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17 - The Misunderstoodhttps://japanatron.com/?view=article&id=10211:17-the-misunderstood&catid=52
I discuss four often-misunderstood things related to Japanese culture.
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Podcast
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1. IT: we're a bunch of freakin' morons! yeeeeeeeehhaaaaaaaawwwwwwwww! 2. Incompetance with a smile. 3. Proud to say it's always our fault. 4. IT: we do nothing all day long (except play the network version of Unreal Tournament). 5. We love to look like...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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Work to live, don't live to work. The Japanese company will try to make you feel like they are your new family and they come first. This is their culture--not mine, I say. This is a job, and that's all it is. Personally, my real family and friends...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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after contractual obligations have been met. Swish! But why bother with 2-year contracts and over-priced service in the first place? Instead, I vote for flat-out buying a factory unlocked phone from a reputable vendor. Unlocked Android phones abound on...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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number verification. Isn't that a catch-22? Maybe I don't have a phone number, which is why I want an inbound number in the first place! 3. VoIP is not yet a full replacement for a normal phone. See #2. Oh, and you can't call emergency services using...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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server, and copy/paste it to the 1st. Test your new SSH keys by SSH-ing into the 2nd server from the 1st and vice-versa. The first time you'll get prompted to trust the key. Accept the prompt to add the host to known_hosts. Disconnect and SSH again. It...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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Mobile Phones in Japanhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10168-mobile-phones-in-japan
of our market. A Few Money-Saving Tips The provider may sign you up for trials of a bunch of useless services when you first contract with them. Refuse all but the base required stuff if you can (unless you use all that stuff). You probably can't as...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Why I Hate the Apple Storehttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10149-why-i-hate-the-apple-store
my mood less than kind as I now have to tell the client the "good news." I briefly looked for stairs to get back down to the first floor, but--big surprise--no stairs. I had to wait for that retarded elevator. God forbid there ever be a fire in that...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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should serve as a lesson to not only Alesis--but to all companies--that in this Internet age the customer really does come first. Forget that and you'll be mercilessly blogged into oblivion. UPDATE Here's the full Alesis support forum thread -...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Strong Yen Weak Dollarhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10132-strong-yen-weak-dollar
My learned compatriot asserted that the dollar is not weak. How can it be when a single dollar purchases 78 yen? Meeting the first person not to be convinced of and vehemently jealous of my sentiments, I became dizzy and confused and drunk with dizzy...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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I ever return to the USA, I'll no doubt hire a Japanese carpenter to build my dream house. Gotta win the California lottery first, though. Sauce My former impression of Japanese culinary delights revolved around sushi, udon, tempura, and other...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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naturally give those smoking out-of-towners the evil eye, while assuming they're super-rich to afford them in the first place. Or maybe they bought their cigarettes in Japan. My central complaint about smoking is that it is both obnoxious and harmful to...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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visiting Japan is no stranger to walking around with a bucketful of coins in their pants/purse. The excitement before your first Tokyo subway ride soon quells as you're greeted by a flurry of coins spraying from the ticket machine like a Las Vegas slot...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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it's necessary to shutdown other PCs that use CIFS and restart the CIFS (Samba) service on FreeNAS. My theory is that the first device that connects to FreeNAS via CIFS determines the security level.
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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Japan's Smoking Addictionhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10083-japans-smoking-addiction
artificial intelligence to check for ID before allowing a sale. Now everyone wanting to purchase via vending machine must first register for a "tobacco card" certifying that they are of legal smoking age. It's functionally equivalent to one of those...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Stupid But Fun Purchaseshttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10082-stupid-but-fun-purchases
but maple syrup's not so bad. At least the fog didn't smell like dog shit or decaying rat corpses. The fog machine made its first public debut at a house party I threw (in its honor) when my parents were out of town. As my band was about to begin the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Obama guy is a......communist! Burn the witch! He must've conjured the devil's magic to win the election! Even though most first-world countries with half a brain have since socialized healthcare, America refuses to see the light. Instead of building a...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Dear Tea Pitcherhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10073-dear-tea-pitcher
was getting polluted by historic tea crust. A glass of tea from the pitcher tasted like fossilized teas from years past. At first it was a welcome walk down tea memory lane; however after further contemplation, it tasted like poo. The pitcher now sits...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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worked. Unfortunately, I bought into the failsafes the scam promised and tried it myself. I failed miserably on my very first go. Believe it or not, the store clerk didn't allow 12 year-old me to exchange an electronic keyboard hidden elsewhere in the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Why Japanese TV Suckshttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/show-biz/10053-why-japanese-tv-sucks
drips directly from the abysmal performance. It's like watching bad karaoke. It's so bad it's entertaining (for the first 3 minutes). Always Dubbing, Never Subtitling When they do show an American movie, they most often dub it in Japanese as opposed to...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Show Biz