I can only find the excerpts. The original document seems to be completely gone. A paraphrased commentary does not a source document make. Looks like Apex actually managed to get the document down before they could be replicated endlessly.
No, I read everything you linked to. I think you misunderstand my reference though. I'm not saying there was a 70's ice age. I'm referring to popular belief in that time that there was the beginnings of a cooling trend (which there was, if short-lived). But during that time there was suddenly a growing concern in larger circles that we were causing global cooling.
My point simply being that we need to be careful of jumping to conclusions based on even a 30 year trend when it refers to the ebb and flow of global weather patterns that may span 100's of years. Especially when there is a growing spread in results such as the last 30 years of tree ring data not matching the recorded temps.
For the ferocity that the global warming (now called climate change) groups defend the "fact" that humans are about to destroy the planet if we don't stop polluting today, it would be nice to see more fact. In truth, there are too many factors involved in temperature change to be certain what is causing what. I'm not saying we don't have an impact. That would be naive. But I also think there are some short-sighted solutions being brought to the table.
"It's worth a read-through."
No it isn't, and here's why.
I'm sorry you feel that way. I did take the time to read the link you provided and the written testimony to the oversight committee. Here are some excerpts worth noting.
Even less confidence can be placed in the original conclusions by
Mann et al. (1999) that “the 1990s are likely the warmest decade, and 1998 the warmest
year, in at least a millennium” because the uncertainties inherent in temperature
reconstructions for individual years and decades are larger than those for longer time
periods, and because not all of the available proxies record temperature information on
such short timescales.
...
The scientific consensus
regarding human-induced global warming would not be substantively altered if, for
example, the global mean surface temperature 1,000 years ago was found to be as warm
as it is today. This is because reconstructions of surface temperature do not tell us why
the climate is changing.
I find it interesting that the conclusion was that the claim that it's the hottest in a millenium was a bit of a stretch scientifically speaking and that even if they find out it was warmer in the past they will still conclude that humans are the cause of the recent increase in temperature. Which, I find ironic since humans were the reason for the coming ice age in the 70's as well.
Watts up with that rebuttal to Skepticsm article
on
The Limits To Skepticism
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· Score: 2, Informative
Actually, the blogger replied to the response and addressed each point. He admitted to 2 minor mistakes that didn't affect his main point. Here's a link to his reply here. It's worth a read-through. He's a bit more than just a random blogger. He studies and focuses specifically on climate change. It's only unfortunate that so many folks seem to pick their side instead of reading both sides of the discussion. Depending on others to do your thinking for you is dangerous.
Other people know about that game? I thought it was confined to some of my stranger friends. I don't play it myself but I find it's a very entertaining spectator sport at times.:)
Depending on how you define benchmarks that may also include side-by-side comparisons in effectiveness as well. So, tests to compare how many viruses it found/removed versus another product may be against the rules being classified as another "benchmark". Those independent tests (the ones not allowed/paid for by a vendor) are vital to the decision-making process.
I also was disappointed to find that clause in the licensing agreement.
# You may not
* disclose the results of any benchmark tests of the software to any third party without Microsoftâ(TM)s prior written approval;
So, it's not that you can't talk about it. You just aren't allowed to publish the results of any benchmarks.Which leaves everyone to anecdotal evidence when discussing the merits/flaws of the product instead of being able to show real numbers and proof. If you can't back up you opinion with facts (benchmarks) you may as well not say much at all. Quite disappointing really.
I never tried 9 but I just installed 10 and it's running Slashdot beautifully! I hate to admit it, but it's certainly faster than my Firefox. If it only ran XMarks...
And, you don't even need a local account. Boot PC off CD and reset the adminstrator account password. The machine is yours. Or, if you only want the unexcrypted data off the HD choose the LiveCD of your choice (like Ubuntu) and click on the hard drive. All file are there and you have full permissions. Replace any one you want. Of course, all of this can be done to a *nix machine too. Fact is, if you have physical access to the machine it's really only a matter of time before you have what you want.
For what it's worth, I've used these tools for data recovery and accessing machines that have been hosed. I've done NTPasswd on XP home/pro and the data recovery in Vista and Win 7.
