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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
![[Item Permalink]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/images/ur_bullet.gif){kind=small} Scary-story-but-nothing-to-worry-about -- Comment()
As an example of scaring people for no reason at all, this is one of the best in recent times. Terrorists might drive school-buses, but they probably won't: "The FBI has issued an "informational bulletin" to state and local officials saying to watch out for people tied to extremist groups trying to earn licenses to drive school buses." [via Boing Boing]
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Death of Fortran inventor -- Comment()
I have spent several years working with Fortran-related things, so it was sad to note that John W. Backus, 82, Fortran Developer, Dies: "Mr. Backus assembled and led the I.B.M. team that created Fortran, the first widely used programming language." [NYT > Technology]
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