Re: [OT] Multiple questions in an email

2010-02-25 Thread tonywr
Yes On Fri, Feb 26th, 2010 at 8:41 AM, David Richards wrote: > Greetings all, > > Has anyone else noticed people often don't answer more than one > question in an email? In fact, I'll generalise that and say people > often don't read an entire email. I had this today (already) but > this >

ASP.Net, using ADAM for Role Providers and Membership

2010-02-25 Thread tonywr
Hi all, Take 2. I am using ADAM, which is lightweight Active Directory Application Mode, to store both users and roles using the role and membership providers from ASP.Net. I have created an Authorisation Store for storing the roles, and I have a user container for all the users, which I can

Re: [OT] Bill gates on our energy futures - some tech miracles needed

2010-02-23 Thread tonywr
yep, exactly. So don't follow Spain then! On Wed, Feb 24th, 2010 at 3:24 PM, mike smith wrote: > Spain isn't a poster child for good economy. > > On 24 February 2010 14:24, wrote: > > > Nuclear plant in Finland 3-5billion over budget > > Siemens Areva Finish govt in law suit love triangle >

Re: [OT] Bill gates on our energy futures - some tech miracles needed

2010-02-23 Thread tonywr
Nuclear plant in Finland 3-5billion over budget Siemens Areva Finish govt in law suit love triangle Areva just bought Multibird wind turbines and Ausra solar thermal so they're so sure of Nuclear that they're diversiftying into renewables Spain's SENER built the successful nukes in spain -- has now

RE: [OT] Bill gates on our energy futures - some tech miracles needed

2010-02-23 Thread tonywr
ah, so you don't believe weather forecasters can tell you when summer and winter occur? We're talking long term here, not what the weather is going to be like tomorrow. On Wed, Feb 24th, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Tiang Cheng wrote: > When people talk about weather science (like climate change), I > r

Re: [OT] Bill gates on our energy futures - some tech miracles needed

2010-02-23 Thread tonywr
It's not only the IPCC that have formed these opinions. The Australian scientists are doing their own research. The Australian Antarctic Division are studying Antarctic ice melts, and they have come to their own conclusions about that topic. If the ice melts are happening, we have a problem,

Re: [OT] Bill gates on our energy futures - some tech miracles needed

2010-02-23 Thread tonywr
I think you miss the point. It's not about whether or not we should have a debate about it. Only the scientifically proven facts are important, not heresay based on heresay based on heresay. And the skeptics can't simply pick and choose the points that they are going to argue about without loo

Re: [OT] Bill gates on our energy futures - some tech miracles needed

2010-02-23 Thread tonywr
That's probably why you should actually read them. You would understand then why the separation between sea ice and land ice was so important. And the sea ice does fluctuate seasonally. The difference is the as the land ice melts and loses mass (and height), it tends to spread out. The more l