Comments on: FRAUD!!! http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/ Japan... A whole lot more than raw fish Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:48:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: CS http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-2/#comment-255848 CS Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:13:39 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-255848 I just can't believe that no one had files (jpgs) from her old website stored in their temporary internet account. I just can’t believe that no one had files (jpgs) from her old website stored in their temporary internet account.

]]> By: Marie Mockett http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-2/#comment-251027 Marie Mockett Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:16:08 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-251027 Suppsedly, this is Ramune's brother, and he lives in Pasadena. http://kyosuke-wind.deviantart.com/ Suppsedly, this is Ramune’s brother, and he lives in Pasadena. http://kyosuke-wind.deviantart.com/

]]> By: Marie http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-2/#comment-249616 Marie Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:31:06 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-249616 How incredibly bizarre . . . and fascinating. This is like some watered down William Gibson story where an "idol" exists only in electronic form. For all we know, the art is created by some 52 year old man on Shikoku. How incredibly bizarre . . . and fascinating. This is like some watered down William Gibson story where an “idol” exists only in electronic form. For all we know, the art is created by some 52 year old man on Shikoku.

]]> By: ☆MY BLOG☆僕のブログ☆MON BLOG☆ » Blog Archive » Hitomi Kurusugawa Vinarao http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-2/#comment-249369 ☆MY BLOG☆僕のブログ☆MON BLOG☆ » Blog Archive » Hitomi Kurusugawa Vinarao Mon, 13 Mar 2006 05:40:57 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-249369 [...] iately contacted JP, the Japundit owner, to inform him of the theft. He reacted by writing an article on Japundit , urging readers to comment on her Xanga Blog (which “s [...] [...] iately contacted JP, the Japundit owner, to inform him of the theft. He reacted by writing an article on Japundit , urging readers to comment on her Xanga Blog (which “s [...]

]]> By: Jeff Laitila http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-1/#comment-249197 Jeff Laitila Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:13:53 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-249197 It is a sad fact that once a site gets popular it attracts thieves. It has happened to me in the past, and I am sure it will continue to happen in the future. All we can do it slam those that break the rules and shame them into maybe not doing it again. I'm past the point of giving someone a chance to do the right thing. They had that chance when they first decided to steal someone elses material. One more thing, you also stand a lot better chance of getting hacked once your site becomes popular. (especially a msaage board being hacked) This has also happened to my site, so try to close up as many of your security loopholes as possible. It is a sad fact that once a site gets popular it attracts thieves. It has happened to me in the past, and I am sure it will continue to happen in the future. All we can do it slam those that break the rules and shame them into maybe not doing it again. I’m past the point of giving someone a chance to do the right thing. They had that chance when they first decided to steal someone elses material.

One more thing, you also stand a lot better chance of getting hacked once your site becomes popular. (especially a msaage board being hacked) This has also happened to my site, so try to close up as many of your security loopholes as possible.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-1/#comment-249176 Anonymous Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:25:24 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-249176 It's pretty naive for us to think that the profile just so happens to be precisely accurate while everything else is nothing but bogus. Come on, guys. It's most likely some lonely 40 yr old man in Wisconsin. Leave him alone already and move on. It’s pretty naive for us to think that the profile just so happens to be precisely accurate while everything else is nothing but bogus. Come on, guys. It’s most likely some lonely 40 yr old man in Wisconsin. Leave him alone already and move on.

]]> By: GeneralTso http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-1/#comment-249171 GeneralTso Sun, 12 Mar 2006 20:39:27 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-249171 Yummy Ramune is a thief and plagarist. Pure and simple. Should she be dealt with more leniently because she may be physically attractive..? I think not. No writer online or off would ever be anything other than outraged to see his/her work which he sweated over stolen without proper acredation. Frankly, its totally irrelevant whether Yummy Ramune is lonely, or sexy for that matter. She/he is certainly intelligent enough to know that plagarism is unethical and often outright illegal. The person in question should be given a chance to apologize; but under no circumstances should the essential dishonesty and wrongness of such behavior ever be in doubt. Yummy Ramune is a thief and plagarist. Pure and simple. Should she be dealt with more leniently because she may be physically attractive..? I think not. No writer online or off would ever be anything other than outraged to see his/her work which he sweated over stolen without proper acredation. Frankly, its totally irrelevant whether Yummy Ramune is lonely, or sexy for that matter. She/he is certainly intelligent enough to know that plagarism is unethical and often outright illegal. The person in question should be given a chance to apologize; but under no circumstances should the essential dishonesty and wrongness of such behavior ever be in doubt.

