So that is why they do it? Gee being a half breed (German born, but Canadian mentality) I always thought that if you got the joke you laugh! Oh wait, I forgot German comedian's are not funny!
I keeping seeing why even though I am German, I will never be German. Having been raised in Canada and the US there are certain mental differences.
Oh yeah German's have a great sense of humour. And to show how funny everything is German's will clap to indicate how funny it is. (Seriously, watch german comedians and the audience claps) I would have thought that people would laugh if the comedian is funny. Oh yeah I forgot the comedian is not funny!
This is why I said notebook, pad of paper and scanner. I do not drag my notebook to various meetings. I drag notebooks of paper. (A previous Program Manager taught me this). And I keep every notebook (paper). This way if I need to look something in the past I just flip through the notebook and find the reference.
I also keep a scanner if I need to have something in my computer (like drawings).
This is mucho cheaper and simpler. So I do get it, but find it pointless. Now about drawing? I understand that as well and prefer the notebook approach! Simpler, Cheaper and keeps longer without the hassle.
No its not. I already told my wife to hit me over the head if I decide to buy it.
Here is why:
1) It is an underrated notebook. Most have only P3's. Today I finally have desktop replacement notebooks and I get knocked back again with these devices. 2) All in one notebooks with swivel, etc are just asking to be broken. Notebooks are fragile as is, can you imagine how fragile these things are. 3) Tablets are generally complementary devices and not primary devices. Typing is faster than writing and you can type smaller than you can write. Writing requires quite a bit of real estate because you cannot write as crisp as a keyboard. 4) Cost is way too high, for what you get 5) Writing hurts the hands. Originally when Pen Windows came out 92, I talked about how a tablet would change everything. A woman who's husband was an English Professeur said not a chance. Once when he had to goto England to read old texts he had to write out everything by hand. After three hands his hands were incapable of writing. Typing is simply faster.
My point is that tablets will be nice, but as COMPLEMENTARY devices and not primary devices. A smarter move would be to make notebooks bluetooth aware and allow users to write on tablet screen's. Actually I am still dumfounded to this day why we do not buy notebook pieces that are wired together using bluetooth...
Actually Windows is a monolithic kernel. It used to be non-monolithic. But once Windows NT 3.51 hit graphics, etc moved back into the kernel. The problem was performance and MS simply bit the bullet and said, screw it lets go back to what works....
Yes it does, but usually about 1000m is where the snow stays. Below that there is not much snow and no need for an SUV. In the mountains, well that is another story.
In Canada (like at our house) a 4x4 is indispensible because when we get a snow storm a meter of snow will fall.
You know I own a car. And cars have gotten to the point where when I buy it typically I do not have to consider the road. It is irrellevant...
OR, is it relevant after all? Lets see in Germany I would get a sports car, Switzerland big luxury, Canada SUV because of the snow, Southern France Convertible,....
My point is that while we do not make a big deal of the road or conditions, it does influence our buying decisions. And saying that it is irrelevant is just a pipedream...
Lets see if the company pays a couple of the kernel developers consulting hours to help them I think the problem will be solved.... And if the company was smart that is what they would do. Hire some kernel developers to develop their driver, which puts some money into the kernel developers pocket. And that allows them to develop more Open Source.
As much as I like a Mac OS-X the problem is the CPU. The software support simply does not exist for the developer, even in Open Source. Often packages need manually compilation and manual tweaking. It got so frustrating that I gave up. Very few companies and Open Source products will have explicit support for Mac OS-X. Sad, but that is the truth...
I much prefer using LINUX on Intel since I can be productive fairly quickly...
Oh you are so right... I remember it used to be buy IBM and you will have no problem. Now it is MS. And people have become more lazy regarding looking at all of the options.
On the one day people will wander days throughout the various car dealer's, shopping malls, grocery stores. But once it comes to computer software, the brain stops working!
XDocs and MS Office 11 XML may or may not be the same thing. Sure today they are the same thing, but what about tomorrow?
What about documents that are encrypted? Can they be reverse engineered to be displayed in another browser?
What people fail to realize is that MS will use security, secure computing, trustworthy computing, etc to stave off third parties...
