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Look for a mobile version of Chrome coming soon.

This is all making sense to me now. On 3 September, a Slashdot news item drew attention to a passage in the terms of service for the initial beta release, which seemed to grant to Google a license to all content transferred via the Chrome browser. The passage in question was inherited from the general Google terms of service. The Register summarized the passage as "Your copyright goes up in smoke." On the same day, Google responded to this criticism by stating that the language used was borrowed from other products, and removed the passage in question from the Terms of Service. Google noted that this change would "apply retroactively to all users who have downloaded Google Chrome."

FBI Warns of Relief Scams Following Gustav Recent history, including Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Ivan; the tsunamis in Asia; and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, has shown that some criminals seek to profit from disaster by means of fraud. The FBI asks that individuals beware of e-mails claiming to seek donations for Hurricane Gustav relief efforts. The FBI will be checking for fraudulent websites and e-mails and will thoroughly investigate all complaints. Everyone should consider the following: Do not respond to unsolicited (spam) e-mail. Be skeptical of individuals representing themselves as officials soliciting via e-mail for donations. Do not click on links contained within an unsolicited e-mail. Be cautious of e-mail claiming to contain pictures in attached files, as the files may contain viruses. Only open attachments from known senders. To ensure contributions are received and used for intended purposes, make contributions directly to recognized organizations rather than relying on others to make the donation on your behalf. Validate the legitimacy of the organization by directly accessing the recognized charity or aid organization's website rather than following an alleged link to the site. Attempt to verify the legitimacy of the non-profit status of the organization by using various Internet-based resources, which also may assist in confirming the actual existence of the organization. Do not provide personal or financial information to anyone who solicits contributions: providing such information may compromise your identity and expose you to identity theft. “People that want to donate to the victims should do so, but should make sure the donation goes to a legitimate charity. We cannot allow the kindness of Americans to be exploited in times of crisis,” said Special Agent Richard Kolko, Chief, National Press Office. “We want to help ensure that the money and support so generously offered reaches the intended recipients—the victims of Hurricane Gustav—and that people who donate do not themselves become victims.”

You are so right. I read that the D8 Summit has called for a halt in the production biofuels. “The world should halt the development of biofuel crops on arable land and instead boost agricultural production to solve the global food crisis and prevent ‘disaster’, the Malaysian and Indonesian leaders warned on Tuesday at the opening of a developing countries summit [The Financial Times (UK)/Factiva]." "The D8 comprises eight developing Muslim countries including Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey" [Xinhua] "Abdullah Badawi, the Malaysian Prime Minister, said the use of arable land for biofuels ‘should be stopped because such action will deepen the global food scarcity and further drive up food prices’. ‘We must not allow the zeal for energy security to come into direct conflict with the basic need for food production,’ he told the Developing Eight (D8) summit in Kuala Lumpur. … Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the Indonesian president, blamed ‘some developed countries’ for exacerbating the food crisis by allowing biofuel development on arable land. …” [The Financial Times (UK)/Factiva] AFP reports that “Leaders from the D8 group of developing nations Tuesday adopted an ambitious 10-year blueprint to substantially increase trade between their countries, an official said. …The trade agreement, to run from 2008 to 2018, details economic and business activities that member nations will pursue over the next decade. ‘It is a guideline for a vision and framework for enhancing cooperation. It covers sectors from investment, agriculture, energy, tourism, transportation, banking and finance,’ the pact said, according to the Malaysian official. Malaysia's Central Bank Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz said the D8 nations were now on track to achieve their goal of boosting their intra-grouping trade by 10 to 15 percent by 2018. …” [Agence France Presse/Factiva] Xinhua adds that “…According to recent statistics, D8 total trade in 2007 was $1.15 trillion and the intra-trade was $60.5 billion. … ‘Therefore, it is quite expected that through the implementation of the Roadmap for the next decade, the share of intra-trade in our total trade would be increased, as well as trade being diversified to a desirable level among member countries,’ [secretary General of D8 Dipo Alam] said. …” [Xinhua/Factiva] In a separate piece, AFP notes that “Soaring prices of food and fuel could spark widespread political unrest, Badawi Tuesday said at a summit of developing nations. …He urged the D8 nations to modernize their agriculture sectors, in an effort to avert conflict by reversing the drop in food production caused by climate change and natural disasters. He also urged major oil producers to adopt Saudi Arabia's move to increase oil production, to try to moderate the inexorable rise of the cost of crude which has roughly doubled over the past year. …” [Agence France Presse/Factiva]

Pointing fingers is going to get us nowhere. Investigations will cost more taxpayer dollars and take years of debate to actually figure who is to blame. I rather see our Congress give a one time immunity to all the parties involved and then switch the market from Dubai and Britain to America's control. In addition, all future contracts should be made transparent for public oversight.

Here is a map of the oil flow from producer to consumer.

