The planet sat at an entirely different angle on it's axis - placing areas we now consider 'poles' much closer to what would have been near equatorial.
'rate' implies fast, slow, stop. Discussing an increase in rate means such topics as how fast can it go?; how fast is too fast?; how slow can it go?: What happens when it stops?...have already been asked and answered, surely. If those have been asked & answered, please, please, please provide reliable links! I'm not holding my breath.
If evolution were to 'stop' it would simply be in a changed state. "What's it doing now Herb? No change...still moving." "Now? Changed! Stopped!" But if it changed it didn't stop...it just changed. If it actually did stop, by all definitions, then it would no longer be 'evolution' and the conversation about rate has no where to hang a hat.
Evolution can't stop and it can't go too fast. Claiming a rate is in effect is meaningless.
Direction becomes less of a factor as soon as an object overcomes Earth's pull. An explosion propelled it off the Earth's surface, exchanging velocity for momentum in short order. Momentum in any direction without additional propulsion falls prey easily to pull from, in this example, the Sun. Do you know why Earth orbits the Sun? Same reason Mars, Venus, Jupiter etc. do...gravity. It pulls.
Throw a spaceball off the surface of any planet in the solar system and eventually it will succumb to that same gravity. Couple this with the fact that the Sun's gravity is stronger in the vicinity of the Earth than it is in the vicinity of Mars, and again, objects ejected off the surface of Mar's can go in various directions under less influence from the Sun, but since the Sun is the main attraction, those objects are odds on more likely to move towards the Sun - its just a question of when. Moving from Mars to the Sun means moving towards the Earth. Like rolling downhill:)
Eject an object off the earth and it would have to fight against the gravity of the Sun (roll uphill?) if it were to ever impact Mars. This automatically lowers the odds that it would complete such a journey.
It really depends on the ratio of strikes big enough to propel chunks that can escape either planet's gravity. That, and the fact that loose fragments are more likely to tumble inwards towards the sun as well, put the odds in favor of our being more hit prone, IMHO.
...that someone would consider themselves knowledgeable about evolution to the point of discussing something as meaningless as 'rate'.
'rate of evolution' is redundant.
An organism either evolves or it doesn't. Fast or slow has nothing to do with it. Declaring that there is a quantifiable amount of change involved is just that...change. Changing in reaction to outside stimulation isn't automatically defined as evolving. Sorry. Try again.
Since the first group sites came into existence, part of the process has involved a 'good old boys' secret list that runs in the background.
I don't care if you want to use as examples the Apple Support Forums,/., or Better Homes & Gardens, there is A L W A Y S a group of buddies who deem themselves special and above the unwashed masses. They spend their days hanging out on their own 'invisible' list, laughing at newbies, scorning the newest know-it-alls and patting each other on the back as they surreptitiously bring in new friends and make life hard for anyone they feel should move on. They will deny it until they wear the writing off their keycaps, but that's just part of thrill. After all, they do it for your own good, and if they didn't, the sky would darken, the ground would shake and life as we know it would cease in a heartbeat.
So consider this a lesson if it comes at all as a surprise. And if it brings back memories of playground days when your biggest fear was being out with the in crowd, yep...this is a basic as human nature gets - digital or not.
Just remember - the more a group of admins insists there is no 'good old boys' background list on your favorite forum, etc., the more interesting it would be to find out just what kind of dirt they're dishing:)
The patch is DNA matched and will only dispense when coupled with the prescriptionee. In addition, the patch allows for cross-marketing opportunities where the clinic/pharmacy owners can also choose to dose the recipient with a compound triggering a Starbucks or Taco Bell purchase. "Mocha grande, please."
"The shaken inspections aren't mandated by the manufacturers, they're mandated by the government: "
'mandated' was your word. Not mine. SORRY? What did I miss?
I said "car inspections at intervals designated by the manufacturer and (ahem) backed by the govt." You simply echoed/confirmed what I said...thanks. The 'ahem' directed at the Japanese govt. can be taken as 'pushed'...similar as your 'mandated', no? This one belongs in the 'right' block, as long as you're keeping score. And again, thanks for backing me up:)
You seem to be applauding the heavy-handed maintanance schemes as being good for the consumer, environment, etc. While also applying a subtle shade of self-promotion by positioning yourself as an expert on Japan. What's that all about? Is there a/, competition going on? Oh!! Wait... I pulled down a pair of 5's with this one, didn't I. Like anyone cares. Not sure why you'd do that - all this right & wrong stuff. Ouch. Ok, except...
