Wednesday February 15, 2012

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    Stonecoldsoba

    That's why I always do my time travelling using tachyons.

    You should try using chronons. You get a much better effect if you can fine-tune your kit properly. But that's quite tricky and it does take a bit of time.

    Posted in: Hong Kong scientists show time travel is impossible

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    Stonecoldsoba

    Tochigi underwear thief busted

    Excellent wording!

    Posted in: Tochigi underwear thief busted

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    10 million kilowatts of power a year

    I wonder whether it's Mr Ishihara or the translator who doesn't understand kilowatts. Maybe it's both.

    Posted in: Pachinko parlors and vending machines use up 10 million kilowatts of power a year, which is just about the amount of the Fukushima nuclear power plants.

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    Miss Damrau is still performing.

    Posted in: Opera

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    “It’s removing a very important part of modern marketing, which is the brand itself, and these days, that’s worth billions of dollars,” Hughes said. “It’s like taking the Golden Arches away from McDonald’s—it removes equity from a company’s balance sheet overnight.”

    I have absolutely no sympathy for anyone who might suffer loss of brand value if the value of the brand is based on getting people addicted to a harmful form of drug taking.

    ... what free thinking adults wish to do to their own bodies ...

    Yet again, the smokers' fallacy. It's not (only) about what they do to their own bodies but also about what they do to others who breathe the polluted air in the smokers' vicinity. (I suspect the idea of doing it with their own money is also a fallacy but I don't have any figures from neutral sources about medical costs attributable to smoking.)

    ... most tobacco smokers don't really care about the taste ...

    Indeed. The addictive drug that comes with it enables smokers to tolerate the revolting tase.

    Posted in: Australia takes on tobacco giants over packaging

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    Stonecoldsoba

    How did Obama and Clinton get in. No conviction, but admitted use.

    As we all know, when one admits to having done something, it isn't necessarily true.

    Heh, it's fair that Japan applies the rule to everyone regardless of stature,

    Do you think some countries' immigration officials might be intimidated by people over 6 foot tall?

    Posted in: Russell Brand deported from Japan leaving Katy Perry behind

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    Smoking is potentially deadly. Time to stop that too.

    Posted in: If Hamaoka is potentially deadly, what about all the other nuclear reactors?

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    “Studios want to make movies that integrate international flavor and in genres that transcend cultures and language,”

    Studios want to make movies they can sell to more people.

    “It’s always done with the story in mind,” Ream says, “and not just for the sake of doing it.”

    The story? I think she means the money.

    Posted in: Hollywood tailoring movies for overseas audiences

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    Stonecoldsoba

    If Micro$oft made cars ... !!

    But seriously, from the account of the demonstration, this looks like a glorified self-diagnostic system but I notice it doesn't say anything about messages from the owner to the car. With M$ involved, stories of malfunctions will be a lot more credible than the claims of runaway acceleration caused by drivers pressing the wrong pedal.

    It can also help Toyota gain massive information not only about their buyers but about how the car is working or not working, he said.

    This is the other scary bit. I'm not sure I want a car that 'phones home' regularly.

    Posted in: Toyota to set up social networking service so drivers can interact with cars

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    Stonecoldsoba

    Sarah Palin?

    Posted in: Republican race about who's out, not in

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    Stonecoldsoba

    She looks like she's about to initiate a 'wardrobe malfunction'.

    Posted in: Tomobile

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    Pioneer Co is selling a new wireless speaker, the Kai-Tele-kun VMS-700-K, which sends sound waves from the TV directly to the speaker for a distance of up to 30 meters.

    This makes no sense. Surely the speaker (wireless or not) sends sound waves to the listener's ears, as has been the case for a century. "Sound waves from the TV"? No extra kit needed for that. And this gem: "... a ... speaker ... which sends sound waves ... to the speaker ..." Even with such a disastrously muddled description, I think I understand what it really does.

    Just a couple of questions.

    Why only TV sound? Isn't it just as feasible to transmit sound signals from other sourcers to remote speakers?

    Are men who cook not expected to be interested?

    Why so expensive? Short-range wireless transmission is cheap so the price suggests that the speakers themselves are of unnecessarily high quality for the hard-of-hearing, people busy preparing dinner or those listening in the dead of night at low volume to avoid distubing their slumbering cohabitants.

    Posted in: Wireless speaker

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    Stonecoldsoba

    Women boxers can date but they'll have trouble finding men who don't think they have to prove themselves stronger.

    Posted in: Knockout

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    Stonecoldsoba

    ... ask the government to ensure that parents who brought their children out of their countries of residence after divorce will not have criminal charges filed against them

    Or does this refer to those who have already abducted their children to Japan and those who succeed in doing so before Japan formally joins the convention?

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    ... ask the government to ensure that parents who brought their children out of their countries of residence after divorce will not have criminal charges filed against them

    Join the Convention but make sure the abductors can still get away with it.

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    Stonecoldsoba

    They do have as role as non-political representatives of their countries. I do not want to be represented in non-political matters (e.g. international sports ceremonies) by a party politician.

    Posted in: Do you think there is a role for monarchies in this day and age?

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    why is the needle on the dial below zero

    Negative radiation. Or maybe he wasn't pulling the trigger at the moment the photo was taken.

    Yes, nice eyes. Nice, scintillating eyes. Scintillating with ... radiation!!?

    (only kidding)

    Posted in: Safe strawberries

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    Stonecoldsoba

    It is reasonable to ask What went wrong?

    Maybe, but is it reasonable to get angry towards people who could not possibly have seen all that happened when they cannot provide answers? I think not.

    Posted in: Amid losses, Japan determined to reopen schools

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    Stonecoldsoba

    Laguna, I've had similar thoughts about this and other ships swept inland: if they are reasonably sound structurally and can be made stable, why not put them to use where they came to rest? It would cost a fortune to have a ship shipped inland for use as an unusual building for a restaurant, hotel, museum or whatever; but there they are and it will cost quite a lot to remove them in a process that will effectively destroy them.

    I expect various obstacles would arise, not least relating to ownership of the vessels themselves and the land beneath them.

    Posted in: Sightseeing boat still perched atop Iwate hostel roof

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    ... 90% of its visitors from overseas, mostly from South Korea, had cancelled reservations, mainly out of fears over the nuclear plant accident at Fukushima.

    Ignorant fools! The decision would make more sense (but not much more) if it were based on new understanding about the extra radiation they would receive during the flights.

    Posted in: TV, entertainment industry facing major crunch

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