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This is a link post Fujitsu care deeply about the layout of their code.
I notice that the source code from the fujitsu binoculars site made it into the newsletter, but it is no accident that the code looks that way, in fact, this is the Japanese principle of form over function. Flip that source code on its side and you get this:



Reminiscent of anything?

If we travel, via Google Earth, to the top of Fujinon’s corporate headquarters in Saitama, and then look towards Mount Fuji, we get this view:



It seems that the view is right there in the code:



Thanks to Lorenzo for pointing this out to My Lordship
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Frikken awesome spot
 (I helped save b3ta! spagaroony, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post I need to mention strongly that it was not I, but Lorenzo who spotted this,
but after it was mentioned in the newsletter, I felt it was worthy of mention.
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post Totally amazing
thanks for that! Clickers!
 (1obster twunter.com/I'm bored of it too now, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post Genius.

(I helped save b3ta! Digeridude Lord Wellington's Beef Trapeze, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post I don't get it
But I like it. *clicks*
 (I helped save b3ta! redazril I LIKE DRUGS!, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post Can someone explain that Fujitsu thing to me please?
I didn't get that
 (I helped save b3ta! Major Turd for tonight only, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post If you go to the Fujitsu website (the actual link),
right-click the page and choose "view page source" (or similar),
scroll down and you will see the code that makes the page.

zoom way out and turn it sideways and you get the first image from the post above, whereas the code for any other site (b3ta included) is just straight lines.
 (I helped save b3ta! Lord Keeps meaning to procrastinate., Thu 20 Aug 2009, 18:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post *nerdgasms*

(mrzap, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post *spurts*

(I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 13:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post *squirts*

(I helped save b3ta! HairyTwatter certified eel and sodium salesman, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 17:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post haha bloody hell

(I helped save b3ta! executiverocker only wears C&A, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 17:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post I've recently got back into HTML after seven or eight years out of the game
and this gives me massive, massive glee.
 (I helped save b3ta! Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 18:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post I am glad, Noel.
I am glad.
 (I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 19:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post .
Bastard - I just lost the game.

Last time I read the ruddy newsletter.
 (Rogerthepussy, Tue 1 Sep 2009, 13:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post Mt Fuji
looks nowhere near that big from Saitama.
 (I helped save b3ta! Terry Oblong There's nobody here but us chickens on, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 20:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post Fuck Gandalf.

(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 9:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post Impressive stuff
How do you get that Google Earth image of the Horizon from the buildings?
 (philip normal, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 19:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post For the sake of propriety
It should of course be noted that the original image should be credited to MiffTheFox over at thedailywtf.com:

forums.thedailywtf.com/forums/t/12892.aspx
 (Sir Cosmo Bonsor, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 20:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post Brilliantly spotted.

(I helped save b3ta! benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Fri 21 Aug 2009, 20:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post There are other examples with Fuji.
Fuji also has a financial interest in Subaru automobiles. Their logo is a cluster of stars We have thought they were pointing to the North Star, but I have never verified that. Anyone know what stars the Subaru logo matches?? Another Fuji Logo with hidden meaning.
 (NocturnalJohn, Sat 22 Aug 2009, 0:34, , Reply)
This is a normal post Let google be your friend
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru
"The company is named after the star cluster Pleiades, which in Greek mythology is known as the Seven Sisters, and in Japanese mythology the name is "Subaru", which roughly translated into English means, "to govern", "unite," or "gather together". The company logo is influenced by the star cluster. The large star in the logo represents Fuji Heavy Industries, and the five smaller stars represent the current five companies that are united under the FHI group."
 (I helped save b3ta! DavyBoyInGravyJoy Grey Goose Vodka on Ice, nothing finer, Sat 22 Aug 2009, 1:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post Fucking hell
this ticks a whole bunch of nerdy little boxes.
 (I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sat 22 Aug 2009, 0:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post OHMYGOD
Also, ley lines.
 (confuzatron, Sat 22 Aug 2009, 15:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post unholy
awesome
 (afkun, Sat 22 Aug 2009, 19:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post META NAME="generator" CONTENT="Web Studio, Version 4.0 for Windows"
I think this may have more to do with it:


If they cared about code they would have used something semantically meaningless like span elements, not set their font sizes in absolute units, and not used so much absolute positioning.
 (KittensAreLovelyButICouldn'tEatAWholeOne unless it's done in real stock, Wed 26 Aug 2009, 23:13, , Reply)