(591,1,'2016-02-28 12:39:11','2016-02-28 04:39:11','[caption width=\"800\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://www.itandtelesys.com/images/opticalcommunication.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class /> Source: IT and Telecommunications Systems[/caption]Working in IT, people are often surprised that I don\'t support Fibre to the Home for the NBN. I\'m certainly in the minority in my industry-techie-types love the best gear. But here are the reasons I don\'t support FTTP:\n\n<strong>1) Costs vs. Benefits</strong>\nThe main reason I don\'t support fibre to the home is cost-benefit: With Fibre to the Node (street), Australians will get almost all the benefits of fast Broadband for 1/3 of the cost. Thinking about this reminds me of a question I asked my Engineering professor back at Uni when talking about alternative engineering solutions: I asked \"What is the best solution?\" Their answer? \"The best solution is the one that meets all the requirements, including aesthetics and safety, at the lowest cost\". \n\nAs far as I can tell, faster speeds at home really benefit entertainment and little else. It would be <em>nice</em> to download Game of Thrones in one minute instead of fifteen, but would that really improve my quality of life?  And is it really government\'s role to divert scarce resources away from areas that are more important toward improving our entertainment choices? The problem is that the people advocating the most expensive Fibre to the Home option are not spending their own money. I am sure that when these same people go to the car dealership to choose a car to purchase they carefully compare needs, features and costs when making their decision - because it is <em>their own money</em>. Somehow this rational logic goes out of the window when it comes to their views on public policy. So my first, and most important, point is that the community should demand <em>value</em> from the tax dollars taken from them. Fibre to the Home does not represent value.\n\n<strong>2) Priorities</strong>\nI believe that faster Internet speeds are a \'nice to have\', not a \'need to have\'. The extra $30 billion required for fibre to the home would have to come from somewhere; either more debt or <em>instead of</em> more worthwhile spending in areas such as health and education. If we had already overcome challenges with homelessness, aboriginal disadvantage or were leading the world in educational outcomes, I might be more inclined. But we haven\'t. We must choose our priorities carefully - as unfortunately there are real financial constraints which we have to live within. We are not talking pocket change; thirty thousand million dollars, I can\'t even comprehend that amount of money. So my second point is about choosing our <em>priorities</em> correctly as a community.\n\n<strong>3) Appropriateness</strong>\nPlaces that need fibre to the premises (for example; hospitals, schools, universities, and organisations) will get it because they really need it. Homes do require fast broadband, but not \"super-fast broadband at any cost\". At home we do not <em>need</em> to stream 15 high-definition TV shows at the same time - this is not a goal that inspires me to think it is acceptable for government to take more money from us as a community than they already do. \n\nJust as the universal solution to providing public transport is not to buy everyone a Ferrari, fibre to the home is not proportional to the need. Providing everyone (including me) with a Ferrari is just wasteful; spend the money on more worthwhile things. So my third point is that as individuals and as a society we should be making decisions that are <em>appropriate</em>, that are \'fit for purpose\' for the use-cases. In this world, where we unfortunately need to make trade-offs, the very fastest internet only needs to be available where it clearly provides the tangible benefits to the community that can justify the costs.\n\n<strong>4) People Centric Internet</strong>\nWith the move of the Internet towards social media and mobile devices, people are choosing the shape of the connectivity they want. They want their Internet ubiquitous - available everywhere they go, and personalised to them. In years gone by there was a need for a family, residential telephone service. But this has given way to multiple mobiles in one home, with many families now choosing to forgo their home landline altogether. (The only home calls I get these days are from telemarketers anyway!). Wireless communications naturally fit this preference for ubiquity, which is why almost everyone now agrees that the last-leg (how the physical device is ultimately connected) should usually be wireless. People don\'t like wires, they don\'t want to be tied-down. They really want great access wherever they happen to be; at home, in the street, on the bus or at the shopping mall. In practice, providing that wireless can give them adequate speed, they will choose wireless over wired every-time and care far more about cost than whether their wireless access is from their home-LAN or a node down the street. \n\nSo the questions we need to answer as a community become practical;<li>How far can last-leg wireless be, while providing the bandwidth realistically required?</li>\n	<li>Do we really need the most costly option of fibre to every one of the 5.6 million homes in Australia to feed these transmitters, or will fibre to each of the 120,000 streets in Australia provide the speeds we need?</li>\n\n<br/>Now that I have covered my reasons why the NBN should be built using Fibre to the Node, I want to address some of the political spin surrounding the NBN. \n\nI fully understand the \'vision\' of providing the very fastest possible Internet to every Australian. I want Australia to lead the world as much as the next guy. But it is immature and negligent to give scant regard to the costs of doing this, and the benefits of fibre to the home are being significantly overplayed. \n\nPlease consider:\n	<li>Korea has the fastest internet in the world and they do not (and will not) lead the Internet-economy. Indeed I struggle to think of one Korean software or Internet company.</li>\n	<li>The fastest possible Internet may indeed revolutionise remote surgery, but surgery isn\'t (and will not likely ever be) conducted in the home. Wireless was once considered unreliable, but this is no longer true with technology from remote alarm systems and telemetry moving toward the mainstream - developed by organisations like NASA who have had to depend on wireless communications to protects its people and equipment. So again healthcare is, at best, a weak argument for Fibre to the Home.</li>\n	<li>People argue that the problem with wireless spectrum is that it is limited, and we all have to share it - unlike our own fibre line to our house. But the history of technology has shown these kind of so-called \'physical limits\' wrong again and again. I recall in the 1990s that not much more than 14.4kbps was considered physically possible over copper - hilarious in retrospect. In my own experience, improvements in wireless bandwidth have continually outpaced my demand for the increased speed (Wifi A/B/G/N/, 3G and 4G). And the latest wireless research has achieved 100Gb/s (1000x faster than what fibre-to-the-home is currently promising), so there is a very good chance that this improvement in wireless will continue. And even if I\'m wrong, we can always do fibre when the costs of that particular technology have come down further.</li>\n	<li>Another argument I hear (probably one of the best) is that, the Fibre-to-the-Home NBN won\'t ultimately cost the community anything because the government will privatise it. This is based on the presumption that the government will recoup its money on an investment that is sub-optimal, by design (otherwise the private sector would have already provided it). So there will almost certainly be a significant shortfall that will reduce our ability to address more pressing challenges.</li>\n 	<li>The \'Educational\' benefits of Fibre-to-the-Home are tenuous at best. The benefits of faster Internet tail-off fast. There is indeed an enormous difference between having no Internet and having access. And again there is a significant benefit to having fast Internet; moving up from say dial-up to ADSL. But there is a much smaller difference between ADSL and Fibre. I see evidence of this everyday; I pull up to 100mb/s at my office and it is barely any different to the Internet experience I get at home. Indeed for most of the things we currently do, latency is far more important than bandwidth. Would 100+mb/s at home mean that my kids have better educational opportunities? I think not. Wikipedia, Google, ITunesU, and Skype, all work perfectly fine over wireless, or even old-copper while it is still around.</li>\n	<li>One argument for the NBN was that it was necessary for the government to step in because of market failure. There was some truth to this, in that when rational consideration was given to requirements and costs, the government of the time\'s NBN \'vision\' was somewhat different to what was sensible. The market would not naturally deliver the degree of inefficiency (servicing remote areas and the like) without certainty of a return. The government should have subsidised this inefficiency openly, by subsidising private enterprise to deliver the social good. Instead they again made the classic mistake of thinking that Government can run a business - and have wasted billions of dollars in the process.\n	<li>Another justification I hear for a $100 billion Fibre-to-the-Home programme is that the \"Copper needs replacing anyway\" - but does it really? People are moving away from having fixed phones at home, choosing to live mobile only. And more people now access the Internet by mobile than through fixed connections. Fixed fibre to the home feels like a 20th century solution to a problem that doesn\'t exist. People are voting with their feet; The future is wireless.\n	<li>The argument that fibre to the home is cheaper to maintain than copper also succumbs to this argument. No fibre and no copper to the home is cheaper still. With FTTN there would be less fibre to maintain, and history would suggest the exact last leg wireless implementation would be replaced anyway - as new technologies come along. As they always do.\n\n<br/>To conclude, I agree that to avoid unassailable disadvantage we must guarantee access to high-speed Internet as a right for all Australians. But I contend that while ensuring this right for all the members of our community, we must favour the most cost-effective way of achieving our goal; keeping in mind our bigger priorities and  recognising the way in which the Internet is <em>already</em> moving.','NBN: Fibre to the Node is the way to go','','inherit','closed','open','','519-autosave-v1','','','2016-02-28 12:39:11','2016-02-28 04:39:11','',519,'http://www.smartestplace.net/519-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(590,1,'2014-09-01 08:06:31','2014-09-01 00:06:31','[caption width=\"800\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://www.itandtelesys.com/images/opticalcommunication.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class /> Source: IT and Telecommunications Systems[/caption]Working in IT, people are often surprised that I don\'t support Fibre to the Home for the NBN. Here are my reasons:\r\n\r\n<strong>1) Costs vs. Benefits</strong>\r\nThe main reason I don\'t support fibre to the home is cost-benefit: With Fibre to the Node (street), Australians will get almost all the benefits of fast Broadband for 1/3 of the cost. Thinking about this reminds me of a question I asked my Engineering professor back at Uni when talking about alternative engineering solutions: I asked \"What is the best solution?\" Their answer? \"The best solution is the one that meets all the requirements, including aesthetics and safety, at the lowest cost\". As far as I can tell, faster speeds at home really benefit entertainment and little else. It would be <em>nice</em> to download Game of Thrones in one minute instead of fifteen, but would that really improve my quality of life?  And is it really government\'s role to divert scarce resources away from areas that are more important toward improving our entertainment choices? The problem is that the people advocating the most expensive Fibre to the Home option are not spending their own money. I am sure that when these same people go to the car dealership to choose a car to purchase they carefully compare needs, features and costs when making their decision - because it is <em>their own money</em>. Somehow this rational logic goes out of the window when it comes to their views on public policy. So my first, and most important, point is that the community should demand <em>value</em> from the tax dollars taken from them. Fibre to the Home does not represent value.\r\n\r\n<strong>2) Priorities</strong>\r\nI believe that faster Internet speeds are a \'nice to have\', not a \'need to have\'. The extra $30 billion required for fibre to the home would have to come from somewhere; either more debt or <em>instead of</em> more worthwhile spending in areas such as health and education. If we had already overcome challenges with homelessness, aboriginal disadvantage or were leading the world in educational outcomes, I might be more inclined. But we haven\'t. We must choose our priorities carefully - as unfortunately there are real financial constraints which we have to live within. We are not talking pocket change; thirty thousand million dollars, I can\'t even comprehend that amount of money. So my second point is about choosing our <em>priorities</em> correctly as a community.\r\n\r\n<strong>3) Appropriateness</strong>\r\nPlaces that need fibre to the premises (for example; hospitals, schools, universities, and organisations) will get it because they really need it. Homes do require fast broadband, but not \"super-fast broadband at any cost\". At home we do not <em>need</em> to stream 15 high-definition TV shows at the same time - this is not a goal that inspires me to think it is acceptable for government to take more money from us as a community than they already do. Just as the universal solution to providing public transport is not to buy everyone a Ferrari, fibre to the home is not proportional to the need. Providing everyone (including me) with a Ferrari is just wasteful; spend the money on more worthwhile things. So my third point is that as individuals and as a society we should be making decisions that are <em>appropriate</em>, that are \'fit for purpose\' for the use-cases. In this world, where we unfortunately need to make trade-offs, the very fastest internet only needs to be available where it clearly provides the tangible benefits to the community that can justify the costs.\r\n\r\n<strong>4) People Centric Internet</strong>\r\nWith the move of the Internet towards social media and mobile devices, people are choosing the shape of the connectivity they want. They want their Internet ubiquitous - available everywhere they go, and personalised to them. In years gone by there was a need for a family, residential telephone service. But this has given way to multiple mobiles in one home, with many families now choosing to forgo their home landline altogether. (The only home calls I get these days are from telemarketers anyway!). Wireless communications naturally fit this preference for ubiquity, which is why almost everyone now agrees that the last-leg (how the physical device is ultimately connected) should usually be wireless. People don\'t like wires, they don\'t want to be tied-down. They really want great access wherever they happen to be; at home, in the street, on the bus or at the shopping mall. In practice, providing that wireless can give them adequate speed, they will choose wireless over wired every-time and care far more about cost than whether their wireless access is from their home-LAN or a node down the street. \r\n\r\nSo the questions we need to answer as a community become practical;<li>How far can last-leg wireless be, while providing the bandwidth realistically required?</li>\r\n	<li>Do we really need the most costly option of fibre to every one of the 5.6 million homes in Australia to feed these transmitters, or will fibre to each of the 120,000 streets in Australia provide the speeds we need?</li>\r\n\r\n<br/>Now that I have covered my reasons why the NBN should be built using Fibre to the Node, I want to address some of the political spin surrounding the NBN. \r\n\r\nI fully understand the \'vision\' of providing the very fastest possible Internet to every Australian. I want Australia to lead the world as much as the next guy. But it is immature and negligent to give scant regard to the costs of doing this, and I feel the benefits of fibre to the home are being significantly overplayed. \r\n\r\nPlease consider:\r\n	<li>Korea has the fastest internet in the world and they do not (and will not) lead the Internet-economy. Indeed I struggle to think of one Korean software or Internet company.</li>\r\n	<li>The fastest possible Internet may indeed revolutionise remote surgery, but surgery isn\'t (and will not be) conducted in the home. Wireless was once considered unreliable, but this is no longer true with technology from remote alarm systems and telemetry moving toward the mainstream - developed by organisations like NASA who have had to depend on wireless communications to protects its people and equipment. So again healthcare is, at best, a weak argument for Fibre to the Home.</li>\r\n	<li>People argue that the problem with wireless spectrum is that it is limited, and we all have to share it - unlike our own fibre line to our house. But the history of technology has shown these kind of so-called \'physical limits\' wrong again and again. I recall in the 1990s that not much more than 14.4kbps was considered physically possible over copper - hilarious in retrospect. In my own experience, improvements in wireless bandwidth have continually outpaced my demand for the increased speed (Wifi A/B/G/N/, 3G and 4G). And the latest wireless research has achieved 100Gb/s (1000x faster than what fibre-to-the-home is currently promising), so there is a very good chance that this improvement in wireless will continue. And even if I\'m wrong, we can always do fibre when the costs of that particular technology have come down further.</li>\r\n	<li>Another argument I hear (probably one of the best) is that, the Fibre-to-the-Home NBN won\'t ultimately cost the community anything because the government will privatise it. This is based on the presumption that the government will recoup its money on an investment that is sub-optimal, by design (otherwise the private sector would have already provided it). So there will almost certainly be a significant shortfall.</li>\r\n 	<li>The \'Educational\' benefits of Fibre-to-the-Home are tenuous at best. The benefits of faster Internet tail-off fast. There is indeed an enormous difference between having no Internet and having access. And again there is a significant benefit to having fast Internet; moving up from say dial-up to ADSL. But there is a much smaller difference between ADSL and Fibre. I see evidence of this everyday; I pull up to 100mb/s at my office and it is barely any different to the Internet experience I get at home. Indeed for most of the things we currently do, latency is far more important than bandwidth. Would 100+mb/s at home mean that my kids have better educational opportunities? I think not. Wikipedia, Google, ITunesU, and Skype, all work perfectly fine over wireless, or even old-copper while it is still around.</li>\r\n	<li>One argument for the NBN was that it was necessary for the government to step in because of market failure. There was some truth to this, in that when rational consideration was given to requirements and costs, the government of the time\'s NBN \'vision\' was somewhat different to what was sensible. The market would not naturally deliver the degree of inefficiency (servicing remote areas and the like) without certainty of a return. The government should have subsidised this inefficiency openly, by subsidising private enterprise to deliver the social good. Instead they again made the classic mistake of thinking that Government can run a business - and have wasted billions of dollars in the process.\r\n	<li>Another justification I hear for a $100 billion Fibre-to-the-Home programme is that the \"Copper needs replacing anyway\" - but does it really? People are moving away from having fixed phones at home, choosing to live mobile only. And more people now access the Internet by mobile than through fixed connections. Fixed fibre to the home feels like a 20th century solution to a problem that doesn\'t exist. People are voting with their feet; The future is indeed wireless.\r\n\r\n<br/>To conclude, I agree that to avoid unassailable disadvantage we must guarantee access to high-speed Internet as a right for all Australians. But I contend that while ensuring this right for all the members of our community, we must favour the most cost-effective way of achieving our goal; keeping in mind our bigger priorities and  recognising the way in which the Internet is <em>already</em> moving.\r\n\r\n\r\n','NBN: Fibre to the Node is the way to go','','inherit','closed','open','','519-revision-v1','','','2014-09-01 08:06:31','2014-09-01 00:06:31','',519,'http://www.smartestplace.net/519-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(592,1,'2014-09-04 22:51:36','2014-09-04 14:51:36','The Unity Framework\n\nFeatures (Epic) \nRequirements (Stories/What)\nSpecifications (How)\n\nUser Stories: As a [user], I want [requirement] so that [benefit]\nAcceptance Tests: Given [situation] when [action] then [result]\n\nA feature is a set of related requirements that allows the user to satisfy a business objective or need. A feature is a group of stories that are related and deliver a package of functionality that end users would generally expect to get all at once.\n\nA requirement is a capability that a product must possess or something a product must do in order to ultimately satisfy a customer need.\n\n<strong>Development Technologies</strong>\nLanguage: Java (server-side) + JavaScript (client-side)\n\n<strong>Application Layer</strong>\n<a href=\"http://respondcms.com\">Respond CMS</a>\n<a href=\"http://getbootstrap.com\">Bootstrap</a>\nSencha Touch (JavaScript-based)\n\n<strong>Unity Layer (Server Side)</strong>\nWeb Services: Node.js or Grizzly\nDatabase: Neo4j using the Tinkerpops API\n\n<strong>Databases</strong>\nPosrgreSQL\nApache Cassandra\n\n<strong>Database Frameworks</strong>\n<a href=\"http://thinkaurelius.github.io/titan/\">Aurelius Titan</a>\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/kairosdb/\">Kairosdb TBC</a>\n\nWorkflow Engine\n<a href=\"http://workflowpatterns.com\">Workflow Patterns</a>\nYAWL http://www.yawlfoundation.org\nhttp://woped.dhbw-karlsruhe.de/woped/\n\nOther Tools\n<a href=\"https://github.com/starschema/slm4j\">Starschema Licence Manager</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.flexerasoftware.com/products/entitlement-management/flexnet-licensing/\" title=\"FlexLM\"></a>\n<a href=\"https://www.openlm.com/\" title=\"OpenLM\"></a>\n<a href=\"http://jmonkeyengine.org\">JMonkey 3D Engine</a>\n\nConfig tools\nGraph Visualisation: Keylines\n\nTime Series\n<a href=\"http://www.statsoft.com/Textbook/Time-Series-Analysis\" title=\"How To Identify Patterns in Time Series Data: Time Series Analysis\"></a>','Unity','','inherit','closed','open','','436-revision-v1','','','2014-09-04 22:51:36','2014-09-04 14:51:36','',436,'http://www.smartestplace.net/436-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(593,1,'2014-09-07 22:06:56','2014-09-07 14:06:56','<blockquote>\"Everything is obvious once you know the answer\"</blockquote>\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\n<em>- Duncan Watts</em></div>','Obviousness','','publish','closed','open','','593','','','2014-09-07 22:11:59','2014-09-07 14:11:59','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=593',0,'post','',0),(594,1,'2014-09-07 22:06:56','2014-09-07 14:06:56','\"Everything is obvious once you know the answer\"\n\n- Duncan Watts','','','inherit','closed','open','','593-revision-v1','','','2014-09-07 22:06:56','2014-09-07 14:06:56','',593,'http://www.smartestplace.net/593-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(595,1,'2014-09-07 22:08:36','2014-09-07 14:08:36','\"Everything is obvious once you know the answer\"\n\n<em>- Duncan Watts</em>','Obviousness','','inherit','closed','open','','593-revision-v1','','','2014-09-07 22:08:36','2014-09-07 14:08:36','',593,'http://www.smartestplace.net/593-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(596,1,'2014-09-07 22:11:59','2014-09-07 14:11:59','<blockquote>\"Everything is obvious once you know the answer\"</blockquote>\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\n<em>- Duncan Watts</em></div>','Obviousness','','inherit','closed','open','','593-revision-v1','','','2014-09-07 22:11:59','2014-09-07 14:11:59','',593,'http://www.smartestplace.net/593-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(597,1,'2014-09-07 22:18:04','2014-09-07 14:18:04','[caption width=\"800\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://www.itandtelesys.com/images/opticalcommunication.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class /> Source: IT and Telecommunications Systems[/caption]Working in IT, people are often surprised that I don\'t support Fibre to the Home for the NBN. Here are my reasons:\n\n<strong>1) Costs vs. Benefits</strong>\nThe main reason I don\'t support fibre to the home is cost-benefit: With Fibre to the Node (street), Australians will get almost all the benefits of fast Broadband for 1/3 of the cost. Thinking about this reminds me of a question I asked my Engineering professor back at Uni when talking about alternative engineering solutions: I asked \"What is the best solution?\" Their answer? \"The best solution is the one that meets all the requirements, including aesthetics and safety, at the lowest cost\". As far as I can tell, faster speeds at home really benefit entertainment and little else. It would be <em>nice</em> to download Game of Thrones in one minute instead of fifteen, but would that really improve my quality of life?  And is it really government\'s role to divert scarce resources away from areas that are more important toward improving our entertainment choices? The problem is that the people advocating the most expensive Fibre to the Home option are not spending their own money. I am sure that when these same people go to the car dealership to choose a car to purchase they carefully compare needs, features and costs when making their decision - because it is <em>their own money</em>. Somehow this rational logic goes out of the window when it comes to their views on public policy. So my first, and most important, point is that the community should demand <em>value</em> from the tax dollars taken from them. Fibre to the Home does not represent value.\n\n<strong>2) Priorities</strong>\nI believe that faster Internet speeds are a \'nice to have\', not a \'need to have\'. The extra $30 billion required for fibre to the home would have to come from somewhere; either more debt or <em>instead of</em> more worthwhile spending in areas such as health and education. If we had already overcome challenges with homelessness, aboriginal disadvantage or were leading the world in educational outcomes, I might be more inclined. But we haven\'t. We must choose our priorities carefully - as unfortunately there are real financial constraints which we have to live within. We are not talking pocket change; thirty thousand million dollars, I can\'t even comprehend that amount of money. So my second point is about choosing our <em>priorities</em> correctly as a community.\n\n<strong>3) Appropriateness</strong>\nPlaces that need fibre to the premises (for example; hospitals, schools, universities, and organisations) will get it because they really need it. Homes do require fast broadband, but not \"super-fast broadband at any cost\". At home we do not <em>need</em> to stream 15 high-definition TV shows at the same time - this is not a goal that inspires me to think it is acceptable for government to take more money from us as a community than they already do. Just as the universal solution to providing public transport is not to buy everyone a Ferrari, fibre to the home is not proportional to the need. Providing everyone (including me) with a Ferrari is just wasteful; spend the money on more worthwhile things. So my third point is that as individuals and as a society we should be making decisions that are <em>appropriate</em>, that are \'fit for purpose\' for the use-cases. In this world, where we unfortunately need to make trade-offs, the very fastest internet only needs to be available where it clearly provides the tangible benefits to the community that can justify the costs.\n\n<strong>4) People Centric Internet</strong>\nWith the move of the Internet towards social media and mobile devices, people are choosing the shape of the connectivity they want. They want their Internet ubiquitous - available everywhere they go, and personalised to them. In years gone by there was a need for a family, residential telephone service. But this has given way to multiple mobiles in one home, with many families now choosing to forgo their home landline altogether. (The only home calls I get these days are from telemarketers anyway!). Wireless communications naturally fit this preference for ubiquity, which is why almost everyone now agrees that the last-leg (how the physical device is ultimately connected) should usually be wireless. People don\'t like wires, they don\'t want to be tied-down. They really want great access wherever they happen to be; at home, in the street, on the bus or at the shopping mall. In practice, providing that wireless can give them adequate speed, they will choose wireless over wired every-time and care far more about cost than whether their wireless access is from their home-LAN or a node down the street. \n\nSo the questions we need to answer as a community become practical;<li>How far can last-leg wireless be, while providing the bandwidth realistically required?</li>\n	<li>Do we really need the most costly option of fibre to every one of the 5.6 million homes in Australia to feed these transmitters, or will fibre to each of the 120,000 streets in Australia provide the speeds we need?</li>\n\n<br/>Now that I have covered my reasons why the NBN should be built using Fibre to the Node, I want to address some of the political spin surrounding the NBN. \n\nI fully understand the \'vision\' of providing the very fastest possible Internet to every Australian. I want Australia to lead the world as much as the next guy. But it is immature and negligent to give scant regard to the costs of doing this, and I feel the benefits of fibre to the home are being significantly overplayed. \n\nPlease consider:\n	<li>Korea has the fastest internet in the world and they do not (and will not) lead the Internet-economy. Indeed I struggle to think of one Korean software or Internet company.</li>\n	<li>The fastest possible Internet may indeed revolutionise remote surgery, but surgery isn\'t (and will not be) conducted in the home. Wireless was once considered unreliable, but this is no longer true with technology from remote alarm systems and telemetry moving toward the mainstream - developed by organisations like NASA who have had to depend on wireless communications to protects its people and equipment. So again healthcare is, at best, a weak argument for Fibre to the Home.</li>\n	<li>People argue that the problem with wireless spectrum is that it is limited, and we all have to share it - unlike our own fibre line to our house. But the history of technology has shown these kind of so-called \'physical limits\' wrong again and again. I recall in the 1990s that not much more than 14.4kbps was considered physically possible over copper - hilarious in retrospect. In my own experience, improvements in wireless bandwidth have continually outpaced my demand for the increased speed (Wifi A/B/G/N/, 3G and 4G). And the latest wireless research has achieved 100Gb/s (1000x faster than what fibre-to-the-home is currently promising), so there is a very good chance that this improvement in wireless will continue. And even if I\'m wrong, we can always do fibre when the costs of that particular technology have come down further.</li>\n	<li>Another argument I hear (probably one of the best) is that, the Fibre-to-the-Home NBN won\'t ultimately cost the community anything because the government will privatise it. This is based on the presumption that the government will recoup its money on an investment that is sub-optimal, by design (otherwise the private sector would have already provided it). So there will almost certainly be a significant shortfall.</li>\n 	<li>The \'Educational\' benefits of Fibre-to-the-Home are tenuous at best. The benefits of faster Internet tail-off fast. There is indeed an enormous difference between having no Internet and having access. And again there is a significant benefit to having fast Internet; moving up from say dial-up to ADSL. But there is a much smaller difference between ADSL and Fibre. I see evidence of this everyday; I pull up to 100mb/s at my office and it is barely any different to the Internet experience I get at home. Indeed for most of the things we currently do, latency is far more important than bandwidth. Would 100+mb/s at home mean that my kids have better educational opportunities? I think not. Wikipedia, Google, ITunesU, and Skype, all work perfectly fine over wireless, or even old-copper while it is still around.</li>\n	<li>One argument for the NBN was that it was necessary for the government to step in because of market failure. There was some truth to this, in that when rational consideration was given to requirements and costs, the government of the time\'s NBN \'vision\' was somewhat different to what was sensible. The market would not naturally deliver the degree of inefficiency (servicing remote areas and the like) without certainty of a return. The government should have subsidised this inefficiency openly, by subsidising private enterprise to deliver the social good. Instead they again made the classic mistake of thinking that Government can run a business - and have wasted billions of dollars in the process.\n	<li>Another justification I hear for a $100 billion Fibre-to-the-Home programme is that the \"Copper needs replacing anyway\" - but does it really? People are moving away from having fixed phones at home, choosing to live mobile only. And more people now access the Internet by mobile than through fixed connections. Fixed fibre to the home feels like a 20th century solution to a problem that doesn\'t exist. People are voting with their feet; The future is indeed wireless.\n<li>The argument the fibre to the home is cheaper to maintain also succumbs to this argument. There would be less fibre to maintain, and history would suggest the last leg wireless would be replaced anyway - as new technologies come along.\n\n<br/>To conclude, I agree that to avoid unassailable disadvantage we must guarantee access to high-speed Internet as a right for all Australians. But I contend that while ensuring this right for all the members of our community, we must favour the most cost-effective way of achieving our goal; keeping in mind our bigger priorities and  recognising the way in which the Internet is <em>already</em> moving.','NBN: Fibre to the Node is the way to go','','inherit','closed','open','','519-revision-v1','','','2014-09-07 22:18:04','2014-09-07 14:18:04','',519,'http://www.smartestplace.net/519-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(599,1,'2014-10-17 07:16:47','2014-10-16 23:16:47','[caption width=\"670\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/0/06/Create-a-User-Manual-Step-1.jpg/670px-Create-a-User-Manual-Step-1.jpg\" width=\"670\" height=\"503\" alt=\"Personal User Manual\" class /> Source: WikiHow.com[/caption]\r\nA few years ago when I was flying back to Canada, I came across an interesting article in Canadian Business about a CEO from Europe who has a personal User Guide that he gives to new members of his team so they can get to know his management style more quickly.