Wednesday February 15, 2012

Farmboy's past comments

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    Farmboy

    I'm sure they've already done it, and are now trying to make it legal. Still, I don't envy the agents given the task of going through gobs of drivel in an effort to find any terrorist threats, or even anything all that interesting. Imagine! You're sitting at your desk at the new division, and someone brings you 700 links to potentially threatening cat videos. After the first eight, I'd be thinking about a transfer.

    Posted in: FBI seeking social media monitoring tool

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    Farmboy

    I think the article doesn't make a clear enough distinction between growing permissiveness and growing dishonesty, taking examples from the wrong column to support conclusions about the other column. If people are doing more drugs, they are more permissive, not more dishonest. If more people are cheating on tests, they are more dishonest, not more permissive. Whether Britain is done or not, I have no idea.

    Posted in: Britons 'becoming less honest,' research shows

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    Farmboy

    hmmm....To me, being more tolerant of certain things doesn't necessarily mean that people are less honest.

    Posted in: Britons 'becoming less honest,' research shows

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    Farmboy

    Well there is some discussion of carrots and sticks vs carrots on sticks, and lost original meaning and all that, but I suggest that the second image might be better appreciated by fans.

    Posted in: Aya Sugimoto on managing husband: '30% carrot, 70% stick'

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    Farmboy

    maybe even strong enough to cause electronics to stop working

    That's true...some electronic stuff might stop working, but they'll be happy to sell you more electronics...

    Posted in: Flights rerouted as massive solar storm slams Earth

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    Farmboy

    It would be cool if we could see the Northern Lights.

    Posted in: Flights rerouted as massive solar storm slams Earth

  • 4

    Farmboy

    I don't know who will win, but these guys are an embarrassment. Corporate money used to buy better...

    Posted in: Stung Romney discloses taxes as he launches fierce attack on Gingrich

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    Farmboy

    And when the kids grow up and get on a motorcycle, they'll inexplicably think of their Mom.

    Posted in: NZ police alarmed at breastfeeding motorists

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    Farmboy

    http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/info/japanfaqs.html

    Lots of info about the debris at the link above, but lots of qualifiers: may, might, could, probably.

    Posted in: Buoys found in Alaska may be Japan tsunami debris

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    Farmboy

    The first batch of stuff is unlikely to be radioactive, but the twentieth or thirtieth batch might be. I hope they're at least considering what to do in that eventuality. It probably won't be stuff directly from the nuke plant, but could easily be stuff coated by fallout from the event. Most of it would have headed east or northeast, I imagine, and could have settled on top of any floating debris.

    Posted in: Buoys found in Alaska may be Japan tsunami debris

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    Farmboy

    Wonderful. Winter is about half over, and now they have concluded that the firewood should not have been burned. Typical Japanese bureaucrats being proactive.

    Yes, and the cesium in the firewood that has already been burned has been coming down on any new wood that has been prepared. In about 120 years everything should be fine, though.

    Posted in: Firewood ash at Nihonmatsu homes found to contain high levels of radioactive cesium

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    Farmboy

    Not a frequent Facebook user ... I think it's weird people want to share with their friends what they had for breakfast and such things and that freinds want to comment on it, but okay.... I suppose commenting on news about gold found in rectums at the airport is not so much better. Anyway, the last time I checked in, people who use Facebook a lot were griping in groups and clusters about Timeline and other unwanted changes. It seems to be part of a trend to find something people like and mess it up.

    Posted in: New Facebook apps let users share key events

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    Farmboy

    Road hogs!

    Posted in: Escaped pigs cause traffic jam on Hanshin expressway

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    Farmboy

    So "reports" says this, but police have declined to confirm the reports. But the reports came from the police? The Sankei daily cites unnamed police sources that the man didn't have any defensive injuries, but says nothing about footprints... And then, the lack of bloody footprints idea came from Nippon Television? Not from the police? I'm confused. Does anyone suspect a drive-by circumcision?

    Posted in: Police haven't ruled out suicide in severed penis case, media report

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    Farmboy

    He said it would take more time and a better technology to get to the melted fuel, most of which has fallen straight down into the area that the endoscope could not reach.......The probe failed to find the water surface, which indicate the water sits at lower-than-expected levels

    Lower-than-expected and could not reach, I take it, means it's not there at all?

    Posted in: Endoscope shows radiation, steam, rusty metal inside Fukushima reactor

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    Farmboy

    A nuke plant is like a fine wine...it only gets better with age. Luckily, I live fairly close to a nice old one....lucky me.

    Posted in: Japan to let some nuclear plants operate after 40-year limit

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    Farmboy

    It requires a certain lack of IQ in order to believe this BS...

    Typical B blood reaction...

    Posted in: The importance of blood type in Japanese culture

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    Farmboy

    So the tests were okay, but they didn't print enough, didn't distribute them properly, and didn't have enough IC players or the ones they had were broken? Those are pretty big mistakes for such an experienced group! I feel sorry for the students, as they really get wrapped up in these tests, and are going to be hard-pressed to relax and take them again.

    Posted in: Errors result in highest ever number of entrance exams retakers

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    Farmboy

    Was she waiting for the child to get old enough to enjoy the wedding?

    Posted in: Chinatsu Wakatsuki announces she's 5 months pregnant and married

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    Farmboy

    Soon Batman will want one for his Batmobile. I don't expect him to change his name, or the name of his car, though.

    Posted in: Bum's the word in Japan security scans

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