While I'm certainly sure there are many, many many places where not paying the sticker price is the norm, it is hardly true that the US is the only place where this happens.
Unless places like Canada, Japan (and, from what I've been told many EU countries) have suddenly changed when I wasn't paying attention.
Ahh yes, college heights has certainly grown... and I hear there is even Sunday bus service (since I'm a poor University student, this is wonderfull news!)
I must admit, I occasionally stoop to McDonald's too... but what can I saw, their Teriyaki and BLT burgers are simply yummy on occasion >..
That said, I generally find that the lower tax and lack of tipping combine to make Japanese restaurants somewhat (though not much) cheaper than a night out in Canada. Oh, it's also worth mentioning that when I say food is cheaper, I'm assuming a certain migration away from things such as cereal and some fruits in favour of more widely used ingredients.
I'm 100 minutes from both ueno and shinjuku. Generally speaking I find rent, food, etc to be about the same as PG. Of course transport is a killer, but then inside the city I can take my bike almost anywhere.
Though again, were i in tokyo my rent would be nearly double!?where i am, a one bedroom can easily be had for $400?
Groceries, housing, basic everyday things generally cost more. Tokyo isn't continously voted the most expensive city on Earth for nothing.
People always say this. But Japan != Tokyo. I currently am going to school in Japan. I was previously studying in Canada (I lived in Vancouver and Prince George, for those that are interested). My cost of living is probably about the same (maybe a little cheaper) as it was in Prince George, and definetly cheaper than it was in Vancouver. And it isnt as if I live in the countryside either... I live only about an hour and a half from Tokyo. Japan is simply not that expensive.
Only slightly related, but I'm originally from Canada. Like their US counterparts, Canadian cell phone companies store voicemail locally and generally charge for it.
However, in Japan the situation is quite different. The vast majority of phones I have seen (and it may well be all of them, but I wont swear to that) record messages directly onto themselves, much like an answering machine.
It just leads me to wonder whether this is due to cultural differences, the relatively ever-present network connection, or just odd chance.
Just to provide a different view (though much the same), I used to work (both as a salesassociate and manager) at Radio Shack in Canada. While I personally tried to see what exactly people needed and sell them that, not sales associates were so ethical. That said, sometimes it wasnt for malicious intent so much as stupidity... generally I would say salespeople knew maybe 50% of the things in the store well, and the other things they would only know passably.Still, its a mistake to view all salespeople as simply money grubbing.
As for commision, at Radio Shack commision is earned on profit, and on computers thats basically nothing, so, by and large, it doesnt matter what computer you sell. Actually, sales people do earn a bonus for every computer they sell,but it isnt dependant on the price of the computer, so that isn't really a motivating factor...
I'd be more wary of when they try to sell you on the credit card (since credit card apps can also earn you a bonus).
Oh, I forgot to mention, Hyperdia, unlike Yahoo, also has an english site, making it much more convenient for those tourists who dont actually speak Japanese.
While Yahoo Transit is ok, there are equally good sites, such as www.hyperdia.com (which i personally prefer since its much easier to exclude shinkansen results. It also will look up plane tickets, for that matter).
Furthermore, the Yahoo system basically gives station-station directions only, so, as far as I can tell (and I could be wrong, my Japanese certainly isnt perfect), if you want to look up bus schedules and the like, you are SOL. So, all in all, yahoo transit is not that amazing, nor anything near the scope of what google seems to be aiming to provide.
This was a while ago when I looked it up, so I don't remember everything, but I seemed to recall that, even if I factored in the 2 hour trip or so to the airport, that it still would have been slightly faster and cheaper to fly from Utsunomiya to Oosaka than to take the train.
Then again, theres still a good chance I'd take the train since it's much less of a hastle... it just boggled the mind that it would actually cost more than flying.
True. Each time the door is held open it will pause for an extra second. I believe after 5 attempts the train will shut down until an attendant arrives (which is usually about 2 minutes).
Not to be pedantic, but, I'm guessing you didn't read the article:
"In a decision released this week, Madam Justice Wailan Low of the Ontario Superior Court sketched out a rough hierarchy of what she called "cyberlibel.""
She did what she would do in any circumstance. Interestingly, the last two appointments to the Supreme Court have been women, meaning that women comprise four of the nine justices.
About the Supreme Court: http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/
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Well, thats not entirely true, but Hotmail and Yahoo do do weird things to non-western characters (or G-mail's handling is weird...).
