JeffLee said...

JeffLee at 07:57 AM JST - 28th March

I argue about this with my Japanese friends. They say Japanese are not patriotic. I say they are among the most patriotic in the world (witness the WBC fans), younger generation included. This poll gives me more ammunition.

Posted in Over 80% of Japanese young people proud of their nationality: survey at 07:57 AM JST - 28th March
JeffLee at 08:30 AM JST - 27th March

Almost none of today's hi-tech innovations have come from Japan: personal computers, the Internet, e-mail, the Web, cell phones, e-commerce, IPods, digital-music download services, they were all invented in the U.S. and elsewhere.

In software development - perhaps the globe's most strategic technology - Japan doesn't even rank. There ain't…

Posted in Why I’m bullish on Japan at 08:30 AM JST - 27th March
JeffLee at 08:20 AM JST - 26th March

Naeba used to be horribly crowded. Not it's reasonably crowded, and so they want to curtail operations. Typical.

That's one reason I spend most of my travel dollars in Thailand and elsewhere. The travel operators in Japan are happy only when they can squeeze hordes of people into tiny, confined…

Posted in Prince Hotels to end year-round operation of Niigata ski resort hotel at 08:20 AM JST - 26th March
JeffLee at 05:48 PM JST - 24th March

"grenade-like" means it's not a grenade. To whit, "He is LIKE a clown." That means the subject is not actually a clown but resembles one in certain ways.

So I wonder what this thing was?

Posted in Tourist took grenade-like object on flight in Okinawa at 05:48 PM JST - 24th March
JeffLee at 05:00 PM JST - 21st March

...the controller ordered the JEX pilot to overshoot the runway.

Wow, that IS scary. The story is underwritten. Should be, "A JEX airliner was forced to fly over an ANA airliner while landing, when the ANA plane taxiied onto its runway.

Kiwiboy, take note. Lots of Japanese news stories are…

Posted in ANA plane enters runway at Osaka airport without permission at 05:00 PM JST - 21st March
JeffLee at 10:55 AM JST - 21st March

Firefox lost my bookmarks, 3 times! Chrome can't handle many websites, particularly ones with security functions. So I use IE due to this process of deduction.

Posted in Microsoft adds shortcuts, security to new browser at 10:55 AM JST - 21st March
JeffLee at 07:14 AM JST - 18th March

Only 10% of people use Macs, so Windows-only is understandable. Anyway, cheap PC laptops now have better graphics than expensive Macs, according to a recent Yahoo test, so more photographers and other graphic workers will be switching to PCs in the future.

Posted in Low-price film scanner at 07:14 AM JST - 18th March
JeffLee at 08:09 AM JST - 16th March

for most who commute every day at least twice

Um, it's a Shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka. Few of us commute on such an expensive route "twice a day." Hence, the silliness of having a monthly fee system.

Posted in NTT Com to offer wireless LAN service on bullet trains at 08:09 AM JST - 16th March
JeffLee at 04:46 PM JST - 13th March

Monthly fee for wifi serice on a train? Which Einstein thought that up?

Posted in NTT Com to offer wireless LAN service on bullet trains at 04:46 PM JST - 13th March
JeffLee at 07:17 AM JST - 12th March

the letter's are not separated by any punctuation marks so, it is not an acronym

I'm afraid you're wrong, Onewroldneppl. According to AP style and many other style rules, acronyms of 3 letters or more (UNESCO, etc) don't require periods.

I hope you don't teach English for a living.

Posted in SHIHO announces marriage to former judo champion at 07:17 AM JST - 12th March