According to a story (A Radical Step to Preserve a Species: Assisted Migration by Carl Zimmer) run in the Science Times section of the New York Times (Tuesday, January 23, 2007) “Climate scientists expect that the planet will become warmer in the next century if humans continue to produce greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide.” Read [...]
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Monthly Archives: January 2007
Jan 22
Interesting Perspective
“What would you say if I told you that 43,000 Americans would die this year from terrorist attacks?” This comic asks the question, then voices some chilling recommendations, only to spin things around in the last couple frames. Definitely worth a look!Tweet
Jan 20
Playing the Market
I’ve been employed with Lifetime Products for over a year now, and as such now qualify for their 401(k) plan (which is quite generous). While I like 401(k)’s on the surface, I’m not that thrilled with the nuts and bolts of how they work. Basically, for those who don’t know, your employer partners with a [...]
Jan 16
Why U.S. Presidential Hopeful Barack Obama Doesn't Want You to Know His Middle Name
Barack Obama, a Democrat, is Illinois’ Junior U.S. Senator (Incumbent) and has recently taken the first steps to being considered as a candidate for President. But he’s got a secret that may very well haunt his campaign. The secret? His middle name. Barack Obama’s middle name is Hussein. Barack’s father was a Muslim. Barack himself [...]
Jan 16
A Web Developer's Guide to "Downtime"
When picking a web host it is very important to keep “uptime” in mind. What is “uptime” you ask? Simply put, uptime is the percentage to time that the website is “up,” measured annually. In other words, if your web host tells you they have an “uptime guarantee” of 99.999%, they say your website should [...]
