First, there is plenty of hard evidence. Thermometers around the world, satellite data, and much soft evidence like receding glaciers and retreating sea ice points quite clearly to global warming being real.
Please provide link to satellite data that shows global warming. Thank you.
A question: Why is that anyone that disagrees with the theory of human-induced global warming is automatically being paid by someone while alarmists based on junk science are assumed to be as pure as the white-driven snow?
We're actually in a warm spell, in the middle of an Ice Age. The tempertures should, on average, be going down, not up.
How on earth can you possibly presume to know that? Perhaps we're still on the upward slope aiming for a temperature peak before temperatures come down. On what science are you basing your assumption that temperatures should, on average, be coming down?
The fact that the temperatures are rising at all is significant.
The fact is that it's not a fact that temperatures are rising. Or do you global warmers still ignore the satellite record of the last 2+ decades?
The fact that they have sharply risen only since the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s is also significant.
And the fact that they haven't risen in the 2+ decades that we've had a truly accurate global measure of temperature is also significant.
Yeah, well we've proven that CO2 causes a greenhouse effect, and that our carbon sinks aren't soaking it up as fast as we pull it out of the earth and burn it.
We have? I've seen that asserted. I've seen that theorized But I havent' seen that proof. Can you link to it please?
Funny, I'd say the same thing about most of the folks that believe in global warming.
There IS another side to the issue and to say that there isn't is simply disingenuous. Makes you wonder about the motivations of the person that suggests such an obvious fallacy and makes you wonder what else that person is saying that might be equally false.
The fact is, there IS NO OTHER SIDE. The scientific evidence that humans are affecting the climate with CO2 is as clear as day, and scientists who say otherwise are hired by special interest groups or oil companies.
Spoken like a true left-wing environmentalist liberal.
Seriously, my name-calling may be inappropriate but your suggestion that all scientists that disagree with the human-induced global warming are hired by special interests is untrue. Also to suggest that there is "no other side" is dangerously fascist.
Regardless of your position on global warming, your response to it essetially advocating censorship of opposing views in science is even more cause of concerned than global warming.
And they can do the encryption needed for wireless?
Certain levels of encryption can be done with an 8-bit MCU but time-critical encryption for wireless transmission is usually handled by external chipsets.
Again, I'm not sure what kind of toaster, alarm clock, etc. is going to need to run a website over an encrypted wireless link. But whatever. Apparently you're a potential customer.:)
8-bit microcontrollers can be connected to the Internet already . You can even run a website on an 8-bit 8051 and can do it with fewer and cheaper components and on a smaller board than any 32-bit CPU can.
Really, believe me. 8-bit MCUs aren't going anywhere. Even if people, for some weird reason, want their alarm clocks, washing machines, and toasters on the Internet.
Ok, so as soon as everyone stops buying TV remote controls, microwave ovens, washing machines, dryers, keyless remote controls, motion detector systems for alarms, alarm clocks, little devices that turn your lights on and off at certain times, etc. etc. then the demand for 8-bit CPUs will shrink and they will exceed the cost of 32-bit CPUs.
In the meantime, don't expect the demand for 8-bit to dry up.
Seriously, PICs are used mostly in the hobbyist/student area. Certainly there are exceptions so no need to point them out, but the majority of the 8-bit embedded industry is run by the 8051 microcontroller. It killed 4-bit probably a decade before PIC even existed.
Very true. Many people today just don't understand what "embedded" really means. As much as some people would like to call Palm, WinCE, a Pentium-in-a-small-box, or any computer in a small enclosure "embedded" that completely redefines what embedded traditionally meant. It meant that the the microcontroller was embedded within the rest of the product. The microcontroller wasn't the focus of the product but rather it significantly reduced part counts by doing what used to take lots of ICs and board space. You can bet that anything that includes this kind of 32-bit chip for $3 is going to be doing some heavy marketing for browsing rights on what drives the product. But do you really think anyone cares if their washing machine is 32-bit?
