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  1. 10 Years Overdue on What is Perl 6? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    People in the mid-1990s spoke of "overnight obsolescence", that Perl 6 would replace everything in a few weeks, and that you had better learn a new programming language every month. Over 10 years later, perl 6 is still in beta mode.

  2. Re:Irony: Tulane Eliminating Civil Engineering on Tulane University to Reduce Engineering School · · Score: 1

    If they are that smart, they'd go to engineering schools elsewhere. Would you trust the New Orlinese to build their own levees?

  3. euphemisms on Tulane University to Reduce Engineering School · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So what they're saying is that they suck, so they are shutting down a large number of departments, and re-branding themselves as a bargain college for undergrads, so they can get drunk and run around naked at Mardi Gras.

  4. What If It Backfires? on Blogging as Press Freedom in Repressive Places · · Score: 1

    What if most people like the policies of a repressive government because they voted for it? What if blogs give them an outlet to express their bigotry and hatred, which isn't allowed under a repressive system?

  5. Old News on Genetic Research In The Heart of Amish Country · · Score: 1

    People have been doing research on the Amish for a very long time, their diseases are well characterized. The Amish play a major role in the methamphetamine trade of North America, having had shootouts with Mexican Federales and FBI agents before.

  6. What if Japanese are Behind? on The Japanese/American Tech Deficit · · Score: 1

    DVD videos are still mostly unheard of in Japan -- their video stores stock VHS movies.

  7. Riska, the new game not coming from Nintendo on Nintendo Threatens Suicidegirls Over IP Use · · Score: 1

    Japanese are into virtual-character "mania" games, you know. Expect to see games like this in the US tech fringe soon. http://www1.odn.ne.jp/~adc52520/risukagazou.htm

  8. Seismic Reading on Mushroom Cloud Reported Over North Korea · · Score: 2, Informative

    September 9th at exactly 9AM, there is a funny blip. http://www.hinet.bosai.go.jp/strace/24hour_wavevie w.php?orgid=01&netid=01&stcd=N.GENH&tm=2004090909& winnm=N_GENH

  9. Radiation Increase on September 10th on Mushroom Cloud Reported Over North Korea · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This radiation monitoring station in Ishikawa Prefecture of Japan, due east of the Korean peninsula, shows elevated radiation levels on September 10th. http://atom.pref.ishikawa.jp/RS25000.htm

  10. Too barren for a forest fire on Mushroom Cloud Reported Over North Korea · · Score: 1

    Here are pictures of the town near the explosion. http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/changbaishan/006/su b.html

  11. Are black holes abusive? on Steven Hawking Loses Bet On Black Holes? · · Score: 1

    What happened to the abuse episode with his wife? His nursy wife has been breaking his bones and stuff, and she got arrested or something.

  12. Re:Abuses? on Japanese Schoolchildren to be Tagged with RFID · · Score: 1

    Sure, if someone can hack into the RFID database, couldn't they stalk children?

  13. Japanese Crime on Japanese Schoolchildren to be Tagged with RFID · · Score: 0

    Here is a sampling of crime that happened in one day in Japan:

    Knife-wielding maniac cuts up 2nd-grade boy and 4-year-old
    http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=2004 0710-0000106 9-mai-soci

    Bomb-making manual discovered from home of dentist who blew himself up
    http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20040710-000 0106 8-mai-soci

    Wife has affair with man, kills husband
    http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=2004071 0-0000030 4-yom-soci

    Single Mother's boyfriend punches 1-year-old, causing massive internal injuries
    http://www.asahi.com/national/update/071 0/011.html

    School teacher pulls down 4th-grade boy's underwear and hides them
    http://www.sanspo.com/sokuho/0710sokuho025.h tml

    15-year-old dumps newborn baby in trash can, killing her
    http://news13.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/newsplus/ 10894 30808/

    4th grade schoolteacher orders students to punch pupil who didn't do homework
    http://www.sankei.co.jp/news/040710/sha0 35.htm

    24-year-old mother drowns 3-year-old in bathtub
    http://news13.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/newsp lus/10894 05680/

    5th grader gets bookbag impaled by knife-wielding maniac
    http://news16.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/dqnplu s/108939 2047/

    High school girl commits suicide on train tracks, exploding into strawberry jello
    http://www.sankei.co.jp/news/040710/sha044. htm

  14. Japanese Crime on Japanese Schoolchildren to be Tagged with RFID · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Here is a sampling of crime that happened in one day in Japan (July 10th): Knife-wielding maniac cuts up 2nd-grade boy and 4-year-old http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20040710-0000106 9-mai-soci Bomb-making manual discovered from home of dentist who blew himself up http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20040710-0000106 8-mai-soci Wife has affair with man, kills husband http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20040710-0000030 4-yom-soci Single Mother's boyfriend punches 1-year-old, causing massive internal injuries http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0710/011.html School teacher pulls down 4th-grade boy's underwear and hides them http://www.sanspo.com/sokuho/0710sokuho025.html 15-year-old dumps newborn baby in trash can, killing her http://news13.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/newsplus/10894 30808/ 4th grade schoolteacher orders students to punch pupil who didn't do homework http://www.sankei.co.jp/news/040710/sha035.htm 24-year-old mother drowns 3-year-old in bathtub http://news13.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/newsplus/10894 05680/ 5th grader gets bookbag impaled by knife-wielding maniac http://news16.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/dqnplus/108939 2047/ High school girl commits suicide on train tracks, exploding into strawberry jello http://www.sankei.co.jp/news/040710/sha044.htm