Archive for 22nd July 2008

“Convicted spammer goes AWOL from federal prison”

Uh-oh! Better lock up your e-mail program ’til he’s re-caught!

“American physicists warned not to debate global warming”

I thought the whole point to science was questioning assumptions to find the truth?

I hate to be classed as a Global Warming denialist (there seems to be some decent evidence that it’s happening), but there’s a distinctly over-ripe odor around the subject.

“SCO ordered to pay Novell $2.5m Unix royalties”

For those uber-geeks who are still following the ridiculous SCO-versus-Novell lawsuit, it looks like the end is (finally!) near: in a stunningly apropos reversal, SCO (which instigated the lawsuit) has been ordered to pay Novell for violating their rights. They probably won’t have the money, but it’s a moral victory, at least.