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YAWV (Yet Another Windows Virus)

From the BBC News report Computer virus insults victims Security experts are warning computer users to be on the look-out for an insulting worm that can serious harm a PC. Known as Winevar, the worm is spreading via e-mail as an attachment that infects computers running Windows. Winevar has a

Money Matters

Now this is eminently sensible. In addition to teaching about English, maths and science, the National Curriculum will teach them to handle money. BBC News story: Lessons in money for school children School children are about to start learning how to deal with debt, save for retirement and even what

Google blocked?

BBC News story: China 'blocking Google'. China appears to have blocked access to the popular search engine, Google. The site was repeatedly inaccessible when tested by BBC News Online using a system developed by the researchers at the Harvard Law School. Google has become popular among users in

More on advertising

Found an article in the BBC News: Why ads on the net don't work, by Bill Thompson (link via The Group Captain). I want to tell all of these advertisers to stop, because it is getting in the way. I use the net a lot - for work,

Sleep

BBC News report Sleep 'key to longer life' Scientists believe they may have uncovered the reason why women live longer than men - they are better sleepers. A team from the US has found that women tend to sleep more soundly than men. They are also less affected

Iceland

Report in the BBC News of Iceland glacier flood fears. David Hilliard, Earthwatch Iceland has glaciers and is the world's most volcanic island - a recipe for dramatic events Glaciers, earthquakes, volcanos. Sounds like a place I want to visit.

Understand this?

I'm not the first to comment on Nicholas D Kristof's New York Times article Bigotry in Islam And Here, but I wanted to pick out one piece that seems to have been overlooked. Kristof says: One can dispute that, and it's reasonable to worry

News

Telegraph report: Fury as academics are sacked for being Israeli, by Charlotte Edwardes, filed: 07/07/2002. Mona Baker, a professor at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), admitted yesterday that she had dismissed Dr Miriam Shlesinger and Prof Gideon Toury because of their nationality. There

Unconstitutional

The US "Pledge of Allegiance" goes like this: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all. It's been ruled unconstitutional because of the

Early morning coffee

Story in BBC News: Scientists have stumbled on a secret weapon against snails and slugs. They have discovered the garden pests are poisoned by caffeine. A strong cup of coffee is enough to send the creatures into a writhing frenzy, followed soon by death. Scientists think caffeine acts as a

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