Wednesday February 15, 2012

ka_chan's past comments

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    ka_chan

    I don't know... the title sounds like a weird eating event.

    Posted in: Giants down Swallows 3-2 in Central League

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    ka_chan

    We are always a part of the food chain. When we have a gun we may be on top but if you a jogging and run into a mountain lion or bear..... Of course, even if you have a gun if the bear is a grizzly, you're toast if the bear decides he doesn't like you. As for sharks, humans on surf boards look like seals from under the water. A sharks main job is clean the weak and wounded.

    Posted in: Are humans to blame for shark attacks?

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    ka_chan

    Two of the reactors were in a "Shutdown" state. Nuclear fuel is never cold that why they keep in the cold water "ponds" or "pools". Question is then what? Are they going to seal the plant like Chernobyl? Are they going seal off an area 600 sq miles like Chernobyl? Are they going to ban eating wild games from forest of the fallout zones as many areas in Europe? Don't seem to be doing anything for public protections....

    Posted in: Gov't, TEPCO reiterate goal to bring Fukushima plant under control by January

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    ka_chan

    This may have been an unfortunate drowning but it wasn't exactly an accident since it was completely preventable. And how can some be sensible for doing something so stupid that they died because of it. If anything people should learn from this and follow the law. This incident shows that there is a reason for warning signs. Maybe others can learn from her mistake.

    Posted in: Body of Japanese woman found below Niagara Falls

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    ka_chan

    So where were the cops...silent alarms..cameras?

    BTW, there is nothing random about the English language.

    Posted in: Knife-wielding man robs post office in Ibaraki

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    ka_chan

    I like HP. Too bad it a board ruled company that doesn't seem to know how to pick a good CEO. The part of HP that I like is the part that they got from Compac...the Digital Equipment part. Like their standardizing printing with PCL but never liked the way their printers look. Ugly but works fine and is a standard. For a company headquartered in Palo Alto of Silicone Valley fame, they not very creative. It seem a bit nuts for they to try and become a software company. Similar for Dell to try and become a support company...they have lousy support.

    IBM and Apple are the winners.

    Posted in: Hewlett-Packard to end mobile products; may sell PC division

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    ka_chan

    I don't think Japan had real leadership Tokugawa Ieyasu, not that I agree with most of the things he did. Some may say all the young turks of the Meiji rebellion/reforms. Today Japan rules by concensus which is ok most of the time but in a emergency, the people want someone in charge. I don't think they even know there was a problem for a few days. For a country that can be visited by so many natural disasters, seems there is no disaster planning. I can't imagine how much worse it would have been if the quake center was off the coast of Tokyo. Is there a backup government location? Is there a backup financial database? I really doubt it. Oh, it can't be by the sea or near a volcano... kinda limited.

    Posted in: Maher says 'nobody' in Japan gov't was in charge early in nuclear crisis

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    ka_chan

    Don't worry, it will get hotter...how about 60.

    Posted in: Power consumption peaks in TEPCO service area

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    ka_chan

    Guess they want to be found. Why else dump the bodies in a location where it would be found...a park.

    Posted in: More dismembered body parts found in canisters in Osaka

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    ka_chan

    Wonder what will happen when the melting permafrost releases methane making the average summer about 60 C.

    Posted in: 35 deaths, 7,071 hospitalized due to heatstroke in one-week period

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    ka_chan

    I remember Astro Boy (Tetsuwan Atom), Gigantor (Tetsujin 28-go) and Kimba the White Lion (Jungle Emperor). I like the classics as Maison Ikkoku, Kimagure Orange Road, and Fushigi Yuugi. It is interesting to see the cultural difference especially when series as Sailor Moon got translated into many cultures especially for yuri characters as Sailor Neptune and Uranus.
    But like any other cultural icon, anime reflects the times in which they were made. There seems to be an over all trend to darker stories. But there are lighter ones as Ikkoku Meiro no Crosee and Usagi Drop although since these are current, how light they will stay is still up in the air. Those who have kids may like Usagi Drop. There are graphically beautiful ones as You are Under Arrest (Taiho Shichauzo), Air, and Tenchi in Love (movie). Key seems do nice visuals but then they started in hentai games. I do like their original 13 episode Kanon. As for translation work into English, I thought Fruits Basket and His and Her Circumstances (Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou; Kare Kano). Did like last year's Cross Game. Anime is like the movie industry, you only get a couple of good ones a year and sometimes none. And, what you like is dependent upon you taste. As for outsourcing, I always think it's a mistake. Outsourcing a Cultural Icon as Anime overseas is just criminal. Hollywood has never done that for good reason.