I'm hinting that what is really at work in this example, is typical Japanese logic. They can't resist folding it back on itself. If their cars were as good as they claim (the best!!??!!), the correct application of (Japanese) manufacturer 'pride' and emphasis on quality would be to play down the need for maintanance. "This car is so good, there is no hood to open. No service needed - ever."
But what we see in practice is just the opposite (self-effacement), with the govt. getting involved and pushing their agenda, which is "Do all this inspecting, opne-hooded, safety/green stuff because we say so and it is our job to say so!" A prime example of a Japanese Catch-22 if ever I saw one. And... If you really were the expert you hint at, you'd have noted that.
Thanks for the update(s) - I'm sure things have changed a bit since I lived there:)
"Their roads actually ARE better designed and safer."
Right - as if they were actually put to the test. With routine 40km traffic jams, they don't have much opportunity to take advantage of said improvements. But hey, with all those jumbo-trons lining the expressways, at least they have something to do while they sit and idle the commute away. The govt. makes it an expensive and difficult a process as possible in order to discourage car ownership. Motorcycle? You can't imagine the process to get a license and then purchase a new 'busa.
Buying a car is quite the experience. With no room for giant car lots and showrooms, the routine method is for a sales team to come to your home or office, where they painstakingly go over every option. Once you've made your choices, and honko'd all the e-forms, the wait begins. You wait while your car is built. And before you can have your purchase approved, you must show proof of having obtained an appropriate parking space. Many times, new car owners have to wait for a parking slot to become available long before they can even think about what color interior would go best with the wife's wardrobe.
Once you have the parking spot and car buying process behind you, a new list of routine obligations must be met. Like full car inspections at intervals designated by the manufacturer and (ahem) backed by the govt. You don't take the car in and ask for this or that to be looked at or fixed...nooo. They come and get the car, and then contact you with the list of things that must be done, along with how much it will all cost. No choice - pay up. Think of the whales. At one time, there was an anti-pollution law that said a new engine had to be installed every two years. Ever wonder why all those low mileage Toyota truck engines are for sale here in North America? Ever wonder how so many foreigners found it easy to get a car in Japan? Maintenance costs can be so high, some owners simply give the car away and go out and buy a new one.
There is/was a big black market for selling used cars from Japan into Russia. A 'used' car being one that is between two and three years old. You'll never see a beater running around the streets of Tokyo.
I recall the time the Russian circus came to Tokyo. The circus, animals and all, was hauled into Tokyo bay on a run down Russian freighter. When the show was over and it came time to load everything back onto the ship, Japanese dock workers were surprised to see the ship leaving without the animals. Dozens of used cars had been loaded onto the ship's deck during the night, some hanging 1/2 way over the side. The animals were abandoned, sitting in their cages on the dock, staring at the dock workers wondering if they tasted good or not. It took a while to straighten that one out.
There is something you need to understand about how the Japanese use statistics.
As an example, in Japan, to be tallied as a highway fatality, you must expire within 12 hours of the car accident that resulted in your death. If you die outside the 12 hour window, you fall into another category. 'heart failure - liver failure - kidney and lung failure'.
Japan is always happy to show off their annual "oh so low" highway death rates (so many per 1000 of the driving public, etc.), claiming their drivers are better trained and behaved than those from other countries. The Japanese govt. also insists that their cars/trucks and roadways are more modern, more advanced and more safe than those from other countries with higher death rates. "Look at us - WE'RE BETTER!"
I'm not at all surprised to hear that 'only' 800 died from radiation poisoning...that just means it was bad enough that it killed them before they had a chance to die from having all their skin burned off or their lungs turned to burnt toast. Or any of the other dozens of medical nightmares that are still being swept under the rug of history, even today.
Editorializing (sarcastically, to be precise), but to someone w/their pointy little head up their scab riddled ass, everything sounds like whining, I suppose.
"it might be better to use email and send it directly to the person(s) who can do something about it."
And you, my dear Pope, are 'list-momming' - acting out a police fantasy, in public no less (-10 points). Ouch. Coupled with a not-so obscure attempt to kiss up to management (+10) makes you a...(wait for it)... Z E R O!. Let me be the first to tell you that admins despise wanna-be admins more than any other bottom-feeding user types, so don't be at all surprised to see your karma drop before the weekend is over.
