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  Farmboy at 08:46 AM JST - 22nd September

  Yes, if you want the musicians to keep providing music. It would be possible to restructure things so musicians get their money in a different way, but for now, this is the system that is in place. Radio stations are businesses, and this is one of the costs.

  Posted in Should radio stations have to pay royalties to artists whose music they play? at 08:46 AM JST - 22nd September

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  Farmboy at 06:13 PM JST - 21st September

  About those conspiracy theories...it could be something along the lines of a cloaking device, but it makes the sub appear to be a whale. They're still working on a device that makes a soldier look like a Shiba inu....

  Posted in Unidentified 'submarine' may have been whale at 06:13 PM JST - 21st September

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  Farmboy at 03:06 PM JST - 21st September

  Looking for love in all the wrong places...

  Posted in U.S. serviceman breaks into love hotel room at 03:06 PM JST - 21st September

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  Farmboy at 03:03 PM JST - 21st September

  That motorlike noise was just the whale grumbling about never having any privacy anymore.

  Posted in Unidentified 'submarine' may have been whale at 03:03 PM JST - 21st September

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  Farmboy at 08:44 AM JST - 21st September

  I think the movie theaters themselves will lower prices and size down, that is, there will be more rooms of smaller size with very popular movies being shown in more than one room. The total size of the theater will decrease as well. The number of available movies shown at…

  Posted in With so many movie download sites around, what do you see for the future of the film industry? at 08:44 AM JST - 21st September

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  Farmboy at 08:22 AM JST - 21st September

  That's a nice pot plant...

  Posted in Pot plant at 08:22 AM JST - 21st September

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  Farmboy at 08:11 AM JST - 21st September

  Just want to add that I just read a story about a proposed $700 billion bailout of mortgage securities, more than has been spent on the Iraq war. I think we're in trouble. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/business/21cong.html?partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss

  Posted in When big companies look like going under, should governments use tax money to bail them out? at 08:11 AM JST - 21st September

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  Farmboy at 07:36 AM JST - 21st September

  In general, no. Governments, as rjdsr pointed out, don't know squat about running businesses. When there is a systemic risk for the world markets, though, as was the case with AIG, providing credit with some controls may be necessary. World markets may go over the edge anyway, but some attempt…

  Posted in When big companies look like going under, should governments use tax money to bail them out? at 07:36 AM JST - 21st September

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  Farmboy at 08:22 AM JST - 20th September

  I imagine they passed the ordinance because nobody wanted to go talk to the guy about it, and now the police get to do it. How many people feed crows? Pigeons maybe, but I bet they don't enforce that.

  Posted in Ward in Tokyo to penalize feeding animals, birds other than pets at 08:22 AM JST - 20th September

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  Farmboy at 06:01 PM JST - 19th September

  I just read the in the US, there's an issue with drugs being dumped down the drain at hospitals, and showing up in the water supply. I hope this isn't the practice in Japan.

  Posted in Thalidomide to possibly return to Japan as blood cancer medication at 06:01 PM JST - 19th September