Don`t want to$B!!(Bworry anyone <1> but I now have my very own, actual,
physical,100% authentic Mobile SUIT Pilots Licence.

- Justin <posting from somewhere near Ueno station).

<1> Okay. I lied.

On 5$B7n(B15$BF|(B, $B8a8e(B8:30, fzero...@googlemail.com wrote:
> Don`t want to$B!!(Bworry anyone <1> but I now have my very own, actual,
> physical,100% authentic Mobile SUIT Pilots Licence.
>
> - Justin <posting from somewhere near Ueno station).
>
> <1> Okay. I lied.

We had 2 games (2 matches in each game) and as much as I hate to say
it, he owned me in 3 out of 4 matches. Still, sitting in a pod
piloting a MS-06J Zaku was rather cool and besides, I would have
destroyed the enemy's base had I not been spotted shooting ping pong
balls at it for 5 minutes.

---
Mappy
Who still hasn't killed the leader of the Church of Mecha

On 15 May, 20:35, Mappy  wrote:
> On 5$B7n(B15$BF|(B, $B8a8e(B8:30, fzero...@googlemail.com wrote:
>
> > Don`t want to$B!!(Bworry anyone <1> but I now have my very own, actual,
> > physical,100% authentic Mobile SUIT Pilots Licence.
>
> > - Justin <posting from somewhere near Ueno station).
>
> > <1> Okay. I lied.
>
> We had 2 games (2 matches in each game) and as much as I hate to say
> it, he owned me in 3 out of 4 matches. Still, sitting in a pod
> piloting a MS-06J Zaku was rather cool and besides, I would have
> destroyed the enemy's base had I not been spotted shooting ping pong
> balls at it for 5 minutes.
>
> ---
> Mappy
> Who still hasn't killed the leader of the Church of Mecha

Mappy did not survive and become NewType. Well, neither did I but I
did at least earn an upgrade to a Gogg.

- Justin

"One does not like to recall the mistakes of ones youth."

(fzeroone@googlemail.com) added

> Don`t want to$B!!(Bworry anyone <1> but I now have my very own, 
> actual, physical,100% authentic Mobile SUIT Pilots Licence.

Well done Justin. ^_^

For the rest of us I think we need to be very afraid. ^_^

> - Justin <posting from somewhere near Ueno station).
> 
> <1> Okay. I lied.


== Peter ==
-----------------------------------------------------
"Neither age nor height matter."
(Misaki Suzuhara: Angelic Layer)

In article ,
   Peter Boulter  wrote:
> (fzeroone@googlemail.com) added

> > Don`t want to$B!!(Bworry anyone <1> but I now have my very own, 
> > actual, physical,100% authentic Mobile SUIT Pilots Licence.

> Well done Justin. ^_^

> For the rest of us I think we need to be very afraid. ^_^

Only if the pilot is accepted and they make a whole series...

I'll get me coat! ^_^

-- 
 //\  // Chika <miyuki><at><crashnet><org><uk>
//  \//  Mitsuo... Menda... naha naha...

... A phaser on stun is like a day without orange juice.

On 16 May, 17:34, Chika <miy...@spam-no-way.invalid> wrote:
> In article ,
>    Peter Boulter  wrote:
>
> > (fzero...@googlemail.com) added
> > > Don`t want to$B!!(Bworry anyone <1> but I now have my very own,
> > > actual, physical,100% authentic Mobile SUIT Pilots Licence.
> > Well done Justin. ^_^
> > For the rest of us I think we need to be very afraid. ^_^
>
> Only if the pilot is accepted and they make a whole series...
>
> I'll get me coat! ^_^

Mappy introduces me to his Japanese friends as "Justice-San". Has a
nice ring to a title, doesn`t it? ^_^

Incidentally, we met something of a Gundam fanboy here. He told me
that "I know my stuff" when it comes to Gundam. Go on, act surprised.
^_^

Will be unable to reply shortly as a) I will be flying back home or b)
powering up my Gogg for the dispensing of burning rage to those who
aren`t very careful about what they post in the next couple of
days...

- Justin

"Justice-san, Gogg, HASSHIN!"

