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    What Is This?

    Japan's Bullet Trains to Get Wi-Fi

    Japanese Billboard Watches You Watch It

    NTT Shoe Powers Your iPod, Makes You Look Like a Robodork

    NTT Turning Cellphones Into Smellphones

    Super 3G Successfully Tested (at 250Mbps)

    NTT RedTacton Device Turns Your Body Into Swipe Card

    NTT DoCoMo Considering Android Phone

    Smellivision Ads, Coming to Billboards

    Why Does Japan Get All The Super-Fast Fiber Optic Love?
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    08/22/09

    In reply to What Is This?

    Hey there prototype.
    The future version will clean the Earth from humans...
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    Image of InsertBullets InsertBullets
    08/22/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    Has any one else stopped being surprised at the Japanese?
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    08/22/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    In the United States, homeless people would move into them. They would even have clean water.
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    Edited by Gary_7vn at 08/22/09 12:54 PM Gary_7vn was starred Gary_7vn was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    08/22/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    It slightly resembles the Jupiter 2..

    Danger, Danger Will Robinson!
     Reply
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of ninjagin ninjagin
    08/21/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    So who gets to clean the filter, and where does the gunk go?
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    Image of One Banana, Two Banana One Banana, Two Banana
    08/21/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    So if I put a blow hole on a spider it would be charming?
     Reply
    Bigbadbikernerd: did I get banned??? promoted this comment One Banana, Two Banana was starred One Banana, Two Banana was unstarred
    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    08/21/09

    @Brian: The Sad Panda: Nothing can be added to a spider to make it charming...they, of course, are the devil...
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    08/21/09

    @Bigbadbikernerd: did I get banned???:
    Approved?
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    GitEmSteveDave:WalkinOnSunshine promoted this comment Scotland was starred Scotland was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    08/21/09

    @Scotland: Hey Scotland, please check your messages.
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    08/21/09

    @GitEmSteveDave: WalkinOnSunshine:
    "You have no new messages"
    (Why do you insult me so?)
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    Image of KTK1990 KTK1990
    08/21/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    Ah... Cleaning the water and putting the clean water back in the dirty water.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/21/09

    @KTK1990: Well, yeah. Eventually you'll filter enough of it that it will all be mostly clean. Which is the point here.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    08/21/09

    @KTK1990: It reminds me of those 3-inch "air purifiers" that you plug into your socket.
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    GitEmSteveDave:WalkinOnSunshine promoted this comment Segador was starred Segador was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    08/21/09

    @Segador: Well, trust me, when you remove it, there's some gas that escapes that smells a little.
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    Image of KTK1990 KTK1990
    08/21/09

    @Lite: killed Dumbledore: Yea, but they also have to know about how much filth is coming into the water dirtying up the water. If lets say 3 gallons a minute were coming in, and those things could turn 1 gallon a minute then that would be kinda... well, not worth it. But if it pumps out 4+ gallons of water per minute, then it is worth it.
    (Note: Numbers were just made up for this illustration..)
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/21/09

    @KTK1990: So you're saying that if what's going out cannot keep up with what's coming in you should do nothing because obviously slowing the rate of damage isn't any better than not slowing the rate of damage at all?

    I really should just keep driving my Hummer about because we're not completely off of oil and no longer producing, so producing less pollution is no improvement.

    Got it.
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    Edited by Lite: hates Illinois Nazis at 08/21/09 3:26 PM Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
    Image of RobotVampire RobotVampire
    08/21/09

    @KTK1990: Unless my math is off (which I doubt :P) it filters 1 gallon every 9 seconds. So right at 6 2/3 gallons a minute.
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    Image of jeembomb jeembomb
    08/21/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    I actually guessed that it was some sort of water filter, before clicking through
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    Image of bucho54 bucho54
    08/21/09


    @jeembomb:
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    Image of Zomb Zomb
    08/21/09

    @bucho54: damn thats a good looking cookie
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    Image of SuperTuna SuperTuna
    08/21/09


    [cache.gawker.com]" rel="lytebox" class="commentImage@#c14915169:

