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Author: Hafiz Noor Shams
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[117] Of anon unleashed
Something about the push for solar power:
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by: annonymousposts (38/M/New Mexico) 01/03/03 11:34 pm
Msg: 360 of 362
1 recommendationWhile everything has a cost, I think there are some overall misconceptions about the cost/benefit & risk/reward associated with the posts on this board.
To those who think this is nothing but a target for terrorists:
Get a life. For you, they’ve won. You’re scared and paranoid. A power tower in the middle of nowhere Australia is not a prime target, is it? I mean, where’s the collateral damage terrorists would want? The next targets are going to be smaller than WTC and will probably be aimed at large gathering/population centers. Don’t ya think? Seems obvious to me that a tower in Australia would be of little interest to a terrorist.To those who keep repeating that nuclear and/or hydro power is the way to go:
Where can we store the spent fuel? Huh? We can’t even store the spent fuel we have, much less the millions of tons more that’d be generated by more nuclear plants. And hydro? C’mon. How many more rivers and their ecosystems have to be destroyed before we realize that doesn’t work either. What we need are systems that don’t leave behind any waste. While this system could (farfetched idea coming) cause thermal atmospheric changes if hundreds or thousands of these towers were built, it’s at least a step away from our current wasteful behaviors.
To those who are using this to spew forth a bunch of anti-Arab/Semite/Canadian rhetoric:
Jeez! Hate much?! It is specifically that sort of rhetoric that the hate-mongers want you to spout forth. You are, in fact, fueling their cause by provoking them and exhibiting behavior that allows them to believe Americans are evil. Not to sound to motherly, but for crying out loud, don’t operate any heavy machinery and please, don’t go into the water for thirty minutes, you may get a cramp or something.
To those who are trying to intelligently respond to the issues of renewable energy and its relationship to this proposed structure:
Thanks.Oh, and please, either learn to spell or learn to type!
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[116] Of off to the Big Apple
I’m off to New York. Bye.
p/s – The Baits Witch Project
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[115] Of shivering bliss
Last night, I was on my way for Baits I from the stillness of Baits II. It was snowing and windy and at the same time, a weather alert was declared by the local authority. A snowstorm was expected but Ann Arbor didn’t suffer much of the anticipated storm. Nevertheless, the snow reaffirmed that winter is here to stay, at least until the lovely spring comes back.
I found myself shivering. My fingers were numb but I wouldn’t have suffered the numbness if I had been a little bit careful about my belonging.
While walking alone toward Baits I, I looked upward and saw countless snowflakes falling gracefully from the sky above. My heart stopped beating for a moment as I struggled to comprehend the magnificence of the moment.
It was simply exhausting to me. My legs were weakened by the grandiose of Mother Nature. She is so beautiful. I stood alone with my winter gear save the lost leather glove to savor the moment of bliss that was mine. No words could describe the feeling that I felt. The only way to describe it is to be in that moment. To describe it with words is simply a fallacy.
The wind was frightfully strong but somehow, I stood against it. The numbness was unbearable but somehow, I didn’t realize it. I held out my hand into the air and a modest amount of flakes accumulated on my palm. It was cold yes but the feeling was simply what I cherish the most. It was a total bliss.
I was all alone, standing in the middle of a vast open space with a thick carpet of snow covering the earth. It was a clean carpet with no trace of being defiled by human presence. It was as white as you could ever imagine. White and clean with peace and bliss.
I wish I would die in that moment while all my senses were numbed. I wish I had died in that bliss so that any burden won’t troubled me anymore.
It wasn’t long before my sense brought me back to reality. The cold pain pulled me back down to the ground. No more able to withstand the low temperature, I walked hastily for my destination. After all this, I still wonder why human is still blind. My hope is that it isn’t too late to save the world from greed and hate.
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[114] Of renewed concern on privacy
It is getting too boring here and I desperately want to get out of this city for the rest of the hols. Ann Arbor is undoubtedly a small town but at least, livelier than some town. West Lafayette, for instance, hmm…
On other note, The __earthinc has received unusual type of visitors and new referrers. I don’t mind about the referrers but the new kind of visitor has made me to be a little bit cautious of what I will write. Of course, I have never criticized anybody that I know personally here. I’ve been very careful with that. My concern is that I’ve mistakenly identify a few IP address belonging to a few particular persons. After staying up in north and physically checking the IP and its port, I sure am surprise to see my failure to identify those IP accurately. Nevertheless, now, I have identified the exact the building. The current need needs me to study how the building network is mapped. Once that is accomplished, my IP directory will be more accurate.
Although I have a list of list, I rather not expose or share it with the public. Exposing people’s IP to the public will no doubt bring too much attention. This is what I’ve learnt from a stranger. He was and still is compiling a HUGE list of IP, comparable to ARIN, APNIC and a few other organizations. Not only he compiled it, he actually posts it on the web and updates it in the interval of a few months. As a direct consequence, legal action is being made against him. The charge made – the violation of privacy.
I am not planning to expose my list but the charge made against this guy is certainly baseless. The only violation he made was spreading the Internet connectivity map (there is a term for it but I am no mood of searching for the exact term) to the public.
IP address is one of the easiest things to get in the internet, or at least for those who are not noobs. Wherever you go, your IP will be transmitted to some computer unless you had configured a firewall to be resilient. There was a time when I was a member of ATU 5’s virtual community, a person bragged on who he managed to trace an anonymous mail back to USC. I, who read the brag could only looked in disgust. Bragging for successfully tracking an IP address is something should not be done in the public. Only noob does that. (This statement is an exception to the earlier paragraph)
It is hard but not impossible to hide the IP but the key to protect oneself in this dangerous World Wide Web is being careful of ports. Yes, ports. Of course, the first thing to find an open port is to search for a particular IP but with a protected port, a hacker will certainly move on to an easier target save if the hacker IS determined to get something from a storage device.
Serious kinds of privacy violation are spams and Bush’s plan. Spams is one of the thing that made me to discount myself from ATU 5’s mailing list and its now dead virtual community. I also almost ask for a removal from UMIMSA’s mailing list last year because of spams. Bush on the other hand is a d*mbf*ck. All his plans are nonsense. Period.
Yes, if you want violation of privacy, it’s spams, not a list of IP that includes yours.