Don Park's 미친소리

인사

nobody@vox.com(Don Park) — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:51:24 -0800

안녕들 하신감.

한글 실력이 20년묵은 중학교 수준이라 읽기에 많이 거북하겠지만 그냥들 견디시고 한글실력가지고 딴지 거는건 자제하시길. 나를 소개하자면 한국이름은 도필이고 62년 호랑이띠에 이민은 76년에 학교는 버클리 먹고사는것은 소프트개발. 가족으론 아내에 아들하나.

들리는 분들은 꼭 코멘트로 신고 (?) 하시고 자주는 못들리겠지만 아마도 시작과도 같이 약주 한잔해서 알딸딸 할때마다 들릴것 같소이다. 구겨진 하오체를 쓰는 이유는...그냥 기분나서... -.-;;

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Vox를 join해야 댓글을 쓸수있다는 것을 깜박했군요. 불편하더라도 괴물초딩 방어막이라고 생각하면 안될깜? ㅜ.ㅜ

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테스트

nobody@vox.com(Don Park) — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:40:18 -0800

This is a test to see if I can use my Vox blog as my Korean language blog.

방가 방가. 왠 꼴깝잉감?

피리가.

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Japanese Roots

nobody@vox.com(Don Park) — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:30:35 -0800

I don't know how I missed it but I came across Jared Diamond's 1998 Discover article, Japanese Roots, today. Jared's findings are pretty much in line with my understanding of the role Korea played in Japan's history which is that several mass exodus of Koreans, each wave caused by demise of a Korean kingdom (Buyeo, Gaya, Baekje, Goguryeo, Balhae), migrated to Japan and eventually conquered it. I doubt it was much of a conquering though. Most likely it was just a long population expansion, drowning the natives (Jomons) by sheer numbers, followed by a long fight amongst themselves until everyone got tired enough to choose a king. And Japanese language is probably a cocktail of exiles' languages and dialects, not that of just one like Goguryeo as the author suggested.

This doesn't mean that I think Japanese are Koreans though. That kind of reasoning would make me an African. Their ancestors were Koreans but now they are Japanese. What puzzles me is why Japanese average height is noticeably shorter than that of Korean? Curse of the Ainu?

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John and Yoko?

nobody@vox.com(Don Park) — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:28:15 -0800

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New VOX Feature Suggestion

nobody@vox.com(Don Park) — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:19:21 -0700

I think features like QotD are too easily overlooked so I came up with Shared Post idea to encourage participation as well as enforce social connections.

A shared post is a post that is posted to one or more blogs of people belonging to a group (i.e. neighborhood, friends). Since allowing members to compose shared posts could lead to abuse as seen in Orkut, I think shared posts should only be sent out by the system (Vox). Shared posts can be seen as a shared experience, an event if you will.

Shared Posts are implemented by posting a simple envelop to each blogs which is 'filled' on-demand with latest results. Shared Posts are not 'editable' by bloggers. Instead of editing, a shared post contains a simple form at the bottom to 'contribute' to the post. Shared Posts can be used for QotD or other group activities. Since shared posts can cause feed to be constantly updated, I think shared posts should be invisible to feeds to minimize this problem.

One problem with implementing QotD with shared post is that individual QotD answers can get pretty long. This is not bad but, if spontaneous wide participation is desirable, I think Finisher-style shared posts are more appropriate. With a Finisher, users are asked to finish a sentence like "If I had a million dollar, I would..." With most answers taking up only a line or two, Finisher shared post can look like a text chat.

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Vox developers API

nobody@vox.com(Don Park) — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:48:01 -0700

Looking at this blog's RSD file, I see an API named "Vox developers API". Are there any documentations for this?

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Pat Buchanan's White Country

nobody@vox.com(Don Park) — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:11:30 -0700

What I would like is — I’d like the country I grew up in. It was a good country. I lived in Washington, D.C., 400,000 black folks, 400,000 white folks, in a country 89 or 90 percent white. I like that country. - Pat Buchanan

What's he going to do when birthrate of non-white Americans threatens his precious idea of America? Demand a national vote to decide birthrate quotas based on race? What the hell is he smoking?

Well, I kinda like the idea of Asshole-Free America. I like that country.

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Forecast: Phishing for Ransom

nobody@vox.com(Don Park) — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:14:42 -0700

I am expecting early adopter segment of phishers to soon seek easier angle of attack because a) increasing use and rapid advancement of anti-phishing technologies makes phishing harder, and b) each wave of phishing attacks educates their preys.

I think Ransom Phishing is one such angle. Instead of phishing for authentication devices (username/password), ransom phishing's goal is to rapidly increase customer support cost, using existing phishing tools to alarm customers and directing them like one would drive a massive herd of bulls, to a point where it makes more economic sense to pay off the phishers.

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Hachiko the Faithful

nobody@vox.com(Don Park) — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:14:09 -0700

Hachiko

It's amazing how little stories like that of Hachiko moves you(found via Dave, Bernardo, then google). All it took was the first four paragraphs to bring tears to my eyes. When my wife returned from her workout, we talked about Hachiko and Kamji, my old dog. We both agreed that Kamji would have just stayed home and pooped all over the house to punish me if I didn't return. LOL.

Wikipedia has more details on Hachiko but was not moving at all, probably because the focus on presenting facts. I wonder if there is a wiki for stories, to archive them as well as share them, across cultures and languages.

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Abe Shinzo Forebodings

nobody@vox.com(Don Park) — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 22:30:34 -0700

I have dark forebodings about Abe Shinzo who will very likely be the next PM of Japan on Sept. 20, thanks to Koizumi's support. Shinzo is a neo-nationalist who seek to rewrite history as well as the Constitution of Japan, erasing shameful past and removing barriers to imperial ambitions.

What will the man behind most of the recent conflicts between Japan and its neighbors do when he becomes shogun? I am expecting conflicts of ambitions and emotions, peace and violence, capitalism and nationalism.

In short, expect far east to compete with middle east for frontpage news while Shinzo is in power.

Some background on Shinzo:

Meiji Restoration was lead by samurais from Choshu (Yamaguchi prefacture) and Satsuma. After they wrestled power from shogun, they put their expansionist ideals into full throttle. The emperor was just a figurehead used to ruled the country. Events unfolded from there that lead to the Second World War.

Shinzo and his father shares the word 'shin' in their names, apparently to pay respect to Takasugi Shinsaku, a hero of the Meiji Restoration. Takasugi Shinsaku's teacher is Yoshida Shoin whom Shinzo admires enough to quote often. Yoshida Shoin was a key expansionist whose ideals such as 'management' of Korea and Manchu and 'control' of China gave birth to expansion efforts spanning Meiji period and beyond.

Choshu contains Shinzo's political district 'given' to him by his father. Nobusuke Kishi, his grandfather from the mother-side, is also from Choshu. Kishi was PM from 1958-60 despite having been imprisoned as a Class A war criminal.

Is Shinzo a free spirit moderate or a closet expansionist? Whether your answer differs from mine or not, I think I have some justifications for having bad forebodings. If he is independent of his background, he shouldn't have built his house on it. He should have refused his father's district but he did and, IMHO, you can't just reap benefits from political background without being influenced.

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