b) No matter how advanced you think your latest toy is, there is always something more advanced in the Tokyo stores.
One of my favourite pastimes when I lived there was to go to the first floor of the Yamagiwa main store in the Akihabara electric district to oogle the new toys that wouldn't show up in the States for months if ever.
The potential for fellow staff to question your sanity as you giggle to yourself or the possible damage to company computers when projectile blast your coffee/coke is too great.
Everyone is using the term "comic" to refer to things like Cerebrus and Sandman. Wouldn't these be better referred to as graphic novels or is that term now passé?
Oh come on! Surely you didn't miss Sigourney Weaver wriggling her way into the space suit in Alien whilst clad only in micro panties and thin white tank top?
Then again, Sigourney herself is getting on a bit...
Or a small clear plastic bag broken with an umbrella point. Like the Ohm Shinri Kyo incident in Tokyo the threat is more likely to come from inside the country than out.
I was supposed to be at Tsukiji station at that time, luckily a phone call delayed my departure.
That was the problem. All the average person saw was rocks, sand dunes and pebbles. Just like somewhere on Earth that you know you saw in National Geographic sometime.
Too few could make the mental connection to realize: "HOLY SHIT! THIS IS ANOTHER PLANET!"
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You forgot the most important:
HOOONNNK!!
Ah yes, I used to love watching the Hi-Vision demos in Yamagiwa.
Of course, nobody owns a Hi-Vision TV in Japan:
1) It's analog: Doomed from day 1. NHK shoulda known better. At least now they're trying to convert Hi-Vison to digital.
2) Good for static or slow moving images only. Panning across a crowd results in the image blurring noticeably.
3) Too expensive. Could never be produced in the quantities required for critical mass.
4) The average person doesn't WANT to watch Denpa
Shonen in HDTV!
You noticed I said oogle, not buy.
...are over 10 million people.
That kind of population density allows the rollout of things like PCS, i-mode, 3G, etc.
a) Your laptop was probably made in Japan.
b) No matter how advanced you think your latest toy is, there is always something more advanced in the Tokyo stores.
One of my favourite pastimes when I lived there was to go to the first floor of the Yamagiwa main store in the Akihabara electric district to oogle the new toys that wouldn't show up in the States for months if ever.
about a noisy washing machine. Check this dBa reference.
Things like this should not be viewed at work.
The potential for fellow staff to question your sanity as you giggle to yourself or the possible damage to company computers when projectile blast your coffee/coke is too great.
Really hoopy food. But they really hate Vogons.
Hmmm. Must have been using an X10 camera to take the pic....
Had your unagi today?
Everyone is using the term "comic" to refer to things like Cerebrus and Sandman. Wouldn't these be better referred to as graphic novels or is that term now passé?
We would need hundreds. 50 wouldn't even cover the U.S. given all the jurisdictions. (Federal, State, County)
And I thought a wife was supposed to replace your palm!
You are OBVIOUSLY not married. Sex is something that wives do to have kids. Once the kids arrive forget having sex.
Sad, but true.
As in "Pass me some 'o that duct tape. The damn duct is falling apart."
If it moves and shouldn't use duct tape. If it doesn't move and should, use WD-40."
Oh come on! Surely you didn't miss Sigourney Weaver wriggling her way into the space suit in Alien whilst clad only in micro panties and thin white tank top?
Then again, Sigourney herself is getting on a bit...
Christ you don't even see Bambi's mother getting shot, it's implied.
Now if you want to see real tears at an animated movie you go see Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka) .
Bring a handkerchief. Or three.
Hmmmm. The big billboards around town (Vancouver, BC) show "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The magic begins Nov. 16"
The correct link is: here
We've watched The Matrix again haven't we?
Now we just need them to be touch panels magically without lots of greasy fingerprints and fingerless driver's gloves for no apparent reason.
"Before you can protect your people you must first realize there is a threat"
America, Home of the Threat Du Jour:
The British
The Japanese
The Chinese
The Libyans
The Iranians
The Iraqis
The Chinese (again)
Who's next?
That's "foolproof" by the way.
"Paranoia the destroyer" - The Kinks
Or a small clear plastic bag broken with an umbrella point. Like the Ohm Shinri Kyo incident in Tokyo the threat is more likely to come from inside the country than out.
I was supposed to be at Tsukiji station at that time, luckily a phone call delayed my departure.
AH YES! Transcribing 6502 assembler byte-by-byte from Byte.
Those were the days...
That was the problem. All the average person saw was rocks, sand dunes and pebbles. Just like somewhere on Earth that you know you saw in National Geographic sometime.
Too few could make the mental connection to realize: "HOLY SHIT! THIS IS ANOTHER PLANET!"
Of course: "choose" not "chose".
"I previewed! Honest!"
Question: When the first pictures from Viking 1 where released, what did Time chose to put on the front cover that week?
Granted they put a little teaser pic in the top-right corner with the caption Inside: Mars.
And you think there is less interest in space now?
This was posted on the first computer I worked with.
An IBM 1130.
With card reader.
And 8K of CORE memory.
In 1978.
And is probably WAY older than that. From the times when computers DID have lots of blinking lights.