Put a toilet in the cockpit. Put food and a place to lie down in the cockpit. Make the cockpit slightly larger and have 100% security (or close to it).
Oh, and what percentage of flights are 23 hours? I can't think of any. Long haul flights are in the 12 hour range.
It always amazes me. "burned out on an industry that I had worked in for years" but only three months salary in the bank. Little wonder one finds Americans so stressed. Try and save some money and own your own fate instead of being a wage slave all your life.
Well VCD7s where popular here among the anime/porno crowd and the DVDs are popular among them, but they are slow to hit the main stream. Mind you a friend of mine has a shop near him that rents DVDs along site video tapes so they are gaining ground.
IF you read the press release they claim that this drive will run for a good 5 years.
How many of us remember when drives were Garanteeded for 5 years. It was not that long ago. I was shocked to see that drive garantees had droped to only 1 year. See why they are getting cheaper.... it's because they are getting cheaper.
If you really want to help, you have to fight them the same way they fight us. Each of us contribute $100 and we hire some smart ass lawyer to sue the shit out of the University. The next time something like this happens we do it again. Eventually the world will know that the geeks have finally learned the first rule of survival. Band together! If it is common knowledge that attacks on geeks get met with nasty lawyers then geeks will be left alone
I take home, cash in my pocket after tax money, 380,000 Yen ($3250 US) a month with expenses of about 110,000 Yen ($950) permonth with 10 weeks holidays per year Including medical.
How does this stack up? What about others here?
I take home, cash in my pocket after tax money, 380,000 Yen ($3250 US) a month with expenses of about 110,000 Yen ($950) permonth with 10 weeks holidays per year Including medical.
I am currently working in Japan, for a Japanese company and feel somewhat qualified to give some solid advice.
Don't.
Unless you are fluent in Japanese (a good 5 years of hard study) you will always be restricted to some low level position. Furthermore the Japanese will always prefer a Japanese person with poor english skills to a gaijin with good Japanese skills. Classic example; when you first arrive in Japan and your Japanese contacts see that you can use chopsticks, they will do back flips with joy and tell you that you are damn near a native. As you learn your first Japanese you will be constantly told how smart you must be because you can speak such a difficult language. As you improve though the situation only gets worse. The better you get the more critical they become (you will never be Japanese and will never really understand them, or so they believe).
You should know that gaijin rarely last more then a year or two here. at 3 years you are a long timer.
Just to drive the point home, I know a white girl who was born, raised and educated in Japan. On the phone she is indistinguishable from a native. Her English is also flawless. She is still treated as an outsider everywhere she goes.
The converse of this is if you work for a foreign company you might do alright. but don't bet on it.
This is perhaps the best reason not to bother with posting anything on slashdot. There is precious little intelligent debate. I am called a "rightwinged "free america" zealots" Despite the fact that I am neither an American nor do I live there. A single fact in an statement is attacked, but the basic argument does not appear to be understood.
As for the childish sexual references, they are beneath reply.
P.S. Mountains are not that much of an obstacle...well defended mountains on the other hand...
Hmmm.... I have lived in Canada, South Africa and Japan and have spent a considerable amount of time in the States. I am a proponent of Private gun ownership. Pointing to Japan as an example is very difficult as the cultural differences are massive.
It is pertinent to point out that after Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power all private ownership of weapons (both firearms and Swords) was outlawed and the penalty was death. This was followed by 2 and a half centuries of strictly stratified culture that was then only overthrown with he use of force.
In parallel it is rarely remembered that one of the steps taken by Hitler to consolidated power in Germany was to outlaw private gun owner ship.
The fabulous Greek state that democracy descends from was based on armed citizens.
The Swiss have a strong, stable system (event the Nazi's wouldn't mess with them), and guess what? Every Household contains at least one firearm.
Sorry it is a bit unfair, I thought it wasn't quite right but since I work in Japan I had my entire office trying to provide the perfect sentence as soon as I asked for some advice. They found it very interesting that some Gaijin was using Japanese.
Despite all the effort that has been expended with online chatting and this never ending hellmouth series very little has been accomplished.
We all know what the root cause of these problems are, even though some appear reluctant to admit it. We where are harassed and treated as social outcasts to one extend or another and eventually some can't take it any more.
