World’s smallest runway? World’s Craziest runway? It’s not every day you nearly get a haircut by a passing aeroplane – but on St Barts things are a little different. . Although the clearance is supposed to be 20ft, scooter riders and a man sitting in a car instinctively duck as a plane flies overhead. Pilots [...]
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Japan Bans Use of Web Sites in Elections
Posted in Oh My God!, Technology on August 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The nation of Japan bans the use of internet sites to solicit voters in its upper house elections. Based on election laws drawn up in the 50s, candidates are restricted in the ways they can reach their constituents. Candidates are even restrained from distributing leaflets that will reach more than 3% of the voters. What’s [...]
