{"id":2742,"date":"2009-11-10T18:21:59","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T07:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/?p=2742"},"modified":"2009-11-10T18:21:59","modified_gmt":"2009-11-10T07:21:59","slug":"some-belated-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/?p=2742","title":{"rendered":"some belated links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Well I have been away and struggling to catch up with life after a hectic weekend and really, I need some more rest.<\/p>\n<h5><!--more-->Health<\/h5>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/blog\/editors\/24361\/?nlid=2493\">A Map of Human-Dwelling Microbes<\/a> is a little story on microbes living on our bodies. <em>Each of us contains roughly 10 times as many microbial cells as human ones&#8230;The back of your knee probably has more microbes than your mouth or your gut&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/blog\/experimentalman\/24362\/?nlid=2493\">Waiter, Is There a Fungicide in My Soup?<\/a> is a tale of the potential for a stick test to check your food on the spot. Better than a taster who&#8217;s job it is to check for poison!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;text-align: justify\">In a sad indictment of the British drug administration they sacked their chief and then came up with this bizarre explanation: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn18097-drug-chief-sacking-could-stifle-polydrug-research.html\">Drug chief sacking could stifle &#8216;polydrug&#8217; research<\/a>. Apparently though alcohol and tobacco cause more health issues in the society they are less of a worry than cannabis and something else I can&#8217;t remember what it was. If the medical profession are not independent of meddling by government and big business then they are failing the public in a big way. They have become untrustworthy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;text-align: justify\">I remember when I first moved to Adeliade that I drank some green cordial using water from a rainwater tank. It contained mosquito lave swimming in my glass. Now the authorities have deemed: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/stories\/2009\/11\/04\/2732808.htm?site=news\">&#8230;urban rainwater safe<\/a>. But in the detail they say: don&#8217;t drink it normally: <em>We would conclude that the potential for an adverse and\/or accidental ingestion of small amounts of rainwater in the non-drinking uses of rainwater in the house can be encouraged, but we wouldn&#8217;t go so far as to say that health departments should change their recommendations with regards to rainwater for drinking when there is an alternative tap water supply.<\/em><\/p>\n<h5>Internet<\/h5>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;text-align: justify\">The good old Captchas, which is a surprising and good idea, is starting to be able to be beaten by software. There guys are offering a new system to stay one step ahead of the game. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn18078-animated-inkblot-images-keep-unwanted-bots-at-bay.html\">Animated ink-blot images keep unwanted bots at bay.<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Propaganda<\/h5>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;text-align: justify\">This image caused a bit of debate, though on copyright. I am confused. If you do not own the copyright, where to the rights come from? I have always wondered.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Go to the photo page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lselibrary\/3274389894\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3308\/3274389894_2455938260.jpg\" alt=\"Progressive and Moderate - The Motive Spirit\" width=\"500\" height=\"387\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">progressive and moderate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h5>Religion<\/h5>\n<figure style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a title=\"Go to the photo page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/2152295071\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/2009\/2152295071_87746e2840_t.jpg\" alt=\"splash\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">fireworks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10655320@N00\/\">man<\/a> wrote on one of my sets: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/sets\/72157603602341667\/comments\/\">Be Blessed in Jesus Name<\/a>. I guess he means well. But I am not a religious person. Though I do not deny him his right to be religious. I think he is being excessively presumptuous. I do not believe in Jesus, so his offering has no value. He doesn&#8217;t even offer any photos of his own. I am tempted to block him.<\/p>\n<h5>Telecommunications<\/h5>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">In a continuation of the sad saga, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telecomasia.net\/content\/france-telecom-launches-15b-staff-relief-fund\">France Telecom launches $1.5b staff relief fund<\/a>. Well it seems it is a bit restrictive. <em>The three-year fund will help staff aged 57 or above go part-time if they are showing signs of stress.<\/em> I wonder if all of the people who committed suicide were over 57? 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