Tokyo High Court Rejects Former Navy Civilian’s Appeal
In September, the Yokohama District Court in Yokosuka found Robert Burns Nolan - a former CNFJ Human Resources Director - guilty of "bodily injury resulting in death." He was sentenced to three years, though the sentence was suspended for five years.
Master Your Digital Media with VLC
Cross-platform media player VLC is often referred to as the “Swiss Army knife of media applications” for good reason: Not only does VLC play nearly any file you throw at it, but it can do so much more. From ripping DVDs to converting files to iPod-friendly formats, let’s take a look at the four coolest things you can do with it
Ever Wonder Why Japan is Great? Here Are 10 Reasons
While there are Japanese models who, to our great appreciation, do bare it all, we’re focusing on something else today — the “gravure idols.” These particular Japanese models are, essentially, the equivalent of our much revered bikini model.
Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency
Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency. The Onion shows once again why they are the best source of satire on the intarwebs.
The thing about Bedpost is that it actually will give you some insight into your sex life. Log in after every time you have sex and fill out a few simple fields. Before long, you’ll have a rolling history of your sex life on which to reflect.
Japan Censors Sites After Stabbings
Japanese ISPs think the world would be a better place if they censored "objectionable" content to prevent Akihabara-style incidents from ever happening again. Mobile telephone content providers have promised to set safeguards as well.
USB Drive Goes Missing with Japan-US Troop Deployment Maps
Reportedly, a 33-year-old captain in the Ground Self-Defense Force ganked a USB flash drive and proceeded to "dump it." The unfortunate part of all this is what resided on the flash drive: troop deployment maps used in Japan-US military exercises.
Japanese Military Shamed by USB Device
Japan’s military has confessed to losing a USB device that contained troop deployment maps for a joint Japan-US military exercise. Well, actually, the USB drive was stolen, recovered, then accidentally thrown away.
Okinawa Marine Busted for Biting Off Part of Soldier’s Ear
A Marine sergeant was busted to lance corporal Tuesday for biting off part of a soldier’s ear during a brawl in an Okinawa City alley last year. A general court-martial panel found Sgt Graves, assigned to Marine Air Control Squadron 4, guilty of maiming
Disable Shadow in Leopard Screen Window Captures
Leopard has a new feature which places a shadow around whole-window screenshots. Fortunately this can be disabled. Enter the following command in Terminal, logout and login, or restart SystemUIServer
Missing Memory Stick with Info on Japan-U.S. Military Exercises Was Stolen
A USB flash drive containing troop deployment maps used in Japan-U.S. military exercises, which had reportedly been lost by a Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) member, was actually stolen and dumped by another member, the force has admitted.
Loss of Memory Stick Containing Japan-U.S. Military Exercise Maps Covered Up
A member of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) Middle Army Headquarters lost a USB flash drive containing unit deployment maps used in Japan-U.S. exercises, but the loss was covered up, it has emerged.
Take control of Subversion with a client application that was specifically designed for Mac users. Cornerstone integrates all of the features you need to interact with your repository and does so in an elegant and easy-to-use fashion.
Man Jumps in Front of Train in Yokohama, Inconveniencing 89,000 Passengers
A man jumped in front of an oncoming train at a railway station here Monday morning in an apparent suicide, affecting about 89,000 passengers. The fact that he inconvenienced 89,000 people is somehow more important than his death?
Linux Mint originally launched as a variant of Ubuntu with integrated media codecs but has developed into one of the most user-friendly distributions. It offers a custom desktop, a web-based package installation interface, and more.
6 Famous Songs That Don’t Mean What You Think
Here’s six popular songs that aren’t nearly as awesome once you find out what they actually mean.