Wednesday February 15, 2012

JeffLee's past comments

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    JeffLee

    But the reactors weren't the problem. The problem was the cooling equipment and the way it was deployed, like in basements(!!).

    I heard from a friend at NHK that when the GE engineers who designed the reactors saw Fukushima's plan to put cooling generators underground, they threw their hands up in the air and returned home, baffled by such stupidity.

    Posted in: Concern about aging reactors grows

  • 3

    JeffLee

    **Tokyo Disneyland ** is Japan's top tourist destination, in terms of numbers and revenue, according to many surveys.It's followed by Universal Studios and other tacky amusement parks. Clearly, CNNGo isn't talking to people who are representative.

    Posted in: iReport: Top Japanese holiday destinations

  • 1

    JeffLee

    "...to rival the MacBook air."

    You mean: reduce the number of USB ports, and get rid of the LAN jack and removable battery" (features that are essential for me and my field work)? Then please DON'T try to "rival" the MacBook.

    Posted in: Ultra-thin laptops set to dazzle CES gadget fair

  • 0

    JeffLee

    I've got an Onkyo budget mini audio system. I'm impressed with the build quality and its minimal use of plastic.

    Posted in: Gibson Guitar buys stake in Onkyo Japan

  • 4

    JeffLee

    Redux of the beginning of the Aum case, when victims' families begged the police to investigate their suspected deaths, and the police refused to budge.

    Posted in: Police at first turned away surrendering Aum fugitive

  • 0

    JeffLee

    Why all the mystery? Advil with lots of water before bedtime. Then again in the morning, or an Alka Seltzer if the stomach feels whoozy.

    Posted in: Need help avoiding hangover? Less booze, more H2O

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    JeffLee

    m5c32: please read the story. It says none of the parts, etc will be reused. Sorry, that is NOT a sustainable practice.

    it's ME: the amount of energy involved is carrying out trhe process you mention for every single car is enormous. Sorry, that is NOT a sustainable practice.

    Posted in: Honda scraps 1,000 flood-ravaged cars in Thailand

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    JeffLee

    This doesn't seem like a sustainable practice -- to deliborately destroy products and not recycle them. In olden times, there was a concept called "factory seconds." Waste not, want not.

    Posted in: Honda scraps 1,000 flood-ravaged cars in Thailand

  • 8

    JeffLee

    Japanese people's lack of spatial awareness is at the root of the problem. Whenever I step outside, I'm forced to deal with pedestrians who go right into my path and don't care about it. Very rarely do people yield for others. I sense this the minute I arrive at Narita airport -- everyone is on a collision course with each other.

    Japanese kids from an early age need to learn the concept of right of way and that blocking someone's path, like standing in the middle of an exit, etc., is inconsiderate behavior.

    Other big cities have joggers and they don't have problems of people running into each other.

    Posted in: Rules considered to cope with increase in Imperial Palace joggers

  • -1

    JeffLee

    Foreign factors are nearly always cited for bad economic news in Japan. Rarely have I seen mentioned that Japanese manufacturers are losing out to US, Chinese and Korean competitors because the latter are producing better, more relevant products.

    Posted in: Japan exports tumble as European economy slows

  • -6

    JeffLee

    How was he discovered, I wonder? Was he caught, did he report himself or was he subject to a random test? These are key questions -- not the fact that the flight was delayed 74 minutes.

    Posted in: ANA flight delayed after pilot exceeds blood-alcohol limit

  • -2

    JeffLee

    A real odd couple - a lumbering dinosaur and a small, lightweight newcomer.

    Posted in: JAL, WestJet begin codeshare agreement

  • -2

    JeffLee

    Why is this article posted here? The Fire is only available in the U.S.

    Moderator: More than 20% of our readers are in the U.S.

    Posted in: Kindle Fire software update on the way

  • -2

    JeffLee

    "we do not make pricing decisions based on fluctuating FX rates."

    In other words, all the advantages from a strong yen go into OUR pockets, not our customers'. Sigh.

    Posted in: Harley-Davidson Japan

  • -2

    JeffLee

    "Global model"? Shouldn't all handsets and other IT gear be "global"? Would any sane consumer in this day and age buy a communications device that is "non-global"? No wonder inward-looking Japanese companies have such a weak foothold in ICT.

    Posted in: Panasonic to expand smartphone business to European market

  • -1

    JeffLee

    Japan is still running a big overall surplus.

    Posted in: Japan's current account surplus down 62.4%

  • -2

    JeffLee

    KDDI is a carrier, not a manufacturer. So the key question: who actually makes this, um, wonderful device?

    Posted in: au's new smartphone

  • -2

    JeffLee

    Canada is where the threat lies. The Air India bombing and acceptance of Tamil Tiger refugees have shown that Canada allows the establishment of terrorist groups on its soil, and its authorities won't hunt them down after their acts are committed. From Canada, getting into the US is very easy.

    Posted in: Is threat of home-grown U.S. terror suspects overblown?

  • -2

    JeffLee

    @Peter Esztelecky

    Wiki says you're wrong:

    "During the Second World War, 850 German Canadians were accused of being spies for the Nazis, as well as subversives and saboteurs. The internees were given a chance by authorities to defend themselves....Notable was that not one of these homesteaders from 1876 or their grandchildren had ever visited Germany again after 1876, yet they were accused of being German Nazi agents.

    Posted in: Japanese return to Canada's WWII internment camps

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    JeffLee

    It was a dark chapter in Canada's history. However, Japanese spies had infiltrated Honolulu's Japanese community, and people on the west coast figured they were next in line after Pearl Harbor. So it wasn't a purely an unfounded racist move. Also, hundreds of German-Canadians, who arrived in the 1800s, were interned at Camp Petawawa, Ontario, but we only hear about the Japanese-Canadians, for some reason.

    Seizing the property, however, was rotten. I can't see why it couldn't have been returned.

    Posted in: Japanese return to Canada's WWII internment camps

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