8-bit microcontrollers aren't going anywhere. Many 8051's are still less than a tenth of the cost of these 32-bit chips. And many 8051's have on-board "everything." Your program is flashed onto the MCU, you have a built in serial port which requires, at most, a MAX232 to convert to RS232 levels, many have A/D and D/A converters, some even have MP3 decoding capability (Atmel if I remember correctly).
In short, these cheap 32-bit micros don't mean the "end of anything." They're a good tool for the right jobs, which probably include cell phones, PDAs, etc. But microcontrollers are not microprocessors. That's why you're not going to see a 32-bit CPU in your TV's remote control, inside your microwave (probably), controlling your fridge, inside the remote control of your car's remote key entry system, inside an alarm clock, inside your PC keyboard, blah blah blah.
Until Google makes it impossible to do or devises negative consequences for doing it, it's fair game.
Thank you, you are confirming exactly what I said. It's sad that some people see things like this as "fair game." GmailFS is an abuse of a free service being provided by Gmail for an entirely different purpose. It's like the old "freakers" that used Black Boxes to get free calls on the long distance network decades ago. Yes, they could do it, but should they?
Even so, it's one thing for AT&T to have an adequate security system in place--but in the case of GmailFS we're not talking about Google having inadequate security in place. We're talking about Google lacking anti-abuse algorithms in place. It's sad that it's not the script kiddies that are going to force Google to have to put limits on their service, but their "friends" in the geek community.
Part of being part of technology isn't just doing everything you can do but doing only those things we should do. Google has generally been well-received in the geek/Linux community. Are we go to say "thanks" by abusing the free service they are providing?
Those who misuse a technology will force that technology to no longer exist. Gmail is providing a 1GB *MAIL* account. It's not a free backup server. If people start using it as such you're going to see Gmail placing bandwidth restrictions on accounts, maybe even lowering the 1GB quota to something much smaller.
The GmailFS is a cute little technological achievement, but it's not what Gmail is for and I'm afraid that if any significant number of people use GmailFS that Gmail is going to suffer TOS adjustments that will affect everyone.
That's fine, but the problem is I have an existing 150+ page document. I've created a new style that I'm using for the preface and table of comments (that basically uses roman numerals for the page numbers). Then when the "real" book starts I want to change to "Default" which will have normal Arabic numbers for page numbers. So I insert a Page Break and tell it to switch to Default--that works fine, but now I have an extra page between my preface/table of contents and the rest of the book at that point where I inserted the page break. If I try to delete that page I am able to do so, but then the "default" setting for the rest of the book reverts to the "preface/table of contents" style.
Never mind my second question regarding left/right pages. I figured that out. But I'd still like to know if there's some way to change the style of an existing page that has already been created. I can do that by selecting a style, but it changes all the previous and subsequent pages of that style, too. I'd like to be able to select a style and have it be applied only to all subsequent pages until or unless, further below, I select yet another style.
Is there any way to change the style of an existing page to another style without having to create a new page (setting the style in the process) and then copy/pasting the existing page into it?
Also, if I want the page number on the left side for even number pages and the page number on the right side for odd number pages, how do I do that? I see styles for "Left page" and "Right page" but I can't imagine I have to individually set the style for each each to either left or right page, do I?
Totally off-topic, but I've been trying to figure out how to make OpenOffice start applying page numbers and footers to something other than all pages. I want the first 3 or 4 pages to be footer-free and not count towards the page numbering. I've tried formatting/configuring the footer but I've been unable to achieve this.
Any decent Bayesian filter (or the tokenizer, really) only looks at the real output of the message. HTML comments or bad tags are ignored.
My Bayesian filter extracts all HTML tags completely out of the message so any VIAGRA word is going to be treated as VIAGRA regardless of how it is broken up with HTML tags. My Bayesian filter also goes a step further and looks for invalid HTML tags--so when the spammer does things like breaks up the message with tags like [PRESIDENT] that is treated as a Bayesian token itself "Message uses invalid tags." A message that uses invalid tags probably has a 95%+ chance of being spam (the exact percentage will depend on your mix of spam and broken non-spam).
