Another Microsoft glitch could turn an ordinary jpeg picture into a file that could harm your computer, a feat which was previously thought impossible. They have since released a patch for it, but why not just dump the crappy software for the preview release of Firefox?
The $3 trillion in long-term spending proposed by the Republicans is finally making into the Kerry's campaign talking points after they began to go on the offensive on President Bush's character. This correlates with a now less bouncy bounce for President Bush from the Republican convention. In other Republican convention fallout, a private letter from one Georgian Democrat to another, that being President Jimmy Carter to Senator Zell Miller, has surfaced on the internet. The journal Science has interviewed both Presidential candidates to ask them their opinions on several scientific topics, who's answered differed most greatly over stem cell research, climate change, and new nuclear weapons. The Village Voice is getting into the campaign by coming out with a proposal for a Kerry campaign ad that it claims could beat President Bush. A simple proposal for both campaigns - why not put some money forward so that 3 years after the 9/11 attacks, police and firefighters can talk to each other over the radio in case of an emergency.
Iraq is still a mess, with over fifty people being killed today in bomb attacks and by shooters. Kofi Annan went on record with the BBC today stating that he believed that the war was illegal and violated the charter of the United Nations. Worse yet, according to the Guardian the situation is looking more and more like the beginnings of a civil war.
The World Health Organization has estimated that 10 000 people are dying of violence and disease each month in the refugee camps in Darfur despite the current international aid effort. This comes as talks have collapsed between Justice and Equality Group and the government and the Sudanese government's rejection of the stripped down US draft resolution. Refugees who have fled the country have managed to find protection in neighbouring countries, but find that prospects to rebuild their lives are looking difficult.
Also:
- The next big discovery in extra-solar planets will be to find the existence of a 'super-earth.'
- A new 1.3 metre telescope is being built in Australia to replace one that was destroyed in last year's brush fires.
- Scientists are using ordinary photos to create a set of random numbers used, among other things, to simulate the creation of galaxies.
- Airbus, one of the largest makers of commercial aircraft in the world, have said that by 2006 they will be manufacturing planes in which you can use a cell phone.
- Time to order another round of Harp. Scientists find that beer seems to have the same positive effects previously attributed to only red wine.
- Researchers at the University of South Florida have reported that cannabis appears to slow the spread of certain cancers.
- The new Apple G5 iMac has been released, looking very IPody.
- An interesting story about a woman fired from her job over having a Kerry sticker on her car, and the job she eventually got.
- The Christian Science Monitor looks at the current state of nuclear proliferation in 'rogue states.'
- China's President Hu Jintao has made a speech opposing any attempts to politically reform the totalitarian nation.
- Israel is putting forward a plan to pay settlers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to leave the areas.
- An article on the uptick in violent crimes committed by females.
- One of the two female bombers who downed two Russian planes reportedly boarded the jet by bribing one of the airport's employees.
- The government of Turkey has backed away from legislation that would have made adultery a crime.
- A woman is running for office in Saudi Arabia in the first elections in 40 years.
- The Adbusters Media Foundation is suing Canadian television networks for refusing to air advertisements that critisize consumerism.
- I can't vouch for its credibility, but here is a picture that claims to show where spam comes from.
- An FBI document on the plethora of concealable weapons. (pdf)
- Foreign Policy magazine in a good article about the rise of anti-Americanism across the globe.
- With the NHL now official in a lockout, Canadians will have to savour their victory at the World Cup of hockey for a while before getting any more action.
- A British survey has found that the market price of the average woman's handbag with all of its contents is over $1300 Canadian.
- I thought I had heard it all, until I read this story about how Deutsche Welle is now offering their news service in Klingon.
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