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Vatican reported to support evolution theory, christian fundamentalists say they feel "pwnt"

This is a sad day indeed. Especialy since religion and science do not have to conflict:

http://www.diopitt.org/tea_design.php
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17162341-1376 2,00.html

This is sad that ppl refuse to think.

How's this for science reporting then. According to the Australian News Paper (one of Australia's biggest newspapers) relativity was also disproven this morning. Apparently light does travel at different speeds in different directions after all and revlativity has been wrong all along.

From the Article:"Over the past 100 years, physicists have conducted experiments to test if the speed of light is constant. Professor Cahill says they obtained definitive results but ignored them because they feared they would be shouted down for questioning Einstein"

Also there is an interesting and detailed site about using boron as an energy carrier (quite like TFA?)
http://www.eagle.ca/~gcowan/boron_blast.html

I submitted this story earlier this week (news.com.au article) and it got rejected. But I'm not bitter, just glad iTunes is finally coming! Even if it is without Sony/BMG initially.

Well, Slashdot has not reported this yet ;-) Vaccine Appears to Ward Off Bird Flu Bird flu vaccine trials to begin Low-dose bird flu vaccine tested on humans

All I gotta say is that Daisuke Enomoto wants to dress up like this guy: http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page /0,5744,16904403%5E29677,00.html http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/imagedata/ 0,1658,5060658,00.jpg from Gundam. Cosplay, it's more than just a trend for the Earth... it's for space too... peace, A

All I gotta say is that Daisuke Enomoto wants to dress up like this guy: http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page /0,5744,16904403%5E29677,00.html http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/imagedata/ 0,1658,5060658,00.jpg from Gundam. Cosplay, it's more than just a trend for the Earth... it's for space too... peace, A

Once you see it it's so obvious. It lost its head to a dog, a car, a larger predator or something like that. Here's a larger version of the picture.
http://www.thesundaymail.news.com.au/common/story_ page/0,5936,16855046%255E903,00.html

The article says:
"Kurt Engel photographed the dead animal and cut off its tail after shooting it while hunting deer in rugged terrain near Sale in June."

But look at the picture. There is a neat pile of firewood behind Kurt and it looks like a lawn in front of him and there's a dirt road close by--in this supposedly "rugged terrain." My guess is the poor cat is hanging from the porch roof.

It's hilarious though, especially with all the people proclaiming to know what species cat it is. You can be had.

In other news today, a British surgeon cracks the Da Vinci code:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4289204.stm

Another version here:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_ page/0,5744,16753065%255E2703,00.html

The main reason for the current oil crisis and price increases in the US was self induced by the oil companies and lack of seeing forward to meet demand, not the supply of actual crude oil. The oil companies have slowly dwindled down and consolidated crude oil refining capacity for almost 30 straight years to remain lean and mean (or by some opinions, to "limit" supply and force the price to go up). More to the point, there has not been a single refinery built in the last 30 years and many have been shut down, in fact, the US actually imports refined gas from other countries already. Now, any time there is ANY disruption in the supply of REFINED oil, the price jumps dramatically. Releasing oil from the stategic reserves or OPEC increasing production will not have any effect at all on the refining capacity, there is no main reserve of refined oil (with the exception of some heating oil in the north eastern US). There is a balancing act as to exactly what running refineries are actually producing, heating oil, kerosene, motor fuel ,diesel, and the various by-products that go with them. Being at refining capacity limits the total refined petroluem products that can come out the other end and shortages of one type or another will always occur.
Coming up soon will be the gas "shortages" and further price increases as various states switch over to the winter gas formula.
IMHO, this entire concept is a recipe for corruption and market distortion that can and has been playing out for years.

We're entering the biggest petroleum crisis in history
I don't know how old you are but the oil crisis in the mid 70's was far worse then what we have now.

Some links:
http://finance.news.com.au/story/0,10166,16600216- 31037,00.html
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/27/bush.energy /
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20050901-090238-249 0r.htm
http://www.detnews.com/2005/editorial/0508/31/A12- 298216.htm

Maybe this article Da Vinci decodes heart valve surgery explains it better
rancis Wells, a consultant cardiac surgeon at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England, said he had a "eureka moment" as he pored over drawings and notes by the artist in the royal collection at Windsor Castle.
With Da Vinci's understanding of the importance of the opening and closing phases of the valve, Mr Wells has worked out how to restore the valve's normal and full variability in opening and closing properly.

