> Hi, dear Sawfish users. > > I step down from "an active developer." I still subscribe this mailing > list, but I don't read all. If you want an attention, please cc: to me. > (My git remote still points to gnome.) I can kill wiki spams. > > I can't tell the future, but I don't think I'll be as active again as > I used to. Maybe I'll pick up some of interesting features by mmc. > Firefox 4 seems to flicker more than 3.x, and I'd like a fix, but > that doesn't necessarily mean I'll do it.
Thanks for all the work you've put into sawfish! And I wish you all the best in your future endeavours! Cheers, Daniel > As a Japanese, let me here express my greatest gratitude for all help > to the tsunami and earthquake sufferes[1] from all over the world. > > I haven't done anything for earthquakes and tsunamis in Taiwan, > Turkey, Indic Ocean, Indonesia, Iran, Chile, China, Haiti, etc[2]. But > many in these region, too, not to mention others, have acted for > them. I'm sorry I can't correctly thank you and all. > > And our nuclear power plant. I'm sorry. > > I guess you've heard what failed, but it's important, so let me > repeat: Public agencies like ministries are corrupt, together with > elected politicians and power supplier companies. > > In Japan, this triangle is everywhere. For example, transition of > traffic lights to LEDs from bulbs were delayed much. Why? Because only > companies which maintain signal lights are those which "hire" retired > policemen. Huh? But it's true. Once it's LED, these companies lose > contracts. So the police didn't allow this new movement. We now see > LEDs, so they must have "solved" the issue, but I don't know how. (To > be fair: Japanese policemen rarely, if not never, strike citizens.) > > A higher official retired from the Economy & Industry Ministry months > ago, and was hired as an "advisor" by TEPCO, the electrity supplier > which owns Fukushima. If there hadn't been the accident, he would have > been "promoted" to the vice president in a year or so. Splendid. > > Ah - Fukushima is a really attractive region. That the name is poluted > is also a big shame. > > The Ministry is supposed to supervise the electricity companies, but they > don't put strict, but rational regulations because it'll be expensive > -> their salaries there might be less -> no reason. "Ok, if it doesn't > happen while I'm there, I won't be blamed. The earthquake once per > 1000 years? I can safely ignore it." > > Your countries may be similar, but remember, eventually you have to > pay for it. It WILL happen. "Ok, you're right, I really agree, but I > can be kind of exempted, no? It's really tiny, and..." No. > > The nuke power plant corruption story still continues much more, but > let me stop here. After all, you have to solve your local problems to > improve your life, not Japan's. > > I'm not clearly pro nor con to nuke-power generation, but I can affirm > that in Japan the power is in the hand of those who can't handle > it. They haven't trained themselves for emergencies, because "it is > safe." - "Why can you say it's safe?" - "Because it's safe." In Japan, > safety is a religion (or a sect), not accumulation of facts. > > Sigh. Anyway I thank you again for your heartfelt sympathy. The entire > issue is so big and I can't express well. > > Teika (Teika kazura) > > [1] They don't shiver awfully any more, but it still sometimes get > cold. Their days and nights are still difficult. Carbohydrate is not > short, (I understand many on the earth don't have enough) but > vitamins and iron is. Ports are terrible. Ships are gone. Vast > farming fields are under sea. Families. Houses. Often survivors regret > "Why was it I who survived?" Life in refuge shelters is tough. > > [2] The world has deserted Iraq, (not only US and its dogs including > Japan, but France, Germany and Russia have done anything? NEVER.) > Sudan, Afghan, Pakistan. Many dictators are still there. Greedy Wall > Street hasn't received what it deserves. Lybia. > > -- Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown
