The Japanese are ahead of us in everything!!! They probably gave him a PT for his Carpal Tunnel Syndrome too.

*packs bags for a better life*

on the plus side, he can now type 300 WPM using only his left hand.

Hows that not being efficient?? Do you think it's easy getting into the end of day with 10k pageviews?

I bet he's got that brown build-up all over his keyboard too ...

Maybe most of those are automatic, 20-per-second pop-up pages?

Even so, that's just wrong. Like none other.

Seriously, what is this site turning into as of late? This is supposed to be a gadget guide, and this clearly has nothing to do with gadgets. At all. Not to mention this is at least the 3rd or 4th article concerning penises, sex or masturbation in as many days, which has nothing to do with gadgets. An article asking if we watch hotel porn? A completely pointless ejaculation video? A turbo Japanese masturbator? This is quickly becoming "Gizmodo- Written by 15 year old boys, for 15 year old boys." If I wanted articles that were nothing more than tidbits of absurdity, I'd read Digg. Brian Lam, if you're reading this, get control of your writing staff and keep this site in focus. Thank you.

@lindec: whoa

The shadow of the hammer is now cast upon you

EROSAMA!

Is lindec a guy or a girl? I'm guessing a girl ...

Quick, somebody find out where lindec is being held and forced to read articles he doesn't like. This sort of abuse cannot stand!

It wasn't 780,000 pages, it was HITS. And knowing how trigger happy prosecutors are, I'm sure that includes hits to css files and 4px by 4px left-arrow images, and everything in between (pun intended).

And suppose he didn't have a popup blocker. That could mean he went to 1 page by mistake and it exploded into 780,000 hits, continuously opening page after page for the next nine months before he just unplugged the damn thing.

@lindec:

The problem with this site, as of late, is people like you... Commenters since January 2008, coming in and acting like this site has strayed from "The good old days."

I won't speak for the editors, but I think many will share my sentiment that comments like yours are what is hurting Gizmodo, and the Gawker blogs in general.

@lindec: An article asking if we watch hotel porn : OR if you bring your own on your gadget

A completely pointless ejaculation video? : The gadget used to film it?

A turbo Japanese masturbator? : Indeed a gadget.

this clearly has nothing to do with gadgets. At all.: Um... what did he do the page views with? Yeah. That's it.

Just sayin.

Though I must say, working at a tech-oriented company, I doubt anyone would bat an eye if they walked by and saw "Asus EEE PC reviewed" or somesuch. But I should probably be careful to scroll past "Japanese Porn Master Whacks It...". Kinda hard to explain that one.

Or I could do some work, I guess. If you want to be all crazy-talking.

Thank you Matt, I now know my purpose in life. I must beat this record.

Godspeed, Gann. Godspeed.

OMG... that dudes little pee pee must be calloused as hell. Its probably thick with calluses that its hard as a brick wall. LOL

Haha, "beat the record."

@lindec:
@Bueller:
And this article happens to be about a guy stroking his gadget.

@lindec: this is pretty much the way it's always been. where have you been?

@Rabid Penguin: nice.

Maybe he was on a document review assignment.

The most glorious and terrifying document review assignment of all time.

evangelion hentai, woo

And nobody noticed the pungent smell from his cubicle?

@lindec: Too much tension gwasshoppah. I wecommend a fap n' a nap.

@lindec: I completely agree. This has nothing to do with gadgets. This may be suitable for gawker though...

er, how did you come up with those numbers. Assuming 30 days a month and four weekends a month (also assuming he "worked" no weekends) that is 22 days a month times 9 months is 198 days. 780,000 pages / 198 days is 3939; somewhat less then 10,000. Still quite a bit but, hey. And if it was hits, and there were ten per page that means like 394 pages a day.

I didn't find this article a waste, nor did I find it offensive. Does it relate to "gadgets" ?... of course it does... Without the use of a computer, he would not have been able to access any of those pages. Now.. for those people who were offened or didn't like this article...I have one question... WHY THE HECK DIDN'T YOU JUST SKIP OVER IT? Duh!!! You must have had some interest since you didn't scroll down. It's cool when writers and editors have a "sense of humor" and put up wacky or unusual articles.

