Omens of calamities to come
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Rediscovering the forgotten crops: Over the last century about 75% of the world's crop varieties have been lost...; 15 February 2008
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10 Ways the Internet (As We Know It) Will Die by
Alistair Croll; April 6, 2008
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Warning of catastrophe from mass of 'space junk' 'Failure to act would be folly,' says report to UN by Robin McKie and Michael Day; February 24 2008
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Immaculate Backup 2007-05-08
by Alex Papadimoulis
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Homeless man disrupts Internet2 service - Network World By Adam Gaffin , Network World , 05/02/2007 and Internet2 Taken Out by Stray Cigarette Posted by samzenpus on Thu May 03, 2007
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Mars Global Surveyor Died from Single Bad Command by Zonk; April 14, 2007; science.slashdot.org
- "For long-term storage, digital is -- so far -- proving to be a time bomb, more permanent than sand painting but not much else."
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-- Digital proves problematic By DAVID S. COHEN; Apr. 20, 2007; variety.com
- Tech Magazine Loses June Issue, No Backup Posted by CmdrTaco; May 02, 2007; hardware.slashdot.org
- Human error doomed Mars craft - Los Angeles Times By John Johnson Jr.; April 14, 2007; latimes.com
- Zombies infiltrate US military networks | The Register By John Leyden and Dan Goodin; 16th April 2007; theregister.co.uk
- Bad Security Driving Out the Good Posted by kdawson; April 19, 2007; it.slashdot.org
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"The breakup caused...a loss of more than US$370 million. It is one of the most famous computer bugs in history."
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-- Ariane 5 Flight 501; en.wikipedia.org; accessible 5-3-07
- Word Vulnerability Compromised US State Dept.; Posted by samzenpus; April 18, 2007; it.slashdot.org
- US Government IT Security 'Outstandingly Mediocre'; Posted by Zonk; April 13, 2007; politics.slashdot.org
- Big HMO Jolted By Email, System Failures; Posted by Zonk; April 27, 2007; it.slashdot.org