Giant hogweed is being combated - "Giant hogweed, also known as Hercules' club, is poisonous and can cause second-degree burns. That's why road maintenance workers in NRW will be clearing the slopes of this plant in the coming weeks." - one could wonderfully make a bad science fiction out of this news ...
Archive 29. June 2007
Linux-Smartphone OpenMoko available from July 2007 - doesn't sound so bad, especially the consumer version in October. It would be the perfect addition to my Nokia Tablet. Funny, Linux might become almost more interesting for me in this area than in the desktop area.
Police defused explosive device in London - Passersby discovered the vehicle. No surveillance cameras (in which the British are pioneers) and no telephone surveillance (in which they are also at the forefront). None of that silly security hocus-pocus, but simply and plainly passersby who found the car suspicious. What do you want to bet that this bomb find will now be used to justify further - ineffective - surveillance measures?