tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post1734534459452661460..comments2024-03-17T03:16:44.995-04:00Comments on BigCityLib Strikes Back: CRU Hacked From The Eastern U.S.?bigcitylibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-47381353123118230122009-12-10T11:11:28.478-05:002009-12-10T11:11:28.478-05:00I bet buckets can do it, though. heh, heh. No, I...<i>I bet buckets can do it, though.</i> heh, heh. No, I think that the whole space-time continuum works rather against that.bucketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14335699928912269666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-82310759646871180672009-12-09T18:48:31.318-05:002009-12-09T18:48:31.318-05:00No, Brian D, but I know who he is, and I'll ke...No, Brian D, but I know who he is, and I'll keep an eye out now. I love a good mystery.bigcitylibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-85867556117919654802009-12-09T18:14:54.483-05:002009-12-09T18:14:54.483-05:00I would apologize on behalf of my province, but Ti...I would apologize on behalf of my province, but Ti-Guy's got a point. (I'm an Albertan who frequently gets speaker requests from the provincial government rejected.)<br /><br />BigCityLib, do you read Frank Bi at all? He's been digging into this for a while, and <a href="http://frankbi.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/what-we-know-about-the-cru-attacker-part-3-2-the-3-odd-files/" rel="nofollow">three files don't fit that timestamp</a>. We don't know what this means, yet.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00497427399557710945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-14901372567533550782009-12-09T16:15:42.528-05:002009-12-09T16:15:42.528-05:00Awww, now Rob is linking to wilson's push poll...Awww, now Rob is linking to wilson's push poll. That's cute.CanuckRoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11105956206764325265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-34462904615121368342009-12-09T14:18:59.859-05:002009-12-09T14:18:59.859-05:00Off-topic, but Paul Wells does something useful fo...Off-topic, but Paul Wells does something <a href="http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/08/the-globe-and-blatchford/#more-96697" rel="nofollow">useful</a> for a change.<br /><br />Note that in the comments section, the benighted "Wilson" troll refers to someone named "Blanchard," in her rush to vilify the <i>Globe</i> and the Liberals.<br /><br />She must be hitting the bottle quite hard these days.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-51132949055660784932009-12-09T14:12:19.669-05:002009-12-09T14:12:19.669-05:00Knowing Unix gives you the awesome power to meet a...Knowing Unix gives you the awesome power to meet any and all intellectual challenges and to emerge victorious!<br /><br />Just ask any computer sciences engineer.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-4241475336045160942009-12-09T14:07:25.154-05:002009-12-09T14:07:25.154-05:00"If you know UNIX you can translate the label..."If you know UNIX you can translate the label back into the date"<br /><br />Had to chuckle a bit at that, as it makes it sound like knowing Unix gives you the awesome ability to convert from epoch time to standard time through sheer mental power.<br /><br />I bet buckets can do it, though.Terrence C. Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07332306056519991646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-9449195530048052302009-12-09T13:10:51.638-05:002009-12-09T13:10:51.638-05:00TG.. if some computer hacker found a record of a d...<i>TG.. if some computer hacker found a record of a deleted email from Peter MacKay saying that he had full knowledge of prisoner torture in Afghanistan, and just didn't give a damn, and advised the recipient to delete the message "in case someone applied under freedom of information law" to see it.. would you feel the same?</i><br /><br />Comparaison n'est pas raison, MaƮtre Harvie.<br /><br />That's French by the way. You can look it up.<br /><br />Seriously, these little "what if" games are tiresome and off-topic. I don't think the two situations are comparable at all. If would never occur to me to compare them.<br /><br />Learn to focus or fuck off. These deliberate distractions should be beneath you. They're beneath me, in any case.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-6071002050776804252009-12-09T12:47:55.713-05:002009-12-09T12:47:55.713-05:00Because if it is a hacker, esp. one from the state...Because if it is a hacker, esp. one from the states, then it is illegal. That it might come from the states is interesting, because that is the Center of the denialist industry. As to the content of the emails, you are blovating. Sarah Palin is NOT an expert on this stuff, OK?bigcitylibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-15722944788584770212009-12-09T12:43:32.787-05:002009-12-09T12:43:32.787-05:00Why is it honorable for civil servants to disclose...Why is it honorable for civil servants to disclose private emails as "whistle blowers", but a computer hacker provides evidence of clear bias of so-called "objective scientists" - and he or she is a criminal.<br /><br />And.. I suppose, in the interests of full honesty, I probably would be more upset if it were a hacked government email contrary to my own personal point of view.. but, here's the deal:<br /><br />TG.. if some computer hacker found a record of a deleted email from Peter MacKay saying that he had full knowledge of prisoner torture in Afghanistan, and just didn't give a damn, and advised the recipient to delete the message "in case someone applied under freedom of information law" to see it.. would you feel the same?Robert G. Harvie, Q.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10414822301931567654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-75080582506940809642009-12-09T12:29:49.245-05:002009-12-09T12:29:49.245-05:00I find it odd, even from the perspective of an ard...<i>I find it odd, even from the perspective of an ardent climate change advocate - that you are more upset about the hackers than the hackees.</i><br /><br />Maybe you should start paying attention and stop trolling, Rob. There have been a variety of posts here, some dealing with the content of the emails, a few with the hack itself.<br /><br />How do Albertans learn to be such assholes?Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-49079120548077155692009-12-09T11:51:22.885-05:002009-12-09T11:51:22.885-05:00And the poll was of course published by the Nation...And the poll was of course published by the National Post, aka the official propaganda wing of the Reform, oops I mean the new Conservative Party of Canada. Yawn!Tof KWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15756310841374198056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-49763640992909706722009-12-09T11:24:12.147-05:002009-12-09T11:24:12.147-05:00But if you match that to the date line you see the...<i>But if you match that to the date line you see they are off by 4/5 hours, which suggests that--given the emails were taken from a U.K. server--they passed through a computer in the Eastern U.S.</i><br /><br />Or Eastern Canada. The Privy Council Office, perhaps.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-62266642601014205842009-12-09T11:05:10.673-05:002009-12-09T11:05:10.673-05:00I find it odd, even from the perspective of an ard...I find it odd, even from the perspective of an ardent climate change advocate - that you are more upset about the hackers than the hackees.<br /><br />For a scientist to talk about destroying documents rather than complying with requests for information.. it's an affront to all scientists, not just to climate change advocates.Robert G. Harvie, Q.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10414822301931567654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-33347728501373722412009-12-09T11:02:32.157-05:002009-12-09T11:02:32.157-05:00A think tank poll, worth exactly $0.
Oh, I'm ...<i>A think tank poll, worth exactly $0.</i><br /><br />Oh, I'm sure a good deal more than $0 went into commissioning that particular poll!<br /><br />Ha! I just saw that Conrad Winn and COMPAS did the polling. Awesome.CanuckRoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11105956206764325265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-77399021641507243042009-12-09T10:45:23.746-05:002009-12-09T10:45:23.746-05:00A think tank poll, worth exactly $0.A think tank poll, worth exactly $0.bigcitylibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-50901548698740396702009-12-09T10:42:01.358-05:002009-12-09T10:42:01.358-05:00How ever it got into the public domain, it is havi...How ever it got into the public domain, it is having an effect:<br /><br />The poll, commissioned by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, suggests that 72% of Canadians are against an immediate commitment -- 57% think government should postpone signing a treaty and 15% say they should not sign one at all<br /><br />http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2319922wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03589410224972050999noreply@blogger.com