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  1. Re:fallacy by Orgasmatron · · Score: 1 · on A British Supercomputer Can Predict Winter Weather a Year In Advance (thestack.com)

    If the model only uses constants found in this list, the data from the past is already cooked into the algorithms it uses. It really needs to do better than 62% verifying (not predicting) itself using the past.

    Or, possibly, past data was funny in some way and the model is superior, in which case call me in 2 years to tell me that it is off to a good start.

  2. Re:Good to see some patriotism. by Orgasmatron · · Score: 1 · on Assange Internet Link Cut By State Actor, Claims Wikileaks (rt.com)

    I think he just got the name wrong. Clearly that quote should be attributed to Wilbur Wright, who did die in 1912.

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  3. Re:Yeah, space by Salgak1 · · Score: 4, Informative · on President Obama Orders Government To Plan For 'Space Weather' (nbcnews.com)

    . . .or the even more powerful Carrington Event of 1859. If that event occurred today, estimates of damage range from US$600 billion to US$2.3 trillion in North America alone. . . .

  4. Re: What if? by Salgak1 · · Score: 1 · on Climate Change Doubled the Size of Forest Fires In Western US, Says Study (time.com)

    That was part of the back-plot of Niven, Pournelle and Barnes' "Fallen Angels": As soon as we STOPPED putting out Greenhouse Gases, a Continental Glaciation began. . .