Man, talk about power wanking!!!

@leonwestbrook:
"This has nothing to do with gadgets"
--> Rabid Penguin <--

So, as I've already pointed out, this article deals with one man stroking his gadget while looking at porn on a different gadget... or maybe the same one =O.

So it deals with two gadgets, thus fitting your criteria.

I'll tell you what's really shocking about this article.

It wasn't written by Jason...or Jesus...or Brian...or Adam...or Addy...or Haroon...or Benny.

@lindec: I can only appologise for being SO unworthy
<<

Hey Giz! Nice pic!

Neon Genesis Evangelion FTW!!!

@lindec: n00b

@Secret Agent Man:

Well i've been reading since about Feb 2003 I believe.

Does that make me able to say "I miss the good old days" ?

Want to see what Giz was actually LIKE back then? I think the WayBack machine at archive.org has giz archived since 2002?

*Sigh* I just noticed what was reflect in those glasses.

Ironic.

@Sunlokyee: Eww...

I, for one, blame that guy's managers. Regardless of how hard he was or wasn't working, that guy's got admirable dedication. If his managers could focus that masturbatory drive towards more productive activities, dude could have beurocratted up all kinds of shit. But then he gets demoted? He totally got the short end of that stick. Shafted!

@ Lindec, I think that if you look at the hits per article ratio on Gizmodo's homepage you'll begin to notice a trend. Generally speaking, (and from just looking at the page hits per article ratio on todays homepage) I think it's safe to say that though the articles may not be written by 15 year old boys, they are obviously written for, and read by and far by an audience obviously predominantly comprised of 15 year old boys (don't believe me? Look at the post on any given article for proof of the "boys only club mentality" in full affect here on Giz!). Gizmodo is still a business mind you, and like any good business they want traffic, and lots of it! So, though it may be written in a style with the lowest possible denominator in mind (15 year old boys obsessed with farts, penis, poop, porn and ejaculation); or tends to be a bit sophomoric in-regard to humor, it's articles obviously address the issue's concerning a 15 year old boy on a day-to-day basis. I'm sure that if you looked at Brian's job description you'd notice that's it's not to check grammar or diction, or anything important like that (obviously from some of his contributers post...), but is instead primarily concerned with editing the type content that makes it's way onto Giz. If a majority of readers want stories about masturbation, then articles about masturbation it is! If stories about masturbation bring in a ton of viewer's, which ultimately makes the sponsor's happy, then Masturbation it is!... Long story short, give Brian and his team a break, they're just pandering to the their target audience. Now if you're really serious and find this sort of stuff offensive, then don't be tempted by these "types" of articles and ignore them altogether, or you could always just go to Engadget for your tech news. Who knows, if a enough viewers ignore these "types" of articles, and the hits for these "types" of articles go down enough (yeah right, I'm just saying is all...) then maybe Gizmodo, and BLam by default, won't put sooo many of these "types" of articles up! And, just to play devil's advocate, you could always write one of their sponsors and complain about Giz's content. Who knows, that may work for you.....

Until then! MASTURBATION IT IS!!!!!

@ BLam, may I make a suggestion for a future Article title?... OK, here goes: "MASTURBATION!" Wonder how many hits that gem will get you guys... If you run with it, then I want royalties!

@Rabid Penguin: ROFLOMFGLOL!

NICE.

"The best part? The dude was only demoted." he must be a good worker... one of those people that can have each side of the brain doing different things..

Japanese government bureaucrats get very good pay and have almost no duties whatsoever. That's why most Japanese schoolchildren, when asked what they want to be when they grow up, say "Bureaucrat." It's true, they did a survey of junior high school kids and fifty percent of both boys and girls said they wanted to be bureaucrats. You get lifetime employment (seriously, it's almost impossible to fire you), a nice pension, amakudari, and you barely have to work.