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If this is true and you're denied a job because of not presenting a GPA, shame on them. First of all, a GPA shouldn't be the deciding factor in a candidate's suitability for employment. Second, putting aside not being able to remember one's own GPA after many years of good employment elsewhere(s), it's incredibly unfair (and discriminatory) to those that graduated from colleges and university's with official school policy to NOT issue GPAs (or any other numerical grade). I know those kind of schools are out there because I attended one - my school was a pass/fail grading system for as long as I know, granted it was an art school. If a highly-qualified friend of mine from the same school was in the organization management dept, was part of other organizations afterwards then looked into Google, it shouldn't mean he is out of the running because his college transcript has no GPA.
In fact this is probably not an issue with just Google, but any other company that *requires* the GPA score input on a job application's college/university line item and rejects an applicant for a missing GPA. That "score" should be an optional blank line.

wow.
umm, thats the South Korean FLAG with the nintendo logo super-imposed, not some random amalgamation of I-ching symbols.
-_-;;

Just 'cause there's a lot of talk of the space bar issue here I felt compelled to join in.

IT'S JUST A SPACE BAR! GIVE IT A REST!
j/k.
really though.

The reason people "mess" with the keyboard layout is 'cause in different parts of the world they use certain letters (sound units, whatever) of their language in different frequency patterns.

Not everyone uses English let alone the alphabet - remember a QWERTY keyboard was designed to minimize finger movement by bringing the most frequently used letters to the center. In a different language -as in this case Japanese - they will obviously have different layouts. You'll notice even symbols are in other places -- above the 2? thats not a @ there, it's a " - also look to the left of the enter key and you'll notice the brackets and such in different places too.

As for the extra keys by the space bar and its size, at least one of them is to switch back and forth between typing in English or Katakana (Japanese characters) -- and they do that because the way of typing the Japanese language is different and spaces are used less so than the grammatical structure of English sentences.

Anyway, the point is, this is not a product for the American market (or outside-of-Japan market)- its layout means it was meant for Japan consumption only. If Enermax decides to make a US version, surely they'd change the thing to fit our needs, but I highly doubt that would happen (such designed-objects are usually marginal-interest products at best and not worth the logistics of exporting/redesigning).

Go look at a French, Spanish, Korean, German, Chinese or any other language keyboard -- almost every one will have things changed to fit the needs of the specific language.

It's different, yes, but it's certainly not screwed up - a keyboard that's not designed for export outside of Japan, perfect for the style-conscious PC user familiar with the layout. I like the looks, but unfortunately I can't use the layout and seems most of us here are not either. Hope you understand why it's like that though. So with that let's stop the "it's messed up, they shrunk the space bar" ranting and move on.

Or start writing to Enermax for them to make a true US/American English version, 'cause'd I'd buy in a second if I could use it, especially at that price. =)

seriously. I was glancing through the front page when I noticed the glaring error. Love the blog, but do you all not proofread? i've noticed at least 3 typos in the last week, and now this. Not only is it insulting to the reader that you don't care much for your own quality, it just makes you look worse.