Hotlinking the Vegetable

UPDATE 4: The trusted authority has begun to say "odd, a Chinese site with Japanese titles" and "the links [at the top] are Chinese usage." So... hmmm.

UPDATE 3: A trusted authority tells me this is Japanese text, and that many of the pictures are scenes of Japan. I added the Japanese to English, and have left the Chinese to English.


This hotlink is a bit intimidating. It's on a Chinese language forum, it's a long ways away, and it's on a page just jammed full of images.

UPDATE: This could be Japanese, I don't know. I thought the lack of kana indicated that it is Chinese, and below list some translations. I just ran the text through Babelfish Japanese to English, and the result makes about as much sense as that given below.

UPDATE 2: I've gotten one lukewarm assurance that this is Chinese. And, also, the domain name 'hklion.com' looks like Hong Kong, and sure enough, a whois search reveals it is registered in Hong Kong. That is hardly definitive, but it seems like a good clue.

Here's the URL I see:

http://www.hklion.com/viewthread.php?tid=24783&fpage=1

This is the page. Careful with that link, my machine is stunned by my audacity at downloading the page, and everything else on the box stops in wonder.

I have been using AltaVista's Babelfish frequently in the last few weeks. This page is in written in "Chinese-simp," which, as I understand it, is the result of a simplification of the traditional character set. Here are some parts of the page translated:

At the top, in what appears to be a thread title:

標題: [風景] 十国度の旋律+番外篇[完全版 504p]

Japanese: Title: [ Scenery ] melody + extra volume of ten degrees of countries [ complete edition 504p

Chinese: □□: [ □scenery ] ten states の melodies + outside [ complete version 504p ]

At the top of the first post:

﹝發短消息﹞﹝編輯文章﹞

Japanese: U 發 it is short news &U compilation 輯 composition &

Chinese: □□short news □□□□article □


Then, this list:

目录： 1楼 花の国度
2楼 树の国度
3楼 天空の国度
4楼 春の国度
5楼 夏の国度
6楼 秋の国度
7楼 冬の国度
8楼 瀑布の国度
9楼 海の国度
10楼 城市与家の国度
11楼 番外篇--小鱼居住の国度--加拿大西部美景

Japanese: Eye? : Degree of national 2 towers of 1 tower flower? Degree of national 11 tower extra volumes of degree of national 10 tower Ziyouiti giving houses of degree of national 9 tower seas of degree of national 8 tower cataracts of degree of national 7 tower winter of degree of national 6 tower fall of degree of national 5 tower summer of degree of national 4 tower spring of degree of national 3 tower skies -- small? Degree of country of residence -- adding 拿large western beauty scene

Chinese: Table of contents: 1 Lou Hua? state 2 Lou Shu? state 3 buildings sky の state 4 Lou Chun? state 5 Lou Xia? state 6 Lou Qiu? state 7 Lou Dong? state 8 buildings waterfalls の state 9 Lou Hai? state 10 buildings cities and family の state 11 Lou Fanwai west -- small fish housing の state -- Canada beautiful scene


The post is fill of flowers, perhaps 20 or 30 some. I think the list above is a table of contenst for just the first post, but I'm not sure. The next post starts:

[实拍照片精品自然写真系列之二] 树の国度

Japanese: [? Beat illuminating one spirit item natural photograph series 之 two ]? Degree of country

Chinese: [ Solid racket picture high-quality goods naturally draw a portrait second series ] the tree の state


There follow many tree pictures. In the next entry there are pictures of clouds on sunny days, then a post with a random selection of trees, flowers, water and clouds.

The fifth post starts out with my picture. The post is entitled:

[实拍照片精品自然写真系列之五]夏の国度

Japanese: [? Beat illuminating one spirit item natural photograph series 之 five ] degree of country of summer

Chinese: [ Solid racket picture high-quality goods naturally draw a portrait fifth series ] the summer の state


Doesn't look like summer to me, at least mine, and a few others. The rest could be summer pictures.

This is the poster identification associated with this entry:


訪客
LV:020-新　手

沒有頭像

積分：22
發表：73
狀態：Offline
注冊：2005-09-17

Japanese: The visiting customer LV:020- new hand 沒 possession head image Integral calculus: 22 發 charts: 73? Condition: Offline note volume: 2005-09-17

Chinese: □guest LV:020- novice □has □the picture □minute: 22 □tables: 73 □□: Offline note □: 2005-09-17


I should find someone who can read this site, and get help registering.

This picture is one of my oldest hotlinks. It is hotlinked from a few other spots as well.


Here is the original Middle-Fork post.
Here is the Middle-Fork Our Maple Tree archive.