So does this mean that when a similar exploit is found in Microsoft Office, that it is still a more secure application because it affects fewer operating systems? (...because the folks in Redmond don't offer a Linux version of Microsoft Office). And note the source...CNET sites (e.g., ZDNET) are typically more sympathetic to Micro$oft. And I notice a Microsoft bias in your email address as well!
My 2 cents. Mike On Wednesday 26 September 2007 03:02:59 pm Sharif Branham wrote: > This article seems relevant in light of some of the recent conversations > about alternatives to MS Excel. > > > Security experts have discovered vulnerabilities in OpenOffice.org that > could allow attackers to remotely execute code on Linux, Windows or Apple > Mac-based computers. > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6209919.html?tag=nl.e550 > > > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:19:09 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: > > Call for Papers: Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes and > > Vegetation Biophysical Properties> To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> > > > Apologies for cross posting.> > Call for Papers> > Remote Sensing of > > Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes and Vegetation Biophysical> Properties> > > > Special Paper Session for the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Association of> > > American Geographers (AAG) > April 15-19, Boston, Massachusetts> > The > > estimation of carbon fluxes between the terrestrial biosphere and the> > > atmosphere has important scientific and political implications. Remote> > > sensing has proven a valuable tool for directly or indirectly estimating> > > terrestrial carbon fluxes at landscape, regional, continental, and > > global> scales. Remote sensing is also effective in estimating > > vegetation> biophysical properties including vegetation biomass, leaf > > area index (LAI),> fractional vegetation cover, and phenology that are > > explicitly used for> estimating ecosystem carbon fluxes in empirical > > approaches or process-based> biogeochemistry models. > > This session > > will focus on the use of remote sensing data and techniques for> > > estimating ecosystem carbon fluxes and vegetation biophysical properties > > at> various spatial and temporal scales. This session will include, but > > not> limited to, the following topics:> > (1) Scaling-up site-level > > measurements on ecosystem carbon fluxes (e.g.,> eddy covariance > > measurements) to regional or continental scales using remote> sensing > > data;> > (2) Quantifying ecosystem carbon fluxes at landscape, regional, > > or> continental scales using remote sensing data and techniques;> > (3) > > Detecting land use/land cover change, disturbances (e.g., fires, and> > > insect defoliation), and extreme climate events (e.g., droughts) and> > > understanding their impacts on regional carbon budgets by combining > > remote> sensing and other techniques;> > (4) Estimating vegetation > > biophysical properties including vegetation> biomass, LAI, fractional > > vegetation cover, and vegetation phenology at> landscape, regional, or > > continental scales using optical or microwave remote> sensing.> > We also > > encourage submissions simulating ecosystem carbon fluxes at regional> or > > continental scales using empirical or biogeochemistry models driven by> > > remote sensing data (e.g., vegetation indices, LAI, vegetation > > phenology). > > Abstract submission details are available at the AAG > > website> (http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2008/papers.htm). If you are > > interested> in participating in this special session, please submit your > > abstract> through the online submission system by October 31, 2007. After > > you submit> you abstract, please send me an email containing: (1) Your > > name,> affiliation, presentation title, and abstract; (2) The PIN > > number assigned> to you by the online submission system. > > Please feel > > free to contact me if you have any questions for the special> session or > > the abstract submission procedures. > > Dr. Jingfeng Xiao> Department of > > Earth & Atmospheric Sciences> Purdue University> CIVIL 550 Stadium Mall > > Drive> West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051> Tel: (765) 496-8678; Fax: (765) > > 496-1210> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~xiao3 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Discover the new Windows Vista > http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vista&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE -- Michael W. Sears, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Zoology & Center for Ecology Soutern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901 phone: 618-453-4137 cell: 618-528-0348 web: http://www.science.siu.edu/zoology/people/sears.html "Without deviation from the norm, 'progress' is not possible." Frank Zappa
