Your "alternative explanation" dates from 2005, and has since been shown to be unsatisfactory.
That's not a criticism of you. The basis of science is NOTHING is settled. The laws of mass, motion and energy that comprise Newtonian physics, for instance, were validated by millions of experiments - but Einstein held that they were only *approximately* correct, and when speeds approach that of light, they are grossly in error.
The important thing is scientists are free to challenge "facts", for if they prove the facts to be in error, we win, and if they prove the facts to stand up, we win.
Our atmospheric measurements of greenhouse gas over the past half century has been taken at a volcano sitting in the middle of the Pacific. Given that the oceans absorb and give off more greenhouse gas than everything else combined, and volanism is another major player, isn't that data a bit suspect?
Atmospheric levels of greenhouse gas were substantially higher in the past than in they are at present - and that was in the middle of an ice age. Does that suggest there may be other factors involved?
Our sun is known to be a variable star. The word "variable" indicates that solar output is known to vary.
If there's something going on - and like you, I suspect there is - wouldn't it make sense to learn what actually is happening? "Faith is believing in what you know damned well ain't so" -- Mark Twain. Excuse me, but I think we need more science, not less of it.
As much as I dislike Microsoft, this is an unfair comparison.
Does the OLPC box need support for token ring network, color laser printers, and digitizing tablets? No. But people buying XP might. Microsoft offers a version of Windows that consumer electronics manufacturers can slim down, if hardware resources are limited.
In fact, you can buy an RCA model RM4100 thin client directly from Microsoft. It's a thin client with only 128MB of RAM, and only a 64MB Compact Flash (SanDisk SDCFB-64-201-00).
The RM4100 has a serious memory leak problem whenever one visits a website using Flash - but failing to free up memory when you're done with it is careless programming, not a hardware limitation.
I've got a number of IP addresses. There's 127.0.0.1, and 192.168.0.1 for instance. So which one do I use?
And how do I use it to send out that toaster I just sold someone on E-bay?
The abstract for the study is at and you can buy a copy for $20. They "adjusted for age, sex, educational level, blood pressure, diabetes, and other psychosocial covariables" - but not for whether the participants were dieting.
That's an important omission. A study in the UK about 6-8 years ago showed that dieters had not only slower reflexes and lower cognitive abilities. That correlates more to your IQ - your CPU - than short-term recall - your RAM - does.
So why didn't they adjust for whether the person was on a diet or not? Seems to me that they may just be proving that fat people are more likely to go on diets. That seems to be pretty obvious.
Many "scientific laws" are equally nonsensical, such as the study of people with one shorter leg showing that almost always, the person will have one longer leg as well, proving that that nature tends to compensate.
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Your "alternative explanation" dates from 2005, and has since been shown to be unsatisfactory. That's not a criticism of you. The basis of science is NOTHING is settled. The laws of mass, motion and energy that comprise Newtonian physics, for instance, were validated by millions of experiments - but Einstein held that they were only *approximately* correct, and when speeds approach that of light, they are grossly in error. The important thing is scientists are free to challenge "facts", for if they prove the facts to be in error, we win, and if they prove the facts to stand up, we win. Our atmospheric measurements of greenhouse gas over the past half century has been taken at a volcano sitting in the middle of the Pacific. Given that the oceans absorb and give off more greenhouse gas than everything else combined, and volanism is another major player, isn't that data a bit suspect? Atmospheric levels of greenhouse gas were substantially higher in the past than in they are at present - and that was in the middle of an ice age. Does that suggest there may be other factors involved? Our sun is known to be a variable star. The word "variable" indicates that solar output is known to vary. If there's something going on - and like you, I suspect there is - wouldn't it make sense to learn what actually is happening? "Faith is believing in what you know damned well ain't so" -- Mark Twain. Excuse me, but I think we need more science, not less of it.
CGI is NOT a language. It's an interface specification. Thomas Boutell has a wonderful library for writing CGI in C.
As much as I dislike Microsoft, this is an unfair comparison.
Does the OLPC box need support for token ring network, color laser printers, and digitizing tablets? No. But people buying XP might. Microsoft offers a version of Windows that consumer electronics manufacturers can slim down, if hardware resources are limited.
In fact, you can buy an RCA model RM4100 thin client directly from Microsoft. It's a thin client with only 128MB of RAM, and only a 64MB Compact Flash (SanDisk SDCFB-64-201-00).
The RM4100 has a serious memory leak problem whenever one visits a website using Flash - but failing to free up memory when you're done with it is careless programming, not a hardware limitation.
I've got a number of IP addresses. There's 127.0.0.1, and 192.168.0.1 for instance. So which one do I use? And how do I use it to send out that toaster I just sold someone on E-bay?
The abstract for the study is at and you can buy a copy for $20. They "adjusted for age, sex, educational level, blood pressure, diabetes, and other psychosocial covariables" - but not for whether the participants were dieting. That's an important omission. A study in the UK about 6-8 years ago showed that dieters had not only slower reflexes and lower cognitive abilities. That correlates more to your IQ - your CPU - than short-term recall - your RAM - does. So why didn't they adjust for whether the person was on a diet or not? Seems to me that they may just be proving that fat people are more likely to go on diets. That seems to be pretty obvious. Many "scientific laws" are equally nonsensical, such as the study of people with one shorter leg showing that almost always, the person will have one longer leg as well, proving that that nature tends to compensate.