"Gia Dvali, a quantum gravity expert at CERN, remains cautious. A few years ago he tried a similar trick, breaking apart space and time in an attempt to explain dark energy. But he abandoned his model because it allowed information to be communicated faster than the speed of light."
I'd call that a feature, not a bug!
A good scientist would be saying, "Stockholm, baby!"
If you're a scientist looking to improve upon a theory it may be helpful to realize that something assumed by the current theory has to not be correct.
This is what gets me as a person who loves science. There are way too many people who view religion as silly, yet their views on science are just as dogmatic.
I assume they mean the scientist Enrico Fermi. So, did they dig him up, or is this one of those Jesus fingerbone type of thing, where there are more fingerbones than there are chickens? Did they use the whole Fermi, or are there only specific pieces of him that work? Whatever the case, there must be a limited number of cards that can be built, since there is a finite amount of Fermi.
A large percentage of my purchases at Amazon are from independent resellers. Ebay, Craigslist, Amazon are great portals for "start ups." The internet has changed the way business is done. If you can't adapt then you die. That's the way it has always worked.
Here in the United States they've taken your DNA from birth since the 1970's (even earlier if you were in the military or other government programs). Every state does it. They bury the "consent" form in the mountains of paperwork you need to sign while at the hospital. That's if they haven't gotten rid of the consent requirement. Minnesota got rid of parental consent in 1997.
Even though some states let you "opt out" by having them destroy the blood samples after the tests they still keep all the information obtained. They then sell that information to companies, who then patent your DNA. If you ever require gene therapy you'll have to pay that company a large sum to use your own DNA. Who knows what else they do to it.
Massive cash awards to US scientists. These kids choose not to go into science because it is not cool. Why is it not cool? Lots of hardwork and small incomes. If you give scientists boat loads of money, they become cool.
Instead we will waste another $huge_amount dollars on some lame education effort only to have the kids still want to be Kobe Bryant, or Dr. Dre.
You're funny. They already do this in who they funnel money to for grants. This is why you see scientists in climate research doing everything they can to squelch opposing views, block FOIA requests and most likely fudge data. If this "climate gate" shows anything is that there are way too many scientists who hold their views, reputation and grant money much higher than the scientific process. Give scientists more money and you're only going to encourage psychopaths who are in it for money.
M,
This is truly awful. GRL has gone downhill rapidly in recent years.
I think the decline began before Saiers. I have had some unhelpful dealings with him recently with regard to a paper Sarah and I have on glaciers — it was well received by the referees, and so is in the publication pipeline. However, I got the impression that Saiers was trying to keep it from being published.
Proving bad behavior here is very difficult. If you think that Saiers is in the greenhouse skeptics camp, then, if we can find documentary evidence of this, we could go through official AGU channels to get him ousted. Even this would be difficult.
How different is the GRL paper from the Nature paper? Did the authors counter any of the criticisms? My experience with Douglass is that the identical (bar format changes) paper to one previously rejected was submitted to GRL.
More interesting is what is not contained in the emails. There is no evidence of any worldwide conspiracy, no mention of George Soros nefariously funding climate research, no grand plan to 'get rid of the MWP', no admission that global warming is a hoax, no evidence of the falsifying of data, and no 'marching orders' from our socialist/communist/vegetarian overlords. The truly paranoid will put this down to the hackers also being in on the plot though."
If there were a conspiracy very few people would have to be "in on it." Most scientists do their work on global warming because that is where the money is. Added peer pressure and other social factors keep many people in line. Do you really think George Soros or some other $villian simply goes around paying everyone off in person?
You paint a picture of a conspiracy that isn't relevant in any context except some terrible plot on a television show. Your statement is nothing but a strawman that is a crazier conspiracy theory than anything I've read about global warming. As if you know exactly how to plan a global conspiracy to make trillions of dollars and implement more authoritarian controls.
There is no need for any secret evidence to prove that there is a conspiracy trying to promote global climate change. You can read publicly available documents and statements from books like The First Global Revolution.
"In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill...All these dangers are caused by human intervention and it is only through changed attitudes and behaviour that they can be overcome. The real enemy, then, is humanity itself."
"The need for enemies seems to be a common historical factor. Some states have striven to overcome domestic failure and internal contradictions by blaming external enemies. The ploy of finding a scapegoat is as old as mankind itself - when things become too difficult at home, divert attention to adventure abroad. Bring the divided nation together to face an outside enemy, either a real one, or else one invented for the purpose." (p.71)
Think of it like a pyramid. A few people at the top know everything. They have their lackies set up a system to control the flow of money, which trickles down to many different front companies, groups and scientists.