My Bayesian filter also looks for excessive use of HTML comments. Unfortunately some email clients insert HTML comments, but there are usually not too many. So my Bayesian filter looks for conditions such as "Message has more than 5 HTML tags" and "Message has more than 15 HTML tags", all the way up to "Message has more than 30 HTML tags." Very few legitimate mails have more than 30 HTML tags in them so the fact that there are so many HTML tags becomes a great spam indicator for Bayesian to work with.
No kidding. I consider SS to be just a tax which, like the other taxes I pay, I expect nothing in return except to not be thrown in jail for income tax evasion.
Anyone that counts on the government for their retirement is just stupid. If, somehow, SS is fixed, great, consider it a bonus to the real money you've saved for your retirement.
I will trust that your quotes are accurate. Even if they are, the question is whether Mr. King would approve of how these programs have been twisted and convoluted in recent decades.
I have a lot of respect for what Bill Cosby has been saying in recent months. It takes a lot of guts to say it and in our political culture only a black person could say it. Any non-black that said exactly what Bill Cosby said would be instantly labeled a racist, and even Cosby has caught some grief. But I think everything he's said is right on the money.
It's sad when someone that speaks the truth can be labeled racist just because the truth does not agree with political correctness. It's the ultimate demonstration of intolerance.
Yeah, right. In many countries individuals (citizens) bribe other individuals (governnment employees) for things they shouldn't have to bribe anyone for. Corporations are nowhere in that picture.
Really, you should just modify your quote as: "Without humans there would not be bribery."
I still believe that the best solution is to collect the cost of insurance at the gas pump by placing a tax on the gas so that those who drive more pay more. They can do this without any invasion of privacy too.
Exactly what I was thinking, though I would be cautious to invite more taxation. But it could have the added benefit that anyone and everyone driving a car would be automatically insured if the gas tax was paying for insurance.
Also, interestingly, it seems my insurance company asks me for approximately how many miles I drive the car. It seems silly to ask the question if they don't use it to calculate my premium.
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Please provide link to satellite data that shows global warming. Thank you.
Come on guys, your liberalism is showing.
How on earth can you possibly presume to know that? Perhaps we're still on the upward slope aiming for a temperature peak before temperatures come down. On what science are you basing your assumption that temperatures should, on average, be coming down?
The fact that the temperatures are rising at all is significant.
The fact is that it's not a fact that temperatures are rising. Or do you global warmers still ignore the satellite record of the last 2+ decades?
The fact that they have sharply risen only since the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s is also significant.
And the fact that they haven't risen in the 2+ decades that we've had a truly accurate global measure of temperature is also significant.
We have? I've seen that asserted. I've seen that theorized But I havent' seen that proof. Can you link to it please?
There IS another side to the issue and to say that there isn't is simply disingenuous. Makes you wonder about the motivations of the person that suggests such an obvious fallacy and makes you wonder what else that person is saying that might be equally false.
Spoken like a true left-wing environmentalist liberal.
Seriously, my name-calling may be inappropriate but your suggestion that all scientists that disagree with the human-induced global warming are hired by special interests is untrue. Also to suggest that there is "no other side" is dangerously fascist.
Regardless of your position on global warming, your response to it essetially advocating censorship of opposing views in science is even more cause of concerned than global warming.
Certain levels of encryption can be done with an 8-bit MCU but time-critical encryption for wireless transmission is usually handled by external chipsets.
Again, I'm not sure what kind of toaster, alarm clock, etc. is going to need to run a website over an encrypted wireless link. But whatever. Apparently you're a potential customer. :)
Really, believe me. 8-bit MCUs aren't going anywhere. Even if people, for some weird reason, want their alarm clocks, washing machines, and toasters on the Internet.
In the meantime, don't expect the demand for 8-bit to dry up.
Don't be silly, PICs are for kids!
Seriously, PICs are used mostly in the hobbyist/student area. Certainly there are exceptions so no need to point them out, but the majority of the 8-bit embedded industry is run by the 8051 microcontroller. It killed 4-bit probably a decade before PIC even existed.
