I was thinking the same thing after reading an article in PopSci a couple of months ago. It seems many are just willing to believe it is true. I think a nice double blind test would be in order (much like JREF does when having psychics, etc, prove their abilities). If they try and say it is a long term thing, where the issue is "build-up", then you can do a 5 day test for each. But first they have to list the symptoms....

Also, how much more interference is caused by the electrical wiring within the persons own house, not to mention tv, microwaves, etc. If you have to have a powered antenna to pick up the frequencies (which you do - hence the wifi card), then the frequencies are minimal compared to the tons of other interference out there. Can this person also never go to a concert where there are wireless mics (or a presentation, etc)? Frankly, how can they even work?

Actually this is a slippery slope. If one court finds that it is a real malady, it could be the next disability payment since the person can't work, can't go into supermarkets or any other store, etc. They just have to stay holed up in their house all the time.

So, generally we agree.

For my own edification however, I would still appreciate links to the "outright lies" you reference, so I can research them for myself, and come to my own conclusion.

If the register is incorrect, then I will take future articles with a bigger grain of salt. If you have no proof as to the lies and inaccuracies (other than the one I mentioned), I will continue to assume they were researched, based on the links which I followed from the articles themselves.

So, then I assume you are in support of the Resolution?

Since there appears to be misinformation on both sides (as always, and I'm not convinced the Register is wrong just because there have been articles questioning global warming - I would like references to the outright lies you reference, I know of a mistake about ice density, but the author issued a correction), it stands to reason we need to take a step break from our panic mode responses to have an in-depth verification and true peer-review of the data.

As we all know, statistics and numbers can be played in every direction. Everything is being cast as a "worst-ever" by politicians on both sides, and it is being used to push agendas, not to mention throwing money at solutions that may not exist.

Everyone needs to take a breath, calm down, and look at the real data (not the adjusted ones), and do some double blind and placebo testing (with intentionally false data to prove the models work the other way as well). Then we can properly evaluate our stance, and where to go.

Climate change has turned into a religion, with both sides covering their ears and screaming LA LA LA when they don't like the answers. Can we get some moderates with no stake in the game to look at this stuff?

Several notes, with me agreeing that energy shouldn't be needlessly wasted.

1. Most people don't want to spend money on any energy they don't need. Companies lose profits, people lose their hard earned paychecks. It is in everyones best interest to use energy wisely.

2. Future tech being more efficient does not mean we are being intentionally wasteful now.

3. The real issue here is people having to pay extra for sped up tech research on technologies that may or may not be ready yet (or the infrastructure is not there yet, see what happened to T Boone Pickuns), paying extra for carbon credits which are just profit centers for a few smaller companies (and the consumer ends up paying for), etc.

4. Seeing as the world is out of control with debt now, people using their pickups for 2 years to save up for a new car is far better than everyone going into debt on buying new cars. That is good fiscal responsibility.

5. The climate change issue puts everyone in panic mode, so more money is wasted on rushed ideas and research, with no proper testing and oversight. That's fiscal waste, and possibly bad for the environment as well. Stepping back to re-assess is a good thing.

Or, you could change the data retroactively:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/02/a_tale_of_two_thermometers/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/05/goddard_nasa_thermometer/

Agreed on all points, and php5's fixed OOP is key to be able to do many of those things (including pdo) correctly.

I'm just frustrated as I want to try using a framework (such as symfony) for my sites instead of having to keep up my own cms all the time, but I can't because I can't use something which should not only be installed, but preferred/recommended by the hosting company.

The only problem is that a number of shared hosts don't allow for pdo with mysql (or postgres). For example, I use FatCow, and they only have PDO enabled for sqlite, which is the php default setting. I've asked them to change this during their quarterly suggestion review, but they have yet to enable it.

And I am loathe to use mysqli's version, as you have to have an output variable for each item, and I am creating dynamic queries for a cms.

So, we are still caught using real escape string....

Read my post - I was saying this will turn into marketing speak to get companies to upgrade. I was not alluding that such hacking could/would occur.

Most Ceos don't read security bulletins - they do however hear that flaws are no longer being fixed.

I just had to post an invoice to the marine corp's web site. I luckily had one computer at work that was not upgraded to ie8. It would only respect ie6 or 7, and had some issues if I just changed the user agent on FF.

If people keep being forced to upgrade their browsers, no one will be able to use the government systems anymore.

I'm sure it will be an issue for the little companies billing, but you'll never hear about it.

So, basically, upgrade or you'll be hacked?

Two questions:
1. Does 7's XP mode potentially have this issue, or is there a compatibility layer so xp doesn't talk directly to the network?
2. They seemed to be able to make massive security updates for code that was that old, and still patch a number of other issues. What about this REALLY makes it so hard to code?

In the end, while I understand not wanting to waste resources on way older products, I think it is a marketing move.

The circle of life:

According to This Patent, they invented having the XML hold the word processing info... It's just too bad that they didn't invent a way to write the xml file itself.

So, in the current US situation, no one can create an xml word processing document, as you can't write the xml, but even if you could, you aren't allowed to store the font and page number in the file.

This is beyond ridiculous

Personally, I'm about thinking of launching a cow airbrushing service website.

Ummm... Oops. Whoever read that above sentence needs to sign an NDA.