Encyclopedia of life Posted on May 10, 2007 by Robin Reply This huge project is to attempt to put all biological information ever collected into one website for the useage of scientists but also the general public. Many major institutions are joining in, including the London Natural History Museum, the greatest repository of biological knowledge in the world. The problem for biology students currently is that in order to access the knowledge they have to travel to London as it isn’t available any other way yet. This huge project will take some years to complete, but it’s a great step.
SWIFT hates your privacy Posted on May 10, 2007 by Robin Reply Yup, if you want to make international bank transfers, you have to use Swift. If you want to use swift you have to sign a waiver saying that it’s OK for them to do whatever they want with your personal details for any random reason (OK, to fight terrorism is what it says, but that comes down to the same thing). And why? Well, mainly to allow the vierten reich USA direct snooping lines into the Swift system. Yes, this is illegal, but it’s looking like Europe will bow to the pressure and cave in and change our private data rights for the US Nazi’s.