~shrugs~ Not necessary. I have a completely blind friend who passed the conceal-carry shooting test and got his license. He taught me how to shoot. But I still have better aim.:P
And yes, I know you were being funny, and yes, I did laugh.:D
Well, I can think of a couple "hard" skills (versus "soft" skills) that would benefit a manager:
1. Process control and information management. There are so many inefficiencies in some organizations because new policies and procedures are added without looking at how they interact with (or replicate) something that already exists. It's like re-coding the same function 10 times instead of reusing the existing code.
2. Learning "legalese". Many things that affect companies come from government policy changes and keeping up on those policy changes and being able to read, understand, and make decisions off those policies can give a company a great advantage. Managers need to be looking outside the company as well as inside to keep the company competitive.
Ok, so that's all that comes to mind quickly at 9am for hard skills but I still think soft skill shouldn't be over-looked. Some people are just a horse's patoot and they need training on how to pretend to be reasonable so it's at least possible to interact with them.:P
I do a similar thing when cleaning a totally infested Windows box but you might want to consider one change to your process. Instead of installing Java and using an online AV scanner, I run the Live CD, then plug in a thumb drive with the Avast.DEB and install and update it. Only takes a couple minutes and then I can do a local scan. Saves having to connect to a network at all. I would presume the scan would go a little faster too but I don't know how fast those online Java-based scanners work.
If I were really cool I would just make my own Live CD with Avast already on it but I'm not that cool.:P
I admit it's strange but I believe I encountered it at a local library location after they made some changes to their public wifi system. I used to be able to connect with my linux box but then it stopped working for me but worked for Windows boxes. I could connect to the AP and get an IP but all of the routing information seemed bad and there was no DNS resolution. It was very odd.
Slashdot Mirror
I can only find the excerpts. The original document seems to be completely gone. A paraphrased commentary does not a source document make. Looks like Apex actually managed to get the document down before they could be replicated endlessly.
~lol~ Yup, had my literal hat on. Totally over my head. Oh well, it happens.
Everybody sing along now: S-U-C-C-E-E-S! That's the way you spell success.
~chuckles~ Really? You might want to try that again. :P
No, I read everything you linked to. I think you misunderstand my reference though. I'm not saying there was a 70's ice age. I'm referring to popular belief in that time that there was the beginnings of a cooling trend (which there was, if short-lived). But during that time there was suddenly a growing concern in larger circles that we were causing global cooling.
My point simply being that we need to be careful of jumping to conclusions based on even a 30 year trend when it refers to the ebb and flow of global weather patterns that may span 100's of years. Especially when there is a growing spread in results such as the last 30 years of tree ring data not matching the recorded temps.
For the ferocity that the global warming (now called climate change) groups defend the "fact" that humans are about to destroy the planet if we don't stop polluting today, it would be nice to see more fact. In truth, there are too many factors involved in temperature change to be certain what is causing what. I'm not saying we don't have an impact. That would be naive. But I also think there are some short-sighted solutions being brought to the table.
"It's worth a read-through." No it isn't, and here's why.
I'm sorry you feel that way. I did take the time to read the link you provided and the written testimony to the oversight committee. Here are some excerpts worth noting.
Even less confidence can be placed in the original conclusions by Mann et al. (1999) that “the 1990s are likely the warmest decade, and 1998 the warmest year, in at least a millennium” because the uncertainties inherent in temperature reconstructions for individual years and decades are larger than those for longer time periods, and because not all of the available proxies record temperature information on such short timescales.
...
The scientific consensus regarding human-induced global warming would not be substantively altered if, for example, the global mean surface temperature 1,000 years ago was found to be as warm as it is today. This is because reconstructions of surface temperature do not tell us why the climate is changing.
I find it interesting that the conclusion was that the claim that it's the hottest in a millenium was a bit of a stretch scientifically speaking and that even if they find out it was warmer in the past they will still conclude that humans are the cause of the recent increase in temperature. Which, I find ironic since humans were the reason for the coming ice age in the 70's as well.
Actually, the blogger replied to the response and addressed each point. He admitted to 2 minor mistakes that didn't affect his main point. Here's a link to his reply here. It's worth a read-through. He's a bit more than just a random blogger. He studies and focuses specifically on climate change. It's only unfortunate that so many folks seem to pick their side instead of reading both sides of the discussion. Depending on others to do your thinking for you is dangerous.
bada*s phone! :P
~ROFL~ My thoughts exactly!
Thanks, that helps. I knew what one was and how it worked. Just wasn't sure what could cause a false positive. Learn something new every day...
