Wednesday February 15, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

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SeiryuMay. 07, 2008 - 11:27PM JST

It just looks like Japan wants to make money off of products that they didn't invent.

Record companies != Japan. And besides, many of the portable music players that woudl be taxed are designed and manufactured in Japan. Even many of the iPods contain a 3.5" Toshiba notebook hard drive from Japan (along with other sources such as Samsung, WD, etc).

It would be interesting to see how much of that money goes to SONY MUSIC.

and JVC (Victor), Avex, etc?

Every wonder why Iphone isn't here in Japan?

Because Japan uses WCDMA, and iPhone is originally a GSM 2G device, so it will need a new radio core to work here? (Or maybe because users feel the hardware and services here are good enoguh already).

Flat out, bottom line is....when it comes to creativity the Western world rules. We make better products for life. This is the truth.

Are you including Europe? When it comes to creativity, I would say Ikea hardly "rules" in that regard.

We invented the fork while they still eat with sticks. They cut down forests and hurt the environment while we were smart enough to make cutlery that's reuseable.

Those "sticks" (hashi, and by other names) are typically made of bamboo, a fast growing grass, and are typically reuseable. I find it more versatile than forks and you don't have to have a different size for the salad and the main course. On the other hand, plastic forks are made from petroleum distillates and degrade very slowly in landfills.

Many innovations such as paper were invented in Asia. So, on that note, do you use paper from FSG certified forests, with post consumer content and a bleach-free process, or are you just a hypocritical bigot?

Japan must learn it can't ice skate uphill.

Technically, you CAN skate uphill. It's just a matter of the incline versus the amount of power you can produce.

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