Links for 2006-08-15
- The UK alert level has been lowered and hand-luggage can not be taken on planes again Only about half as much can be taken on board, liquids are still verboten and they're asking people not to bring too much as it takes a long time to search - but generally that's a pretty positive thing...
- TVTorrent.info seems to have been hacked, collapsed or shut-down... Another move by the copyright infringing people? I can't find much coverage anywhere
- Male circumcision could halve the rate of HIV transmission in Africa, according to a new study I'm generally highly suspicious of the health benefits of circumcision, but this could change my mind.
Comments
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Should that be 'The UK alert level has been lowered and hand-luggage can *now* be taken on planes again?'
→ Posted by: martin at August 15, 2006 8:49 AM
Great news on the hand luggage front for flights. Me and my laptop are much happier.
→ Posted by: vanderwal at August 15, 2006 3:44 PM
i was talking about circumcision a few weeks ago and during the conversation realized that because of the way i was raised, i had never even considered *not* circumcising my boys. that is just the way you did things. someone asked me why and without even thinking, i said something about how it was cleaner and that boys wanted to look like their fathers. my friends explained over the next hour just how dumb that was. : ) funny how even when i'm trying to be consciously aware, i miss so much early programming in my self. but the health risks in africa are a whole other thing.
→ Posted by: leahpeah at August 15, 2006 8:03 PM
The whole circumcision conclusion is a bit shocking.
An article in the International Journal of STD and AIDS published this in 1999, stating that after reviewing 29 of the 35 articles or abstracts available they found the idea of using circumcision to prevent AIDS scientifically unfounded.
Tom, I think the news story your referenced is based on this study. Which is a mathematical model using the data gathered from the Orange Farm trial.
It is hard to know how to react to conflicting information like this.
→ Posted by: Nrico at August 18, 2006 6:30 PM