Here is a conspiracy theory... Office 11 does not support Windows ME, etc. Why is that? MS says we need to innovate and do secure computing! Well it sure as H**L did not stop them having backwards support. Or could it be that Wine and co have gotten so good that they can support a large number of Windows ME, etc apps. At that point a new trick has to be played and this is done in the name of security, but the reality is that it is done to stave off the Linux masses... This is predatory behaviour!
And this is the sad state of the industry. Governments would rather not "mess" with the giant for fear of tech market problems. Is this not the time to do things? Since more control will mean more problems?
The result is that it is up to the people to take back control. Solution, spend as a little as possible to support MS. Remember MS is a company controlled by profits. Hurt them where it hurts them the most.
Use Linux... If not, then use Windows XP, but use Open Office or other compatible tools. Remember the goal here is not to entirely stop, but stop the gravy train. MS needs growth and if we take back control and stop that growth to status quo MS will have problems. They will have to raise prices and start gouging the consumer like they do with their enterprise licensing. And with time people will come to their own senses.
So how come American companies could not develop Open Source. Last I remember Redhat is one of the big Linux sellers. And another company called IBM was making big beats with Linux. And where are they located? North Carolina and New York, both of which are small states part of the European Union.
Socialist undermines? Hmmm, if this system was socialist then there would be no meddling. Because socialism would say that MSFT was the ideal company to continue and they would buy all of the arguments that MSFT makes; Innovation, lowest cost, etc, etc.
Actually the issue at heart is that it is a capitalist system. Capitalism is a system where you have resources scattered and with time it begins to concentrate in the hands of the few. Natural cycle of business. But anti-trust is required to break the large corporations control of the market when concentration reaches a too high percentage.
Is MSFT not putting a gun to your head? Yes they are... Let me explain, I develop software on Windows and Linux and what stress me out is when MSFT introduces new API's.
I develop software and want to know the homepath of the user. In the good ol days it was the HOME environment variable. Well that does not work anymore. About a year ago I had to upgrade my Platform SDK to get the headers for the Shell API. Ok so I am happy and get the home path. Recently I decided to format my computer. I reinstall everything and I get the latest Platform SDK. I compile and nothing works. I look and look and find out the latest Platform SDK has 64 bit support and my app breaks because it is not 64 bit compatible. WTF! My app is a client app that will never see the 64 bit light of day. So off I go and try to hunt down a Platform SDK from about a year ago. I find it and it works.
But and this where monopoly comes into effect. Lets say MSFT introduces a new API that I need (like the special shell api to get the users home path), well then I am shafted because I have to integrate the unwanted 64 bit support. Or I could move to.NET and not have the problem. But.NET is a Windows only (mainly Mono is not yet ready for prime time) toolkit. So now when I originally had a cross-platform client I have to make harddecisions on whether this is feasible. THIS IS MONOPOLY POWER!
I do not even think Canada would want them. Lets see MSFT deemed illegal, MSFT moves to Canada. Canada likes this? Doubtful since Canada has enough issues with the US on trade issues (lumber, oil, pipelines, etc). MSFT would be another thorn that Canada would avoid. In other words they would say sure come to Canada, but you are still liable for decisions in the US.
Being a UofW graduate, the problem of KW is KW itself. I have lived since University in Europe and seeing public transportation in action I have to say I like it.
Subways cost big bucks, trains cost big bucks, street cars cost big bucks. But guess what they work! I live just outside of Zurich and whenever I can I park just outside of Zurich and take the Tram into town. They have large parking lots outside of the city which are free and people use them to travel to the city. Actually in Europe having super parking lots outside of major cities is a common practice. It works and that is what KW should do.
Driving in a city sucks! You get nowhere quick and you are constantly on the clutch, brake and gas pedals.
Spreading out the population is a useless idea because what you get is a lot of traffic everywhere and you move nowhere quick. Case in point TO. Driving in TO sucks because TO starts in Oshawa and ends in Hamilton!
A comparison between a drivers license and a software license is not even close to the same thing. Basically a driver's license is a mechanism used to ensure that you know how to drive and a way to identify you when you did something wrong.
The day I need to take a course to buy any software is that day I switch to another piece of software.
When any company begins to equate their software as priviledge is the day that company becomes an extinct company. People consider software as a product they have purchased and owned and nothing can convince them otherwise. Look at CD's, DVD's, books, there is a market for used products!!!
