Author Archives: Thanos

Why temperatures never go up in straight lines

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Thanos

A new video from Peter Hadley to debunk the usual naysayers who think this temporary slowdown or pause in AGW is the destruction of all science. Why temperatures never go up in straight lines – YouTube.

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Facebook Biometric Snooping Called Illegal By LISA KLEIN

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Thanos

Noteworthy news on the privacy front: By Lisa Klein, Courthouse News Service: Facebook violated its users’ privacy to acquire the largest privately held stash of biometric face-recognition data in the world, a class action claims in Chancery Court. Lead plaintiff … Continue reading →

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What are the Best Encryption Methods?

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Thanos

This is an aggregation of links to recommendations and standards for best encryption practices. Continue reading →

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Even More Signs of Spring

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Thanos

Here are some more Spring time photos.

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Bruce Schneier’s Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Thanos

Here’s a great Berkman panel discussing Bruce Schneier’s new book that zig-zags back and forth on which is worse – big data, or big government snooping. via Bruce Schneier’s Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and … Continue reading →

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Signs of Spring

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Thanos

The overnights and mornings here have been cold, dipping to near freezing, but our days have been temperate and things are growing. The hillsides are reaching that green haze point – that day when they seem to have a green … Continue reading →

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Merchants of Doubt: What Climate Deniers Learned from Big Tobacco

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Thanos

How professional sowers of doubt moved from issue to issue: tobacco, energy, climate. Merchants of Doubt: What Climate Deniers Learned from Big Tobacco – YouTube.

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Snow

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Thanos

Yesterday it got into the forties in the afternoon so Kasey & I snuck in a walk.

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NASA | A View From The Other Side

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Thanos

Here’s a great view from the other side of the moon, courtesy of NASA and the Lunar Reconnaissance orbiter. NASA | A View From The Other Side – YouTube. Here in Kansas we are experiencing signs of Spring, buds appearing … Continue reading →

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Richard Muller: I Was Wrong on Climate Change – YouTube

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Thanos

Muller was a go to guy for many climate deniers the last decade, so it’s nice that he’s finally discovered that the Malankovitch cycle, vulcanism, and other half baked theories of global warming are wrong, and that only CO2 accounts … Continue reading →

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