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Unexplained Leap In CO2 Levels

10/11/2004 10:08AM

From SlashDot:

The Guardian is reporting that atmospheric CO2 concentrations have leapt by 4.5 ppm in the last two years. This raises the ugly possibility that the capacity of a large carbon sink (possibly the oceans) has been exceeded, and the worst-case scenario is that a tipping point has been reached and a runaway warming scenario is in progress. Quote from Dr. Piers Foster of Reading University: 'If this is a rate change, of course it will be very significant. It will be of enormous concern, because it will imply that all our global warming predictions for the next hundred years or so will have to be redone.'"

Not good.
- Doom 'n Gloom
The Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities

10/09/2004 3:02PM

Yermo

The SANS institute has released their top 20 list. Check out the webserver section.
- Computers > Internet
Ocean Exploitation Surfaces as Crisis

10/09/2004 1:40PM

Yermo

Widespread Pollution, Overfishing Spur Presidential Panel to Urge New Rules.

The oceans are in trouble.
- Doom 'n Gloom
RMA Info For Toshiba Hard Drives

10/09/2004 1:06AM

buffalo

Need to RMA a toshiba hard drive?

This is the place to do it...
- Computers > Hardware
Groklaw Rants On Software Patents

10/03/2004 6:26PM

Yermo

Groklaw rocks. Found this article on Slashdot. I was saying just earlier today that it's going to take some of these really high-profile cases to elevate the evil that is software patents to a level where it can be understood as a real problem by industry outsiders. Naively one can hope that once it becomes clear that software patents amount to patenting thought itself corrective actions will be taken.

From slashdot:

"Groklaw has the story of Kodak v. Sun (mentioned on Slashdot already), which PJ calls 'Exhibit A' in the case against software patents. Her analysis of Kodak v. Sun, and the larger issue of software patents, is excellent. Bottom line: the software patent 'cold war' provides no benefits to anyone, and will inevitably make the game of software development impossible for anyone to play."
- Doom 'n Gloom > Software Patent Fiasco
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