On 16 May, 07:02, starhun...@cix.co.uk (Peter Boulter) wrote:
> (fzero...@googlemail.com) added
>
> > Don`t want to$B!!(Bworry anyone <1> but I now have my very own,
> > actual, physical,100% authentic Mobile SUIT Pilots Licence.
>
> Well done Justin. ^_^
>
> For the rest of us I think we need to be very afraid. ^_^

Here's a scary thought, so have I! The Catgirl Commission now have
pilots!

Well, not that we fly well, we're only 1/4 the skill of the CoM so we
need 4 times as many pilots as you to be on a level footing.

Oh, Justin's friend, Yamada, who's a Judo master and maths teacher
here in Niigata asked "If the Gundam pods were all in Japanese, how
did he work out how to play the game so well?" I told him, "Natural
instinct I think."

On Fri, 16 May 2008 15:54:40 -0700 (PDT), Mappy
 wrote:

>On 16 May, 07:02, starhun...@cix.co.uk (Peter Boulter) wrote:
>> (fzero...@googlemail.com) added
>>
>> > Don`t want to$B!!(Bworry anyone <1> but I now have my very own,
>> > actual, physical,100% authentic Mobile SUIT Pilots Licence.
>>
>> Well done Justin. ^_^
>>
>> For the rest of us I think we need to be very afraid. ^_^
>
>Here's a scary thought, so have I! The Catgirl Commission now have
>pilots!

Ever since "Kannadzuki no Miko", yes...

>Well, not that we fly well, we're only 1/4 the skill of the CoM so we
>need 4 times as many pilots as you to be on a level footing.

In this case, doesn't "1/4 the skill" mean "miss 1/4 as often"?  ^_^

>Oh, Justin's friend, Yamada, who's a Judo master and maths teacher
>here in Niigata asked "If the Gundam pods were all in Japanese, how
>did he work out how to play the game so well?" I told him, "Natural
>instinct I think."

Button mashing.  It'll get you a win every time.

-- 
Rob Kelk <http://robkelk.ottawa-anime.org/> e-mail: s/deadspam/gmail/
"I'm *not* a kid!  Nyyyeaaah!"  - Skuld (in "Oh My Goddess!" OAV #3)
"When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear
of childishness and the desire to be very grown-up."    - C.S. Lewis

Mappy wrote:
> On 16 May, 07:02, starhun...@cix.co.uk (Peter Boulter) wrote:
>> (fzero...@googlemail.com) added
>>
>>> Don`t want to$B!!(Bworry anyone <1> but I now have my very own,
>>> actual, physical,100% authentic Mobile SUIT Pilots Licence.
>> Well done Justin. ^_^
>>
>> For the rest of us I think we need to be very afraid. ^_^
> 
> Here's a scary thought, so have I! The Catgirl Commission now have
> pilots!
> 
	No, you have decoys. ^_^

> Well, not that we fly well, we're only 1/4 the skill of the CoM so we
> need 4 times as many pilots as you to be on a level footing.
> 
	CoM: always outnumbered. Never, ever, outgunned.

> Oh, Justin's friend, Yamada, who's a Judo master and maths teacher
> here in Niigata asked "If the Gundam pods were all in Japanese, how
> did he work out how to play the game so well?" I told him, "Natural
> instinct I think."


	Heh, it did feel disturbingly destined. ^_^ Not that I would argue,
anyway, Yamada-san makes the average tank look like Walter the Softy...
	
	For those wondering: the game-play of the new Gundam game is the same
as every Gundam game Bandai has released for the past twenty years.

You walk around, spot a target, then hit it with your heat hawk or 120mm
machine gun until it blows up. The difference is the environment - you
sit, fully enclosed, in what is basically a full-on Mobile SUIT cockpit,
one complete with a headset to communicate - or in one particular pilots
case, tell the useless catgirl stooge to get the hell out of the way -
with your allies.

	Yes, this does mean you can say stuff like "Justice-san, Zaku,
HASSHIN!" when the mission starts.

	Also, before you start, you have to get your Mobile SUITs pilot
licence. This card records the game data, and the more you play, the
more you a) feed even more yen into Bandais ever-hungry coffers and b)
earn nicer Mobile SUITs to hit people with.