Ok, so C.Taco comes in as anonymous, and tips a correction, pretending to be a 'Good Samaritan', then he quickly mods it up, so everyone can see it - not sure if this was what the board had in mind when they told Taco to 'improve transparency'.
Why not just go and make the correction instead? Or is it true that the backend is so convoluted-ly broken that you can't, and we're just seeing another example of that particular Achilles heel?
It appears the author was being lazy and decided to clip content from a caption, one that perhaps read as "IIS Astronauts Barney and Fred Hook Up the XYZ Panels connecting the coke machine Via eHarmony in Lengthy Spacewalk on Tuesday"
So lazy, in fact, that all available editing energies were spent during clipping, leaving nothing to correct the bad grammar that resulted.
I was adapter hunting in a Radio Shack last week, and couldn't help but overhear the clerks talking to each other behind the counter...
Clerk 1 "I like the zune, I mean, at least it's not an iPod!"
Clerk 2 "And you can so buy one without having to go near an Apple Store!"
Clerk 3 "Hey, did the new stock come in?"
Clerk 1 "Yeah, I put them out this morning - we even have brown ones now..."
Clerk 3 "Really? What do they look like?"
Clerk 1 "Kidding, right? They're brown, man...that's it?"
Clerk 3 "Oh, riiiight - let me see...how do they look?"
The fact that a shadow was cast where there ought not to be one. However tiny or difficult to measure, we have injected ourselves into the vast mix known as infinity.
Now, there is an incomplete horizon - a break in an otherwise perfect line...a line that once broken, can never be drawn again. It is this most minor of flaws that we now now deal with. The universe is right to be concerned that we may not have the means to make things right once again, for we are no more of an influence on the grand stage than the butterfly that beats wings in Brazil, only to trigger a typhoon near Taiwan.
What a conjob "#
With the initial mapping of the human genome, scientists are moving rapidly toward the following likely breakthroughs for gene-based products and services:
*
creation of an individual's genome map for a retail price of less than $1,000
"The politicians have to pretend to be outraged every so often, but the entire economy is predicated on passing bribes. "
Bingo! Absolutely correct.
This is why the amount was so small, and why a relative functionary was the bribee. Simply a token bust to keep the press off their digital asses.
I worked for Samsung Electronics in Suwon from 1999 to 2003. There was a big bribery dust up in 2001 that led to yet another internal campaign designed to educate employees, etc. As a high-profile foreigner, working as a liaison between OEMs and R & D, I was constantly reminded to avoid taking, giving, etc.
My reply was always the same... "Are you kidding? An OEM wants to buy me off, here I am!" And not once did anyone ever offer to buy me a new car, house or gf. What's a loyal, hardworking guy supposed to do?
"Frankly this sounds like a good idea to me. I really don't have a problem with it. Someone please explain why I should. How would this negatively affect me?"
In the past, it wasn't uncommon to see 'foreign' travellers sitting on the floor in Narita, waiting to be processed into the country. They might be from Korea or Vietnam or even China - but the look on their faces as they sat on the linoleum (no chairs, sorry) inside a temp. holding area, marked by orange traffic cones, said that you didn't want to be one of them. The Japanese are pretty good at making outsiders feel uncomfortable when they want to.
If they were lucky, it only took a day or two to complete the process before they were released...some allowed to enter and some put on the next aircraft out.
Now, EVERY non-Japanese will be fingerprinted, photographed, turned into a number and forced to wait a minimum of 30 minutes more than whatever the process took before. Each and every time you come into Japan. Even if you hold a residency permit. I suspect the process will take a bit longer each time you come through.
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"...possible to use an engine to turn these gliders into true flying suits? "
Pull my finger, Phillip, and we'll see....
"By what mechanism?"
The planet sat at an entirely different angle on it's axis - placing areas we now consider 'poles' much closer to what would have been near equatorial.
C'mon....
'rate' implies fast, slow, stop. Discussing an increase in rate means such topics as how fast can it go?; how fast is too fast?; how slow can it go?: What happens when it stops?...have already been asked and answered, surely. If those have been asked & answered, please, please, please provide reliable links! I'm not holding my breath.
