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 Microsoft SEC filing shows hideous losses except for Windows. Where - surprise - it shows hideous profits [The Register] If this isn't using their monopoly to leverage into new markets, I dunno what is... [The Decline and Fall of the American Empire]

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 Privacy Groups Turn Screws on DOJ. The American Civil Liberties Union and Electronic Privacy Information Center hope a federal judge will force the Justice Department to cough up details on how it's using surveillance technology under the USA Patriot Act. [Wired News] [[ t e c h n o c u l t u r e ]]

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 Famine in Southern Africa. Recently, the Christian Science Monitor finished a four-part series on the famine that is affecting 14.5 million people in six Southern African countries. CSM staff writer Danna Harman and staff photographer Andy Nelson spent three weeks traveling the area looking for the causes of the food crisis. Her conclusion is that it is not the same "drought leads to famine"problem as there has been in the past. She explores fourissues: corruption, Western trade barriers and subsidies, concerns about genetic modification, and AIDS. [kuro5hin.org] [[ t e c h n o c u l t u r e ]]

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 Lifeboats evacuate flooded homes. Scores of people are evacuated from their homes as severe flooding continues to affect the north and north-east of Scotland. [BBC News | Front Page]

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 Voltaire. "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." [Quotes of the Day] [Dan's Blog]

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Boing Boing Talks Up Sex Sex How could I ignore this,er, outstanding item from Boing Boing?!: Sex urged as stimulant for flaccid world economy. Cory D writes: The 7th Asian Congress of Sexology starts today in ultra-conservative Singapore. Some participants are suggesting that having more sex may an effective way to boost the global economy:

Healthy sex lives make happy workers, who will in turn create a more robust economy, said Emil Ng, sex therapist and founder of the Asian Federation of Sexology. "Sexual health is not just about absence of diseases or dysfunction...It is about the ability to enjoy sex...This will improve the whole nation's well-being and productivity. When your economy is down, sexual activity will be lower, not because of sexual problems, but financial problems. This is a vicious cycle."

12:41:37 AM    

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