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Friday, June 11, 2010

11 June - Quick News Picks

Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus).Image via Wikipedia

Ocean-Going Crocs Are Mean, Green Surfing Machines
http://news.discovery.com/animals/ocean-going-crocs-are-mean-green-surfing-machines.html
Found and feared from India to China to Australia, the estuarine crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is a renowned predator with an amazing geographical range of more than 3,861 square miles. But as the largest living reptile, this machine is not exactly built for long distance travel.

So, how exactly did this one species come to dominate such a large chunk of the world?

According to a new study in the Journal of Animal Ecology, the secret is surfing. When ocean currents are moving in a favorable direction, the crocodiles hop on for an express ride.
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Anxious that Wikileaks may be on the verge of publishing a batch of secret State Department cables, investigators are desperately searching for founder Julian Assange.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-06-10/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-hunted-by-pentagon-over-massive-leak


Judge Says DHS Can't Hang Onto Travelers Laptops To Search Much Later Without A Warrant
http://techdirt.com/articles/20100610/1024519767.shtml

European Privacy Czar Very Worried About ACTA
http://techdirt.com/articles/20100608/0238149726.shtml
no one seems to be taking privacy issues into account in the ACTA negotiations 

Scholar soldiers in Afghanistan are on dangerous terrain

Soldiers and marines were "expected to be nation builders as well as warriors". The problem emerged that switching a force of what the former US assistant secretary of defence, Bing West, calls "professional killers" into armed diplomats takes some doing.

Crucially, as is shown in the documentary Human Terrain, the military found that encouraging the required empathy required to win over a population would significantly interfere in a soldier's ability to be first of all a decisive killer.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/11/scholar-soldiers-afghanistan-human-terrain-teams
 19 patients killed at Mexican drug rehab facility
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/06/11/mexico.patient.killings/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn

The Motorcycle of the Future Has Arrived
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/06/motoczysz-e1pc
Wes Siler of Hell For Leather has all the details on the MotoCzysz E1PC in a piece posted over at Popular Science.
The custom-built, oil-cooled motor generates 100 horsepower (continuous) and 250 pound-feet of torque. It all hangs from a custom frame. Of course, it’s got the usual top-shelf hardware. Ohlins. Brembo.
Read More http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/06/motoczysz-e1pc/#ixzz0qYbJXyxH

 Extension Syncing Coming to Google Chrome
http://lifehacker.com/5560637/extension-syncing-coming-to-google-chrome?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifehacker%2Ffull+%28Lifehacker%29&utm_content=Google+International

 
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