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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gonemad
maxtheitpro, the breadmakers which I have seen so far only use a tiny fraction of the power of an oven. So even though they take longer time to bake the bread, they are more energy efficient. I don't see why it shouldn't be the same for this model.
Posted in: Sanyo breadmaker
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gonemad
Facebook is not the only, but certainly the worst privacy violator in the net. They collect personal data not only of those people who are stupid enough to sign-in, but as well of those who never use their service. On all machines which I have control over, at home and at work and including routers, Facebook is completely blocked.
Posted in: What do you think of Facebook?
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gonemad
It doesn't matter whether democracy is the best form of government or not. We would anyway have difficulties to define what "best" means for each of us. The benefit of democracy is that we can safely get rid of a government again when it fails. The latter is much more important.
Posted in: Do you think democracy is the best form of government?
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gonemad
The worst? Travel groups on cheap trips. No matter where they come from.
Posted in: In your experience, which country's tourists are the least well-behaved whenever you have seen them out and about?
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gonemad
I forgot to add: yes, please play the works of contemporary composers. That's definitely something which would make me go to a concert again.
Posted in: Japan’s orchestras battle to survive
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gonemad
I fully agree that the "classical" concert repertoire in Japan has become increasingly limited. It's not only that they always play the same few popular composers, but even among the works of those composers only a limited selection. The sad thing is that this restriction is not limited to the Japanese orchestras, but it's almost worse with the foreign orchestras which come to Japan - everybody just wants to cash in on what they think is the Japanese(?) mainstream taste. How static, how boring!
Posted in: Japan’s orchestras battle to survive
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gonemad
Just this language makes me forebode the worst. The leader of this tea party movement isn't by chance... Ahmadinejad??
Posted in: Beck, Palin: Help us restore traditional American values
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gonemad
Zenny, what I wanted to say is that you do not need and, even more, you do not want to make backups of the temporary data, so all the worries above about backup are unfounded.
I fully agree with you that temporary data is usually more in danger to get leaked. It's not immediately visible, so people take less care. That problem is addressed by the new HDs - at least partially. Any power-down of the HD will make the data unreadable. It removes one potential attack scenario. Of course you still have to take care of so many other scenarios, depending on your system...
Posted in: Toshiba announces Wipe Technology for self-encrypting disk drives
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gonemad
You guys get it completely wrong. Those HDs with the wipe feature are intended to store temporary data. You do not want to make back-ups of that data and you don't care about power outages. Think about swap files or other temporary files in systems which process confidential data. Think about temporary files in office copy-fax-printers. When you turn off the power, all you lose is the data of the running or pending jobs.
What these HDs prevent is that some e.g. service technician will exchange the HD in the system and get the confidential information by reading all the old temporary files which are left on the HD.
Klein2, you are right, the HD only forgets the key. If Toshiba have chosen state of the art encryption and done their job on the hardware implementation that's more than enough. There is absolutely no need to physically wipe the data. If you think you can generate a new key, have fun with it :-)
Posted in: Toshiba announces Wipe Technology for self-encrypting disk drives
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gonemad
And in which country do nursery teachers have masters degrees in education or psychology?
Posted in: Observing the education of small children overseas, I was struck by how different the education is from Japan. They take a scientific approach to child education. For example, how many nursery teachers in Japan have master's degrees in education or psychology?
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gonemad
I had a good laugh when reading this article. It sounds all so familiar. Heck, does that qualify me for PM in this country?
Posted in: Kan's wife criticizes him in new book
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gonemad
It's an urban myth that surveillance cameras deter crime. You may feel safer, but statistics from all over the world show in fact you are not.
Some heinous crimes have actually been stimulated by surveillance cameras because the criminals were counting on a large audience. While they may not be statistically relevant just as so many things reported by the mass media, what does that do to your safety feelings?
Posted in: Do surveillance cameras in buildings, stations and on streets make you feel safer?
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gonemad
It seems she has all the time and money. Why can't she find a doctor in Japan? She risks her children's health because she can't move a single step out of her closed circles?
Posted in: The expat summer
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gonemad
The cost of adding 3D to a TV is quickly going down to almost zero, so it's no surprise that 2/3 of the respondents said their next TV will be 3D-capable. Capable doesn't necessarily mean you use the feature and for sure doesn't mean that you buy the new set because of that feature. The interesting question about 3D is rather whether there will be any worthwhile content.
Posted in: 3D television: a new device, a new language
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gonemad
Wow, first class marketing blurb. Have to get a pair to see what it is about riding the supersonic wave. Oh, what does the "SP" mean?
Posted in: Super Sonic Wave SP spikes
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gonemad
These results are not new, because they have been previously reported by Japanese scientists. And the Japanese have reported data about the concentrations not only in the blubber, but as well those in the meat and organs. I mean, have they?
Posted in: Toxins found in whales bode ill for humans: report
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gonemad
caldina, with this dual screen thingy you will get the worst of two worlds. When you type, you will only have a tiny screen for use, while the other serves as a touchscreen. Typing on a touchscreen is a pain in the *ss. The only use I can see for such a device is when you want to be able to easily switch between different keyboard layouts.
The RX3 will probably be a nice machine, and despite Toshiba's claims I'd say it comes out a bit heavy. Previous models from the same maker were about 2/3 of the weight while the screen was only slightly smaller at 12.1". I guess the price tag will be heavy as well...
Posted in: Toshiba unveils world's lightest laptops
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gonemad
Watching sports is mostly boring, doing it is fun.
Posted in: What for you is the most exciting sport to watch and what is the most boring?
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gonemad
When you see the legal limits for endurance (just raised to 35 years not so long ago, if I remember correctly; I wonder what it was 25 years ago?) and the way how many houses in Japan are built, then I think it is indeed risky to buy an older house without previous professional examination of the structure.
Recently I started considering to buy an old house, so this article came just in time.
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gonemad
Except the screen size, it doesn't offer anything what a decent smartphone doesn't offer as well. But who wants to carry around such a beast all the time? On the other hand, what smartphones are missing, a decent keyboard, is not so much better on the iPad. For anything beyond occasional typing I strongly prefer a "real" keyboard. Between smartphones and sub note PCs, I'd think there is only a small niche market for the iPad, so the hype around this product is surprising. Now the whole industry seems to be jumping onto the bandwagon. Will they get burned?
The lack of important connectivity and they ugly way how Apple tries to lock you into their products would anyway make me look for an alternative from another vendor.
Posted in: What do you think of the iPad?