even more of them here).
So what do the Chinese think of this? Here are some responses from the forum (source: sankakucomplex.com):
I didn’t think it would turn out like this… I just don’t understand that country.
Damn, just damn. Japan is a dangerous country. Perhaps we should admit our loss.
We boo and jeer them and their response is a moe character… We’re helpless before them.
Riben Guizi is a moe character!? What can we call them now? Japs? Creepy otaku?
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Saaya Irie (入江紗綾) on one of the photos that accompanied a message for better relations between China and Japan.
It’s not the first time the Japanese extremists have fought the anti-Japanese sentiment with entertainment in such an unexpected way.
During the wild demonstrations in China and South Korea in 2005, photos of then 11-year old Japanese junior idol and actress Saaya Irie (入江紗綾) showing her in a bikini were posted on Chinese web sites.
Pictures, taken by Japanese photographer Garo Aida, were accompanied with a message that started like this (loosely translated): “Please, listen carefully to what I say. My dear Chinese brothers, please stop these anti-Japanese hijinks!” because “if you don’t, I won’t like you anymore.”
The message then pleads for better relations between the two nations and says that if people “unite for the sake of China’s democracy”, her breasts will “rise up”.
Tabloid and newspaper stories soon followed, among them a large conservative Chinese newspaper Shuukan Bunshun (週刊文春) which reported that the photos and words of peace led to a reduction of anti-Japanese attitude among a certain segment of Chinese population.
Well, at least for a while.

Source : http://www.dailyonigiri.com/2010/10/japan-...-moe-character/ (drawings of the character can be found in the link)

What Cause PSU Blow

Yukirin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:49:15 +0800

Hi guys,

I would like to know what may cause a brand new power supply to blow.

As far as I've read from LYN, the only possibilities I can think of is:-
1)Foreign object/substance trapped inside the PSU

But my friend said that he pretty sure there's nothing inside. He ask could it be other computer component/hardware that could have cause the PSU to blow. So, I decided to ask the experts here.

Hope someone can give me a clue.

Thanks in advance

<MSSQL>Retrieve Data base on Date

Yukirin — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:11:21 +0800

Hey guys,

I have a problem in my coding logic that I hope anyone here can give me a guide to solve it.

I need to retrieve all row of data from DB base on a given date(example: Retrieve all data on current and before the stated date)

Below are some of my example code

declare @year int, @day int

set @year = 2008
set @month = 1
set @day = 11

select * from [dbo].[table1] T1, [dbo].[table2] where year(T1.Date) <= @year and month(T1.date) <= @month and day(T1.date) <= @day

Base on above code, I have 1 problem....

This query will ignore any day/month of the date that is not within range....e.g. 12/12/2007, 13/12/2007 etc

so can any one suggest me a way ? I've been asking uncle google for quite sometimes now but no luck. So, please do give me some guide

Would you buy anime OST if you able to?

Yukirin — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:21:00 +0800

I search the forum before but didn't see any topic on this but there one similar one but is named as "Your Fav Anime OST"

So MOD, if you think this topic is inappropriate, feel free to close it.

Anyway, as for me. My answer is 3rd option. I will buy if I have the spare money. I bought the OST for Sister Princess before. I use the Sister Princess Christmas Song for my Christmas Party before.

So, what about you guys and girls ? Will you buy their CDs ?

Also, if you do buy, whats your current on-list OST that you wanting to buy ?

My List (which I would buy):

1)Bleach OP 06 Single - ALONES [Aqua Timez]
01 - ALONES
02 - Akatsuki
03 - Mr. Road Runner (DJ Mass'Skate Sonic Remix)
04 - ALONES (Instrumental Mix)

2)Lucky Star OP Single - Motteke! Sailor Fuku
01 - Motteke! Sailor Fuku.mp3
02 - Kaeshite! Knee Socks.mp3
03 - Motteke! Sailor Fuku (off vocal)
04 - Kaeshite! Knee Socks (off vocal)

3)Lucky Star Character Song Vol.010 - Mune Pettan Girls [Various]
01 - Minna de 5ji Pittan
02 - Lolita Teikoku Bisho-jo Taitei (very cute song)
03 - kona-yta-mina-tangs be Altered Scale
04 - Minna de 5ji Pittan (off vocal)
05 - Lolita Teikoku Bisho-jo Taitei (off vocal)

4)Lucky Star Image Song - Kosutte! Oh My Honey [Hirano Aya & Sasaki Nozomi]
01 - Kosutte! Oh My Honey
02 - Yuuchou Sentai Dajare Ranger
03 - Kosutte! Oh My Honey (off vocal)
04 - Yuuchou Sentai Dajare Ranger (off vocal)

So far these are the albums I think that good. Reason why I choose alot of Lucky Star Album because all the single that listed are very moe-type of song. Really funny and catchy.