ca1ic0cat said...

ca1ic0cat at 02:44 AM JST - 31st October

"drawings triggered an uproar a few months later"

What is really amusing about the fanatics is that they are so dense that it took them months to figure out that they should be offended....

I say good on the artist(s). In the US even Fox wouldn't show an image of…

Posted in Muhammad cartoonist defiant in face of threats at 02:44 AM JST - 31st October
ca1ic0cat at 02:38 AM JST - 31st October

Coyotes aren't supposed to do that? They were hungry predators; what do you think they would do? It's more rare than with bears or cougars (not the over 40 variety...) but it does happen. In my old neighborhood the coyotes were going through screen doors to get people's cats and…

Posted in Coyotes kill woman hiker in Canadian park at 02:38 AM JST - 31st October
ca1ic0cat at 01:30 AM JST - 31st October

The commanders on the ground have already given their recommendations of what is necessary. Any other opinions are just uninformed politics. Either give the commanders what they asked for or get out. No more dithering! Show some leadership, for pity's sake.

Posted in Obama says he will not rush Afghanistan decision at 01:30 AM JST - 31st October
ca1ic0cat at 01:23 AM JST - 31st October

I'm not sure that people are any worse behaved than they used to be. But technology gives them more ways to be rude to the people around them. Remember, half the population is below median intellegence!

Posted in Self-centered zombies running rampant through Japanese society at 01:23 AM JST - 31st October
ca1ic0cat at 01:16 AM JST - 31st October

The problem(s) with electronic displays over paper:

paper has a higher contrast ratio with the ink so it's easier to read.

dead batteries are tough to recycle, paper recycles easily.

batteries go dead at unpredictable times.

electronics tend to go "poof" every now and then. Ink is pretty stable.

the…

Posted in What do you think of electronic book readers like Kindle and how big do you think the e-book market will get? at 01:16 AM JST - 31st October
ca1ic0cat at 12:42 AM JST - 31st October

Yah, that pitch Matsui hit was a tough one. Good job getting it out of the park. Who's yer daddy now, Pedro?

Posted in Yankees win 3-1 to tie World Series at 12:42 AM JST - 31st October
ca1ic0cat at 12:40 AM JST - 31st October

Most walk in freezers would have a door release on the inside to prevent this kind of thing from becoming fatal. Even if the outside latch is locked somebody inside can get out.

Using a Japanese saw as a weapon - that's just nasty. Those things will do damage!

Posted in Female part-timer at Sukiya robs own restaurant with hand saw at 12:40 AM JST - 31st October
ca1ic0cat at 12:15 AM JST - 31st October

I didn't think that Canadians were allowed to have guns?

Posted in Canadian biker gang members found guilty of mass slayings at 12:15 AM JST - 31st October
ca1ic0cat at 10:14 PM JST - 30th October

I have to agree with panzerkampfwagen on this one. If we hadn't armed bin Laden and his ilk so that they could blow up the Russians we probably wouldn't be having this problem now. One could make a case that the 9/11 attacks wouldn't have happened, Saddam would't have been…

Posted in Clinton scolds Pakistan over inaction on al-Qaida at 10:14 PM JST - 30th October
ca1ic0cat at 10:08 PM JST - 30th October

Since the MSDF ship was at anchor I rather expect that there is nothing to blame on her crew. I'm assuming that the proper sigal lights were displayed and that it was anchored out of any shipping channels, of course. But the fishing boat probably bears full responsibility for this.

Posted in Fishing boat hits MSDF vessel anchored off Ehime at 10:08 PM JST - 30th October