If evolution were to 'stop' it would simply be in a changed state. "What's it doing now Herb? No change...still moving." "Now? Changed! Stopped!" But if it changed it didn't stop...it just changed. If it actually did stop, by all definitions, then it would no longer be 'evolution' and the conversation about rate has no where to hang a hat.
Evolution can't stop and it can't go too fast. Claiming a rate is in effect is meaningless.
Three words: arrow of time
Direction becomes less of a factor as soon as an object overcomes Earth's pull. An explosion propelled it off the Earth's surface, exchanging velocity for momentum in short order. Momentum in any direction without additional propulsion falls prey easily to pull from, in this example, the Sun. Do you know why Earth orbits the Sun? Same reason Mars, Venus, Jupiter etc. do...gravity. It pulls.
:)
Throw a spaceball off the surface of any planet in the solar system and eventually it will succumb to that same gravity. Couple this with the fact that the Sun's gravity is stronger in the vicinity of the Earth than it is in the vicinity of Mars, and again, objects ejected off the surface of Mar's can go in various directions under less influence from the Sun, but since the Sun is the main attraction, those objects are odds on more likely to move towards the Sun - its just a question of when. Moving from Mars to the Sun means moving towards the Earth. Like rolling downhill
Eject an object off the earth and it would have to fight against the gravity of the Sun (roll uphill?) if it were to ever impact Mars. This automatically lowers the odds that it would complete such a journey.
It really depends on the ratio of strikes big enough to propel chunks that can escape either planet's gravity. That, and the fact that loose fragments are more likely to tumble inwards towards the sun as well, put the odds in favor of our being more hit prone, IMHO.
...that someone would consider themselves knowledgeable about evolution to the point of discussing something as meaningless as 'rate'.
'rate of evolution' is redundant.
An organism either evolves or it doesn't. Fast or slow has nothing to do with it. Declaring that there is a quantifiable amount of change involved is just that...change. Changing in reaction to outside stimulation isn't automatically defined as evolving. Sorry. Try again.
Since the first group sites came into existence, part of the process has involved a 'good old boys' secret list that runs in the background.
/., or Better Homes & Gardens, there is A L W A Y S a group of buddies who deem themselves special and above the unwashed masses. They spend their days hanging out on their own 'invisible' list, laughing at newbies, scorning the newest know-it-alls and patting each other on the back as they surreptitiously bring in new friends and make life hard for anyone they feel should move on. They will deny it until they wear the writing off their keycaps, but that's just part of thrill. After all, they do it for your own good, and if they didn't, the sky would darken, the ground would shake and life as we know it would cease in a heartbeat.
:)
I don't care if you want to use as examples the Apple Support Forums,
So consider this a lesson if it comes at all as a surprise. And if it brings back memories of playground days when your biggest fear was being out with the in crowd, yep...this is a basic as human nature gets - digital or not.
Just remember - the more a group of admins insists there is no 'good old boys' background list on your favorite forum, etc., the more interesting it would be to find out just what kind of dirt they're dishing
Post-op greasy haired poster-tranny 'Ina Fried' ....talk about needing a junk filter. Toss this 'reporter' out along w/goatse.
The patch is DNA matched and will only dispense when coupled with the prescriptionee. In addition, the patch allows for cross-marketing opportunities where the clinic/pharmacy owners can also choose to dose the recipient with a compound triggering a Starbucks or Taco Bell purchase. "Mocha grande, please."
"The shaken inspections aren't mandated by the manufacturers, they're mandated by the government: "
:)
/, competition going on? Oh!! Wait... I pulled down a pair of 5's with this one, didn't I. Like anyone cares. Not sure why you'd do that - all this right & wrong stuff. Ouch. Ok, except...
:)
'mandated' was your word. Not mine. SORRY? What did I miss?
I said "car inspections at intervals designated by the manufacturer and (ahem) backed by the govt." You simply echoed/confirmed what I said...thanks. The 'ahem' directed at the Japanese govt. can be taken as 'pushed'...similar as your 'mandated', no? This one belongs in the 'right' block, as long as you're keeping score. And again, thanks for backing me up
You seem to be applauding the heavy-handed maintanance schemes as being good for the consumer, environment, etc. While also applying a subtle shade of self-promotion by positioning yourself as an expert on Japan. What's that all about? Is there a
I'm hinting that what is really at work in this example, is typical Japanese logic. They can't resist folding it back on itself. If their cars were as good as they claim (the best!!??!!), the correct application of (Japanese) manufacturer 'pride' and emphasis on quality would be to play down the need for maintanance. "This car is so good, there is no hood to open. No service needed - ever."
