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Random Thoughts
Aug. 30th, 2011 10:17 amSo, I was going to talk about Sheri Tepper's The Gates To Women's Country, but stuff came up. So, have some random thoughts.
Random Thought #1
So, what irritates me about posts like this one at Simberg's Flying Circus is the sheer ignorance of basic facts exhibited therein. For example, the post talks about DDT being banned for anti-malaria use (it's not) and (in comments) how not using DDT against bed bugs led to their resurgence. Well, bed bugs are immune to DDT, and have been for decades.
Regarding the article's headline (global warming "hoax"), somebody forgot to tell Arctic sea ice. It will be below average again, and the last five summers are the five minimum ice extent summers on record.
Random Thought #2
Those of us who support Microsoft-centric networks at work have all kinds of weird issues to deal with. For us at work, Windows 7 had had a tendency to not allow users to print. It appears that Windows likes to change registry keys, thus making calls to .dll files that don't exist. This post explains that in great detail. Of course, from this seven-page screed on a Microsoft site, one would think that Microsoft would actually, you know, fix the problem!
Random Thought #1
So, what irritates me about posts like this one at Simberg's Flying Circus is the sheer ignorance of basic facts exhibited therein. For example, the post talks about DDT being banned for anti-malaria use (it's not) and (in comments) how not using DDT against bed bugs led to their resurgence. Well, bed bugs are immune to DDT, and have been for decades.
Regarding the article's headline (global warming "hoax"), somebody forgot to tell Arctic sea ice. It will be below average again, and the last five summers are the five minimum ice extent summers on record.
Random Thought #2
Those of us who support Microsoft-centric networks at work have all kinds of weird issues to deal with. For us at work, Windows 7 had had a tendency to not allow users to print. It appears that Windows likes to change registry keys, thus making calls to .dll files that don't exist. This post explains that in great detail. Of course, from this seven-page screed on a Microsoft site, one would think that Microsoft would actually, you know, fix the problem!
