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Why Japan Gets the Cool Stuff

Posted by michael on from the scrutinizing-the-inscrutable dept.

haahr writes "Good article about why the coolest electronics products are available first in Japan and may never make it to the U.S., in Slate."

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  1. eraserhead mouse by swankypimp · · Score: 5, Funny
    if you hate the "eraserhead" mouse-substitute then you'll hate this one too.

    Since when did David Lynch start making mice for laptops? I know I would pay extra for a dark and disturbing, surreal input device. I guess Japan really does get all the cool new stuff...

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  2. Oh please... by Squeeze+Truck · · Score: 5, Funny

    The only stuff that comes first to Japan is the stuff that is made in Japan. Everything else gets here way late, or never gets here at all.

    I'm still waiting for the concept of office LAN's, firewalls, and relational databases to really catch on here.

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  3. Re:Racist and demeaning by Cryptnotic · · Score: 5, Funny

    I agree that those statements are offensive. It is a good thing that they were not included in the article referenced, or I really would have been angry.

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  4. The real answer by Torgo's+Pizza · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would think that the obvious answer to why Japan gets things first is that they are closest to the International Date Line. It always gives Japan a huge jump on the rest of the world. ;-)

  5. Re:Military spending by JimPooley · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hah! You wait until Sony and Honda's giant robot armies come sweeping in from the sea, bristling with missiles and flashing laser beams from their eyes...

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