16th October 2007, 7:52 PM
It pretty much is the ENTIRE culture of modern Japan (which, near as I can tell, is basically American culture after ingesting even higher concentrations of sugar, see Japanese candy for more).
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)