Wednesday February 15, 2012

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    cwhite

    just write M on M,W,F and F for T,T,S,S...... or you could overlay both the M&F so it looks like a typo

    Posted in: 'X' now a gender option in Australian passports

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    cwhite

    ✔sha in red would have be better..... oh, was there a company who already uses that logo? and a variety program?

    Posted in: 'Cool Japan'

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    cwhite

    Boris Yarovoy> most islands and countries used to belong to a whole range of races, tribes, aborigines, indigenous people. It all comes down to timing. Had Japan went on a colonization rampage back in the 17th Century then nobody would be complaining today along side the British, Spanish, French, Portuguese, etc, etc.... I reckon the cut of point in history for major border changes were at the end of the 19th Century. The other small border changes were part of lots of small wars between neighbouring countries during WWI & WWII especially for Europe and East Asia.

    Posted in: Russia seeks 'calm' talks with Japan over disputed islands

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    cwhite

    Maybe the US needs some terrorist threat every decade or so. I've always wondered what would happen to the US if they pulled out of all the wars they are currently engaged in and got rid of the entire military as it is. What impact would it have on the economy, how many business that build weapons and goods that assist wars would go under, what would all the ex-military personnel do? What % of the actual US GDP relies on wars and needs an enemy at bay? After all war is big big business....

    Posted in: How 10th anniv of 9/11 compares to 10th Pearl Harbor anniv

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    cwhite

    Radiation doesn't really dilute that very well anyway. 1 gram of plutonium is just as bad as 2 grams of plutonium. So you could say that your not spreading the burden, but multiplying it to astronomical proportions. You would be crazy to spread toxic chemicals, dioxin, pesticides and so around the country. Radiation is no different.

    Posted in: Hosono says all of Japan should help with Fukushima's contaminated debris

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    cwhite

    All things with moving components will break down. No matter how much planning and money spent, nothing is perfect. If it would the most expensive of technology like rockets, space shuttles, fighter planes and I guess hi-tech roller coasters should in theory never screw up. The best you can do is continual maintenance, swap out components before they fail, lots of oiling, frequent tests every morning and hope for the best. The bullet train has a perfect track record because they do all the above, but a conveyor belt and escalator are hardly life threating if they stop dead. All it takes is one misplaced screw, some chewing gum or a rodent to stop a turning component. One facility does comes to mind that had a major screw up for the last few decades and will go down in history as an epic fail.

    Posted in: Baggage conveyor belt breaks down at Narita

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    cwhite

    Any incentive to clean up the country is good. 2020 is a realistic time to sort out all the crap going on in the country and an extra push to speed things up. If they can decommission and remove the nuke plant with whatever futuristic tools they can manufacture within the next 5-6 years that would be great. An extra 2-3 years more to clean up the top soil, vegetation, crops, sea and forests of the country and they might just be able to make Japan a country you want to live in again.

    Posted in: Tokyo among 6 cities bidding for 2020 Olympics

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    cwhite

    I got -3 for my last comment and today I watch the News saying how nearly every house in the 3km radius was broken into all kinds of stuff stolen. All it takes are a few bad apples just like the J-Gov to paint a negative picture. These are the things that you need to think about and be alert.

    Posted in: 3.7 billion yen in cash recovered from earthquake-hit areas

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    cwhite

    Stop comparing radiation to other sources of contamination (cigarette smoke, carbon monoxide, mercury, etc) Your just deluding yourself and not looking at the problem at hand. It's the same when comparing airplanes and cars, which is safer? Who cares, more people drive so you have more smaller accidents. Coal and oil plants spew out toxins all the time, but one big nuke disaster renders all that moot. There is no point comparing because it is now an additional contaminant that you can't get rid off.

    Posted in: Japan lifts ban on beef from Iwate, Fukushima and Tochigi

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    cwhite

    I just wish he did more to fight Tepco. While I don't condone suicide it would be nice if people can talk about it first with their close family and find common ground to fight together before going through with it.

    Posted in: Suicides add to despair in Tohoku disaster zone

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    cwhite

    Why you would want to buy land or live near the sea front in areas you know a tsunami will hit every 15-20 years beats me. I also don't understand Japanese who buy land or a mansion (apartment) on reclamation land, I mean how dumb can you be if even the government officially released public data puts it in a red zone with near 100% possibility of soil liquefaction in a large earthquake (example: http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/shobo/kikikanri/ekijouka-map/ ) You can make choices where you live considering some of these red areas are extremely expensive and you could easily buy a house in close proximity on solid rock that you know withstood even the Great Kanto Earthquake.