Maybe not in France. But France and the UK are the exceptions in Europe. Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy (actually all of your income tax can go to the church) and others do have a church tax if you claim a denomination.
You live in one of the few countries in Europe that has a separation of church and state (1905 law, except those department that were part of Germany)
In the rest of Europe that separation does not exist and hence if Scientology were to become an official religion then the power it could influence would be quite strong.
Now about the murder bit, I put murder in quotations because it is a way of saying that the church can get away with a lot, but not necessarily murder. It is an expression!
Ok there has been this drive to not consider Scientology as a religion. But that is due to the legal process in Germany and most European states. In Europe religion falls under a very special law. Basically it gives them power to get away with "murder". And they can collect taxes from their followers.
Religion in North America is not treated special, simply like a charity. There are NO SPECIAL POWERS.
And giving away these special powers is not an easy task. Of course Scientology would want these powers like any other group...
The way Palladium eliminates fair use is as follows:
Lets say I develop an application or send a document. And I am not interested in getting a certificate for that application or document. Well Palladium can stop my application or document because it is untrusted. Fair enough, that is true. BUT and this is a big BUT, the control of determining this is not in my hands.
It sort of goes along the warrenty lines. Most people in Slashdot could take apart a computer with their eyes blindfolded. But if you buy a namebrand you will void the warrenty. Fair enough because the company does not know who is twiddling with the computer. The only catch is that I can void my warrenty if I want to. I have that choice!
Palladium will not allow me to void my fair use if a company deems it so. This runs counter to general consumer laws since the person who decides is not the consumer, but the company from where end product came from. This means I do not have a choice.
Big difference. Now about taking them to court? Yeah, yeah, do you happen to have the money to take them to court? The same situation will arise with as with Kaaza. Legally Kaaza is not responsible and hence the companies have to go after those that share. A very difficult scenario. With Palladium the tables are turned in that they can shut off access to one CD and you have to fight to have every CD turned "on". Will society actually go after every instance of wrong doing? Not likely!!!
Now about looser terms? Ha! Time and time again it has been proven that when corporations can increase their profit lines they will do so regardless. Corporations are entities that only care about money and not social ethics. Otherwise we would not have Enron and Tyco messes.
We have these problems now with "stealing" because corporations are gouging for CD's. Here in Europe the big Labels were just fined for price fixing CD's....
I personally think RMS is a kook and an extremist.. Like most "spirtual" leaders are. BUT and this is a big BUT, thanks to people like him and L Lessig our world is being attended to...
I consider myself more of a business person and see the world in shades of grey. Sure that is great for earning an income, the problem though is that my shade of grey might change from a more white grey to a more black grey. And that switch is an erosion of power that I only realize when it is too late... At that point my black grey is a white grey for most people because they have "gotten" used to it.
You can write software that is too complicated. It just requires that you reconsider how your write software. Oddly enough this will be a Web Service that I am going to release in the middle or end of November (http://www.devspace.com).
The reason I came on this is because we need this sort of help now. Software is too buggy and we need some help.
I have been doing some research on this topic and what is causing or changing global warming is humidity. From a previous posted Slashdot article about the global water conveyor belt I found out the reason why the earth is not as extreme as it is is because of the tempering effects of the global water conveyor. (The global water conveyor moves waters all around the world). Otherwise our climates would be more localized and extreme.
There was a stat if the humidity dropped by 30% our globe would cool down by about 5Deg C. And recently in another report I heard the same thing about the effects of humidity.
Now about a global climate change, we are due for one. One report from looking at the ice in Greenland says temperature flips every 10,000 years and we have not yet flipped in about 13,000 years. In other words we are DUE. What will happen when the global climate changes? An ice age will start that will last for a couple of thousand years.
The only folks who will really have problems are the Europeans because their climate is kept artificially warm. The rest of the world might not change much, other than get more extreme changes.
End result... Outside of removing a couple of billion people an ice age is coming...
To get some really interesting viewpoints goto google and do a search for "Great Ocean Conveyor" and a second one "Great Ocean Conveyor Ice Age". Interesting reads if you are into this stuff.
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So that is why they do it? Gee being a half breed (German born, but Canadian mentality) I always thought that if you got the joke you laugh! Oh wait, I forgot German comedian's are not funny!
I keeping seeing why even though I am German, I will never be German. Having been raised in Canada and the US there are certain mental differences.
