Apple's iPad proves to be the perfect fit for a sumo wrestler
Japan's ancient sport of sumo has embraced Apple's iPad this week when the sumo association handed out 60 devices to the 51 "stables" the wrestlers belong to. The sumo association figures since the wrestlers fingers are too big for a normal cell phone and then throw in the fact that some wrestlers in the past had missed information sent by fax or telephone they could use the iPad to promote better communication.
The sumo association first made the decision to purchase iPads in a attempt to make amends after the sport faced various scandals over the combatants ties with gangsters and illegal gambling, match-fixing and hazings. The sport faced public criticism for their poor investigations into the scandals which was partly due to the lack of communication between sumo leaders.
[Telegraph, thanks Antony for the tip!]
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Do blogs just copy each other's stories?
Steve: yes. It's been that way for ages.
That photo is nuts.
Sure I'll gain 500 pounds to get a free iPad!
go go iTouch XL
Do people who wrestle each other have the mental capacity to operate iPads?
This is the worst written article I have seen on this site.
Good lord, son. Grammar and punctuation, use it!
@Tweger01 point it out the readers what exactly your talking about ??????
@The Dude: First sentence, second paragraph. There's a quite obvious grammatical error.
Who the hell cares about grammar and spelling!?! This is the Internet age, get used to it, this is how language used to be. We went from no uniform rules in the 10th century, to eventual grammar Nazis and no with the the Internet natural language evolution is back and I'm pumped.
The intelligence comes in your ability to intuitively understand what people mean regardless of how it's presented.
Robbie,
Intelligence is also marked by uniform and concise communication through language. With your point of view, even if people degenerate and devolve to the point of using grunts and moans to implicate their meaning, it's all well and proper. I have news for you - it's not. Progressive knowledge, technology and civilization are termed thus for a reason and the upward advancement of them all are propelled by discipline to adhere to established principles and demeanor. Without it we are no better than we were in primitive times. Deemphasizing the value of educated responses and grammar in favor of "intuitive understanding" is to misunderstand and devalue the inherently advanced intellect required for intuitive cognition in the first place.
@Dexter:
Well said. Thank you
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