Wednesday February 15, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

bdiego's past comments

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bdiegoApr. 05, 2011 - 05:57AM JST

better than not going at all. Agreed. It is what it is, nothing to make a big deal out of. Everyone's trying to help.

Posted in: Morale boost
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bdiegoApr. 03, 2011 - 06:13PM JST

It took them three weeks to figure this out? Captain Obvious must have been on vacation.

The reactors have already done way more than 1 trillion in damages to Japan as it is. Most of the cost has little to do with decomissioning - it's a cost you pay either way. The cost of not decommissioning is actually greater.

Posted in: TEPCO to scrap 4 reactors at crippled nuclear plant; president hospitalized
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bdiegoApr. 03, 2011 - 06:07PM JST

Wouldn't this mean the entire staff of Spa should also be thrown in jail? Quite ironic. Their entire business model is spreading rumors.

Furthermore, the examples cited in the article are pretty silly to try to prosecute. You'd have to prosecute every person who hit 'like' on facebook to something that's a rumor even if it were 100% true. The author really hasn't put much thought into this.

Posted in: Should rumor spreading be a prosecutable offense?
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bdiegoMar. 31, 2011 - 09:52AM JST

Kaptain you're projecting too much into other people's comments. You think people are saying things they haven't said, and you don't realize what you yourself have said. When they point out you're wrong, you just put more words into their mouths. Please stop while you're ahead.

Posted in: All's not well at Tokyo Disneyland after quake
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bdiegoMar. 30, 2011 - 12:07PM JST

Yeah, calling BS too on hindsight. It's plain obvious that a 9.0 earthquake would hit Asia, because it always has. This isn't even the biggest earthquake in recorded history, let alone even close to the biggest one that's hit Japan. Use some damn common sense please.

Posted in: TEPCO dismissed important scientific evidence in planning nuclear plant's defense
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bdiegoMar. 23, 2011 - 07:00AM JST

My wife yesterday commented how some information is actually censored in Japan because it's too embarrassing to the utility and government response. They also don't show dead bodies on Japanese news. Which they normally do when they cover other countries.

Posted in: What would you say are the main differences between the way the Japanese and foreign media are covering the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and the ongoing nuclear crisis?
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bdiegoMar. 22, 2011 - 02:47AM JST

Using warehouses to store supplies meant to be distributed is extremely organized. But I guess some people don't understand how actual distribution processes work. I bet they think Amazon ships to 100 million people from 1 million sources. Nope.

Posted in: Waiting to be delivered
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bdiegoMar. 22, 2011 - 02:32AM JST

Most radiation doesn't penetrate more than a few millimeters - it's ingesting it (where it radiates you from the inside out) which is most deadly. Skin radiation is more serious when directly exposed to radiation blasts.

The reason iodine tablets are critical is because the thyroid is the first to go. I.e. protecting the rest of the body is meaningless if you ingest radioactive iodine.

There is nothing that actually detoxes the body but the body's own process itself. Medicines like iodine simply crowed the thyroid leaving no room for radioactive iodine to deposit but simply get excreted by the kidneys. The kidneys do not differentiate in the slightest between regular iodine and radioactive iodine, but with first dose of iodine already deposited the radioactive iodine will tend to get excreted.

I wouldn't trust any source that so loosely talks about the science of radiation treatment.

Posted in: Radiation discovery fans food fears in Japan
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bdiegoMar. 22, 2011 - 02:19AM JST

Yeah, it was bound to happen. Glad he actually got punished, as opposed to the mob of disaster looters in the US and (apparently) Australia as well.

Posted in: Toyama man arrested for stealing earthquake collection box
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bdiegoMar. 22, 2011 - 02:18AM JST

No..please no more Jenny..my wife teases me every time I cringe

All the other shows are pretty cool though

Posted in: NHK to recommence standard children's TV programs
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bdiegoMar. 17, 2011 - 06:27AM JST

Wrong Nessie. A lot of people work 13.5 hours a day part time. It's legal, and it's a huge difference from being a full employee in both benefits and the fact that you can be terminated or have hours cut on a moment's notice. I know this might be a surprise to an American, but Japan is different.

Posted in: Divorce means liberation for some, virtual servitude for others
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bdiegoMar. 17, 2011 - 06:26AM JST

Yeah, sadly divorce is simply not a financially viable option for most especially in Japan. Chinese have long noted that the primary purpose of marriage is financial stability and children. Which is why we blindfold our children at their own marriage ceremonies. You get to see your wife after, not before!

Posted in: Divorce means liberation for some, virtual servitude for others
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bdiegoFeb. 15, 2011 - 05:24AM JST

This is always the scariest part of being in Japan with my kid.

Posted in: 3-year-old boy falls between bullet train and platform during trial run
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bdiegoFeb. 13, 2011 - 09:28AM JST

These rules sound arbitrary and in fact against employment laws. It's one thing to take a pay cut, it's another to hold an employee responsible for money another employee is supposed to be collecting. It's the business that hands out credit, not the hostess. And you can't just fine an employee for lack of business. Maybe pay them nothing, but making them pay you beyond that is the issue.

Posted in: Ginza hostesses battle back against predatory work rules
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bdiegoFeb. 09, 2011 - 09:26AM JST

"Royalty deserves what they get from the tabloids. They are living extremely wealthy off the backs of real workers." Well said.

I do feel a little sorry for them, but if they don't like it they should simply abdicate. It's their life, and if they haven't realized it yet too bad.

Posted in: Japanese tabloids make hay of royal family foibles
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bdiegoFeb. 05, 2011 - 03:58AM JST

Yeah I know what you mean, sometimes when things aren't going right the first thing I think about is how I can rent a truck and kill everything in sight. I mean, doesn't everyone?

Posted in: How many Katos are out there, ready to explode in rage?
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bdiegoJan. 27, 2011 - 06:22AM JST

There is not enough information to do anything based on the info given. Physical discipline is controversial, but under current law a legal right. Roughly handling a child may be entirely appropriate if you are grabbing him from running into the street after a ball. Abuse and danger of serious injury are the only thing you should stop. The original question is really baiting rather than interesting.

The last thing you should do is think two wrongs make a right.

Posted in: If you saw an adult hitting or roughly handling a child in public, would you intervene or just mind your business and assume it was a parent disciplining his/her child?
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bdiegoJan. 27, 2011 - 06:19AM JST

Ichihashi ran, he's guilty of evading arrest. He admitted to killing Hawker, whether it was murder, homicide, or an impossible accident is up to a court to decide.

Stop playing word games here. Of course nobody is legally guilty until a conviction, but guilt has more than just legal definition. I wish they'd stop brainwashing kids with the notion that guilt is somehow completely decided by the law when that is simply a legal concept.

Posted in: Ichihashi's book goes on sale; says he hopes to give royalties to Hawker family
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bdiegoJan. 27, 2011 - 06:16AM JST

Wow. At least we know he suffered every day on the run. And fortunately this being Japan, he will suffer every day in prison as well, unlike some other countries where prisoners are afforded humane treatment.

Posted in: Ichihashi's book goes on sale; says he hopes to give royalties to Hawker family
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bdiegoJan. 13, 2011 - 06:25AM JST

It's so annoying, most people not talking on their cell phones or having loud conversations with their neighbors. People queuing in line instead of shoving, the trains being on time by the minute. Oh wait.

The grass is always greener on the other side.

Posted in: Annoying habits by train commuters, hot trends for 2011 and other survey results