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I have been reading JT for the last year or so and I have never posted…
Posted in: My frugal Valentine: Romance in a recession
Excellent, but does not sound like a fun job to have.
You cannot stop global warming. It is natural.
Posted in: Aviation industry warns of trade war over EU carbon tax
JapanGal, more LOL! That was sick......but hilarious at the same time.
Last week, riding correctly on the LEFT side of the road here in Tokyo a bastard…
Posted in: Police caution more than 10,000 in Tokyo for breaking new bicycle rules
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evildave
Welcome to the 1990s, japanese mobile carriers.
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evildave
These are designed for the people that want a flexible camera without the bulk of an SLR. Basically a digital replacement for film rangefinders for the crowd that can't afford a Leica M9.
Posted in: Digital interchangeable lens system camera has movable LCD that allows for touch-control
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evildave
Independence Day was good, but I liked it better the first time, when they called it Henry V.
Posted in: What are your favorite movies that deal with the destruction of the world?
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evildave
Surely you don't believe ODA is for benefiting the other countries? Its for subsidizing the japanese heavy-industry and construction business. Bids for ODA projects are restricted only to japanese companies.
Posted in: Japan's jobless rate dips to 5.5% in August
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evildave
The features I find missing are: 1. No IR port for exchanging contacts, 2. Lack of vibe/sound for an incoming mail (third-party apps can give this though). No felica - don't care. No one-seg - don't care.
Posted in: What do you think of Apple's iPhone?
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evildave
Interesting that their was no hue and cry when they initially brought out regular maps. They removed all the ownership labels on privately owned houses from the original maps that Zenrin provided to them, EXCEPT for ones owned by foreigners with katakana names. You used to be able to put an X directly on my house by typing in my last name in katakana and the local area where I lived.
A nastygram email to Google legal suggesting that this may be in violation of the personal information protection law and a month later all of them were gone.
Posted in: Group seeks to scrap Google's Street View
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evildave
With KDDI it is entirely simple - their network is not compatible.
Posted in: Apple unveils upgraded iPhone
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evildave
It was said in the keynote that the US$200 price for the 8gb model would be the maximum worldwide. See the quote from Jobs at 11:40am in the following URL:
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/06/liveblog-steve.html
So expect about 20,000 yen plus a 2 year contract from Softbank.
Posted in: Apple unveils upgraded iPhone
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evildave
Sorry, you'll never see an iPhone on au, hacked or no. The new iPhone will be GSM/WCDMA-2100, neither of which will operate on the au network.
Posted in: Softbank reaches deal with Apple to sell iPhone handsets in Japan this year