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August 11th, 2005

unixronin: A somewhat Borg-ish high-tech avatar (Techno/geekdom)
Thursday, August 11th, 2005 01:16 pm

This could have serious consequences.  A mass thaw of the permafrost would dump billions of tons of methane and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, which -- if it happened -- would likely cause a massive global warming.  There's already concerns about land-locked icecaps melting (Antarctica and Greenland), even without this.

Also from the BBC:  Pakistan has successfully launched its first cruise missile.  Named "Babur", the missile is nuclear-capable and has a 500km range.  "The launch," the BBC observes, "comes days after Pakistan and India agreed to give each other advance notice of future nuclear ballistic missile tests."  India was not informed of the Babur test because the agreement did not cover cruise missiles.

And, expect another fatwa against Salman Rushdie:  he's gone on public record as stating that Islam needs to be reformed to bring it into the modern era.

"What is needed is a move beyond tradition - nothing less than a reform movement to bring the core concepts of Islam into the modern age.

"A Muslim Reformation to combat not only the jihadi ideologues but also the dusty, stifling seminaries of the traditionalists, throwing open the windows of the closed communities to let in much-needed fresh air."

unixronin: A somewhat Borg-ish high-tech avatar (Techno/geekdom)
Thursday, August 11th, 2005 01:49 pm

Computerworld's Frank Hayes summarizes the latest events in the SCO lawsuit:

You might not know it from some of the coverage, but The SCO Group now appears to be facing annihilation in its lawsuits against IBM, Novell, Red Hat and Linux users AutoZone and DaimlerChrysler.

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