Links for 2006-11-07

• Apparently the eradication of dingoes is causing the extinction of prey animals, because the absence of the dingoes allows introduced predators upon- and/or competitors to- the prey animals to thrive.
• Various useful things that one can do server-side to improve page load times. (via eighty-eight miles per hour)
• A perspective on the changing characteristics of a company through its "lifetime".
  
• Slightly dated article about the limitations of Java generics. (thanks to Jon for the link)
  
• The North Atlantic conveyor shut-down scenario (and consequent severe cooling of western European winters) is now looking less probable.