\r\n\r\nI think this is an excellent idea, so I\'ve decided to produce my own. I\'ll publish it here once it is ready to go.','A Personal User Manual','','publish','closed','open','','personal-user-manual','','','2014-10-19 11:34:45','2014-10-19 03:34:45','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=599',0,'post','',0),(600,1,'2014-10-17 07:16:47','2014-10-16 23:16:47','[caption width=\"670\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/0/06/Create-a-User-Manual-Step-1.jpg/670px-Create-a-User-Manual-Step-1.jpg\" width=\"670\" height=\"503\" alt=\"Personal User Manual\" class /> Source: WikiHow.com[/caption]\r\nA few years ago when I was flying back to Canada, I came across an interesting article in Canadian Business about a CEO from Europe who has a personal User Guide that he gives to new members of his team so they can get to know his management style more quickly.\r\n\r\nI think this is an excellent idea, so I\'ve decided to produce my own. I\'ll publish it here once it is ready to go.','A Personal User Manual','','inherit','closed','open','','599-revision-v1','','','2014-10-17 07:16:47','2014-10-16 23:16:47','',599,'http://www.smartestplace.net/599-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(601,1,'2014-10-17 07:18:10','2014-10-16 23:18:10','<blockquote>\"It is better to be vaguely right than exactly wrong\"</blockquote>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\r\n<em>- Carveth Read</em></div>','Vaguely Right','','publish','closed','open','','vaguely-right','','','2014-10-19 11:33:45','2014-10-19 03:33:45','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=601',0,'post','',0),(602,1,'2014-10-17 07:18:10','2014-10-16 23:18:10','<blockquote>\"It is better to be vaguely right than exactly wrong\"</blockquote>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\r\n<em>- Carveth Read</em></div>','Vaguely Right','','inherit','closed','open','','601-revision-v1','','','2014-10-17 07:18:10','2014-10-16 23:18:10','',601,'http://www.smartestplace.net/601-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(603,1,'2014-10-19 07:58:03','2014-10-18 23:58:03','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\n\n- Highland Park Whisky\n<a href=\"https://m.danmurphys.com.au/mob/product/DM_73487/highland-park-12-year-old-scotch-whisky-700ml.jsp;jsessionid=631E9EEF7BE1AAF797BD3D0906B77ECA.ncdlmorasp1301?bmUID=kDdq4H_\">Like this</a>\n\n- Nice water glasses\nLike this from TableCulture\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\"><img title=\"20141116_131343.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\" /></a> \n\n- Grey Canvas Crocs\n<a href=\"http://www.bstore.com.au/crocs-santa-cruz-espresso-espresso#\">Like this</a>\n\n- Memento DVD\nMy favourite movie on DVD. <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004FHCH9Q/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1416724842&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SY200_QL40\">Like this</a>\n\n- A Spirit Level (not a short one!)\n<a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\n\n- A book: Tribes by Seth Godin\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1591842336\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \n\n- A staple gun \n<a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\n\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\n\n- Another book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \n\n- A NUC - To easily have Bittorrent, Netflix & HBO on our TV\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\n\n- Another book: Zero to One by Peter Thiel \n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/0804139296\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a>','Steven\'s <br>Christmas List 2014','','publish','closed','open','','christmas-list-2014','','','2014-11-23 14:42:35','2014-11-23 06:42:35','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?page_id=603',0,'page','',0),(604,1,'2014-10-19 07:07:35','2014-10-18 23:07:35','','Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 07:07:35','2014-10-18 23:07:35','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(605,1,'2014-10-18 23:12:28','2014-10-18 15:12:28','','Checklists','','publish','closed','closed','','checklists','','','2014-10-18 23:12:28','2014-10-18 15:12:28','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/checklists/',0,'page','',0),(606,1,'2014-10-19 07:16:58','2014-10-18 23:16:58','','Test List','','publish','closed','open','','test-list','','','2014-10-19 07:16:58','2014-10-18 23:16:58','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?post_type=checklist&#038;p=606',0,'checklist','',0),(607,1,'2014-10-19 07:58:03','2014-10-18 23:58:03','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on this list!)\r\n\r\n1) A not-mini Spirit Level <a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">(Like this one)</a>\r\n\r\n2) A staple gun <a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">(Like this)</a>\r\n\r\n3) A basic Bluetooth stereo - For my shed <a href=\"http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/bush-bluetooth-speaker-sound-bar-black-prbas750bt?searchTerm=bluetooth speaker\" title=\"Simple Bluetooth Stereo\" target=\"_blank\">(something like this)</a>\r\n\r\n4) Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\nMore expensive ($180)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n5) A NUC - Allows your TV to download and play Bittorrent directly, plus more\r\nMore expensive (US$350+PP) \r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Like this from Amazon</a>\r\n\r\n ','Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 07:58:03','2014-10-18 23:58:03','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(608,1,'2014-10-19 08:17:03','2014-10-19 00:17:03','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\n\n- A Spirit Level (not a short one!)\n<a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\n\n- A book: Tribes by Seth Godin\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1591842336 \" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \n\n- A staple gun \n<a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\n\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\n\n- A NUC - To easily have Bittorrent, Netflix & HBO on our TV\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\n\n- Another book: Tribes by Seth Godin\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1591842336 \" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \n\n ','Steven\'s <br>Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-autosave-v1','','','2014-10-19 08:17:03','2014-10-19 00:17:03','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(617,1,'2014-10-19 08:10:23','2014-10-19 00:10:23','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n1) A Spirit Level (not a short one!)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n- A book: Tribes by Seth Godin\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1591842336 \" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\"></a> \r\n\r\n2) A staple gun \r\n<a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n3) Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n4) A NUC - To easily have Bittorrent, Netflix & HBO on our TV\r\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\r\n\r\n ','Steven\'s<br>Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 08:10:23','2014-10-19 00:10:23','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(609,1,'2014-10-19 08:00:51','2014-10-19 00:00:51','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on this list!)\r\n\r\n1) A not-mini Spirit Level <a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">(Like this one)</a>\r\n\r\n2) A staple gun <a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">(Like this)</a>\r\n\r\n3) A basic Bluetooth stereo - For my shed <a href=\"http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/bush-bluetooth-speaker-sound-bar-black-prbas750bt?searchTerm=bluetooth speaker\" title=\"Simple Bluetooth Stereo\" target=\"_blank\">(something like this)</a>\r\n\r\n4) Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n5) A NUC - Allows you TV to download and play Bittorrent directly, plus Netflix+HBO\r\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\r\n\r\n ','Steven\'s Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 08:00:51','2014-10-19 00:00:51','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(615,1,'2014-10-19 08:05:24','2014-10-19 00:05:24','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n1) A Spirit Level (not a short one!)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n2) A staple gun \r\n<a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n3) Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n4) A NUC - Allows you TV to download and play Bittorrent directly, plus Netflix+HBO\r\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\r\n\r\n ','Steven\'s<br>Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 08:05:24','2014-10-19 00:05:24','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(610,1,'2014-10-19 08:01:22','2014-10-19 00:01:22','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on this list!)\r\n\r\n1) A Spirit Level (not a short one!)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">(Like this one)</a>\r\n\r\n2) A staple gun \r\n<a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">(Like this)</a>\r\n\r\n3) A basic Bluetooth stereo - For my shed <a href=\"http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/bush-bluetooth-speaker-sound-bar-black-prbas750bt?searchTerm=bluetooth speaker\" title=\"Simple Bluetooth Stereo\" target=\"_blank\">(something like this)</a>\r\n\r\n4) Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n5) A NUC - Allows you TV to download and play Bittorrent directly, plus Netflix+HBO\r\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\r\n\r\n ','Steven\'s Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 08:01:22','2014-10-19 00:01:22','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(614,1,'2014-10-19 08:03:37','2014-10-19 00:03:37','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n1) A Spirit Level (not a short one!)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n2) A staple gun \r\n<a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n3) A basic Bluetooth stereo - For my shed <a href=\"http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/bush-bluetooth-speaker-sound-bar-black-prbas750bt?searchTerm=bluetooth speaker\" title=\"Simple Bluetooth Stereo\" target=\"_blank\">(Something like this)</a>\r\n\r\n4) Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n5) A NUC - Allows you TV to download and play Bittorrent directly, plus Netflix+HBO\r\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\r\n\r\n ','Steven\'s<br>Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 08:03:37','2014-10-19 00:03:37','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(611,1,'2014-10-19 08:02:00','2014-10-19 00:02:00','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on this list!)\r\n\r\n1) A Spirit Level (not a short one!)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">(Like this one)</a>\r\n\r\n2) A staple gun \r\n<a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">(Like this)</a>\r\n\r\n3) A basic Bluetooth stereo - For my shed <a href=\"http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/bush-bluetooth-speaker-sound-bar-black-prbas750bt?searchTerm=bluetooth speaker\" title=\"Simple Bluetooth Stereo\" target=\"_blank\">(something like this)</a>\r\n\r\n4) Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n5) A NUC - Allows you TV to download and play Bittorrent directly, plus Netflix+HBO\r\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\r\n\r\n ','Steven\'s<br>Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 08:02:00','2014-10-19 00:02:00','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(612,1,'2014-10-19 08:02:28','2014-10-19 00:02:28','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n1) A Spirit Level (not a short one!)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">(Like this one)</a>\r\n\r\n2) A staple gun \r\n<a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">(Like this)</a>\r\n\r\n3) A basic Bluetooth stereo - For my shed <a href=\"http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/bush-bluetooth-speaker-sound-bar-black-prbas750bt?searchTerm=bluetooth speaker\" title=\"Simple Bluetooth Stereo\" target=\"_blank\">(something like this)</a>\r\n\r\n4) Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n5) A NUC - Allows you TV to download and play Bittorrent directly, plus Netflix+HBO\r\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\r\n\r\n ','Steven\'s<br>Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 08:02:28','2014-10-19 00:02:28','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(613,1,'2014-10-19 08:03:12','2014-10-19 00:03:12','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n1) A Spirit Level (not a short one!)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n2) A staple gun \r\n<a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">(Like this)</a>\r\n\r\n3) A basic Bluetooth stereo - For my shed <a href=\"http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/bush-bluetooth-speaker-sound-bar-black-prbas750bt?searchTerm=bluetooth speaker\" title=\"Simple Bluetooth Stereo\" target=\"_blank\">(Something like this)</a>\r\n\r\n4) Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n5) A NUC - Allows you TV to download and play Bittorrent directly, plus Netflix+HBO\r\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\r\n\r\n ','Steven\'s<br>Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 08:03:12','2014-10-19 00:03:12','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(616,1,'2014-10-19 08:06:42','2014-10-19 00:06:42','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n1) A Spirit Level (not a short one!)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n2) A staple gun \r\n<a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n3) Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n4) A NUC - To easily have Bittorrent, Netflix & HBO on our TV\r\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\r\n\r\n ','Steven\'s<br>Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 08:06:42','2014-10-19 00:06:42','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(618,1,'2014-10-19 08:14:24','2014-10-19 00:14:24','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n- A Spirit Level (not a short one!)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n- A book: Tribes by Seth Godin\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1591842336 \" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\"></a> \r\n\r\n- A staple gun \r\n<a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n- A NUC - To easily have Bittorrent, Netflix & HBO on our TV\r\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\r\n\r\n ','Steven\'s <br>Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 08:14:24','2014-10-19 00:14:24','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(619,1,'2014-10-19 08:15:00','2014-10-19 00:15:00','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n- A Spirit Level (not a short one!)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n- A book: Tribes by Seth Godin\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1591842336 \" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \r\n\r\n- A staple gun \r\n<a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n- A NUC - To easily have Bittorrent, Netflix & HBO on our TV\r\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\r\n\r\n ','Steven\'s <br>Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 08:15:00','2014-10-19 00:15:00','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(620,1,'2014-10-19 08:18:05','2014-10-19 00:18:05','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n- A Spirit Level (not a short one!)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n- A book: Tribes by Seth Godin\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1591842336\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \r\n\r\n- A staple gun \r\n<a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n- A NUC - To easily have Bittorrent, Netflix & HBO on our TV\r\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\r\n\r\n- Another book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \r\n\r\n ','Steven\'s <br>Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 08:18:05','2014-10-19 00:18:05','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(621,1,'2014-10-19 08:19:00','2014-10-19 00:19:00','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n- A Spirit Level (not a short one!)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n- A book: Tribes by Seth Godin\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1591842336\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \r\n\r\n- A staple gun \r\n<a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n- Another book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \r\n\r\n- A NUC - To easily have Bittorrent, Netflix & HBO on our TV\r\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\r\n\r\n ','Steven\'s <br>Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 08:19:00','2014-10-19 00:19:00','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(622,1,'2014-10-19 11:06:47','2014-10-19 03:06:47','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\n\n- A Spirit Level (not a short one!)\n<a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\n\n- A book: Tribes by Seth Godin\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1591842336\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \n\n- A staple gun \n<a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\n\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\n\n- Another book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \n\n- A NUC - To easily have Bittorrent, Netflix & HBO on our TV\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\n\n- Another book: Zero to One by Peter Thiel \n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/0804139296\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a>','Steven\'s <br>Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 11:06:47','2014-10-19 03:06:47','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(627,1,'2014-10-19 11:44:08','2014-10-19 03:44:08','','Warming','','inherit','closed','open','','warming','','','2014-10-19 11:44:08','2014-10-19 03:44:08','',625,'http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(629,1,'2014-08-01 11:50:24','2014-08-01 03:50:24','<center>[caption width=\"490\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/green-house/2010/01/22/solarhomex-large.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"337\" class /> Source: USA Today[/caption]</center>\r\n\r\nOne thing that makes me laugh about devotees of the Green-Left is they define themselves by ... wait for it ... What they buy. \r\n\r\n\"Look at my rainwater tank/Tesla/grey-water system, organic fruit smoothies, ....\". So convenient of them to delude themselves into thinking that the shiny new solar panel array on their house grew in a forest, without any help from the nasty mining or petroleum industries. So long as it all makes them feel \'nice\' to be doing the \'right thing\', I suppose it is worth it. Ha.\r\n\r\nI\'m likely to get all of the above too. But at least I am honest enough to admit the reason why: I like shiny new stuff, particularly if it saves me money in the long run.\r\n\r\nOne person I heard called this green consumerism the quest for \"eco-bling\". It is obviously more important to some to be seen doing the right thing, than to do the right thing.\r\n\r\n<center>[caption width=\"480\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://venturebeat.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/no-bling-480.gif\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" class /> Source: Venturebeat[/caption]</center>','What makes you Green?','','publish','closed','open','','makes-green','','','2014-10-19 14:55:48','2014-10-19 06:55:48','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=629',0,'post','',0),(630,1,'2014-10-20 11:34:45','2014-10-20 03:34:45','<center><img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" /></center>\n\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\n\nHaving holidayed in China just last year, I find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 15 years or so. Yes there is a longer-term trend, but it really ain\'t that bad.\n\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\n\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\n\nHowever the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but instead to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. I honesty don\'t mind if people choose to post to \'Get Up!\' about the need for more wind-power from their shiny, new iPhone 6 and then drive (in their imported car) to the polling booth to vote for Senator Ludlum - just so long as they recognise their own hypocrisy and realise they are just talking the talk.\n\nI am totally at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \n\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\n\n<center><img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" /></center>\n\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and then live with that choice. I have.\n\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than Green-Left political arguments: That sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits real people are enjoying right now. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\n\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\n\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \n\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - <br>A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-autosave-v1','','','2014-10-20 11:34:45','2014-10-20 03:34:45','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(625,1,'2014-10-19 11:48:10','2014-10-19 03:48:10','<center><img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" /></center>\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nHaving holidayed in China just last year, I find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 15 years or so. Yes there is a longer-term trend, but it really ain\'t that bad.\r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nHowever the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but instead to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. I honesty don\'t mind if people choose to post to \'Get Up!\' about the need for more wind-power from their shiny, new iPhone 6 and then drive (in their imported car) to the polling booth to vote for Senator Ludlum - just so long as they recognise their own hypocrisy and realise they are just talking the talk.\r\n\r\nI am totally at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is, simply, worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given the chance of a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n\r\n<center><img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" /></center>\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and then live with that choice.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than Green-Left political arguments: That sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits real people are enjoying right now. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - <br>A worthwhile endeavor','','publish','closed','open','','climate-change-worthwhile-endeavor','','','2014-10-20 11:36:08','2014-10-20 03:36:08','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=625',0,'post','',0),(628,1,'2014-10-19 11:48:10','2014-10-19 03:48:10','Just to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe climate change is occurring...\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the \"Green-Left\" would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming occurring over the past 18 years. \r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is to defend the warming that we are all choosing to have. I am at peace with this choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life.\r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China. \r\n\r\nIronically the left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 11:48:10','2014-10-19 03:48:10','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(631,1,'2014-10-19 12:08:01','2014-10-19 04:08:01','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe climate change is occurring.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the \"Green-Left\" would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming occurring over the past 18 years. Just take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is to defend the warming that we are all choosing to have, a choice refleted by our individual actions. I am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. This evidence is far stronger a motivator for my actions than the fear that sometime in the future, but conveniently not yet, millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea leves. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sealevels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They\'d move, and that is still an acceptable risk. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, I may have to move.\r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"359\" height=\"239\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking about over 1,000,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. And the trend continues.\r\n\r\nIronically the left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. \r\nThe consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 12:08:01','2014-10-19 04:08:01','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(632,1,'2014-10-19 12:09:01','2014-10-19 04:09:01','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe climate change is occurring.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the \"Green-Left\" would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming occurring over the past 18 years. Just take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is to defend the warming that we are all choosing to have, a choice refleted by our individual actions. I am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. This evidence is far stronger a motivator for my actions than the fear that sometime in the future, but conveniently not yet, millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea leves. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sealevels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They\'d move, and that is still an acceptable risk. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, I may have to move.\r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking about over 1,000,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. And the trend continues.\r\n\r\nIronically the left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. \r\nThe consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 12:09:01','2014-10-19 04:09:01','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(633,1,'2014-10-19 12:18:31','2014-10-19 04:18:31','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. From my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a \r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is actually to defend the warming that we are all choosing to have, a choice reflected by our individual actions. I am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. This evidence is far stronger a motivator for my actions than the fear that sometime in the future, but conveniently not yet, millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea leves. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sealevels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They\'d move, and that is still an acceptable risk. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, I may have to move.\r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking about over 1,000,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. And the trend continues.\r\n\r\nIronically the left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. \r\nThe consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 12:18:31','2014-10-19 04:18:31','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(634,1,'2014-10-19 12:21:52','2014-10-19 04:21:52','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. From my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is actually to defend the warming that we are all choosing to have, a choice reflected by our individual actions. I am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. This evidence is far stronger a motivator for my actions than the fear that sometime in the future, but conveniently not yet, millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea leves. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sealevels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They\'d move, and that is still an acceptable risk. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, I may have to move.\r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking about over 1,000,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. And the trend continues.\r\n\r\nIronically the left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. \r\nThe consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 12:21:52','2014-10-19 04:21:52','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(635,1,'2014-10-19 12:23:12','2014-10-19 04:23:12','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. \r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is actually to defend the warming that we are all choosing to have, a choice reflected by our individual actions. I am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. This evidence is far stronger a motivator for my actions than the fear that sometime in the future, but conveniently not yet, millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea leves. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sealevels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They\'d move, and that is still an acceptable risk. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, I may have to move.\r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking about over 1,000,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. And the trend continues.\r\n\r\nIronically the left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. \r\nThe consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 12:23:12','2014-10-19 04:23:12','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(636,1,'2014-10-19 12:23:57','2014-10-19 04:23:57','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. \r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is actually to defend the warming that we are all choosing to have, a choice reflected by our individual actions. I am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. This evidence is far stronger a motivator for my actions than the fear that sometime in the future, but conveniently not yet, millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea leves. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sealevels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They\'d move, and that is still an acceptable risk. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, I may have to move.\r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking about over 1,000,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. And the trend continues.\r\n\r\nIronically the left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. \r\nThe consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 12:23:57','2014-10-19 04:23:57','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(637,1,'2014-10-19 12:24:29','2014-10-19 04:24:29','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. \r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is actually to defend the warming that we are all choosing to have, a choice reflected by our individual actions. I am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. This evidence is far stronger a motivator for my actions than the fear that sometime in the future, but conveniently not yet, millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea leves. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sealevels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They\'d move, and that is still an acceptable risk. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, I may have to move.\r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking about over 1,000,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. And the trend continues.\r\n\r\nIronically the left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. \r\nThe consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 12:24:29','2014-10-19 04:24:29','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(638,1,'2014-10-19 12:26:00','2014-10-19 04:26:00','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. \r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is actually to defend the warming that we are all choosing to have, a choice reflected by our individual actions. I am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. This evidence is far stronger a motivator for my actions than the fear that sometime in the future, but conveniently not yet, millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea leves. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sealevels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They\'d move, and that is still an acceptable risk. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, I may have to move.\r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking about over 1,000,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. And the trend continues.\r\n\r\nIronically the left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. \r\nThe consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 12:26:00','2014-10-19 04:26:00','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(639,1,'2014-10-19 12:27:37','2014-10-19 04:27:37','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. \r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is actually to defend the warming that we are all choosing to have, a choice reflected by our individual actions. \r\n\r\nI am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking about over 1,000,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. And the trend continues.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is far stronger a motivator for my actions than the fear that sometime in the future, but conveniently not yet, millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea leves. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sealevels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They\'d move, and that is still an acceptable risk. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, I may have to move.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 12:27:37','2014-10-19 04:27:37','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(640,1,'2014-10-19 12:28:56','2014-10-19 04:28:56','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. \r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but to defend the warming that we are all choosing to have, a choice reflected by our individual actions. \r\n\r\nI am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking about over 1,000,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. And the trend continues.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is far stronger a motivator for my actions than the fear that sometime in the future, but conveniently not yet, millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea leves. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sealevels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They\'d move, and that is still an acceptable risk. