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Submission + - Video Game Teaches Java to Players (gizmag.com)

Zothecula writes: They say that one of the most effective ways of teaching someone a skill is to turn it into a game. Well, that’s just what a team at the University of California, San Diego have done with their CodeSpells video game – it teaches its players how to use the Java programming language.

Submission + - Yokohama Accidentally Tweets That NK Missile Is Inbound

ForgedArtificer writes: Earlier today, the Crisis Management Office Affairs Bureau for the city of Yokohama, Japan had some startling news for its followers; to wit, a North Korean missile was on its way to Japan.

The tweet stayed up for about 20 minutes before being removed and replaced with an apology.

The city reports that a pre-written tweet was released due to a malfunction in the "mechanism" that would have released the tweet at the appropriate time.

Submission + - CRAPCHA: Completely Ridiculous And Phony Captcha that Hassles for Amusement (crapcha.com) 1

An anonymous reader writes: CAPTCHAs play a valuable role, keeping spambots out by verifying that you’re a human. On top of this, reCAPTCHA serves a greater good, having you digitize old books in the process. Meet CRAPCHA. CRAPCHA doesn’t serve a dual purpose. It barely serves a single purpose. And it isn’t to keep spammers out. What CRAPCHA does is annoy users by presenting a CAPTCHA with indecipherable text. Nothing new so far? Well, CRAPCHA does this only to provide amusement for all.

Comment Alarmist (Score 1) 419

Most people in my own country of Canada haven't had unlimited data for years and everyone I know still has a NetFlix account.

Not that I LIKE not having unlimited data but it actually has not limited my internet use to any significant extent.

Comment Freedom? (Score 1) 559

You all speak of the consumer's right to "make an informed choice" but you forget that almost all consumers are uninformed.

My freedom includes the right not to have my right to consume better, genetically-modified food (as backed by actual science) ruined by the paranoia of a propaganda-fueled public.

Please explain to me why I should trust Joe Blow Consumer and his paranoid ability to ruin the market viability of my preferred product, because "his friends say it is bad" over the opinions of actual scientists.

I'm waiting.

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Submission + - Reddit users uncover potential nuclear coverup (reddit.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Earlier today, a user on Reddit claimed to have found evidence of a nuclear incident in the vicinity of Indiana or Michigan, and suspects it is being covered up by the government.

Initially I was highly skeptical, but as the day progressed, more and more evidence has surfaced indicating that there may actually be something going on. Independent radiation monitoring stations have detected high counts-per-minute values (CPM), but those data sources were changed or pulled shortly thereafter. Throughout the day, more "evidence" has appeared: many people have reported increased numbers of military aircraft, fire stations and other sources have reported high levels of radiation, and some science labs have had radiation alerts as well.

So, what's going on? Is it merely a series of coincidences being blown up by the hyperbole machine of the internet? Or is there actually something sketchy going on — and if so, what?

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