JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Xinef
Why did you think it was in year 2101 that war was beginning?
Posted in: Japan's population to shrink two thirds by 2110
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Xinef
"thin-and-light, quick-boot designs"
Not only is this what is meant, it is what is said.
As far as I can remember, the X1 has 3 usb ports, a lan socket, and a removable battery.
Moreover, some people are very happy with the MBA design, I can hardly see how the needs of a specific person could impact a whole industry.
Posted in: Ultra-thin laptops set to dazzle CES gadget fair
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Xinef
@tmarie
Third comment says
From the news, the man is clearly presented as a terrorist, and apparently involved enough to be on the "wanted dead or alive" list.
There were many terrorists killed by US attacks before, so why make it about where the man was born?
People can debate about whether the killing was right or wrong all they want, I just wanted to point out that in that case, I really don't see what birthplace has to do with anything.
Posted in: U.S. strike kills American al-Qaida cleric in Yemen
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Xinef
So when terrorists are non-Americans, then it's OK to kill them on the spot, but if they were born on American soil then you should treat them better? I don't get the logic here...
Posted in: U.S. strike kills American al-Qaida cleric in Yemen
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Xinef
The explosion risk is one thing, but what bothers me now is the cause of that build up of hydrogen. Last time we heard about hydrogen at Fukushima, it was involving melting nuclear fuel...
Posted in: Hydrogen buildup detected in No. 1 reactor at Fukushima plant
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Xinef
If making quality games was enough to survive, the recipe would be known by now. It is an important part of many business models, but not the only one.
What you see then is irrelevant, what you should know is that GREE's stock value is now higher than DeNA, or in other terms, this is a very successful business model, and all that in a mere 6~7 years.
@NetNinja: I haven't checked all presented games obviously, but one can easily come to the conclusion that this is not the same gaming industry as the console and dedicated platforms. This all makes sense actually, the target public is not gamers, just the average smartphone user.
Posted in: Gree is new star of Tokyo Game Show
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Xinef
@pawatan
Gree has one of the largest booths, 3 cellphones per presented game (there's a lot) and in average I'd say 2 girls per cellphone so yeah it kinda attracted a lot of attention. I don't know what the public's reaction will be but as far as the industry is concerned, it is without a doubt the new star of TGS this year.
Posted in: Gree is new star of Tokyo Game Show
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Xinef
Feed it to those nationalists in black vans, they love Japan made stuff.
Posted in: How should the government dispose of radioactive beef?
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Xinef
The guy is an attention whore. Don't give him his public hearing; stop talking about him; throw him in a cage for the rest of his life. Fail to do that and you may enjoy some copycats...
Posted in: Norway suspect says he wanted European anti-Muslim crusade
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Xinef
How about stopping at traffic lights and not using a cellphone while riding? I know crazy idea...
Posted in: Cyclists confront increasingly bumpy situation
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Xinef
Much likely indeed, which is why I recommend not to eat more than 1 a month.
Posted in: Do you think cell phones can cause cancer?
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Xinef
People in Tokyo are not oblivious to their surrounding when riding or driving, this is a permanent state! I see the hordes of zombies everyday on my way to work. This is by no mean a problem when immobile, but I can hardly imagine the number of scenarios which made me feel like slapping the fool in a station stairs. How hard can it be to leave the god damn phone in your pocket when it is not the right time to use it!
Posted in: Police, in a first, charge teen for using cell phone while cycling
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Xinef
ihavegreatlegs
Right, then from the point of view of an informed person your statement sounds more than stupid. Pumping equipment (among other things) would then become radioactive as well, which, believe it or not, is a problem. Thank you for insulting the people working on this, now go with your great legs and operate radioactive equipment yourself.
Posted in: System to treat contaminated water at plant still having problems
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Xinef
If the picture (Genkigonzo's link) is taken from atop a mountain, this is one hell of a peak! Looks more like an aurora caught from a satellite.
Maybe we will get the actual picture then? Which brings us back to the news: doesn't making news from it require to post the picture?