]]> By: Yago http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-1/#comment-249016 Yago Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:09:39 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-249016 yes, everyone got upset at the stealing, but 80% of the messages here are speculating about his/her/its looks. Had it put a godzilla pic and we would have quickly dismissed it as a lonely geek. yes, everyone got upset at the stealing, but 80% of the messages here are speculating about his/her/its looks. Had it put a godzilla pic and we would have quickly dismissed it as a lonely geek.

]]> By: d.weber http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-1/#comment-248980 d.weber Sun, 12 Mar 2006 11:44:46 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-248980 just keeps getting weirder. Who is this person really? just keeps getting weirder. Who is this person really?

]]> By: Sylvain Bouchard http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-1/#comment-248965 Sylvain Bouchard Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:52:26 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-248965 I bet she has other fake blogs, too. This last one is even worse than the other. Out of the three articles she posted, two are stolen. The one that's not mine is that translation taken from a Japanese woman's blog. Unbelievable! >Ampontan You're right about that. Who cares about the picture! It's the act that drew our attention. BTW, I wanted to post a comment on "my" article, but now it says "deviantART is currently in read-only mode for system maintenance"... I bet she has other fake blogs, too. This last one is even worse than the other. Out of the three articles she posted, two are stolen. The one that’s not mine is that translation taken from a Japanese woman’s blog. Unbelievable!

>Ampontan

You’re right about that. Who cares about the picture! It’s the act that drew our attention.

BTW, I wanted to post a comment on “my” article, but now it says “deviantART is currently in read-only mode for system maintenance”…

]]> By: JP http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-1/#comment-248939 JP Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:48:25 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-248939 The way things look, we might have to make the Yummy Ramune Update a regular part of the Japundit Podcast. The way things look, we might have to make the Yummy Ramune Update a regular part of the Japundit Podcast.

]]> By: Ampontan http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-1/#comment-248915 Ampontan Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:26:33 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-248915 "if he/she/it hadn’t put that picture of a pretty girl there, nobody would care anymore about the whole incident. kinda… sad." Yago: I can assure that JP and the rest of us would have gotten upset even if she had chosen to put a picture of Godzilla up there. “if he/she/it hadn’t put that picture of a pretty girl there, nobody would care anymore about the whole incident.
kinda… sad.”

Yago: I can assure that JP and the rest of us would have gotten upset even if she had chosen to put a picture of Godzilla up there.

]]> By: JP http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-1/#comment-248830 JP Sun, 12 Mar 2006 06:34:39 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-248830 Check out her page <a href="http://himeyuri.deviantart.com/" rel="nofollow">by clicking here</a>. Scroll down and read the new comment that has been added. Check out her page by clicking here.

Scroll down and read the new comment that has been added.

]]> By: She's At It Again http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-1/#comment-248794 She's At It Again Sun, 12 Mar 2006 05:17:23 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-248794 Note that her comment on her Deviant site "ipod heaven! Journal Entry: Tue Jan 24, 2006, 10:26 PM I finally decided to get myself an iPod nano yesterday, and I can’t believe how I managed to go through life until now without one! I don’t know, I guess I kept putting off buying one because I assumed I was too busy to listen to music, while not at the apartment or in the train, that is. How naive of me! While listening to music, it seems I do everything better: I work better, and shopping is so much more fun. Yesterday after I finished charging the battery for the first time, I decided to listen to music while I was cleaning up my apartment, and before I knew it, two and a half hours had past, and I had accomplished more than I had in the last 2 weeks! That little piece of heaven I’m carrying around in my pocket is worth much more than the thirty two thousand yen I paid for it! I’m in iPod heaven. . ." is identical to the Japandit comment posted by Sylvian Bouchard on the 19th Jan, only with the dollars changed to yen, and car to train. Note that her comment on her Deviant site
“ipod heaven!

Journal Entry: Tue Jan 24, 2006, 10:26 PM
I finally decided to get myself an iPod nano yesterday, and I can’t believe how I managed to go through life until now without one!

I don’t know, I guess I kept putting off buying one because I assumed I was too busy to listen to music, while not at the apartment or in the train, that is. How naive of me! While listening to music, it seems I do everything better: I work better, and shopping is so much more fun.

Yesterday after I finished charging the battery for the first time, I decided to listen to music while I was cleaning up my apartment, and before I knew it, two and a half hours had past, and I had accomplished more than I had in the last 2 weeks!

