ssslithe said...

ssslithe at 07:13 PM JST - 8th January

"The SDF pledged to drive safely and complete the process with no accidents."

Why did they need to pledge that, exactly? Some terrible snow-based terrorist ambush last year?

Posted in Preparations begin for Sapporo Snow Festival at 07:13 PM JST - 8th January
ssslithe at 03:19 PM JST - 19th November

It's pretty amazing how little regulation Japan has on product descriptions. My favourite example is when I bought a "lettuce sandwich" that was in fact a ham and cheese sandwich that happened to also contain a leaf of lettuce.

It's as though the description is there only to conjure up…

Posted in Most masks do not block viruses as much as they claim to, test shows at 03:19 PM JST - 19th November
ssslithe at 01:39 PM JST - 3rd November

For one thing, I got no message from the indisputably 'overheated' coverage of this case other than 'drugs are bad', so god knows what they're on about.

For another, it's actually NOT the job of the media to tell the public to keep away from drugs. The media's supposed to…

Posted in TV coverage of Sakai lacked warning about drug use, says ethics panel at 01:39 PM JST - 3rd November
ssslithe at 01:28 PM JST - 30th September

Cicada:

No -- many of these writers would just start working for someone else. Or they would be replaced by other writers willing to work for less.

Erm, I was asking what would happen if all the publications closed shop tomorrow. Obviously the writers would work for 'someone else', but…

Posted in Many newspapers around the world are considering charging fees for readers to view online content. What do you think about it? at 01:28 PM JST - 30th September
ssslithe at 07:17 PM JST - 23rd September

Rajakumar, Infernus - do you really believe that?

It's pretty simple. If every proper news organisation in the world closed down tomorrow, the free sources - blogs and news sites that run wire stories, syndicated copy and, at worst, unadulterated press releases - will have no one to copy from.…

Posted in Many newspapers around the world are considering charging fees for readers to view online content. What do you think about it? at 07:17 PM JST - 23rd September