TJrandom said...

TJrandom at 04:33 PM JST - 29th August

A message to moderators

I realize that as moderators that you have a tough job, as some of us just cannot resist the urge to react and post a message that just does not measure up.

Over time, one learns a bit about what is likely to be deleted, but…

Posted in What do you think of the new Japan Today design? at 04:33 PM JST - 29th August
TJrandom at 01:02 PM JST - 29th August

righttobeararms -

The terror is in giving the apperance that there is impending terror - and that at any cost we should strip away freedoms that were fought for and a dear price paid. This may be a good technology, but it is in no way justified on the basis…

Posted in Body-revealing scanners now widely used at U.S. airports at 01:02 PM JST - 29th August
TJrandom at 12:44 PM JST - 29th August

A quick search engine check on “underwear” and “theft” will show that this is happening around the world. True, I did not see any links to Eskimos, or nudist colonies – but just maybe I did not look hard enough. This is not a Japan obsession, it is a pervert…

Posted in 4 charged in underwear theft cases in Aichi, Chiba, Kanagawa and Niigata at 12:44 PM JST - 29th August
TJrandom at 11:47 AM JST - 29th August

They should lower the rates for off-hours, not for peak hours - particularly on weekends and holidays.

Posted in Transport ministry to halve expressway tolls for weekend daytime use at 11:47 AM JST - 29th August
TJrandom at 05:34 PM JST - 28th August

deaneduxfield -

Yes - but with global warming run amok

I should have said if global warming is allowed to run amok.

Actually, I like your solution - tax fossil fuels, incentives for better technologies.

Posted in Snow fell on Mt Fuji Aug 9 at earliest time ever at 05:34 PM JST - 28th August
TJrandom at 04:51 PM JST - 28th August

Maybe it is D. B. Cooper.....

Posted in Hikers find possible WWII skeleton hanging in New Guinea jungle canopy at 04:51 PM JST - 28th August
TJrandom at 02:48 PM JST - 28th August

while deleting pictures of people deemed irrelevant to crime to protect their privacy.

I hope that this is a simple misunderstanding – but if I were accused of a crime, and a video existed, I would not want people deemed irrelevant to have been deleted. I might want to search…

Posted in Police to strengthen functions of surveillance cameras at 02:48 PM JST - 28th August
TJrandom at 01:50 PM JST - 28th August

Dogs will find a sleeping child, police will likely miss him on an overgrown mountain if he is not moving. A job well done by the police and the dogs.

Posted in 2-year-old missing boy found on Shizuoka mountain at 01:50 PM JST - 28th August
TJrandom at 01:35 PM JST - 28th August

deaneduxfield -

the reason why this earth after all history can even have life.

Yes - but with global warming run amok, will it be human life that is here after the next few thousand years? And in the mean time, with what suffering for human and animal life?

I…

Posted in Snow fell on Mt Fuji Aug 9 at earliest time ever at 01:35 PM JST - 28th August
TJrandom at 10:36 AM JST - 28th August

Might be a violation of the Patriot Act, or Thailand's Internet Access Tracking law if a company were to allow employees to use this feature. But for personal use from home, it might be acceptable.

Posted in Microsoft's newest browser may block ads at 10:36 AM JST - 28th August