授業中にWebでポルノを見ていた女教師に40年の禁固刑 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

Oct. 19, 2004, while substituting for a seventh-grade language class at Kelly Middle School, Amero claimed she could not control the graphic images appearing in an endless cycle on her computer.

Teacher guilty in Norwich porn case – Norwich Bulletin

彼女はspywareの仕業と主張し、コンピュータの専門家もそれを指示したが認められず、40年の刑を言い渡されたという。にも拘らずTechdirtはこんなことを言っている。

Despite her conviction, the number of acquittals this defense has seen means your odds are still pretty good if you want to blame your next big heist on your crappy firewall.

Teacher Faces 40 Years For In Class Porn Surfing, Blames Spyware – Techdirt

皮肉なのか?

Guy burns girlfriend’s cooter and asks forum what to do 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

Guy burns girlfriend’s cooter and asks forum what to dodigg

おバカw の一言に尽きますが、「OLD and confirmed to be fake like years ago」だそうです。

ところで「cooter」ってのは、やっぱりアレ….?

Wii Death tee 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

Watch where you sling ‘em, kids.

Wii Death tee – Wonderland via digg

Once an otaku, always an otaku. 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

“I don’t think I could’ve done it without 2Channel,” writes Train Man, who says he’s still dating the pretty girl. So far, his life hasn’t changed much: He works at the same company, visits Akihabara, buys comics, and watches anime. And, of course, he still posts about stuff like videogames on 2Channel. Once an otaku, always an otaku.

Love Train – Wired via Boing Boing

何故か今頃になって電車男がWiredで記事にされてた。最後のフレーズがまた…w

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この記事をまたTable of Malcontentsが取り上げているのだが、こっちは更に辛辣w

Of course, ‘Train Man’ is widely known to be complete fiction, but the wonderful part of the entire story isn’t whether he’s real… it’s the fact that a modern fairy-tale has given hope to millions upon millions of slobbering nerds that yes, they too might touch a girl’s breast before they die.

Train Man’s Love Train – Table of Malcontents

Sand sculptures in Lommel 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

’The Funniest Sorry Note I Have Seen…’ 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

Dear person,

I’m sorry I put a dent in your car. I didn’t want to but, I did when I tryed to park next to you. I am not leaving my information because you chose to use two spaces and I just wanted to park in one. The scratches are because I used a towel that had sand on it to try to clean the dent/paint off. Beaches are fun.

Please look your car over for the dent and scratches and each time you see them remember not to park in two spaces.

Sorry !!!

Funny Car Note – Flickr via digg

必ずしも「Funniest」と呼べるほどの面白さは感じられなかったのだが、Nativeが読むと違うのかな。少なくともユーモアはあるわな。

Not Surprise in Japan? 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

On the day when stock markets swooned and techies buzzed over Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs’ long-awaited entry into the mobile-phone market, Japanese consumers could be excused for wondering: Why the fuss?

But the revolution is already well underway in Japan, where cellphones are used for everything. Besides downloading music and surfing the Net, Japanese use their cellphones to navigate their way home by global positioning system, to buy movie tickets and to update personal blogs from wherever they are.

In Japan, barely a ripple – latimes.com via digg

革命的と表されるiPhoneの各機能も日本のケータイでは既に実現されているものばかりであり、誰も驚いてなどいないという記事。

それなりに大騒ぎしているようですがねぇ。

初出パイレーツ・オブカリビアン新作スチル 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

In the final film of the Pirates trilogy, Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.

First Look: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End – /film via digg

ぶっちゃけ、全く見たことがない。

Fascinating Pictures 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

Dog Shock Collar 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

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This is a hilarious video from AFV of a guy testing out the 6 stages of a dog shock collar! SO FUNNY! This is a clean video, safe for your family to watch.

AFV Dog Shock Collar – YouTube via digg

「Dog Shock Collar」って矯正用の首輪? とにかく痛そうwww

Relatedにあったこっちのビデオも面白い。

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Funny Dogs skit from America’s Funniest Home Videos

AFV – Funny Dogs – YouTube

Doomsday Photo 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

The picture above is from an actual test of a single U.S. nuclear missile holding at least 8 dummy warheads. Each line shows the deployed warhead striking the ocean at well over 4,000 miles per hour.

