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Wednesday, June 30th

Plagirism in the UK

An interesting tidbit from our friends in Britain, about cheating in college caught my eye.

It certainly isn't news that kids in college cheat. Even back in my day there were the paper mills that you could use to but a term paper. Those are still out there, but they're not too popular since it's so easy to cut and paste from the Internet. What I find noteworthy isn't that more guys than girls cheat, nor that some people blame the colleges by not teaching that grabbing someone else's efforts is cheating. Those are expected.

But who the hell knew that there was a Plagiarism Advisory Service? I wonder if we have one of them. If so, they've been busy lately.
RussNews on 06.30.04 @ 10:10 AM PDT [link]

Tuesday, June 29th

Forward to the past

Finally, some news we can all enjoy, or at least those of us who are worried about amputation or skin grafts or stuff like that.

Some French company, who have been working at this for 150 years, have been given the right by the FDA to sell leeches as "medical devices" here in the US.

It turns out those slimy little critters fit our definition of a device, and, well, the legal system just does its job.
RussNews on 06.29.04 @ 09:57 AM PDT [link]

Monday, June 28th

Iraq gets "sovereignty"

The US has given control (!) of Iraq back over to the Iraquis. The ones dressed in our costumes. The ones we wanted.

Links are everywhere. Try going to Google and typing in "news."

The US armed forces are still there, of course. Because what's the sense of being sovereign if you can't have a country full of foreign troops?

I'd recommend pulling up a chair and getting some popcorn to watch this one, but it may be too painful for those people with hearts and brains.
RussNews on 06.28.04 @ 07:08 AM PDT [link]

Sunday, June 27th

More Trouble in Pakistan

It looks as if Musharraf is in deep shit. His Prime Minister, Zafarullah Jamali, resigned yesterday and everyone's noticing that he's sacrificing democracy for expedience. I guess he learned that from the US. We give up more rights than anybody.

I'm used to public officials resigning. They do it almost as frequently as people in business do, and the Japanese have turned it into an art. But lately, it seems to me, more and more government officials are quitting, and not just because of scandal. They're getting fed up, maybe even getting mad as hell and not taking it any more.

Still, I claim no understanding of anything that happens that happens in Central Europe or parts east of that. And little for the rest of Europe, either.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3844417.stm

RussNews on 06.27.04 @ 04:55 PM PDT [link]

Saturday, June 26th

Croatia's National Day!

Congratulating the people of the Republic of Croatia as they celebrate their National Day

(actually, it was the 25th, a strange choice since the EU recognized its efforts on June 18 by making it a candidate for membership)

Today, the 26th, it's all about Madagascar, which is celebrating 44 years of independence.
RussNews on 06.26.04 @ 08:57 AM PDT [link]

Friday, June 25th

Computer Scare

Some big Internet sites have been hacked, and users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer are vulnerable to having their computers turned into zombies (malicious software loaded for remote use by others).

"Meanwhile, the average Internet surfer is left with few options. Besides choosing the highest security settings for Internet Explorer, Windows users could download an alternate browser, such as Mozilla or Opera. Mac users are not in danger."

-- From ZD Net [Links mine]
RussNews on 06.25.04 @ 11:28 PM PDT [link]

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