I really like her Fade video. Rossi has a rich voice.

That is an interesting link you found. The latest cut in the Fed rate should help lenders and borrowers.

Futurist, scientist and author Arthur C. Clarke, who co-wrote the epic film "2001: A Space Odyssey" and raised the idea of communications satellites in the 1940s, died Wednesday at age 90, an associate confirmed. Clarke died early Wednesday at a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he had lived since the 1950s, said Scott Chase, the secretary of the nonprofit Arthur C. Clarke Foundation. "He had been taken to hospital in what we had hoped was one of the slings and arrows of being 90, but in this case it was his final visit," Chase said. Clarke, who had suffered since the 1960s from debilitating post-polio syndrome and sometimes used a wheelchair, died after suffering breathing problems, said the aide, Rohan De Silva. Concept of the geostationary communications satellite Clarke's most important contribution may be in propagating idea that geostationary satellites would be ideal telecommunications relays. He described this concept in a paper titled "Extra-Terrestrial Relays — Can Rocket Stations Give Worldwide Radio Coverage?", published in Wireless World in October 1945. The geostationary orbit is now sometimes known as the Clarke Orbit or the Clarke Belt in his honor. At the time, the concept of communication satellites was considered by many prominent scientists to be an impossible vision, but in October 1957 the Russians orbited Sputnik, and the United States followed in January 1958 with Explorer 1. The first commercial communications satellite, Early Bird, was launched in 1965 into precisely the orbit that Clarke had described two decades earlier, and today, hundreds of satellites provide various services around the globe. In the 1940s, Clarke was one of the pioneers of ground approach radar, which today is a fundamental element of air traffic safety, and in the 1950s, he worked with Jacques Cousteau and others to help perfect scuba equipment. Clarke also had written about topics such as geothermal, solar and wind energy; the search for extra-terrestrial life; the development of the space elevator concept; and dozens of other innovative ideas. 2001: A Space Odyssey Clarke's first venture into film was the Stanley Kubrick-directed 2001: A Space Odyssey. Kubrick and Clarke had met in 1964 to discuss the possibility of a collaborative film project. As the idea developed, it was decided that the story for the film was to be loosely based on Clarke's short story The Sentinel, written in 1948 as an entry in a BBC short story competition. Originally, Clarke was going to write the screenplay for the film, but this proved to be more tedious than he had estimated. Instead, Kubrick and Clarke decided it would be best to write a novel first and then adapt it for the film upon its completion. However, as Clarke was finishing the book, the screenplay was also being written simultaneously. Clarke's influence on the directing of 2001: A Space Odyssey is also felt in one of the most memorable scenes in the movie when astronaut Bowman shuts down HAL by removing modules from service one by one. As this happens, we witness HAL's consciousness degrading. By the time HAL's logic is completely gone, he begins singing the song Daisy Bell. This song was chosen due to a coincidence when in 1962 Clarke visited his friend and colleague John Pierce at the Bell Labs Murray Hill facility. A remarkable speech synthesis demonstration by physicist John Larry Kelly, Jr was taking place at the time. Kelly was using an IBM 704 computer to synthesise speech. His voice recorder synthesiser vocoder reproduced the vocal for Daisy Bell, with musical accompaniment from Max Mathews, creating one of the most famous moments in the history of Bell Labs. Arthur C. Clarke was so impressed that he later told Kubrick to use it in this climactic scene. Due to the hectic schedule of the film's production, Kubrick and Clarke had difficulty collaborating on the book. Clarke completed a draft of the novel at the end of 1964 with the plan to publish in 1965 in advance of the film's release in 1966. After many delays the film was released in the spring of 1968, before the book was completed. The book was credited to Clarke alone. Clarke later complained that this had the effect of making the book into a novelisation, that Kubrick had manipulated circumstances to downplay his authorship. For these and other reasons, the details of the story differ slightly from the book to the movie. The film is a bold artistic piece with little explanation for the events taking place. Clarke, on the other hand, wrote thorough explanations of "cause and effect" for the events in the novel. Despite their differences, both film and novel were well received. In 1972, Clarke published The Lost Worlds of 2001, which included his account of the production and alternate versions of key scenes. The "special edition" of the novel A Space Odyssey (released in 1999) contains an introduction by Clarke, documenting his account of the events leading to the release of the novel and film. 2010: Odyssey Two In 1982 Clarke continued the 2001 epic with a sequel, 2010: Odyssey Two. This novel was also made into a film, 2010: The Year We Make Contact, directed by Peter Hyams for release in 1984. Due to the political environment in America in the 1980s, the novel and film present a Cold War theme, with the looming tensions of nuclear war. The film was not considered to be as revolutionary or artistic as 2001, but the reviews were still positive. Clarke's email correspondence with Hyams was published in 1984. Titled The Odyssey File: The Making of 2010, and co-authored with Hyams, it illustrates his fascination with the then-pioneering medium and its use for them to communicate on an almost daily basis at the time of planning and production of the film while living on different continents. The book also includes Clarke's list of the best science-fiction films ever made.

