Ok, I've never been to Japan, but seriously, how complex is it for a toilet?
You sit, you shit, you wipe, stand and flush.....?
Nope. Sit, shit, flush, wash, dry.
If you get a western room in a hotel they'll provide toilet paper but the cleaning staff will know you have an unwashed sphincter and while they will be outwardly polite to you, they will internally hate you and your dirty dirt hole.
Don't knock them till you try them, your sphincter will thank you later, especially when wiping is like trying to get peanut butter out of a shag carpet.
I'd bet that the vast majority of bathrooms in existing residences in the US don't have a suitable space for a bidet (normally put against a wall) and that most don't even have the square footage in the bathroom to accommodate one without eliminating another feature if the bathroom were completely remodeled.
And, even if there was a suitable space, putting in the plumbing (esp. waste line) could be quite expensive and disruptive. Running an additional electrical outlet is much cheaper.
We are going to have one installed when we remodel the bathroom. The useless water jet bath thing that came with the house is going away, so there will be plenty of space to have a bidet, more storage and a shower that isn't horrible.
Staying in Europe for a few weeks converted me to bidets.
Don't knock it until you've got to try washing your arse instead of wiping it.
A) Save money not buying toilet paper B) No itchy arse due to inadequate wiping C) Unnerve your guests by having them try to work out what to do when there's no paper D) ??? E) Profit!
I can think of three, maybe four, but beyond light flush, heavy flush, bidet, and drier, what are the other four functions?
After my first trip to Japan, I bought one of those superseats. Mine features a heated seat with different settings, front bidet for the ladies, back bidet for us all, settings for water temperature. And I didn't even buy the iffy-spiffy one.
Home Depot sells them. Once you've used them, you'll wonder why we use paper. Think about it: if you get poop on your hand, would you just wipe it or properly clean it with soap and water? Nevermind, I know the answer. So why do you settle for just wiping down there?
In the US there is more space. Plenty of space for a bidet. Incorporating the bidet function into the toilet seat is just a space saving method that is appropriate for the tiny bathrooms in Japan.
I don't know what the power consumption of my TV is. My bill didn't change a lot when we got it. I am concerned about the power consumption of my servers because they are on 24/7.
Lighter weight is of transitory benefit when I'm installing the TV. We paid a guy to do it last time because I was out of town on business.
PoE would be a nice feature. So one ethernet wired to a socket behind the TV could provide the data and the power and it wouldn't occupy my WiFi bandwidth.
Really, really good programming would be the game changer. I haven't noticed that happening.
Because we are thinking of ripping out the wall that the TV is hanging from. If that happens, a smaller TV will be needed for the place it would go if we don't just ditch the TV.
You're right, I'm not an attorney of any sort. However I know of specific cases where a trademark application was rejected because it's just a number. So I presume other things matter besides the number-ness of the application.
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Flush is in the usual place.
Ok, I've never been to Japan, but seriously, how complex is it for a toilet?
You sit, you shit, you wipe, stand and flush.....?
Nope. Sit, shit, flush, wash, dry.
If you get a western room in a hotel they'll provide toilet paper but the cleaning staff will know you have an unwashed sphincter and while they will be outwardly polite to you, they will internally hate you and your dirty dirt hole.
The food in Japan is awesome though.
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Don't knock them till you try them, your sphincter will thank you later, especially when wiping is like trying to get peanut butter out of a shag carpet.
To be fair, peanut butter smells worse.
>Jesus Christ, that thing's [wikimedia.org] more complicated than the Moon Lander!
Using my rather hopeless knowledge of Japanese:
The biggest two buttons on the top
oo-Large, Shou-Small.
The rightmost 3 buttons are icons, not Japanese.
The big buttons along the front...
Shi - Stop, ahshira - Buttocks, yawaraka - soft, heta - (kanji transliteration of heater), Kansou? - Dryer
Everything below the panel - To set up the temperate and water pressure.
Then as of tomorrow, those people will not be true 'muricans.
I'd bet that the vast majority of bathrooms in existing residences in the US don't have a suitable space for a bidet (normally put against a wall) and that most don't even have the square footage in the bathroom to accommodate one without eliminating another feature if the bathroom were completely remodeled.
And, even if there was a suitable space, putting in the plumbing (esp. waste line) could be quite expensive and disruptive. Running an additional electrical outlet is much cheaper.
We are going to have one installed when we remodel the bathroom. The useless water jet bath thing that came with the house is going away, so there will be plenty of space to have a bidet, more storage and a shower that isn't horrible.
Staying in Europe for a few weeks converted me to bidets.
Don't knock it until you've got to try washing your arse instead of wiping it.
A) Save money not buying toilet paper
B) No itchy arse due to inadequate wiping
C) Unnerve your guests by having them try to work out what to do when there's no paper
D) ???
E) Profit!
I can think of three, maybe four, but beyond light flush, heavy flush, bidet, and drier, what are the other four functions?
After my first trip to Japan, I bought one of those superseats. Mine features a heated seat with different settings, front bidet for the ladies, back bidet for us all, settings for water temperature. And I didn't even buy the iffy-spiffy one.
Home Depot sells them. Once you've used them, you'll wonder why we use paper. Think about it: if you get poop on your hand, would you just wipe it or properly clean it with soap and water? Nevermind, I know the answer. So why do you settle for just wiping down there?
In the US there is more space. Plenty of space for a bidet. Incorporating the bidet function into the toilet seat is just a space saving method that is appropriate for the tiny bathrooms in Japan.
> a quarter said they could not understand some of the symbols that appear on the toilet buttons.
Those are the quarter of the population that need to be sent on the B-ARK.
There are two kinds of people in this world I hate.
Those that are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch.
I met a drunk Dutch guy in Seattle last week. He was quite the bore.
You can only perjure yourself in a court of law, under oath.
You can be charged with lying to a federal officer. Not perjury, but still a problem if it happens to you.
That's why my next TV, if I ever get one, it likely to be a monitor, unless the TV makers improve their game.
Not really. No.
The picture quality has never been a concern.
I don't know what the power consumption of my TV is. My bill didn't change a lot when we got it. I am concerned about the power consumption of my servers because they are on 24/7.
Lighter weight is of transitory benefit when I'm installing the TV. We paid a guy to do it last time because I was out of town on business.
PoE would be a nice feature. So one ethernet wired to a socket behind the TV could provide the data and the power and it wouldn't occupy my WiFi bandwidth.
Really, really good programming would be the game changer. I haven't noticed that happening.
Why would you replace a TV after only five years?
Because we are thinking of ripping out the wall that the TV is hanging from. If that happens, a smaller TV will be needed for the place it would go if we don't just ditch the TV.
Laptop in my household. 4 chairs, 4 people, 4 laptops. At least we are in the same room.
I'm not going to be replacing it for a few years.
Let's hope the new features in 2020 are really enticing.
You're right, I'm not an attorney of any sort. However I know of specific cases where a trademark application was rejected because it's just a number. So I presume other things matter besides the number-ness of the application.
yeah even if you could I doubt there is a marketing exec anywhere that would think "80586" is a catchy name
That's why they came up with i7-6600K. Much more catchy.
You can't trademark a number in the US. That's why we have Pentiums rather than 80586s.
>Just because you are 55 doesn't mean you can't write a mobile app in Go.
Don't worry. I never will.
And found this.. http://www.insteon.com/support...
Oh, I get it. It does multiple different APIs. Thanks.
In my copious spare time. I've still got a bunch of switches to install.
I googled "How do I control Insteon from Alexa" and followed the instructions.