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Simulate "The Day After Tomorrow" On Your PC

Posted by timothy on from the well-not-on-mine dept.

kpearson writes "climateprediction.net, a distributed computing project to predict Earth's climate 50 years from now, has a new add-on project to study THC slowdown (how climate might change as CO2 changes in the event of a decrease in the strength of the thermohaline circulation). This kind of rapid, extreme climate change is shown in the movie The Day After Tomorrow, in which New York City is treated to a 10,000-year-long ski season. Anyone can download the project's client software and participate in the simulation. climateprediction.net was previously mentioned in the September 13, 2003 article Distributed Computing and Climate Change." Clients are available for various varieties of Microsoft Windows, but none are listed for other OSes.

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  1. THC slowdown by quigonn · · Score: 4, Funny

    I always experience THC slowdown after I smoked some good pot. No need for a simulation here, absolutely not.

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    1. Re:THC slowdown by Brendan+Byrd · · Score: 4, Funny

      Same thoughts here. In fact, everybody's thoughts. One would think that the planet would benefit from increased levels of THC :)

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    2. Re:THC slowdown by Haydn+Fenton · · Score: 3, Funny

      These guys are a little late with the THC slowdown project, us stoners had one years ago (Download Here), yet they all call us the slow ones, pffft!

      And remember, 420 is ten times better than the meaning of life :-p

  2. THC Slowdown by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would have had first post, if it wasn't for THC Slowdown!

  3. I need sleep. by DrEldarion · · Score: 3, Funny

    I missed the first word and thought this was going to be an article about Suprnova.

  4. Here's how the simulation works: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We all leave our computers on
    - running this software,
    - thereby using more electricity,
    - creating more greenhouse gases and the like,
    - increasing global warming...
    and therefore getting a very accurate answer much sooner.

  5. THC Slowdown? by kevinvee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fond memories of high school, but I think THC Slowdown goes better with a 10,000 year snowboarding season. Or 10,000 years of marshmallow creme and funyuns.

  6. I for one ... by torpor · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... welcome our THC overlords, and would like to remind them that as a qualified potsmoker, I've done my fair share of THC propagation in the world ... ;)

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  7. Re:I you have to wonder that by loyalsonofrutgers · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, those dinosaurs did great... which is why they are... extinct... and all. Yeah.

  8. "Simulate "The Day After Tomorrow" On Your PC" by NineteenSixtyNine · · Score: 4, Funny

    Windows ME?

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  9. Ski in NY by Roland+Piquepaille · · Score: 5, Funny

    in which New York City is treated to a 10,000-year-long ski season If this is to happen, I hope there's a massive earthquake crust movement to tilt the city a bit...

  10. Re:The responses so far. by RangerFish · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sounds like a good plan...

  11. Re:Attempting to model the planet trajectories by gowen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Foolish. Theres no way that computer simulations could possibly predict the motions of the planets. We can't even predict the quantum fluctuation of individual molecules!

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  12. Funny but.. by Hewhosaysni · · Score: 3, Funny

    "The Day After Tomorrow" (dagen efter) means hangover in swedish .

  13. What about SimEarth? by OneDeeTenTee · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've already done this.

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  14. In song... by Theaetetus · · Score: 3, Funny
    I was gonna get first post, but then I got high.
    Now my karma's toast, because I got high.
    All my posts are zeroes, and I know why... hey, hey,
    Because I got high, because I got high, because I got hiiiigh.

    ;)

  15. Can't get it working by gnalre · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tried it, but my PC froze

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