The other day I visited a library in my neighborhood in Tokyo. I intended to use my work with my notebook PC out there but I couldn't do it for some reasons. First of all, there was only one seat where we can use our PC; it wasn't that there were only one empty seat but there was only one seat where we are allowed to use our PC. Of course there was no public PC and no Internet connection. I couldn't believe it was the public library in Tokyo which is one of the largest cities in the world. I was amazed at the sign which read "You can use your computer up to 2 hours only when you are making a document with books in this library." I think that studying with our PC has become one of the most typical usage of public libraries, but it has not been allowed yet here in most high-tech city. I can't help complaining that this is a sin of omission of all the related people including politicians, personnel of libraries, officials and residents who won't say anything.
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