But what we see in practice is just the opposite (self-effacement), with the govt. getting involved and pushing their agenda, which is "Do all this inspecting, opne-hooded, safety/green stuff because we say so and it is our job to say so!" A prime example of a Japanese Catch-22 if ever I saw one. And... If you really were the expert you hint at, you'd have noted that.
Thanks for the update(s) - I'm sure things have changed a bit since I lived there
"Their roads actually ARE better designed and safer."
Right - as if they were actually put to the test. With routine 40km traffic jams, they don't have much opportunity to take advantage of said improvements. But hey, with all those jumbo-trons lining the expressways, at least they have something to do while they sit and idle the commute away. The govt. makes it an expensive and difficult a process as possible in order to discourage car ownership. Motorcycle? You can't imagine the process to get a license and then purchase a new 'busa.
Buying a car is quite the experience. With no room for giant car lots and showrooms, the routine method is for a sales team to come to your home or office, where they painstakingly go over every option. Once you've made your choices, and honko'd all the e-forms, the wait begins. You wait while your car is built. And before you can have your purchase approved, you must show proof of having obtained an appropriate parking space. Many times, new car owners have to wait for a parking slot to become available long before they can even think about what color interior would go best with the wife's wardrobe.
Once you have the parking spot and car buying process behind you, a new list of routine obligations must be met. Like full car inspections at intervals designated by the manufacturer and (ahem) backed by the govt. You don't take the car in and ask for this or that to be looked at or fixed...nooo. They come and get the car, and then contact you with the list of things that must be done, along with how much it will all cost. No choice - pay up. Think of the whales. At one time, there was an anti-pollution law that said a new engine had to be installed every two years. Ever wonder why all those low mileage Toyota truck engines are for sale here in North America? Ever wonder how so many foreigners found it easy to get a car in Japan? Maintenance costs can be so high, some owners simply give the car away and go out and buy a new one.
There is/was a big black market for selling used cars from Japan into Russia. A 'used' car being one that is between two and three years old. You'll never see a beater running around the streets of Tokyo.
I recall the time the Russian circus came to Tokyo. The circus, animals and all, was hauled into Tokyo bay on a run down Russian freighter. When the show was over and it came time to load everything back onto the ship, Japanese dock workers were surprised to see the ship leaving without the animals. Dozens of used cars had been loaded onto the ship's deck during the night, some hanging 1/2 way over the side. The animals were abandoned, sitting in their cages on the dock, staring at the dock workers wondering if they tasted good or not. It took a while to straighten that one out.
There is something you need to understand about how the Japanese use statistics.
As an example, in Japan, to be tallied as a highway fatality, you must expire within 12 hours of the car accident that resulted in your death. If you die outside the 12 hour window, you fall into another category. 'heart failure - liver failure - kidney and lung failure'.
Japan is always happy to show off their annual "oh so low" highway death rates (so many per 1000 of the driving public, etc.), claiming their drivers are better trained and behaved than those from other countries. The Japanese govt. also insists that their cars/trucks and roadways are more modern, more advanced and more safe than those from other countries with higher death rates. "Look at us - WE'RE BETTER!"
I'm not at all surprised to hear that 'only' 800 died from radiation poisoning...that just means it was bad enough that it killed them before they had a chance to die from having all their skin burned off or their lungs turned to burnt toast. Or any of the other dozens of medical nightmares that are still being swept under the rug of history, even today.
"Seriously though, I'll be really pissed if my S.O. tried to order some for herself and couldn't."
More pissed than if she tried to order some for you and couldn't?
Seriously though, I don't know about you, but I kind of like it when your S.O. goes ALL naked down there...
Editorializing (sarcastically, to be precise), but to someone w/their pointy little head up their scab riddled ass, everything sounds like whining, I suppose.
...(wait for it)... Z E R O!. Let me be the first to tell you that admins despise wanna-be admins more than any other bottom-feeding user types, so don't be at all surprised to see your karma drop before the weekend is over.
"it might be better to use email and send it directly to the person(s) who can do something about it."