American Idiocracy Part Two The results of a prison IQ test finds "Not Sure" to be the smartest man in America. View the video at YouTube. The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. --Bertrand Russell

Idiocracy may be our future. Imagine a US junk food culture, dominated by national corporations manipulating the tastes of the young to rake in vast profits at the expense of society at large. Watch Part One View the video at YouTube.

Here is a cartoon banned by the Mormon church. I never realized they believed Jesus and Satan are brothers. Kolob is a star or planet described in the Book of Abraham of Mormon scripture revealed to Joesph Smith. According to Joseph Smith, Jr. biographer Fawn Brodie, Smith's idea of Kolob may have been derived from the "throne of God" idea found in Thomas Dick's The Philosophy of a Future State,[45] which Brodie said Smith "had recently been reading" before dictating the Book of Abraham, and which "made a lasting impression" on him.

Innovation is great. But, what happens when other countries just copy our ideas?

John McCain is not a good answer. The reason why we are having problems stem from Republicans' general rule to "let the market decide," which appeals to my libertarian leanings but can cause real problems in a monopoly-type markets. If the United States cannot enforce a fair trade market how can we expect american industry to catch up. This is an interesting and important topic. I am forwarding this to some of my friends.

Luke, I noticed Slick Willie spams your message boards, but does not even have a link back to you. I really think this person is using you. I have read alot of his past posts and noticed the man is just a false pundit spinning half truths. His satire is good, but very devious in context. Just my opinion.

Using computer simulations, a group of researchers has determined that it's possible to build objects that will allow sound waves to slip past undisturbed. If the concept is proved experimentally, it could pave the way not just for military applications such as stealthier submarines but also for auditoriums with less reverberation and perhaps even smoother flights for airplanes. Beckman researcher and U. of I. mechanical engineering professor Nicholas Fang says the research "clearly indicates" that achieving anisotropy is critical to building an acoustic cloaking shell. Although that technology remains challenging, he says, "I am glad to see we now have more tricks to play with sound." Contact Information: Nicholas Fang Part Time Faculty 3D Micro and Nanosystems 4143 Beckman Institute University of Illinois 405 N. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801 (217) 265-8262 nicfang@uiuc.edu

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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/ms07-042.mspx Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-042 - Critical Vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (936227) Published: August 14, 2007 | Updated: August 15, 2007 Version: 1.1 General Information Executive Summary This critical security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could be exploited through attacks on Microsoft XML Core Services. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. This is a critical security update for all supported editions of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2003, and 2007 Microsoft Office System. For more information, see the subsection, Affected and Non-Affected Software, in this section. This security update addresses the vulnerability by modifying the way that the Microsoft XML Core Services performs parameter validation. For more information about the vulnerabilities, see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) subsection for the specific vulnerability entry under the next section, Vulnerability Information. Recommendation. Microsoft recommends that customers apply the update immediately. Known Issues. None Top of section Affected and Non-Affected Software The software listed here has been tested to determine which versions or editions are affected. Other versions or editions are either past their support life cycle or are not affected. To determine the support life cycle for your software version or edition, visit Microsoft Support Lifecycle.

Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, George Tenet has released his memoir, At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA. The book outlines Tenet's version of 9/11, the War on Terrorism, the 2001 War in Afghanistan, the run-up to the 2003 Iraq war, rough interrogation and other events. Tenet spoke about his memoir on 60 Minutes yesterday, outlining the contents of his book including allegations that are contrary to the George W. Bush administration positions. Tenet faced accusations of hypocrisy from former espionage officials on the book's release date, for not speaking out earlier against the White House's push to invade Iraq. An error was found in the book where a key conversation with then Pentagon advisor Richard Perle on September 12, 2001, in which Tenet claims Perle told him that "Iraq had to pay for the attack" could not have occurred as Perle was stranded in Paris and didn't return to Washington, D.C. until three days later. Read the book

Show me the proof? There is no truth to what you are stating.

Nachiappan, Is it true that the Indian island of Lohachara is now submerged due to global warming?

Did anyone watch Larry King last night? Former President Clinton stated, "You've got the prospect that Vice President Gore might run." Larry King did not follow up on Clinton's statement, but I think it might be a foreshadow of a Al Gore - Hillary Clinton presidential ticket. I think the country is ready for a woman to be Vice President. I know the world really likes Al Gore. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0704/19/lkl.01.html

George W. Bush and Dick Cheney believe they can back down the Democrats over legislative timetables for leaving Iraq and wedge between national Democrats and their anti-war base. But all the political maneuvering in Washington is not likely to change the desperate facts on the ground in Iraq, where the White House military strategies are in dangerous disarray.

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