sageb1 said...

sageb1 at 04:34 PM JST - 18th December

Why not just reverse the decision to make Latin obsolete and teach it again along with English, French and German - with their respective dialects, as part of a comparative course to illustrate how English got to be so inconsistent?

But wait, universities do not really teach this. their purpose…

Posted in Panel proposes doubling textbook pages for Japanese, English, science at 04:34 PM JST - 18th December
sageb1 at 04:28 PM JST - 18th December

i am gonna go out on a limb, and blame this pervert's penchance on the typical male's insistence that women wear skirts so that only men wear the pants in Japanese society.

that pervert's actions are indirectly due to sexism in Japanese culture.

if more women wore pants, there'd be…

Posted in Man arrested for filming up woman’s skirt in shopping center at 04:28 PM JST - 18th December
sageb1 at 04:23 PM JST - 18th December

wow, japan's hospitals are privatised and run like businesses with 9-5 hours? when did this happen?

Posted in 79-year-old traffic accident victim dies after being refused admission by 6 hospitals at 04:23 PM JST - 18th December
sageb1 at 04:18 PM JST - 18th December

Chrome for me is slow cos I use Linux, and CrossOver Chromium app runs under Wine!

Because Google Chrome is for Windows, and has proprietary code in it, Linux purists won't dare compile the Chrome source under GCC++ and whatever C++ can compile successfully. It's more cost-effective both bytewise and…

Posted in Microsoft issuing emergency fix for browser flaw at 04:18 PM JST - 18th December
sageb1 at 04:04 PM JST - 18th December

Can you imagine having to seal hundreds of security envelopes for mobis and PDAs in the morning, and having to dole them out at the end of school?

You could jam the wireless signal, but this may not stop wifi or WiMAX use. Tho wifi has a limit of 10…

Posted in Cell phones banned at Saitama elementary, junior high schools at 04:04 PM JST - 18th December
sageb1 at 03:52 PM JST - 18th December

Does "bitchy" mean "exposed to parents whose idea of a good time is getting high on drugs and booze and making a hubbaloo in public, resulting in trauam that leads to a hard life including getting taken advantage by cads, drug dealers, prostitutes and would-be rapists"?

Posted in Changing trends leaving Ebi-chan behind at 03:52 PM JST - 18th December
sageb1 at 03:43 PM JST - 18th December

i bet if the journalist do a thorough investigation, then they will find that the guy was inept, and lacked communication skills to keep his GF happy, like thousands of other men who don't kill their exes after being dumped.

Posted in Man commits suicide in Yamanashi; police suspect involvement in woman’s death in Kanagawa at 03:43 PM JST - 18th December
sageb1 at 03:40 PM JST - 18th December

pants, women, pants!

Posted in Man arrested for filming up woman’s skirt in shopping center at 03:40 PM JST - 18th December
sageb1 at 05:12 AM JST - 15th December

who's the fourth economic partner of East Asia? we have japan, china and korea.

is that Taiwan? or Singapore?

Posted in S Korea, China, Japan show unity at first summit at 05:12 AM JST - 15th December
sageb1 at 05:10 AM JST - 15th December

suddenly my 110 IQ is great, despite a 32 point decline since the 1980s if the math and sciences scores for Japan are any indication of IQ, given that they are 110-115 percent of the average 500 point score.

Posted in Japanese students rank high in global math, science surveys at 05:10 AM JST - 15th December