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Submission + - New Japanese Neutron Source Remains Unscathed (j-parc.jp)

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on Friday April 01, 2011 @06:20AM

toQDuj writes: "After a significant investment into the field of science by the Japanese, a new Neutron Spallation Source was built alongside the existing accelerators and rings already in place at J-PARC. The earthquake and tsunami threatened to scrap the lot as it struck very closeby. The pictures shown in their latest assessment (http://j-parc.jp/picture/2011/03/Notice0328.pdf) shows the fortunate fate and success through good engineering: No tsunami damage, impressive external damage (gaps, undulations, etc.), but very, very little damage to the parts that matter most. The Japanese scientists can breathe a cautious sigh of relief."

Submission + - Language Copyrights: Death of Online Dictionaries?

Submitted by toQDuj on Monday February 26, 2007 @04:17PM

toQDuj writes: Once upon a time, non-Danes could have the pleasure of understanding at least the written language using online dictionaries (http://danish.nigilist.ru/cgi-bin/nph-dict.cgi).
Funnily enough, the knowledge of turning one language into a (more) intelligible one, is now deemed copyrightable by publishers of dictionaries.
As can be read from the site, where the site owner has published the (two) cease and desist letters, no longer is this translation site to exist. The lawyers, on behalf of Gyldendalske Boghandel have requested the cessation of the site. In time, other publishers step in line and abolish all that is online translation-worthy.

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