Todger, yes. Combustibles, no Most of the uproar over full-body scanners has focused on privacy concerns. There’s one larger question, however, that hasn’t received much scrutiny by the chattering classes: do the damnable things work? One German TV station says “Nein.” By way of Americablog comes a video of a man easily concealing the makings [...]
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24
Jan
The Bewick’s swans have returned to winter at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust centre at Slimbridge – but both have brought new partners. It is only the second time in more than 40 years that a “separation” has been recorded at the centre. Staff have described the new couplings as “bizarre”. It is not unheard [...]
24
Jan
My LCA talk on Friday was about why open video is critically important to free software, and what Mozilla is doing about (plus a discussion of the relationship between Web standards and free software in general). Little did I know that Youtube and Vimeo would pick the day before my talk to cast a glaring [...]
24
Jan
In the newly released audio tape aired on al-Jazeera, Bin Laden says the US will never live in peace until there is “peace in Palestine”. The authenticity of the audio tape has not been verified. The message claims al-Qaeda was behind the 25 December attempt to blow up a passenger plane bound for the US. [...]
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