Wednesday February 15, 2012

Zybster's past comments

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    Zybster

    Isn't the answer "I'm not sure" just an excuse? No, you DON'T need to donate if you don't feel like it, but saying "I'm not sure" is just a convenient way out.

    Posted in: Do you think giving money to organizations like the Red Cross, Oxfam, UNICEF, etc, is the best way to make charitable donations when there are natural disasters?

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    They already got married? Gosh, must have missed it, busy with some important stuff like my son's RC car over the Golden Week.

    Posted in: What did you think of the British royal wedding on Friday?

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    Aren't those lines similar to what was happening in the States? Lines everywhere, even in Japan.

    Posted in: iPad2 arrives

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    There is no way to compare this family and the two guys from before. How can you judge the content of the conversation and the attitude of the participants from ONE picture? This is obviously the greetings or the words of encouragement, so the deep bow comes naturally with saying "good morning" or "thank you". In other parts of the conversation they can sit straight or relaxed next to each other, so on one shot they may seem "disrespectful." As for the "value" they add to japan - warallthetime, that would be something that not everybody can see. There are many things that make Americans or other nationalities proud but are ridiculed by others. Each country will cherish different values and persons, and it may be hard by outsiders to understand them. Still, they are important for many people here.

    Posted in: Cheer up

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    Bit cities and towns? I guess so. Small villages? They were already ghost towns with young people gone. Who will rebuild them? Who will live there?

    Posted in: Do you think coastal towns and villages destroyed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami should be rebuilt in the same places?

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    BTW, whatever has happened with the president? The only one doing the apologizing and showing his face is the vice president. Is the president still in charge?

    Posted in: TEPCO apologizes again and again

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    I'm with sharpie. First let's help all the people who need help, give them some homes and what they need, let the specialists also clean the nuclear mess, and once the necessary work is done the witch hunt may begin. Don't switch the order the other way around.

    Posted in: No more nukes

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    And I want the coverage to continue. "Out of sight, out of mind." "Yes, it's been already what, 7 days, 10 days or two weeks? Yeah, they should be doing fine by now right?" Wrong! They are not doing fine. The total recovery is going to take several years, and even for in the first few months the government has simply too many problems to be able to solve all of them. There are things individual people can do, and reminding them of the need is very important. You say, "We know the past." Do you? You saw everything there was to people suffer? Congratulations.

    The media is trying to help people help others. It's not spread even, it's not objective, it's not even sometimes accurate, because there is still so much confusion. But it gives people a chance to think about others. You are fed up with it? Welcome to Japan, everybody is fed up with the earthquake and the tsunami and the power plant. But this is the reality here. And the needs of people suffering in Tohoku are bigger than the boredom of foreigners complaining that their favorite program was canceled.

    Posted in: How do you feel about the nonstop television coverage of the earthquake, tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis? What effect do you think it has on the public?

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    And yet thanks to this "unreal" place I was able to find out about my friends after the earthquake and tell my friends abroad I'm fine.

    Posted in: Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter isolate people from reality, according to some sociologists. Do you agree?

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    I know this kid who at school has no friends. He is often bullied because he is different. On his XBox, however, he has many friends and when they talk, he is respectful and he is respected. Thanks to the game networking he has some kind of life. Isolation from reality? Maybe, but helping him cope with his problems. Better this than booze and other "adult" ways of isolation from reality.

    Posted in: Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter isolate people from reality, according to some sociologists. Do you agree?

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    Happily married, no need for them.

    Posted in: What do you think of love hotels?

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    If the "bureaucrats" were stronger than he, it's still his fault - he was not strong enough to lead the country. No matter how you slice it, he lost.

    Posted in: Hatoyama blames bureaucrats for his failure on Futenma issue

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    Zybster

    Majority of my (home) entertainment time is spent on the computer, so I didn't even thing about the audio or TV/video systems. Washing machine - you got the coin laundry. Air conditioner - that's more serious. But the real problem came between the fridge and the computer. I spend lots of both working and leisure time on the computer, but it would be very difficult to live in a place without very convenient food or drinks, especially in the summer. If I got no food or drink near by, I'd have to go out every 20 min, so I couldn't do either much work or much fun on the computer. So, for the main support life system, the fridge got my vote.

    Posted in: Which electrical appliance in your home would you find it most difficult to live without?

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    Zybster

    Owning anything decent is expensive. El cheapo is and will be el cheapo.

    Posted in: Apple looks to iPhone, iPad for Mac inspiration

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    My son, 12, recently cracked bis arm on a bike. He wanted to try if he could go up and down the stairs in the park. Pretty stupid, right? Well, this is how they gain experience - by doing things rather than listening about "how dangerous riding a bike is." In this case, there was a tragic accident, but it was only this boys fault. Well, hold it here - he thought that the "reinforced" glass was actually reinforced and would hold his weight. Pretty natural assumption. So, he was basing his activities based on what he knew. Kinda like us, adults, too - presume that things will work as they should.

    If you want to blame the parents of this kid or the kid himself, who would be to blame for all the car and other accidents that adults get into? This was an accident, with tragic end, but nothing more than an accident. My condolences to the parents, and my prayers that my son will not get on the news in the way this boy did.

    Posted in: 11-year-old boy playing on roof falls to death

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    I'm working mostly at home, where I have both a landline and a computer, so why would I need a cell phone? Everybody knows my mail address, lots of apps and a bigger monitor on my computer, freedom to talk for cheaper either on landline or for next to nothing on Skype, and freedom from being bothered when I'm away or don't want to be available. There are those few times per year when I think a cell phone might be useful, but not enough to justify actual buying it. So, both life of work and fun WITHOUT a cell phone of any kind is still possible in this day and age.

    Posted in: Do you use a smartphone or feature phone (any cell phone that is not a smartphone or PDA)?

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    Monarchy is a part of the world tradition. Yes, their time is past, but should we throw away something just because we don't use it anymore? Let's flatten the pyramids, the Moai, the Great Wall - we don't need them anymore. It's not like they rule anymore, in any case they are just historical reminders of the times gone by. Keep them, they will teach us something about the history - maybe some of us will even learn something!

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    And all this talk, all this anger just show that no matter what "Sony, HTC, Samsung Motorola LG et al" are doing, they can't create the same waves. Call it whatever, field of distortion, fanboism, loyalty, no company can escape from being compared to Apple, because no other company has created such a strong image. And image=sales. And sales=good business. Don't like iPhone? Fine, suit yourself, but you're buying either an iPhone or ANOTHER phone, where nobody cares about the name.

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    Let's see, he took the power from the LDP, started looking at the public (over)spendings, made people think about the (un)necessity of the US-Japan alliance, started dealing in some way with the problem of underpopulation. The first person since Koizumi who made people actually think about the politics, who made people want to go to the polls. He got caught into the promise of the bases, on which he could not deliver. He went down over a minor issue, but he again put politics into the conversation. Started many things but in 8 months was not able to finish. Still, not bad for 8 months. So, overall, in those short 8 months he did more than many others who stayed longer.

    Posted in: What do you think Yukio Hatoyama's legacy as prime minister will be?

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    Disillusioned - she asked him to wash the dishes. For the rest of his life. And he just said "yes." I don't think that was an easy decision, and I do think he was considering all the implications - jail, solitary life, lack of partner. Yes, he was a very obliging husband. I don't want to judge him one way or another, but if what he's saying is true, I respect him for his guts and the willingness to take any punishment that may come.

    Posted in: Elderly man arrested for allegedly killing sick wife in Hachioji

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