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, I may have to move.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 12:28:56','2014-10-19 04:28:56','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(642,1,'2014-10-19 13:29:56','2014-10-19 05:29:56','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\n\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. \n\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\n\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\n\nBut the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. \n\nI am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \n\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\n\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking about over 1,000,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. And the trend continues.\n\nThis evidence is far stronger a motivator for my actions than the fear that sometime in the future, but conveniently not yet, millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea leves. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sealevels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They\'d move, and that is still an acceptable risk. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, I may have to move.\n\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place.\n\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \n\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - <Br>A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 13:29:56','2014-10-19 05:29:56','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(641,1,'2014-10-19 12:29:53','2014-10-19 04:29:53','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. \r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. \r\n\r\nI am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking about over 1,000,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. And the trend continues.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is far stronger a motivator for my actions than the fear that sometime in the future, but conveniently not yet, millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea leves. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sealevels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They\'d move, and that is still an acceptable risk. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, I may have to move.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 12:29:53','2014-10-19 04:29:53','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(643,1,'2014-10-19 13:31:36','2014-10-19 05:31:36','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\n\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. \n\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\n\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\n\nBut the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. \n\nI am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \n\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\n\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking about over 1,000,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. And the trend continues.\n\nThis evidence is far stronger a motivator for my actions than the fear that sometime in the future, but conveniently not yet, millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sealevels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They\'d move, and that is still an acceptable risk. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, I may have to move.\n\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place.\n\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \n\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - <Br>A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 13:31:36','2014-10-19 05:31:36','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(644,1,'2014-10-19 13:34:52','2014-10-19 05:34:52','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\n\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. \n\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\n\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\n\nBut the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. \n\nI am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \n\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\n\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking about over 1,000,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. And the trend continues.\n\nThis evidence is far stronger a motivator for my actions than the fear that sometime in the future, but conveniently not yet, millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sealevels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They\'d move, and that is still an acceptable risk. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, if the most pessimistic models are correct even I may have to move. \n\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right (Axis-of-evil, anyone). The consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place. The sky is falling, Chicken Little.\n\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \n\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - <Br>A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 13:34:52','2014-10-19 05:34:52','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(645,1,'2014-10-19 13:35:34','2014-10-19 05:35:34','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\n\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. \n\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\n\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\n\nBut the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. \n\nI am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \n\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\n\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking about over 1,000,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. And the trend continues.\n\nThis evidence is far stronger a motivator for my actions than the fear that sometime in the future, but conveniently not yet, millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sealevels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They\'d move, and that is still an acceptable risk. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, if the most pessimistic models are correct even I may have to move. \n\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right (Axis-of-evil, anyone). The consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place. The sky is falling, Chicken Little.\n\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \n\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - <Br>A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 13:35:34','2014-10-19 05:35:34','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(647,1,'2014-10-19 14:08:26','2014-10-19 06:08:26','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. \r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. \r\n\r\nI am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. And the trend continues.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is far stronger a motivator for my actions than the fear that sometime in the future, but conveniently not yet, millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea leves. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sealevels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They\'d move, and that is still an acceptable risk. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, I may have to move.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:08:26','2014-10-19 06:08:26','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(646,1,'2014-10-19 13:42:48','2014-10-19 05:42:48','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\n\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. \n\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\n\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\n\nBut the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. \n\nI am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \n\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\n\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\n\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking about over 1,000,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. And the trend continues.\n\nThis evidence is far stronger a motivator for my actions than the fear that sometime in the future, but conveniently not yet, millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sealevels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They\'d move, and that is still an acceptable risk. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, if the most pessimistic models are correct even I may have to move. \n\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right (Axis-of-evil, anyone). The consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place. The sky is falling, Chicken Little.\n\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and to my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so, so wrong.\n\nIn the future, where there exists an economic alternative to fossil fuels the market may well choose less emissions <em>ceteris paribus</em>, but that doesn\'t justify taxes and market distortion being advocated. That is just politics. And bad politics at that.\n\nThe Green-Left use environment policy as a front, so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - <Br>A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 13:42:48','2014-10-19 05:42:48','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(648,1,'2014-10-19 14:10:10','2014-10-19 06:10:10','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. \r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. \r\n\r\nI am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and live with it.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is far stronger a motivator for my actions than the fear that sometime in the future, but conveniently not yet, millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea leves. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sealevels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They\'d move, and that is still an acceptable risk. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, I may have to move.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:10:10','2014-10-19 06:10:10','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(649,1,'2014-10-19 14:12:31','2014-10-19 06:12:31','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. \r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. \r\n\r\nI am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and live with it.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than the fear campaign that sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea leves. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been a fear campaign: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are reaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will free us from the very system that has brought us the prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:12:31','2014-10-19 06:12:31','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(650,1,'2014-10-19 14:14:04','2014-10-19 06:14:04','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. \r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. \r\n\r\nI am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and live with it.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than the fear campaign that sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea leves. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind at least the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are far more tangible than the fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:14:04','2014-10-19 06:14:04','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(651,1,'2014-10-19 14:16:15','2014-10-19 06:16:15','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. \r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. \r\n\r\nI am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and live with it.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than the fear campaign that sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea leves. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:16:15','2014-10-19 06:16:15','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(652,1,'2014-10-19 14:17:24','2014-10-19 06:17:24','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate computer models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 18 years. \r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. \r\n\r\nI am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and live with it.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than the fear campaign that sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:17:24','2014-10-19 06:17:24','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(653,1,'2014-10-19 14:18:42','2014-10-19 06:18:42','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 15 or so years. \r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. \r\n\r\nI am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and live with it.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than the fear campaign that sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:18:42','2014-10-19 06:18:42','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(654,1,'2014-10-19 14:19:13','2014-10-19 06:19:13','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 15 or so years. Yes there is a longer term trend, but it ain\'t that bad.\r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. \r\n\r\nI am at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and live with it.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than the fear campaign that sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:19:13','2014-10-19 06:19:13','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(655,1,'2014-10-19 14:24:32','2014-10-19 06:24:32','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nI find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 15 or so years. Yes there is a longer term trend, but it ain\'t that bad.\r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. I don\'t mind if people choose to post to \'Get Up!\' about the need for more wind-power from their shiny, new iPhone 6 and drive to the polling booth a vote for Senator Ludlum - just so long as they recognise their own hypocrisy and realise they are just talking the talk.\r\n\r\nI am at totally peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and live with it.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than the fear campaign that sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:24:32','2014-10-19 06:24:32','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(656,1,'2014-10-19 14:25:15','2014-10-19 06:25:15','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nHaving holidayed in China just last year, I find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 15 or so years. Yes there is a longer term trend, but it ain\'t that bad.\r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. I don\'t mind if people choose to post to \'Get Up!\' about the need for more wind-power from their shiny, new iPhone 6 and drive to the polling booth a vote for Senator Ludlum - just so long as they recognise their own hypocrisy and realise they are just talking the talk.\r\n\r\nI am at totally peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and live with it.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than the fear campaign that sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:25:15','2014-10-19 06:25:15','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(657,1,'2014-10-19 14:25:41','2014-10-19 06:25:41','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nHaving holidayed in China just last year, I find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 15 or so years. Yes there is a longer term trend, but it ain\'t that bad.\r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nBut the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. I don\'t mind if people choose to post to \'Get Up!\' about the need for more wind-power from their shiny, new iPhone 6 and drive to the polling booth a vote for Senator Ludlum - just so long as they recognise their own hypocrisy and realise they are just talking the talk.\r\n\r\nI am at totally peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and live with it.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than the fear campaign that sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - <br>A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:25:41','2014-10-19 06:25:41','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(658,1,'2014-10-19 14:27:25','2014-10-19 06:27:25','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nHaving holidayed in China just last year, I find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 15 or so years. Yes there is a longer term trend, but it ain\'t that bad.\r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nHowever the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but instead to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. I don\'t mind if people choose to post to \'Get Up!\' about the need for more wind-power from their shiny, new iPhone 6 and drive to the polling booth a vote for Senator Ludlum - just so long as they recognise their own hypocrisy and realise they are just talking the talk.\r\n\r\nI am at totally peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and live with it.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than the fear campaign that sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - <br>A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:27:25','2014-10-19 06:27:25','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(659,1,'2014-10-19 14:30:02','2014-10-19 06:30:02','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nHaving holidayed in China just last year, I find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 15 or so years. Yes there is a longer term trend, but it ain\'t that bad.\r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nHowever the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but instead to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. I honesty don\'t mind if people choose to post to \'Get Up!\' about the need for more wind-power from their shiny, new iPhone 6 and then drive to the polling booth a vote for Senator Ludlum - just so long as they recognise their own hypocrisy and realise they are just talking the talk.\r\n\r\nI am at totally peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and live with it.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than the fear campaign that sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - <br>A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:30:02','2014-10-19 06:30:02','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(660,1,'2014-10-19 14:32:08','2014-10-19 06:32:08','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nHaving holidayed in China just last year, I find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 15 or so years. Yes there is a longer term trend, but it ain\'t that bad.\r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nHowever the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but instead to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. I honesty don\'t mind if people choose to post to \'Get Up!\' about the need for more wind-power from their shiny, new iPhone 6 and then drive to the polling booth a vote for Senator Ludlum - just so long as they recognise their own hypocrisy and realise they are just talking the talk.\r\n\r\nI am at totally peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and then live with that choice. I have.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than the fear campaign that sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - <br>A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:32:08','2014-10-19 06:32:08','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(661,1,'2014-10-19 14:35:17','2014-10-19 06:35:17','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nHaving holidayed in China just last year, I find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 15 or so years. Yes there is a longer term trend, but it ain\'t that bad.\r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nHowever the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but instead to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. I honesty don\'t mind if people choose to post to \'Get Up!\' about the need for more wind-power from their shiny, new iPhone 6 and then drive to the polling booth a vote for Senator Ludlum - just so long as they recognise their own hypocrisy and realise they are just talking the talk.\r\n\r\nI am at totally peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and then live with that choice. I have.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than the Green-Left fear campaign: That sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits real people are enjoying right now. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - <br>A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:35:17','2014-10-19 06:35:17','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(662,1,'2014-10-19 14:36:06','2014-10-19 06:36:06','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nHaving holidayed in China just last year, I find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 15 or so years. Yes there is a longer term trend, but it ain\'t that bad.\r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nHowever the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but instead to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. I honesty don\'t mind if people choose to post to \'Get Up!\' about the need for more wind-power from their shiny, new iPhone 6 and then drive to the polling booth a vote for Senator Ludlum - just so long as they recognise their own hypocrisy and realise they are just talking the talk.\r\n\r\nI am at totally peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and then live with that choice. I have.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than Green-Left political arguments: That sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits real people are enjoying right now. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - <br>A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:36:06','2014-10-19 06:36:06','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(663,1,'2014-10-19 14:39:05','2014-10-19 06:39:05','<img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nHaving holidayed in China just last year, I find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 15 years or so. Yes there is a longer-term trend, but it really ain\'t that bad.\r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nHowever the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but instead to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. I honesty don\'t mind if people choose to post to \'Get Up!\' about the need for more wind-power from their shiny, new iPhone 6 and then drive to the polling booth a vote for Senator Ludlum - just so long as they recognise their own hypocrisy and realise they are just talking the talk.\r\n\r\nI am at totally peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" />\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and then live with that choice. I have.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than Green-Left political arguments: That sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits real people are enjoying right now. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - <br>A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:39:05','2014-10-19 06:39:05','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(664,1,'2014-10-19 14:51:42','2014-10-19 06:51:42','[caption width=\"490\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/green-house/2010/01/22/solarhomex-large.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"337\" class /> Source: USA Today[/caption]\r\n\r\nOne thing that makes me laugh about devotees of the Green-Left is they define themselves by ... wait for it ... What they buy. \"Look at my rainwater tank/tesla/grey-water system, organic fruit smoothies, ....\". So convenient of them to delude themselves into thinking that the shiny new solar panel array on their house grew in a forest, without any help from the nasty mining or petroleum industries. So long as it all makes them feel nice to be doing the \"right thing\", I suppose it is worth it. Ha.\r\n\r\nI\'m likely to get all of the above too. But at least I am honest enough to admit the reason why: I like shiny new stuff, particularly if it saves me money in the long run.\r\n\r\nOne person I heard called this green consumerism, the quest for \"eco-bling\". It is obviously more important to some to be seen doing the right thing, than to do the right thing.\r\n\r\n[caption width=\"480\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://venturebeat.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/no-bling-480.gif\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" class /> Source: Venturebeat[/caption]','What makes you Green?','','inherit','closed','open','','629-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:51:42','2014-10-19 06:51:42','',629,'http://www.smartestplace.net/629-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(665,1,'2014-10-19 14:52:46','2014-10-19 06:52:46','[caption width=\"490\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/green-house/2010/01/22/solarhomex-large.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"337\" class /> Source: USA Today[/caption]\n\nOne thing that makes me laugh about devotees of the Green-Left is they define themselves by ... wait for it ... What they buy. \n\n\"Look at my rainwater tank/Tesla/grey-water system, organic fruit smoothies, ....\". So convenient of them to delude themselves into thinking that the shiny new solar panel array on their house grew in a forest, without any help from the nasty mining or petroleum industries. So long as it all makes them feel \'nice\' to be doing the \'right thing\', I suppose it is worth it. Ha.\n\nI\'m likely to get all of the above too. But at least I am honest enough to admit the reason why: I like shiny new stuff, particularly if it saves me money in the long run.\n\nOne person I heard called this green consumerism, the quest for \"eco-bling\". It is obviously more important to some to be seen doing the right thing, than to do the right thing.\n\n[caption width=\"480\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://venturebeat.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/no-bling-480.gif\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" class /> Source: Venturebeat[/caption]','What makes you Green?','','inherit','closed','open','','629-autosave-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:52:46','2014-10-19 06:52:46','',629,'http://www.smartestplace.net/629-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(666,1,'2014-10-19 14:53:03','2014-10-19 06:53:03','[caption width=\"490\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/green-house/2010/01/22/solarhomex-large.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"337\" class /> Source: USA Today[/caption]\r\n\r\nOne thing that makes me laugh about devotees of the Green-Left is they define themselves by ... wait for it ... What they buy. \r\n\r\n\"Look at my rainwater tank/Tesla/grey-water system, organic fruit smoothies, ....\". So convenient of them to delude themselves into thinking that the shiny new solar panel array on their house grew in a forest, without any help from the nasty mining or petroleum industries. So long as it all makes them feel \'nice\' to be doing the \'right thing\', I suppose it is worth it. Ha.\r\n\r\nI\'m likely to get all of the above too. But at least I am honest enough to admit the reason why: I like shiny new stuff, particularly if it saves me money in the long run.\r\n\r\nOne person I heard called this green consumerism the quest for \"eco-bling\". It is obviously more important to some to be seen doing the right thing, than to do the right thing.\r\n\r\n[caption width=\"480\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://venturebeat.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/no-bling-480.gif\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" class /> Source: Venturebeat[/caption]','What makes you Green?','','inherit','closed','open','','629-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:53:03','2014-10-19 06:53:03','',629,'http://www.smartestplace.net/629-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(667,1,'2014-10-19 14:53:39','2014-10-19 06:53:39','<center>[caption width=\"490\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/green-house/2010/01/22/solarhomex-large.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"337\" class /> Source: USA Today[/caption]</center>\r\n\r\nOne thing that makes me laugh about devotees of the Green-Left is they define themselves by ... wait for it ... What they buy. \r\n\r\n\"Look at my rainwater tank/Tesla/grey-water system, organic fruit smoothies, ....\". So convenient of them to delude themselves into thinking that the shiny new solar panel array on their house grew in a forest, without any help from the nasty mining or petroleum industries. So long as it all makes them feel \'nice\' to be doing the \'right thing\', I suppose it is worth it. Ha.\r\n\r\nI\'m likely to get all of the above too. But at least I am honest enough to admit the reason why: I like shiny new stuff, particularly if it saves me money in the long run.\r\n\r\nOne person I heard called this green consumerism the quest for \"eco-bling\". It is obviously more important to some to be seen doing the right thing, than to do the right thing.\r\n\r\n[caption width=\"480\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://venturebeat.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/no-bling-480.gif\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" class /> Source: Venturebeat[/caption]','What makes you Green?','','inherit','closed','open','','629-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:53:39','2014-10-19 06:53:39','',629,'http://www.smartestplace.net/629-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(668,1,'2014-10-19 14:54:13','2014-10-19 06:54:13','<center>[caption width=\"490\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/green-house/2010/01/22/solarhomex-large.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"337\" class /> Source: USA Today[/caption]</center>\r\n\r\nOne thing that makes me laugh about devotees of the Green-Left is they define themselves by ... wait for it ... What they buy. \r\n\r\n\"Look at my rainwater tank/Tesla/grey-water system, organic fruit smoothies, ....\". So convenient of them to delude themselves into thinking that the shiny new solar panel array on their house grew in a forest, without any help from the nasty mining or petroleum industries. So long as it all makes them feel \'nice\' to be doing the \'right thing\', I suppose it is worth it. Ha.\r\n\r\nI\'m likely to get all of the above too. But at least I am honest enough to admit the reason why: I like shiny new stuff, particularly if it saves me money in the long run.\r\n\r\nOne person I heard called this green consumerism the quest for \"eco-bling\". It is obviously more important to some to be seen doing the right thing, than to do the right thing.\r\n\r\n<center>[caption width=\"480\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://venturebeat.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/no-bling-480.gif\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" class /> Source: Venturebeat[/caption]</center>','What makes you Green?','','inherit','closed','open','','629-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:54:13','2014-10-19 06:54:13','',629,'http://www.smartestplace.net/629-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(669,1,'2014-10-19 14:55:28','2014-10-19 06:55:28','<center><img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" /></center>\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nHaving holidayed in China just last year, I find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 15 years or so. Yes there is a longer-term trend, but it really ain\'t that bad.\r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nHowever the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but instead to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. I honesty don\'t mind if people choose to post to \'Get Up!\' about the need for more wind-power from their shiny, new iPhone 6 and then drive to the polling booth a vote for Senator Ludlum - just so long as they recognise their own hypocrisy and realise they are just talking the talk.\r\n\r\nI am at totally peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n\r\n<center><img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" /></center>\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and then live with that choice. I have.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than Green-Left political arguments: That sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits real people are enjoying right now. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - <br>A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-19 14:55:28','2014-10-19 06:55:28','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(670,1,'2014-10-20 06:50:12','2014-10-19 22:50:12','','steve','','inherit','closed','open','','steve','','','2014-10-20 06:50:12','2014-10-19 22:50:12','',0,'http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/steve.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(671,1,'2014-10-20 11:33:40','2014-10-20 03:33:40','<center><img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" /></center>\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nHaving holidayed in China just last year, I find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 15 years or so. Yes there is a longer-term trend, but it really ain\'t that bad.\r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nHowever the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but instead to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. I honesty don\'t mind if people choose to post to \'Get Up!\' about the need for more wind-power from their shiny, new iPhone 6 and then drive (in their imported car) to the polling booth to vote for Senator Ludlum - just so long as they recognise their own hypocrisy and realise they are just talking the talk.\r\n\r\nI am at totally peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is simply worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n\r\n<center><img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" /></center>\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and then live with that choice. I have.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than Green-Left political arguments: That sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits real people are enjoying right now. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - <br>A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-20 11:33:40','2014-10-20 03:33:40','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(672,1,'2014-10-20 11:35:25','2014-10-20 03:35:25','<center><img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" /></center>\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nHaving holidayed in China just last year, I find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 15 years or so. Yes there is a longer-term trend, but it really ain\'t that bad.\r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nHowever the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but instead to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. I honesty don\'t mind if people choose to post to \'Get Up!