JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- 秘書及び業務サポート
- 加治金属工業株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M / Year
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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Tomasz Stasinski
May I remind whoever wrote it that spoilers, especially those regarding the ending, are very unwelcome. Please remove them or put up some warning. The finale won't be broadcast for most viewers in Japan until at least a few months from now.
Posted in: 'House' closes after 8 seasons of healing and pain
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Tomasz Stasinski
In modern societies marriage is, or at least should be, merely an official recognition by the state that two (or more) people decided to form a union and live more or less together. Although it's common, marriage is not about granting them any special privileges like lower taxes etc. Neither it's about state policies regarding birthrates and such. For these reasons adults should have the right to marry anyone they wish regardless of their gender, skin color, religion or other hobbies as long as all interested parties say 'yes'.
Posted in: Do you support same-sex marriages?
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Tomasz Stasinski
Did he speak from experience? I mean I wouldn't know the first thing how to compare the two having tried neither.
Posted in: Beat Takeshi compares same-sex marriage with bestiality
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Tomasz Stasinski
JeffLee, if only I could give you more than one thumb-up...
Posted in: Japanese beer heads cause Westerners to froth at the mouth
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Tomasz Stasinski
I've read Mysliwski's Stone Upon Stone in Polish and it is a good book with rich language and engaging narrative. The translated version is gathering very good reviews on Amazon as well, so I presume that these values survived largely unscathed, even though it was definitely a challenge to translate.
Posted in: Books from Japan and Poland win translation awards
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Tomasz Stasinski
According to CIA The World Factbook:
The difference can be attributed to loss in transmission and distribution, but there definitely is some room for improved efficiency.
Posted in: Efficiency can't replace nuclear power
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Tomasz Stasinski
Last time I checked it was between 26 and 30% (depending on sources), so I'm really puzzled where that 10% comes from.
Posted in: Efficiency can't replace nuclear power
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Tomasz Stasinski
Pozzy, as far as I remember, the dragon hoarded a treasure trove of gold and precious stones. Somebody roughly estimated its amount and worth in dollars. What puzzles me is the point of this exercise, but then I read the article out of sheer interest, didn't I?
Posted in: Smart dragon tops list of fiction's richest characters
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Tomasz Stasinski
A: "This commercial encourages homosexuality" B: "So, you feel some attraction now toward the same sex after watching it?" A: "Of course, not. I'm straight and nothing can change that!" B: "So, what's all that hoopla about?
Posted in: AKB48 candy ad criticized for encouraging homosexuality
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Tomasz Stasinski
Only 66 thousand downloads , yet over 1 million users exposed. Can someone do the maths for me here?
Posted in: Personal info of over 1 mil smartphone users leaked
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Tomasz Stasinski
Does it come with a charger lead?
Posted in: Smartpets from Bandai
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Tomasz Stasinski
What about refrigerators and cellphones? Don't they run purely on electricity? Aren't they thus tainted with the dreaded nuclear power? Dammit, now I know why my TV glows at night.
You can't have cake and eat it. Stop blaming electric cars for what they are, unless you're ready to give up electricity altogether.
Posted in: Electric cars risk losing green sheen in Japan
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Tomasz Stasinski
Can't wait to watch it on the Daily Show, it will sure make Jon Stewart's day.
Posted in: De Niro: I meant no offense with first lady joke
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Tomasz Stasinski
Call me crazy, but to 'phase out' doesn't mean to quit cold turkey like it's being done right now. I'm all in favour of phasing out nuclear power by, let's say, 2020 (or a more realistic date when it actually can be replaced by another, safer source of energy), but not by this summer. Nuclear power plants supplied nearly 30% of the total power consumption in Japan and the missing quota will not magically appear out of nothing. Partly because Japan relied on nuclear energy too much and neglected developing other sources of energy, and partly because there's no such technology right now that could feasibly tap into clean energy at the required scale.
Posted in: 80% in Japan support nuclear phase-out
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Tomasz Stasinski
Well, is anyone surprised? Avoid eating anything in excess, but refined carbohydrates in particular.
Posted in: White rice linked to Type 2 diabetes, say researchers
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Tomasz Stasinski
That's a truism and I doubt those scientifically minded believe in the supernatural anyway, no matter how hard they find it to accept death.
Posted in: Human beings find it very difficult to accept death, whether they are inclined by nature to superstition or are very scientifically minded.
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Tomasz Stasinski
KLM, welcome back to Sapporo. This is good news, just as I was thinking of visiting Amsterdam, though direct flights from Sapporo to Amsterdam were even more convenient.
Posted in: KLM codeshares with Korean Air between Fukuoka-Seoul and Sapporo-Seoul
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Tomasz Stasinski
Right now there are 19 BBC productions available, most of them dating from at least a few years ago. Judging by the covers among fiction there is one series of old Doctor Who, old Torchwood, Life on Mars etc. Some good nature documentary series and joy of joys - Top Gear - 2 seasons are also included. No BBC Horizon, no Mock the Week, no Have I Got News For You, no Never Mind the Buzzcocks, the list of programmes not available is in fact too long to continue. But it is a good start. If they have a better choice and more recent BBC programmes in offer I will think about joining hulu.
Posted in: BBC and Hulu tie up
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Tomasz Stasinski
Well, it is LCD, so ask yourself if you want a basic e-book reader with an outdated OS that doesn't do much and is bad for your eyes anyway, or a proper tablet that you can also use to read books. Yeah, thought so.
Posted in: Toshiba e-book reader
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Tomasz Stasinski
It also has a color display, but crucially, is it LCD or e-ink? Can you use it for anything else? Is it basically a tablet, given its operating systems? What formats can you read and where can you get your books from?
Posted in: Toshiba e-book reader