If I send a Japanese message from a regular pop3 account to Hotmail or Yahoo things displayed fine on the other end.
If I send the same message using Gmail, the recipient ends up with garbage (even if sent to yahoo.co.jp). However, if the recipient downloads the message using pop3, it once again displays correctly. It is worth noting that I have tried manually adjusting the encoding on the receiving end and it simply made no difference... for some reason Gmail--> Hotmail/Yahoo encounters problems while a plain POP3 account does not.
There is a Sony Store here in Prince George, a city of about 80k... they are pretty ubiquotous... I'm pretty sure the Sony Store predates our Future Shop and London Drugs...
Keep in mind that left and right are relative terms.
Media (and politics in general) in the US are generally quite a bit to the Right when compared elsewhere.
Canada, while left of the US, is still significantly to the right of many European countries (nevertheless, the Democrats probably have more in common with our 'right' party than our 'left' or 'centre' parties).
In terms of the US spectrum, the media, especially recently, has been (at least to my eyes) somewhat right leaning, with Fox News being nothing near centrist.
This is not to say that left points of view do not occasionally make it to air, merely that the majority of views expressed tend to be right leaning. (Of course, this becomes somewhat difficult to classify, since if you put an extremely right person next to a centrist, suddenly the centrist looks left...)
But, in many ways, there are more serious problems to worry about. The fabrication of just ONE computer uses tons of dihydrogen monoxide -- a substance used in nuclear plants and in the production of styrofoam! It has even begun seeping into our rivers and streams!
Please, if you care about the enviroment, write AMD and Intel and VIA and ask them to stop their wanton use of dihydrogen monoxide.
Come to think of it, if you actually do write them, it might be equally beneficial to society to ensure that you, yourself, cease and decist from consuming this nasty, nasty compound!:p
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While I'm certainly sure there are many, many many places where not paying the sticker price is the norm, it is hardly true that the US is the only place where this happens.
Unless places like Canada, Japan (and, from what I've been told many EU countries) have suddenly changed when I wasn't paying attention.
Ahh yes, college heights has certainly grown... and I hear there is even Sunday bus service (since I'm a poor University student, this is wonderfull news!)
I must admit, I occasionally stoop to McDonald's too... but what can I saw, their Teriyaki and BLT burgers are simply yummy on occasion >..
That said, I generally find that the lower tax and lack of tipping combine to make Japanese restaurants somewhat (though not much) cheaper than a night out in Canada. Oh, it's also worth mentioning that when I say food is cheaper, I'm assuming a certain migration away from things such as cereal and some fruits in favour of more widely used ingredients.
Wow, what a small world! How is PG?
I'm 100 minutes from both ueno and shinjuku. Generally speaking I find rent, food, etc to be about the same as PG. Of course transport is a killer, but then inside the city I can take my bike almost anywhere.
Though again, were i in tokyo my rent would be nearly double!?where i am, a one bedroom can easily be had for $400?
Groceries, housing, basic everyday things generally cost more. Tokyo isn't continously voted the most expensive city on Earth for nothing.
People always say this. But Japan != Tokyo. I currently am going to school in Japan. I was previously studying in Canada (I lived in Vancouver and Prince George, for those that are interested). My cost of living is probably about the same (maybe a little cheaper) as it was in Prince George, and definetly cheaper than it was in Vancouver. And it isnt as if I live in the countryside either... I live only about an hour and a half from Tokyo. Japan is simply not that expensive.
Only slightly related, but I'm originally from Canada. Like their US counterparts, Canadian cell phone companies store voicemail locally and generally charge for it.
However, in Japan the situation is quite different. The vast majority of phones I have seen (and it may well be all of them, but I wont swear to that) record messages directly onto themselves, much like an answering machine.
It just leads me to wonder whether this is due to cultural differences, the relatively ever-present network connection, or just odd chance.
Just to provide a different view (though much the same), I used to work (both as a salesassociate and manager) at Radio Shack in Canada. While I personally tried to see what exactly people needed and sell them that, not sales associates were so ethical. That said, sometimes it wasnt for malicious intent so much as stupidity... generally I would say salespeople knew maybe 50% of the things in the store well, and the other things they would only know passably.Still, its a mistake to view all salespeople as simply money grubbing.
As for commision, at Radio Shack commision is earned on profit, and on computers thats basically nothing, so, by and large, it doesnt matter what computer you sell. Actually, sales people do earn a bonus for every computer they sell,but it isnt dependant on the price of the computer, so that isn't really a motivating factor...