\' about the need for more wind-power from their shiny, new iPhone 6 and then drive (in their imported car) to the polling booth to vote for Senator Ludlum - just so long as they recognise their own hypocrisy and realise they are just talking the talk.\r\n\r\nI am totally at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is, simply, worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given the chance of a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n\r\n<center><img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" /></center>\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and then live with that choice. I have.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than Green-Left political arguments: That sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits real people are enjoying right now. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - <br>A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-20 11:35:25','2014-10-20 03:35:25','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(673,1,'2014-10-20 11:36:08','2014-10-20 03:36:08','<center><img src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9kbq4y_QD5M/TmAw0Qg-PGI/AAAAAAAAABY/jqJatthlDWY/s1600/1_4_2_1_1.sflb.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Pollution\" class=\"alignnone\" /></center>\r\n\r\nJust to be absolutely clear: Yes, I do believe anthropogenic climate change is occurring. And... I think it is totally worth it.\r\n\r\nHaving holidayed in China just last year, I find it hard to believe arguments that humans are not impacting the climate, but I also think that the change being caused is *far* less than the Green-Left would like us to think. The truth is that real warming has been consistently below that predicted by climate models, and many climate scientists accept that there has been no statistically significant warming over the past 15 years or so. Yes there is a longer-term trend, but it really ain\'t that bad.\r\n\r\nJust take a look at this chart using the IPCC\'s own figures:\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming.jpg\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Warming-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"Warming\" width=\"450\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-627\" /></a>\r\n\r\nFrom my own experience with the complex transient models in my profession, the problem with these models is that they are highly dependent on the assumed feedback constants - this is the Butterfly Effect in action. The difference between entering 0.1, 0.11 and 0.12 into an equation can be all the difference between predictions of an ice-age, life as normal, or a parched wasteland.\r\n\r\nHowever the purpose of this post is not to attack these computer models, but instead to defend the warming that we are all implicitly choosing to have - a choice reflected by our individual actions. I honesty don\'t mind if people choose to post to \'Get Up!\' about the need for more wind-power from their shiny, new iPhone 6 and then drive (in their imported car) to the polling booth to vote for Senator Ludlum - just so long as they recognise their own hypocrisy and realise they are just talking the talk.\r\n\r\nI am totally at peace with my choice, as my view is that the climate change we are causing is, simply, worth it - because of the quality of life it offers my family, and also for the enormous numbers of people that are being given the chance of a better life in the developing world. \r\n\r\nOver the past twenty years alone vast numbers of people have moved out of poverty, particularly in China.\r\n\r\n<center><img src=\"http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-XC741_POVERT_E_20130417171914.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" alt=\"Poverty rates\" class=\"alignnone\" /></center>\r\n\r\nWhen these percentages are translated to numbers, we are already talking 1,500,000,000 people who have moved out of extreme poverty over the past 20 years. Long may this trend continue, but don\'t kid yourself into thinking it would have been possible without global warming. Make your choice, and then live with that choice.\r\n\r\nThis evidence is a far stronger motivator for my actions than Green-Left political arguments: That sometime in the future (but conveniently not yet), millions of people will have their homes inundated by rising sea-levels. I won\'t hold my breath for this, but even if sea-levels were to rise, people aren\'t just going to sit there and ... drown. They would move. So even this risk acceptable, and more than compensated for by the global benefits real people are enjoying right now. My house is only 15 metres above sea-level, indeed I may have to move if the doomsayers most pessimistic projections are correct.\r\n\r\nIronically the Green-Left are engaged in an ongoing fear campaign to try to influence voters ... when they so vocally denounce such tactics when used by the right. The consistent message from these groups has been negative: That we are stuffing up the world. That we are rapidly approaching a tipping point. And that we need to radically cut back on consumption. This is a campaign that seeks to make us all feel guilty, and ... here is the key bit ... vote for politicians that will dismantle the very system that has brought us prosperity in the first place.\r\n\r\nI am a strong believer that we should make decisions based upon opportunity, not fear. I choose to be both a pragmatist and an optimist, and in my mind the opportunities offered by continued development and growth are <em>far</em> more tangible than the debilitating fear that it is all going to suddenly go so wrong. \r\n\r\nThe Green-Left are the real Axis of Evil, and being green is just a sugar-coating so they can try and administer their \"Big Government knows best\" doctrine. Not on my watch.','Climate Change - <br>A worthwhile endeavor','','inherit','closed','open','','625-revision-v1','','','2014-10-20 11:36:08','2014-10-20 03:36:08','',625,'http://www.smartestplace.net/625-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(675,1,'2014-10-26 10:28:14','2014-10-26 02:28:14','<blockquote>\"The key to design is coming up with something that can handle things you never thought of\"</blockquote>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\r\n<em>- Martin Fowler</em></div>','Design','','publish','closed','open','','design','','','2015-04-04 20:37:30','2015-04-04 12:37:30','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=675',0,'post','',0),(676,1,'2014-10-26 10:28:14','2014-10-26 02:28:14','<blockquote>\"The key to design is come up with something that can handle things you never thought of\"</blockquote>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\r\n<em>- Martin Fowler</em></div>','Design','','inherit','closed','open','','675-revision-v1','','','2014-10-26 10:28:14','2014-10-26 02:28:14','',675,'http://www.smartestplace.net/675-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(678,1,'2014-11-16 20:05:32','2014-11-16 12:05:32','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\n\n- Nice water glasses\nLike this from TableCulture\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\"><img title=\"20141116_131343.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\" /></a> \n\n- Grey Canvas Crocs\n<a href=\"http://www.bstore.com.au/crocs-santa-cruz-espresso-espresso#\">Like this</a>\n\n- A Spirit Level (not a short one!)\n<a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\n\n- A book: Tribes by Seth Godin\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1591842336\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \n\n- A staple gun \n<a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\n\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\n\n- Another book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \n\n- A NUC - To easily have Bittorrent, Netflix & HBO on our TV\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\n\n- Another book: Zero to One by Peter Thiel \n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/0804139296\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a>','Steven\'s <br>Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-11-16 20:05:32','2014-11-16 12:05:32','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(679,1,'2014-11-23 14:39:11','2014-11-23 06:39:11','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\n\n- Highland Park Whisky\n<a href=\"https://m.danmurphys.com.au/mob/product/DM_73487/highland-park-12-year-old-scotch-whisky-700ml.jsp;jsessionid=631E9EEF7BE1AAF797BD3D0906B77ECA.ncdlmorasp1301?bmUID=kDdq4H_\">Like this</a>\n\n- Nice water glasses\nLike this from TableCulture\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\"><img title=\"20141116_131343.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\" /></a> \n\n- Grey Canvas Crocs\n<a href=\"http://www.bstore.com.au/crocs-santa-cruz-espresso-espresso#\">Like this</a>\n\n- A Spirit Level (not a short one!)\n<a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\n\n- A book: Tribes by Seth Godin\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1591842336\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \n\n- A staple gun \n<a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\n\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\n\n- Another book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \n\n- A NUC - To easily have Bittorrent, Netflix & HBO on our TV\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\n\n- Another book: Zero to One by Peter Thiel \n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/0804139296\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a>','Steven\'s <br>Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-11-23 14:39:11','2014-11-23 06:39:11','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(680,1,'2014-11-23 14:42:35','2014-11-23 06:42:35','Here is my Christmas List for 2014, in no particular order:\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\n\n- Highland Park Whisky\n<a href=\"https://m.danmurphys.com.au/mob/product/DM_73487/highland-park-12-year-old-scotch-whisky-700ml.jsp;jsessionid=631E9EEF7BE1AAF797BD3D0906B77ECA.ncdlmorasp1301?bmUID=kDdq4H_\">Like this</a>\n\n- Nice water glasses\nLike this from TableCulture\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\"><img title=\"20141116_131343.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\" /></a> \n\n- Grey Canvas Crocs\n<a href=\"http://www.bstore.com.au/crocs-santa-cruz-espresso-espresso#\">Like this</a>\n\n- Memento DVD\nMy favourite movie on DVD. <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004FHCH9Q/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1416724842&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SY200_QL40\">Like this</a>\n\n- A Spirit Level (not a short one!)\n<a href=\"http://www.vertextools.com/media/catalog/product/cache/12/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/s/p/spirit-level_3.jpg\" title=\"Spirit Level\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\n\n- A book: Tribes by Seth Godin\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1591842336\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \n\n- A staple gun \n<a href=\"https://2ecffd01e1ab3e9383f0-07db7b9624bbdf022e3b5395236d5cf8.ssl.cf4.rackcdn.com/Product-800x800/3fee24f3-eadf-483a-8ac5-464ea18d3769.jpg\" title=\"Staple Gun\" target=\"_blank\">Like this</a>\n\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\n\n- Another book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \n\n- A NUC - To easily have Bittorrent, Netflix & HBO on our TV\n<em>More expensive (US$350+PP) </em>\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/B00H3YT8CC \" target=\"_blank\">Get it here from Amazon</a>\n\n- Another book: Zero to One by Peter Thiel \n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/0804139296\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a>','Steven\'s <br>Christmas List 2014','','inherit','closed','open','','603-revision-v1','','','2014-11-23 14:42:35','2014-11-23 06:42:35','',603,'http://www.smartestplace.net/603-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(693,1,'2015-01-24 10:19:08','2015-01-24 02:19:08','Here is my Christmas List for 2015, in no particular order:\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\n\n- Fabric Softener \n\n- Kitchen Roll\n\n- Highland Park Whisky\n<a href=\"https://m.danmurphys.com.au/mob/product/DM_73487/highland-park-12-year-old-scotch-whisky-700ml.jsp;jsessionid=631E9EEF7BE1AAF797BD3D0906B77ECA.ncdlmorasp1301?bmUID=kDdq4H_\">Like this</a>\n\n- Nice water glasses\nLike this from TableCulture\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\"><img title=\"20141116_131343.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\" /></a> \n\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\n\n- Another book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \n\n- Another book: Zero to One by Peter Thiel \n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/0804139296\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a>','Steven’s <br />Christmas List 2015','','inherit','closed','open','','682-revision-v1','','','2015-01-24 10:19:08','2015-01-24 02:19:08','',682,'http://www.smartestplace.net/682-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(682,1,'2014-12-29 06:41:59','2014-12-28 22:41:59','Here is my Christmas List for 2016, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n- Hosepipe reel\r\nLike this from Bunnings: <a href=\"https://www.bunnings.com.au/holman-30m-retractable-hose-reel-with-spray-gun_p3110525\">At Bunnings</a>\r\n\r\n- Sunglasses\r\n\r\n- 19m2 Cedar lining + 33m small quad scotia (Tilling prefinished)\r\n<a href=\"http://mbsales.net.au/products/lining-and-cladding/lining/\">From M&amp;B Sales</a>\r\n\r\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n- A book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a>','Steven’s <br />Christmas List 2016','','publish','closed','open','','stevens-christmas-list-2016','','','2016-11-21 14:25:20','2016-11-21 06:25:20','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?page_id=682',0,'page','',0),(796,1,'2016-11-21 14:22:56','2016-11-21 06:22:56','Here is my Christmas List for 2016, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n- Hosepipe reel\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https://www.bunnings.com.au/holman-30m-retractable-hose-reel-with-spray-gun_p3110525\">At Bunnings</a>\r\n\r\n- Sunglasses\r\n- 19m2 Cedar lining + 33m small quad scotia (Tilling prefinished)\r\n<a href=\"http://mbsales.net.au/products/lining-and-cladding/lining/\">From M&amp;B Sales</a>\r\n\r\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n- Another book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a>','Steven’s <br />Christmas List 2016','','inherit','closed','closed','','682-revision-v1','','','2016-11-21 14:22:56','2016-11-21 06:22:56','',682,'http://www.smartestplace.net/682-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(792,1,'2016-11-07 21:36:06','2016-11-07 13:36:06','Here is my Christmas List for 2016, in no particular order:\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\n\n- Hosepipe reel\n\n<a href=\"https://www.bunnings.com.au/holman-30m-retractable-hose-reel-with-spray-gun_p3110525\">At Bunnings</a>\n- Cedar lining (Tilling prefinished)\n\n<a href=\"http://mbsales.net.au/products/lining-and-cladding/lining/\">From M&amp;B Sales</a>\n- Nice water glasses\nLike this from TableCulture\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\"><img title=\"20141116_131343.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\"></a>\n\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\n\n- Another book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a>','Steven’s <br />Christmas List 2016','','inherit','closed','closed','','682-revision-v1','','','2016-11-07 21:36:06','2016-11-07 13:36:06','',682,'http://www.smartestplace.net/682-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(683,1,'2014-12-29 06:41:59','2014-12-28 22:41:59','Here is my Christmas List for 2015, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n- Highland Park Whisky\r\n<a href=\"https://m.danmurphys.com.au/mob/product/DM_73487/highland-park-12-year-old-scotch-whisky-700ml.jsp;jsessionid=631E9EEF7BE1AAF797BD3D0906B77ECA.ncdlmorasp1301?bmUID=kDdq4H_\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n- Nice water glasses\r\nLike this from TableCulture\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\"><img title=\"20141116_131343.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\" /></a> \r\n\r\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n- Another book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a> \r\n\r\n- Another book: Zero to One by Peter Thiel \r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/0804139296\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a>','Steven’s <br />Christmas List 2015','','inherit','closed','open','','682-revision-v1','','','2014-12-29 06:41:59','2014-12-28 22:41:59','',682,'http://www.smartestplace.net/682-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(688,1,'2015-01-09 06:35:47','0000-00-00 00:00:00','\r\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_terrorism\r\n','Christians extremists kill more people than Islamic extremists. Really?','','draft','closed','open','','christians-extremists-kill-people-islamic-extremists-really','','','2015-01-09 06:35:47','2015-01-08 22:35:47','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=688',0,'post','',0),(686,1,'2014-12-29 06:48:08','2014-12-28 22:48:08','<blockquote>\"The key to design is coming up with something that can handle things you never thought of\"</blockquote>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\r\n<em>- Martin Fowler</em></div>','Design','','inherit','closed','open','','675-revision-v1','','','2014-12-29 06:48:08','2014-12-28 22:48:08','',675,'http://www.smartestplace.net/675-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(689,1,'2015-01-09 06:35:47','2015-01-08 22:35:47','\r\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_terrorism\r\n','Christians extremists kill more people than Islamic extremists. Really?','','inherit','closed','open','','688-revision-v1','','','2015-01-09 06:35:47','2015-01-08 22:35:47','',688,'http://www.smartestplace.net/688-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(690,1,'2015-01-11 14:30:06','2015-01-11 06:30:06','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\r\n\r\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed Version Control)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/\" target=\"_blank\">TortoiseGit (Windows UI)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sonarqube.org\">Sonar (Code Quality)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\r\n\r\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<strong>Logging</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\r\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\r\n\r\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<strong>Web Service Testing</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">Siege</a> (Load testing - Linux) \r\n\r\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.joedog.org/siege-home/\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack\" target=\"_blank\">Agent Ransack</a> (Multiple File Search)\r\n\r\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://neo4j.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Neo4j</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web graph visualisation)</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://gephi.org/\">Gephi</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.playframework.com\" target=\"_blank\">Play Framework</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch (JavaScript)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gwtproject.org/\" target=\"_blank\">GWT (Java)</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://vaadin.com/home\" target=\"_blank\">Vaadin (Java)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Authentication</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://oauth.net/\" target=\"_blank\">OAuth</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">TeamViewer</a> Online Meetings\r\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n<a href=\"https://wappalyzer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wappalyzer</a> (Website Technology Scanner)\r\n\r\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\r\n\r\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\r\nD3\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\nBusiness Tools\r\n\r\nIntranet <a href=\"http://www.simpleintranet.org/\">Wordpress Simple Intranet Directory </a>\r\nAccounting <a href=\"https://www.xero.com/au/\">Xero</a>\r\nProject Management <a href=\"https://basecamp.com\">Basecamp</a>','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2015-01-11 14:30:06','2015-01-11 06:30:06','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(691,1,'2015-01-11 14:33:00','2015-01-11 06:33:00','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\r\n\r\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed Version Control)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/\" target=\"_blank\">TortoiseGit (Windows UI)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sonarqube.org\">Sonar (Code Quality)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\r\n\r\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<strong>Logging</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\r\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\r\n\r\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<strong>Web Service Testing</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">Siege</a> (Load testing - Linux) \r\n\r\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.joedog.org/siege-home/\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack\" target=\"_blank\">Agent Ransack</a> (Multiple File Search)\r\n\r\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://thinkaurelius.github.io/titan/\" target=\"_blank\">Titan</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graph Visualisation</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web graph visualisation)</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://gephi.org/\">Gephi</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.playframework.com\" target=\"_blank\">Play Framework</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch (JavaScript)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gwtproject.org/\" target=\"_blank\">GWT (Java)</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://vaadin.com/home\" target=\"_blank\">Vaadin (Java)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Authentication</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://oauth.net/\" target=\"_blank\">OAuth</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">TeamViewer</a> Online Meetings\r\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n<a href=\"https://wappalyzer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wappalyzer</a> (Website Technology Scanner)\r\n\r\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\r\n\r\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\r\nD3\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\nBusiness Tools\r\n\r\nIntranet <a href=\"http://www.simpleintranet.org/\">Wordpress Simple Intranet Directory </a>\r\nAccounting <a href=\"https://www.xero.com/au/\">Xero</a>\r\nProject Management <a href=\"https://basecamp.com\">Basecamp</a>','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2015-01-11 14:33:00','2015-01-11 06:33:00','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(692,1,'2015-01-11 14:44:38','2015-01-11 06:44:38','Here is a list of my favourite development tools. :\r\n\r\n<strong>Version Control</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git (Distributed Version Control)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/\" target=\"_blank\">TortoiseGit (Windows UI)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Continuous Integration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/\" target=\"_blank\">TeamCity</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sonarqube.org\">Sonar (Code Quality)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Development IDE</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.jetbrains.com/IDEA/\" target=\"_blank\">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (Java)\r\n\r\n<strong>Configuration Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Build Tools & Package Management</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://maven.apache.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maven</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Profiling</strong>\r\n<a href=\"https://visualvm.java.net/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">VisualVM</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.yourkit.com/overview/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">YourKit</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Production Monitoring</strong>\r\n(which version deployed to which environment). \r\nFor example, Nagios, OpenNMS and HP Open View.\r\n\r\n<strong>Logging</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://logback.qos.ch\" target=\"_blank\">Logback</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.slf4j.org\" target=\"_blank\">SLF4j (logging abstraction)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Testing Tools</strong>\r\n<em>Low Level Tools (Code Level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.junit.org/\" target=\"_blank\">JUnit</a>\r\n\r\n<em>Mid Level Tools (Functional/Component level)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.soapui.org/\" target=\"_blank\">SoapUI</a> (Functional Testing: Create mock data services)\r\n\r\n<em>High Level Tools</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.seleniumhq.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Selenium</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://fitnesse.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fitnesse</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.rallydev.com/test-management\" target=\"_blank\">Rally</a> (Agile)\r\n\r\n<strong>Web Service Testing</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://findbugs.sourceforge.net\" target=\"_blank\">Siege</a> (Load testing - Linux) \r\n\r\n<strong>Code Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.joedog.org/siege-home/\" target=\"_blank\">FindBugs</a> (Code Analysis)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack\" target=\"_blank\">Agent Ransack</a> (Multiple File Search)\r\n\r\n<strong>Document Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.mongodb.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MongoDB</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graph Databases</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://thinkaurelius.github.io/titan/\" target=\"_blank\">Titan</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graph Visualisation</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://keylines.com\" target=\"_blank\">Keylines (Web graph visualisation)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://thejit.org\" target=\"_blank\">JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Web graph visualisation)</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://gephi.org/\">Gephi</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Mobile Development</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.playframework.com\" target=\"_blank\">Play Framework</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sencha.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sencha Touch (JavaScript)</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.gwtproject.org/\" target=\"_blank\">GWT (Java)</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://vaadin.com/home\" target=\"_blank\">Vaadin (Java)</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Graphics</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.getpaint.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Paint.NET</a> (Bitmap Editor)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.inkscape.org/en/\" target=\"_blank\">Inkscape</a> (Vectors Editor)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.colorschemer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Color Schemer</a>\r\nPixel Ruler\r\n\r\n<strong>REST and OData frameworks</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://restlet.org\" target=\"_blank\">Restlet</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://jersey.java.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://code.google.com/p/odata4j/\" target=\"_blank\">OData4j</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Authentication</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://oauth.net/\" target=\"_blank\">OAuth</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Useful Tools</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">TeamViewer</a> Online Meetings\r\n<a href=\"http://notepad-plus-plus.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Notepad++</a> with XML and JSON extensions\r\n<a href=\"http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond Compare</a> (Code & Config Comparison)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.xmlvalidation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">XML Validation Tool</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://getglimpse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpse</a> (Diagnostics platform for web apps)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.trilead.com/Download/\" target=\"_blank\">VMX</a> (Virtual Server Management)\r\n<a href=\"http://wixtoolset.org/\" target=\"_blank\">WIX</a> (Windows installation package builder)\r\n<a href=\"http://fiddler2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiddler</a> (HTTP debugging proxy)\r\n<a href=\"https://wappalyzer.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wappalyzer</a> (Website Technology Scanner)\r\n\r\n<strong>UI Software</strong>\r\n<a href=\"http://balsamiq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Balsamiq</a> (Wireframing Software)\r\n<a href=\"http://www.crazyegg.com/#.\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Egg</a> (Eye Tracking Software)\r\n\r\n<strong>Charting libraries</strong>\r\nD3\r\ngRaphaël\r\nHighcharts\r\nAngularJS\r\nTelerik Kendo UI\r\naCharts\r\nCubism.js\r\nDojo GFX\r\ndygraphs\r\nFlot\r\nFlotr\r\nFlotr2\r\nGoogle Chart Tools\r\nEnvision.js\r\nJavascript InfoVis Toolkit\r\njqPlot\r\njQuery Sparklines\r\njQuery Visualize\r\nmilkchart\r\nRGraph\r\nRickshaw\r\nTimeplot\r\nGraphUp\r\n\r\n<strong>Business Tools</strong>\r\nIntranet - <a href=\"http://www.simpleintranet.org/\">Wordpress Simple Intranet Directory </a>\r\nAccounting - <a href=\"https://www.xero.com/au/\">Xero</a>\r\nProject Management - <a href=\"https://basecamp.com\">Basecamp</a>','Development Tools','','inherit','closed','open','','282-revision-v1','','','2015-01-11 14:44:38','2015-01-11 06:44:38','',282,'http://www.smartestplace.net/282-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(695,1,'2015-03-14 22:42:54','2015-03-14 14:42:54','<p><img width=\"1000\" height=\"796\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_0202.jpg\" title=\"\" class=\"size-custom\"></p><p>Having been a voracious reader of business books since I was 15, it is rare these days that I come across business ideas that are truly novel. But today when reading <a href=\"http://www.steveblank.com\">Steve Blank\'s blog</a>, he suggested something new that is both practical and universally applicable to all business decisions.</p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\">Here is an excerpt:</font></p><blockquote><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">“A good plan violently executed now<br>is better&nbsp;than a perfect plan next week.”<br></span></font><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><i>- General George Patton</i></span><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br></span></font></blockquote><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">The same is true in your company.&nbsp;</span></font></p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Since every situation is unique, there is no perfect solution to any engineering, customer or competitor problem, and you shouldn’t agonize over trying to find one. This doesn’t mean gambling the company’s fortunes on a whim. It means adopting plans with an acceptable degree of risk, and doing it quickly. In general, the company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage.</span></font></p><p class=\"Textnoindent\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><strong style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Decision Making Heuristics</strong></p><p class=\"Textnoindent\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><em style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\">There are two types of decisions: Those that are reversible and those that are irreversible</em><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\">. An example of a reversible decision could be adding a product feature, a new algorithm in the code, targeting a specific set of customers, etc. If the decision was a bad call you can unwind it in a reasonable period of time. An irreversible decision is firing an employee, launching your product, a five-year lease for an expensive new building, etc. These are usually difficult or impossible to reverse.</span></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">My advice is to start a policy of&nbsp;<em>making reversible decisions before anyone leaves your office</em>&nbsp;or before a meeting ends. It doesn’t matter if you’re 100% right 100% of the time. What matters is having forward momentum and a tight fact-based feedback loop (i.e.&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.slideshare.net/venturehacks/customer-development-methodology-presentation\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Customer Development</a>) to help you quickly recognize and reverse any incorrect decisions.&nbsp;</span></p>','Reversible Decisions','','publish','closed','open','','reversible-decisions','','','2015-04-04 20:36:38','2015-04-04 12:36:38','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=695',0,'post','',0),(696,1,'2015-03-14 22:42:54','2015-03-14 14:42:54','<p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\">Having been a voracious reader of business books since I was 15, it is rare these days that I come across ideas that are truly novel. But today when reading <a href=\"http://www.steveblank.com\">Steve Blank\'s blog</a>, he suggested something that is both practical and universally applicable to all business decisions.</p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\">Here is an excerpt:</font></p><blockquote><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week.”&nbsp;<br>- General George Patton</span></font></blockquote><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">The same is true in your company. Since every situation is unique, there is no perfect solution to any engineering, customer or competitor problem, and you shouldn’t agonize over trying to find one. This doesn’t mean gambling the company’s fortunes on a whim. It means adopting plans with an acceptable degree of risk, and doing it quickly. In general, the company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage.</span></font></p><p class=\"Textnoindent\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><strong style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Decision Making Heuristics</strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><em>Think of decisions of having two states: Those that are reversible and those that are irreversible</em>. An example of a reversible decision could be adding a product feature, a new algorithm in the code, targeting a specific set of customers, etc. If the decision was a bad call you can unwind it in a reasonable period of time. An irreversible decision is firing an employee, launching your product, a five-year lease for an expensive new building, etc. These are usually difficult or impossible to reverse.