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                         2002-10-27


############## U R OWNED! ####################################


I mentioned this before, but nobody really seems to be interested.  Oh
well, that's the way!  Anyway, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, a US company
    http://www.myriad.com/
has patents on a GENE.  Not on a test, but on the GENE ITSELF.  They did
not invent the gene, nature did that.  But because they patented the gene,
and the gene has been implicated in breast cancer among women, they have a
monopoly on tests involving that gene.  Now I have no problem with them
developing a test, and patenting that, but patenting the gene itself is
CRAZY AND CRIMINAL in my book.  If it was discovered that the same gene
signalled asthma, the same patent would prevent you from developing and
deploying tests for that case.  Similarly, if you came up with a great new
test which cost $10, you would be prohibited from exploiting it (even though
you came up with your test alone).  Anyway, this affects real people's
health:
    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/21/0310247&mode=nested&tid=155
    "Bowing to pressure from Utah's Myriad Genetics, the government of
    British Columbia has stopped offering a test for hereditary breast
    cancer. The price of the test, which looks at two genes responsible for
    the cancer, has tripled to $3500US. Our public health care system can't
    afford to pay so we're sending people to Ontario, which is ignoring the
    patent. People are disappointed we're not doing the same... previous
    Slashdot mentions are on their original claim and on the Curie
    Institute's challenge to the patent."
    http://canada.com/victoria/story.asp?id=%7B0D0279FC-B2F4-48CA-9A46-6DFF52DE2173%7D


############## CURRY #########################################


Restaurant style curries:
    http://www.curryhouse.co.uk/rsc/index.htm


############## KURDS #########################################


Kurdistan timeline
    http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/10/06timeline


############## RSF ###########################################


Press freedom, Ireland not too bad
    http://www.rsf.fr/article.php3?id_article=4116
That said, RSF itself has not escaped criticism with respect to Venezuela
    http://www.narconews.com/letterwithoutborders1.html
    http://mondediplo.com/2002/06/01edito/
        "Closing its eyes to the one of the most odious media campaigns
        ever launched against a democratic government, the organisation
        Reporters sans Frontières has allowed itself to be manipulated and
        has published several reports against the Chavez government, which
        has never limited freedom of expression, banned media, or arrested
        a journalist."


############## FEELING SAFER? THAT'S GOOD ####################


Secure beneath the watchful eyes, picture is truly excellent.
    http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/002285.html#002285
And while you're at it, why not "Get Chipped":
    http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,55999,00.html?tw=wn_ascii


############## SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT ###########################


Faraday cage in a bag:
    "A simple method of making your wireless stuff invisible to any other
    wireless stuff or signal that would want to communicate with it."
    http://www.mobilecloak.com/


############## PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY ###############################


Psychogeography via NTK
    http://www.martian.fm/psychogeography.htm


############## GENDER ########################################


Bush likes single sex schooling in US:
    http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=12&ItemID=2537


############## LABOUR ########################################


Salvadoran workers on hunger strike against privatisation:
    http://www.cispes.org/english/Communiques_-_Action_Alerts/index.html


############## EMPIRE ########################################


American Empire for Dummies:
    http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=11&ItemID=2517
    "We sent Marines into Lebanon and you only have to go to Lebanon, to
    Syria or to Jordan to witness first-hand the intense hatred among many
    people for the United States because we bombed and shelled and
    unmercifully killed totally innocent villagers -- women and children
    and farmers and housewives -- in those villages around Beirut. ... As a
    result of that ... we became kind of a Satan in the minds of those who
    are deeply resentful. That is what precipitated the taking of our
    hostages and that is what has precipitated some of the terrorist
    attacks."
        -- Jimmy Carter.


############## MESSIAH #######################################


Jesus's bro.
    http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992952


############## GOOGLE THIS! ##################################


Google Sued over Page Ranking
    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/21/1254221&mode=nested&tid=99
    "Google.com is being sued by SearchKing.com because Google
    "purposefully devalued his companies' and his customers' web sites,
    causing his business to suffer financially." There's a page on
    SearchKing.com's site too." Does anyone besides me find this hilarious?
    My favorite part is that the name of the site is "Search King".
    http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=430
    http://www.searchking.com/


############## AGAIN! AGAIN! AGAIN! AGAIN! ###################


Google sued by search optimism company
    'You bent our ranking bendings'
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/27721.html


############## END? ##########################################