Could you please roughly translate the following from Japanese to
English -- I don't need a great translation, just something quick
(maybe 5 minutes for Japanese speaker?) that makes me understand what
is said. If the characters do not correctly display here, please see
the URL below for the article (and for some context as well).

"???(???????????)?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

?Google???? http://blog.outer-court.com/
??????????????????????????1????????????????????????????3???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????2??????????

??????????????????????????????????????????????????"
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20040609-00000003-wir-sci

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Clarification of Question by j_philipp-ga on 09 Jun 2004 08:48 PDT

I would like to cancel this question and repost it, as it has been
locked for so long.

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Request for Question Clarification by nenna-ga on 09 Jun 2004 14:02 PDT

The lock feature is so that while a reseacher works on your question,
it can not be chnaged. If youwould like to cancel your question
however, you can expire it.

http://answers.google.com/answers/faq.html#locked
For more information on locked questions....

How do I contact Google with more questions about Google Answers?
Please e-mail us at: answers-support@google.com.
http://answers.google.com/answers/faq.html#contactus

They can help you if you do not understand how to expire your question.

I hope this helps.

Nenna-GA

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Clarification of Question by j_philipp-ga on 09 Jun 2004 15:02 PDT

Thanks Nenna, but I'm a Google Answers Researcher myself -- I checked
the lock and it was by Googleanswers-ga, and it was since the first
second, and you probably know too why this was triggered. I could not
cancel my question as it was locked.

http://babel.altavista.com/