Area66 said...

Area66 at 12:08 PM JST - 3rd November

Yes... just so long as the instructor actually knows something about the subject... Otherwise learn about it from the other kids down on the street corner --that's better then a garbled version from your parents.

Posted in Should sex education be taught in schools? at 12:08 PM JST - 3rd November
Area66 at 11:48 AM JST - 27th October

I don't know who will win, but either way, by this time next year you'll be wishing the other one had won.

Why?

Because they are just two sides of the same coin --and right now that coin is in deep financial trouble, and it isn't going to get better…

Posted in Who do you hope will be the next U.S. president? at 11:48 AM JST - 27th October
Area66 at 07:28 PM JST - 19th September

Not GNU/Linux friendly - useless to me (would likely have been useless anyway, for reasons other posters have pointed out).

Posted in Australian company launches 3D Internet tool at 07:28 PM JST - 19th September
Area66 at 11:38 AM JST - 11th September

As Truman is often (possibly mis-) quoted --F--K Japan, drop the bomb. Well the US should pay this pittance, OK --but it should be billed to Japan. You started it, we had to finish it... it's called the fortunes of war. In this case, a war you started --and lost.…

Posted in U.S. survivors of Japan's POW death camps seek compensation at 11:38 AM JST - 11th September
Area66 at 02:22 PM JST - 2nd September

Does he notice we (I am in the USA) should take the same advice? No, probably not, we have sane, solid, sound, policies, and always have had. We don't need no stinkin' mirror --we are perfect, just ask anyone. Well anyone inside the beltway (inner circle in Washington, DC).

Posted in The Japanese need only to look in the mirror to see the real threat to the alliance and to Japanese economic vitality. Tokyo's policy dysfunctions are going to rankle, whatever administration comes to power in Washington. at 02:22 PM JST - 2nd September
Area66 at 04:23 PM JST - 21st August

How truly fowl... but in a good way ;)

Posted in Waterfowl at 04:23 PM JST - 21st August
Area66 at 11:44 AM JST - 9th August

What I'd like to know is when it became 'Table Tennis' --I confess I don't follow this sport, but I had much fun playing 'Ping-Pong' as a child... I thought they were the same thing.

I'm very open to being corrected --as I said, I know little to nothing about…

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Area66 at 04:07 PM JST - 8th August

Throughout most of commercial aviation history the passenger was weighed along with his/her luggage and that was the price determinate (also the practical loading limit to the number of passengers --the pilot needs to know if the plane can take off).

It's only with the advent of large 'freight' style…

Posted in How airlines deal with 'customers of size' at 04:07 PM JST - 8th August
Area66 at 03:06 PM JST - 7th August

I also think it is worth attempting to explain something you will never read in the 'official' history books:

The Japanese soldier was, at that point in time, the most formidable foe we had ever fought. His bravery, dedication, and unique concept of 'death before dishonor' (which means something quite…

Posted in Manhattan Project scientist visits Hiroshima for 1st time at 03:06 PM JST - 7th August
Area66 at 02:09 PM JST - 7th August

http://www.lewrockwell.com/raico/raico22.html --The Internet is so neat, one can find any spin they want.

I think this is probably more to the point: http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html

And yes we killed a lot of civilians in Dresden too --probably the result of Germany deciding to put ball bearing plants in the middle of civilian…

Posted in Manhattan Project scientist visits Hiroshima for 1st time at 02:09 PM JST - 7th August