Stanislav Petrov - The Man Who Saved the World

November 10th, 2004 I was moved by the whole lot of people who contributed to Sorry Everybody website. You may have your personal preferences for Geroge Bush or John Kerry.

April 29th, 2005 A tale highlighting the slim differences between bloggers and reporters. After publishing the story on New York Attorney General filing a lawsuit against a California based Spyware Company, NYT reporter decided the title (New York Sues Internet Company Over use of Spyware) was gramatically dubious.

May 20th, 2005 British MP. Galloway blisters USA on Iraq (video). Selected Transcripts: "As a matter of fact, I have met Saddam Hussein exactly the same number of times as Donald Rumsfeld met him.

April 7th, 2005 Intelligence chiefs have admitted for the first time that claims they made about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction were wrong and have not been substantiated. The JIC claimed in 2002: "Iraq is pursuing a nuclear weapons programme." It now admits this "was wrong, in that Iraq was not pursuing a nuclear weapons programme".

July 21st, 2006 I was recently asked why do we keep donating our smartest people to other countries? It reminded me of a story of Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism. Once he was passing by a village full of very good and very bright people.

February 22nd, 2007 Harry Potter and The Order of Hackers Everytime a new Harry Potter book comes out there is an unannounced competition within hackers to be the first to scan it (ocr it) and post it online. Russian servers are an obvious choice as they are harder to track and shutdown.

October 19th, 2008 Please participate in the anonymous survey and let your choice be known. You can find the results here along with responses to the why? question.

August 18th, 2005 Panic gripped Bangladesh following the series of time-bomb explosions in all the district headquarters except Munshiganj that left at least two people killed and more than 300 others injured on Wednesday. Bombers under the letterhead of outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) spread leaflets during serial bombings across the country yesterday with a demand for establishing Islamic rule, failing of which they will go for counter-offensive against the authorities.

October 25th, 2003 Osama Bin Laden has been finally defined! I am starting to like this guy for his uncannily accurate potrait of the world policitcs. He has finally found a way to define a terrorist versus Freedom Fighter & Jehadi! This is a must read for the INS.

July 16th, 2009 Logger, ex-Bear Stearns exec among WSOP leadersLAS VEGAS — A former Bear Stearns executive, a self-employed logger and a tournament poker player have each captured more than 20 million chips as they seek a spot at the final table of the World Series of Poker main event. Steven Begleiter, a 47-year-old former head of corporate strategy for the investment bank, was leading a field of 14 players left on Wednesday after about six hours of play.

November 5th, 2008 "The American people have spoken and they spoke clearly." - Senator John McCain USA has once again heralded the triumph of democracy. Who would have thought that an African-American, who was muslim at birth can be the President of the most powerful country in the world? Nobody would have imagined 12 months back.

July 15th, 2005 Pretty hilarious, if I may say so. To quote from the site: Let us remember that there are multiple theories of Intelligent Design.

August 25th, 2009 EBay founder's group commits $2M to WikipediaNEW YORK — The organization behind Wikipedia is getting a $2 million commitment from a philanthropic investment group started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. Omidyar Network's grant over two years will support Wikimedia Foundation's key goals of bringing free educational content to people around the world and of supporting more people to help create that content.

April 28th, 2005 The United States reported on Wednesday that terrorist activity in the world increased sharply last year with the number of attacks and dead more than tripling but that it was winning the global "war on terror". The US National Counterterrorism Center, an arm of the Central Intelligence Agency, said in a report there were 651 terrorist attacks across the globe last year with 1,907 people killed.

July 21st, 2009 Bill Gates: Better data mean better schoolsPHILADELPHIA — The U.S. must improve its educational standing in the world by rewarding effective teaching and by developing better, universal measures of performance for students and teachers, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Tuesday.