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...Despite its current high profile, relatively little is known about SARS, but health officials are working on isolating the virus and identifying possible treatments. In the meantime, here is what we do know about SARS, and what you can do to protect yourself...
...disgusting than the rampant looting of Iraq’s cultural legacy, for they reveal the callousness of the “cultured” toward human suffering. Donny George, the head of the National Archaeological Museum in Baghdad, told reporters that the US troops’ failure to protect artifacts was “the crime of the century because it is really affecting the heritage of mankind...
...Baghdad, we’re focusing on the destruction of artwork. But people seem to have forgotten that the fall of Baghdad could very easily have been a horrific battle. Our perfect hindsight makes it easy to criticize the Coalition for not sprinkling a tank here and there to protect important museums; after all, a counter-attack never materialized. Yet these are not realistic demands, for isolated and charged with murky rules of engagement (is it okay to machine-gun a looter?), these tanks would have been too vulnerable to justify deploying them so precariously...
...even if we pretend for a moment that the military should have done more to protect Iraqi artifacts, the furor over the looting is quite disturbing in itself. Let’s be honest here. The outrage over lost artwork is based on the wicked premise that future generations will miss these artifacts much more than they’ll miss the thousands of people who died—or could have died—in this war. After all, there is only one Harp of Ur, but ordinary Iraqis and Americans are replaceable...
Blackboard’s apparent reluctance to deal with the problem means that it is up to Harvard to protect the interests of Crimson Cash users. The University should actively pressure Blackboard to improve the security of its systems, and should be prepared to switch to another service if Blackboard is unable or unwilling to do so. Although the cost of installing a new system would surely be high, the present system with its security glitches may soon become intolerable if exploitation of the sort described by the two hackers becomes rampant. The considerable volume of money transacted through...