</span></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">My advice is to start a policy of&nbsp;<em>making reversible decisions before anyone leaves your office</em>&nbsp;or before a meeting ends. It doesn’t matter if you’re 100% right 100% of the time. What matters is having forward momentum and a tight fact-based feedback loop (i.e.&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.slideshare.net/venturehacks/customer-development-methodology-presentation\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Customer Development</a>) to help you quickly recognize and reverse any incorrect decisions.&nbsp;</span></p>','Reversible Decisions','','inherit','closed','open','','695-revision-v1','','','2015-03-14 22:42:54','2015-03-14 14:42:54','',695,'http://www.smartestplace.net/695-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(698,1,'2015-03-14 22:45:48','2015-03-14 14:45:48','<p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\">Having been a voracious reader of business books since I was 15, it is rare these days that I come across ideas that are truly novel. But today when reading <a href=\"http://www.steveblank.com\">Steve Blank\'s blog</a>, he suggested something that is both practical and universally applicable to all business decisions.</p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\">Here is an excerpt:</font></p><blockquote><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">“A good plan violently executed now<br>is better&nbsp;than a perfect plan next week.”<br><br>- General George Patton</span></font></blockquote><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">The same is true in your company. Since every situation is unique, there is no perfect solution to any engineering, customer or competitor problem, and you shouldn’t agonize over trying to find one. This doesn’t mean gambling the company’s fortunes on a whim. It means adopting plans with an acceptable degree of risk, and doing it quickly. In general, the company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage.</span></font></p><p class=\"Textnoindent\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><strong style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Decision Making Heuristics</strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><em>Think of decisions of having two states: Those that are reversible and those that are irreversible</em>. An example of a reversible decision could be adding a product feature, a new algorithm in the code, targeting a specific set of customers, etc. If the decision was a bad call you can unwind it in a reasonable period of time. An irreversible decision is firing an employee, launching your product, a five-year lease for an expensive new building, etc. These are usually difficult or impossible to reverse.</span></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">My advice is to start a policy of&nbsp;<em>making reversible decisions before anyone leaves your office</em>&nbsp;or before a meeting ends. It doesn’t matter if you’re 100% right 100% of the time. What matters is having forward momentum and a tight fact-based feedback loop (i.e.&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.slideshare.net/venturehacks/customer-development-methodology-presentation\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Customer Development</a>) to help you quickly recognize and reverse any incorrect decisions.&nbsp;</span></p>','Reversible Decisions','','inherit','closed','open','','695-revision-v1','','','2015-03-14 22:45:48','2015-03-14 14:45:48','',695,'http://www.smartestplace.net/695-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(697,1,'2015-03-14 22:43:35','2015-03-14 14:43:35','<p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\">Having been a voracious reader of business books since I was 15, it is rare these days that I come across ideas that are truly novel. But today when reading <a href=\"http://www.steveblank.com\">Steve Blank\'s blog</a>, he suggested something that is both practical and universally applicable to all business decisions.</p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\">Here is an excerpt:</font></p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><br></font></p><blockquote><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week.”&nbsp;<br>- General George Patton</span></font></blockquote><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">The same is true in your company. Since every situation is unique, there is no perfect solution to any engineering, customer or competitor problem, and you shouldn’t agonize over trying to find one. This doesn’t mean gambling the company’s fortunes on a whim. It means adopting plans with an acceptable degree of risk, and doing it quickly. In general, the company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage.</span></font></p><p class=\"Textnoindent\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><strong style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Decision Making Heuristics</strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><em>Think of decisions of having two states: Those that are reversible and those that are irreversible</em>. An example of a reversible decision could be adding a product feature, a new algorithm in the code, targeting a specific set of customers, etc. If the decision was a bad call you can unwind it in a reasonable period of time. An irreversible decision is firing an employee, launching your product, a five-year lease for an expensive new building, etc. These are usually difficult or impossible to reverse.</span></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">My advice is to start a policy of&nbsp;<em>making reversible decisions before anyone leaves your office</em>&nbsp;or before a meeting ends. It doesn’t matter if you’re 100% right 100% of the time. What matters is having forward momentum and a tight fact-based feedback loop (i.e.&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.slideshare.net/venturehacks/customer-development-methodology-presentation\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Customer Development</a>) to help you quickly recognize and reverse any incorrect decisions.&nbsp;</span></p>','Reversible Decisions','','inherit','closed','open','','695-revision-v1','','','2015-03-14 22:43:35','2015-03-14 14:43:35','',695,'http://www.smartestplace.net/695-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(699,1,'2015-03-14 22:46:31','2015-03-14 14:46:31','<p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\">Having been a voracious reader of business books since I was 15, it is rare these days that I come across ideas that are truly novel. But today when reading <a href=\"http://www.steveblank.com\">Steve Blank\'s blog</a>, he suggested something that is both practical and universally applicable to all business decisions.</p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\">Here is an excerpt:</font></p><blockquote><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">“A good plan violently executed now<br>is better&nbsp;than a perfect plan next week.”<br></span></font><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><i>- General George Patton</i></span><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br></span></font></blockquote><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">The same is true in your company. Since every situation is unique, there is no perfect solution to any engineering, customer or competitor problem, and you shouldn’t agonize over trying to find one. This doesn’t mean gambling the company’s fortunes on a whim. It means adopting plans with an acceptable degree of risk, and doing it quickly. In general, the company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage.</span></font></p><p class=\"Textnoindent\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><strong style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Decision Making Heuristics</strong></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><em>Think of decisions of having two states: Those that are reversible and those that are irreversible</em>. An example of a reversible decision could be adding a product feature, a new algorithm in the code, targeting a specific set of customers, etc. If the decision was a bad call you can unwind it in a reasonable period of time. An irreversible decision is firing an employee, launching your product, a five-year lease for an expensive new building, etc. These are usually difficult or impossible to reverse.</span></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">My advice is to start a policy of&nbsp;<em>making reversible decisions before anyone leaves your office</em>&nbsp;or before a meeting ends. It doesn’t matter if you’re 100% right 100% of the time. What matters is having forward momentum and a tight fact-based feedback loop (i.e.&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.slideshare.net/venturehacks/customer-development-methodology-presentation\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Customer Development</a>) to help you quickly recognize and reverse any incorrect decisions.&nbsp;</span></p>','Reversible Decisions','','inherit','closed','open','','695-revision-v1','','','2015-03-14 22:46:31','2015-03-14 14:46:31','',695,'http://www.smartestplace.net/695-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(700,1,'2015-03-14 22:51:03','2015-03-14 14:51:03','<p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\">Having been a voracious reader of business books since I was 15, it is rare these days that I come across ideas that are truly novel. But today when reading <a href=\"http://www.steveblank.com\">Steve Blank\'s blog</a>, he suggested something that is both practical and universally applicable to all business decisions.</p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\">Here is an excerpt:</font></p><blockquote><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">“A good plan violently executed now<br>is better&nbsp;than a perfect plan next week.”<br></span></font><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><i>- General George Patton</i></span><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br></span></font></blockquote><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">The same is true in your company.&nbsp;</span></font></p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Since every situation is unique, there is no perfect solution to any engineering, customer or competitor problem, and you shouldn’t agonize over trying to find one. This doesn’t mean gambling the company’s fortunes on a whim. It means adopting plans with an acceptable degree of risk, and doing it quickly. In general, the company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage.</span></font></p><p class=\"Textnoindent\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><strong style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Decision Making Heuristics</strong></p><p class=\"Textnoindent\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><em style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\">There are two types of decisions: Those that are reversible and those that are irreversible</em><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\">. An example of a reversible decision could be adding a product feature, a new algorithm in the code, targeting a specific set of customers, etc. If the decision was a bad call you can unwind it in a reasonable period of time. An irreversible decision is firing an employee, launching your product, a five-year lease for an expensive new building, etc. These are usually difficult or impossible to reverse.</span></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">My advice is to start a policy of&nbsp;<em>making reversible decisions before anyone leaves your office</em>&nbsp;or before a meeting ends. It doesn’t matter if you’re 100% right 100% of the time. What matters is having forward momentum and a tight fact-based feedback loop (i.e.&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.slideshare.net/venturehacks/customer-development-methodology-presentation\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Customer Development</a>) to help you quickly recognize and reverse any incorrect decisions.&nbsp;</span></p>','Reversible Decisions','','inherit','closed','open','','695-revision-v1','','','2015-03-14 22:51:03','2015-03-14 14:51:03','',695,'http://www.smartestplace.net/695-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(701,1,'2015-03-14 22:51:38','2015-03-14 14:51:38','<p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\">Having been a voracious reader of business books since I was 15, it is rare these days that I come across ideas that are truly novel. But today when reading <a href=\"http://www.steveblank.com\">Steve Blank\'s blog</a>, he suggested something new that is both practical and universally applicable to all business decisions.</p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\">Here is an excerpt:</font></p><blockquote><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">“A good plan violently executed now<br>is better&nbsp;than a perfect plan next week.”<br></span></font><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><i>- General George Patton</i></span><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br></span></font></blockquote><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">The same is true in your company.&nbsp;</span></font></p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Since every situation is unique, there is no perfect solution to any engineering, customer or competitor problem, and you shouldn’t agonize over trying to find one. This doesn’t mean gambling the company’s fortunes on a whim. It means adopting plans with an acceptable degree of risk, and doing it quickly. In general, the company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage.</span></font></p><p class=\"Textnoindent\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><strong style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Decision Making Heuristics</strong></p><p class=\"Textnoindent\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><em style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\">There are two types of decisions: Those that are reversible and those that are irreversible</em><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\">. An example of a reversible decision could be adding a product feature, a new algorithm in the code, targeting a specific set of customers, etc. If the decision was a bad call you can unwind it in a reasonable period of time. An irreversible decision is firing an employee, launching your product, a five-year lease for an expensive new building, etc. These are usually difficult or impossible to reverse.</span></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">My advice is to start a policy of&nbsp;<em>making reversible decisions before anyone leaves your office</em>&nbsp;or before a meeting ends. It doesn’t matter if you’re 100% right 100% of the time. What matters is having forward momentum and a tight fact-based feedback loop (i.e.&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.slideshare.net/venturehacks/customer-development-methodology-presentation\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Customer Development</a>) to help you quickly recognize and reverse any incorrect decisions.&nbsp;</span></p>','Reversible Decisions','','inherit','closed','open','','695-revision-v1','','','2015-03-14 22:51:38','2015-03-14 14:51:38','',695,'http://www.smartestplace.net/695-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(702,1,'2015-03-14 22:52:25','2015-03-14 14:52:25','<p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\">Having been a voracious reader of business books since I was 15, it is rare these days that I come across business ideas that are truly novel. But today when reading <a href=\"http://www.steveblank.com\">Steve Blank\'s blog</a>, he suggested something new that is both practical and universally applicable to all business decisions.</p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\">Here is an excerpt:</font></p><blockquote><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">“A good plan violently executed now<br>is better&nbsp;than a perfect plan next week.”<br></span></font><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><i>- General George Patton</i></span><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br></span></font></blockquote><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">The same is true in your company.&nbsp;</span></font></p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Since every situation is unique, there is no perfect solution to any engineering, customer or competitor problem, and you shouldn’t agonize over trying to find one. This doesn’t mean gambling the company’s fortunes on a whim. It means adopting plans with an acceptable degree of risk, and doing it quickly. In general, the company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage.</span></font></p><p class=\"Textnoindent\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><strong style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Decision Making Heuristics</strong></p><p class=\"Textnoindent\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><em style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\">There are two types of decisions: Those that are reversible and those that are irreversible</em><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\">. An example of a reversible decision could be adding a product feature, a new algorithm in the code, targeting a specific set of customers, etc. If the decision was a bad call you can unwind it in a reasonable period of time. An irreversible decision is firing an employee, launching your product, a five-year lease for an expensive new building, etc. These are usually difficult or impossible to reverse.</span></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">My advice is to start a policy of&nbsp;<em>making reversible decisions before anyone leaves your office</em>&nbsp;or before a meeting ends. It doesn’t matter if you’re 100% right 100% of the time. What matters is having forward momentum and a tight fact-based feedback loop (i.e.&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.slideshare.net/venturehacks/customer-development-methodology-presentation\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Customer Development</a>) to help you quickly recognize and reverse any incorrect decisions.&nbsp;</span></p>','Reversible Decisions','','inherit','closed','open','','695-revision-v1','','','2015-03-14 22:52:25','2015-03-14 14:52:25','',695,'http://www.smartestplace.net/695-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(703,1,'2015-03-14 22:54:24','2015-03-14 14:54:24','','IMG_0202.JPG','','inherit','closed','open','','img_0202-jpg','','','2015-03-14 22:54:24','2015-03-14 14:54:24','',695,'http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_0202.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(705,1,'2015-03-14 22:55:56','2015-03-14 14:55:56','<p><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_0202.jpg\" alt=\"\">Having been a voracious reader of business books since I was 15, it is rare these days that I come across business ideas that are truly novel. But today when reading <a href=\"http://www.steveblank.com\">Steve Blank\'s blog</a>, he suggested something new that is both practical and universally applicable to all business decisions.</p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\">Here is an excerpt:</font></p><blockquote><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">“A good plan violently executed now<br>is better&nbsp;than a perfect plan next week.”<br></span></font><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><i>- General George Patton</i></span><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br></span></font></blockquote><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">The same is true in your company.&nbsp;</span></font></p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Since every situation is unique, there is no perfect solution to any engineering, customer or competitor problem, and you shouldn’t agonize over trying to find one. This doesn’t mean gambling the company’s fortunes on a whim. It means adopting plans with an acceptable degree of risk, and doing it quickly. In general, the company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage.</span></font></p><p class=\"Textnoindent\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><strong style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Decision Making Heuristics</strong></p><p class=\"Textnoindent\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><em style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\">There are two types of decisions: Those that are reversible and those that are irreversible</em><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\">. An example of a reversible decision could be adding a product feature, a new algorithm in the code, targeting a specific set of customers, etc. If the decision was a bad call you can unwind it in a reasonable period of time. An irreversible decision is firing an employee, launching your product, a five-year lease for an expensive new building, etc. These are usually difficult or impossible to reverse.</span></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">My advice is to start a policy of&nbsp;<em>making reversible decisions before anyone leaves your office</em>&nbsp;or before a meeting ends. It doesn’t matter if you’re 100% right 100% of the time. What matters is having forward momentum and a tight fact-based feedback loop (i.e.&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.slideshare.net/venturehacks/customer-development-methodology-presentation\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Customer Development</a>) to help you quickly recognize and reverse any incorrect decisions.&nbsp;</span></p>','Reversible Decisions','','inherit','closed','open','','695-revision-v1','','','2015-03-14 22:55:56','2015-03-14 14:55:56','',695,'http://www.smartestplace.net/695-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(704,1,'2015-03-14 22:54:54','2015-03-14 14:54:54','?<img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_0202.jpg\" alt=\"\"><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: 28px;\">?</span>Having been a voracious reader of business books since I was 15, it is rare these days that I come across business ideas that are truly novel. But today when reading <a href=\"http://www.steveblank.com\">Steve Blank\'s blog</a>, he suggested something new that is both practical and universally applicable to all business decisions.</p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\">Here is an excerpt:</font></p><blockquote><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">“A good plan violently executed now<br>is better&nbsp;than a perfect plan next week.”<br></span></font><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><i>- General George Patton</i></span><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br></span></font></blockquote><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">The same is true in your company.&nbsp;</span></font></p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Since every situation is unique, there is no perfect solution to any engineering, customer or competitor problem, and you shouldn’t agonize over trying to find one. This doesn’t mean gambling the company’s fortunes on a whim. It means adopting plans with an acceptable degree of risk, and doing it quickly. In general, the company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage.</span></font></p><p class=\"Textnoindent\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><strong style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Decision Making Heuristics</strong></p><p class=\"Textnoindent\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><em style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\">There are two types of decisions: Those that are reversible and those that are irreversible</em><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\">. An example of a reversible decision could be adding a product feature, a new algorithm in the code, targeting a specific set of customers, etc. If the decision was a bad call you can unwind it in a reasonable period of time. An irreversible decision is firing an employee, launching your product, a five-year lease for an expensive new building, etc. These are usually difficult or impossible to reverse.</span></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">My advice is to start a policy of&nbsp;<em>making reversible decisions before anyone leaves your office</em>&nbsp;or before a meeting ends. It doesn’t matter if you’re 100% right 100% of the time. What matters is having forward momentum and a tight fact-based feedback loop (i.e.&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.slideshare.net/venturehacks/customer-development-methodology-presentation\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Customer Development</a>) to help you quickly recognize and reverse any incorrect decisions.&nbsp;</span></p>','Reversible Decisions','','inherit','closed','open','','695-revision-v1','','','2015-03-14 22:54:54','2015-03-14 14:54:54','',695,'http://www.smartestplace.net/695-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(706,1,'2015-03-14 22:57:27','2015-03-14 14:57:27','<p><img width=\"1000\" height=\"796\" alt=\"\" src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_0202.jpg\" title=\"\" class=\"size-custom\"></p><p>Having been a voracious reader of business books since I was 15, it is rare these days that I come across business ideas that are truly novel. But today when reading <a href=\"http://www.steveblank.com\">Steve Blank\'s blog</a>, he suggested something new that is both practical and universally applicable to all business decisions.</p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\">Here is an excerpt:</font></p><blockquote><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">“A good plan violently executed now<br>is better&nbsp;than a perfect plan next week.”<br></span></font><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><i>- General George Patton</i></span><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br></span></font></blockquote><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">The same is true in your company.&nbsp;</span></font></p><p class=\"H3\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><font color=\"#2d2d2d\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Since every situation is unique, there is no perfect solution to any engineering, customer or competitor problem, and you shouldn’t agonize over trying to find one. This doesn’t mean gambling the company’s fortunes on a whim. It means adopting plans with an acceptable degree of risk, and doing it quickly. In general, the company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage.</span></font></p><p class=\"Textnoindent\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><strong style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Decision Making Heuristics</strong></p><p class=\"Textnoindent\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><em style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\">There are two types of decisions: Those that are reversible and those that are irreversible</em><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\">. An example of a reversible decision could be adding a product feature, a new algorithm in the code, targeting a specific set of customers, etc. If the decision was a bad call you can unwind it in a reasonable period of time. An irreversible decision is firing an employee, launching your product, a five-year lease for an expensive new building, etc. These are usually difficult or impossible to reverse.</span></p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">My advice is to start a policy of&nbsp;<em>making reversible decisions before anyone leaves your office</em>&nbsp;or before a meeting ends. It doesn’t matter if you’re 100% right 100% of the time. What matters is having forward momentum and a tight fact-based feedback loop (i.e.&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.slideshare.net/venturehacks/customer-development-methodology-presentation\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Customer Development</a>) to help you quickly recognize and reverse any incorrect decisions.&nbsp;</span></p>','Reversible Decisions','','inherit','closed','open','','695-revision-v1','','','2015-03-14 22:57:27','2015-03-14 14:57:27','',695,'http://www.smartestplace.net/695-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(707,1,'2015-04-02 09:41:35','2015-04-02 01:41:35','<img src=\"http://blog.docker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/KuDr42X_ITXghJhSInDZekNEF0jLt3NeVxtRye3tqco.png\" alt=\"Docker Logo\" />\r\n<p>My mate Dom introduced me to Docker a couple of months ago, but it took me some time for the power of this technology to sink in.</p><p>Docker is a container platform for Linux that allows individual applications to be sandboxed and run independently, containing all necessary dependencies. Finally this means there is a configure once, deploy everywhere method of application deployment.\r\n\r\nWhile containers are similar to virtual machines, they are built at the application level not at the OS-level. This allows for much smaller sandboxes, which are less resource intensive than VMs. Indeed, tests confirm that Docker containers run at full native speed - unlike VMs that typically suffer a 20-30% performance hit.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Docker is once again another Open Source technology that is setting the pace for building modern, cloud infrastructure.\r\n\r\nTo read more about this amazing new technology, visit the <a href=\"https://www.docker.com/\" title=\"Docker website\">Docker Website</a>.\r\n</p>','All hail Docker','','publish','closed','open','','docker','','','2015-04-04 20:36:08','2015-04-04 12:36:08','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=707',0,'post','',0),(708,1,'2015-04-03 09:41:35','2015-04-03 01:41:35','<p>My mate Dom introduced me to docker</p><p><br></p>','Docker','','inherit','closed','open','','707-revision-v1','','','2015-04-03 09:41:35','2015-04-03 01:41:35','',707,'http://www.smartestplace.net/707-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(741,1,'2015-04-30 22:14:47','2015-04-30 14:14:47','<blockquote><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\"You\'ve got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology.\"</span></blockquote>\n<div><em style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">- Steve Jobs</em></div>','','','inherit','closed','open','','740-revision-v1','','','2015-04-30 22:14:47','2015-04-30 14:14:47','',740,'http://www.smartestplace.net/740-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(710,1,'2015-04-04 19:47:53','2015-04-04 11:47:53','<img src=\"https://coreos.com/assets/images/brand/coreos-wordmark-horiz-color.png\" alt=\"CoreOS Logo\" />\r\n<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and most importantly, a lot of the online documentation simply does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. This is a modern distribution that embraces clustering, supports Docker containers and automatically upgrades when new versions become available.</p>\r\n<p>For those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:\r\n<a href=\"https://coreos.com/docs/running-coreos/platforms/iso/\" title=\"Download the CoreOS iso image\">Download the CoreOS iso image</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></p>\r\n<p>Some essential Linux references:\r\n<a href=\"http://www.suso.com/infosheets/shell-commands20050327.png\" title=\"Bash commands\" target=\"_blank\">Bash commands</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://www.shell-tips.com/sheets/vi_help_sheet.jpg\" title=\"vi commands\" target=\"_blank\">vi commands</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://fwknowledge.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/linux_file_structure.jpg\" title=\"File structure\" target=\"_blank\">Linux file structure</a>\r\n</p>\r\n<p>Docker utilities:\r\n<a href=\"http://panamax.io/\" title=\"Panamax\" target=\"_blank\">Panamax</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://github.com/spotify/helios\" title=\"Helios\" target=\"_blank\">Helios</a>','Back to the future with Linux','','publish','closed','open','','linux','','','2015-04-06 22:35:10','2015-04-06 14:35:10','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=710',0,'post','',0),(711,1,'2015-04-04 19:47:53','2015-04-04 11:47:53','<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and importantly, a lot of the online documentation does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. For those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:</p><p><a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a></p><p><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></span><br></p>','Linux','','inherit','closed','open','','710-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 19:47:53','2015-04-04 11:47:53','',710,'http://www.smartestplace.net/710-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(712,1,'2015-04-04 19:50:22','2015-04-04 11:50:22','<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and importantly, a lot of the online documentation does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. For those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:</p><p><a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a></p><p><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></span><br></p>','Linux','','inherit','closed','open','','710-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 19:50:22','2015-04-04 11:50:22','',710,'http://www.smartestplace.net/710-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(713,1,'2015-04-04 19:55:44','2015-04-04 11:55:44','<img src=\"https://coreos.com/assets/images/brand/coreos-wordmark-horiz-color.png\" alt=\"CoreOS Logo\" />\r\n<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and importantly, a lot of the online documentation does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. For those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:</p><p><a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a></p><p><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></span><br></p>','Linux','','inherit','closed','open','','710-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 19:55:44','2015-04-04 11:55:44','',710,'http://www.smartestplace.net/710-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(714,1,'2015-04-04 19:56:26','2015-04-04 11:56:26','<img src=\"https://coreos.com/assets/images/brand/coreos-wordmark-horiz-color.png\" alt=\"CoreOS Logo\" />\r\n<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and importantly, a lot of the online documentation does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. For those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:</p><p><a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a></p><p><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></span><br></p>','Back to the future with Linux','','inherit','closed','open','','710-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 19:56:26','2015-04-04 11:56:26','',710,'http://www.smartestplace.net/710-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(715,1,'2015-04-04 19:57:29','2015-04-04 11:57:29','<img src=\"https://coreos.com/assets/images/brand/coreos-wordmark-horiz-color.png\" alt=\"CoreOS Logo\" />\r\n<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and most importantly, a lot of the online documentation simply does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. For those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:</p><p><a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a></p><p><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></span><br></p>','Back to the future with Linux','','inherit','closed','open','','710-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 19:57:29','2015-04-04 11:57:29','',710,'http://www.smartestplace.net/710-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(716,1,'2015-04-04 19:58:56','2015-04-04 11:58:56','<img src=\"https://coreos.com/assets/images/brand/coreos-wordmark-horiz-color.png\" alt=\"CoreOS Logo\" />\r\n<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and most importantly, a lot of the online documentation simply does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. This is a modern distribution that embraces clustering, supports docker containers and automatically upgrades when new versions become available.