Tasunke's Random Ramblings

Well, Atlus launched the “Early Access Beta” for Neo Steam today. It looks quite fun, and I enjoyed what I was able to play of it today. It’s a steampunk MMORPG, and both Neko and I are playing it. His two big reasons, as I understand it, are that it’s being published in the US by Atlus, and that it’s steampunk. I tend to agree. ^_^
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Just yesterday, Steve Jobs posted an article to Apple’s website entitled “Thoughts on Music” which addresses DRM and why it is currently necessary for the iTunes music store. That being that the big four music companies insisted on it being used and effective (meaning that Apple must patch any holes that show up in it), or they will pull their music libraries from the iTunes store. He also addresses the issue of it being kept proprietary, and why that is a necessity. My intent is to briefly explain some of the arguments presented in that article and give my own commentary on such. (more…)

Well, after switching Windows 2k’s default language back to English so I can read the IME’s menus easier, and further messing around with the keyboard, I’ve discovered how to directly type hiragana with that new keyboard, I had to engage in the IME what I believe is called “kana lock,” which you can enable with CTRL+Caps Lock, or by clicking on the little “KANA” button in the IME toolbar.

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A couple of thoughtful friends got me a Japanese USB keyboard for christmas (thanks guys!), and I’ve been trying to read through the documentation that came with it, but it’s really slow going. n.n; It’s very interesting however, the slight differences in the basic keyboard layout. The english alphabet characters are still in the standard QWERTY layout, but the difference is in where some of the symbol keys are (or more correctly, what symbols are on what keys), and the fact that it has a few extra keys in the layout.

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