That little piece of heaven I’m carrying around in my pocket is worth much more than the thirty two thousand yen I paid for it!

I’m in iPod heaven. . .”

is identical to the Japandit comment posted by Sylvian Bouchard on the 19th Jan, only with the dollars changed to yen, and car to train.

]]> By: Yago http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-1/#comment-248672 Yago Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:24:12 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-248672 if he/she/it hadn't put that picture of a pretty girl there, nobody would care anymore about the whole incident. kinda... sad. if he/she/it hadn’t put that picture of a pretty girl there, nobody would care anymore about the whole incident.
kinda… sad.

]]> By: d.weber http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-1/#comment-248470 d.weber Sat, 11 Mar 2006 10:01:45 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-248470 but you're still going to get a spanking, yummy ...:twisted: but you’re still going to get a spanking, yummy …:twisted:

]]> By: papa http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-1/#comment-248443 papa Sat, 11 Mar 2006 07:20:01 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-248443 YummyRamune, if you're still reading, you're the only one who can answer Danny's question. I think we're all curious to hear the answer. Give us a good story and I'm sure it's not too late for all to be forgiven. YummyRamune, if you’re still reading, you’re the only one who can answer Danny’s question. I think we’re all curious to hear the answer. Give us a good story and I’m sure it’s not too late for all to be forgiven.

]]> By: Danny http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-1/#comment-248341 Danny Sat, 11 Mar 2006 04:20:31 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-248341 Yes, it does appear he/she was copying art and text on those other deviant sites, too. I still wonder if he/she did it out of naivete or malice or pathology? <strong> Will we ever know?</strong> Yes, it does appear he/she was copying art and text on those other deviant sites, too. I still wonder if he/she did it out of naivete or malice or pathology?

Will we ever know?

]]> By: JP http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-1/#comment-248339 JP Sat, 11 Mar 2006 04:07:10 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-248339 You are absolutely right, papa. You are absolutely right, papa.

]]> By: papa http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/comment-page-1/#comment-248334 papa Sat, 11 Mar 2006 03:47:51 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2006/03/10/2090/#comment-248334 What makes you think the whole account was bogus? Before Yummy started the festival of plagiarism around the end of last year, I thought the earlier posts had a voice consistent with each other and with person described in the account profile. Then there is the <a href="http://himeyuri.deviantart.com/" rel="nofollow">deviantArt account</a> that's supposed to belong to the same person where there's a self-portrait that looks to me like another photo of the same person pictured on the Xanga account. (Looks like Yummy also owns <a href="http://nekoyanagi-plus.deviantart.com/" rel="nofollow">another deviantART account</a>.) Certainly it's <i>possible</i> it could all be faked, but it seems like an aweful lot of time and talent to spend to what? Attract the attention of people interested in 20-year-old Japanese premed girls? Surely there are quicker and easier ways to that end. I think Yummy's actions are easier to explain away as laziness than as malicious deception. Anyway, it's no big deal but I think it's too bad Yummy took the cowardly way out of silently closing down the whole Xanga account. I don't think that's what any of the plagiarized writers were asking for. If Yummy would have removed just the copied articles and issued something approximating a sincere apology it would have restored the e-<i>wa</i> with no hard feelings. I Yummy was really looking for companionship, she/he could probably have made some good friends here among us Japundit groupies, especially if those photos are legit. ;) What makes you think the whole account was bogus? Before Yummy started the festival of plagiarism around the end of last year, I thought the earlier posts had a voice consistent with each other and with person described in the account profile. Then there is the deviantArt account that’s supposed to belong to the same person where there’s a self-portrait that looks to me like another photo of the same person pictured on the Xanga account. (Looks like Yummy also owns another deviantART account.)

Certainly it’s possible it could all be faked, but it seems like an aweful lot of time and talent to spend to what? Attract the attention of people interested in 20-year-old Japanese premed girls? Surely there are quicker and easier ways to that end. I think Yummy’s actions are easier to explain away as laziness than as malicious deception.

Anyway, it’s no big deal but I think it’s too bad Yummy took the cowardly way out of silently closing down the whole Xanga account. I don’t think that’s what any of the plagiarized writers were asking for. If Yummy would have removed just the copied articles and issued something approximating a sincere apology it would have restored the e-wa with no hard feelings. I Yummy was really looking for companionship, she/he could probably have made some good friends here among us Japundit groupies, especially if those photos are legit. ;)

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