Agreed. i love my expert mouse too. After developing tenosynovitis(SP?) in my right hand, I haven't been able to find any mice (besides the crappy generic mice) that worked for my left hand.
I'm completely happy with my track ball and love the feeling like I'm playing the old arcade "centipede" game when i want to move the ball around. I can't stand the smaller trackballs.
Um, yeah. You haven't lived here in Japan have you? People don't push back.(snip)
Agreed - most people here are incredibly big pushovers when it comes to companies making laws. There are laws here where your car tends to "become" prohibitively expensive to own after a few years/thousands of kilometers, just so you buy a new one. This from the country with the largest car companies in the world with their hands in politician's pockets.
People really just don't push back.
It has nothing to do with the speed, because, honestly, most Japanese people can barely even type.
When I first saw this with my own eyes, I was amazed. I thought that even the teenagers would be crazy about computers and such. Nope. They just are content with Wii, PS2, and their cell phones and most don't even have a computer (most that I know, I'm an English teacher). I guess when you're limited by the language barrier, you tend to isolate yourself on a small island (figuratively and literally speaking) on the Internet and world. They really don't extend past their borders/language.
Imagine a world where Yahoo is king, Google is unheard of; English is worshipped as a golden goose that people strive for so that they can be even looked at for promotion to a managerial position; and where people would rather grumble quietly than make any attempt to alter their situations. This is Japan.
Without the trade education, you'll never get that first job.
I don't know about that. I'm a mech eng. One thing that bothered me about my university is that it pumped out tons of engineers who'd never picked up a screw driver and had no idea about things like torque patterns, wrench usage, or even which size of screwdriver to fit into various phillips (+) screw heads. Anyd my company hired them!
Those are things that they should have learned in school, esp since we have to design things for lots of people to build. If we can't build a functional/reliable prototype ourselves, then who is?
The problem is you CAN get that job with no experience. When working on space/aero applications you NEED this.
Many universities aren't giving this. Mine didn't, it was only through my own motivation that I took classes that allowed me to work with the 2 profs who believed that this kind of training was necessary. Others thought multivariable differential equations were more important.
I don't see how this would ever work. Hardly anyone would be willing to pay for the ability to carry around a little 3 1/2" shopping buddy,
They'll pay, oh yes, they'll pay. One thing the Japanese love to do is pay extra for something they feel is a great gadget and will separate them from the rest of the lower-class people. I don't get it myself, as a Japanese person. Also, being a Japanese-looking person who doesn't speak much Japanese, sales people can sometimes be rude since they think that I'm somewhat low on the IQ scale for not speaking totally politely with the correct mannerisms. After realizing I'm foreign, they're too embarrassed about their English skills to speak English to me, so then all communication breaks down.
In addition, this would be a great gadget to increase sales for foreigners who are overwhelmed by the 1,945+ characters that you need to learn in order to be able to independently negotiate the amazing technology in the wonderland known as the Ginza. Also, it would put less pressure on the already over-worked staff.
I thought the same thing - just watch a few more videos. There's one more where he's flying near the jump plane (or a chase plane) and he climbs from a lower altitude to over the camera plane's head. Pretty impressive stuff.
I'll report my situation just 2 weeks ago - I live in Japan.
I attempted to wire some money home (about US$3K) to my home bank account via the post office bank. I got a call 3 days later telling me that they didn't like my "reason for transfer" that I'd entered on the form. I put: "to wire myself money to my home account" both in Japanese and in English. Which is the truth.
After bringing in my boss to make sure i"m getting the information correctly, she tells me that they are now stopping all wire transfers in Japan and questioning people why they're sending money. They're trying to be "watchful" for North Korean terrorists. Apparently, when I'd told the guy that I was sending money home to pay for a plane ticket I'd purchased, they felt that 3000 dollars was too much for a plane ticket. I told the guy at the post office that I was sending it home in larger quantities because it costs money to wire money into my bank account.
He then apologized and they transferred my money. Stupid thing is that my the transfer came in too late and I ended up stuck with a 35 dollar service charge for overdrawing my bank account when my credit card company took their payment.
3 stupid things I've learned from this: 1. Japan thinks I"m a North Korean Terrorist. 2. Japan is incredibly trusting - they asked for no documentation to back any of my claims. 3. This process, like a lot of processes in Japan, is completely unfounded, inefficient, and incompetent.
Well, on the slightly more optimistic side, people might decide that if they HAVE TO do something, they'll put some effort into making sure they choose someone they want. On the other side, they could submit a blank vote - they're still voicing their opinion of not wanting to vote.
It wouldn't hurt to fine people who don't vote (submit a ballot).. something small like $100 would still get people to start thinking about voting.
One reason I never really wanted to start my own business on eBay is some of the things you stated.
It seems like you need to really work hard in order to make any real money off the profits.
The biggest kicker is that after all is said and done and you want out, you work so hard to build up a company that you can't sell. I know some people who's whole business model revolves around their future sale of their business that they worked so hard to build.