    I see your cookie and raise it AWESOMENESS.
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    Scotland promoted this comment Edited by SuperTuna at 08/21/09 2:46 PM SuperTuna was starred SuperTuna was unstarred
    Image of Scotland Scotland
    08/21/09

    @SuperTuna:
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    Image of Identity (Metric) Identity (Metric)
    08/21/09

    @All: :( Those cookies look amazing. Why did you do this to me? I promised myself I wouldn't spend any money!
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    Image of NurseDave NurseDave
    08/21/09

    @Scotland: That is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    08/21/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    It's the Jupiter2! Now where is that sweet, precious, tender, young William Robinson?
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/21/09

    @GitEmSteveDave: WalkinOnSunshine: Anal Danger Will Robinson! Anal Danger!
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    Image of nickhuynh777 nickhuynh777
    03/09/09

    In reply to Japan's Bullet Trains to Get Wi-Fi
    You would think the japs already had hi-speed internet on their trains since they always seem to have the latest gadgetry for cell phones etc...
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/09/09

    @nickhuynh777: The trains are too fast. The internets can't catch them.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    03/09/09

    In reply to Japan's Bullet Trains to Get Wi-Fi
    It may have Wi-Fi, but can it beat Jeremy Clarkson driving in a Nissian! I think not!
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    Image of Mister K Mister K
    03/09/09

    @PirateCaptain_GitEmSteveDave: Nissan*


    And I don't know what you were watching, but it was definitely Bill Oddie driving that GTR.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    03/10/09

    @FIRSTdukeofwellington: I used to own a Stanza. I was just about to leave work, so that explains the spelling mistake. And thanks for reminding me it was Oddie. Better than Beardy Branson.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/09/09

    In reply to Japan's Bullet Trains to Get Wi-Fi
    I'm all for high speed rail projects like this in the US. Even for the government spending money to support it. As long as the trains are developed, designed, and manufactured here in the US.


    We could use the technology from that to move rail transit in general, both cargo and passenger, forward in this country.

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    Image of enm4r enm4r
    03/09/09

    @Lite's Posse: Is on Broadway: Having lived in Japan, I can tell you that the bullet trains were pretty nice. But we used them primarily because equivalent air travel was significantly more expensive. Unfortunately in the US that's not really the case.


    That and it would take a significant increase in new routes over what Amtrak currently services.


    This coming from someone who lives and dies by the L in Chicago and doesn't even own a car. If we're throwing money at rail in the US, it should be toward smaller local light rail to help commuters, not try to compete with airlines.

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/09/09

    @enm4r: Like I said, it wouldn't be just for improving passenger transit, but cargo as well.


    Considering you live at a major AmTrak hub you can easily hop a fairly cheap ride to the East Coast. Then again you can take the L out to O'Hare if you want to. Too bad I've seen a few too many electrical fires on tracks to feel very confident in the L and I don't even live there.


    There definitely needs to be an increase in metro rail projects.

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    Image of Gann Gann
    03/09/09

    In reply to Japan's Bullet Trains to Get Wi-Fi
    The TRE from Dallas to Fort Worth has had free wifi for a few years now. It's about time Japan caught up to Texas.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/09/09

    @Gann: I'm sure the Japanese bullet trains have lapped the TRE a few times by now.


    The TRE is basically sub-licensed local Amtrak commuter service.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    03/09/09

    In reply to Japan's Bullet Trains to Get Wi-Fi
    Great. Now the GOP will complain how the stimulus package includes a fictional high speed train between Disneyland, Las Vegas AND the Akihibara district.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/09/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I'd support that train personally. Though I don't know why it'd have to go to Vegas...
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/09/09

    In reply to Japan's Bullet Trains to Get Wi-Fi
    High speed tentacle porn here we come!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    03/09/09

    @Lite's Posse: Is on Broadway: Have you tried Tentacle Grape Soda? You gonna get Graped!
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    Image of Gann Gann
    03/09/09

    @Lite's Posse: Is on Broadway: I'm curious - does 'high speed' modify tentacle or porn?
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/09/09

    @Gann: Yes.
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