User: mdsolar

Highest Anomaly not Hottest Month

On: Last January Was the Hottest Global Temperature Anomaly In Recorded History

Northern Hemisphere Summer is warmer than Winter globally basically because there is more land surface area north of the equator. (Oceans moderate seasonal temperature changes.) August 2014 might be the hottest Month but as Gavin Schmidt points out the whole method is based on anomalies so getting to the hot month might not be possible. https://twitter.com/ClimateOfG...

Playing the odds

On: US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Has Died (theguardian.com)

President Obama has appointed two woman so far. With life appointments, appointing younger women gives the President a very long influence on the court.

Re:Discovery paper

On: It's Official: LIGO Scientists Make First-Ever Observation of Gravity Waves (economist.com)

Abbott et al.

Discovery paper

On: It's Official: LIGO Scientists Make First-Ever Observation of Gravity Waves (economist.com)

Abbot et al. is here: http://journals.aps.org/prl/ab...

Is NRC a weak link?

On: Former DoE Employee Ensnared By Secret-Selling Sting Pleads Guilty (washingtonpost.com)

BLM is often rocked by scandal as their employees accept bribes from mining and oil industry. Does NRC also attract the corruptible because of its regulatory role?

Espionage and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation

On: Former DoE Employee Ensnared By Secret-Selling Sting Pleads Guilty (washingtonpost.com)

Most nuclear weapons proliferation occurs through espionage. Soviet Union, China, Israel, Pakistan all used spies to get started.

A guess

On: Ask Slashdot: How Can We Improve Slashdot?

If you use all your mod points, you get more.

Re:Hey, a post today not from Timothy!

On: Ask Slashdot: How Can We Improve Slashdot?

I did. Timothy has been drinking jolt since the sale.

Re:Secondary sources

On: Ask Slashdot: How Can We Improve Slashdot?

Unless the source is GreenPeace. Always use them if available. Fair and Balanced.

Have more fun

On: Ask Slashdot: How Can We Improve Slashdot?

It's been a long time since the site turned pink on April 1. Maybe commission some emeritus editors to do some projects like that. Some sharp slashumor might scare some trolls away as well.

Would you like to play a game?

On: Air Force Firewall Now Designated a Weapons System (gazette.com)

How about global thermonuclear war?
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Re:Congress sat on its hands

On: China Likely Cut GHG Emissions In 2015 (greenpeace.org)

I suggest that reading comprehension is a difficulty for you.

Re:Nuclear doesn't scale

On: US Could Lower Carbon Emissions 78% With New National Transmission Network (smithsonianmag.com)

They did study costs, so perhaps you have not understood their work.

Re:Rubik's cube

On: Ask Slashdot: Math-Related Present For a Bright 10-Year-Old?

Do you think you might have enjoyed a Rubik's cube at that age?

Re:Congress sat on its hands

On: China Likely Cut GHG Emissions In 2015 (greenpeace.org)

Facts as I described them. Your relationship with reality seems strained.

Re:Free market dogwhistle

On: Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Energy Conservation Program (yahoo.com)

Doggy-matic

Re:Nuclear doesn't scale

On: US Could Lower Carbon Emissions 78% With New National Transmission Network (smithsonianmag.com)

Right, except the whole point of TFA is no storage is needed if transmission is extended.

Re:and yet

On: Math Says Conspiracies Are Prone To Unravel (bbc.com)

Or at least wink and nod.

and yet

On: Math Says Conspiracies Are Prone To Unravel (bbc.com)

Customs like the thin blue line or country club membership committees or lynching hoods do perpetuate for decades.

Alito's recusal

On: Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Energy Conservation Program (yahoo.com)

Justice Alito recused himself. Makes the point that stock ownership is political. Harvard President should take note and divest from fossil fuels. This is especially acute owing to Harvard taking up an Academic Honor code. http://slashdot.org/journal/25...

More analysis

On: Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Energy Conservation Program (yahoo.com)

There is more about the ruling here http://thinkprogress.org/clima...

Re:Congress sat on its hands

On: China Likely Cut GHG Emissions In 2015 (greenpeace.org)

Real easy to view the SOTU and see Congress sit on its hand as the good news is reported.

Re:Congress sat on its hands

On: China Likely Cut GHG Emissions In 2015 (greenpeace.org)

You didn't the the SOTU?

Re:Nuclear doesn't scale

On: US Could Lower Carbon Emissions 78% With New National Transmission Network (smithsonianmag.com)

You understand this is a discussion about RTGs right?

Re:Passed up leds at thrift store

On: US Could Lower Carbon Emissions 78% With New National Transmission Network (smithsonianmag.com)

They worked fine. Just hurt my back to harvest. Maybe I'll restructure some winter.