Elvensilvan's past comments

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  ElvensilvanApr. 15, 2013 - 07:54AM JST

  Um ... USJ has been using this for quite some time now. I remember watching Shrek there a few years back.

  Posted in: Forget 3D - Nagoya movie theater to go 4D with moving seats, wind, smells

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  ElvensilvanApr. 11, 2013 - 07:45AM JST

  “If, however, the rocket is fired toward Japan, it is clearly military action and it is inevitable that Japan will try to shoot it down.”

  That is, if the rocket is in range, and the military knows the exact location.

  Posted in: Japan's missile defense plan: some facts

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  ElvensilvanApr. 11, 2013 - 07:41AM JST

  Or just plain lucky enough to have food suppply, as well as isolation from predators.

  Posted in: Fish survives 8,000-km journey from Japan to America on boat washed away by tsunami

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  ElvensilvanMar. 29, 2013 - 12:41PM JST

  Instead of teaching the world Japanese, why not teach the Japanese English instead?

  Posted in: Gov’t aims to boost number of foreigners who speak Japanese.

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  ElvensilvanMar. 29, 2013 - 07:39AM JST

  Yes, they do that in trains. I've even been in a train where an ojayi is opening up a vending small bottled sake and drinking it right inside the train ... sometimes with tsumami even.

  Posted in: Tokyo Metro manner posters confuse and delight commuters

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  ElvensilvanMar. 29, 2013 - 07:30AM JST

  I'm not sure where this announcement's aim is really at: to show "assurance to our allies that they can count on us to be prepared and to help them deter conflict" or to further enrage NK.

  Well, NK has been enraging enough for the whole world to focus on them before ...

  Posted in: North Korea puts rockets on standby for U.S. strike

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  ElvensilvanMar. 29, 2013 - 07:20AM JST

  It's too lonely and creepy, it's literally a wasteland out there. You can see the spots where houses and homes used to be.

  Also, we can see the extent (or lack thereof) of the waste disposal and recovery of the town.

  Posted in: Google adds street views inside nuclear zone

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  ElvensilvanMar. 29, 2013 - 07:12AM JST

  I for one, am kinda getting the feeling that airport security is a bit too lax.

  Posted in: Dropped scissors causes chaos at Naha Airport

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  ElvensilvanMar. 26, 2013 - 07:28AM JST

  But ... I thought McD's staff were trained for these?

  http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/mcdonalds-staff-trained-to-throw-tracking-balls-at-armed-robbers

  Posted in: Man robs Nagoya McDonald's of Y2.6 mil

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  ElvensilvanMar. 15, 2013 - 07:37AM JST

  You know you're addicted online when you write things like these, when they know the symptoms themselves.

  Time and again, a new "10 signs that you may be addicted" comes up ... whether it's regarding surfing, online games, social networking, adult stuff, whatever's out there. So it's not new news anymore, just re-worded and re-cycled.

  Posted in: 10 signs that you may be addicted to life online

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  ElvensilvanMar. 15, 2013 - 07:20AM JST

  Now this prospect makes me a nervous panda.

  I just hope that China is sincere in it's stand against NK.

  Posted in: N Korea likely to launch attack on South this year, analyst says

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  ElvensilvanMar. 14, 2013 - 07:41AM JST

  No cover-up by TEPCO? Great news!

  Does this just means that the government did?

  Posted in: Panel says there was no cover-up at Fukushima nuclear plant

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  ElvensilvanMar. 13, 2013 - 09:23AM JST

  The scary thing here is, if the hackers can easily get "confidential" information, how much more for non-confidential personal information?

  Posted in: Hackers post private data of Michelle Obama, FBI head, celebs

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  ElvensilvanMar. 13, 2013 - 09:19AM JST

  Now this is the alternative I was waiting for (instead of the full-height gates). Retrofitting existing trains and stations with full-height gates will require the train line to close for several days.

  The question now is, is the wire rope screen durable enough to prevent someone from jumping or being pushed from the platform?

  Posted in: New rising barrier system for train stations to be tested

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  ElvensilvanMar. 12, 2013 - 09:17AM JST

  To understand more:

  http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/The_Living_Planet_Programme/Earth_Explorers/GOCE/GOCE_the_first_seismometer_in_orbit

  Maybe GOCE also has the NK "earthquake" information.

  Posted in: Satellite recorded March 11 quake's shock waves in atmosphere

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  ElvensilvanMar. 10, 2013 - 02:36PM JST

  Let me get this straight ... water is leaking into the plant?

  So in a way, the leaks are helping keep the temperature down in the broken reactors, right?

  But, but ... if tons of water is leaking into the reactor everyday, where is it going?

  Posted in: Flooding complicates clean-up at Fukushima plant

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  ElvensilvanMar. 08, 2013 - 11:14AM JST

  It's not the system that's at fault here, it's the usage ...

  Some people tend to use their work email to register for forums, BBS, newsletters and what not. Thing is, without a proper filter system (like mail handling folders specifically made to hold mails coming from clients, co-workers, family, etc), everything just dumps into the "Inbox".

  And people tend to be more focused when reading e-mails about news, family, travel or even from friends than work-related ... unless it's about upcoming holidays and things affecting salary.

  Posted in: Firms at IT fair mull death of email

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  ElvensilvanMar. 08, 2013 - 10:38AM JST

  we are now carefully watching them

  If I didn't know better, I would call them all perverts.

  Posted in: Randy pandas get privacy at Tokyo zoo

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  ElvensilvanMar. 04, 2013 - 03:41PM JST

  While I was still working in Yokohama, I have turned my "workstation" into my own personal space, without the cubicle partitions.

  • Computer and monitor re-arranged the way I like it
  • Trackball instead of a mouse
  • Anime figures and miniature stuffed toys on top of the computer
  • PC wallpaper ... downloaded of course, but from deviantart
  • Coffee and cocoa powder in my desk drawers, along with my mug and teaspoon
  • A small piece of whiteboard stuck to the side of the PC for temporary notes

  Posted in: Bring your personality into your workspace

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  ElvensilvanMar. 01, 2013 - 04:01PM JST

  Abe-san, give me a raise so I can spend more money.

  Or, lower the price of regular gasoline ... say even by 20 yen per liter?

  Posted in: Japanese shoppers upbeat as Abe pushes spending