Read today that CO2 amounts were far higher than they are now during the last ice age. There is no evidence increased CO2 is related to anything.
If there is global warming, and there is also global warming on Mars, the Sun's influence cannot be ignored. Since we can't really regulate the Sun, and alot of funding is available for doomsayers it makes far more sense to blame humans.
I think the global warming debate is starting to hit a tipping point against the environmentalists. Crightons book (good or not) got out to a lot of people and for all its failures as a novel he really presents data effectively with footnotes and everything so even if he were lying the impression is that he's done careful work.
Combine that with Gore's movie which I've heard is as thrilling as a powerpoint presentation in a 90 movie meeting and now scientists are standing up and being heard to oppose global warming. My guess is the debate will shift again. Global warming became extreme climate because the warming facts didn't always fit. Now it will shift to something else, less provable, to keep the funding coming. Perhaps salinity in the oceans. Yeah the temp will only go up a bit but if the salinity in the oceans change by so much species will die and we'll get a chain reaction that will cause the marine ecosystem to fail. Without fish a lot of birds will die and we'll have a global catastrophy and every beached whale will become an exibit in the new scaremongering.
Yes we should clean up our pollutants on general principle. You don't shit in your own bed. But don't try to make anyone a hero or villian out of it.
My one piece of advice (and advice you'll find in almost every writing book) would be that unless you are writing a whitepaper or something more scholarly just write everything simple and direct. The object of writing is to spread information, not to impress the reader with your vocabulary.
Does anybody remember "Where's the Beef"? It didn't mention specifics but it was clearly bashing other competitors in a humorous way and it was mind-bogglingly successful.
I'm kind of surprised the Chinese government hasn't cut a deal with Sun to buy a boatload of Sun Ray clients. They could give them away to their universities and people ($100 a pop) and look like good guys while promoting computer literacy, helping the economy, and avoiding Microsoft. They'd have a better/cheaper upgrade path since the clients rarely ever have to be upgraded and it since everything is done server side they could spy on/censor their people and their people's surfing habits far easier than they could with a million desktops.
Vista is late, when it arrives there will be a lot of people buying new computers. Apple will have a dual-bootable system that has been tested for nearly a year by that point. This also gives Microsoft a bit of time to tweak their Vista code to make sure they give the best possible show on head-to-head OS comparisons by then.
The move/timing is brilliant and the only serious chance Apple has to regain marketshare. Fight Dell, not Windows.
I'd like a secret passage that can be accessed through a rotating bookshelf. That and a painting with eyes that can be removed so I can watch my guests from seclusion.
I think Apple's best chance was to get a version on Intel up, running, and running virtually bug free before Windows Vista shipped. Speed is a secondary concern to stability and user experience. Head to head should favor Apple.
Having a temporary advantage on a different chip didn't help much before.
That coined the old "one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter". Seems somewhat applicable to computer manufacturers as well.
Still after nearly a decade of "beleagured Apple Computer..."
Apple can't handle the Enterprise but they could buy access and customer base. Let Sun continue as is but chop off their lower end and put the Aqua interface ontop of the Solaris kernel.
Apple could then work on migrating SunRay technology into something for the home user. Even more basic than AOL. Just plug the box into the wall and they are up and running. That way we all won't have to do tech support for our parents and grandparents anymore. It'll all happen on the backend.
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The comment was snarky but funny. I suggest this gets moderated up a bit.
Read today that CO2 amounts were far higher than they are now during the last ice age. There is no evidence increased CO2 is related to anything. If there is global warming, and there is also global warming on Mars, the Sun's influence cannot be ignored. Since we can't really regulate the Sun, and alot of funding is available for doomsayers it makes far more sense to blame humans. I think the global warming debate is starting to hit a tipping point against the environmentalists. Crightons book (good or not) got out to a lot of people and for all its failures as a novel he really presents data effectively with footnotes and everything so even if he were lying the impression is that he's done careful work. Combine that with Gore's movie which I've heard is as thrilling as a powerpoint presentation in a 90 movie meeting and now scientists are standing up and being heard to oppose global warming. My guess is the debate will shift again. Global warming became extreme climate because the warming facts didn't always fit. Now it will shift to something else, less provable, to keep the funding coming. Perhaps salinity in the oceans. Yeah the temp will only go up a bit but if the salinity in the oceans change by so much species will die and we'll get a chain reaction that will cause the marine ecosystem to fail. Without fish a lot of birds will die and we'll have a global catastrophy and every beached whale will become an exibit in the new scaremongering. Yes we should clean up our pollutants on general principle. You don't shit in your own bed. But don't try to make anyone a hero or villian out of it.
Perhaps the computer literate of the world should regress back to text only email. That would solve a lot of the worlds email problems.
My one piece of advice (and advice you'll find in almost every writing book) would be that unless you are writing a whitepaper or something more scholarly just write everything simple and direct. The object of writing is to spread information, not to impress the reader with your vocabulary.
Does anybody remember "Where's the Beef"? It didn't mention specifics but it was clearly bashing other competitors in a humorous way and it was mind-bogglingly successful.
I'm kind of surprised the Chinese government hasn't cut a deal with Sun to buy a boatload of Sun Ray clients. They could give them away to their universities and people ($100 a pop) and look like good guys while promoting computer literacy, helping the economy, and avoiding Microsoft. They'd have a better/cheaper upgrade path since the clients rarely ever have to be upgraded and it since everything is done server side they could spy on/censor their people and their people's surfing habits far easier than they could with a million desktops.
Vista is late, when it arrives there will be a lot of people buying new computers. Apple will have a dual-bootable system that has been tested for nearly a year by that point. This also gives Microsoft a bit of time to tweak their Vista code to make sure they give the best possible show on head-to-head OS comparisons by then.
The move/timing is brilliant and the only serious chance Apple has to regain marketshare. Fight Dell, not Windows.
I'd like a secret passage that can be accessed through a rotating bookshelf. That and a painting with eyes that can be removed so I can watch my guests from seclusion.
I think Apple's best chance was to get a version on Intel up, running, and running virtually bug free before Windows Vista shipped. Speed is a secondary concern to stability and user experience. Head to head should favor Apple. Having a temporary advantage on a different chip didn't help much before.
Don't you have a lot of Jedis over there? Maybe they thought ID was Imperial Designated or something and skewed the poll.
That coined the old "one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter". Seems somewhat applicable to computer manufacturers as well. Still after nearly a decade of "beleagured Apple Computer..."
Apple can't handle the Enterprise but they could buy access and customer base. Let Sun continue as is but chop off their lower end and put the Aqua interface ontop of the Solaris kernel. Apple could then work on migrating SunRay technology into something for the home user. Even more basic than AOL. Just plug the box into the wall and they are up and running. That way we all won't have to do tech support for our parents and grandparents anymore. It'll all happen on the backend.