Zen_Builder said...

Zen_Builder at 01:10 PM JST - 19th July

I agree that japanese has a lot of exception to rules, which in turn got exceptions than you get exceptions to the exsceptions. Even my japanese teachers called it nuts and couldn't explain it, their answer was it is learned/experienced.

German is a very strict language and you can't vary…

Posted in No substitute for human touch in translating at 01:10 PM JST - 19th July
Zen_Builder at 11:58 AM JST - 19th July

I agree it should have gone to a rematch. Many similar matches did.

Not saying Asa would have won he truly seemed weak om the day.

Posted in Yokozuna Asashoryu pulls out of Nagoya meet at 11:58 AM JST - 19th July
Zen_Builder at 07:51 AM JST - 19th July

I was there too.

So what should japan have done? Invade them? Nuke them? Go medieval on them and wipe them out.

Sorry, LOL, you guys that rely on military power to get your way been proven wrong millenia ago.

Posted in Rice to meet N Korean minister in Singapore at 07:51 AM JST - 19th July
Zen_Builder at 07:46 AM JST - 19th July

Hmm, daggers are designed for stabbing, where as single edged blades like japanese swords are for slashing.

Heck, even the chinese jian(double edged) sword is only sharpened to about a third of the blade length.

Why because the damage done by a knife is NOT done on entering the body…

Posted in Law to be revised to ban possession of double-edged knives at 07:46 AM JST - 19th July
Zen_Builder at 07:32 AM JST - 19th July

Maybe because the rest of the world realized that NK like Iraq, etc is NOT a threat to the rest of the world.

Sound funny, can ME/Korean missiles hit europe(never mind USA who are protected by a large ocean from the rest of the world).

Yeah, they can hit close…

Posted in Rice to meet N Korean minister in Singapore at 07:32 AM JST - 19th July
Zen_Builder at 07:19 AM JST - 19th July

I would guess it could be done without the sdk.

Just need to be tech-savvy.

Posted in Japan cautious in iPhone's bid for world dominance at 07:19 AM JST - 19th July
Zen_Builder at 05:32 AM JST - 19th July

USAR.

NO it is the few nations that WON'T abide by the rules that they themselves set that are causing the MAJORITY of the problems now.

Maybe go and reread "Animal Farm". ;)

Posted in Do you think the International Criminal Court should be able to charge world leaders with crimes? at 05:32 AM JST - 19th July
Zen_Builder at 05:03 AM JST - 19th July

IMHO, what is wrong with the UN and the ICC right now is that some nations feel they are above it all.

Look at the squabbling anything happens that they don't like they threaten to take their toys and leave.

Some nations think that the UN is there to do…

Posted in Do you think the International Criminal Court should be able to charge world leaders with crimes? at 05:03 AM JST - 19th July
Zen_Builder at 06:01 PM JST - 18th July

You want to refute records approved by YOUR own goverment.

Go for it. The rest of the world is laughing at you.

Posted in Canadian teenager cries in Gitmo interrogation video at 06:01 PM JST - 18th July
Zen_Builder at 05:45 PM JST - 18th July

terebiko.

Thanks, and it is what I am refering to, the judges got access to video replays. Even if they didn't it was covered on national TV, quiet a few stations called it differently.

Don't get me wrong Asa was weak from the start but the call was dicey.

Posted in Yokozuna Asashoryu pulls out of Nagoya meet at 05:45 PM JST - 18th July