It's hard to see the end of the road as a 14 year old. There are programs like Big Brothers to help other kids but little or nothing to help us geeks.
The only support I was offered in School was that if I would improve my marks to straight A's I could get into a bright kids class. Of course I was so bored by the crap at school I could not be bothered and it took until college and varsity, where I could be among my intellectual peers (the Profs), that I got straight A's.
Now as a 30 year old Project Manager at a IT firm I have matured enough to see the problems that I suffered from in hindsight. Why don't we offer this support to those kids that need it, when they need it.
Through ICQ I have met several obviously bright but troubled kids and through my friends we have started helping them with various aspects of there lives. Primarily we coach them with programming skills and treat them as more or less equals. It is really rewarding to see the way that these kids develop. They can now see the light at the end of the tunnel and knowing that the stupid jock who steals their lunch money will have a wonderful carrier sweeping floors at Walmart while they will go on to make something in the $100,000 range really helps them deal with life.
I feel that all the talk in the world is useless. Hot air never fixed any problems. I have been hoping that someone else would start some sort of real program to deal with these issues (I live out side of the US) but I have not found anything of the sort. So, if you are interested in helping me to build a large scale system of what I am doing now Email me and lets actually do some thing helpful.
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Put a toilet in the cockpit. Put food and a place to lie down in the cockpit. Make the cockpit slightly larger and have 100% security (or close to it).
Oh, and what percentage of flights are 23 hours? I can't think of any. Long haul flights are in the 12 hour range.
No door between cabin and cockpit!
Wow, no more problems. Hijackers can do what ever they want in the back but they can't get to the pilots.
For current planes, retrofit with impenetrable doors that can not be opened after take of. Even by the pilots.
Now with out control of the plane there is no reason to hijack and the skies are safe!
Remember KISS
Keep it simple stupid.
LearntoSpell, are you in the Nagoya area? I have seen the Boobies sign many times, but never thought to take a picture and put it online.
Cheers
Like more then three months salary saved.
It always amazes me. "burned out on an industry that I had worked in for years" but only three months salary in the bank. Little wonder one finds Americans so stressed. Try and save some money and own your own fate instead of being a wage slave all your life.
One point. Unlike in the US there is no sign up period. I have the service and can canel at any time. Much like cell phones over here.
First post?
Yes in fact (well close anyways) 8 years ago I paid $3500 for my first burner and was paying just over $25 per gold disk.
And BTW disks I made then still work flawlessly. Wish I could say the same for the crap they are selling these days.
Ontario power companies use primarily hydroelectric power generation, thus the common name.
Hmmm why can't we remember that the very Dark Ages that they saved us from where directly caused by the Information suppressing Catholic Church?
What about seat belt laws?
I would be very interested in this. COuld any one provide a working link?
Well VCD7s where popular here among the anime/porno crowd and the DVDs are popular among them, but they are slow to hit the main stream. Mind you a friend of mine has a shop near him that rents DVDs along site video tapes so they are gaining ground.
Just to knock the nay sayers, I live in Japan and was just down inthe electronics district where these things have been on sale for about a month.
IF you read the press release they claim that this drive will run for a good 5 years.
How many of us remember when drives were Garanteeded for 5 years. It was not that long ago. I was shocked to see that drive garantees had droped to only 1 year. See why they are getting cheaper.... it's because they are getting cheaper.
Well that shocked the socks off of me! A slash dot post that is concise, intelligent and to the point.
Perhaps if we could get a few more of these....
If you really want to help, you have to fight them the same way they fight us. Each of us contribute $100 and we hire some smart ass lawyer to sue the shit out of the University. The next time something like this happens we do it again. Eventually the world will know that the geeks have finally learned the first rule of survival. Band together! If it is common knowledge that attacks on geeks get met with nasty lawyers then geeks will be left alone
The predecesor of the mechanical adding machine was the automated loom. Research some history!
I take home, cash in my pocket after tax money, 380,000 Yen ($3250 US) a month with expenses of about 110,000 Yen ($950) permonth with 10 weeks holidays per year Including medical. How does this stack up? What about others here?
I take home, cash in my pocket after tax money, 380,000 Yen ($3250 US) a month with expenses of about 110,000 Yen ($950) permonth with 10 weeks holidays per year Including medical.
