2011-05-24, 04:01 | Link #2261 |
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Um, it's a little thing called a "question" or "asking about it," hence the whole point of why I posted it at all. I don't recall saying or even trying to say anything concrete there.....
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2011-05-24, 06:38 | Link #2262 | |
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There are hundreds of accredited nuclear researchers and engineers in Japan, and they end up doing research for Minovsky particles instead of advising the management because those nuts at TEPCO wouldn't even listen to them. Similarly to the world of economics and finance, there are trading bloggers around writing sensible stuff but people still buy the IPO from Linkedin and Facebook. I am more inclined to think that it is an ego issue at the middle-top level management - having climbed so high they refused to think they did something wrong by cutting costs so as to trickle some of that savings into their pay.
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2011-05-25, 20:04 | Link #2263 | |
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2011-06-03, 16:51 | Link #2264 |
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I have been wondering, if anybody of you heard of this:
(sry, its in Japanese) http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/new...1260009-n1.htm I heard that from a friend from Japan, just now. I cant belive it... EDIT(2 minutes after writing the previous text: He just sent me another link, this time also in english: http://www.niproid.com/2011/05/monju...hine-from.html
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2011-06-03, 21:03 | Link #2265 | |
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2011-06-05, 23:09 | Link #2266 |
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Interesting phenomenon that many may not know about - inner ear problems survivors experience after major earthquakes and aftershocks, when there are tremors.
http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/90075.php
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2011-06-06, 00:10 | Link #2267 |
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If you like your japanese green tea, hope you stocked up... I suspect this will rattle Japanese to the core:
http://articles.economictimes.indiat...esh-tea-oolong summary: Japan may face a shortage of green tea as radiation leaking from the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi power station tainted leaves, spurring the government to restrict shipments from four prefectures.
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2011-06-06, 03:09 | Link #2268 | |
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2011-06-07, 01:43 | Link #2269 | ||
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(Well technically the entire world plate was at an angle) I can imagine the power of a M8 or M9 messing up our sense of balance within our ears or something, M7.3 was bad enough... But I wouldn't totally give into that diagnosis on the phobia note, because I have turned super sensitive to quakes, that I sense the small tremors before natives catch on when by the time it increases in stregnth and to this point, have yet to be mistaken. I also can sense (on Japanese scale) what level we're feeling by the sound the earth makes or the way the foundations of a building creak, I think it's just human survival instincts getting kicked up a notch. (or 100) And in case people are unsure of what they're feeling, there's always the T-Rex effect that I rely on ever since March 11th to confirm my suspcions: Only need to check out the first 25 secs to get what I mean... Spoiler:
On other random news which you all may have already heard, the PM just about survived a vote of 'no confidence' but he'll resign pretty soon
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2011-06-07, 03:30 | Link #2270 | |
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The citizens are angry for a reason, angry that their government aren't taking steps to efficiently getting a forecast and workplan out, leaving that to the halfwits from various news agencies to disseminate questionable information. And the biggest reason to why the government isn't working is because they aren't working together; all of them seem to want a slice of power without exercising responsibility.
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2011-06-07, 07:52 | Link #2271 |
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I'm going to start calling Japan the "Eastern Italy" at this rate.... you resign when you've done something that prevents you from doing good service. He's resigning pretty much just to resign (modern version of political suicide). This solves nothing and only contributes to chaos and nothing getting done.
As far as I can tell... the bureaucracy in Japan has full control rather than elected politicians and is totally incapable/ineffective (years of mental inbreeding?).
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2011-06-07, 08:24 | Link #2272 | |
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2011-06-07, 10:34 | Link #2273 | |
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2011-06-07, 12:32 | Link #2274 | |
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2011-06-07, 19:07 | Link #2276 |
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First time I have looked in on this thread, but some of my friends in Japan have mentioned to me that one of the things they are most worried about is the oncoming summer in Northern Tokyo.
In light of the power plants having problems there is a need to conserve electricity, and with the summer coming on (last year was one of the hottest on record) there is worry that in Tokyo proper some people may not be able to get electricity for AC and such. They are especially worried about heat stroke in the case of the elderly living by themselves - although I assume hospitals and the like would be at the top of the list for rationed power. Some years back there were fires nearby that were endangering a power plant and the decision was to shut the plant down. Unfortunately this was in the midst of an extremely hot summer, and because of that some of the elderly had to later be hospitalized (heat stroke). Anyway, has anyone else heard of this at all?
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2011-06-07, 19:52 | Link #2277 | |
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You know, I'll be able to kinda sacrifice this AFTER rainy season, since the UK has hot dry days but we don't have a complex AC system like Japan does. I was wondering about that. The trains are now using AC daily cause humidty is rising every damn day, it's gonna get wet, but if Tokyoites have to forgo it for a bit over July/Aug, we'll survive. (Just not June) >.> Moreover, disease from the mozzies, bugs, flies and the heat is the next issue for the smashed places up there. Everything was soaked intially for months, so how they'll be able to avoid outbreaks of anything serious is an issue. From the voices over at ground zero, one thing they gotta deal with is the awful smell of rot, something none of us can imagine or have to deal with, so concern is mainly up there, I doubt the heat will help much... Here's hoping we don't get anything crazy like last year though, it lasted until November, we all pretty much died :\ (The year was the hottest on record. This year we get a record quake and typhoon hitting us in May/June for the 1st time in history, it's all going to Hell...)
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2011-06-07, 20:08 | Link #2278 | |
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After reading your post I went back and looked over the emails again (friends live in Nagoya) and realized that they also said it was THE hottest record on year. Yeah ... from all I heard it has been a tough year for the Japanese in the upper half of Honshu especially. I visited Japan for the month of April last year, so I just barely snuck in before things started getting difficult.... Anyway, thanks again.
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2011-06-08, 00:21 | Link #2279 | |
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It doesn't matter what one might feel about nuclear safety, the fact is Japan doesn't have many options to get more power from. If you don't get enough power, there will be suffering. I know there is a knee jerk reaction right now about not making more power plants, but reality will catch up eventually. High density apartments heat up like mad in most Asian major cities, you need AC to survive.
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2011-06-08, 12:17 | Link #2280 | |
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People have lived in hot climates for eons... they just need to stop building things that don't work with the local climate.
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