Oh yeah German's have a great sense of humour. And to show how funny everything is German's will clap to indicate how funny it is. (Seriously, watch german comedians and the audience claps) I would have thought that people would laugh if the comedian is funny. Oh yeah I forgot the comedian is not funny!
This is why I said notebook, pad of paper and scanner. I do not drag my notebook to various meetings. I drag notebooks of paper. (A previous Program Manager taught me this). And I keep every notebook (paper). This way if I need to look something in the past I just flip through the notebook and find the reference.
I also keep a scanner if I need to have something in my computer (like drawings).
This is mucho cheaper and simpler. So I do get it, but find it pointless. Now about drawing? I understand that as well and prefer the notebook approach! Simpler, Cheaper and keeps longer without the hassle.
No its not. I already told my wife to hit me over the head if I decide to buy it.
Here is why:
1) It is an underrated notebook. Most have only P3's. Today I finally have desktop replacement notebooks and I get knocked back again with these devices.
2) All in one notebooks with swivel, etc are just asking to be broken. Notebooks are fragile as is, can you imagine how fragile these things are.
3) Tablets are generally complementary devices and not primary devices. Typing is faster than writing and you can type smaller than you can write. Writing requires quite a bit of real estate because you cannot write as crisp as a keyboard.
4) Cost is way too high, for what you get
5) Writing hurts the hands. Originally when Pen Windows came out 92, I talked about how a tablet would change everything. A woman who's husband was an English Professeur said not a chance. Once when he had to goto England to read old texts he had to write out everything by hand. After three hands his hands were incapable of writing. Typing is simply faster.
My point is that tablets will be nice, but as COMPLEMENTARY devices and not primary devices. A smarter move would be to make notebooks bluetooth aware and allow users to write on tablet screen's. Actually I am still dumfounded to this day why we do not buy notebook pieces that are wired together using bluetooth...
Actually Windows is a monolithic kernel. It used to be non-monolithic. But once Windows NT 3.51 hit graphics, etc moved back into the kernel. The problem was performance and MS simply bit the bullet and said, screw it lets go back to what works....
Yes it does, but usually about 1000m is where the snow stays. Below that there is not much snow and no need for an SUV. In the mountains, well that is another story.
In Canada (like at our house) a 4x4 is indispensible because when we get a snow storm a meter of snow will fall.
You know I own a car. And cars have gotten to the point where when I buy it typically I do not have to consider the road. It is irrellevant...
....
OR, is it relevant after all? Lets see in Germany I would get a sports car, Switzerland big luxury, Canada SUV because of the snow, Southern France Convertible,
My point is that while we do not make a big deal of the road or conditions, it does influence our buying decisions. And saying that it is irrelevant is just a pipedream...
Lets see if the company pays a couple of the kernel developers consulting hours to help them I think the problem will be solved.... And if the company was smart that is what they would do. Hire some kernel developers to develop their driver, which puts some money into the kernel developers pocket. And that allows them to develop more Open Source.
Been there, done that, got the t-shirt...
As much as I like a Mac OS-X the problem is the CPU. The software support simply does not exist for the developer, even in Open Source. Often packages need manually compilation and manual tweaking. It got so frustrating that I gave up. Very few companies and Open Source products will have explicit support for Mac OS-X. Sad, but that is the truth...
I much prefer using LINUX on Intel since I can be productive fairly quickly...
Oh you are so right... I remember it used to be buy IBM and you will have no problem. Now it is MS. And people have become more lazy regarding looking at all of the options.
On the one day people will wander days throughout the various car dealer's, shopping malls, grocery stores. But once it comes to computer software, the brain stops working!
XDocs and MS Office 11 XML may or may not be the same thing. Sure today they are the same thing, but what about tomorrow?
What about documents that are encrypted? Can they be reverse engineered to be displayed in another browser?
What people fail to realize is that MS will use security, secure computing, trustworthy computing, etc to stave off third parties...
Here is a conspiracy theory... Office 11 does not support Windows ME, etc. Why is that? MS says we need to innovate and do secure computing! Well it sure as H**L did not stop them having backwards support. Or could it be that Wine and co have gotten so good that they can support a large number of Windows ME, etc apps. At that point a new trick has to be played and this is done in the name of security, but the reality is that it is done to stave off the Linux masses... This is predatory behaviour!