"That has been a big step forward," he said yesterday.

So, yes the work of Da Vinci 1500, did lead to some modern improvments in medicine today!

This story created something of a media sensation for a few days, with various stories of varying scientific relevance.

I have to say that it "arcs me up" to see the media treat this kind of simple science story with disdain and hype, trying NOT to understand and then explain the simple science involved.

http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_ page/0,5936,16628269%255E1702,00.html

This one has some differing details, ie 30kV as compared to 40kV.

If so, they've been sacked and your Exchange servers can cool down now.

While it is very typical for people to start looking for other people to blame other than the actual culprit, you will be pleased to hear that the company is planning to take action against the people that leaked the emails out of the office:

http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,2028 1,16525356-5001022,00.html

Those left behind were the sick, the elderly, the disabled and the poor. Those without transport. Those who had nowhere to go.

But one crucial man seemed not to be listening -- the (black) Democrat Mayor of New Orleans, former cable executive Ray Nagin, responsible for law and order in his city, and for its evacuation in a crisis.

He seemed oddly determined to play it cool.

So it was only on Saturday afternoon, less than 48 hours before Katrina was due to hit, that he finally told the people of New Orleans: "We want you to take this a little more seriously and start moving." A little?

Those who needed a shelter of "last resort" should go to the city's Superdome, he added, and "bring small quantities of food for three or four days". Small?

Only at 5pm did he order a voluntary evacuation, even though the National Hurricane Centre was warning that Katrina was "a worst-case scenario".

Complacency ruled. The Weather Channel even reported that tourists were happy the mayor wasn't making them leave.

That night, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco called Nagin at home -- interrupting his dinner, he noted -- and urged him to call the Hurricane Centre for bad news about Katrina.

Bush called, too, and appealed for a mandatory evacuation. He seemed to take the threat more seriously than did the mayor.

But only the next morning, with Katrina less than 24 hours away, did Nagin finally order his city to be emptied. Yet he did nothing to make sure it did.

He sent no police through the streets to sound the alarm. He did not empty the hospitals. He sent no buses to take poorer citizens from this poorest of cities -- people with no car or money to flee. In fact, more than 200 of his school buses were later found neatly parked, still in their depot, up to their useless engines in flood water.

So when Katrina struck on Monday, 100,000 people -- largely the sickest and poorest -- were still in their doomed city, half in the Superdome and convention centre. There they found no chemical toilets, few medics, no water purification equipment, not enough police and little food or water. The 26,000 at the Superdome, for instance, had been left food just enough for 15,000 for three days.

All this was Nagin's responsibility. Not Bush's. And it explains those pitiful scenes of stranded people begging for food.

Meanwhile, looting broke out in a city already notorious for its black underclass and crime. Some of Nagin's ill-disciplined police joined the thieving, and some 200 others reportedly deserted, while rescuers were fired on and had to retreat. Yet the governor delayed sending her National Guards to deal with the looters, or issuing them with a shoot-to-kill policy to impose order.

That's more discussion than for "Stuff that matters" like:
Katrina Delays Shuttle - 178
Intel Enters Anti-Virus Market - 124
CA Releases Patents to OSS - 77
Introduction to Competitive Programming - 161
Microsoft Sues EU - 198
What is Responsible Disclosure for Security Flaws? - 205
New Tool to Track Kernel Testing Time - 92

It seems that even the /. crowd likes to devour a cheesy, tabloid "human interest" item once in a while. However, and I know I shouldn't grouse about rejected stories, I still think my submission on DVD players that play Blu-Ray and HD-DVD is much more news-worthy than this tripe :)

News Ltd affiliates (tabloid bog paper) came out a day later with a full page story, photos, names.

The spirit of Fleet Street is alive and well and living in Sydney.

Same article, but with pics of the two ladies.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16531641-3659 6,00.html

It's hugely disappointing and unfunny. The sandwich looks pretty good though, better than the chicks (warning: catfight fantasy spoiler link.)

I knew a better link was sure to be found. And dammit, now I'm hungry...

