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hmm, japanese must be canadian or something
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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I’m sorry. What do you mean by that?
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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What? We don't get apologies if it's 20 minutes late. 
Jeremy Falcon
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yeah but you will not miss the train if it is late!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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True, but you may not arrive at your destination on time. Either way, it does make want to visit Japan.
Jeremy Falcon
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The wife dragged me kicking and screaming to Japan 20 years ago, we went on a small group (12 people) tour and loved it. We have been back many times since, including a road trip in Hokkaido, there is an entire story about the GPS in that car.
I now take my grand kids there to ski, Furano was excellent last year.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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That's cool man. Sounds like it would be a blast.
Jeremy Falcon
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You will if it's later than the connecting train you're trying to catch.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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The Japanese rail system is amazing, on the Shinkazen, bullet train, you have a set time, 30 seconds I think, to exit the train before it leaves. If you are slow you get to exit the next station which may be 100 km away. Why - scheduling is so tight there may be another bullet headed for your rear carriage at 120 kph
Do NOT remove your shoes on the station. A favoured method of suicide used to be to leap in from of a bullet train travelling at 120 kph. Japanese remove their shoes before jumping.
There is also a 1m yen fine levied on the FAMILY of the suicide, as I said used to be a favoured method.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I’m sorry. What do you mean by that?
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: There is also a 1m yen fine levied on the FAMILY of the suicide, as I said used to be a favoured method.
Is that anywhere in Japan or just in the train station? Paying approximately 10 grand USD so someone you know can kill themselves is kinda... um... um... .
Jeremy Falcon
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Wow - it is actually scheduled to leave at the 40 second mark. That is pretty impressive.
It says the riders complained. Wonder how they even knew? Some of them must schedule their walks that precisely also.
Tough. They should just plan to get to the station 20 seconds early. Or for that matter even 40!
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Sometime you should take a look at the layout of the Tokyo underground/local network, you may need to change trains 2,3 or more times to get to work, scheduling matters.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I daily travel by train, for the reason it safer than driving on the roads around Bristol with the Mad Max wannabes driving...
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Just outfit your car with metal horns and a couple of chainsaws, and join 'em! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Today is not a good day too die (it's Friday! AKA POETS day)...
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Amusing story - and very Japanese...
I travel by train quite a lot - being a non-driver - and have to say I quite like it, and don't have the stereotypical view of British train travel that many do. In my experience, they usually run more or less on time, and the staff generally pleasant. They could often do with more seats though, and while the toilets are sometimes not as clean as you'd like, the fault for that must surely rest primarily with the passengers... sorry tot say it, but the British are not a clean people. Just walk around London - it must be the filthiest capital city in Europe by some margin. But generally, I like trains!
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Quote: They could often do with more seats though,
Too true I object to paying for my season ticket and having to stand.
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I use a lot of trains, too - I don't drive either.
I think the experience varies a lot from region to region but to my mind, the major issue these days is over-crowding rather than punctuality.
This is something that could be very easily cured. The reason for it is that Railtrack (or whatever they're called this week) rent their lines on a cost per carriage rather than a cost per train basis. A simple switch on that policy would make life a whole lot better for many passengers.
Sometimes, though, you really have to question the operators - London Midland choosing to use a 3 car set on the 5.15 departure from New Street on the main commuter line in Birmingham, for example, rather beggars belief when there are 6 car sets operating at non-peak times.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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[begin diary]
I'm now the owner (proud or not) of a new Note8, having dropped my ancient Samsung 5 hard on the floor yesterday night, resulting in the screen displaying randomly colored pixels. I guess I have a new random number generator, haha.
Flushing the toilet this morning, there was a strange gurgling noise. Check the basement, yup, the septic line is backed up. Again. Won't get snaked until tomorrow. I should really invest in one of those motorized snakes, this is a regular enough occurrence that the investment will pay off in a couple of years.
On a positive note, I've been fussing with .NET Core 2.0 and one of the core pieces of my common library for building things compiled and my initial tests indicate everything is working fine, no code changes. .NET Core 2.0 is definitely an improvement over 1.0!
And while I ditched Docker for Windows, the Docker Toolbox (that sets up an Oracle VM) is working great, I have bidirectional HTTP communication between the host and the container working without much of a fuss. Article hopefully before the end of the year!
[end diary] 
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Marc Clifton wrote: Flushing the toilet this morning, there was a strange gurgling noise. Check the basement, yup, the septic line is backed up. Again.
For me, its my kids. They haven't quite mastered the proper way to use the toilet without making it go boom. Any more info, and it would be TMI. 
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Marc Clifton wrote: Flushing the toilet this morning, there was a strange gurgling noise
[...]
Marc Clifton wrote: .NET Core 2.0
I thought for sure this was going to lead to a rant linking these two items together.
For once, I was disappointed. 
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dandy72 wrote: For once, I was disappointed.
Sorry about that. I'll "aim to please" next time.
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Well...I'm still taking your praise for .NET Core 2.0 as a good thing. So I'm not entirely disappointed (especially since I'll have to start using it at one point or another).
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