\r\n\r\nFor those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:</p><p><a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a></p><p><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></span><br></p>','Back to the future with Linux','','inherit','closed','open','','710-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 19:58:56','2015-04-04 11:58:56','',710,'http://www.smartestplace.net/710-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(717,1,'2015-04-06 22:34:18','2015-04-06 14:34:18','<img src=\"https://coreos.com/assets/images/brand/coreos-wordmark-horiz-color.png\" alt=\"CoreOS Logo\" />\n<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and most importantly, a lot of the online documentation simply does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. This is a modern distribution that embraces clustering, supports Docker containers and automatically upgrades when new versions become available.</p>\n<p>For those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:\n<a href=\"https://coreos.com/docs/running-coreos/platforms/iso/\" title=\"Download the CoreOS iso image\">Download the CoreOS iso image</a>\n<a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></p>\n<p>Some essential Linux references:\n<a href=\"http://www.suso.com/infosheets/shell-commands20050327.png\" title=\"Bash commands\" target=\"_blank\">Bash commands</a>\n<a href=\"https://www.shell-tips.com/sheets/vi_help_sheet.jpg\" title=\"vi commands\" target=\"_blank\">vi commands</a>\n<a href=\"https://fwknowledge.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/linux_file_structure.jpg\" title=\"File structure\" target=\"_blank\">Linux file structure</a>\n</p>\n<p>Docker utilities:\n<a href=\"http://panamax.io/\" title=\"Panamax\" target=\"_blank\">Panamax</a>\n','Back to the future with Linux','','inherit','closed','open','','710-autosave-v1','','','2015-04-06 22:34:18','2015-04-06 14:34:18','',710,'http://www.smartestplace.net/710-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(718,1,'2015-04-04 20:05:45','2015-04-04 12:05:45','<img src=\"https://coreos.com/assets/images/brand/coreos-wordmark-horiz-color.png\" alt=\"CoreOS Logo\" />\r\n<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and most importantly, a lot of the online documentation simply does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. This is a modern distribution that embraces clustering, supports Docker containers and automatically upgrades when new versions become available.\r\n\r\nFor those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:</p><p>\r\n<a href=\"https://coreos.com/docs/running-coreos/platforms/iso/\" title=\"Download the CoreOS iso image\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a></p><p><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\r\n<a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></span><br></p>\r\n<p>Some essential Linux references:\r\n<a href=\"http://www.suso.com/infosheets/shell-commands20050327.png\" title=\"Bash commands\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"https://fwknowledge.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/linux_file_structure.jpg\" title=\"File structure\" target=\"_blank\"></<a href=\"https://www.shell-tips.com/sheets/vi_help_sheet.jpg\" title=\"vi commands\" target=\"_blank\"></a>a>','Back to the future with Linux','','inherit','closed','open','','710-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:05:45','2015-04-04 12:05:45','',710,'http://www.smartestplace.net/710-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(720,1,'2015-04-04 20:07:08','2015-04-04 12:07:08','<img src=\"https://coreos.com/assets/images/brand/coreos-wordmark-horiz-color.png\" alt=\"CoreOS Logo\" />\r\n<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and most importantly, a lot of the online documentation simply does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. This is a modern distribution that embraces clustering, supports Docker containers and automatically upgrades when new versions become available.\r\n\r\nFor those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:</p><p>\r\n<a href=\"https://coreos.com/docs/running-coreos/platforms/iso/\" title=\"Download the CoreOS iso image\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a></p><p><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\r\n<a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></span><br></p>\r\n<p>Some essential Linux references:\r\n<a href=\"http://www.suso.com/infosheets/shell-commands20050327.png\" title=\"Bash commands\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"https://fwknowledge.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/linux_file_structure.jpg\" title=\"File structure\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https://www.shell-tips.com/sheets/vi_help_sheet.jpg\" title=\"vi commands\" target=\"_blank\"></a></p>','Back to the future with Linux','','inherit','closed','open','','710-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:07:08','2015-04-04 12:07:08','',710,'http://www.smartestplace.net/710-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(719,1,'2015-04-04 20:06:19','2015-04-04 12:06:19','<img src=\"https://coreos.com/assets/images/brand/coreos-wordmark-horiz-color.png\" alt=\"CoreOS Logo\" />\r\n<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and most importantly, a lot of the online documentation simply does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. This is a modern distribution that embraces clustering, supports Docker containers and automatically upgrades when new versions become available.\r\n\r\nFor those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:</p><p>\r\n<a href=\"https://coreos.com/docs/running-coreos/platforms/iso/\" title=\"Download the CoreOS iso image\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a></p><p><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\r\n<a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></span><br></p>\r\n<p>Some essential Linux references:\r\n<a href=\"http://www.suso.com/infosheets/shell-commands20050327.png\" title=\"Bash commands\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\r\n<a href=\"https://fwknowledge.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/linux_file_structure.jpg\" title=\"File structure\" target=\"_blank\"></<a href=\"https://www.shell-tips.com/sheets/vi_help_sheet.jpg\" title=\"vi commands\" target=\"_blank\"></a></p>','Back to the future with Linux','','inherit','closed','open','','710-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:06:19','2015-04-04 12:06:19','',710,'http://www.smartestplace.net/710-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(721,1,'2015-04-04 20:08:59','2015-04-04 12:08:59','<img src=\"https://coreos.com/assets/images/brand/coreos-wordmark-horiz-color.png\" alt=\"CoreOS Logo\" />\r\n<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and most importantly, a lot of the online documentation simply does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. This is a modern distribution that embraces clustering, supports Docker containers and automatically upgrades when new versions become available.\r\n\r\nFor those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:</p><p>\r\n<a href=\"https://coreos.com/docs/running-coreos/platforms/iso/\" title=\"Download the CoreOS iso image\">Download the CoreOS iso image</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a></p><p><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\r\n<a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></span><br></p>\r\n<p>Some essential Linux references:\r\n<a href=\"http://www.suso.com/infosheets/shell-commands20050327.png\" title=\"Bash commands\" target=\"_blank\">Bash commands</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://fwknowledge.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/linux_file_structure.jpg\" title=\"File structure\" target=\"_blank\">File structure</a><a href=\"https://www.shell-tips.com/sheets/vi_help_sheet.jpg\" title=\"vi commands\" target=\"_blank\">vi commands</a></p>','Back to the future with Linux','','inherit','closed','open','','710-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:08:59','2015-04-04 12:08:59','',710,'http://www.smartestplace.net/710-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(722,1,'2015-04-04 20:09:23','2015-04-04 12:09:23','<img src=\"https://coreos.com/assets/images/brand/coreos-wordmark-horiz-color.png\" alt=\"CoreOS Logo\" />\r\n<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and most importantly, a lot of the online documentation simply does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. This is a modern distribution that embraces clustering, supports Docker containers and automatically upgrades when new versions become available.\r\n\r\nFor those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:</p><p>\r\n<a href=\"https://coreos.com/docs/running-coreos/platforms/iso/\" title=\"Download the CoreOS iso image\">Download the CoreOS iso image</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a></p><p><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\r\n<a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></span><br></p>\r\n<p>Some essential Linux references:\r\n<a href=\"http://www.suso.com/infosheets/shell-commands20050327.png\" title=\"Bash commands\" target=\"_blank\">Bash commands</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://fwknowledge.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/linux_file_structure.jpg\" title=\"File structure\" target=\"_blank\">File structure</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://www.shell-tips.com/sheets/vi_help_sheet.jpg\" title=\"vi commands\" target=\"_blank\">vi commands</a></p>','Back to the future with Linux','','inherit','closed','open','','710-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:09:23','2015-04-04 12:09:23','',710,'http://www.smartestplace.net/710-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(726,1,'2015-04-04 20:13:44','2015-04-04 12:13:44','<img src=\"https://coreos.com/assets/images/brand/coreos-wordmark-horiz-color.png\" alt=\"CoreOS Logo\" />\r\n<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and most importantly, a lot of the online documentation simply does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. This is a modern distribution that embraces clustering, supports Docker containers and automatically upgrades when new versions become available.\r\n\r\nFor those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:</p><p>\r\n<a href=\"https://coreos.com/docs/running-coreos/platforms/iso/\" title=\"Download the CoreOS iso image\">Download the CoreOS iso image</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></p>\r\n<p>Some essential Linux references:\r\n<a href=\"http://www.suso.com/infosheets/shell-commands20050327.png\" title=\"Bash commands\" target=\"_blank\">Bash commands</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://www.shell-tips.com/sheets/vi_help_sheet.jpg\" title=\"vi commands\" target=\"_blank\">vi commands</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://fwknowledge.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/linux_file_structure.jpg\" title=\"File structure\" target=\"_blank\">Linux file structure</a>\r\np>','Back to the future with Linux','','inherit','closed','open','','710-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:13:44','2015-04-04 12:13:44','',710,'http://www.smartestplace.net/710-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(723,1,'2015-04-04 20:10:40','2015-04-04 12:10:40','<img src=\"https://coreos.com/assets/images/brand/coreos-wordmark-horiz-color.png\" alt=\"CoreOS Logo\" />\r\n<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and most importantly, a lot of the online documentation simply does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. This is a modern distribution that embraces clustering, supports Docker containers and automatically upgrades when new versions become available.\r\n\r\nFor those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:</p><p>\r\n<a href=\"https://coreos.com/docs/running-coreos/platforms/iso/\" title=\"Download the CoreOS iso image\">Download the CoreOS iso image</a><a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a></p><p><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></span><br></p>\r\n<p>Some essential Linux references:\r\n<a href=\"http://www.suso.com/infosheets/shell-commands20050327.png\" title=\"Bash commands\" target=\"_blank\">Bash commands</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://www.shell-tips.com/sheets/vi_help_sheet.jpg\" title=\"vi commands\" target=\"_blank\">vi commands</a></\r\n<a href=\"https://fwknowledge.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/linux_file_structure.jpg\" title=\"File structure\" target=\"_blank\">Linux file structure</a>\r\np>','Back to the future with Linux','','inherit','closed','open','','710-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:10:40','2015-04-04 12:10:40','',710,'http://www.smartestplace.net/710-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(724,1,'2015-04-04 20:11:44','2015-04-04 12:11:44','<img src=\"https://coreos.com/assets/images/brand/coreos-wordmark-horiz-color.png\" alt=\"CoreOS Logo\" />\r\n<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and most importantly, a lot of the online documentation simply does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. This is a modern distribution that embraces clustering, supports Docker containers and automatically upgrades when new versions become available.\r\n\r\nFor those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:</p><p>\r\n<a href=\"https://coreos.com/docs/running-coreos/platforms/iso/\" title=\"Download the CoreOS iso image\">Download the CoreOS iso image</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a></p><p><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></span><br></p>\r\n<p>Some essential Linux references:\r\n<a href=\"http://www.suso.com/infosheets/shell-commands20050327.png\" title=\"Bash commands\" target=\"_blank\">Bash commands</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://www.shell-tips.com/sheets/vi_help_sheet.jpg\" title=\"vi commands\" target=\"_blank\">vi commands</a></\r\n<a href=\"https://fwknowledge.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/linux_file_structure.jpg\" title=\"File structure\" target=\"_blank\">Linux file structure</a>\r\np>','Back to the future with Linux','','inherit','closed','open','','710-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:11:44','2015-04-04 12:11:44','',710,'http://www.smartestplace.net/710-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(725,1,'2015-04-04 20:12:29','2015-04-04 12:12:29','<img src=\"https://coreos.com/assets/images/brand/coreos-wordmark-horiz-color.png\" alt=\"CoreOS Logo\" />\r\n<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and most importantly, a lot of the online documentation simply does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. This is a modern distribution that embraces clustering, supports Docker containers and automatically upgrades when new versions become available.\r\n\r\nFor those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:</p><p>\r\n<a href=\"https://coreos.com/docs/running-coreos/platforms/iso/\" title=\"Download the CoreOS iso image\">Download the CoreOS iso image</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a></p><p><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></span><br></p>\r\n<p>Some essential Linux references:\r\n<a href=\"http://www.suso.com/infosheets/shell-commands20050327.png\" title=\"Bash commands\" target=\"_blank\">Bash commands</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://www.shell-tips.com/sheets/vi_help_sheet.jpg\" title=\"vi commands\" target=\"_blank\">vi commands</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://fwknowledge.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/linux_file_structure.jpg\" title=\"File structure\" target=\"_blank\">Linux file structure</a>\r\np>','Back to the future with Linux','','inherit','closed','open','','710-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:12:29','2015-04-04 12:12:29','',710,'http://www.smartestplace.net/710-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(727,1,'2015-04-04 20:14:46','2015-04-04 12:14:46','<img src=\"https://coreos.com/assets/images/brand/coreos-wordmark-horiz-color.png\" alt=\"CoreOS Logo\" />\r\n<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and most importantly, a lot of the online documentation simply does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. This is a modern distribution that embraces clustering, supports Docker containers and automatically upgrades when new versions become available.</p>\r\n<p>For those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:\r\n<a href=\"https://coreos.com/docs/running-coreos/platforms/iso/\" title=\"Download the CoreOS iso image\">Download the CoreOS iso image</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></p>\r\n<p>Some essential Linux references:\r\n<a href=\"http://www.suso.com/infosheets/shell-commands20050327.png\" title=\"Bash commands\" target=\"_blank\">Bash commands</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://www.shell-tips.com/sheets/vi_help_sheet.jpg\" title=\"vi commands\" target=\"_blank\">vi commands</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://fwknowledge.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/linux_file_structure.jpg\" title=\"File structure\" target=\"_blank\">Linux file structure</a>\r\n</p>','Back to the future with Linux','','inherit','closed','open','','710-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:14:46','2015-04-04 12:14:46','',710,'http://www.smartestplace.net/710-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(728,1,'2015-04-04 20:16:53','2015-04-04 12:16:53','<img src=\"http://blog.docker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/KuDr42X_ITXghJhSInDZekNEF0jLt3NeVxtRye3tqco.png\" alt=\"Docker Logo\" />\r\n<p>My mate Dom introduced me to Docker</p><p><br></p>','Docker','','inherit','closed','open','','707-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:16:53','2015-04-04 12:16:53','',707,'http://www.smartestplace.net/707-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(729,1,'2015-04-04 20:17:30','2015-04-04 12:17:30','<img src=\"http://blog.docker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/KuDr42X_ITXghJhSInDZekNEF0jLt3NeVxtRye3tqco.png\" alt=\"Docker Logo\" />\r\n<p>My mate Dom introduced me to Docker</p><p><br></p>','All hail Docker, king of machines','','inherit','closed','open','','707-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:17:30','2015-04-04 12:17:30','',707,'http://www.smartestplace.net/707-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(730,1,'2015-04-04 20:17:56','2015-04-04 12:17:56','<img src=\"http://blog.docker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/KuDr42X_ITXghJhSInDZekNEF0jLt3NeVxtRye3tqco.png\" alt=\"Docker Logo\" />\r\n<p>My mate Dom introduced me to Docker</p><p><br></p>','All hail Docker','','inherit','closed','open','','707-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:17:56','2015-04-04 12:17:56','',707,'http://www.smartestplace.net/707-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(731,1,'2015-04-04 20:27:43','2015-04-04 12:27:43','<img src=\"http://blog.docker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/KuDr42X_ITXghJhSInDZekNEF0jLt3NeVxtRye3tqco.png\" alt=\"Docker Logo\" />\n<p>My mate Dom introduced me to Docker a couple of months ago, but it took me some time for the power of this technology to sink in.</p><p>Docker is a container platform for Linux that allows individual applications to be sandboxed and run independently, containing all necessary dependencies. Finally this means there is a configure once, deploy everywhere method of application deployment.\n\nWhile containers are similar to virtual machines, it is done at the application level not at the OS-level. This allows for much smaller sandboxes, which are less resource intensive than VMs. Indeed, tests confirm that Docker containers run at full native speed - unlike VMs that typically suffer a 20-30% performance hit.</p>\n\n<p>Docker is once again another Open Source technology that is','All hail Docker','','inherit','closed','open','','707-autosave-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:27:43','2015-04-04 12:27:43','',707,'http://www.smartestplace.net/707-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(732,1,'2015-04-04 20:21:47','2015-04-04 12:21:47','<img src=\"http://blog.docker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/KuDr42X_ITXghJhSInDZekNEF0jLt3NeVxtRye3tqco.png\" alt=\"Docker Logo\" />\r\n<p>My mate Dom introduced me to Docker a couple of months ago, but it took me some time for the power of this technology to sink in.</p><p>Docker is a container platform for Linux that allows individual applications to be sandboxed and run independently. This is similar to machine virtualisation, but is done at the application level not at the OS-level. This means that each container can contain all necessary dependencies, but does contain the operating system itself. This allows for much smaller sandboxes, which are less resource intensive than VMs.</p>','All hail Docker','','inherit','closed','open','','707-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:21:47','2015-04-04 12:21:47','',707,'http://www.smartestplace.net/707-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(733,1,'2015-04-04 20:26:40','2015-04-04 12:26:40','<img src=\"http://blog.docker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/KuDr42X_ITXghJhSInDZekNEF0jLt3NeVxtRye3tqco.png\" alt=\"Docker Logo\" />\r\n<p>My mate Dom introduced me to Docker a couple of months ago, but it took me some time for the power of this technology to sink in.</p><p>Docker is a container platform for Linux that allows individual applications to be sandboxed and run independently, containing all necessary dependencies. Finally this means there is a configure once, deploy everywhere method of application deployment.\r\n\r\nWhile containers are similar to virtual machines, it is done at the application level not at the OS-level. This allows for much smaller sandboxes, which are less resource intensive than VMs. Indeed, tests confirm that Docker containers run at full native speed - unlike VMs that typically suffer a 20-30% performance hit.</p>','All hail Docker','','inherit','closed','open','','707-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:26:40','2015-04-04 12:26:40','',707,'http://www.smartestplace.net/707-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(734,1,'2015-04-04 20:28:50','2015-04-04 12:28:50','<img src=\"http://blog.docker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/KuDr42X_ITXghJhSInDZekNEF0jLt3NeVxtRye3tqco.png\" alt=\"Docker Logo\" />\r\n<p>My mate Dom introduced me to Docker a couple of months ago, but it took me some time for the power of this technology to sink in.</p><p>Docker is a container platform for Linux that allows individual applications to be sandboxed and run independently, containing all necessary dependencies. Finally this means there is a configure once, deploy everywhere method of application deployment.\r\n\r\nWhile containers are similar to virtual machines, it is done at the application level not at the OS-level. This allows for much smaller sandboxes, which are less resource intensive than VMs. Indeed, tests confirm that Docker containers run at full native speed - unlike VMs that typically suffer a 20-30% performance hit.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Docker is once again another Open Source technology that is setting the pace for building modern, cloud infrastructure.\r\nFor more information, visit the <a href=\"https://www.docker.com/\" title=\"Docker website\">Docker Website</a>.\r\n</p>','All hail Docker','','inherit','closed','open','','707-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:28:50','2015-04-04 12:28:50','',707,'http://www.smartestplace.net/707-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(735,1,'2015-04-04 20:29:27','2015-04-04 12:29:27','<img src=\"http://blog.docker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/KuDr42X_ITXghJhSInDZekNEF0jLt3NeVxtRye3tqco.png\" alt=\"Docker Logo\" />\r\n<p>My mate Dom introduced me to Docker a couple of months ago, but it took me some time for the power of this technology to sink in.</p><p>Docker is a container platform for Linux that allows individual applications to be sandboxed and run independently, containing all necessary dependencies. Finally this means there is a configure once, deploy everywhere method of application deployment.\r\n\r\nWhile containers are similar to virtual machines, they are built at the application level not at the OS-level. This allows for much smaller sandboxes, which are less resource intensive than VMs. Indeed, tests confirm that Docker containers run at full native speed - unlike VMs that typically suffer a 20-30% performance hit.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Docker is once again another Open Source technology that is setting the pace for building modern, cloud infrastructure.\r\nFor more information, visit the <a href=\"https://www.docker.com/\" title=\"Docker website\">Docker Website</a>.\r\n</p>','All hail Docker','','inherit','closed','open','','707-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:29:27','2015-04-04 12:29:27','',707,'http://www.smartestplace.net/707-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(736,1,'2015-04-04 20:30:06','2015-04-04 12:30:06','<img src=\"http://blog.docker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/KuDr42X_ITXghJhSInDZekNEF0jLt3NeVxtRye3tqco.png\" alt=\"Docker Logo\" />\r\n<p>My mate Dom introduced me to Docker a couple of months ago, but it took me some time for the power of this technology to sink in.</p><p>Docker is a container platform for Linux that allows individual applications to be sandboxed and run independently, containing all necessary dependencies. Finally this means there is a configure once, deploy everywhere method of application deployment.\r\n\r\nWhile containers are similar to virtual machines, they are built at the application level not at the OS-level. This allows for much smaller sandboxes, which are less resource intensive than VMs. Indeed, tests confirm that Docker containers run at full native speed - unlike VMs that typically suffer a 20-30% performance hit.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Docker is once again another Open Source technology that is setting the pace for building modern, cloud infrastructure.\r\n\r\nTo read more about this amazing new technology, visit the <a href=\"https://www.docker.com/\" title=\"Docker website\">Docker Website</a>.\r\n</p>','All hail Docker','','inherit','closed','open','','707-revision-v1','','','2015-04-04 20:30:06','2015-04-04 12:30:06','',707,'http://www.smartestplace.net/707-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(737,1,'2015-04-05 21:48:02','2015-04-05 13:48:02','<img src=\"https://coreos.com/assets/images/brand/coreos-wordmark-horiz-color.png\" alt=\"CoreOS Logo\" />\r\n<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and most importantly, a lot of the online documentation simply does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. This is a modern distribution that embraces clustering, supports Docker containers and automatically upgrades when new versions become available.</p>\r\n<p>For those of you on a similar journey, here are some of the essentials to get you started:\r\n<a href=\"https://coreos.com/docs/running-coreos/platforms/iso/\" title=\"Download the CoreOS iso image\">Download the CoreOS iso image</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267\">How to create a bootable Linux USB stick</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/09/18/connect-to-wifi-network-from-command-line-in-linux/\">Connect to WiFi network from command line in Linux</a></p>\r\n<p>Some essential Linux references:\r\n<a href=\"http://www.suso.com/infosheets/shell-commands20050327.png\" title=\"Bash commands\" target=\"_blank\">Bash commands</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://www.shell-tips.com/sheets/vi_help_sheet.jpg\" title=\"vi commands\" target=\"_blank\">vi commands</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://fwknowledge.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/linux_file_structure.jpg\" title=\"File structure\" target=\"_blank\">Linux file structure</a>\r\n</p>\r\n<p>Docker utilities:\r\n<a href=\"http://panamax.io/\" title=\"Panamax\" target=\"_blank\">Panamax</a>','Back to the future with Linux','','inherit','closed','open','','710-revision-v1','','','2015-04-05 21:48:02','2015-04-05 13:48:02','',710,'http://www.smartestplace.net/710-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(738,1,'2015-04-06 22:35:10','2015-04-06 14:35:10','<img src=\"https://coreos.com/assets/images/brand/coreos-wordmark-horiz-color.png\" alt=\"CoreOS Logo\" />\r\n<p>In previous posts I\'ve discussed how the bulk of the emerging technologies in the Big Data and Fast Data ecosystems are being developed in Java. Another observation is that most of them are being developed by the Open Source community in Linux environments.&nbsp;</p><p>While it is certainly possible to use these technologies under Windows, it is not their natural home so they often run a little slower, are not as well supported and most importantly, a lot of the online documentation simply does not cover use under Windows.</p><p>As my next business is going to embrace Big and Fast Data, I\'ve decided to reacquaint myself with Linux, and build myself a Linux cluster based on <a href=\"https://coreos.com\">CoreOS</a>. 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height=\"147\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-748\" /></a>\r\n\r\n<b>Mains</b>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.chow.com/recipes/30356-easy-slow-cooker-pulled-pork\">Pulled pork</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/16857/marinara+sauce\">Seafood Marinara</a>\r\n\r\n<b>Desserts</b>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/13810/key+lime+pie\">Key Lime Pie</a>\r\n\r\n<em>More recipes available on request...</em>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>Opening Times</strong>\r\n- Any time I\'m home!\r\n- Pre-order by 4pm, so I can collect supplies on the way home.\r\n- No need to pre-order if we already have the ingredients.\r\n','Suzanne\'s Menu','','inherit','closed','open','','743-revision-v1','','','2015-05-03 12:44:13','2015-05-03 04:44:13','',743,'http://www.smartestplace.net/743-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(758,1,'2015-05-03 11:20:33','2015-05-03 03:20:33','<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Steves-Kitchen.png\"><img 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13:54:45','<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Steves-Kitchen.png\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Steves-Kitchen-300x147.png\" alt=\"Steves Kitchen\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-748\"></a>\n\n<b>Mains</b>\n<a href=\"http://www.chow.com/recipes/30356-easy-slow-cooker-pulled-pork\">Pulled pork</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/16857/marinara+sauce\">Seafood Marinara</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.thenutritionguruandthechef.com/2014/08/30/chinese-chicken-and-corn-soup/\">Chinese Chicken and Corn Soup</a>\n\n<b>Desserts</b>\n<a href=\"http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/13810/key+lime+pie\">Key Lime Pie</a>\n\n<em>More recipes available on request...</em>\n\n<strong>Opening Times</strong>\n- Any time I\'m home!\n- Pre-order by 4pm, so I can collect supplies on the way home.\n- No need to pre-order if we already have the ingredients.','Suzanne\'s Menu','','inherit','closed','open','','743-revision-v1','','','2015-05-13 21:54:45','2015-05-13 13:54:45','',743,'http://www.smartestplace.net/743-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(762,1,'2015-06-04 06:14:34','2015-06-03 22:14:34','<blockquote><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\"Being an entrepreneur means to have an insatiable thirst for learning, evolving and creating. There is simply no one end goal.\"</span></blockquote>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\r\n<em>- Richard Branson</em></em></div>','Entrepreneurship','','publish','closed','open','','entrepreneurship','','','2015-06-11 06:45:19','2015-06-10 22:45:19','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=762',0,'post','',0),(763,1,'2015-06-04 06:14:34','2015-06-03 22:14:34','Being an entrepreneur means to have an insatiable thirst for learning, evolving and creating. There is simply no one end goal. - Richard Branson','Entrepreneurship','','inherit','closed','open','','762-revision-v1','','','2015-06-04 06:14:34','2015-06-03 22:14:34','',762,'http://www.smartestplace.net/762-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(764,1,'2015-06-09 03:33:38','2015-06-08 19:33:38','<i>Perth</i>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.chevron.apply2jobs.com/\">Chevron</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.inpex.com.au/careers/job-search/?CareerArea=&amp;Location=1301&amp;Term=\">Inpex</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.woodside.com.au/Careers/available-roles/Pages/Available-Roles.aspx\">Woodside</a>\n<i>Overseas</i>\n\n<a href=\"https://careers.adco.ae/\">Abu Dhabi Onshore Oil Company</a>\n<a href=\"https://www1.gasco.ae/careers/careers/index.aspx\">Abu Dhabi Gas Company</a>','Oil & Gas Jobs','','publish','closed','open','','oil-gas-jobs','','','2015-06-09 03:33:38','2015-06-08 19:33:38','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?page_id=764',0,'page','',0),(765,1,'2015-06-09 03:33:38','2015-06-08 19:33:38','<i>Perth</i>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.chevron.apply2jobs.com/\">Chevron</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.inpex.com.au/careers/job-search/?CareerArea=&amp;Location=1301&amp;Term=\">Inpex</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.woodside.com.au/Careers/available-roles/Pages/Available-Roles.aspx\">Woodside</a>\n<i>Overseas</i>\n\n<a href=\"https://careers.adco.ae/\">Abu Dhabi Onshore Oil Company</a>\n<a href=\"https://www1.gasco.ae/careers/careers/index.aspx\">Abu Dhabi Gas Company</a>','Oil & Gas Jobs','','inherit','closed','open','','764-revision-v1','','','2015-06-09 03:33:38','2015-06-08 19:33:38','',764,'http://www.smartestplace.net/764-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(767,1,'2015-06-11 06:45:06','2015-06-10 22:45:06','<blockquote><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\"Being an entrepreneur means to have an insatiable thirst for learning, evolving and creating. There is simply no one end goal.\"</span></blockquote>\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\n<em>- Richard Branson</em></em></div>','Entrepreneurship','','inherit','closed','open','','762-autosave-v1','','','2015-06-11 06:45:06','2015-06-10 22:45:06','',762,'http://www.smartestplace.net/762-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(768,1,'2015-06-11 06:45:19','2015-06-10 22:45:19','<blockquote><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\"Being an entrepreneur means to have an insatiable thirst for learning, evolving and creating. There is simply no one end goal.