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As opposed to forcing women to be prostitutes?
Posted in: Korean 'comfort women' cancel meeting with Hashimoto
Inose is not talking about DST at all. He is talking about permanent change in time…
Clearly none of those 26000 people ever lived in Japan or I suspect it would have…
Posted in: Germany most popular country in the world; Japan No. 4: BBC poll
The culture of Scandinavia and the cultures of the Islamic world in the Mideast and North…
Posted in: Cars, schools torched in 5th night of Stockholm riots
@zichi Good work Googling or Wiki-ing the latest background info -- much of which contradicts your…
Posted in: Anti-Islamist protests flare after British soldier butchered near London barracks
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bdiego
No surprises here, lots of people don't think Amazon or even Google when it comes to tablets, not that competition isn't a good thing for us.
basroil use some common sense and don't trash talk others. You're spamming the same comments in response to other people's valid observations. Your last comment ironically sums you up. I take it you've never tried debating people in real life with that approach. Try it.
Posted in: Microsoft, Apple tablets have most profit margins
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bdiego
Nobody uses ipad for word processing, it's not a personal computer. You use one to surf the web, buy software which mostly costs $0 to $1, and do simple crap a full Windows PC struggles to do. I've always had both PC and Mac and both have their uses, but I always point out I only have to reboot my mac about once a year and I have 100+ apps on my ipad that in total cost lest than one of the more expensive apps on my PC.
There's free soft on both PC and Mac that works on all word docs and runs faster to boot. Why in the world anybody uses Office is probably explained by ignorance and inability to change software habits.
It's funny, because every iteration of Windows has been a "horribly useless amateur copy" of old Mac OS versions. The name "Windows" itself is a parody of Mac windowing.
Posted in: Apple sells 3M iPads after Mini launch
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bdiego
Oh that's easy. They're in custody without any communication and it's the prisoner's dilemma. You tell every single one of them their buddies ratted on him and if he doesn't confess he'll get a harsher sentence than the rest. Do this 10 hours a day for 21 days and all you need is one schmuck to believe you and that guy will do your job for you and tell you everything. That's the worst case. Best case, someone rats right away without you even trying.
The US did this all the time back before Miranda rights were upheld. Like many things in Japan,they didn't invent it just copied and improved it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma
Posted in: 5 men confess to dumping co-worker's body in company storehouse
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bdiego
Blame the Canadians for using dollars, not the US or Japan. Pounds are only used in a few small countries in Africa and Europe (most notably Britain).
Posted in: Golden image
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bdiego
Who cares if they beat him to death or not, they disposed a corpse without authorization. Without authorization!
Jokes aside, for those new to Japan this is actually an effective tactic by police to arrest someone initially for a lesser crime so they can have everyone in custody as they build their case. They'll probably add the murder charge after forensics comes back and they've had a few days/weeks of interrogation.
Posted in: 5 men confess to dumping co-worker's body in company storehouse
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bdiego
These two people clearly deserve each other.
Furthermore, while man or woman are both capable of filling any role, in this case both agreed she should be a housewife. So he should stop complaining.
Posted in: NEET spouse in the house not such a neat arrangement
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bdiego
Isn't crude oil a natural resource? I guess they're talking about renewable resources. I hope it's just the translation and not the original story
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bdiego
I'm glad they're following up on this, too many accidents from impaired drivers.
Posted in: Driver pleads guilty in Utah bus crash that killed 3 Japanese
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bdiego
What a bunch of clowns.
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bdiego
Kaptankichigai, Strauss Kahn was arrested at 2:15am. Nobody, not Strauss himself disputes that it was 2:15am in the morning when he was arrested. Thus, they are goddamn liars if they said he had lunch anytime near to his arrest time. Goddamn liars. I mean his lawyers are bats--t crazy if they actually said that.
Posted in: DNA on hotel maid’s shirt matches sample from Strauss-Kahn
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bdiego
gonemad, you need to reread the article. It clearly says they're looking for semen. Please, don't comment if you skip over the critical parts like this.
Posted in: DNA on hotel maid’s shirt matches sample from Strauss-Kahn
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bdiego
What a surprise. So his defense is actually going to be that it was consensual? Around midnight she goes up to the room and gives him oral sex, he rushes for the airport and drops his phone while she calls the cops?
Notice how in other articles they mention their lawyers asked for a delay so they could await the results of the DNA test. Gee, why would they do that if they're going to claim it was consensual? It almost seems as if they're tailoring their defense to whatever the evidence happens to be, regardless of what actually happened. What a surprise.
IMF, the rapists of the world.
Posted in: DNA on hotel maid’s shirt matches sample from Strauss-Kahn
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bdiego
Have these officials checked the exchange rate? It's even worse for Yen to Euro than it is for Yen to dollar. It's as if you had to pay a 40% sales tax on everything, think of it that way. Please use some common sense.
Posted in: Why do tourists continue to stay away from Japan, despite the fact that there are many places of interest far away from the crisis-affected areas? What should Japanese tourism officials do to promote Japan as a safe destination?
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bdiego
My wife never changed her name. You're thinking of something else. Just want to correct some misinformation here.
Posted in: ‘Mrs’ Ayumi Hamasaki poses in first sexy shot after marriage
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bdiego
They read my mind!
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bdiego
The belief that people are listening to them when they preach.
Posted in: What makes conspiracy theorists tick and what is the best way to combat their beliefs?
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bdiego
The only strange thing about this is why he bothered to use real Japanese schoolgirls for his club. They were cheaper? Sadly, nothing else surprising here
Posted in: Club manager arrested for hiring high school girls to flash underwear for patrons
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bdiego
Captain Obvious always loses to Commander Paranoia, old story.
Posted in: Travel industry rep wants U.S. to speed up visas
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bdiego
For once I actually agree with Klein. He answers Yuri's question of "who will pay" very well. They did pay - $200,000 per person (or $1 million per family) to build this wall. So yes there is a huge ocean of money to relocated people that was instead diverted to building this wall. There's your answer.
Posted in: How one Japanese village defied the tsunami
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bdiego
In fact, 15.5 meters is a lot shorter than some of the walls the tsunami went over. There's a lot of videos of this even on youtube.
Posted in: How one Japanese village defied the tsunami