8-bit microcontrollers aren't going anywhere. Many 8051's are still less than a tenth of the cost of these 32-bit chips. And many 8051's have on-board "everything." Your program is flashed onto the MCU, you have a built in serial port which requires, at most, a MAX232 to convert to RS232 levels, many have A/D and D/A converters, some even have MP3 decoding capability (Atmel if I remember correctly).
In short, these cheap 32-bit micros don't mean the "end of anything." They're a good tool for the right jobs, which probably include cell phones, PDAs, etc. But microcontrollers are not microprocessors. That's why you're not going to see a 32-bit CPU in your TV's remote control, inside your microwave (probably), controlling your fridge, inside the remote control of your car's remote key entry system, inside an alarm clock, inside your PC keyboard, blah blah blah.
Works fine here, including file transfers. Have no idea what you're talking about.
Thank you, you are confirming exactly what I said. It's sad that some people see things like this as "fair game." GmailFS is an abuse of a free service being provided by Gmail for an entirely different purpose. It's like the old "freakers" that used Black Boxes to get free calls on the long distance network decades ago. Yes, they could do it, but should they?
Even so, it's one thing for AT&T to have an adequate security system in place--but in the case of GmailFS we're not talking about Google having inadequate security in place. We're talking about Google lacking anti-abuse algorithms in place. It's sad that it's not the script kiddies that are going to force Google to have to put limits on their service, but their "friends" in the geek community.
Part of being part of technology isn't just doing everything you can do but doing only those things we should do. Google has generally been well-received in the geek/Linux community. Are we go to say "thanks" by abusing the free service they are providing?
The GmailFS is a cute little technological achievement, but it's not what Gmail is for and I'm afraid that if any significant number of people use GmailFS that Gmail is going to suffer TOS adjustments that will affect everyone.
Is there any way to change the style of an existing page to another style without having to create a new page (setting the style in the process) and then copy/pasting the existing page into it?
Also, if I want the page number on the left side for even number pages and the page number on the right side for odd number pages, how do I do that? I see styles for "Left page" and "Right page" but I can't imagine I have to individually set the style for each each to either left or right page, do I?
Thanks again for your help!
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
My Bayesian filter extracts all HTML tags completely out of the message so any VIAGRA word is going to be treated as VIAGRA regardless of how it is broken up with HTML tags. My Bayesian filter also goes a step further and looks for invalid HTML tags--so when the spammer does things like breaks up the message with tags like [PRESIDENT] that is treated as a Bayesian token itself "Message uses invalid tags." A message that uses invalid tags probably has a 95%+ chance of being spam (the exact percentage will depend on your mix of spam and broken non-spam).
My Bayesian filter also looks for excessive use of HTML comments. Unfortunately some email clients insert HTML comments, but there are usually not too many. So my Bayesian filter looks for conditions such as "Message has more than 5 HTML tags" and "Message has more than 15 HTML tags", all the way up to "Message has more than 30 HTML tags." Very few legitimate mails have more than 30 HTML tags in them so the fact that there are so many HTML tags becomes a great spam indicator for Bayesian to work with.
Spammers make it all too easy... :)
Anyone that counts on the government for their retirement is just stupid. If, somehow, SS is fixed, great, consider it a bonus to the real money you've saved for your retirement.
I have a lot of respect for what Bill Cosby has been saying in recent months. It takes a lot of guts to say it and in our political culture only a black person could say it. Any non-black that said exactly what Bill Cosby said would be instantly labeled a racist, and even Cosby has caught some grief. But I think everything he's said is right on the money.
It's sad when someone that speaks the truth can be labeled racist just because the truth does not agree with political correctness. It's the ultimate demonstration of intolerance.
BOOM!
"Well, no, probably not now."
Really, you should just modify your quote as: "Without humans there would not be bribery."
Exactly what I was thinking, though I would be cautious to invite more taxation. But it could have the added benefit that anyone and everyone driving a car would be automatically insured if the gas tax was paying for insurance.
Also, interestingly, it seems my insurance company asks me for approximately how many miles I drive the car. It seems silly to ask the question if they don't use it to calculate my premium.