I had a very wonderful day today. Everything went my way. Today being a new year's eve all the colleagues left the office premises a bit earlier than usual. I with a couple of my friends were still in the office waiting for the meeting to start but the wait went in vain. So leaving the office seemed to be a wise decision and so I too headed home.My usual evenings start with a warm conversation in the messenger. But the new year's eve left me all alone. There was no one to talk to (on the messenger). Some of my friends had asked me to come to a place where we could celebrate new year's eve and these kinds of celebrations are what I don't like, not at all. So here I am enjoying my own time listening to some of the greatest metal songs. Today is the last day of the month so I am working hard to achieve my monthly target which I have set up.There are a lot of assignments which I have to complete which makes me a good sum of money. So my only friend right now is HM with whom I am right now. But I miss something and I really do. I don't know what? Probably my friends who are having a good time out there, or is it my online friends? However I am always fascinated by Robinson Crusoe's life so here it is and I must enjoy this loneliness as I have Slipknot, Static-X, Rob Zombie screaming in my headset.

global warming

By David Evans. David is a mathematician, a computer and electrical engineer and is head of Science Speak. David is also a former believer in man-made warming who converted to skeptic. The summary below is an introduction to a larger paper that can be read here (PDF)
Our scientific understanding of global warming has gone through three stages:
1. 1985 – 2003. Old ice core data led us strongly suspect that CO2 causes global warming.
2. 2003 – 2007. New ice core data eliminated previous reason for suspecting CO2. No evidence to suspect or exonerate CO2.
3. From Aug 2007: Know for sure that greenhouse is not causing global warming. CO2 no longer a suspect.
The paper discusses how the ice core changes, missing greenhouse signature in the real data and the recent waning of the warming all suggest that carbon emissions are not behind the changes we have experienced in recent decades.
The IPCC 2007 report (the latest and greatest from the IPCC) is based on all scientific literature up to mid 2006. The Bali Conference is the bureaucratic response to that report. Too bad that the data has changed since then!

Hillsong Music

When I think of Hillsong Music, terms like - cookie-cutter and predictable come to mind. It’s a bit sad but true, fans pretty much know what to expect when picking up the latest Hillsong CD. Their albums don’t really sound all that much different from each other. In fact, you can probably toss the tracks from their last five releases up in the air and randomly re-assemble them and no one listening would be the wiser. But I have to say, it’s sort of tough picking on artists in the praise and worship genre. the artists/songwriters are producing music specifically for the church. so essentially they’re restricted in a sense to keep the song structures simple and the melodies easy to sing along to. it’s pretty much a catch-22. So, I’m not going to bash on Hillsong too much. Their latest CD, Saviour King is more of the same. let’s get the Hillsong standard checklist out: upbeat electric guitar based rockers, check. broad, arena-sized ballads, check. redundant Hillsong United remakes, check. and lots of bland, non-descript mid-tempo fillers, check. yup, that’s a Hillsong CD for ya. The only thing I look forward to these days in terms of Hillsong releases are the tracks originating from Hillsong United and songs by Brooke Fraser. their songs - Break Free, Lord of Lords, Hosanna and Saviour King are the highlights of the CD. Other than those tracks (along with I’m Not Ashamed and You Are Faithful), it’s pretty much bland-orama. But what can ya do? With the millions of dollars pouring into the Hillsong Church through their music ministry every year, it doesn’t seem likely that they’ll be changing their ways anytime soon…
Track Listing1. I’m Not Ashamed2. Break Free3. In Your Freedom4. You Are My Strength5. Lord of Lords6. One Thing7. To Know Your Name8. God of Ages9. In the Mystery10. You Saw Me11. Hosanna12. Here in My Life13. You Are Faithful14. Saviour King