Monthly Archives: February 2010

Global Warming Fraud: The Big Picture

Posted on Sun, 28 Feb, 2010 by pmjones

…the IPCC's fundamental conclusions, relating to the allegedly unprecedented warming of the past half-century, are based on bad surface temperature data and are contradicted by more-reliable satellite data and by our knowledge of the earth's climate history. We know for … Continue reading →

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To Badly Go

Posted on Tue, 23 Feb, 2010 by pmjones

…to visit DC expecting to find people engaged in serious discussions of economics is like visiting a Star Trek convention expecting to find people engaged in serious discussions of astrophysics. via To Badly Go.

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Guns: Not Just for the Home Anymore

Posted on Tue, 23 Feb, 2010 by pmjones

… there is no civilized right more basic than self-defense; indeed, to make such defense more efficient and wide-ranging is one of the only legitimate reasons for government at all, thus making localities' attempts to bar its citizens from practicing … Continue reading →

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Running The Symfony 2 Benchmarks

Posted on Sun, 21 Feb, 2010 by pmjones

Fabien Potencier released Symfony 2.0.0alpha1 last week, along with some benchmarks showing its performance. I am glad to see that Fabien used my benchmarking system and methodology, and am happy to see that he is paying attention to the performance … Continue reading →

Posted in Benchmarks, PHP, Solar | 28 Comments

The Green Death

Posted on Wed, 17 Feb, 2010 by pmjones

Who is the worst killer in the long, ugly history of war and extermination? Hitler? Stalin? Pol Pot? Not even close. A single book called Silent Spring killed far more people than all those fiends put together. … The motivation … Continue reading →

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Drucker on Quitting

Posted on Tue, 16 Feb, 2010 by pmjones

In my regular calls with my dad, he mentioned that it seems Baby Boomers, when unhappy with their jobs, tend to do little but whine about it, whereas Gen-Xers tend to quit. I thought that observation meshed well with this … Continue reading →

Posted in Management, PHP, Programming | 4 Comments

Solar 1.0.0beta4 released, with new manual chapters

Posted on Mon, 15 Feb, 2010 by pmjones

Yesterday I released the beta4 version of the Solar Framework for PHP. You can see the change notes here. We have also added three new chapters to the manual: Working with Models Working with Related Models Views and Layouts by … Continue reading →

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Put down the political pom-poms

Posted on Tue, 09 Feb, 2010 by pmjones

Many of those who had no problem with government control or power growing under President Clinton were horrified to see control or power growing under President George W. Bush. Yet, as vociferously as they objected to what they saw as … Continue reading →

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May Cooler Heads Prevail

Posted on Thu, 04 Feb, 2010 by pmjones

I feel I’ve been had. One thing I could not have known in 1996 was that the IPCC’s warming predictions would be wrong. Mean global surface temperatures have not risen since 1998, and, by some measures, have dropped since 2001. … Continue reading →

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TaxProf Blog: IRS to Buy 60 Shotguns

Posted on Wed, 03 Feb, 2010 by pmjones

The IRS is soliciting quotes for its purchase of 60 shotguns. Maybe you ought to have one too. Via TaxProf Blog: IRS to Buy 60 Shotguns.

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