electric2004 said...

electric2004 at 01:03 AM JST - 15th April

Well, usually it is 1 or 2 refereed papers per person, and another 2 or 3 (can be also more) as other publications.

Posted in University of Tokyo ranks 12th in research paper citation frequency at 01:03 AM JST - 15th April
electric2004 at 01:00 AM JST - 15th April

Who knows, maybe it was a misguided lawnmower man? And his Navi system had failed?

Posted in Tulip vandal strikes again in Maebashi at 01:00 AM JST - 15th April
electric2004 at 02:03 AM JST - 12th April

Northlondon,

thanks for your frank expression. I felt the same - when some posts were deleted for a simple harmless joke, or other messages were edited to cut out things which the mod did not like. Actually, I think I have read this story before in a book like "Tabloid…

Posted in OLs licking their lips at young fresh-faced new hires at 02:03 AM JST - 12th April
electric2004 at 12:07 AM JST - 11th April

200000 on cram school? Well, Terry put the same message as commercial in daily Yomiuri in this week. But in daily Yomiuri, it was 20k Yen per month. Now, which number is right: 20000 or 200000?

Posted in The high cost of kids at 12:07 AM JST - 11th April
electric2004 at 11:31 PM JST - 10th April

The point seems to be, once you have killed more than one person, there is a higher chance to get the death penalty. In this case the murderer did cause so much harm that his remaining single life seems to have less value the the lives he has taken.

Posted in Four death row inmates hanged at 11:31 PM JST - 10th April
electric2004 at 01:51 AM JST - 9th April

To add some facts, from around 1900 there had been many accidents worldwide to exploding steam vessels and high pressure containers. This is why in many countries organizations were founded, whose aim is to check high pressure devices against engineering faults. For example the German TUeV (Technischer Ueberwachungsverein) has a…

Posted in Chemical plant blast kills worker in Yokohama at 01:51 AM JST - 9th April
electric2004 at 01:39 AM JST - 9th April

For a balanced view to a topic, also the non-conformist messages are important. Exactly this balancing between good and bad while in a broader context is the problem, which appears in Yokosuka. The best would be to regard each event case by case and judge it. The article still writes…

Posted in Troubled times in Yokosuka at 01:39 AM JST - 9th April
electric2004 at 09:53 PM JST - 7th April

Tokyotom: Because NHK gets fees from the viewers, there are no commercials. By the way, with harddisk recorders (time-machine) you can also skip the commercials.

Posted in Jupiter to provide NHK on Demand distribution service at 09:53 PM JST - 7th April
electric2004 at 11:47 PM JST - 6th April

Moderator: Thank you so much for the corrections.

Posted in 5 face charges over Schindler escalator accident at 11:47 PM JST - 6th April
electric2004 at 10:44 PM JST - 5th April

Moderator: Thanks for the correction of the headline. Now, please correct the last line from "... when they installed the elevator in 2005." to "... when they installed the escalator in 2005."

Posted in 5 face charges over Schindler escalator accident at 10:44 PM JST - 5th April