Here is an interesting perspective on food safety from BBC News:
“Selecting benign prey such as salmon makes sense from a safety point of view,” wrote Dr Chris Darimont, from the University of Victoria, BC, and his colleagues in the journal BMC Ecology. “While hunting deer, wolves commonly incur serious and often fatal injuries,” the researchers said, adding that salmon fishing is much less time consuming than tracking deer in the forest. “In addition to safety benefits, we determined that salmon also provides enhanced nutrition over deer, especially in fat and energy.”
Yes, it turns out wolves prefer to fish for food rather than hunt. Makes perfect sense and brings up the question of salmon stock relative to wolf behavior. Perhaps the fish shortages that led to cancellation of the salmon season will also lead wolves towards more risky behavior.
The research I have been doing lately has allowed me to generate fun graphs like this one, to help illustrate the current state and trend of reported identity breaches:
Yes, it includes the high and controversial Best Western numbers.
Next step is to finish my dynamic feed based on phplot — post a chart that dynamically updates as groups like datalossdb.org edit their records.
I will be presenting the hidden details of this chart and other exciting visualizations at the upcoming ArcSight 2008 User Conference called (fittingly) “Connect the Dots”.
Looks like the Bush people pulling McCain’s strings are officially asking people to post false info on discussion boards in return for points.
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Did I mention I’m really tired of cleaning up the mess?
Ha ha, you and me both although I obviously have zero volume to worry about compared to abuse of a mega-site like craigslist.
It seems to me this is just the beginning for folks who consider blog-spam a “win” — the kind of people who pollute with abandon and then say how much they love the environment for absorbing their waste. A”win” to them means a few people get a joy ride while the rest of us get the tab. I guess the question is whether the “talking points” would ever make it on their own, without a points/incentive system, and/or whether the points system invites a less desirable crowd (mercenaries, if you will).
