Q. are you saying economy causes heavy rains in Europe??
A. No itâs not.
Global warming is causing sea levels to rise by an average of 3.2mm a year (one inch every 8 years). The rate of rise is accelerating, until recently it had been thought that sea-levels would rise by about 500mm in the next century, but the latest GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment) satellite data and observations suggests that this could be an underestimate.
In any event, sea-levels will rise at a very slow rate, there certainly wonât be any Hollywood style disasters. The rate of rise will allow more than enough time for people to adapt â either by moving or through the construction of sea-defences.
Europe as a whole will never be fully underwater because there simply isnât enough water and ice on the planet to submerge it all. If all the ice were to melt (it wonât, but assuming it did) then sea-levels would rise by 80.32 meters (250 feet). This would flood all low lying land but many inland parts of Europe would be unaffected.
It may be worth considering that at the present rate of ice-melt it will be more than 100,000 years before all the ice has gone.
I noticed in your added comments that you mentioned the heavy rains. This is one of the consequences of global warming and Europe has been particularly badly hit in recent years by a huge rise in the number and severity of floods. Iâm from the UK myself and there has been a doubling in the number of floods with many flood record having been broken in recent years. June 2007 saw the worst floods on record, a record that lasted less than a month before even worse flooding occurred. Earlier this year some places recorded the heaviest known rainfall with more than 6 months worth of rain falling in a single day.
Unfortunately the prospect is that the heavy rains and associated flooding events will continue to get worse in many parts of Europe. However, this rain will run off into the seas and oceans and not submerge Europe.
Global warming is causing sea levels to rise by an average of 3.2mm a year (one inch every 8 years). The rate of rise is accelerating, until recently it had been thought that sea-levels would rise by about 500mm in the next century, but the latest GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment) satellite data and observations suggests that this could be an underestimate.
In any event, sea-levels will rise at a very slow rate, there certainly wonât be any Hollywood style disasters. The rate of rise will allow more than enough time for people to adapt â either by moving or through the construction of sea-defences.
Europe as a whole will never be fully underwater because there simply isnât enough water and ice on the planet to submerge it all. If all the ice were to melt (it wonât, but assuming it did) then sea-levels would rise by 80.32 meters (250 feet). This would flood all low lying land but many inland parts of Europe would be unaffected.
It may be worth considering that at the present rate of ice-melt it will be more than 100,000 years before all the ice has gone.
I noticed in your added comments that you mentioned the heavy rains. This is one of the consequences of global warming and Europe has been particularly badly hit in recent years by a huge rise in the number and severity of floods. Iâm from the UK myself and there has been a doubling in the number of floods with many flood record having been broken in recent years. June 2007 saw the worst floods on record, a record that lasted less than a month before even worse flooding occurred. Earlier this year some places recorded the heaviest known rainfall with more than 6 months worth of rain falling in a single day.
Unfortunately the prospect is that the heavy rains and associated flooding events will continue to get worse in many parts of Europe. However, this rain will run off into the seas and oceans and not submerge Europe.
Has Pacific Institute whitewashed Peter Gleick's data theft?
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pegminer - I guess you haven't heard the latest news. Sounds like he is being welcomed back to me.
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Baccheus - My understanding is that Pacific Institute is saying they conducted an independent investigation, but are not releasing the results or even who conducted the investigation.
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pegminer - I guess you haven't heard the latest news. Sounds like he is being welcomed back to me.
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Baccheus - My understanding is that Pacific Institute is saying they conducted an independent investigation, but are not releasing the results or even who conducted the investigation.
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A. Grifter: A lot of intelligent people like Maxx. It appears the reason you don't like him is because he can out argue you warmies. Of course in your case that ain't very hard. Truth to a warmie is like shining a light a cockroach. They scurry to the darkest place they can find.
Jeff M: Who chaired that committee? Al Gore? Or was Paul Ehrlich? Or maybe Mann.We told you from the beginning that there would be a whitewash. You see us denier's predictions come true. The warmies don't. Take that as lesson number 1 in the road to recovery. The fact is he apologized. What did he apologize for if he didn't do anything wrong?
Juicy: East Anglia data was paid for by the taxpayers. It, by law, was public domain. There were many official requests and East Anglia stalled the release of the information which in and of itself is against the law. Now we all know why they did it. They were cooking the books which is a filthy vile act since so many laws are enacted from their reports, opinions and data. But you warmies always figure 'the ends justify the means' which is an old Karl Marx philosophy. You defend liars and snuggle up to corrupt data and yet you expect us to trust you.
Baccheus: Ha! Ha! You gotta be kidding! Chicago? You really thing there is anything legitimate in Chicago? Ha! Ha! I personally repaired slot machines in the Chief of Police's home. Ha! Ha! You ought to go to Hollywood, they need comedy writers.
