Wednesday February 15, 2012

Kwaabish's past comments

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    Kwaabish

    Unfortunately for Mr. Gemba, history dictates that China does not really understand (or intentionally ignores) the norms and logics of international rules and treaties...

    Posted in: Gemba: China should play fair under world rules

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    Kwaabish

    oh wow, people still take that thing?

    A lot of people who use the Japan Rail Pass does. It's a whole lot easier using N'EX to get to Tokyo, Yokohama, Shinagawa or Shinjuku compared to the Keisei Skyliner, especially if you have a healthy amount of luggage.

    Posted in: JR East announces end to power-saving timetable

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    Kwaabish

    It'll be good to see N'EX back on the usual timetable...

    Posted in: JR East announces end to power-saving timetable

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    Kwaabish

    Bring back Koizumi!

    Posted in: Noda won't last long if he can't unify party, solve problems

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    Kwaabish

    Better check to see if the Chinese authorities have planted eavesdropping devices to listen in to foreign citizens/businessmen when staying in any hotel in China...

    Posted in: Hotel Nikko Xiamen to open Sept 8

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    Kwaabish

    Some of the Japanese commercials are outright creative and others are pretty funny. Personally, I like the Boss Coffee Spaceman Jones and the olf Fanta school teacher series. I also like the CM's by railway companies like JR (JR East Shinkansen anniversary series and the recent JR Kyushu Shinkansen wave across Kyushu).

    Posted in: What do you think of Japanese TV commercials?

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    Kwaabish

    gogogo,

    I don't think that seat selection processes are limited to domestic flights. I seem to recall that my colleagues and I bought and selected seats for an LAX-NRT-ORD flight on AA through AA.com. (Not by choice, I would have much more preferred to have flown NH instead)

    Man... it's getting tiring how AA is trying to put a good spin on various "new programmes" which seem to actually limit what many passengers had access to all along in the past...

    I'm already pissed about how AA is planning to limit the chances of AAdvantage members achieving lifetime elite status by restricting the eligible miles which would get counted towards the one million/two million miler's club. (beginning December 1, 2011)

    Posted in: American Airlines renames Express Seats as Preferred Seats

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    Kwaabish

    gogogo:

    One example: Japanese (or other foreign nationals) who are in the US with valid visas (such as E, H-1B, L, etc.) or who are permanent residents would have US addresses.

    Posted in: American Airlines renames Express Seats as Preferred Seats

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    Kwaabish

    One of the rare times I'll side with the Mods. Non-US citizens who are members of AAdvantage programmes can utilize this service.

    Posted in: American Airlines renames Express Seats as Preferred Seats

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    Kwaabish

    Now only if AA could make its entire trip more "preferable" in the eyes of trans-Pacific travellers... I still prefer Asian carriers (SQ, NH, JL, CX) over AA, DL or UA...

    Posted in: American Airlines renames Express Seats as Preferred Seats

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    Kwaabish

    Shinkansen would NOT need a second driver, if the primary concern was safety. Their current system covers it well, since if there is any anomaly, including if the driver fell ill, the default protocol would be to stop the train in question (and also all nearby trains) immediately. The stopping can be handled by a "dead-man's switch" system and also by ATC controls.

    Posted in: Bullet train driver stops train because he forgot his glasses

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    Kwaabish

    The only thing that surprises me: this was a train from Tokyo, right? And he pulled the brake 8kms outside Okayama? Did he manage to get all that way before noticing he wasnt wearing his glasses???!

    The Tokaido/Sanyo Shinkansen travels through 2 JR jurisdictions, JR Tokai from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka and then JR West from Shin-Osaka to Hakata. Train drivers will not operate the entire route. As a matter of fact, Any Nozomi from Tokyo to Hakata will have an exchange of its driver, conductors and concession staff at Shin-Osaka. As such, in this case, the driver in question likely boarded and operated the train from Shin-Osaka, and was approaching the second stop (after Shin-Kobe).

    Posted in: Bullet train driver stops train because he forgot his glasses

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    Kwaabish

    Of course, an additional interesting part about theSoviets' internment of the Japanese was that the Soviets reneged on a non-agression treaty between the two countries...

    Posted in: Memorial service held for Japanese who died in Siberian labor camps

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    Kwaabish

    Rather impressive turnout on the 21st considering the general topic being relatively blacked out from the regular media in Japan. Would also be interesting to see if their push against major sponsors (e.g., boycott of Kao products) of programmes at Fuji would have effect.

    Either way, perhaps the protestors should push lawmakers to pass a law like the one that South Korea has that would limit the amount of permitted foreign produced content/programmes broadcast over terrestrial TV.

    Posted in: Fuji TV fends off barrage of brickbats

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    Kwaabish

    I wonder if they'll be able to pull off another demo on the 21st...

    Posted in: Anti-Korean Wave in Japan turns political

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    Kwaabish

    If only the troll leader would travel by Chinese High Speed Rail... perhaps that could eliminate one of the scourages of the world....

    Posted in: N Korean leader arrives in Russia by train

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    Kwaabish

    Cars are checked for radiation before loading on the ships so there is no fear of getting a contaminated car outside of Japan

    Besides that, depending on where you live, the Toyota, Honda or Nissan may have been assembled somewhere other tan in Japan.

    Posted in: Toyota and Lexus brands retake ACSI lead with Cadillac in tow; Lincoln, Buick shift into reverse

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    Kwaabish

    Venezuela born and fluent in English and Spanish. She's a catch!

    Posted in: Fuji TV announcer Reiko Endo announces upcoming wedding

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    Kwaabish

    I would like to find links to pictures - suddenly I see something new.

    Just google "cathay", "crew", and "scandal". The pictures are blurred out, though.

    Posted in: Aircraft sex scandal costs Cathay Pacific pair their jobs

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    Kwaabish

    Hell, why would the masses ever respect the concept of intellectual property rights when the entire government lacks the inetrnational norm (i.e., claiming that the Chinese HSR technology is "home grown" despite claims of EU and Japanese companies who supplied the technology...)

    Posted in: China finds another 22 fake Apple stores

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