    Posted in: Locals must be more active in tsunami readiness: experts

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    cwhite

    must be one of the most boring sport I know of comparable to Japanese boat racing. While discipline is important, shutting you out to the world and gulping down your dinner in 5 minutes is not only bad for you, but mentally disturbing. If you can't find the right balance and the beginning then you won't last long unless you just don't care and want to be bullied around. The Japanese mentality here is get the **** kicked out of you. Those who can endure the torture get to live another day. It's a great way to get rid of the wannabes, but also removes the ones who could be technically skilled, but need to approach it another way. Soccer is a good example at looking at all different kinds of the trait, no 2 are the same unlike these automatons.

    Posted in: Teenage girl motorcycle daredevil wows Japan

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    cwhite

    "may buy" is the key, it's like saying I might buy Tepco, but I think I'll look at all other options first.

    Posted in: Gov't may buy land within 20-km radiation no-go zone

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    cwhite

    Just love reading these comments, it's always switch the story for another without focusing on the issue at hand. People like to talk about the problems with other fuel sources and pollutants along with food products with preservatives, additives and other fertilizer poison. Problem is all these things you can actually do something about. You can wear a gas mask to school with protective UV gear, drink filtered water and grow you own vegetables. But, when it comes to radiation your screwed. There is no destroying it, the best you can do is contain it and move it left to right and hope for the best. With so many uncertainties and all the screw ups in just the last 25 years to do with nuclear power I would not trust anyone who says nuclear power is safe. We know it isn't and not just because of the corrupt government and very bad planning, but because there is no back up plan in existence for when the worst happens. It just a keep your fingers crossed and hope some nutcase doesn't drive a car-bomb into the facility. At least if it was a gas, hydro, oil or coal facility the outcome is calculable and much more local. Even with oil I doubt it would spread around the world in a few days.

    We now know that Japan indeed does not need nuclear power to the dismay of Tepco who were hoping for major electricity blackouts. It has been proven that with a little ingenuity companies can offset the electricity load but shifting work hours, something they should have been doing years ago. If shops, restaurants, taxi drivers, policemen and all the other services that run 24 hours 365 days a year can use rotating shifts then manufacturers will also benefit from working through the cool hours with no rush hour for workers. That said next year companies that saved million or billions of yen will not want to revert back to the old style and will want to save money on the energy bill regardless of enough surplus to go round during the day.

    Posted in: A non-nuclear Japan remains questionable

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    cwhite

    billyshears> if they do that they will see lots of people moving away from Skype and to another one that does offer the same services for free.

    Posted in: Skype buys messaging startup GroupMe

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    cwhite

    hopefully the numbers will decline, I can't see why anyone would want to come to Japan while there is an ongoing disaster and the nukes are still all critical.

    Posted in: No. of fake marriages between Japanese, foreigners jumps by 49.2%

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    cwhite

    they have buoy's for that, after an earthquake any rise in the sea, however slight near the epi-center will be enough to send warnings

    Posted in: March 11 quake even rattled upper atmosphere

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    cwhite

    not another one, we all know the boom only lasts a few years in Japan before they move on to the next. I heard there were something like 200 girl groups in Japan alone.

    Posted in: Korean group After School to collaborate with Hello Kitty

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    cwhite

    Proof that Japanese prefer to keep liquid money at hand rather than invest.

    Safes are just a deterrent so a crowbar is more than enough to pry open small safes. In most cases you want to buy a fire proof and water tight safe to store important documents and personnel items (photo negatives, back up hdd, stock options, evidence that you can't bring yourself to destroy....)

    What they don't talk about is how many ATM's were broken into right after the tsunami, the local Yakuza selling back bank books, house deeds and hanko seals at extortion prices, shops and warehouses that were looted and all the other typical petty theft that other countries allow the media to write about.

    Posted in: 3.7 billion yen in cash recovered from earthquake-hit areas

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    cwhite

    http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/29/11-most-ridiculous-japanese-ads-with-american-celebs/

    Posted in: Tommy Lee Jones in Tokyo to film more BOSS commercials

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