And this is the sad state of the industry. Governments would rather not "mess" with the giant for fear of tech market problems. Is this not the time to do things? Since more control will mean more problems?
The result is that it is up to the people to take back control. Solution, spend as a little as possible to support MS. Remember MS is a company controlled by profits. Hurt them where it hurts them the most.
Use Linux... If not, then use Windows XP, but use Open Office or other compatible tools. Remember the goal here is not to entirely stop, but stop the gravy train. MS needs growth and if we take back control and stop that growth to status quo MS will have problems. They will have to raise prices and start gouging the consumer like they do with their enterprise licensing. And with time people will come to their own senses.
The key here is not to be complacent!
Huh?
So how come American companies could not develop Open Source. Last I remember Redhat is one of the big Linux sellers. And another company called IBM was making big beats with Linux. And where are they located? North Carolina and New York, both of which are small states part of the European Union.
Socialist undermines? Hmmm, if this system was socialist then there would be no meddling. Because socialism would say that MSFT was the ideal company to continue and they would buy all of the arguments that MSFT makes; Innovation, lowest cost, etc, etc.
.NET and not have the problem. But .NET is a Windows only (mainly Mono is not yet ready for prime time) toolkit. So now when I originally had a cross-platform client I have to make harddecisions on whether this is feasible. THIS IS MONOPOLY POWER!
Actually the issue at heart is that it is a capitalist system. Capitalism is a system where you have resources scattered and with time it begins to concentrate in the hands of the few. Natural cycle of business. But anti-trust is required to break the large corporations control of the market when concentration reaches a too high percentage.
Is MSFT not putting a gun to your head? Yes they are... Let me explain, I develop software on Windows and Linux and what stress me out is when MSFT introduces new API's.
I develop software and want to know the homepath of the user. In the good ol days it was the HOME environment variable. Well that does not work anymore. About a year ago I had to upgrade my Platform SDK to get the headers for the Shell API. Ok so I am happy and get the home path. Recently I decided to format my computer. I reinstall everything and I get the latest Platform SDK. I compile and nothing works. I look and look and find out the latest Platform SDK has 64 bit support and my app breaks because it is not 64 bit compatible. WTF! My app is a client app that will never see the 64 bit light of day. So off I go and try to hunt down a Platform SDK from about a year ago. I find it and it works.
But and this where monopoly comes into effect. Lets say MSFT introduces a new API that I need (like the special shell api to get the users home path), well then I am shafted because I have to integrate the unwanted 64 bit support. Or I could move to
I do not even think Canada would want them. Lets see MSFT deemed illegal, MSFT moves to Canada. Canada likes this? Doubtful since Canada has enough issues with the US on trade issues (lumber, oil, pipelines, etc). MSFT would be another thorn that Canada would avoid. In other words they would say sure come to Canada, but you are still liable for decisions in the US.
Being a UofW graduate, the problem of KW is KW itself. I have lived since University in Europe and seeing public transportation in action I have to say I like it.
Subways cost big bucks, trains cost big bucks, street cars cost big bucks. But guess what they work! I live just outside of Zurich and whenever I can I park just outside of Zurich and take the Tram into town. They have large parking lots outside of the city which are free and people use them to travel to the city. Actually in Europe having super parking lots outside of major cities is a common practice. It works and that is what KW should do.
Driving in a city sucks! You get nowhere quick and you are constantly on the clutch, brake and gas pedals.
Spreading out the population is a useless idea because what you get is a lot of traffic everywhere and you move nowhere quick. Case in point TO. Driving in TO sucks because TO starts in Oshawa and ends in Hamilton!
A comparison between a drivers license and a software license is not even close to the same thing. Basically a driver's license is a mechanism used to ensure that you know how to drive and a way to identify you when you did something wrong.
The day I need to take a course to buy any software is that day I switch to another piece of software.
When any company begins to equate their software as priviledge is the day that company becomes an extinct company. People consider software as a product they have purchased and owned and nothing can convince them otherwise. Look at CD's, DVD's, books, there is a market for used products!!!
Maybe not in France. But France and the UK are the exceptions in Europe. Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy (actually all of your income tax can go to the church) and others do have a church tax if you claim a denomination.
