Creative Japanese gadgetry/innovations

[Rule]

have come out with something weird/cool again and it's slowly growing on me :-?

http://lalabitmarket.channel.or.jp/haro.html

[jeremy]

What the f*** is it?

[lordofkhemenu]

What the f*** is it?
According to this google translation (http://google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Flalabitmarket.channel.or. jp%2Fharo.html&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8) it's a PC case.
I love the loose translations that babelfish and google do=P~

We have the opening and closing mouth in order to take in and out the cavity and the CD and the DVD where the PC case for the original work of compact type is settled entirely, we are possible lovelily the decoration to do the favorite compact PC case with the halo which seems.
* The PC itself is the difference sale.
What it said is not what you think you think it said:

Please be sure to read this way in regard to the note in regard to specifications * use. (http://216.239.39.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=ja%7Cen&u=http://lalabitmarket.channel.or.jp/haro_spec.html)

[machiner]

It's a little -- odd, don't you think.

Reminds me of the pet-rock.

[TravisNewman]

If that thing weren't so HUGE I would totally buy one-- if I could figure out HOW.

[matt]

okay...this is the best I can offer...my Japanese is still very much a work in progress...

it's a PC case based on Haro, a character from the bizarrely popular world of Gundam shows and products here in Japan. it appears to (in addition to housing your computer) spout various catch-phrases.

Sorry...despite my proximity, I can't offer to help anyone get their hands on a Haro PC case...it's a little bulky for international shipping!

[morethannoise]

Ugly!

[Yukonjack]

Hehehe I thought it was something to take your frustration out on, kick around the office when you are overload with deadlines.

[machiner]

This thread has been censored in accordance with PC.

This morning the thread was entitled "Those crazy Japanese".

This is very disheartening. Which mod changed it and why? Were you asked to change it or did you trample sensibilities because you felt like it?

The term "Those crazy ...<anything>" is a term of (endearment and wonder).

It has become a phrase meant to signify a position of disbelief or amazement about some behavioral charasteristic of; usually Americans. It is not a derrogatory phrase.

It is often bandied about a number of ways and I stress that its use is OPINION and protected as such.

As well its use does not conflict with the Posting Guidelines of this thread.

[jdong]

Ok, I'm getting extremely ticked about the recent community hostility towards the moderator team.

The title was changed by a moderator because "crazy" is not always a 'complement', especially if taken literally ('mentally ill') by someone not fluent with English. In no way were we trying to enforce political correctness -- please understand that.


What's happened to our friendly community? One of the reasons I stayed with Ubuntu is because the community is always so supportive and friendly. One of the reasons I left Gentoo is because there is a group of elitists at the forums that regularly harass those who think differently. Let's not go into that, please?


One last chance: If I see any more whining about PC, I won't hesitate to prune posts from the forum and take action against offenders.



---
jdong, on behalf of the forum staff

[ubuntu-geek]

I agree with jdong on this 100% and I back the moderators on their thread/post edits. It happened to be that kassetra asked me about the the ".. Japanese .." thread and I gave the approval for the title change if you would like PM me your thoughts and complaints on the situation please feel free.

Never the less, this community has always been clean, the moderators and I personally work hard in our spare time to make sure this community stays clean, friendly and professional so people from all walks of life and age can visit here without hesitation.

I also expect visitors and users of this community to follow the Ubuntu Code of Conduct (http://www.ubuntulinux.org/community/conduct) if these cannot be followed then the visitor maybe asked to leave or have their forum account suspended. We haven't had todo this and I hope we don't have in the future.

This thread is locked; there is no need to go on further about this issue.