2006 Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday October 5, 2006 @04:58PM from the best-of-the-worst dept.

davidwr writes "The Ig-Nobel Peace Prize went to Howard Stapleton for his groundbreaking research in teenager-repellent technology. D. Lynn Halpern won an award for research into why fingernails on a chalkboard are almost as annoying as teenagers. Ivan Schwab garnered his award for research into avian headacheology. Two french researchers cooked up a medal for spaghetti research. Read more about these and other prizes here and at the Improbable Research official web site. To those Slashdotters who were expecting an award, better luck next year."

1 of 167 comments (clear)

Re:Dealing with the mosquito... by dk-software-engineer · 2006-10-05 22:51 · Score: 1, Troll

most of whom are not doing any harm, and just want to hang around with mates.

As far as I understand, a bunch of kids hanging around the store is the problem. I'm not defending the noise, but I'm not defending the kids either. I don't believe they have any right to hang out at the store.