    Posted in: The freefall of Japan’s anime industry

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    ka_chan

    If Japan were to sell US treasuries, they would loose money. It would be like buying Pebble Beach for 5Million and then a few years latter selling it for 1 Million. Oh right, Japan did that just before the real estate boom.

    Posted in: Some advocate selling U.S. Treasurys for Japan

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    ka_chan

    The currents above and below the falls are swift and treacherous. The Horseshoe falls on the Canadian site is fairly vertical, clean and deep which rolling currents that keep objects in swirling in place for some time. It just goes to show that it's not a good idea to violate safety rules...I think it's also against Canadian Niagara Parks Act to climb over the safety wall.
    Beauty can be deceiving on how dangerous something can be. The scariest place I ever been is at Glacier Point in Yosemite. There are safety walls but there are areas where there isn't any. Not to mention the drive you when you are on the outside of a hairpin turn with no railings on a road width that reminds me of side streets in Tokyo. Give me chills thinking about it. The young tend to be fearless. Why else are soldiers mainly in their teens and 20s.

    Posted in: Niagara Falls search for Japanese woman turns up man's body

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    ka_chan

    This crashed was examined on the series "Why Planes Crash". They did mention that US military assistance was refused and the there was a JSDF helicopter at the site but didn't see any survivors from the air so it went away before it got dark. There were much more than 4 survivors at the time but as the night weather was subfreezing, many succumbed to their injuries and the elements, according to the survivors. Once the rear bulkhead blew out, it took most of the ruder and elevators. The pilot was flying by engine controls only. A valiant effort by the crew but they had no idea how badly damaged the plane was. The controller didn't seem to realize the emergency and they ignored efforts of a controller at Yokota who tried to assist.

    Posted in: 26th anniversary of JAL crash marked in Gunma

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    ka_chan

    Robots replacing worker in the "far future"?? How about yesterday. There are millions of industrial robots that have replace humans since the last century. Japan seems to have a fascination for the inanimate... look at the sex doll industry.

    Posted in: New robot promises brighter future for Japan's elderly

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    ka_chan

    Ok, the yen is at an all time high against all currencies, the Japanese debt is a 200% of GDP and they need to borrow more to pay for March 11th, and they expect growth and not contraction when people are afraid of their own food supply?

    Posted in: Cabinet Office cuts fiscal 2011 growth forecast to 0.5%

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    ka_chan

    Forgot... The film "The Visas that Saved Lives "; PBS documentary, "Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness"; and the 2001 film, "Visas and Virtue"; all about Chiune Sugihara.

    Posted in: Film series looks at world under Nazi rule

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    ka_chan

    Well this article is wrong in that probably the 1940 film "The Great Dictator" with Charlie Chaplin was before the 3 Stooges film if the article date of 1941 is true. Some the list of films don't make much sense to me if they wanted to show life under the Nazi. "Sound of Music" would have been a better example. This is a nice list on wiki List and a list of documentary films too which seem more appropriate as "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich".

    Posted in: Film series looks at world under Nazi rule

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    ka_chan

    Earthquakes are not the only things that cause tsunami. The largest tsunami in Japan was in 1741 at Sado Island and it wasn't caused by an earthquake. The height was 90 m. And in 1771 there are an 85 m tsunami caused by a 7.4 quake in the Okinawa region. Hokkaido has a history of over 40m tsunami.
    Generally land sides and volcanic eruptions cause larger tsunami than earthquakes. A Land side in the Hawaiian area can cause a greater tsunami to hit Japan. And, manuals, guidelines and SOPs are there for emergencies to avert panic responses. Why else goes Japan have an earthquake day on the day of the Great Kanto earthquake that kill over 100,000.

    Posted in: Parents of 4 children in bus swept away by tsunami sue kindergarten

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    ka_chan

    Cash has been king for a while. They didn't have my choice since I'm short the market. As far as a house, you would have been better off if you rented since 2007 after selling your house and now buying one for cash at 30% of the 2008 highs. People are just too greedy for their own good. BTW, there is nothing that says that the market can't keep going down after a bounce around 9500 and continue down to what would be today's equivalent of the 1933 bottom' 92% decline from the 1928 top. You do the math.

    Posted in: How are you responding to the global stock market turmoil?

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