Fox reports that: A senior Iranian lawmaker warned the Netherlands on Monday not to allow the screening of what it called an anti-Islamic film produced by a Dutch politician, claiming it “reflects insulting views about the Holy Koran.” Alaeddin Boroujerdi, … Continue reading
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I’m with Snoopy on this.
The BBC has devoted considerable attention to Iran but somehow hasn’t managed to find space for the story of Ebrahim Lotfollahi: On January 15, nine days after Ebrahim Lotfollahi was detained in front of Payame Nur University in the provincial … Continue reading
Ars Technica reviews a buggy release of KDE 4.0. It has some promising features, but the design style is very imitative of Mac OS X. One innovation: it will be able to run on Macs and Windows machines as well … Continue reading
Michelle Mankin has pointed out a report from the Miami Herald that quotes from a recent speech by Hugo Chavez: ”I chew coca every day in the morning . . . and look how I am,” he is seen saying … Continue reading
I think this has some consequences for Britain’s ID card proposals, among other things: The Dutch RFID public transit card, which has already cost the government $2B — no, that’s not a typo — has been hacked even before it … Continue reading
Here’s an interesting exploit, brought to light by Tavis Ormandy, based on a minor misconfiguration in named.conf on multi-user systems: It’s a common and sensible practice to install records of the form “localhost. IN A 127.0.0.1″ into nameserver configurations, bizarrely … Continue reading
Tonight in Texas, the fate of a creationist museum hangs in the balance: A Texas museum that teaches creationism is counting on the auction of a prehistoric mastodon skull to stave off extinction. The founder and curator of the Mt. … Continue reading
According to a Fox News report, a Californian newspaper, the Orange County Register, has conducted an investigation into the display of photographs of water polo players on gay websites: … some of the pictures, of boys as young as 14, … Continue reading