From: Nugent, Katrina
Subject: My lunch...
Yesterday I put my lunch in the fridge on Level 19 which included a packet of ham, some cheese slices and two slices of bread which was going to be for my lunch today.

Over night it has gone missing and as I have no spare money to buy another lunch today, I would appreciate being reimbursed for it.


From: Bird, Melinda
Sent: Thursday, 1 September 2005 9:55 AM
Subject: RE: My lunch...
Katrina There are items fitting your exact description in the level 20 fridge. Are you sure you didn't place your lunch in the wrong fridge yesterday?
Regards
Melinda

From: Nugent, Katrina
To: Bird, Melinda
Subject:
Melinda
Probably best you don't reply to all next time, would be annoyed to the lawyers.
The kitchen was not doing dinner last night, so obviously someone has helped themselves to my lunch.
Really sweet of you to investigate for me!
Katrina Nugent

From: Bird, Melinda
To: Nugent, Katrina
Subject: RE:
Katrina
Since I used to be a float and am still on the level 19 email list I couldn't help but receive your ridiculous email - lucky me!
You use our kitchen all the time for some unknown reason and I saw the items you mentioned in the fridge so naturally thought you may have placed them in the wrong fridge.
Thanks I know I'm sweet and I only had your best interests at heart. Now as you would say, "BYE"!

Regards
Melinda

From: Nugent, Katrina
To: Bird, Melinda
Subject: RE:

I'm not blonde!!!

From: Bird, Melinda
To: Nugent, Katrina
Subject: RE:
Being a brunette doesn't mean you're smart though!

From: Nugent, Katrina
To: Bird, Melinda
Subject: RE:
I definitely wouldn't trade places with you for "the world"!

-----Original Message----- From: Bird, Melinda Sent: Thursday, 1 September 2005 10:19 AM To: Nugent, Katrina Subject: RE: I wouldn't trade places with you for the world...I don't want your figure!
From: Nugent, Katrina
To: Bird, Melinda
Subject: RE:
Let's not get person "Miss Can't Keep A Boyfriend".

I am in a happy relationship, have a beautiful apartment, brand new car, high pay job...say no more!!

From: Bird, Melinda
To: Nugent, Katrina
Subject: RE:
Oh my God I'm laughing! happy relationship (you have been with so many guys), beautiful apartment (so what), brand new car (me too), high pay job (I earn more)....say plenty more.....I have five guys at the moment! haha.

From: fellow staff member 1
ok this is the last one, it's getting too intense

I want the latest mail, with headers!

This [image] was as close as I could find...

http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,2028 1,16522876-5001022,00.html

All bad really however you look at it. Link to email extract http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,2028 1,16522876-5001022,00.html

Here is a link with pics. http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,2028 1,16525356-5001022,00.html

The first foreign response to actually arrive in Louisiana was a contingent of three Singaporean CH-47 Chinook helicopters and 38 personnel from a training detachment based in Grand Prairie, Texas. They arrived in Fort Polk on Tuesday, 1 Sep 05 and are assisting the Texas Army National Guard with airlift and resupply missions. This help was requested and accepted by FEMA, probably due to its quick availability.

Sources:
http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/n r/2005/sep/02sep05_nr.html http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelo calnews/view/166195/1/.html http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_ page/0,5744,16477524%255E1702,00.html

bull fucking shit

>your closest relative (the chimpazee) is 99.7% compatible genetically

The breaking news is that it's possibly 96%:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_ page/0,5744,16453082%255E30417,00.html

I'm not bringing this to counter your well-written argument. It opens even more 'space' for possible changes before becoming another species.

They seem to be doing just fine even without lasers:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16378021-2,00 .html

Well you won't mind that this one has gone back to your country, dubbed Dr Death here in Australia,

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16120939-1248 ,00.html

This week, hearings began into the deaths of 87 of Dr Patel's patients, 20 more than previously known. But the investigation, which has the sweeping powers of a royal commission, is not only concerned with fatalities. It is also looking at claims of needless suffering under Dr Patel's scalpel.

One to provide Wholesale Telecoms and the other to provide Retail Telecoms services.

This is so horribly over due!

We may be on the verge, finally, of seeing some real competition in the Australian teleco market place.