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Wow, that was hot.. those college girls have a dorm room like my daughter's....
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Agreed. i love my expert mouse too. After developing tenosynovitis(SP?) in my right hand, I haven't been able to find any mice (besides the crappy generic mice) that worked for my left hand.
I'm completely happy with my track ball and love the feeling like I'm playing the old arcade "centipede" game when i want to move the ball around. I can't stand the smaller trackballs.
Agreed - most people here are incredibly big pushovers when it comes to companies making laws. There are laws here where your car tends to "become" prohibitively expensive to own after a few years/thousands of kilometers, just so you buy a new one. This from the country with the largest car companies in the world with their hands in politician's pockets.
People really just don't push back.
When I first saw this with my own eyes, I was amazed. I thought that even the teenagers would be crazy about computers and such. Nope. They just are content with Wii, PS2, and their cell phones and most don't even have a computer (most that I know, I'm an English teacher). I guess when you're limited by the language barrier, you tend to isolate yourself on a small island (figuratively and literally speaking) on the Internet and world. They really don't extend past their borders/language.
Imagine a world where Yahoo is king, Google is unheard of; English is worshipped as a golden goose that people strive for so that they can be even looked at for promotion to a managerial position; and where people would rather grumble quietly than make any attempt to alter their situations. This is Japan.
heh, I am.
And how do you pronounce that?
Ven-u-shun?
Ven-u-zian?
Ven-u-sian?
I don't know about that. I'm a mech eng. One thing that bothered me about my university is that it pumped out tons of engineers who'd never picked up a screw driver and had no idea about things like torque patterns, wrench usage, or even which size of screwdriver to fit into various phillips (+) screw heads. Anyd my company hired them!
Those are things that they should have learned in school, esp since we have to design things for lots of people to build. If we can't build a functional/reliable prototype ourselves, then who is?
The problem is you CAN get that job with no experience. When working on space/aero applications you NEED this.
Many universities aren't giving this. Mine didn't, it was only through my own motivation that I took classes that allowed me to work with the 2 profs who believed that this kind of training was necessary. Others thought multivariable differential equations were more important.
They'll pay, oh yes, they'll pay. One thing the Japanese love to do is pay extra for something they feel is a great gadget and will separate them from the rest of the lower-class people. I don't get it myself, as a Japanese person. Also, being a Japanese-looking person who doesn't speak much Japanese, sales people can sometimes be rude since they think that I'm somewhat low on the IQ scale for not speaking totally politely with the correct mannerisms. After realizing I'm foreign, they're too embarrassed about their English skills to speak English to me, so then all communication breaks down.
In addition, this would be a great gadget to increase sales for foreigners who are overwhelmed by the 1,945+ characters that you need to learn in order to be able to independently negotiate the amazing technology in the wonderland known as the Ginza. Also, it would put less pressure on the already over-worked staff.
I thought the same thing - just watch a few more videos. There's one more where he's flying near the jump plane (or a chase plane) and he climbs from a lower altitude to over the camera plane's head. Pretty impressive stuff.
I'll report my situation just 2 weeks ago - I live in Japan.
I attempted to wire some money home (about US$3K) to my home bank account via the post office bank. I got a call 3 days later telling me that they didn't like my "reason for transfer" that I'd entered on the form. I put: "to wire myself money to my home account" both in Japanese and in English. Which is the truth.
After bringing in my boss to make sure i"m getting the information correctly, she tells me that they are now stopping all wire transfers in Japan and questioning people why they're sending money. They're trying to be "watchful" for North Korean terrorists. Apparently, when I'd told the guy that I was sending money home to pay for a plane ticket I'd purchased, they felt that 3000 dollars was too much for a plane ticket. I told the guy at the post office that I was sending it home in larger quantities because it costs money to wire money into my bank account.
He then apologized and they transferred my money. Stupid thing is that my the transfer came in too late and I ended up stuck with a 35 dollar service charge for overdrawing my bank account when my credit card company took their payment.
3 stupid things I've learned from this:
1. Japan thinks I"m a North Korean Terrorist.
2. Japan is incredibly trusting - they asked for no documentation to back any of my claims.
3. This process, like a lot of processes in Japan, is completely unfounded, inefficient, and incompetent.
BTW - I am a Japanese citizen.
Well, on the slightly more optimistic side, people might decide that if they HAVE TO do something, they'll put some effort into making sure they choose someone they want. On the other side, they could submit a blank vote - they're still voicing their opinion of not wanting to vote.
It wouldn't hurt to fine people who don't vote (submit a ballot).. something small like $100 would still get people to start thinking about voting.
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the thing that brought her back to life was TRUE LOVE...
One reason I never really wanted to start my own business on eBay is some of the things you stated.
It seems like you need to really work hard in order to make any real money off the profits.
The biggest kicker is that after all is said and done and you want out, you work so hard to build up a company that you can't sell. I know some people who's whole business model revolves around their future sale of their business that they worked so hard to build.
There never really seemed to have an end in eBay.
Maybe i'm just short sighted.