Ian: Yes that sick SOP is the way of life of these warmies. Funny how they embrace known liars.
Juicy: Why should we put out a 'Freedom of Information' when we paid for the data? They were under contract to freely provide the information. Their reports based on this fraudulent information was the kick start for a lot of environmental legislation. Our legislatures enacted laws based on outright lies. And that doesn't upset you? It shows just what low morals the warmies have.
What lie have I ever told on this site? You statement is just another warmie fabrication.
Jeff M: Who chaired that committee? Al Gore? Or was Paul Ehrlich? Or maybe Mann.We told you from the beginning that there would be a whitewash. You see us denier's predictions come true. The warmies don't. Take that as lesson number 1 in the road to recovery. The fact is he apologized. What did he apologize for if he didn't do anything wrong?
Juicy: East Anglia data was paid for by the taxpayers. It, by law, was public domain. There were many official requests and East Anglia stalled the release of the information which in and of itself is against the law. Now we all know why they did it. They were cooking the books which is a filthy vile act since so many laws are enacted from their reports, opinions and data. But you warmies always figure 'the ends justify the means' which is an old Karl Marx philosophy. You defend liars and snuggle up to corrupt data and yet you expect us to trust you.
Baccheus: Ha! Ha! You gotta be kidding! Chicago? You really thing there is anything legitimate in Chicago? Ha! Ha! I personally repaired slot machines in the Chief of Police's home. Ha! Ha! You ought to go to Hollywood, they need comedy writers.
Ian: Yes that sick SOP is the way of life of these warmies. Funny how they embrace known liars.
Juicy: Why should we put out a 'Freedom of Information' when we paid for the data? They were under contract to freely provide the information. Their reports based on this fraudulent information was the kick start for a lot of environmental legislation. Our legislatures enacted laws based on outright lies. And that doesn't upset you? It shows just what low morals the warmies have.
What lie have I ever told on this site? You statement is just another warmie fabrication.
Computer & Information Systems or Computer Science degree?
Q. Hello, I'm currently studying in a 2-year college and I thought I'd major in Computer science and when I transfer, I'd have the option of basically picking any of the sub-categories of Computer Science. But, I was really for no-reason looking around the college website and I noticed another Computer major called Computer & Information Systems that can also transfer.
Now, the question is,
I want to study things that have to do with Security like for example work in a company that makes software to protect home users from being hacked, build firewalls, that kind of things. Also for my surprise, I found that CIS requires me to learn way more programming languages but much less mathematics unlike CS which is totally the opposite at least in my college. So, If I want to work in keeping computer secure or basically become what's called "Ethical hacker" which degree of those 2 should I pick? I'm currently in Computer Science, is the CIS basically what I should major in according to what I want to be after I graduate? Or am I already studying the right major for me?
Thanks,
To Christin K,
Another thing if I may, I do understand that I need to learn how to program but the thing is, in the CIS degree course catalogs, the CIS degree actually has more programming courses than CS while CS basically has like a whole lot of maths. So, with my limited knowledge but, I can see that CS is basically more maths than computer courses while CIS is basically computer courses without that much maths.
To get the CS degree, these are basically the Computer courses:
1) Intro to Computer Science using JAVA.
2) Object Oriented Programming using JAVA.
3) Data structures in JAVA.
4) Computer Architecture 1 and 2.
5) Computer Architecture and Assembly Lang 1 and 2.
**With like 8 Maths courses.**
To get the CIS degree, those are the computer courses:
1) Intro to Computer Science using JAVA.
2) Microcomputers Sys & Arch.
3) Object Oriented programming using JAVA.
4) Visual BASIC programming.
5) Data structures in JAVA.
6) Networking Technologies.
7) UNIX and Shell programming
Now, the question is,
I want to study things that have to do with Security like for example work in a company that makes software to protect home users from being hacked, build firewalls, that kind of things. Also for my surprise, I found that CIS requires me to learn way more programming languages but much less mathematics unlike CS which is totally the opposite at least in my college. So, If I want to work in keeping computer secure or basically become what's called "Ethical hacker" which degree of those 2 should I pick? I'm currently in Computer Science, is the CIS basically what I should major in according to what I want to be after I graduate? Or am I already studying the right major for me?
Thanks,
To Christin K,
Another thing if I may, I do understand that I need to learn how to program but the thing is, in the CIS degree course catalogs, the CIS degree actually has more programming courses than CS while CS basically has like a whole lot of maths. So, with my limited knowledge but, I can see that CS is basically more maths than computer courses while CIS is basically computer courses without that much maths.
To get the CS degree, these are basically the Computer courses:
1) Intro to Computer Science using JAVA.
2) Object Oriented Programming using JAVA.
3) Data structures in JAVA.
