Scientific American has a detailed historical look at the role of Lord Cherwell who served as Winston Churchill’s Personal Technocrat. The article says the analysis of security for Britain had a humanitarian flaw — a disregard for people of their former Colonies and the importance of trade routes — that caused unnecessary famine. In his … Continue reading Churchill’s Cherwell and the 1943 Famines
ISACA has announced that the venerable SAS 70 is going away at the end of 2010: Statement on Auditing Standard No. 70 (SAS 70) will be replaced by two new standards: an attestation standard that will guide service auditors in the conduct of an examination of, and the resulting reporting on, controls at a service … Continue reading SAS 70 Replaced by Two New Standards
Mark Shuttleworth is in a defensive position, according to Linux Journal. His Ubuntu has come under fire yet again for contributing far fewer patches to Linux than Red Hat and Novell SuSE. Canonical’s contribution from the 2.6.15 kernel to 2.6.27-rc6, was 100 patches. This was against a total of 99.324 patches; Canonical’s share was 0.1 … Continue reading Tribalism. Makes you stupid?
The Daily Record reports that the FDA is considering camel milk. Camel dairies already exist in America and promote camel milk benefits To milk a camel, you need warm hands, a gentle touch and quick timing — camels give milk only in 90-second bursts. Gil and Nancy Riegler, owners of the nation’s largest camel dairy … Continue reading Camel Milk