\"</span></blockquote>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\r\n<em>- Richard Branson</em></em></div>','Entrepreneurship','','inherit','closed','open','','762-revision-v1','','','2015-06-11 06:45:19','2015-06-10 22:45:19','',762,'http://www.smartestplace.net/762-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(770,1,'2015-10-01 20:11:26','2015-10-01 12:11:26','<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Steves-Kitchen.png\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Steves-Kitchen-300x147.png\" alt=\"Steves Kitchen\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-748\"></a>\r\n\r\n<b>Mains</b>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.chow.com/recipes/30356-easy-slow-cooker-pulled-pork\">Pulled pork</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/16857/marinara+sauce\">Seafood Marinara</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/food-wine/moroccan-spice-mix-and-couscous-salad-dig-in/story-fni98slq-1227544046353\">Moroccan-style Chicken</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.thenutritionguruandthechef.com/2014/08/30/chinese-chicken-and-corn-soup/\">Chinese Chicken and Corn Soup</a>\r\n\r\n<b>Desserts</b>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/13810/key+lime+pie\">Key Lime Pie</a>\r\n\r\n<em>More recipes available on request...</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Opening Times</strong>\r\n- Any time I\'m home!\r\n- Pre-order by 4pm, so I can collect supplies on the way home.\r\n- No need to pre-order if we already have the ingredients.','Suzanne\'s Menu','','inherit','closed','open','','743-revision-v1','','','2015-10-01 20:11:26','2015-10-01 12:11:26','',743,'http://www.smartestplace.net/743-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(772,1,'2015-11-19 06:28:55','2015-11-18 22:28:55','<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Steves-Kitchen.png\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Steves-Kitchen-300x147.png\" alt=\"Steves Kitchen\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-748\"></a>\r\n\r\n<b>Mains</b>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.chow.com/recipes/30356-easy-slow-cooker-pulled-pork\">Pulled pork</a>\r\n<a heed=\"http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/16857/marinara+sauce\">Seafood Marinara</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/food-wine/moroccan-spice-mix-and-couscous-salad-dig-in/story-fni98slq-1227544046353\">Moroccan-style Chicken</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.thenutritionguruandthechef.com/2014/08/30/chinese-chicken-and-corn-soup/\">Chinese Chicken and Corn Soup</a>\r\n<a heed=\"http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/slow-cooked-shoulder-of-lamb-with-salsa-verde-recipe/story-e6frg8h6-1227532968756\">Slow cooked shoulder of lamb with salsa verde</a>\r\n\r\n<b>Desserts</b>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/13810/key+lime+pie\">Key Lime Pie</a>\r\n\r\n<em>More recipes available on request...</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Opening Times</strong>\r\n- Any time I\'m home!\r\n- Pre-order by 4pm, so I can collect supplies on the way home.\r\n- No need to pre-order if we already have the ingredients.','Suzanne\'s Menu','','inherit','closed','open','','743-revision-v1','','','2015-11-19 06:28:55','2015-11-18 22:28:55','',743,'http://www.smartestplace.net/743-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(774,1,'2016-01-08 12:43:49','2016-01-08 04:43:49','Here is my Christmas List for 2016, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n- Fabric Softener\r\n\r\n- Kitchen Roll\r\n\r\n- Nice water glasses\r\nLike this from TableCulture\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"20141116_131343.jpg\" src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\" alt=\"image\" /></a>\r\n\r\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n- Another book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\r\n<a title=\"Tribes\" href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a>','Steven\'s <Br/>Christmas List 2016','','trash','closed','closed','','stevens-christmas-list-2016__trashed','','','2016-11-07 21:38:07','2016-11-07 13:38:07','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?page_id=774',0,'page','',0),(776,1,'2016-01-08 12:44:40','2016-01-08 04:44:40','Here is my Christmas List for 2015, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n- Fabric Softener\r\n\r\n- Kitchen Roll\r\n\r\n- Nice water glasses\r\nLike this from TableCulture\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"20141116_131343.jpg\" src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\" alt=\"image\" /></a>\r\n\r\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n- Another book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\r\n<a title=\"Tribes\" href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a>','Steven\'s <Br/>Christmas List 2016','','inherit','closed','closed','','774-revision-v1','','','2016-01-08 12:44:40','2016-01-08 04:44:40','',774,'http://www.smartestplace.net/774-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(775,1,'2016-01-08 12:43:49','2016-01-08 04:43:49','Here is my Christmas List for 2015, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n- Fabric Softener\r\n\r\n- Kitchen Roll\r\n\r\n- Highland Park Whisky\r\n<a href=\"https://m.danmurphys.com.au/mob/product/DM_73487/highland-park-12-year-old-scotch-whisky-700ml.jsp;jsessionid=631E9EEF7BE1AAF797BD3D0906B77ECA.ncdlmorasp1301?bmUID=kDdq4H_\">Like this</a>\r\n\r\n- Nice water glasses\r\nLike this from TableCulture\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"20141116_131343.jpg\" src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\" alt=\"image\" /></a>\r\n\r\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n- Another book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\r\n<a title=\"Tribes\" href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a>\r\n\r\n- Another book: Zero to One by Peter Thiel\r\n<a title=\"Tribes\" href=\"http://amzn.com/0804139296\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a>','Steven\'s <Br/>Christmas List 2016','','inherit','closed','closed','','774-revision-v1','','','2016-01-08 12:43:49','2016-01-08 04:43:49','',774,'http://www.smartestplace.net/774-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(777,1,'2016-01-08 12:44:58','2016-01-08 04:44:58','Here is my Christmas List for 2016, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n- Fabric Softener\r\n\r\n- Kitchen Roll\r\n\r\n- Nice water glasses\r\nLike this from TableCulture\r\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"20141116_131343.jpg\" src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\" alt=\"image\" /></a>\r\n\r\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n- Another book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\r\n<a title=\"Tribes\" href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a>','Steven\'s <Br/>Christmas List 2016','','inherit','closed','closed','','774-revision-v1','','','2016-01-08 12:44:58','2016-01-08 04:44:58','',774,'http://www.smartestplace.net/774-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(779,1,'2016-01-29 13:19:57','2016-01-29 05:19:57','<blockquote><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\"Whether you think you can, or you can\'t - either way you are right.\"</span></blockquote>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\r\n<em>- Henry Ford</em></em></div>','','','publish','closed','open','','779-2','','','2016-01-29 13:20:38','2016-01-29 05:20:38','',0,'http://www.smartestplace.net/?p=779',0,'post','',0),(780,1,'2016-01-29 13:19:57','2016-01-29 05:19:57','<blockquote><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\"Whether you think you can, or you can\'t - either way you are right.\"</span></blockquote>\r\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\r\n<em>- Henry Ford</em></em></div>','','','inherit','closed','closed','','779-revision-v1','','','2016-01-29 13:19:57','2016-01-29 05:19:57','',779,'http://www.smartestplace.net/779-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(782,1,'2016-02-27 14:49:48','2016-02-27 06:49:48','[caption width=\"800\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://www.itandtelesys.com/images/opticalcommunication.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class /> Source: IT and Telecommunications Systems[/caption]Working in IT, people are often surprised that I don\'t support Fibre to the Home for the NBN. Here are my reasons:\r\n\r\n<strong>1) Costs vs. Benefits</strong>\r\nThe main reason I don\'t support fibre to the home is cost-benefit: With Fibre to the Node (street), Australians will get almost all the benefits of fast Broadband for 1/3 of the cost. Thinking about this reminds me of a question I asked my Engineering professor back at Uni when talking about alternative engineering solutions: I asked \"What is the best solution?\" Their answer? \"The best solution is the one that meets all the requirements, including aesthetics and safety, at the lowest cost\". \r\n\r\nAs far as I can tell, faster speeds at home really benefit entertainment and little else. It would be <em>nice</em> to download Game of Thrones in one minute instead of fifteen, but would that really improve my quality of life?  And is it really government\'s role to divert scarce resources away from areas that are more important toward improving our entertainment choices? The problem is that the people advocating the most expensive Fibre to the Home option are not spending their own money. I am sure that when these same people go to the car dealership to choose a car to purchase they carefully compare needs, features and costs when making their decision - because it is <em>their own money</em>. Somehow this rational logic goes out of the window when it comes to their views on public policy. So my first, and most important, point is that the community should demand <em>value</em> from the tax dollars taken from them. Fibre to the Home does not represent value.\r\n\r\n<strong>2) Priorities</strong>\r\nI believe that faster Internet speeds are a \'nice to have\', not a \'need to have\'. The extra $30 billion required for fibre to the home would have to come from somewhere; either more debt or <em>instead of</em> more worthwhile spending in areas such as health and education. If we had already overcome challenges with homelessness, aboriginal disadvantage or were leading the world in educational outcomes, I might be more inclined. But we haven\'t. We must choose our priorities carefully - as unfortunately there are real financial constraints which we have to live within. We are not talking pocket change; thirty thousand million dollars, I can\'t even comprehend that amount of money. So my second point is about choosing our <em>priorities</em> correctly as a community.\r\n\r\n<strong>3) Appropriateness</strong>\r\nPlaces that need fibre to the premises (for example; hospitals, schools, universities, and organisations) will get it because they really need it. Homes do require fast broadband, but not \"super-fast broadband at any cost\". At home we do not <em>need</em> to stream 15 high-definition TV shows at the same time - this is not a goal that inspires me to think it is acceptable for government to take more money from us as a community than they already do. \r\n\r\nJust as the universal solution to providing public transport is not to buy everyone a Ferrari, fibre to the home is not proportional to the need. Providing everyone (including me) with a Ferrari is just wasteful; spend the money on more worthwhile things. So my third point is that as individuals and as a society we should be making decisions that are <em>appropriate</em>, that are \'fit for purpose\' for the use-cases. In this world, where we unfortunately need to make trade-offs, the very fastest internet only needs to be available where it clearly provides the tangible benefits to the community that can justify the costs.\r\n\r\n<strong>4) People Centric Internet</strong>\r\nWith the move of the Internet towards social media and mobile devices, people are choosing the shape of the connectivity they want. They want their Internet ubiquitous - available everywhere they go, and personalised to them. In years gone by there was a need for a family, residential telephone service. But this has given way to multiple mobiles in one home, with many families now choosing to forgo their home landline altogether. (The only home calls I get these days are from telemarketers anyway!). Wireless communications naturally fit this preference for ubiquity, which is why almost everyone now agrees that the last-leg (how the physical device is ultimately connected) should usually be wireless. People don\'t like wires, they don\'t want to be tied-down. They really want great access wherever they happen to be; at home, in the street, on the bus or at the shopping mall. In practice, providing that wireless can give them adequate speed, they will choose wireless over wired every-time and care far more about cost than whether their wireless access is from their home-LAN or a node down the street. \r\n\r\nSo the questions we need to answer as a community become practical;<li>How far can last-leg wireless be, while providing the bandwidth realistically required?</li>\r\n	<li>Do we really need the most costly option of fibre to every one of the 5.6 million homes in Australia to feed these transmitters, or will fibre to each of the 120,000 streets in Australia provide the speeds we need?</li>\r\n\r\n<br/>Now that I have covered my reasons why the NBN should be built using Fibre to the Node, I want to address some of the political spin surrounding the NBN. \r\n\r\nI fully understand the \'vision\' of providing the very fastest possible Internet to every Australian. I want Australia to lead the world as much as the next guy. But it is immature and negligent to give scant regard to the costs of doing this, and I feel the benefits of fibre to the home are being significantly overplayed. \r\n\r\nPlease consider:\r\n	<li>Korea has the fastest internet in the world and they do not (and will not) lead the Internet-economy. Indeed I struggle to think of one Korean software or Internet company.</li>\r\n	<li>The fastest possible Internet may indeed revolutionise remote surgery, but surgery isn\'t (and will not likely ever be) conducted in the home. Wireless was once considered unreliable, but this is no longer true with technology from remote alarm systems and telemetry moving toward the mainstream - developed by organisations like NASA who have had to depend on wireless communications to protects its people and equipment. So again healthcare is, at best, a weak argument for Fibre to the Home.</li>\r\n	<li>People argue that the problem with wireless spectrum is that it is limited, and we all have to share it - unlike our own fibre line to our house. But the history of technology has shown these kind of so-called \'physical limits\' wrong again and again. I recall in the 1990s that not much more than 14.4kbps was considered physically possible over copper - hilarious in retrospect. In my own experience, improvements in wireless bandwidth have continually outpaced my demand for the increased speed (Wifi A/B/G/N/, 3G and 4G). And the latest wireless research has achieved 100Gb/s (1000x faster than what fibre-to-the-home is currently promising), so there is a very good chance that this improvement in wireless will continue. And even if I\'m wrong, we can always do fibre when the costs of that particular technology have come down further.</li>\r\n	<li>Another argument I hear (probably one of the best) is that, the Fibre-to-the-Home NBN won\'t ultimately cost the community anything because the government will privatise it. This is based on the presumption that the government will recoup its money on an investment that is sub-optimal, by design (otherwise the private sector would have already provided it). So there will almost certainly be a significant shortfall that will reduce our ability to address more pressing challenges.</li>\r\n 	<li>The \'Educational\' benefits of Fibre-to-the-Home are tenuous at best. The benefits of faster Internet tail-off fast. There is indeed an enormous difference between having no Internet and having access. And again there is a significant benefit to having fast Internet; moving up from say dial-up to ADSL. But there is a much smaller difference between ADSL and Fibre. I see evidence of this everyday; I pull up to 100mb/s at my office and it is barely any different to the Internet experience I get at home. Indeed for most of the things we currently do, latency is far more important than bandwidth. Would 100+mb/s at home mean that my kids have better educational opportunities? I think not. Wikipedia, Google, ITunesU, and Skype, all work perfectly fine over wireless, or even old-copper while it is still around.</li>\r\n	<li>One argument for the NBN was that it was necessary for the government to step in because of market failure. There was some truth to this, in that when rational consideration was given to requirements and costs, the government of the time\'s NBN \'vision\' was somewhat different to what was sensible. The market would not naturally deliver the degree of inefficiency (servicing remote areas and the like) without certainty of a return. The government should have subsidised this inefficiency openly, by subsidising private enterprise to deliver the social good. Instead they again made the classic mistake of thinking that Government can run a business - and have wasted billions of dollars in the process.\r\n	<li>Another justification I hear for a $100 billion Fibre-to-the-Home programme is that the \"Copper needs replacing anyway\" - but does it really? People are moving away from having fixed phones at home, choosing to live mobile only. And more people now access the Internet by mobile than through fixed connections. Fixed fibre to the home feels like a 20th century solution to a problem that doesn\'t exist. People are voting with their feet; The future is wireless.\r\n\r\n<li>The argument the fibre to the home is cheaper to maintain than copper also succumbs to this argument. No fibre, no copper is cheaper still. With FTTN there would be less fibre to maintain, and history would suggest the exact last leg wireless implementation would be replaced anyway - as new technologies come along. As they always have.\r\n\r\n<br/>To conclude, I agree that to avoid unassailable disadvantage we must guarantee access to high-speed Internet as a right for all Australians. But I contend that while ensuring this right for all the members of our community, we must favour the most cost-effective way of achieving our goal; keeping in mind our bigger priorities and  recognising the way in which the Internet is <em>already</em> moving.','NBN: Fibre to the Node is the way to go','','inherit','closed','closed','','519-revision-v1','','','2016-02-27 14:49:48','2016-02-27 06:49:48','',519,'http://www.smartestplace.net/519-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(783,1,'2016-02-27 14:50:43','2016-02-27 06:50:43','[caption width=\"800\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://www.itandtelesys.com/images/opticalcommunication.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class /> Source: IT and Telecommunications Systems[/caption]Working in IT, people are often surprised that I don\'t support Fibre to the Home for the NBN. Here are my reasons:\r\n\r\n<strong>1) Costs vs. Benefits</strong>\r\nThe main reason I don\'t support fibre to the home is cost-benefit: With Fibre to the Node (street), Australians will get almost all the benefits of fast Broadband for 1/3 of the cost. Thinking about this reminds me of a question I asked my Engineering professor back at Uni when talking about alternative engineering solutions: I asked \"What is the best solution?\" Their answer? \"The best solution is the one that meets all the requirements, including aesthetics and safety, at the lowest cost\". \r\n\r\nAs far as I can tell, faster speeds at home really benefit entertainment and little else. It would be <em>nice</em> to download Game of Thrones in one minute instead of fifteen, but would that really improve my quality of life?  And is it really government\'s role to divert scarce resources away from areas that are more important toward improving our entertainment choices? The problem is that the people advocating the most expensive Fibre to the Home option are not spending their own money. I am sure that when these same people go to the car dealership to choose a car to purchase they carefully compare needs, features and costs when making their decision - because it is <em>their own money</em>. Somehow this rational logic goes out of the window when it comes to their views on public policy. So my first, and most important, point is that the community should demand <em>value</em> from the tax dollars taken from them. Fibre to the Home does not represent value.\r\n\r\n<strong>2) Priorities</strong>\r\nI believe that faster Internet speeds are a \'nice to have\', not a \'need to have\'. The extra $30 billion required for fibre to the home would have to come from somewhere; either more debt or <em>instead of</em> more worthwhile spending in areas such as health and education. If we had already overcome challenges with homelessness, aboriginal disadvantage or were leading the world in educational outcomes, I might be more inclined. But we haven\'t. We must choose our priorities carefully - as unfortunately there are real financial constraints which we have to live within. We are not talking pocket change; thirty thousand million dollars, I can\'t even comprehend that amount of money. So my second point is about choosing our <em>priorities</em> correctly as a community.\r\n\r\n<strong>3) Appropriateness</strong>\r\nPlaces that need fibre to the premises (for example; hospitals, schools, universities, and organisations) will get it because they really need it. Homes do require fast broadband, but not \"super-fast broadband at any cost\". At home we do not <em>need</em> to stream 15 high-definition TV shows at the same time - this is not a goal that inspires me to think it is acceptable for government to take more money from us as a community than they already do. \r\n\r\nJust as the universal solution to providing public transport is not to buy everyone a Ferrari, fibre to the home is not proportional to the need. Providing everyone (including me) with a Ferrari is just wasteful; spend the money on more worthwhile things. So my third point is that as individuals and as a society we should be making decisions that are <em>appropriate</em>, that are \'fit for purpose\' for the use-cases. In this world, where we unfortunately need to make trade-offs, the very fastest internet only needs to be available where it clearly provides the tangible benefits to the community that can justify the costs.\r\n\r\n<strong>4) People Centric Internet</strong>\r\nWith the move of the Internet towards social media and mobile devices, people are choosing the shape of the connectivity they want. They want their Internet ubiquitous - available everywhere they go, and personalised to them. In years gone by there was a need for a family, residential telephone service. But this has given way to multiple mobiles in one home, with many families now choosing to forgo their home landline altogether. (The only home calls I get these days are from telemarketers anyway!). Wireless communications naturally fit this preference for ubiquity, which is why almost everyone now agrees that the last-leg (how the physical device is ultimately connected) should usually be wireless. People don\'t like wires, they don\'t want to be tied-down. They really want great access wherever they happen to be; at home, in the street, on the bus or at the shopping mall. In practice, providing that wireless can give them adequate speed, they will choose wireless over wired every-time and care far more about cost than whether their wireless access is from their home-LAN or a node down the street. \r\n\r\nSo the questions we need to answer as a community become practical;<li>How far can last-leg wireless be, while providing the bandwidth realistically required?</li>\r\n	<li>Do we really need the most costly option of fibre to every one of the 5.6 million homes in Australia to feed these transmitters, or will fibre to each of the 120,000 streets in Australia provide the speeds we need?</li>\r\n\r\n<br/>Now that I have covered my reasons why the NBN should be built using Fibre to the Node, I want to address some of the political spin surrounding the NBN. \r\n\r\nI fully understand the \'vision\' of providing the very fastest possible Internet to every Australian. I want Australia to lead the world as much as the next guy. But it is immature and negligent to give scant regard to the costs of doing this, and I feel the benefits of fibre to the home are being significantly overplayed. \r\n\r\nPlease consider:\r\n	<li>Korea has the fastest internet in the world and they do not (and will not) lead the Internet-economy. Indeed I struggle to think of one Korean software or Internet company.</li>\r\n	<li>The fastest possible Internet may indeed revolutionise remote surgery, but surgery isn\'t (and will not likely ever be) conducted in the home. Wireless was once considered unreliable, but this is no longer true with technology from remote alarm systems and telemetry moving toward the mainstream - developed by organisations like NASA who have had to depend on wireless communications to protects its people and equipment. So again healthcare is, at best, a weak argument for Fibre to the Home.</li>\r\n	<li>People argue that the problem with wireless spectrum is that it is limited, and we all have to share it - unlike our own fibre line to our house. But the history of technology has shown these kind of so-called \'physical limits\' wrong again and again. I recall in the 1990s that not much more than 14.4kbps was considered physically possible over copper - hilarious in retrospect. In my own experience, improvements in wireless bandwidth have continually outpaced my demand for the increased speed (Wifi A/B/G/N/, 3G and 4G). And the latest wireless research has achieved 100Gb/s (1000x faster than what fibre-to-the-home is currently promising), so there is a very good chance that this improvement in wireless will continue. And even if I\'m wrong, we can always do fibre when the costs of that particular technology have come down further.</li>\r\n	<li>Another argument I hear (probably one of the best) is that, the Fibre-to-the-Home NBN won\'t ultimately cost the community anything because the government will privatise it. This is based on the presumption that the government will recoup its money on an investment that is sub-optimal, by design (otherwise the private sector would have already provided it). So there will almost certainly be a significant shortfall that will reduce our ability to address more pressing challenges.</li>\r\n 	<li>The \'Educational\' benefits of Fibre-to-the-Home are tenuous at best. The benefits of faster Internet tail-off fast. There is indeed an enormous difference between having no Internet and having access. And again there is a significant benefit to having fast Internet; moving up from say dial-up to ADSL. But there is a much smaller difference between ADSL and Fibre. I see evidence of this everyday; I pull up to 100mb/s at my office and it is barely any different to the Internet experience I get at home. Indeed for most of the things we currently do, latency is far more important than bandwidth. Would 100+mb/s at home mean that my kids have better educational opportunities? I think not. Wikipedia, Google, ITunesU, and Skype, all work perfectly fine over wireless, or even old-copper while it is still around.</li>\r\n	<li>One argument for the NBN was that it was necessary for the government to step in because of market failure. There was some truth to this, in that when rational consideration was given to requirements and costs, the government of the time\'s NBN \'vision\' was somewhat different to what was sensible. The market would not naturally deliver the degree of inefficiency (servicing remote areas and the like) without certainty of a return. The government should have subsidised this inefficiency openly, by subsidising private enterprise to deliver the social good. Instead they again made the classic mistake of thinking that Government can run a business - and have wasted billions of dollars in the process.\r\n	<li>Another justification I hear for a $100 billion Fibre-to-the-Home programme is that the \"Copper needs replacing anyway\" - but does it really? People are moving away from having fixed phones at home, choosing to live mobile only. And more people now access the Internet by mobile than through fixed connections. Fixed fibre to the home feels like a 20th century solution to a problem that doesn\'t exist. People are voting with their feet; The future is wireless.\r\n\r\n<li>The argument that fibre to the home is cheaper to maintain than copper also succumbs to this argument. No fibre and no copper to the home is cheaper still. With FTTN there would be less fibre to maintain, and history would suggest the exact last leg wireless implementation would be replaced anyway - as new technologies come along. As they always do.\r\n\r\n<br/>To conclude, I agree that to avoid unassailable disadvantage we must guarantee access to high-speed Internet as a right for all Australians. But I contend that while ensuring this right for all the members of our community, we must favour the most cost-effective way of achieving our goal; keeping in mind our bigger priorities and  recognising the way in which the Internet is <em>already</em> moving.','NBN: Fibre to the Node is the way to go','','inherit','closed','closed','','519-revision-v1','','','2016-02-27 14:50:43','2016-02-27 06:50:43','',519,'http://www.smartestplace.net/519-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(784,1,'2016-02-27 14:58:15','2016-02-27 06:58:15','[caption width=\"800\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://www.itandtelesys.com/images/opticalcommunication.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class /> Source: IT and Telecommunications Systems[/caption]Working in IT, people are often surprised that I don\'t support Fibre to the Home for the NBN. Here are my reasons:\r\n\r\n<strong>1) Costs vs. Benefits</strong>\r\nThe main reason I don\'t support fibre to the home is cost-benefit: With Fibre to the Node (street), Australians will get almost all the benefits of fast Broadband for 1/3 of the cost. Thinking about this reminds me of a question I asked my Engineering professor back at Uni when talking about alternative engineering solutions: I asked \"What is the best solution?\" Their answer? \"The best solution is the one that meets all the requirements, including aesthetics and safety, at the lowest cost\". \r\n\r\nAs far as I can tell, faster speeds at home really benefit entertainment and little else. It would be <em>nice</em> to download Game of Thrones in one minute instead of fifteen, but would that really improve my quality of life?  And is it really government\'s role to divert scarce resources away from areas that are more important toward improving our entertainment choices? The problem is that the people advocating the most expensive Fibre to the Home option are not spending their own money. I am sure that when these same people go to the car dealership to choose a car to purchase they carefully compare needs, features and costs when making their decision - because it is <em>their own money</em>. Somehow this rational logic goes out of the window when it comes to their views on public policy. So my first, and most important, point is that the community should demand <em>value</em> from the tax dollars taken from them. Fibre to the Home does not represent value.\r\n\r\n<strong>2) Priorities</strong>\r\nI believe that faster Internet speeds are a \'nice to have\', not a \'need to have\'. The extra $30 billion required for fibre to the home would have to come from somewhere; either more debt or <em>instead of</em> more worthwhile spending in areas such as health and education. If we had already overcome challenges with homelessness, aboriginal disadvantage or were leading the world in educational outcomes, I might be more inclined. But we haven\'t. We must choose our priorities carefully - as unfortunately there are real financial constraints which we have to live within. We are not talking pocket change; thirty thousand million dollars, I can\'t even comprehend that amount of money. So my second point is about choosing our <em>priorities</em> correctly as a community.\r\n\r\n<strong>3) Appropriateness</strong>\r\nPlaces that need fibre to the premises (for example; hospitals, schools, universities, and organisations) will get it because they really need it. Homes do require fast broadband, but not \"super-fast broadband at any cost\". At home we do not <em>need</em> to stream 15 high-definition TV shows at the same time - this is not a goal that inspires me to think it is acceptable for government to take more money from us as a community than they already do. \r\n\r\nJust as the universal solution to providing public transport is not to buy everyone a Ferrari, fibre to the home is not proportional to the need. Providing everyone (including me) with a Ferrari is just wasteful; spend the money on more worthwhile things. So my third point is that as individuals and as a society we should be making decisions that are <em>appropriate</em>, that are \'fit for purpose\' for the use-cases. In this world, where we unfortunately need to make trade-offs, the very fastest internet only needs to be available where it clearly provides the tangible benefits to the community that can justify the costs.\r\n\r\n<strong>4) People Centric Internet</strong>\r\nWith the move of the Internet towards social media and mobile devices, people are choosing the shape of the connectivity they want. They want their Internet ubiquitous - available everywhere they go, and personalised to them. In years gone by there was a need for a family, residential telephone service. But this has given way to multiple mobiles in one home, with many families now choosing to forgo their home landline altogether. (The only home calls I get these days are from telemarketers anyway!). Wireless communications naturally fit this preference for ubiquity, which is why almost everyone now agrees that the last-leg (how the physical device is ultimately connected) should usually be wireless. People don\'t like wires, they don\'t want to be tied-down. They really want great access wherever they happen to be; at home, in the street, on the bus or at the shopping mall. In practice, providing that wireless can give them adequate speed, they will choose wireless over wired every-time and care far more about cost than whether their wireless access is from their home-LAN or a node down the street. \r\n\r\nSo the questions we need to answer as a community become practical;<li>How far can last-leg wireless be, while providing the bandwidth realistically required?</li>\r\n	<li>Do we really need the most costly option of fibre to every one of the 5.6 million homes in Australia to feed these transmitters, or will fibre to each of the 120,000 streets in Australia provide the speeds we need?</li>\r\n\r\n<br/>Now that I have covered my reasons why the NBN should be built using Fibre to the Node, I want to address some of the political spin surrounding the NBN. \r\n\r\nI fully understand the \'vision\' of providing the very fastest possible Internet to every Australian. I want Australia to lead the world as much as the next guy. But it is immature and negligent to give scant regard to the costs of doing this, and the benefits of fibre to the home are being significantly overplayed. \r\n\r\nPlease consider:\r\n	<li>Korea has the fastest internet in the world and they do not (and will not) lead the Internet-economy. Indeed I struggle to think of one Korean software or Internet company.