Telstra naturally are not very happy about what is now an approved [by cabinet] package, which will force them [Telstra] to create seperage network and retail divisions, with separate premises and management but under the same company structure.

If all goes to plan, the government (coalition) could steamroll ahead and sell its majority share holding ( 51.8 per cent stake ) in Telstra before the end of next year. Something which has been high on the governments agenda for some time now.

Sure that's going to make them a truck load of money, it's (the sale of 51.8% of Telstra is a lot of share value) going to do that no matter how you look at it.

What does all this mean for Australia?

Well we could perhaps look just accross the Tasman to the windy city of Wellington, in New Zealand, for an example of just what a completely deregulated teleco marketplace can do if you allow it.

Businesses and individual end users in Wellington, can gain access to Data and Voice services that the rest of the world ( except perhaps for Singapore with their Interent Corridor ) dreams of.

With 10 megabit and 100 megabit, and even gigabit connections for tens or hundreds of dollars a month, zero data usage charges, and peering for one and all if you want it, Wellington has shown that a completely deregulated telecommunications industry can work, and will work, if you allow it to.

We won't in the near future, say the next five years even, see the likes of what NZ has been able to achieve here in Australia, well not from what I can see gazing into my crystal ball anyway, as there's a legacy culture to be left behind before we can see Australia make major leaps forward.

I'm hoping that with Telstra now having to form a legitimate Wholesale arm, freed up and allowed to sell outside of it's previous one and only customer, being Telstra itself ( oh and the occasional carrier and ISP when they had time of course ), Telstra Wholesale may be allowed to sell core services at prices that would allow 3rd party providers, in particular the DSL providers, or the Broadband market at least, provide now ADSL 2+ services of 22 megabit speeds, throughout the country at prices equal to what we now pay for 1.5 megabit links.

What does the general media have to report? Here's a few links for further homework on the topic:

• Whirlpool News
• ABC Online
• The Australian
• News.com.au
• Australian IT
• The Age

Let's hope that with new management, and a sense of responsibility to the nation, the new Telstra's can both give back a little of what they have so easily come by, and finally deliver on the government's Digital Nation promise.

More to come on the temp home of Dez's Blog at http://mosman.no-ip.com

One to provide Wholesale Telecoms and the other to provide Retail Telecoms services.

This is so horribly over due!

We may be on the verge, finally, of seeing some real competition in the Australian teleco market place.

Telstra naturally are not very happy about what is now an approved [by cabinet] package, which will force them [Telstra] to create seperage network and retail divisions, with separate premises and management but under the same company structure.

If all goes to plan, the government (coalition) could steamroll ahead and sell its majority share holding ( 51.8 per cent stake ) in Telstra before the end of next year. Something which has been high on the governments agenda for some time now.

Sure that's going to make them a truck load of money, it's (the sale of 51.8% of Telstra is a lot of share value) going to do that no matter how you look at it.

What does all this mean for Australia?

Well we could perhaps look just accross the Tasman to the windy city of Wellington, in New Zealand, for an example of just what a completely deregulated teleco marketplace can do if you allow it.

Businesses and individual end users in Wellington, can gain access to Data and Voice services that the rest of the world ( except perhaps for Singapore with their Interent Corridor ) dreams of.

With 10 megabit and 100 megabit, and even gigabit connections for tens or hundreds of dollars a month, zero data usage charges, and peering for one and all if you want it, Wellington has shown that a completely deregulated telecommunications industry can work, and will work, if you allow it to.

We won't in the near future, say the next five years even, see the likes of what NZ has been able to achieve here in Australia, well not from what I can see gazing into my crystal ball anyway, as there's a legacy culture to be left behind before we can see Australia make major leaps forward.

I'm hoping that with Telstra now having to form a legitimate Wholesale arm, freed up and allowed to sell outside of it's previous one and only customer, being Telstra itself ( oh and the occasional carrier and ISP when they had time of course ), Telstra Wholesale may be allowed to sell core services at prices that would allow 3rd party providers, in particular the DSL providers, or the Broadband market at least, provide now ADSL 2+ services of 22 megabit speeds, throughout the country at prices equal to what we now pay for 1.5 megabit links.

