JonathanJo comments

The neck of the helmet looks a lot bigger than the neck of the suit.

Big round eye supposed to look like HAL9000? Not the house-mate I'd choose.

Strangerland

I admire your optimism!

GW and Goldorak

To get lighter evenings, I think you mean set the clocks forward not back. That way, for example, the sun could be setting when the clocks say 9pm, instead of the current 7pm.

One reason the marathon is in central Tokyo is to show the world what a wonderful place it is, so please come and visit and spend lots of money.

Putting awnings all along the route to shade the road surface is not an option, as they would blot the view from the motor-cycle mounted cameras. I'm afraid the athletes will just have to endure the blazing sun.

Good luck with the recruitment drive. At 32 it's still a way off being called a "Dad's Army".

Identify all food that is gene-edited and let the consumer decide whether to eat it.

A terabyte in your pocket? I can remember my university being so proud when its mainframe acquired its third megabyte!

All those people waiting on the platform, and none looking at a smartphone. Is this an old photo?

These fruit juice mixtures often turn out to be 90% apple.

This is about the new live action film Christopher Robin, not the 2011 animation.

I would have more respect for the Oscar awards if they required proof that the people who vote had actually watched the films.

Sounds like a good idea that won't be too expensive to install.

The following question was asked "How interested are you in rugby union?"

My answer would have been (to misquote Frasier):

"Over at MIT they have a machine called the scanning electron microscope. With it, they can see individual atoms - the minute building blocks of the universe. If I had access to that machine right now, I would still not be able to locate my interest in this sport."

The opening ceremony on 8/8/2008 -- the number eight is considered auspicious in Chinese culture -- amazed the world with its flawless choreography

It was impressive, though slightly spoiled by discovering that the footage of the firework 'footprints' leading towards the stadium had been faked.

Any computer system that handles time-stamped data will need modification to cope with gaps and overlaps when clocks go forward and back. Cost to banks, utilities etc would be significant, especially if they need to implement the necessary software by next June.

Visit Tokoname (near Nagoya) to see the largest maneki-neko.

My wife doesn't need one, she says: She married the dish-washer.

Any support I had for BJ has long since evaporated. The man's a liability.

Reckless

No, AI has progressed well beyond that level.

Do I trust Facebook?

Hmmm...

What will the robots do if you don't tip enough?

Madness.

How long will it be before the drug companies start trying to sell tailored medicines to individuals who were kind enough to give their DNA code away?

It sheds and sweeps in one go.

If open plan is so great, why did my bosses have their own little rooms and cubicles?

Having to overhear irrelevant conversations was never conducive to my work. Open plan just saves a bucket of cash, the overlords presume.

Perhaps, if it had been deliberately detonated over water in Tokyo Bay, or on top of Mt Fuji, it would have had closed the war as quickly but without such tragic loss of life.

Really cool. Now just need some letters to open.

Just tell us the economy seating pitch. That's all that matters to us poor 6+ footers.

TepCon sums it up.