Posted in: Tsunami shot glowing waves into sky
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Xinef
I will quote the Boeing webpage about safety:
The last time I took probabilities / statistics is quite a while ago, but form what I can remember, an increase of the order of 250 out of 1.09 billion doesn't sound alarmingly significant. Let me reformulate: it is a tragedy for people, but the numbers themselves do not mean anything.
As a matter of fact:
The number of passengers has likely increased every year, so comparing without having those numbers is already irrelevant.
If you know what risk management and probabilities are, then you'd know that even if you could have halved the probability of accidents by increasing flight safety, you would lower the chance of having more crashes than last year, but chances still are that it could get worse anyway (less likely, but still possible).
Blaming pilots after a plane accident is like spitting on the corpse of a driver after a car crash you didn't even witness. I find it offensive to say the least.
When the experts that have all the details at hand will publish results blaming the pilot(s) for being incompetent, then and only then you will be free to call him/them murderer(s). So far, I can only see that 228 persons have been the victims of a tragic series of unlucky (and I believe unlikely) events, and anybody judging the people involved based on the incomplete information we have is absolutely revolting.
Posted in: Black box data released in 2009 Air France crash
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Xinef
Thank you NetNinja, you made my day with this sentence!
See, unlike you, some people can imagine that piloting through a shitstorm while the captain is away and multiple indicators are failing may be a confusing situation.
Hell I wasn't there but I would like to know how the guy is supposed to know which display to believe when they are all reporting crap.
Ho and yeah, in a moment like that, I am sure the guy has plenty of relaxing time to consider "his gut feeling".
Gentlemen, I seriously doubt any of you is an active airline pilot given the level of your comments. Experts are saying many questions are left unanswered. Besides human error does not necessarily mean crappy pilot, all pilot make mistakes, and the conditions will determine the consequences...
Posted in: Black box data released in 2009 Air France crash
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Xinef
Yeah, you kinda missed the most obvious: the RGA camouflaged as a flipped-over boat on the far right.
Got to agree, even if the role is no more than symbolic nowadays, this is still a strong symbol for many. If they can give some strength to people's will, then this is positive.
Posted in: Showing support
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Xinef
Not being a native speaker, it may be an understanding issue on my side, but no matter how many times I read this title, I just can't make any sense of it!
Posted in: Optometrists: Nintendo 3DS could identify vision disorders
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Xinef
Intuitively, the idea of using auto-stereoscopic equipment to check for related vision issues sounds like a sensible one. But you have to first confirm the device is indeed harmless for young children, plus you then need to prove it actually works. This implies researching and developing the appropriate software, and conducting an extensive study on a large enough sample of population. So yeah I understand people feeling perplex about already elevating this as news...
Keep in mind that the fact "you hate 3D" does not mean everybody else does (even if many share your point of view). Also I cannot see how anything is forced down your throat: any 3D capable TV is also 2D capable, you get to choose which version of a movie you want to watch at the theater, and even in the case of the 3DS there is a convenient tiny slider on the side that allows you to adjust the 3D effect down to turned off.
Posted in: Optometrists: Nintendo 3DS could identify vision disorders
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Xinef
@Cleo: the condescending tone and single-sided point of view sound a bit unusual from you...
To be back on the subject, the iPad is a very interesting phenomenon and I am looking forward to seeing what the experience can be on the 2nd version. Also, to add my share of oil in the Apple-NonApple troll fire, I personally use on a daily basis MacOS, Windows and Linux in the computer world, and other various solutions for various aspects of mobile technology... So saying Apple is a Mercedes and anything else a piece of junk appears to be as valid an argument as saying that people who take the train instead of owning a luxury car are lame. As for performance or productivity, maybe Google doesn't put as much money into the marketing of android as Apple, but what I hear from the people around me using both is not so much in favor of iOS. As for the hardware, we might as well get started on abstract art before finding a definition of what looks good and what are the right specs.
Apple products are cool, even sexy, and usually do not disappoint. Their price tag is usually a bit too high, and that doesn't mean they are perfect or unbeatable. Let us not dismiss what bogva meant by freedom, because I think I know what he is talking about, and I am pretty sure you don't.
Posted in: Jobs breaks from medical leave to unveil iPad 2