	A few notes from Japan:

	1) There is now coconut Pocky. Rejoice.

	2) Japans internets apparently run on the Eye of Harmony. They are the
*quick*.
	
	3) There is something called the Bandai Channel, available at internet
cafes. Classic mecha shows, 24 hours a day. Its just as well I didn't
find this out until a day before I left...

	4) We spent some time in a place called Sakai-Minato. Good luck finding
it in the Lonely Planet. The local industry is GeGeGe Kitaro. They have
eyeballs on lampposts.

	5) Japan does not love Turn-A. No-one loves Turn-A. This makes me sad.

	6) If you don't talk about the Maid Cafe I won't mention a certain
persons sense of direction...

-- 
* "You don't even have self-esteem?!" * justin@briareos.demon.co.uk *
* "I gave that all away after         *                             *
*  becoming old!"                     *                             *
* - Kaho and Yuko, Densha Otoko       *  growing older, but not up  *

In message <g0rtr7$nqt$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>
       Justin Palmer  wrote:

> 
> 	A few notes from Japan:
> 
> 	1) There is now coconut Pocky. Rejoice.
> 
> 	2) Japans internets apparently run on the Eye of Harmony. They
> are the *quick*.

I just got a letter from Virgin Media, telling me that as of next month
they will experimenting with 500Mbs; if I went for this, it would mean
that the slowest part of the network would be my 100Mbs router.

Unfortunately, they didn't give any indication of the likely price 8-(
-- 
Nick Roberts           tigger @ orpheusinternet.co.uk           

Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which
can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Nick Roberts wrote:
> In message <g0rtr7$nqt$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>
>        Justin Palmer  wrote:
> 
>> 	A few notes from Japan:
>>
>> 	1) There is now coconut Pocky. Rejoice.
>>
>> 	2) Japans internets apparently run on the Eye of Harmony. They
>> are the *quick*.
> 
> I just got a letter from Virgin Media, telling me that as of next month
> they will experimenting with 500Mbs; if I went for this, it would mean
> that the slowest part of the network would be my 100Mbs router.
> 
> Unfortunately, they didn't give any indication of the likely price 8-(

	What, not even "bend over"? ^_^

-- 
* "You don't even have self-esteem?!" * justin@briareos.demon.co.uk *
* "I gave that all away after         *                             *
*  becoming old!"                     *                             *
* - Kaho and Yuko, Densha Otoko       *  growing older, but not up  *

While strolling carefully through the minefield that is Usenet, on
Mon, 19 May 2008 19:32:47 +0100, Nick Roberts
 wrote:

>In message <g0rtr7$nqt$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>
>       Justin Palmer  wrote:
>
>> 
>> 	A few notes from Japan:
>> 
>> 	1) There is now coconut Pocky. Rejoice.
>> 
>> 	2) Japans internets apparently run on the Eye of Harmony. They
>> are the *quick*.
>
>I just got a letter from Virgin Media, telling me that as of next month
>they will experimenting with 500Mbs; if I went for this, it would mean
>that the slowest part of the network would be my 100Mbs router.
>
>Unfortunately, they didn't give any indication of the likely price 8-(

It is quite possible that the router is measured in bytes and I am
certain that the broadband is measured in bits. That would men your
router is still a lot faster than your broadband :)
--
Tsunami
If at first you don't succeed, give up skydiving!
tsunami@nospam.jyurai.co.uk

On 19 May, 22:03, Justin Palmer  wrote:
> Mappy wrote:
> > On 16 May, 07:02, starhun...@cix.co.uk (Peter Boulter) wrote:
> >> (fzero...@googlemail.com) added
>
> >>> Don`t want to$B!!(Bworry anyone <1> but I now have my very own,
> >>> actual, physical,100% authentic Mobile SUIT Pilots Licence.
> >> Well done Justin. ^_^
>
> >> For the rest of us I think we need to be very afraid. ^_^
>
> > Here's a scary thought, so have I! The Catgirl Commission now have
> > pilots!
>
>         No, you have decoys. ^_^

All the better to... err... decoy... you with...? I'll get me coat.

