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New Photos Show 'Devastating' Ice Loss On Everest 895

Simmeh writes "The BBC reports on new photos of the Himalayas taken from exactly the same position as ones from 1929 and compares the ice coverage. The Asia Society, which did the groundwork, are quoted as saying, 'If the present rate of melting continues, many of these glaciers will be severely diminished by the middle of this century.' I guess the previous claim wasn't too unrealistic."

Comment Software patents.... (Score 0) 250

I really can't stand even the idea of this! Ideas shouldn't be patented, but the way you realize them! Everyone could just patent something already invented without even knowing how does it work and then sue the real inventor who has way more knowledge of how things work but that just didn't want to patent every single thing? Surely the code to show this preview is different in every application, so now go compare the code and see if there's still copyright infringement!

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