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One word "how?"
Posted in: 5-year-old boy's hand gets caught in shopping mall escalator
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didn't Obama say that those involved should be held accountable for their actions. Pleading the fifth…
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In the Philippines, railway train windows are "armored" with thick gauge steel mesh to protect against such incidents. However the door windows become the sacrificial lambs. They replace the glass with opaque (metal?) sheets when broken. I hope such incidents in Japan don't become more common. I wonder if it would be better to replace glass windows with polycarbonate sheets?
And 1 kg is actually not that heavy. A large head of cabbage is heavier.
Posted in: Stone thrown at moving Seibu Shinjuku line train; two passengers hurt
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This article is pretty scant on details. How was he caught? Did the girl discover that she was being deceived and call the police? Did the man brag about his victory while in a drunken state? Did he turn himself in? There isn't even any mention of any confession which is uncommon judging from most crime stories. Did the police do a random search on him and discovered this?
Posted in: 52-year-old man tricks high school girl into sending naked photos of herself
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First thought that came to mind: it's like how Tony Stark admitted he was Iron Man.
This seems too complicated and will change a lot in the Batman storyline.
Posted in: A big admission ahead of bigger mission for Batman
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Which percentage refer to which assumption is clear, but the problem with this article is how the data is presented. As other posters have said, it could have been done better.
Posted in: Common misconceptions about the opposite sex in Japan
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While the building where our office is has two smoking rooms on the ground floor, I still have to deal with the foul odor coming from the smokers.
Posted in: How does your workplace deal with the issue of passive smoking?
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I thought I remember reading that the original films will be redone in CG like the current Clone Wars TV series. Either I misunderstood or they changed their minds.
Posted in: 'Star Wars' films to be rereleased in 3D
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Kudos to Kesley for being a good sport. That would have hurt. And congrats for getting the prize if not the title.
Posted in: You're Australia's top model! Oops, no, you're not
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Posted in: Racist messages pose quandary for mainstream sites
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I haven't had the chance to ride one but from videos doesn't the Segway move forward when you lean forward and stop when you lean back? Pretty dangerous IMO to use in a place with cliffs. Even with the standard road fences (don't know what they're called) you can potentially flip over them and down the cliff.
Posted in: Segway company owner dies after falling off cliff
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I used to have an iPhone 3G since the release year until I had to end the contract first half of this year due to things out of my control. Now I'm just using a prepaid phone. I seriously considered getting an iPhone 4 or iPad but in the end, I realized I really don't need them. So the money I saved ended up on my custom bicycle and I'm biking instead of sitting on my bum using either of those devices. I also had a PSP and DS but don't have them anymore as well. My sister loaned me her Kindle because the rest of her booklist is on hardcover. I use it to read occasionally.
Basically people who want those devices will find ways to justify its existence in their lives. Those who need it for any specialized application already justified it from the start.
The iPad is nice to play with (I did so in the electronics shops that display them when I pass by) but I can live without it. And yes, it is still very much an iPod Touch with a big screen.
Posted in: How the iPad won over an unbeliever
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Am I right to assume that they are not the Japanese Giant type hornet since they are just referred to as "hornets?"
Moderator: They were Japanese hornets.
Posted in: 8 police stung by hornets in park
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I disagree that the iPad beats the Kindle "at its own game." The Kindle is a dedicated eBook reader. And e-ink makes the display looks very much like printed paper. And it has a very long battery life too. Also much smaller and easier to hold on one hand. The iPad is a multipurpose device - multipurpose being the keyword. It's backlight causes much faster eye strain compared to reading a book (or using the Kindle) with a lamp. I've tried. I admit that the iPad is very Star Trek but as the saying goes, jack of all trades, master of none.
If you're a bookworm you'll love the Kindle. The iPad is for a different crowd altogether.
Posted in: How the iPad won over an unbeliever
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I'm wondering, if she didn't feel that her pants were being cut up while sleeping, how did she come to the conclusion that the guy who got of the train did it? Did he spin the scissors on his finger while getting off?
Posted in: Man held for cutting woman's pants with scissors on train
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They should be remembered as lessons so that they could be prevented in the future. I believe commemoration works in the first few times but repeating them until forever will just foster a "poor me" mentality and impede progress and healing.
Posted in: Do you think events like 9/11, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and so on should be commemorated each year or would you rather see the dates fade into history without any annual official ceremony?
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Why does this article make it sound like pants for women are a revolutionary concept? Where I work a lot of women wear either skirt-looking shorts with leggings or 3/4 pants to work. I have to agree that some people look better than others when wearing pants. If the shoe (pants) fit, wear it.
Posted in: Who cares about hemlines? Women's pants again on the radar
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While the photography is good the selection of this picture is somewhat tactless. They could have selected a picture that has an actual factory smokestack in the foreground. Yes, that isn't a factory smokestack. It's a part of an oil refinery used to burn gases left over from the refining process. Why they don't collect the gas and use it is unknown to me. Maybe because it has low calorific value therefore doesn't burn as well as current fuels.
Posted in: Flying high
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Don't we need those telephone cords to have reliable broadband compared to wireless? Or is WiMAX already comparable?
Posted in: Google plugs free PC-to-phone calling into e-mail
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My sarcasm tags disappeared. Maybe removed by the system. Oh well.
Glad that the kid got out safe and really didn't intend to kill himself.
Posted in: Boy falls onto train tracks while looking at handheld game console
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I see too many people doing this. I'm surprised (and somewhat relieved) it doesn't happen more often.
Posted in: Boy falls onto train tracks while looking at handheld game console
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He obviously snapped from being "unjustly dismissed from service." I'm not defending his actions, but it would seem that his work meant a lot to him. If it ever turns out he was unjustly dismissed, that would be another slap to the Philippine bureaucracy.
Posted in: 9 killed on hijacked Philippine tourist bus