I don't think so either. I also used to be a SETI@Home supporter and supplied them with over 2 years of CPU time. Then I found THE Extraterrestrial Intelligent life form and did not even need a computer or telescope. I have since dedicated my CPU time to things that are more important to me.
"There is a reason for this, google is a superior searchengine"
I agree. The traffic to my domain has been increasing at a rate of over 20% per month. I run several blogs there along with a podcast. I keep the content fairly fresh. It is Google searches that drive in a majority of the new traffic to my site. I do get my share of traffic from other bloggers linking to me, but Google is my friend.
Another interesting traffic generator for me is my iTunes store.
I am averaging over 20K visitors per month to my domain and will likely pass the 100K visitor per month mark by the end of this year at this rate of traffic growth.
From the article, "Goodwin knows how easy it is for Big Brother to gain access to personal information."
This one reason for not using the Internet is a perfect example of pure ignorance in regards to privacy. I bet this person has no problem handing a credit card to the waitress, gas station attendant, or retail clerk. How do these oh so careful people combat a waitress, gas station attendant, or retail clear from making note of the credit card number, three digit security code on the back, and expiration date and then selling it to a friend or using it themselves?
The article mentions dialects as a potential roadblock. There is no mention of how this system would allow for the patient to ask questions. That is another pretty big hurdle.
That's right. You pegged me. I don't trust the likes of the LA Times and other members of the MSM any further than I can throw a truckload of their newspapers. My point in adding links to other sides to this argument is to show that there is another less liberal bias side to the argument that MSM tends to avoid. I am not convinced either way. I hope that you nor anyone else bases their opinions solely on what the LA Times reports. Equally as important is that you do not base your opinion on these subjects based on the information given solely by the likes of junkscience.com. The bottom line is that there is not enough evidence to have me worry about the affects that I have as one person on the global warming concerns. Oh, did we ever determine if there really are concerns to begin with? The LA Times and other MSM members are certainly not going to change my mind.
"How the hell are there still people who think you plug hybrids in?"
Answer: I have not looked very hard at the specifics of a hybrid until today. I could not get past the total cost of ownership component. I didn't really care how they worked if they were going to cost that much more to own and operate.
Thanks to yours and other postings I have taken a closer look. I posted a spill on one of my blogs as a result. You can read it here.
I am still not ready to buy my first hybrid, but I am getting closer. Thanks for your feedback.
Has anyone done research on how much fossil fuel is used to produce the electricity to charge these vehicles. How much harm is done by disposing of the batteries that are no longer of use? Where is the rest of the story?
No...I am saying that you should come up with some real hard facts (Globally over a few thousand years) to back your claims before trying to take action. If it really is not broke, then why should we try so hard to fix it?
There are no solid conclusions among all scientist on the effects of global warming. You can look here, here, here, and here to see the lack of consensus on this subject among scientists.
This is nothing more that a main stream media hype of one guys opinion to try to invoke fear in the general population.
Anyone can single out and focus on one area of the planet for a 100 year period in the Earth's history and come to a conclusion that would sound devastating if it really did apply to the whole planet for a longer period of time.
My first thought was this will really help bloggers.
Not really because those blogs updated the most are generally the ones getting the most traffic already anyway?
There is a tool out there to feed a few of these email addicts. It's not free, but the concept could easily be replicated on your own server as long as the recipient accepts HTML formatted email.
Here's what it does for the addict.
Tracks when an email was read
Tracks how long email was viewed
Tracks where it was read - (Yeah Right, How could this be? Do they think IP Addresses are geographic?)
If message was forwarded then goto to 1.
I have not looked hard at how it works, but I suspect that the system embeds a small graphic that is loaded off of a remote web server where the are doing extensive logging and reporting back to the addict..I mean sender. If that is it, then you could easily replicate that by adding a graphic to your signature that loads from your web server.
Slashdot Mirror
If all satellites are off by 13 milliseconds then you end up with all good signals but a bad position. Not the case here, but just saying.
An aircraft in inclement weather using GPS to find an airport might also have a problem with a 4km error.
I don't think so either. I also used to be a SETI@Home supporter and supplied them with over 2 years of CPU time. Then I found THE Extraterrestrial Intelligent life form and did not even need a computer or telescope. I have since dedicated my CPU time to things that are more important to me.
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My SETI@Home Stats - http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_user.php?user
The source of my own personal SETI discovery - http://www.hoei.com/blog/tlb/
From the article, "Goodwin knows how easy it is for Big Brother to gain access to personal information." This one reason for not using the Internet is a perfect example of pure ignorance in regards to privacy. I bet this person has no problem handing a credit card to the waitress, gas station attendant, or retail clerk. How do these oh so careful people combat a waitress, gas station attendant, or retail clear from making note of the credit card number, three digit security code on the back, and expiration date and then selling it to a friend or using it themselves?
Mr. Freston should focus on enhancing his image with parents if he wants to grow his business.
The article mentions dialects as a potential roadblock. There is no mention of how this system would allow for the patient to ask questions. That is another pretty big hurdle.
If suing is how Tagent treats it's Certified Partners, I would hate to be their enemy.
So...You can ask to be entered in the database to be exluded from the database. Hmmm?
That's right. You pegged me. I don't trust the likes of the LA Times and other members of the MSM any further than I can throw a truckload of their newspapers. My point in adding links to other sides to this argument is to show that there is another less liberal bias side to the argument that MSM tends to avoid. I am not convinced either way. I hope that you nor anyone else bases their opinions solely on what the LA Times reports. Equally as important is that you do not base your opinion on these subjects based on the information given solely by the likes of junkscience.com. The bottom line is that there is not enough evidence to have me worry about the affects that I have as one person on the global warming concerns. Oh, did we ever determine if there really are concerns to begin with? The LA Times and other MSM members are certainly not going to change my mind.
Great question.
"How the hell are there still people who think you plug hybrids in?"
Answer: I have not looked very hard at the specifics of a hybrid until today. I could not get past the total cost of ownership component. I didn't really care how they worked if they were going to cost that much more to own and operate.
Thanks to yours and other postings I have taken a closer look. I posted a spill on one of my blogs as a result. You can read it here.
I am still not ready to buy my first hybrid, but I am getting closer. Thanks for your feedback.
Has anyone done research on how much fossil fuel is used to produce the electricity to charge these vehicles. How much harm is done by disposing of the batteries that are no longer of use? Where is the rest of the story?
No...I am saying that you should come up with some real hard facts (Globally over a few thousand years) to back your claims before trying to take action. If it really is not broke, then why should we try so hard to fix it?
There are no solid conclusions among all scientist on the effects of global warming. You can look here, here, here, and here to see the lack of consensus on this subject among scientists.
This is nothing more that a main stream media hype of one guys opinion to try to invoke fear in the general population.
Anyone can single out and focus on one area of the planet for a 100 year period in the Earth's history and come to a conclusion that would sound devastating if it really did apply to the whole planet for a longer period of time.
My first thought was this will really help bloggers. Not really because those blogs updated the most are generally the ones getting the most traffic already anyway?
True...but I don't think that these folks are tagetin Gmail users as theor primary client base.
Here's what it does for the addict.
I have not looked hard at how it works, but I suspect that the system embeds a small graphic that is loaded off of a remote web server where the are doing extensive logging and reporting back to the addict..I mean sender. If that is it, then you could easily replicate that by adding a graphic to your signature that loads from your web server.
The server is called DidTheyReadIt?