Month: June 2009

Transcript: TWIS.ORG April 28, 2009

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It is said that a little knowledge can be dangerous. By this logic, having no knowledge at all may make you safe. Well, the following hour of our program is potentially lethal. More accurate perhaps is to say that too little knowledge can be an annoying thing — like finding a subtype strain of human-swine-avian flu that had not been previously documented and freaking out based on zero information, assuming that it can persist to a pandemic proportion.

While fear of such scenarios may be warranted, action out of that fear is not. And we attribute to the unknown the properties that lurk within our worst case scenarios our worst fears and then act on that fear without any true information, we spread the fear, incubate misinformation, making the potential or false fear and ignorant actions become a global pandemic freak out.

Enough with the surgical masks already! With patient to patient observations, we will learn that this flu is likely just a flu and therefore defeat-able. Fear served no purpose in solving such things. And then our best solution is soap and water, covering mouths while coughing, not leaking fixtures in public places and to avoid kissing pigs.

While licking fearful farm animals in public, much like the following hour of our programming, does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the University of California at Davis, KDVS or its sponsors.

We live in a world with the mysteries of disease are few. A world with a source and transmission of most illness is generally well known, identifiable and preventable, a world in which science has concurred many mortally challenging ailments and will continue to do so into the future. We will do so by seeking a lot of dangerous knowledge by gathering a lot of dangerous information and by acting out of reason, not fear.

While science is busy making us safer, it’s time to make you more dangerous here on This Week in Science, coming up next.
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Transcript: TWIS.ORG May 26. 2009


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Being brilliant is easier than you think. All it requires from you is that you learn, teach or otherwise share information. Sparking of new neurons ever small or seemingly uneventful is the very thing that all human knowledge is based on.

From a student perceiving the previously unknown, the furrowed brow of confusion that follows and following that in illuminating detailed explanation leading to a nodding head of newly acquired knowledge.

As though defying the thermo dynamic laws of conservation, new knowledge has been created and nothing has been lost. This ability, incredible ability to learn, to create something out of nothing is in the hands of both teacher and student. The patience to teach, the desire to know and the willingness to be mindful for a few moments in time that such thing is giving and getting information can be productive for the greater and personal good of all mankind.

While the nodding heads of mindful, thermodynamics much like the following hour of our programming, do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the University of California at Davis, KDVS or its sponsors.

Every discovery that brought about the enlightenment of the modern age from fire to the Phoenix Lander, from the first water wells to the latest in stem cells could not have come about if not for the simple acts of people talking, thinking and sharing.

If we all take advantage of our ability to spark new information, the future will not only be bright, it will be down right brilliant. Speaking of simple acts of information sharing, get ready for This Week in Science, coming up next. Continue reading “Transcript: TWIS.ORG May 26. 2009”

Transcript: TWIS.ORG July 24, 2007

Kirsten: This Week in Science would like to thank AudibleKids.com for their support of this hour of science programming.

Justin: For all the mundane trudging that make up the a life lived, there comes a point at which all that has come before is represented in a single moment. Often referred to as the now, the present or the endless nothingness of being, this moment has such powers to be able to alter the course of all that will come after.

We can accept the things we have dared not challenge, deferring wisdom and courage to maintain our serenity or we can stand upon this moment of great purpose, hands on hips, chest out like some soon to be triumphant super hero of (ID) full certainty. And as low by pure force of will alone, we can overcome an obstacle, solve the mystery. And in doing so, change the future of our humanity for the better.

It may just be “now” like any other “now”, but it’s how you use this “now” that counts. And what did you do with all those other “nows” anyway? Not that it matters now, because this “now” is the only “now” that ever matters. And you have wisely chosen to use this “now” for something truly worth “nowing” about. This Week in Science, coming up now.

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Transcript: TWIS.ORG July 3, 2007

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Kirsten: This Week in Science would like to thank AudibleKids.com for their support of this hour of science programming.

Justin: Good morning, Kirsten!

Kirsten: Good morning, Justin! Welcome back to another Tuesday of science.

Justin: This Week in Science.
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Kirsten: That’s right.

Justin: The number one, number one science podcast at KDVS.

Kirsten: That’s right. We are the number one science podcast here at KDVS and the only one.

Justin: Oh.

Kirsten: Oh yeah, right.

Justin: Well, you know, I can’t help it if the competition is afraid to play in our arena.

Kirsten: Well, we’re here again this week to talk about a whole bunch of science that’s happened or have been published within the last week or so in journals from all around the world.
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Transcript:TWIS.org May 12, 2009

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The time has come to see planet Earth for what it really is, a space craft with an elaborate life support system.

Most people seems satisfied to play the role of passenger on spaceship Earth, scientists though have been working hard to be it’s faithful diligent crew.

The passengers of spaceship Earth expect a certain level of comfort and entertainment to be safe and healthy and would like the ship’s life support system to continue to function.

What should cease to amaze the crew by now is how little effort most of the passengers are willing to put into making that a reality.

When things do not meet their expectations, passengers are satisfied with complaint rather than action.

And while attempting to convey proper ship conduct, much like the following hour of our programming does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the University of California at Davis, KDVS or its sponsors.

It is understandable that the passengers behave this way. Look at the brochures of 50 years ago and you’ll see the crews of yesteryear promised a life of sedentary ease, from flying cars and endless buffets of robot-prepared meals and modern appliance-filled cabins. Not enough of their minds will be changeable in time to meet the challenges of today.

Scientists of the world, crew members of planet Earth, listen up and listen tight. The fate of the ship is in your hands, you alone can save us.

Rise to the challenge of your predecessors, exceed the optimistic over promising predictions of the past and set the course boldly towards prosperity, today. You are the scientists of tomorrow. You are that next generation the world has been waiting for. You are here, now in the moment which you can do is now.

As for myself, I’ll be over the starboard bar one with the window overlooking the life rafts. I’ll be there drowning a sorrow or two, singing sea shanties back to the sirens and listening to This Week in Science, coming up next.

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Network Security Product Update

We just wanted to give you a quick update on happenings at Untangle.

Upgrades to 6.2 continue to roll and will likely finish by June 12th. The ISO should be available sometime late this week or next. If you were not able to make the 6.2 Partner Overview Webinar, you can view the recording at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/685173313

 i) WAN Balancer and WAN Failover data sheet (New)per Bundle includes all of Untangle’s commercial applications and services for a single, low cost subscription. Annual and monthly pricing is available.

ii) Untangle Software/Super Bundle data sheet (New)

iii) Professional Package data sheet (update)

iv) Education Package data sheet (update)

v) Price List (update to include new applications and bundles)