What does the general media have to report? Here's a few links for further homework on the topic:

• Whirlpool News
• ABC Online
• The Australian
• News.com.au
• Australian IT
• The Age

Let's hope that with new management, and a sense of responsibility to the nation, the new Telstra's can both give back a little of what they have so easily come by, and finally deliver on the government's Digital Nation promise.

More to come on the temp home of Dez's Blog at http://mosman.no-ip.com

One to provide Wholesale Telecoms and the other to provide Retail Telecoms services.

This is so horribly over due!

We may be on the verge, finally, of seeing some real competition in the Australian teleco market place.

Telstra naturally are not very happy about what is now an approved [by cabinet] package, which will force them [Telstra] to create seperage network and retail divisions, with separate premises and management but under the same company structure.

If all goes to plan, the government (coalition) could steamroll ahead and sell its majority share holding ( 51.8 per cent stake ) in Telstra before the end of next year. Something which has been high on the governments agenda for some time now.

Sure that's going to make them a truck load of money, it's (the sale of 51.8% of Telstra is a lot of share value) going to do that no matter how you look at it.

What does all this mean for Australia?

Well we could perhaps look just accross the Tasman to the windy city of Wellington, in New Zealand, for an example of just what a completely deregulated teleco marketplace can do if you allow it.

Businesses and individual end users in Wellington, can gain access to Data and Voice services that the rest of the world ( except perhaps for Singapore with their Interent Corridor ) dreams of.

With 10 megabit and 100 megabit, and even gigabit connections for tens or hundreds of dollars a month, zero data usage charges, and peering for one and all if you want it, Wellington has shown that a completely deregulated telecommunications industry can work, and will work, if you allow it to.

We won't in the near future, say the next five years even, see the likes of what NZ has been able to achieve here in Australia, well not from what I can see gazing into my crystal ball anyway, as there's a legacy culture to be left behind before we can see Australia make major leaps forward.

I'm hoping that with Telstra now having to form a legitimate Wholesale arm, freed up and allowed to sell outside of it's previous one and only customer, being Telstra itself ( oh and the occasional carrier and ISP when they had time of course ), Telstra Wholesale may be allowed to sell core services at prices that would allow 3rd party providers, in particular the DSL providers, or the Broadband market at least, provide now ADSL 2+ services of 22 megabit speeds, throughout the country at prices equal to what we now pay for 1.5 megabit links.

What does the general media have to report? Here's a few links for further homework on the topic:

• Whirlpool News
• ABC Online
• The Australian
• News.com.au
• Australian IT
• The Age

Let's hope that with new management, and a sense of responsibility to the nation, the new Telstra's can both give back a little of what they have so easily come by, and finally deliver on the government's Digital Nation promise.

More to come on the temp home of Dez's Blog at http://mosman.no-ip.com

No longer will they be able to attract customers just by hiding their costs in their wholesale arm. They'll actually have to provide decent service and reliability for a change (BigPond has consistently rated bottom of the heap in customer service surveys - which they of course deny).

If Telstra is going to be split, that's wonderful news and what I've wanted all along.

It does not look like today's news stories agree with this statement, however.

Seems that the rules once again seen to favour the media, its not ok to advertise or run online gambling sites in australia, but fine to bet on sports? and advertise ?

http://tipping.foxsports.news.com.au/cfm/ft/engine /engine.cfm?l1=HOME&NEWVISITDT=17August2005_11_16_ AM&r=505963220183

advertise sports betting (gambling)

and heres 'approved' sports betting for a australian site

http://www.tabsportsbetnsw.com.au/Sports/Default.a spx

Can anyone tell me how they are getting away with this?

A constant barrage of government propoganda asserting that speed cameras are perfectly reliable has dulled peoples outrage of the fact that "blackbox" style machines are generating a massive amount of money for state governments.

There has been major incidents where;

1. In victoria many cameras were proven to be faulty, showing trucks, busses and old beat up cars doing absolutely rediculous speeds.

2. Just now 180 speed cameras in Queensland have been withdrawn, because they are faulty.

3. Speed camera operators have been shown regularly ignoring the usage guidelines and parking in spots that will provide improper results, near signs, suburban areas where there a metal garage doors in the line of sight of the radar, on corners, etc.