</li>\r\n	<li>The fastest possible Internet may indeed revolutionise remote surgery, but surgery isn\'t (and will not likely ever be) conducted in the home. Wireless was once considered unreliable, but this is no longer true with technology from remote alarm systems and telemetry moving toward the mainstream - developed by organisations like NASA who have had to depend on wireless communications to protects its people and equipment. So again healthcare is, at best, a weak argument for Fibre to the Home.</li>\r\n	<li>People argue that the problem with wireless spectrum is that it is limited, and we all have to share it - unlike our own fibre line to our house. But the history of technology has shown these kind of so-called \'physical limits\' wrong again and again. I recall in the 1990s that not much more than 14.4kbps was considered physically possible over copper - hilarious in retrospect. In my own experience, improvements in wireless bandwidth have continually outpaced my demand for the increased speed (Wifi A/B/G/N/, 3G and 4G). And the latest wireless research has achieved 100Gb/s (1000x faster than what fibre-to-the-home is currently promising), so there is a very good chance that this improvement in wireless will continue. And even if I\'m wrong, we can always do fibre when the costs of that particular technology have come down further.</li>\r\n	<li>Another argument I hear (probably one of the best) is that, the Fibre-to-the-Home NBN won\'t ultimately cost the community anything because the government will privatise it. This is based on the presumption that the government will recoup its money on an investment that is sub-optimal, by design (otherwise the private sector would have already provided it). So there will almost certainly be a significant shortfall that will reduce our ability to address more pressing challenges.</li>\r\n 	<li>The \'Educational\' benefits of Fibre-to-the-Home are tenuous at best. The benefits of faster Internet tail-off fast. There is indeed an enormous difference between having no Internet and having access. And again there is a significant benefit to having fast Internet; moving up from say dial-up to ADSL. But there is a much smaller difference between ADSL and Fibre. I see evidence of this everyday; I pull up to 100mb/s at my office and it is barely any different to the Internet experience I get at home. Indeed for most of the things we currently do, latency is far more important than bandwidth. Would 100+mb/s at home mean that my kids have better educational opportunities? I think not. Wikipedia, Google, ITunesU, and Skype, all work perfectly fine over wireless, or even old-copper while it is still around.</li>\r\n	<li>One argument for the NBN was that it was necessary for the government to step in because of market failure. There was some truth to this, in that when rational consideration was given to requirements and costs, the government of the time\'s NBN \'vision\' was somewhat different to what was sensible. The market would not naturally deliver the degree of inefficiency (servicing remote areas and the like) without certainty of a return. The government should have subsidised this inefficiency openly, by subsidising private enterprise to deliver the social good. Instead they again made the classic mistake of thinking that Government can run a business - and have wasted billions of dollars in the process.\r\n	<li>Another justification I hear for a $100 billion Fibre-to-the-Home programme is that the \"Copper needs replacing anyway\" - but does it really? People are moving away from having fixed phones at home, choosing to live mobile only. And more people now access the Internet by mobile than through fixed connections. Fixed fibre to the home feels like a 20th century solution to a problem that doesn\'t exist. People are voting with their feet; The future is wireless.\r\n	<li>The argument that fibre to the home is cheaper to maintain than copper also succumbs to this argument. No fibre and no copper to the home is cheaper still. With FTTN there would be less fibre to maintain, and history would suggest the exact last leg wireless implementation would be replaced anyway - as new technologies come along. As they always do.\r\n\r\n<br/>To conclude, I agree that to avoid unassailable disadvantage we must guarantee access to high-speed Internet as a right for all Australians. But I contend that while ensuring this right for all the members of our community, we must favour the most cost-effective way of achieving our goal; keeping in mind our bigger priorities and  recognising the way in which the Internet is <em>already</em> moving.','NBN: Fibre to the Node is the way to go','','inherit','closed','closed','','519-revision-v1','','','2016-02-27 14:58:15','2016-02-27 06:58:15','',519,'http://www.smartestplace.net/519-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(785,1,'2016-02-28 12:39:31','2016-02-28 04:39:31','[caption width=\"800\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://www.itandtelesys.com/images/opticalcommunication.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class /> Source: IT and Telecommunications Systems[/caption]Working in IT, people are often surprised that I don\'t support Fibre to the Home for the NBN. I\'m certainly in the minority in my industry-techie-types love the best gear. But here are the reasons I don\'t support FTTH:\r\n\r\n<strong>1) Costs vs. Benefits</strong>\r\nThe main reason I don\'t support fibre to the home is cost-benefit: With Fibre to the Node (street), Australians will get almost all the benefits of fast Broadband for 1/3 of the cost. Thinking about this reminds me of a question I asked my Engineering professor back at Uni when talking about alternative engineering solutions: I asked \"What is the best solution?\" Their answer? \"The best solution is the one that meets all the requirements, including aesthetics and safety, at the lowest cost\". \r\n\r\nAs far as I can tell, faster speeds at home really benefit entertainment and little else. It would be <em>nice</em> to download Game of Thrones in one minute instead of fifteen, but would that really improve my quality of life?  And is it really government\'s role to divert scarce resources away from areas that are more important toward improving our entertainment choices? The problem is that the people advocating the most expensive Fibre to the Home option are not spending their own money. I am sure that when these same people go to the car dealership to choose a car to purchase they carefully compare needs, features and costs when making their decision - because it is <em>their own money</em>. Somehow this rational logic goes out of the window when it comes to their views on public policy. So my first, and most important, point is that the community should demand <em>value</em> from the tax dollars taken from them. Fibre to the Home does not represent value.\r\n\r\n<strong>2) Priorities</strong>\r\nI believe that faster Internet speeds are a \'nice to have\', not a \'need to have\'. The extra $30 billion required for fibre to the home would have to come from somewhere; either more debt or <em>instead of</em> more worthwhile spending in areas such as health and education. If we had already overcome challenges with homelessness, aboriginal disadvantage or were leading the world in educational outcomes, I might be more inclined. But we haven\'t. We must choose our priorities carefully - as unfortunately there are real financial constraints which we have to live within. We are not talking pocket change; thirty thousand million dollars, I can\'t even comprehend that amount of money. So my second point is about choosing our <em>priorities</em> correctly as a community.\r\n\r\n<strong>3) Appropriateness</strong>\r\nPlaces that need fibre to the premises (for example; hospitals, schools, universities, and organisations) will get it because they really need it. Homes do require fast broadband, but not \"super-fast broadband at any cost\". At home we do not <em>need</em> to stream 15 high-definition TV shows at the same time - this is not a goal that inspires me to think it is acceptable for government to take more money from us as a community than they already do. \r\n\r\nJust as the universal solution to providing public transport is not to buy everyone a Ferrari, fibre to the home is not proportional to the need. Providing everyone (including me) with a Ferrari is just wasteful; spend the money on more worthwhile things. So my third point is that as individuals and as a society we should be making decisions that are <em>appropriate</em>, that are \'fit for purpose\' for the use-cases. In this world, where we unfortunately need to make trade-offs, the very fastest internet only needs to be available where it clearly provides the tangible benefits to the community that can justify the costs.\r\n\r\n<strong>4) People Centric Internet</strong>\r\nWith the move of the Internet towards social media and mobile devices, people are choosing the shape of the connectivity they want. They want their Internet ubiquitous - available everywhere they go, and personalised to them. In years gone by there was a need for a family, residential telephone service. But this has given way to multiple mobiles in one home, with many families now choosing to forgo their home landline altogether. (The only home calls I get these days are from telemarketers anyway!). Wireless communications naturally fit this preference for ubiquity, which is why almost everyone now agrees that the last-leg (how the physical device is ultimately connected) should usually be wireless. People don\'t like wires, they don\'t want to be tied-down. They really want great access wherever they happen to be; at home, in the street, on the bus or at the shopping mall. In practice, providing that wireless can give them adequate speed, they will choose wireless over wired every-time and care far more about cost than whether their wireless access is from their home-LAN or a node down the street. \r\n\r\nSo the questions we need to answer as a community become practical;<li>How far can last-leg wireless be, while providing the bandwidth realistically required?</li>\r\n	<li>Do we really need the most costly option of fibre to every one of the 5.6 million homes in Australia to feed these transmitters, or will fibre to each of the 120,000 streets in Australia provide the speeds we need?</li>\r\n\r\n<br/>Now that I have covered my reasons why the NBN should be built using Fibre to the Node, I want to address some of the political spin surrounding the NBN. \r\n\r\nI fully understand the \'vision\' of providing the very fastest possible Internet to every Australian. I want Australia to lead the world as much as the next guy. But it is immature and negligent to give scant regard to the costs of doing this, and the benefits of fibre to the home are being significantly overplayed. \r\n\r\nPlease consider:\r\n	<li>Korea has the fastest internet in the world and they do not (and will not) lead the Internet-economy. Indeed I struggle to think of one Korean software or Internet company.</li>\r\n	<li>The fastest possible Internet may indeed revolutionise remote surgery, but surgery isn\'t (and will not likely ever be) conducted in the home. Wireless was once considered unreliable, but this is no longer true with technology from remote alarm systems and telemetry moving toward the mainstream - developed by organisations like NASA who have had to depend on wireless communications to protects its people and equipment. So again healthcare is, at best, a weak argument for Fibre to the Home.</li>\r\n	<li>People argue that the problem with wireless spectrum is that it is limited, and we all have to share it - unlike our own fibre line to our house. But the history of technology has shown these kind of so-called \'physical limits\' wrong again and again. I recall in the 1990s that not much more than 14.4kbps was considered physically possible over copper - hilarious in retrospect. In my own experience, improvements in wireless bandwidth have continually outpaced my demand for the increased speed (Wifi A/B/G/N/, 3G and 4G). And the latest wireless research has achieved 100Gb/s (1000x faster than what fibre-to-the-home is currently promising), so there is a very good chance that this improvement in wireless will continue. And even if I\'m wrong, we can always do fibre when the costs of that particular technology have come down further.</li>\r\n	<li>Another argument I hear (probably one of the best) is that, the Fibre-to-the-Home NBN won\'t ultimately cost the community anything because the government will privatise it. This is based on the presumption that the government will recoup its money on an investment that is sub-optimal, by design (otherwise the private sector would have already provided it). So there will almost certainly be a significant shortfall that will reduce our ability to address more pressing challenges.</li>\r\n 	<li>The \'Educational\' benefits of Fibre-to-the-Home are tenuous at best. The benefits of faster Internet tail-off fast. There is indeed an enormous difference between having no Internet and having access. And again there is a significant benefit to having fast Internet; moving up from say dial-up to ADSL. But there is a much smaller difference between ADSL and Fibre. I see evidence of this everyday; I pull up to 100mb/s at my office and it is barely any different to the Internet experience I get at home. Indeed for most of the things we currently do, latency is far more important than bandwidth. Would 100+mb/s at home mean that my kids have better educational opportunities? I think not. Wikipedia, Google, ITunesU, and Skype, all work perfectly fine over wireless, or even old-copper while it is still around.</li>\r\n	<li>One argument for the NBN was that it was necessary for the government to step in because of market failure. There was some truth to this, in that when rational consideration was given to requirements and costs, the government of the time\'s NBN \'vision\' was somewhat different to what was sensible. The market would not naturally deliver the degree of inefficiency (servicing remote areas and the like) without certainty of a return. The government should have subsidised this inefficiency openly, by subsidising private enterprise to deliver the social good. Instead they again made the classic mistake of thinking that Government can run a business - and have wasted billions of dollars in the process.\r\n	<li>Another justification I hear for a $100 billion Fibre-to-the-Home programme is that the \"Copper needs replacing anyway\" - but does it really? People are moving away from having fixed phones at home, choosing to live mobile only. And more people now access the Internet by mobile than through fixed connections. Fixed fibre to the home feels like a 20th century solution to a problem that doesn\'t exist. People are voting with their feet; The future is wireless.\r\n	<li>The argument that fibre to the home is cheaper to maintain than copper also succumbs to this argument. No fibre and no copper to the home is cheaper still. With FTTN there would be less fibre to maintain, and history would suggest the exact last leg wireless implementation would be replaced anyway - as new technologies come along. As they always do.\r\n\r\n<br/>To conclude, I agree that to avoid unassailable disadvantage we must guarantee access to high-speed Internet as a right for all Australians. But I contend that while ensuring this right for all the members of our community, we must favour the most cost-effective way of achieving our goal; keeping in mind our bigger priorities and  recognising the way in which the Internet is <em>already</em> moving.','NBN: Fibre to the Node is the way to go','','inherit','closed','closed','','519-revision-v1','','','2016-02-28 12:39:31','2016-02-28 04:39:31','',519,'http://www.smartestplace.net/519-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(786,1,'2016-02-28 12:40:08','2016-02-28 04:40:08','[caption width=\"800\" align=\"alignnone\"]<img src=\"http://www.itandtelesys.com/images/opticalcommunication.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class /> Source: IT and Telecommunications Systems[/caption]Working in IT, people are often surprised that I don\'t support Fibre to the Home for the NBN. I\'m certainly in the minority in my industry: Techies love to have the best gear. But here are the reasons I don\'t support FTTH:\r\n\r\n<strong>1) Costs vs. Benefits</strong>\r\nThe main reason I don\'t support fibre to the home is cost-benefit: With Fibre to the Node (street), Australians will get almost all the benefits of fast Broadband for 1/3 of the cost. Thinking about this reminds me of a question I asked my Engineering professor back at Uni when talking about alternative engineering solutions: I asked \"What is the best solution?\" Their answer? \"The best solution is the one that meets all the requirements, including aesthetics and safety, at the lowest cost\". \r\n\r\nAs far as I can tell, faster speeds at home really benefit entertainment and little else. It would be <em>nice</em> to download Game of Thrones in one minute instead of fifteen, but would that really improve my quality of life?  And is it really government\'s role to divert scarce resources away from areas that are more important toward improving our entertainment choices? The problem is that the people advocating the most expensive Fibre to the Home option are not spending their own money. I am sure that when these same people go to the car dealership to choose a car to purchase they carefully compare needs, features and costs when making their decision - because it is <em>their own money</em>. Somehow this rational logic goes out of the window when it comes to their views on public policy. So my first, and most important, point is that the community should demand <em>value</em> from the tax dollars taken from them. Fibre to the Home does not represent value.\r\n\r\n<strong>2) Priorities</strong>\r\nI believe that faster Internet speeds are a \'nice to have\', not a \'need to have\'. The extra $30 billion required for fibre to the home would have to come from somewhere; either more debt or <em>instead of</em> more worthwhile spending in areas such as health and education. If we had already overcome challenges with homelessness, aboriginal disadvantage or were leading the world in educational outcomes, I might be more inclined. But we haven\'t. We must choose our priorities carefully - as unfortunately there are real financial constraints which we have to live within. We are not talking pocket change; thirty thousand million dollars, I can\'t even comprehend that amount of money. So my second point is about choosing our <em>priorities</em> correctly as a community.\r\n\r\n<strong>3) Appropriateness</strong>\r\nPlaces that need fibre to the premises (for example; hospitals, schools, universities, and organisations) will get it because they really need it. Homes do require fast broadband, but not \"super-fast broadband at any cost\". At home we do not <em>need</em> to stream 15 high-definition TV shows at the same time - this is not a goal that inspires me to think it is acceptable for government to take more money from us as a community than they already do. \r\n\r\nJust as the universal solution to providing public transport is not to buy everyone a Ferrari, fibre to the home is not proportional to the need. Providing everyone (including me) with a Ferrari is just wasteful; spend the money on more worthwhile things. So my third point is that as individuals and as a society we should be making decisions that are <em>appropriate</em>, that are \'fit for purpose\' for the use-cases. In this world, where we unfortunately need to make trade-offs, the very fastest internet only needs to be available where it clearly provides the tangible benefits to the community that can justify the costs.\r\n\r\n<strong>4) People Centric Internet</strong>\r\nWith the move of the Internet towards social media and mobile devices, people are choosing the shape of the connectivity they want. They want their Internet ubiquitous - available everywhere they go, and personalised to them. In years gone by there was a need for a family, residential telephone service. But this has given way to multiple mobiles in one home, with many families now choosing to forgo their home landline altogether. (The only home calls I get these days are from telemarketers anyway!). Wireless communications naturally fit this preference for ubiquity, which is why almost everyone now agrees that the last-leg (how the physical device is ultimately connected) should usually be wireless. People don\'t like wires, they don\'t want to be tied-down. They really want great access wherever they happen to be; at home, in the street, on the bus or at the shopping mall. In practice, providing that wireless can give them adequate speed, they will choose wireless over wired every-time and care far more about cost than whether their wireless access is from their home-LAN or a node down the street. \r\n\r\nSo the questions we need to answer as a community become practical;<li>How far can last-leg wireless be, while providing the bandwidth realistically required?</li>\r\n	<li>Do we really need the most costly option of fibre to every one of the 5.6 million homes in Australia to feed these transmitters, or will fibre to each of the 120,000 streets in Australia provide the speeds we need?</li>\r\n\r\n<br/>Now that I have covered my reasons why the NBN should be built using Fibre to the Node, I want to address some of the political spin surrounding the NBN. \r\n\r\nI fully understand the \'vision\' of providing the very fastest possible Internet to every Australian. I want Australia to lead the world as much as the next guy. But it is immature and negligent to give scant regard to the costs of doing this, and the benefits of fibre to the home are being significantly overplayed. \r\n\r\nPlease consider:\r\n	<li>Korea has the fastest internet in the world and they do not (and will not) lead the Internet-economy. Indeed I struggle to think of one Korean software or Internet company.</li>\r\n	<li>The fastest possible Internet may indeed revolutionise remote surgery, but surgery isn\'t (and will not likely ever be) conducted in the home. Wireless was once considered unreliable, but this is no longer true with technology from remote alarm systems and telemetry moving toward the mainstream - developed by organisations like NASA who have had to depend on wireless communications to protects its people and equipment. So again healthcare is, at best, a weak argument for Fibre to the Home.</li>\r\n	<li>People argue that the problem with wireless spectrum is that it is limited, and we all have to share it - unlike our own fibre line to our house. But the history of technology has shown these kind of so-called \'physical limits\' wrong again and again. I recall in the 1990s that not much more than 14.4kbps was considered physically possible over copper - hilarious in retrospect. In my own experience, improvements in wireless bandwidth have continually outpaced my demand for the increased speed (Wifi A/B/G/N/, 3G and 4G). And the latest wireless research has achieved 100Gb/s (1000x faster than what fibre-to-the-home is currently promising), so there is a very good chance that this improvement in wireless will continue. And even if I\'m wrong, we can always do fibre when the costs of that particular technology have come down further.</li>\r\n	<li>Another argument I hear (probably one of the best) is that, the Fibre-to-the-Home NBN won\'t ultimately cost the community anything because the government will privatise it. This is based on the presumption that the government will recoup its money on an investment that is sub-optimal, by design (otherwise the private sector would have already provided it). So there will almost certainly be a significant shortfall that will reduce our ability to address more pressing challenges.</li>\r\n 	<li>The \'Educational\' benefits of Fibre-to-the-Home are tenuous at best. The benefits of faster Internet tail-off fast. There is indeed an enormous difference between having no Internet and having access. And again there is a significant benefit to having fast Internet; moving up from say dial-up to ADSL. But there is a much smaller difference between ADSL and Fibre. I see evidence of this everyday; I pull up to 100mb/s at my office and it is barely any different to the Internet experience I get at home. Indeed for most of the things we currently do, latency is far more important than bandwidth. Would 100+mb/s at home mean that my kids have better educational opportunities? I think not. Wikipedia, Google, ITunesU, and Skype, all work perfectly fine over wireless, or even old-copper while it is still around.</li>\r\n	<li>One argument for the NBN was that it was necessary for the government to step in because of market failure. There was some truth to this, in that when rational consideration was given to requirements and costs, the government of the time\'s NBN \'vision\' was somewhat different to what was sensible. The market would not naturally deliver the degree of inefficiency (servicing remote areas and the like) without certainty of a return. The government should have subsidised this inefficiency openly, by subsidising private enterprise to deliver the social good. Instead they again made the classic mistake of thinking that Government can run a business - and have wasted billions of dollars in the process.\r\n	<li>Another justification I hear for a $100 billion Fibre-to-the-Home programme is that the \"Copper needs replacing anyway\" - but does it really? People are moving away from having fixed phones at home, choosing to live mobile only. And more people now access the Internet by mobile than through fixed connections. Fixed fibre to the home feels like a 20th century solution to a problem that doesn\'t exist. People are voting with their feet; The future is wireless.\r\n	<li>The argument that fibre to the home is cheaper to maintain than copper also succumbs to this argument. No fibre and no copper to the home is cheaper still. With FTTN there would be less fibre to maintain, and history would suggest the exact last leg wireless implementation would be replaced anyway - as new technologies come along. As they always do.\r\n\r\n<br/>To conclude, I agree that to avoid unassailable disadvantage we must guarantee access to high-speed Internet as a right for all Australians. But I contend that while ensuring this right for all the members of our community, we must favour the most cost-effective way of achieving our goal; keeping in mind our bigger priorities and  recognising the way in which the Internet is <em>already</em> moving.','NBN: Fibre to the Node is the way to go','','inherit','closed','closed','','519-revision-v1','','','2016-02-28 12:40:08','2016-02-28 04:40:08','',519,'http://www.smartestplace.net/519-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(788,1,'2016-08-11 15:18:14','2016-08-11 07:18:14','<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Steves-Kitchen.png\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Steves-Kitchen-300x147.png\" alt=\"Steves Kitchen\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-748\"></a>\r\n\r\n<b>Mains</b>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.chow.com/recipes/30356-easy-slow-cooker-pulled-pork\">Pulled pork</a>\r\n<a heed=\"http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/16857/marinara+sauce\">Seafood Marinara</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/food-wine/moroccan-spice-mix-and-couscous-salad-dig-in/story-fni98slq-1227544046353\">Moroccan-style Chicken</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.thenutritionguruandthechef.com/2014/08/30/chinese-chicken-and-corn-soup/\">Chinese Chicken and Corn Soup</a>\r\n<a heed=\"http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/slow-cooked-shoulder-of-lamb-with-salsa-verde-recipe/story-e6frg8h6-1227532968756\">Slow-cooked shoulder of lamb with salsa verde</a>\r\n<a heed=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/48449/slow-cooker-chili-ii/\">Slow-cooked Chilli con Carne</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Desserts</b>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/13810/key+lime+pie\">Key Lime Pie</a>\r\n\r\n<em>More recipes available on request...</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Opening Times</strong>\r\n- Any time I\'m home!\r\n- Pre-order by 4pm, so I can collect supplies on the way home.\r\n- No need to pre-order if we already have the ingredients.','Suzanne\'s Menu','','inherit','closed','closed','','743-revision-v1','','','2016-08-11 15:18:14','2016-08-11 07:18:14','',743,'http://www.smartestplace.net/743-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(789,1,'2016-08-11 15:19:28','2016-08-11 07:19:28','<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Steves-Kitchen.png\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Steves-Kitchen-300x147.png\" alt=\"Steves Kitchen\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-748\"></a>\r\n\r\n<b>Mains</b>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.chow.com/recipes/30356-easy-slow-cooker-pulled-pork\">Pulled pork</a>\r\n<a heed=\"http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/16857/marinara+sauce\">Seafood Marinara</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/food-wine/moroccan-spice-mix-and-couscous-salad-dig-in/story-fni98slq-1227544046353\">Moroccan-style Chicken</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.thenutritionguruandthechef.com/2014/08/30/chinese-chicken-and-corn-soup/\">Chinese Chicken and Corn Soup</a>\r\n<a heed=\"http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/slow-cooked-shoulder-of-lamb-with-salsa-verde-recipe/story-e6frg8h6-1227532968756\">Slow-cooked Shoulder of Lamb with Salsa Verde</a>\r\n<a heed=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/48449/slow-cooker-chili-ii/\">Slow-cooked Chilli con Carne</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Desserts</b>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/13810/key+lime+pie\">Key Lime Pie</a>\r\n\r\n<em>More recipes available on request...</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Opening Times</strong>\r\n- Any time I\'m home!\r\n- Pre-order by 4pm, so I can collect supplies on the way home.\r\n- No need to pre-order if we already have the ingredients.','Suzanne\'s Menu','','inherit','closed','closed','','743-revision-v1','','','2016-08-11 15:19:28','2016-08-11 07:19:28','',743,'http://www.smartestplace.net/743-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(790,1,'2016-08-14 07:51:18','2016-08-13 23:51:18','<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Steves-Kitchen.png\"><img src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Steves-Kitchen-300x147.png\" alt=\"Steves Kitchen\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-748\"></a>\r\n\r\n<b>Mains</b>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.chow.com/recipes/30356-easy-slow-cooker-pulled-pork\">Pulled pork</a>\r\n<a heed=\"http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/16857/marinara+sauce\">Seafood Marinara</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/food-wine/moroccan-spice-mix-and-couscous-salad-dig-in/story-fni98slq-1227544046353\">Moroccan-style Chicken</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.thenutritionguruandthechef.com/2014/08/30/chinese-chicken-and-corn-soup/\">Chinese Chicken and Corn Soup</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/slow-cooked-shoulder-of-lamb-with-salsa-verde-recipe/story-e6frg8h6-1227532968756\">Slow-cooked Shoulder of Lamb with Salsa Verde</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://allrecipes.com/recipe/48449/slow-cooker-chili-ii/\">Slow-cooked Chilli con Carne</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<b>Desserts</b>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/13810/key+lime+pie\">Key Lime Pie</a>\r\n\r\n<em>More recipes available on request...</em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Opening Times</strong>\r\n- Any time I\'m home!\r\n- Pre-order by 4pm, so I can collect supplies on the way home.\r\n- No need to pre-order if we already have the ingredients.','Suzanne\'s Menu','','inherit','closed','closed','','743-revision-v1','','','2016-08-14 07:51:18','2016-08-13 23:51:18','',743,'http://www.smartestplace.net/743-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(793,1,'2016-11-07 21:38:24','2016-11-07 13:38:24','Here is my Christmas List for 2016, in no particular order:\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\n\n- Hosepipe reel\n\n<a href=\"https://www.bunnings.com.au/holman-30m-retractable-hose-reel-with-spray-gun_p3110525\">At Bunnings</a>\n\n- Sunglasses\n- Cedar lining (Tilling prefinished)\n\n<a href=\"http://mbsales.net.au/products/lining-and-cladding/lining/\">From M&amp;B Sales</a>\n- Nice water glasses\nLike this from TableCulture\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\"><img title=\"20141116_131343.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\"></a>\n\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\n\n- Another book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a>','Steven’s <br />Christmas List 2016','','inherit','closed','closed','','682-revision-v1','','','2016-11-07 21:38:24','2016-11-07 13:38:24','',682,'http://www.smartestplace.net/682-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(795,1,'2016-11-21 14:21:59','2016-11-21 06:21:59','Here is my Christmas List for 2016, in no particular order:\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\n\n- Hosepipe reel\n\n<a href=\"https://www.bunnings.com.au/holman-30m-retractable-hose-reel-with-spray-gun_p3110525\">At Bunnings</a>\n\n- Sunglasses\n- Cedar lining (Tilling prefinished)\n<a href=\"http://mbsales.net.au/products/lining-and-cladding/lining/\">From M&amp;B Sales</a>\n-\n Nice water glasses\nLike this from TableCulture\n<a href=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\"><img title=\"20141116_131343.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http://smartestplace.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wpid-20141116_131343.jpg\"></a>\n\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\n\n- Another book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a>','Steven’s <br />Christmas List 2016','','inherit','closed','closed','','682-autosave-v1','','','2016-11-21 14:21:59','2016-11-21 06:21:59','',682,'http://www.smartestplace.net/682-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(797,1,'2016-11-21 14:23:55','2016-11-21 06:23:55','Here is my Christmas List for 2016, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n- Hosepipe reel\r\nLike this from Bunnings:\r\n<a href=\"https://www.bunnings.com.au/holman-30m-retractable-hose-reel-with-spray-gun_p3110525\">At Bunnings</a>\r\n\r\n- Sunglasses\r\n- 19m2 Cedar lining + 33m small quad scotia (Tilling prefinished)\r\n<a href=\"http://mbsales.net.au/products/lining-and-cladding/lining/\">From M&amp;B Sales</a>\r\n\r\n- Adobe Lightroom - Software to touch up digital photos\r\n<em>More expensive ($180)</em>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.corpsoft.com.au/cache/item-1409752public.html?cache=no\" title=\"Adobe Lightroom\" target=\"_blank\">Get it here</a>\r\n\r\n- Another book: Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani\r\n<a href=\"http://amzn.com/1401359280\" title=\"Tribes\" target=\"_blank\">Here it is</a>','Steven’s <br />Christmas List 2016','','inherit','closed','closed','','682-revision-v1','','','2016-11-21 14:23:55','2016-11-21 06:23:55','',682,'http://www.smartestplace.net/682-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(798,1,'2016-11-21 14:24:17','2016-11-21 06:24:17','Here is my Christmas List for 2016, in no particular order:\r\n(Let Suzanne know if you\'re going to get something on my list, please!)\r\n\r\n- Hosepipe reel\r\nLike this from Bunnings: <a 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