16th April 2003, 12:51 PM
Well it's merely a rumor so far, and a Japanese rumor at that. Remember, this is the nation (oh wait, Korea, but same region) that thinks sleeping with a fan on at night will kill you!
"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)