Photograph of the Second Before Doomsday – Neatorama

フリーハンドで円を書く男 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

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Alexander Overwijk draws a perfect freehand circle 1m in diameter in less than a second.

World Freehand Circle Drawing Champion – YouTube via digg

凄いようなどうでもいいようなw 前振りが長過ぎ。

Bounty for Vista, IE7. 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

The Reston, Va., security intelligence outfit threw out the monetary reward to hackers as part of a challenge program aimed at luring researchers to its controversial pay-for-flaw VCP (Vulnerability Contributor Program).

VeriSign Offers Hackers $8,000 Bounty on Vista, IE 7 Flaws – eWeek.com

Verisignの研究所がVistaとIE7のバグ探しに賞金を掛けたらしい。素人目には、どんどんバグとかセキュリティ・ホールを発見して危険を排除していって欲しいと思う。愉快犯のハッカーもこの際、後ろ向きの快感を得るのを止めてお金を稼げはいいのに、という気もするが、一方でこういった行為には反対意見もある模様で、よく分かりません。

“People should never be rewarded for breaking into software and finding weaknesses. They should do it out of a need to create a more secure environment for everyone,” said one researcher, who declined to be identified.

Paying for Flaws: Undermining Security or Rewarding Good Deeds? – eWeek.com

SOX kicked out Clark. 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

Jim Clark, the founder of Web browser Netscape, has resigned as chairman of Redwood City photo printing company Shutterfly, citing securities regulations that have “gone too far.”

Valley veteran Jim Clark resigns, saying regulations have “gone too far” – VentureBeat

あら、懐かしいJim Clark。流石に老けたな。

来年から「日本版SOX法」が適用されるため、企業の経理担当者はパニックになっているようだが、本家のSOX法の評判は最悪で、早くも見直しが始まっている。この法律ができたのは、6年前のエンロンやワールドコムのスキャンダルがきっかけだが、果たして法律を強化すればあの事件は防げたのか?逆に、あの事件が起こったのは法律が不備だったからなのか?

日本版SOX法は何を解決するのか – 池田信夫 blog

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こういうのもあった。

Critics trying to build support for a rollback of corporate reform laws argue that they’re way too costly and have taken all the fun out of doing business in America. Those are lame excuses.

ALL BUSINESS: Sarbanes-Oxley Is a Must – Newsvine

Ads for Tide Cold 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

Great new campaign for Tide Cold. The art direction is very well done, and the message comes across very nice. If you know the agency that did this, please comment.

Tide – Advertising/Design Goodness

Who’s that Girl? 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

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This clip from filmmakers B-17 shows sushi-eating with random Cheerio tonguing and cosplay, with Kyu Sakamoto’s famous song, Ue Wo Muite Aruko, in the background.

I like how YouTubers commented on how authentic the way she eats sushi actually is.

Sushi-Eating Sex Slave Video – Table of Malcontents

このセクシーなおねーちゃんは何者? なんで坂本九? 寿司は舎利ではなくねたをむらさきにつけろって、昔、小松左京が書いていたような気がするぞ。

giant pink knit bunny 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

It is essential that the giant pink knit bunny created by Austrian collective Gelitin that started the year off lying atop a mountain in Piemont be in the Art MoCo Top 10, at position Number 5.

Top 10 – Gelitin – Number 5 – Art MoCo

なんだかよく分からないw

Darth Vader Citro〓n 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

Nick B〓tticher modified this Citro〓n HY to look like … Darth Vader! Found at VVORK.

Darth Vader Citro〓n. – Neatorama

これに乗って町に出る勇気は…ないw

Gates made us laugh at CES. 金曜日, 1月 12 2007 

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bill gates ces – YouTube via digg

CESでゲイツ君がまた昔に笑いを取った映像だったorzてくれた模様。最早お約束か? 「Who’s in charge of Microsoft?」とか言われちゃってるしw