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Global Warming: The Cold, Hard Facts… 2007-06-12 10:07:06 Global Warming, as we think we know it, doesn’t exist. And I am not the only one trying to make people open up their eyes and see the truth. But few listen, despite the fact that I was one of the first Canadian Ph.Ds. in Climatology and I have an extensive background in climatology, especially [...] Read more:Global Warming
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An Inconvenient Fact… 2007-06-09 09:39:11 “Only an insignificant fraction of scientists deny the global warming crisis. The time for debate is over. The science is settled”-Al Gore, 1992
So, what does Al Gore consider an insignificant fraction? A Gallup poll of the same time of scientists involved in climate research reported that 53% believed global warming was not occurring, 30% didn’t [...]
Spinning The iRack… 2007-06-03 08:46:14 Supposedly Bush has lied to us about WMD’s in Iraq. Well, see for yourself, there were WMD’s in Iraq. Furthermore, how can Bush be blamed when many other, even Bill Clinton, made statements suggesting WMD’s in Iraq?
“One way or [...]
NASA Questions Global Warming… 2007-06-01 07:24:18 “I have no doubt that … a trend of global warming exists. I am not sure that it is fair to say that it is a problem we must wrestle with. To assume that it is a problem is to assume that the state of Earth’s climate today is the optimal climate, the best [...] Read more:Global
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Doomsday Delayed… 2007-05-24 15:40:56 WHAT IS GLOBAL WARMING?-A myth to be debunked
“The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes has almost doubled in the last 30 years.“
It has been “concluded” that global warming was behind the record 2005 hurricane season. So why was it that the 2006 hurricane season was so mild?
2005
28 NAMED STORMS
15 HURRICANES (FOUR HITTING THE [...] Read more:Doomsday
Gmail In Pidgin… 2007-05-22 19:01:15 For those of you that do not use Gmail
, it gives you the option of chatting with other users from within Gmail. This is really great, but for those of you (such as me) that do not enjoy open a web browser to chat, I will show you how to set up Gmail in Pidgin. [...]
Top 10 Free Ways To Get More Traffic… 2007-05-21 10:31:46 If you are running a blog/site of your own, traffic is a necessity. For those of you that do not know what traffic is, put simply, it is the term used for when vast amounts of people go to your site and click around. Starting a blog can be very frustrating. You spend hours setting [...]
Lightscribe In Ubuntu Feisty (Easy Way)… 2007-05-18 17:18:11 You could follow my tutorial here, or you can download the pre-built .Deb files I created. You can either download them via HTTP (fast for you), or you can use a torrent (saves me bandwidth).
HTTPFile 1 (Light Scribe Software)File 2 (Labeling Program)
(You need both of them to install correctly)
After you get the two files, double [...] Read more:Ubuntu
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Disk Encryption In Feisty Fawn… 2007-05-17 18:42:17 I recently just encrypted my entire hard disk (200GB) in Feisty
Fawn, and now whatever I put on the drive is automatically encrypted. I used TrueCrypt to do this, and here I’ll explain how you can do the same. This method only works if you have an extra hard disk in your system, but you [...] Read more:Encryption
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Moving To Switzerland… 2007-05-16 20:52:08 I wrote earlier about gun control, and then recently came upon the fact that in Switzerland
, every man is issued an assault rifle. In Switzerland, the crime rate is lower than it is in England, where handguns and most rifles are outlawed. If this doesn’t blow a hole in gun control, I don’t know what [...] Read more:Moving
Holes In Kyto… 2007-06-21 16:59:24 It used to be a common preaching point by environmentalists that the U.S. is the number one contributor of CO2, the greenhouse gas that is supposed to be the cause of human induced climate change, or global warming. That is no longer true, China has overtook us by 7.5%. The United States has received criticism [...] Read more:Holes
Changing The Climate Change Models… 2007-06-21 16:36:35 Climate change models are models that supposedly tell us what the effects of global warming will be. They work by collecting vast amounts of data from stations around the world, and then calculating what will happen (melting of glaciers, famine, etc) if the current trends continue.
For the models to work, all the data input has [...] Read more:Changing
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Fred Ahead… 2007-06-19 17:14:53 The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson earning support from 28% of Likely Republican Primary Voters. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani attracts support from 27%. While Thompson’s one-point edge is statistically insignificant, it is the first time all year that anybody but Giuliani has been on top [...]
OpenDNS… 2007-06-25 11:03:12 What Is DNS?
Imagine what happens when you enter an address in the address bar your browser of choice. Well, something happens, but what? The “internet” is really just a lot of networked computers that talk to each other. When you enter “TechyStuff.Info” in your address bar, you computer has to look on a DNS server to figure out where to find “TechyStuff.Info“. Look at it like this, you want to call John Doe, but don’t know his phone number, so you look in the phone book for his number. That is exactly what happens when you enter something in the address bar, your computer looks on your DNS server for the IP address. DNS servers take the domain name and turn that into an IP address, and then your computer starts talking to the server on that IP address.
What Is OpenDNS
?
OpenDNS is a service that allows you to use their DNS servers instead of your default ones. I changed to their servers, and I instantly noticed that pages load faster. On avera
Global (Solar System) Warming… 2007-06-29 11:47:55 Which is warmer, night or day?
What is the hottest part of day, and why?
Between Winter and Summer, which is the hottest, and why?
While those questions seemed so simple, they actually have a lot to do with Global
Warming. While some want you to believe Earth’s climate can be changed by the amount of CO2 in our atmosphere, I would advise you to stair at the sun for a few moments (not directly, as this may cause permanent eye damage. I would advise you to wear sunglasses as well).