I'd be more wary of when they try to sell you on the credit card (since credit card apps can also earn you a bonus).
Oh, I forgot to mention, Hyperdia, unlike Yahoo, also has an english site, making it much more convenient for those tourists who dont actually speak Japanese.
While Yahoo Transit is ok, there are equally good sites, such as www.hyperdia.com (which i personally prefer since its much easier to exclude shinkansen results. It also will look up plane tickets, for that matter).
Furthermore, the Yahoo system basically gives station-station directions only, so, as far as I can tell (and I could be wrong, my Japanese certainly isnt perfect), if you want to look up bus schedules and the like, you are SOL. So, all in all, yahoo transit is not that amazing, nor anything near the scope of what google seems to be aiming to provide.
How does this allow for the inclusion thought?
So perhaps BT isn't the best distribution method for you to use when alternatives are available.
Umm, whats wrong with setting up Trillian (or, I presume Miranda) with one AIM and one ICQ account?
Admittedly avoiding all the hastle was a draw.
This was a while ago when I looked it up, so I don't remember everything, but I seemed to recall that, even if I factored in the 2 hour trip or so to the airport, that it still would have been slightly faster and cheaper to fly from Utsunomiya to Oosaka than to take the train.
Then again, theres still a good chance I'd take the train since it's much less of a hastle... it just boggled the mind that it would actually cost more than flying.
The Shinkansen is cheaper than flying? Since when?
Last time I checked the cost of a trip from Tokyo to Oosaka, flying was conciderably cheaper and faster.
This certainly surprised me, as I had assumed the bullet train would have been a better deal, but such was not the case.
True. Each time the door is held open it will pause for an extra second. I believe after 5 attempts the train will shut down until an attendant arrives (which is usually about 2 minutes).
That joke sounds rather familiar to the Three Dead Trolls bit about setting up a computer at the parents house.
Geeze, half-life was released, so that jokes totally done for!
Not to be pedantic, but, I'm guessing you didn't read the article:
"In a decision released this week, Madam Justice Wailan Low of the Ontario Superior Court sketched out a rough hierarchy of what she called "cyberlibel.""
She did what she would do in any circumstance. Interestingly, the last two appointments to the Supreme Court have been women, meaning that women comprise four of the nine justices.
About the Supreme Court: http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/
Well, thats not entirely true, but Hotmail and Yahoo do do weird things to non-western characters (or G-mail's handling is weird...).
If I send a Japanese message from a regular pop3 account to Hotmail or Yahoo things displayed fine on the other end.
If I send the same message using Gmail, the recipient ends up with garbage (even if sent to yahoo.co.jp). However, if the recipient downloads the message using pop3, it once again displays correctly. It is worth noting that I have tried manually adjusting the encoding on the receiving end and it simply made no difference... for some reason Gmail--> Hotmail/Yahoo encounters problems while a plain POP3 account does not.
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Which would be why you put phrases in quotes, no?
There is a Sony Store here in Prince George, a city of about 80k... they are pretty ubiquotous... I'm pretty sure the Sony Store predates our Future Shop and London Drugs...
Bounce the call?
So basically you don't think VoIP should ever be a viable replacement for POTS service? Or do you think people should be just fine without 911?
Keep in mind that left and right are relative terms.
Media (and politics in general) in the US are generally quite a bit to the Right when compared elsewhere.
Canada, while left of the US, is still significantly to the right of many European countries (nevertheless, the Democrats probably have more in common with our 'right' party than our 'left' or 'centre' parties).
In terms of the US spectrum, the media, especially recently, has been (at least to my eyes) somewhat right leaning, with Fox News being nothing near centrist.
This is not to say that left points of view do not occasionally make it to air, merely that the majority of views expressed tend to be right leaning. (Of course, this becomes somewhat difficult to classify, since if you put an extremely right person next to a centrist, suddenly the centrist looks left...)
Thank you, but thats Non!
But, in many ways, there are more serious problems to worry about. The fabrication of just ONE computer uses tons of dihydrogen monoxide -- a substance used in nuclear plants and in the production of styrofoam! It has even begun seeping into our rivers and streams!
:p
Please, if you care about the enviroment, write AMD and Intel and VIA and ask them to stop their wanton use of dihydrogen monoxide.
Come to think of it, if you actually do write them, it might be equally beneficial to society to ensure that you, yourself, cease and decist from consuming this nasty, nasty compound!