Phil Thompson's past comments

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    Phil Thompson

    However, the vast majority of JETs aren't English teachers. Most of them are fresh out of college with little or no life experience, being sent to a foreign country for a combination "cultural exchange" and to "teach". The JET programme needs major reform and refocusing if it is to actually achieve any goal in the teaching of English.

    Exactly. The purpose of the JET program is not the English education of Japanese kids, so I don't see how increasing the number of unexperienced, unqualified foreigners is going to help. It's just a waste of taxpayer money if you ask me. They should follow Seoul's example and get rid of all unqualified English teachers, not increase them.

    Posted in: Gov't plans to increase number of foreign English teachers to 10,000

  • 0

    Phil Thompson

    Jurassic PCs will live forever and WinXP (a cheap clone of Win2000) is still the best OS ever. Why upgrade?

    Because on a Jurassic PC, you can only do Jurassic work. Try editing some HD video on a 10yr old computer with Celeron processor and 256MB of RAM running XP and tell me how far you get.

    If all you do on your computer is browse the net and use Microsoft Office though, then yes, there is no real need to upgrade.

    Posted in: Global PC units in the first quarter fell by 14%. Will PCs soon be obsolete?

  • 2

    Phil Thompson

    Disgusting and unforgivable... but 99.9% of the population just says shouganai and that's that. These crooks should be locked up - but since that is never going to happen, they should at least have their names made public and posted all over the internet. They deserve to be shamed, not given the luxury of anonymity.

    Posted in: Subcontractors reportedly ripping off Fukushima nuclear accident workers

  • 1

    Phil Thompson

    @export expert

    Lol. You're getting thumbed down but I thought it was funny.

    Posted in: Saving money in Japan

  • 0

    Phil Thompson

    Frungy pretty much covers it. The real question here is why did Japan say yes in the first place?

    Posted in: Japan and the F-35: What to do?

  • 3

    Phil Thompson

    I voted Beatles but if we are being fussy about the definition of rock, I have to go with led zeppelin.

    I must admit I have a soft spot for dire straits too. Whatever you do don't judge them by their brothers in arms album. Check out the live versions of Sultans of swing on YouTube to see what they are really about.

    Posted in: Who gets your vote for the greatest rock band of all time?

  • 0

    Phil Thompson

    Come on, every company copies technology from others - that's how they stay competitive. I can understand Apple and Samsung legal departments having disagreements over this, but can't we as end-users just admit both Apple and Samsung (and god forbid even Sony) make decent products and play nice? I mean really, what is the big deal??

    Posted in: Samsung wins appeal in Apple tablet battle

  • 3

    Phil Thompson

    Family suicide my ass... I wager two people were murdered, and the perpetrator killed him/herself.

    Posted in: 'Family' of skeletons found in Sendai house

  • 6

    Phil Thompson

    I wonder if the world would feel such sorrow if the ex-CEO of that other operating system passed away.

    Mr. Jobs and his contribution to the world has been great, but in all fairness, Bill Gates has done more for humankind than Steve Jobs ever achieved. The world is more than just computers and phones and portable music players -

    Mr. Jobs made life for millions of people in affluent countries more convenient.

    Mr. Gates is saving millions of lives in countries where people don't have the means to save themselves.

    So dissing Bill Gates as a way of showing appreciation to Steve Jobs is in my humble opinion rather inappropriate. They are both great, albeit for different reasons.

    Posted in: Tokyo Apple store staff offer silent prayer for Steve Jobs

  • -1

    Phil Thompson

    yamato nadeshiko they are not.

    Indeed. They certainly don't look like men.

    Posted in: Meet the 'dirty girls' of Ayaman Japan

  • 0

    Phil Thompson

    Now if only Mr. Johnny would do the same...

    Posted in: Man arrested after barricading himself in home of Johnny's president

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