4) Computer Architecture 1 and 2.
5) Computer Architecture and Assembly Lang 1 and 2.
**With like 8 Maths courses.**
To get the CIS degree, those are the computer courses:
1) Intro to Computer Science using JAVA.
2) Microcomputers Sys & Arch.
3) Object Oriented programming using JAVA.
4) Visual BASIC programming.
5) Data structures in JAVA.
6) Networking Technologies.
7) UNIX and Shell programming
A. A few thoughts here. I have a 4 year Computer Information Systems (CIS) degree and work in the Computer Security job sector. Ethical hacking is a small part under a much larger category of Computing Security jobs. For every person doing Ethical Hacking there are 100 people working in Computing Security. Hollywood movies and TV have made a big deal out of Ethical Hacking or Computer Forensics but it is really a small part of Computing Security work. By definition, anything that impacts Computing Confidentiality, Integrity or Availability is Computing Security so it is a very big part of all that goes on in IT.
Generally speaking, Computer Science (CS) will have more Math and Programming classes than a CIS degree. If you have discovered that to be the opposite in your current 2 year college that is indeed possible. You see both 2 and 4 year colleges have a lot of latitude in what they call majors and what classes are required in those majors. In my CIS program I had about 4 programming classes and no math beyond basic algebra.
I think that you will be able to work in the Computing Security job sector no matter what your degree - CS or CIS. The CS is the more desireable and difficult degree but the Programming and Math emphasis often buries students. It is very important for you to have a 3.0-3.5GPA minimum when you graduate. Many companies look at the GPA on newbie employee applications.
So if you like the Programming and Math I think CS is great but if you see yourself struggling then get out before you wreck your GPA and get into CIS. The question comes up if Programming is required for IT work and the answer is no. Yes it is helpful but not essential. In my counterparts who work in Computing Security I am one of the few people who does any Programming.
Here is a very common list of CIS graduate jobs that are non-Programming. Computer Technician, Service Center Coordinator, Help Desk Staff, Storage Administrator, Network Administrator, Systems Administrator, Systems Engineer, Enterprise Administrator, Active Directory Administrator, Exchange and Messaging Administrator, Backup Administrator, Disaster Recovery Specialist, Database Administrator, Computing Security Specialist, Corporate IT Acquisition Specialist and Data Center Administrator, just to name a few.
In a small business the list above might be one or two people doing all these jobs. In a large Enterprise environment this could be hundreds of people.
Most employers will accept IT technical degrees equally. As another answerer said and CS and CIS graduate would get pretty equal acceptance. The only exception to this is degrees from Technical Schools like ITT Tech, Devry, University of Phoenix and other similar schools. These often do not have universal acceptance by employers. A simple search under the school name like "ITT Tech Lawsuits" or "Devry scam" will reveal if the school you are looking at has students suing them or government agencies investigating them for fraud.
Best wishes!
Generally speaking, Computer Science (CS) will have more Math and Programming classes than a CIS degree. If you have discovered that to be the opposite in your current 2 year college that is indeed possible. You see both 2 and 4 year colleges have a lot of latitude in what they call majors and what classes are required in those majors. In my CIS program I had about 4 programming classes and no math beyond basic algebra.
I think that you will be able to work in the Computing Security job sector no matter what your degree - CS or CIS. The CS is the more desireable and difficult degree but the Programming and Math emphasis often buries students. It is very important for you to have a 3.0-3.5GPA minimum when you graduate. Many companies look at the GPA on newbie employee applications.
So if you like the Programming and Math I think CS is great but if you see yourself struggling then get out before you wreck your GPA and get into CIS. The question comes up if Programming is required for IT work and the answer is no. Yes it is helpful but not essential. In my counterparts who work in Computing Security I am one of the few people who does any Programming.
Here is a very common list of CIS graduate jobs that are non-Programming. Computer Technician, Service Center Coordinator, Help Desk Staff, Storage Administrator, Network Administrator, Systems Administrator, Systems Engineer, Enterprise Administrator, Active Directory Administrator, Exchange and Messaging Administrator, Backup Administrator, Disaster Recovery Specialist, Database Administrator, Computing Security Specialist, Corporate IT Acquisition Specialist and Data Center Administrator, just to name a few.
In a small business the list above might be one or two people doing all these jobs. In a large Enterprise environment this could be hundreds of people.
Most employers will accept IT technical degrees equally. As another answerer said and CS and CIS graduate would get pretty equal acceptance. The only exception to this is degrees from Technical Schools like ITT Tech, Devry, University of Phoenix and other similar schools. These often do not have universal acceptance by employers. A simple search under the school name like "ITT Tech Lawsuits" or "Devry scam" will reveal if the school you are looking at has students suing them or government agencies investigating them for fraud.
Best wishes!
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