This was posted over 16 years ago; my opinions, thoughts, attitude, and writing style may have evolved since then, and this post might have been different if it were to be posted today.
oh, random question before i forget – has anybody here used rosetta stone for learning languages? is it as good as folks say it is? i’d kind of like to get back into studying japanese and maybe learn another language or two also, i haven’t decided which ones, but i’m curious what experiences people have had. and holy moly, those software packages are expensive, so i guess they better work at those rates, yikes.