Alameda Times Star “BERKELEY — After a special all-organic lunch Thursday arranged by Alice Waters, proprietor of Berkeley’s famous Chez Panisse restaurant, Nobel Laureate Norman Borlaug made a prediction: There will come a day, he said, when genetically engineered foods…
More billions on Iraq
Via <a href=”http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1057562288802″>NYT</a> Rumsfeld reports that the costs for the Iraq campain is now $3.9 billion per month, about $2 billion more per month than their April estimate of $2 billion per month. He added that the cost of operations…
Bush in Botswana — elephants make political statement?
GABORONE, July 10 (Reuters) “… Bush came face to face with a rhinoceros and her calf munching on a bale of hay. Moments later they spotted four elephants surrounded by a gaggle of attendants. Although the animals appeared to have…
British Airways found hosting spammer’s Russian mail order bride site
Since this has already appeared on /. it’s a little late to scoop this one. I’ll simply add that while we geeks can talk about such things until we are blue in the face, having the story make it to…
Fiber map presents security threat
Sean Gorman is getting heat from officials about his PhD thesis paper that maps out fiber-optic networks: “…when they presented [the findings] at a forum of chief information officers of the country’s largest financial services companies — clicking on a…
Toaster PC
Okay this is pretty cool, and certainly a nice bit of handi-work, but ultimately this whole affair should fit under the kitchen cabinet with a swing down screen (like those small kitchen TVs), and make no noise.
