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Re: Reservoir Logs
By Michael Behar
From: Andrew Purvis
The teaser for "Reservoir Logs" is cute, but it is also based on a misperception.
When I was an undergraduate assisting in teaching a public speaking course, one of my students decided to take a position against clear cutting for her final speech. After performing some research, she reversed her opinion.
Clear cutting, when performed as intended, does not involve stripping large rectangles of trees from forested land. Rather, it involves removing irregularly shaped areas of trees, mimicking the losses to fire that modern technology prevents in many cases. The result is that three zones (forested, treeline and open) are created, each catering to different flora and fauna and, in the process, reinvigorating the forest as a whole.
In brief, clear cutting was designed as an environmentally responsible forest management tool that allowed lumber companies to operate in otherwise protected areas.
Clear cutting, executed properly, has always been green.
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Re: Tightening the Net on Cybercrime
By Kim Zetter
From: John Brendler
A great piece of work. Perceptive choice of topic -- you get behind the commercial and political noise to something happening that really matters -- highly relevant in the big picture and technically interesting. Skillful research (if from first-hand interviews, congratulations on your ability to elicit information that I feel not everyone could). Effective style -- you communicate. Insightful story -- you threaded together quite a broad range of facts -- and left enough room to stimulate the reader to draw conclusions. I'll be keeping an eye out for more of your work.
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Re: The Invisible Enemy
By Steve Silberman
From: Steve Macleod
Why is it that the military, a group of people supposedly well versed in tactics and strategy, are so easily defeated. They know the source and cause of the bug, yet still approach the problem with similar solutions. If increasing sanitary conditions only serve to make the bug stronger, why not start initial treatment in areas the bug is proven not to exist? It seems to me that this strain of bacteria has a hard time surviving in a competitive environment. Why not give it a little competition. Maybe introduce a few strains of treatable bacteria to the mix or better yet, find its natural enemy and let 'em fight it out.
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