And you, my dear Pope, are 'list-momming' - acting out a police fantasy, in public no less (-10 points). Ouch. Coupled with a not-so obscure attempt to kiss up to management (+10) makes you a
Ok, so C.Taco comes in as anonymous, and tips a correction, pretending to be a 'Good Samaritan', then he quickly mods it up, so everyone can see it - not sure if this was what the board had in mind when they told Taco to 'improve transparency'.
...weak boys, very, very weak.
Why not just go and make the correction instead? Or is it true that the backend is so convoluted-ly broken that you can't, and we're just seeing another example of that particular Achilles heel?
"(also noting the headline grammar was bad too)"
It appears the author was being lazy and decided to clip content from a caption, one that perhaps read as "IIS Astronauts Barney and Fred Hook Up the XYZ Panels connecting the coke machine Via eHarmony in Lengthy Spacewalk on Tuesday"
So lazy, in fact, that all available editing energies were spent during clipping, leaving nothing to correct the bad grammar that resulted.
"We need to have a law or something"
:)
We do - that is why Microsoft is the 'convicted monopolist'. Convicted of doing everything you joke about...now THAT's funny
I was adapter hunting in a Radio Shack last week, and couldn't help but overhear the clerks talking to each other behind the counter...
Clerk 1 "I like the zune, I mean, at least it's not an iPod!"
Clerk 2 "And you can so buy one without having to go near an Apple Store!"
Clerk 3 "Hey, did the new stock come in?"
Clerk 1 "Yeah, I put them out this morning - we even have brown ones now..."
Clerk 3 "Really? What do they look like?"
Clerk 1 "Kidding, right? They're brown, man...that's it?"
Clerk 3 "Oh, riiiight - let me see...how do they look?"
Clerks 1, 2, 4 & 5 "????"
"What am I missing here?
The fact that a shadow was cast where there ought not to be one. However tiny or difficult to measure, we have injected ourselves into the vast mix known as infinity.
Now, there is an incomplete horizon - a break in an otherwise perfect line...a line that once broken, can never be drawn again. It is this most minor of flaws that we now now deal with. The universe is right to be concerned that we may not have the means to make things right once again, for we are no more of an influence on the grand stage than the butterfly that beats wings in Brazil, only to trigger a typhoon near Taiwan.
Troll? You mean, you like Vista? hahahahahahahhaahhahahahahahhh!!!! That's rich :)
Last one out of Redmond, please turn off that god damn useless big ass table...
What a conjob
"# With the initial mapping of the human genome, scientists are moving rapidly toward the following likely breakthroughs for gene-based products and services:
* creation of an individual's genome map for a retail price of less than $1,000
This was announced last week...no waiting. Come on down.
"The politicians have to pretend to be outraged every so often, but the entire economy is predicated on passing bribes. "
Bingo! Absolutely correct.
This is why the amount was so small, and why a relative functionary was the bribee. Simply a token bust to keep the press off their digital asses.
I worked for Samsung Electronics in Suwon from 1999 to 2003. There was a big bribery dust up in 2001 that led to yet another internal campaign designed to educate employees, etc. As a high-profile foreigner, working as a liaison between OEMs and R & D, I was constantly reminded to avoid taking, giving, etc.
My reply was always the same... "Are you kidding? An OEM wants to buy me off, here I am!" And not once did anyone ever offer to buy me a new car, house or gf. What's a loyal, hardworking guy supposed to do?
"Frankly this sounds like a good idea to me. I really don't have a problem with it. Someone please explain why I should. How would this negatively affect me?"
In the past, it wasn't uncommon to see 'foreign' travellers sitting on the floor in Narita, waiting to be processed into the country. They might be from Korea or Vietnam or even China - but the look on their faces as they sat on the linoleum (no chairs, sorry) inside a temp. holding area, marked by orange traffic cones, said that you didn't want to be one of them. The Japanese are pretty good at making outsiders feel uncomfortable when they want to.
If they were lucky, it only took a day or two to complete the process before they were released...some allowed to enter and some put on the next aircraft out.
Now, EVERY non-Japanese will be fingerprinted, photographed, turned into a number and forced to wait a minimum of 30 minutes more than whatever the process took before. Each and every time you come into Japan. Even if you hold a residency permit. I suspect the process will take a bit longer each time you come through.
And not being able to resist hitting the punctuation-police button (anon) - sad :)