HPV strikes again...

Oral sex can cauase throat cancer

I've got two main comments.

First, I bet this is going to cause some interesting (and unpleasant) arguments to be added to the "debate" by those people who are against having girls vaccinated against HPV.

Second, from the "use of condoms" comment, I *suspect* that they mean "fellatio" when talking about oral sex. Especially the "vaccinnating men" part. But they don't actuially *say* which sort of oral sex they are talking about or if the ratres differ.

The joys of a culture were they try to avoid important details about sex-related stuff.

Ancient Technology

Today I got hold of a bit of 20 year old computer technology.

Someone on the local Freecycle list had spotted a Tandy Model 102 notebook computer in a box of stuff about the be sent for recycling. I was the first person to reply to her who knew what it was (back in the day I was one of the "experts" on these and their cousin, the Model 100).

We made the exchange this afternoon. Aside from some doublesided foam tape and "Property of XXX" branded (literally!) into the back of the plastic case) it's in mint condition.

It'll be a nice addition to my collection. And unlike many other ancient computers I have, it's not huge and cluinky. :-)