How many people have lost their licenses because of faulty cameras, or been hit with massive fines? (in NSW it's $1400 for 40km/h over the limit). I mean if you're a young mail (under 30) you wouldn't have a hope in hell of disputing one of these, the judge would laugh you out of the courtroom.

As another poster mentioned many states have these operations outsourced to private companies, private companies with profit as a motive to fine people. I would enjoy hearing the rabid free marketeers argue that that having a private company with little oversite and no accountability to the average person is superior in this case.

Finally for some fun reading, it does read a bit "there out to get us", but the information and statistics seem reasonable. Showing that speed cameras have done very close to nothing in Australia to prevent road deaths.

Why not look at the breast cancer and celebrity or email and political activism stories on the same website? They are more "stuff that matters" or "news for nerds" than this. Perhaps they were submitted - and rejected.

Next time I submit a story, I will make sure that I create some tie in with G**GLE just to it accepted.

Why not look at the breast cancer and celebrity or email and political activism stories on the same website? They are more "stuff that matters" or "news for nerds" than this. Perhaps they were submitted - and rejected.

Next time I submit a story, I will make sure that I create some tie in with G**GLE just to it accepted.

And then I realised the horrible truth. Their so-called "journalists" can't spell. You'd think that somebody who chose the written word as their calling in life would take at least a little pride in using the language correctly. But apparently not.

Time and time again I have seen some pretty pathetic spelling errors on that site. Like "putting on the breaks" instead of "putting on the brakes". I saw that error twice in two days. Apparently the journalists submit the stories and they go up on the web immediately in all their un-spell-checked glory. Perhaps some sub-editor is tasked with the thankless job of retro-fixing the spelling, because "Furst" has now been properly corrected to "First".

So to those journalists, I say "choose radio". Because you can keep on spelling like an idiot and nobody will know.

As for Slashdot, the editors need feel no shame. They're right where they want to be - close to the bottom rung of the ladder. I look forward to reading this story again tomorrow.

random links pulled off of google news just now

http://pakistantimes.net/2005/07/05/top6.htm

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=stor y_4-7-2005_pg7_27

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15 815164%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8424511/

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/08/conte nt_3195248.htm

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?t ype=internetNews&storyID=2005-07-08T133115Z_01_YUE 843230_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-TELECOMS-PAKISTAN.XML

Australia's internet censorship laws are already doing that for us
I'm betting the Australian Government wishes they'd thought of just imposing taxes (making money) while pushing porn offshore, which they've managed to do now without making any money.

And no, my sig has nothing to do with this topic...

So many dupes, while my unduped are always rejected.

Like Monkeys Don't Write Shakespeare or 'Human-brained' monkeys

Apple has proven that (for music at least) large profit isn't to be had.

It hasn't?

Apple quarterly profit surges on iPod

iPod pumps Apple profit

Apple profits, revenue up again

Apple sings on iPod sales

You can say it's an iPod vs iTunes on money. But one is worthless without the other really. The same is true of the new competing DVD formats, either of which would be useless without the content.

Seems to me that MS is pushing the desktop OS into the TV os market with Windows Media Connect and XBox. Oh yeah, video is well within their sphere of domination dreams, even if it's licensing a dominant platform technology to a content provider... and really, that's what Gates is saying here. As for Apple, if you look at total profits at Apple, music just may be more profitable for them than computers in the future.

...wouldn't the money be for these operations have been better spend closing down phishing sites?

That is irrelevant. That is like saying "Why enforce a smoking age when there are people doing heroine." They are both problems worthy of our attention and money is being spent on both. This article is about warez sites. This article is about phising http://theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page /0,5936,15641081%255E21669,00.html/. I don't read the phishing article and say, "Why don't they take that money and go after murderers."

The parent post is overrated

Got a report that some Russian job's out for a whooole lot of money. o_O;

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15821163-2310 9,00.html

I still don't understand why dupes make some people so angry. So you already know this particular peice of news. Big deal.

Because it's somewhere between aggravating and disheartening when /. apparently doesn't have room for stories about 12 foot walking robots with guns that people can pilot (and can buy!), but it DOES have room for 8 inch rolling robots that cockroaches can pilot - twice. But that's just me I guess.

"US scientists have succeeded in reviving the dogs after three hours of clinical death, paving the way for trials on humans within years."

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15739502-1376 2,00.html?name=otherside