How does this stack up?
I am currently working in Japan, for a Japanese company and feel somewhat qualified to give some solid advice.
Don't.
Unless you are fluent in Japanese (a good 5 years of hard study) you will always be restricted to some low level position. Furthermore the Japanese will always prefer a Japanese person with poor english skills to a gaijin with good Japanese skills. Classic example; when you first arrive in Japan and your Japanese contacts see that you can use chopsticks, they will do back flips with joy and tell you that you are damn near a native. As you learn your first Japanese you will be constantly told how smart you must be because you can speak such a difficult language. As you improve though the situation only gets worse. The better you get the more critical they become (you will never be Japanese and will never really understand them, or so they believe).
You should know that gaijin rarely last more then a year or two here. at 3 years you are a long timer.
Just to drive the point home, I know a white girl who was born, raised and educated in Japan. On the phone she is indistinguishable from a native. Her English is also flawless. She is still treated as an outsider everywhere she goes.
The converse of this is if you work for a foreign company you might do alright. but don't bet on it.
This is perhaps the best reason not to bother with posting anything on slashdot. There is precious little intelligent debate. I am called a "rightwinged "free america" zealots" Despite the fact that I am neither an American nor do I live there. A single fact in an statement is attacked, but the basic argument does not appear to be understood.
As for the childish sexual references, they are beneath reply.
P.S. Mountains are not that much of an obstacle...well defended mountains on the other hand...
Hmmm.... I have lived in Canada, South Africa and Japan and have spent a considerable amount of time in the States. I am a proponent of Private gun ownership. Pointing to Japan as an example is very difficult as the cultural differences are massive.
It is pertinent to point out that after Tokugawa Ieyasu came to power all private ownership of weapons (both firearms and Swords) was outlawed and the penalty was death. This was followed by 2 and a half centuries of strictly stratified culture that was then only overthrown with he use of force.
In parallel it is rarely remembered that one of the steps taken by Hitler to consolidated power in Germany was to outlaw private gun owner ship.
The fabulous Greek state that democracy descends from was based on armed citizens.
The Swiss have a strong, stable system (event the Nazi's wouldn't mess with them), and guess what? Every Household contains at least one firearm.
Hmmmm... Any parallels? Weak citizens = Strong government. Strong citizens = weak government.
BTW ever been here? Perhaps a few shootings and the Bousozoku might not be such a problem!
Sorry it is a bit unfair, I thought it wasn't quite right but since I work in Japan I had my entire office trying to provide the perfect sentence as soon as I asked for some advice. They found it very interesting that some Gaijin was using Japanese.
"Omae wo korosu koto ni shimasu"
Despite all the effort that has been expended with online chatting and this never ending hellmouth series very little has been accomplished.
We all know what the root cause of these problems are, even though some appear reluctant to admit it. We where are harassed and treated as social outcasts to one extend or another and eventually some can't take it any more.
It's hard to see the end of the road as a 14 year old. There are programs like Big Brothers to help other kids but little or nothing to help us geeks.
The only support I was offered in School was that if I would improve my marks to straight A's I could get into a bright kids class. Of course I was so bored by the crap at school I could not be bothered and it took until college and varsity, where I could be among my intellectual peers (the Profs), that I got straight A's.
Now as a 30 year old Project Manager at a IT firm I have matured enough to see the problems that I suffered from in hindsight. Why don't we offer this support to those kids that need it, when they need it.
Through ICQ I have met several obviously bright but troubled kids and through my friends we have started helping them with various aspects of there lives. Primarily we coach them with programming skills and treat them as more or less equals. It is really rewarding to see the way that these kids develop. They can now see the light at the end of the tunnel and knowing that the stupid jock who steals their lunch money will have a wonderful carrier sweeping floors at Walmart while they will go on to make something in the $100,000 range really helps them deal with life.
I feel that all the talk in the world is useless. Hot air never fixed any problems. I have been hoping that someone else would start some sort of real program to deal with these issues (I live out side of the US) but I have not found anything of the sort. So, if you are interested in helping me to build a large scale system of what I am doing now Email me and lets actually do some thing helpful.
Kingfrick@Hotmail.com