Nokia to make Symbian open-source; planet accretion; Cascio on the future of griefing; independent Shetland Island nation; Oyster cards thoroughly compromised …

• 1 – Nokia Buys Symbian Takes the Mobile OS Open
  “Nokia announced Monday night that it is acquiring software maker Symbian — the company was already a minority stock holder — and releasing its mobile operating system under an open-source license.” Intriguing.
  (tags: Symbian Nokia FOSS software handset phone device mobile)
• 2 – Planet Formation Around the Sun’s Dusty Disk
  “… some of the best evidence for our own system’s formation has to be dug out of the ground. It’s based on the chondrules found in certain meteorites that seem to have been formed in the earliest stages of its life.”
  (tags: science geology chondrules formation system solar space)
• 3 – The Griefer Future
  “… griefing has two characteristic elements, unique in combination: the use of system flaws or unintended consequences to abuse people with less-sophisticated system knowledge; and the griefer’s belief that the griefing action is funny.”
  (tags: reality metaverse MMO worlds synthetic futurism gaming griefing)
• 4 – [US]’s Spies: Climate Change Could Spark War
  “The U.S. intelligence community has finished up its classified assessment of how our changing weather patterns could contribute to “political instability around the world, the collapse of governments and the creation of terrorist safe havens…”
  (tags: terrorism security war change climate)
• 5 – Tiny Shetland island declares independence
  “I also invite anyone from any country in the world, who supports these aims, namely to become free of liars, thieves and tyrants in government, to become a citizen of Forvik,” he added.” Where do I sign?
  (tags: freedom micronation liberty nation-states politics independence Shetland UK)
• 6 – I propose a moratorium …
  “…on the phrase, said by editors of venues who publish short stories (magazines, anthologies, collections, etc.) “I just want good stories.” The reason I think editors should no longer say this is because it is a lie and a transparent one.”
  (tags: editors markets publishing writing fiction short genre webzines editing)
• 7 – Flooded London by Squint/Opera 2
  “The images depict imaginary scenes in London in 2090, when rising sea levels have inundated the city.” New Southsea won’t look so pretty. Just sayin’.
  (tags: imagination flooding London change climate futurism)
• 8 – Hackers Crack London Tube’s Ticketing System
  “”The cryptography is simply not fit for purpose,” security consultant Adam Laurie told the Telegraph. “It’s very vulnerable and we can expect the bad guys to hack into it soon if they haven’t already.”" ECAWBH.
  (tags: security hacking arphid RFID tube UK London Oyster everythingcanandwillbehacked)