You see how big the Sun is compared to Earth? Without the Sun, we would be experiencing some major global cooling!
A few hundred years ago the Sun was in a period known as the Maunder Minimum, for about seven decades there was nearly no sunspot activity. Coincidentally, Earth was in a period known as the Little Ice Age. So that past century, Earth has been warming because we have been getting back to normal, or just simply getting out of the Little Ice Age. The current warming trend is due to the Sun& Read more:Solar
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A License To Kill… 2007-07-03 19:44:37 A license to kill is exactly what abortion is. Supposedly, it is the woman’s “right” to choose to kill an unborn child. What about our unalienable rights:Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (or the pursuit of all who threaten it, if you’re in the Navy)? Ah, the argument is that an unborn child [...] Read more:License
Alltray… 2007-07-03 10:50:27 Alltray is a great little program that allows you to minimize anything to the notification area. For example, instead of having to leave Thunderbird minimized to the taskbar all the time, you can send it to the notification area, and click the icon to maximize it. Here is an example.
If you didn’t notice, the calculator [...]
Iraqi Intelligence… 2007-07-07 11:24:25 For many Iraqi
s, we have morphed from being invaders to occupiers to members of a tribe. I call it the “al Ameriki tribe,” or “tribe America.”
-Michael Yon
Michael Yon is a freelance reporter currently operating out of Iraq. If you still think that our troops are terrorists, see how Bush didn’t lie, and the Democrats did.
If [...]
Capital Punishment Abortion Is Murder 2007-07-06 14:44:07 Recent comments from a post about legalized licenses to kill brought up some questions. For me, comparing the death penalty to abortion is absurd. Yes, we are all created equal, but it is what a man does in his life that determines whether he is righteous or wicked.
I believe that capital punishment is a topic [...]
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The Ultimate Firefox Setup… 2007-07-11 09:48:09 Firefox is great (TechyStuff.Info is viewed best in Firefox). I feel that to use Firefox to its fullest extent, its setup should include all the features you need, but also give you the maximum viewing area (Because browsing the web is what Firefox was made for). To do this, these are the extensions I use.
1)Ad-Block [...]
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Gaming In Ubuntu Feisty Fawn… 2007-07-10 12:41:35 A recent article on 10 Advantages of Ubuntu
over Vista drew ridicule because “Linux doesn’t support games”. While I knew this was only a half truth, I decided to blog about it myself. It is true that you can’t run to Walmart and buy a Linux version of the newest games; Yet there are plenty [...]
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Even More Gaming In Ubuntu Feisty… 2007-07-12 15:56:35 After recently putting together a list of 11 great games in Ubuntu
, a few concerned readers politely suggested games that should have been on that list. As a result, I discovered many games I hadn’t even heard of, but turned out to be fun. Instead of changing the old list, I decided to create another [...]
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Liberation Ubuntu Script… 2007-07-17 08:41:09 After recently writing a script to Install Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 in Ubuntu
, I’ve decided to write more scripts to complete other tasks. So instead of having to manually run these commands to install Liberation
fonts in Ubuntu, you can now run this script to do everything you need.
1)Download My Script
Save it to your Desktop
2)Run The [...]
Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 In Ubuntu… 2007-07-16 16:56:11 Thunderbird is great. I use it everyday to check my three email accounts, all at once. However, the Thunderbird in Ubuntu
Feisty’s repositories is a little outdated (It has 1.5.0.12 when the current version is 2.0.0.4). Version two has many new features, including the ability to add a Gmail account simply by entering your username [...]
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Liberating Ubuntu… 2007-07-15 16:08:55 If you converted from Windows to Ubuntu
like I did, chances are that you also installed the “Microsoft Core Fonts” (Times New Roman, etc) as I also did. However, recently, I discovered fonts that I actually like better than the Microsoft fonts. Liberation fonts are fonts released by RedHat. Getting these fonts to work in [...]
Installing Games (Or Any Other Program) In Ubuntu… 2007-07-15 07:45:34 After putting together a list of 11 great games in Ubuntu
, and then another list of 5 more games in Ubuntu, I’ve had countless people complain to me that they don’t know how to install them. So I’ve decided to explain it once more, for everyone! Actually, these methods show you how to install [...]
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10 Portable Apps Every USB Drive Should Have… 2007-07-19 14:24:04 A portable app is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any Windows computer. When your USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable device is plugged in, you have access to your software and personal data just as you would on your [...]
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Irssi… 2007-07-19 07:14:55 Many Ubuntu users will find themselves needing help with their new OS. Many of them will turn to the Ubuntu forums, others will search the web, and then many will simply join the #ubuntu channel on irc.freenode.net. The #ubuntu channel is full of people, and you can get help for most of your problems within [...]
Sunbird In Ubuntu… 2007-07-21 12:49:52 Sunbird is a wonderful open source calendar application released by Mozilla. Sunbird is expandable by extensions and themes, just as Thunderbird and Firefox are. Sunbird manages to stay easy to use, but also has many interesting features. Installing Sunbird in Ubuntu
is just as easy as installing Thunderbird and the Liberation Fonts. Follow these two [...]
Top 5 Portable Firefox Extensions… 2007-07-20 06:32:08 If you have setup some portable programs on your USB device, I’d be willing to bet Firefox
is on there. However, maintaining a base install as well as a portable version can become confusing after a while (loss of cookies, passwords, bookmarks, etc), however these five extensions will keep things under control.
1)Google Browser Sync
Although [...]
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