You live in one of the few countries in Europe that has a separation of church and state (1905 law, except those department that were part of Germany)
In the rest of Europe that separation does not exist and hence if Scientology were to become an official religion then the power it could influence would be quite strong.
Now about the murder bit, I put murder in quotations because it is a way of saying that the church can get away with a lot, but not necessarily murder. It is an expression!
Ok there has been this drive to not consider Scientology as a religion. But that is due to the legal process in Germany and most European states. In Europe religion falls under a very special law. Basically it gives them power to get away with "murder". And they can collect taxes from their followers.
Religion in North America is not treated special, simply like a charity. There are NO SPECIAL POWERS.
And giving away these special powers is not an easy task. Of course Scientology would want these powers like any other group...
The way Palladium eliminates fair use is as follows:
Lets say I develop an application or send a document. And I am not interested in getting a certificate for that application or document. Well Palladium can stop my application or document because it is untrusted. Fair enough, that is true. BUT and this is a big BUT, the control of determining this is not in my hands.
It sort of goes along the warrenty lines. Most people in Slashdot could take apart a computer with their eyes blindfolded. But if you buy a namebrand you will void the warrenty. Fair enough because the company does not know who is twiddling with the computer. The only catch is that I can void my warrenty if I want to. I have that choice!
Palladium will not allow me to void my fair use if a company deems it so. This runs counter to general consumer laws since the person who decides is not the consumer, but the company from where end product came from. This means I do not have a choice.
Big difference. Now about taking them to court? Yeah, yeah, do you happen to have the money to take them to court? The same situation will arise with as with Kaaza. Legally Kaaza is not responsible and hence the companies have to go after those that share. A very difficult scenario. With Palladium the tables are turned in that they can shut off access to one CD and you have to fight to have every CD turned "on". Will society actually go after every instance of wrong doing? Not likely!!!
Now about looser terms? Ha! Time and time again it has been proven that when corporations can increase their profit lines they will do so regardless. Corporations are entities that only care about money and not social ethics. Otherwise we would not have Enron and Tyco messes.
We have these problems now with "stealing" because corporations are gouging for CD's. Here in Europe the big Labels were just fined for price fixing CD's....
And how do you know that I do not use drugs? Huh? Putting labels on me based on assumptions of what I say? Maybe my drugs are hipper thans yours?
I personally think RMS is a kook and an extremist.. Like most "spirtual" leaders are. BUT and this is a big BUT, thanks to people like him and L Lessig our world is being attended to...
I consider myself more of a business person and see the world in shades of grey. Sure that is great for earning an income, the problem though is that my shade of grey might change from a more white grey to a more black grey. And that switch is an erosion of power that I only realize when it is too late... At that point my black grey is a white grey for most people because they have "gotten" used to it.
So hats off Mr RMS...
You can write software that is too complicated. It just requires that you reconsider how your write software. Oddly enough this will be a Web Service that I am going to release in the middle or end of November (http://www.devspace.com).
The reason I came on this is because we need this sort of help now. Software is too buggy and we need some help.
If you read his weblog he wants it to work on all platforms.
"Have I mentioned it's going to run on Macintosh, Linux, and Windows and will not require a server"
Evolution is not exactly intended to be run on a Windows Box or a Mac...
I have been doing some research on this topic and what is causing or changing global warming is humidity. From a previous posted Slashdot article about the global water conveyor belt I found out the reason why the earth is not as extreme as it is is because of the tempering effects of the global water conveyor. (The global water conveyor moves waters all around the world). Otherwise our climates would be more localized and extreme.
There was a stat if the humidity dropped by 30% our globe would cool down by about 5Deg C. And recently in another report I heard the same thing about the effects of humidity.
Now about a global climate change, we are due for one. One report from looking at the ice in Greenland says temperature flips every 10,000 years and we have not yet flipped in about 13,000 years. In other words we are DUE. What will happen when the global climate changes? An ice age will start that will last for a couple of thousand years.
The only folks who will really have problems are the Europeans because their climate is kept artificially warm. The rest of the world might not change much, other than get more extreme changes.
End result... Outside of removing a couple of billion people an ice age is coming...
To get some really interesting viewpoints goto google and do a search for "Great Ocean Conveyor" and a second one "Great Ocean Conveyor Ice Age". Interesting reads if you are into this stuff.