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Universities and scientists are protesting Bush administration moves to limit foreign students’ access to research equipment that might be valuable to spies or terrorists.
Academics and scientists are scheduled to meet Friday at the National Academy of Sciences to discuss Commerce Department [...]
Archive for May, 2005
I have come to understand that the Alamo remains one of the most important chapters in American history. But is the story that we keep hearing and being exploited in Hollywood blockbusters really the whole truth and nothing but the truth? In an effort to continue the scrutiny of American history and expose some of [...]
Andreas Heldal-Lund’s Church of Scientology watch Xenu.net is being harassed again. Not the first time I am sure, nor will it be the last. The legal firm in question has grappled on to the old BBS / Forum strategy. We’ve had a couple of those in Sweden too and I assume that the Norwegian law [...]
It’s science versus politics once again in the widening fight over the “morning after” pill known as Plan B, with medical researchers this week citing studies showing the drug does not induce abortions, as is commonly thought.
Abortion politics have repeatedly haunted discussions of so-called emergency contraception such as Plan B. It’s often referred to in [...]
The playing field is being leveled, says globalization guru Thomas Friedman - from Shanghai to Silicon Valley, from al Qaeda to Wal-Mart.
This is Globalization 3.0. In Globalization 1.0, which began around 1492, the world went from size large to size medium. In Globalization 2.0, the era that introduced us to multinational companies, it went from [...]
The supremely titled Supreme Commander of the Swedish armed forces Håkan Syrén has called on the government to splash its cash on a piece of modern technology.
A satellite system with a price tag of 500 million kronor will enable the Swedish military to take “important strategic pictures” over Northern Europe.
According to Thursday’s Östgöta Correspondenten the [...]
Henrik pointed me to the definitive vacation in North Korea #1 and #2. Weird? A little. Very globetrotterish. Not for the sun and pool worshippers. But like Nick points out, the women in uniform may make it a top holiday destination for cosplay fans. Or indeed those that like Totalitarian Architecture.
There has been something in the air these last couple of months. And I’m not talking about pollen. No, rather the latest paedophilia (pedophilia) scare that has at least caused ripples locally here in Sweden. Maybe the same is true elsewhere. Maybe it already has and we’re lagging behind the storm front. Anyway …
The story [...]
Brazil spurns US terms for Aids help
Brazil yesterday became the first country to take a public stand against the Bush administration’s massive Aids programme which is seen by many as seeking increasingly to press its anti-abortion, pro-abstinence sexual agenda on poorer countries.
Campaigners applauded Brazil’s rejection of $40m for its Aids programmes because it refuses to [...]
Had ADSL downtime so I blinked and missed out on a lot of news. Like the new version of Azureus. Major new features include, but are not limited to:
1.1 Distributed Database
Azureus now has a distributed, decentralised database that can be used to track decentralised torrents. This permits both “trackerless” torrents and the maintenance of swarms [...]