> > Well, not that we fly well, we're only 1/4 the skill of the CoM so we
> > need 4 times as many pilots as you to be on a level footing.
>
>         CoM: always outnumbered. Never, ever, outgunned.

Well, just be grateful we don't send out a single unarmed furry as
according to TV Tropes, she'll destroy you all!

> > Oh, Justin's friend, Yamada, who's a Judo master and maths teacher
> > here in Niigata asked "If the Gundam pods were all in Japanese, how
> > did he work out how to play the game so well?" I told him, "Natural
> > instinct I think."
>
>         Heh, it did feel disturbingly destined. ^_^ Not that I would argue,
> anyway, Yamada-san makes the average tank look like Walter the Softy...

He's still big with rippling muscles. If there was ever a nemesis for
the CoM and CGC, it's him as I don't think either of us could swing
him to our respective sides.

>         For those wondering: the game-play of the new Gundam game is the same
> as every Gundam game Bandai has released for the past twenty years.
>
> You walk around, spot a target, then hit it with your heat hawk or 120mm
> machine gun until it blows up. The difference is the environment - you
> sit, fully enclosed, in what is basically a full-on Mobile SUIT cockpit,
> one complete with a headset to communicate - or in one particular pilots
> case, tell the useless catgirl stooge to get the hell out of the way -
> with your allies.

Yup, same as always (apparently) but with the added bonus that you're
actually big enough to stomp around on your enemies and see them
crushed under your foot (well, you would be if they put a screen under
your feet.)

>         Yes, this does mean you can say stuff like "Justice-san, Zaku,
> HASSHIN!" when the mission starts.

Yes but you need your voice to break again or develop bronchitis
before you sound cool :D I, however, use my karaoke voice and launch
like a furry who's just got a mecha for their birthday :D Your worst
nightmare has arrived!

>         Also, before you start, you have to get your Mobile SUITs pilot
> licence. This card records the game data, and the more you play, the
> more you a) feed even more yen into Bandais ever-hungry coffers and b)
> earn nicer Mobile SUITs to hit people with.

I have just returned to Tokyo from Niigata where it's actually cold! I
have a week before I return. I deserve another trip in a mecha.

>         A few notes from Japan:
>
>         1) There is now coconut Pocky. Rejoice.

I might when I try it.

>         2) Japans internets apparently run on the Eye of Harmony. They are the
> *quick*.

I'm still wondering how to get that 2meg a second connection :( Now
that you've left, everywhere I go is reducing their torrent speeds you
b!%$$B!r(B"d! I knew the CoM was behind this!

>         3) There is something called the Bandai Channel, available at internet
> cafes. Classic mecha shows, 24 hours a day. Its just as well I didn't
> find this out until a day before I left...

Just as well really as we didn't have much time for dilly dally.

>         4) We spent some time in a place called Sakai-Minato. Good luck finding
> it in the Lonely Planet. The local industry is GeGeGe Kitaro. They have
> eyeballs on lampposts.

This place rocks. It's weird, querky and you'd be lucky if you saw any
tourists (which, on one occasion, we did.)

>         6) If you don't talk about the Maid Cafe I won't mention a certain
> persons sense of direction...

Good point, I've got no sense of direction and we got lost on many
occasion as a consequence including one time going up an unscheduled
mountain (no joke here.)

Just arrived back in Ueno and found the "Wired Cafe" downstairs in
Ueno station (can't find Lain though) who has free internet (just
grabbed one torrent at 255Kb/s) and can finally write my e-mails after
a few days in the sticks AGAIN!