Did anyone else get a Decompression Bomb error on chronnet.exe? Here's my scanner record...
2009-11-20 18:07:38 Error while scanning '/home/michael/Downloads/FOIA/documents/kbtree/stepan/chronnet.exe/HD.RES': The file is a decompression bomb
It could just be an error on the part of the scanner but I wondered if anyone else came across that as well. I'm using Avast BTW.
"about 2,000 (households) in far-flung corners of the country" wouldn't be included.
Other people know about that game? I thought it was confined to some of my stranger friends. I don't play it myself but I find it's a very entertaining spectator sport at times. :)
Depending on how you define benchmarks that may also include side-by-side comparisons in effectiveness as well. So, tests to compare how many viruses it found/removed versus another product may be against the rules being classified as another "benchmark". Those independent tests (the ones not allowed/paid for by a vendor) are vital to the decision-making process.
I also was disappointed to find that clause in the licensing agreement.
# You may not
* disclose the results of any benchmark tests of the software to any third party without Microsoftâ(TM)s prior written approval;
So, it's not that you can't talk about it. You just aren't allowed to publish the results of any benchmarks.Which leaves everyone to anecdotal evidence when discussing the merits/flaws of the product instead of being able to show real numbers and proof. If you can't back up you opinion with facts (benchmarks) you may as well not say much at all. Quite disappointing really.
Yup, just added worksonslashdot tag to this article without problem.
I never tried 9 but I just installed 10 and it's running Slashdot beautifully! I hate to admit it, but it's certainly faster than my Firefox. If it only ran XMarks...
I'm not sure about an announcement but here's a CNET article from last night...
Opera 10 browser is here
You're both right. I got physical access and local account mixed up in my brain. My excuse is long day. Oops.
Sure, no problem.
NTPasswd
And, you don't even need a local account. Boot PC off CD and reset the adminstrator account password. The machine is yours. Or, if you only want the unexcrypted data off the HD choose the LiveCD of your choice (like Ubuntu) and click on the hard drive. All file are there and you have full permissions. Replace any one you want. Of course, all of this can be done to a *nix machine too. Fact is, if you have physical access to the machine it's really only a matter of time before you have what you want.
For what it's worth, I've used these tools for data recovery and accessing machines that have been hosed. I've done NTPasswd on XP home/pro and the data recovery in Vista and Win 7.
~shrugs~ Not necessary. I have a completely blind friend who passed the conceal-carry shooting test and got his license. He taught me how to shoot. But I still have better aim. :P
:D
And yes, I know you were being funny, and yes, I did laugh.
Well, I can think of a couple "hard" skills (versus "soft" skills) that would benefit a manager:
:P
1. Process control and information management. There are so many inefficiencies in some organizations because new policies and procedures are added without looking at how they interact with (or replicate) something that already exists. It's like re-coding the same function 10 times instead of reusing the existing code.
2. Learning "legalese". Many things that affect companies come from government policy changes and keeping up on those policy changes and being able to read, understand, and make decisions off those policies can give a company a great advantage. Managers need to be looking outside the company as well as inside to keep the company competitive.
Ok, so that's all that comes to mind quickly at 9am for hard skills but I still think soft skill shouldn't be over-looked. Some people are just a horse's patoot and they need training on how to pretend to be reasonable so it's at least possible to interact with them.
~chuckles~ Why not, we apparently like buying defective merchandise from other countries... :P http://circ.jmellon.com/docs/html/the_hmcs_chicoutimi_canadas_rebaptized_british_submarine.html
I do a similar thing when cleaning a totally infested Windows box but you might want to consider one change to your process. Instead of installing Java and using an online AV scanner, I run the Live CD, then plug in a thumb drive with the Avast .DEB and install and update it. Only takes a couple minutes and then I can do a local scan. Saves having to connect to a network at all. I would presume the scan would go a little faster too but I don't know how fast those online Java-based scanners work.
:P
If I were really cool I would just make my own Live CD with Avast already on it but I'm not that cool.
I admit it's strange but I believe I encountered it at a local library location after they made some changes to their public wifi system. I used to be able to connect with my linux box but then it stopped working for me but worked for Windows boxes. I could connect to the AP and get an IP but all of the routing information seemed bad and there was no DNS resolution. It was very odd.
No worries. I laughed. ~chuckles~