Things I've learned about Japan as I wind down over the next 6 days:

1) Girls in Niigata and Nagaoka are better looking than those in Tokyo
(IMHO.)
2) 6 year old girls know Seirei no Moribito.
3) Going up a cobbled mountain path with a 30 degree slope when you
have trouble walking straight is not a good idea but strangely fun.
4) Going up a sand dune with a 70 degree slope when you have trouble
with your legs is not a good idea but strangely fun.
5) Travelling long distances increases your chances of getting lost at
any one point.
6) Mario Kart arcade is very good.
7) Flying in a Gundam pod is great fun and I want to go again but the
true joys of which are lost on people like me!
8) Don't get on the bad side of a judo master.

cheerio,

Mappy
Who now knows where to get a wireless connection in Ueno

Mappy wrote:
> On 19 May, 22:03, Justin Palmer  wrote:
>> Mappy wrote:
>>> On 16 May, 07:02, starhun...@cix.co.uk (Peter Boulter) wrote:
>>>> (fzero...@googlemail.com) added
>>>>> Don`t want to$B!!(Bworry anyone <1> but I now have my very own,
>>>>> actual, physical,100% authentic Mobile SUIT Pilots Licence.
>>>> Well done Justin. ^_^
>>>> For the rest of us I think we need to be very afraid. ^_^
>>> Here's a scary thought, so have I! The Catgirl Commission now have
>>> pilots!
>>         No, you have decoys. ^_^
> 
> All the better to... err... decoy... you with...? I'll get me coat.
> 
	Sigh. Bloody civilians. ^_^

(snip)

>>         CoM: always outnumbered. Never, ever, outgunned.
> 
> Well, just be grateful we don't send out a single unarmed furry as
> according to TV Tropes, she'll destroy you all!
>
	This is why we have the incendiary munitions.

 Not that I would argue,
>> anyway, Yamada-san makes the average tank look like Walter the Softy...
> 
> He's still big with rippling muscles. If there was ever a nemesis for
> the CoM and CGC, it's him as I don't think either of us could swing
> him to our respective sides.
> 
	I wouldn't like to try swinging him by *anything*!

>>         For those wondering: the game-play of the new Gundam game is the same
>> as every Gundam game Bandai has released for the past twenty years.
>>
>> You walk around, spot a target, then hit it with your heat hawk or 120mm
>> machine gun until it blows up. 

> Yup, same as always (apparently) but with the added bonus that you're
> actually big enough to stomp around on your enemies and see them
> crushed under your foot (well, you would be if they put a screen under
> your feet.)
>
	Trouble with lens cracking...

>>         Yes, this does mean you can say stuff like "Justice-san, Zaku,
>> HASSHIN!" when the mission starts.
> 
> Yes but you need your voice to break again or develop bronchitis
> before you sound cool :D

	What, my Devonian drawl isn't cool enough?

 I, however, use my karaoke voice and launch
> like a furry who's just got a mecha for their birthday :D Your worst
> nightmare has arrived!

	Yes. If only he could find his way to the battlefield... ^_^	


-- 
* "You don't even have self-esteem?!" * justin@briareos.demon.co.uk *
* "I gave that all away after         *                             *
*  becoming old!"                     *                             *
* - Kaho and Yuko, Densha Otoko       *  growing older, but not up  *

In message 
       Tsunami  wrote:

> While strolling carefully through the minefield that is Usenet, on
> Mon, 19 May 2008 19:32:47 +0100, Nick Roberts
>  wrote:
> 
> >In message <g0rtr7$nqt$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>
> >       Justin Palmer  wrote:
> >
> >> 
> >> 	A few notes from Japan:
> >> 
> >> 	1) There is now coconut Pocky. Rejoice.
> >> 
> >> 	2) Japans internets apparently run on the Eye of Harmony. They
> >> are the *quick*.
> >
> > I just got a letter from Virgin Media, telling me that as of next
> > month they will experimenting with 500Mbs; if I went for this, it
> > would mean that the slowest part of the network would be my 100Mbs
> > router.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, they didn't give any indication of the likely price
> > 8-(
> 
> It is quite possible that the router is measured in bytes and I am
> certain that the broadband is measured in bits. That would men your
> router is still a lot faster than your broadband :)

Nah. It's a standard 10/100 Mbs router. As a consequence of which... I
have just been looking at the costs of gigabit routers, and they are
surprisingly affordable[1], so the problem may not be insuperable 8-)

[1] I remember when gigabit-rated network components started at about
£2000 and went up from there very quickly.

-- 
Nick Roberts           tigger @ orpheusinternet.co.uk           

Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which
can be adequately explained by stupidity.