I thought the same thing when there was "controversy" over the White House in flames mission. It looked like it was a paid advertisement rather than general concern because, well, I couldn't find anyone who cared.
Everyone knows that on 12/21/2012 aliens will begin recolonization of the planet. It'll start with a virus spread by genetically engineered bees. This virus will create an alien being inside the body, consuming your flesh and bone as nourishment. A group of men working above and parallel to government colluded with these aliens feigning to help them with colonization but worked secretly on a vaccine for the virus, but failed.
Anyone who says otherwise is obviously an alien replacement super-soldier or fooled by one.
The virus and alien needs immense heat in order to gestate and grow. This is why we are being fear mongered into cutting carbon emissions and trying to cool the planet. It is our only hope to stop the alien take over of the planet.
I'm guessing their answer is to have the IEA control the worlds oil supply and distribute it to country's as they see fit, or some form of global governance, taxes, etc...
It's the only way to stop this crisis that only exists in our heads. I'm sick of these international agencies making ridiculous statements about how we're all going to die because of their computer models that make terribly flawed assumptions. Then their answer is to give them power and money.
If we are sending it to Glen Beck the question is:
Why hasn't Obama denied he is powering America's future with his secret Communist/Soviet nuclear power? What is he hiding?
Because Obama doesn't run anything. He's there to sign documents, read off the teleprompter and be a punching bag for people who don't like what's going on while the people really in charge are running off with everyone elses money before they finally implode the United States.
Glenn makes personal attacks of this very nature, so it is entirely appropriate that this was done to Beck. After all, if he didn't rape and murder a young girl, why doesn't he just prove it? Should be as easy as proving you were born in this country.
They have certificates proving you didn't rape and murder someone in 1990? I seem to have misplaced mine... Uh oh.
Too bad we spend a trillion dollars invading the wrong country based on obvious lies and fabrications. I think we would have been better off spending that money on cool space toys or at least getting Afghanistan right the first time.
We will be paying for the George W Bush's disastrous presidency for a very long time.
There really is no reason for us to be in Afghanistan either, but the media and White House has framed the debate on whether we sould "stay the course" or add more troops. That is the exact stupid debate we had about Iraq a few years ago. Our only support is from local warlords who don't care about our laws and are only loyal to us because we give them taxpayer money and allow them to engage in the drug trade. Even the NYtimes admits that the Presidents brother is in charge of a lot of the drug running and is on the payroll of the CIA.
The Afghanistan War was never about getting Osama bin Laden. The FBI still doesn't list 9/11 as one of the reasons why he is a Wanted person because they have no proof he was involved. The only "proof" is a video released in December 2001, supposedly found in a house in Afghanistan which supposedly had bin Laden admitting to being involved in the plot. The US media were the only ones to not question its authenticity.
Why can't people get past the obvious shell game being played?
Looks like I picked the wrong week to deactivate my FB account.
Why? I've been on facebook since late 2004 and have never used a single app. You'd have been perfectly safe if you never used them or only used ones which you absolutely trusted.
It's not necessarily up to the military. Congress has blocked funding on a program that could autonomously fire grenades, much like a minefield, except much easier to set up, program and dismantle afterwards. Congress, and thus the people still have the power of the purse to decide whether or not our weapon systems can be autonomous or not.
There have been cases where our own drones have been shot down by us because they did not return to a safe mode when instructed to. As of now, that could simply mean that they were in an armed state when it shouldn't have been and couldn't change back.
A co-worker of mine always jokes that we should be adding requirements that state if the system becomes self aware it should be loyal to the US Constitution. I told him that could cause a lot of trouble for politicians in Washington depending on how it interprets the Constitution.
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"Gia Dvali, a quantum gravity expert at CERN, remains cautious. A few years ago he tried a similar trick, breaking apart space and time in an attempt to explain dark energy. But he abandoned his model because it allowed information to be communicated faster than the speed of light."
I'd call that a feature, not a bug!
A good scientist would be saying, "Stockholm, baby!"
If you're a scientist looking to improve upon a theory it may be helpful to realize that something assumed by the current theory has to not be correct.
This is what gets me as a person who loves science. There are way too many people who view religion as silly, yet their views on science are just as dogmatic.
I assume they mean the scientist Enrico Fermi. So, did they dig him up, or is this one of those Jesus fingerbone type of thing, where there are more fingerbones than there are chickens? Did they use the whole Fermi, or are there only specific pieces of him that work? Whatever the case, there must be a limited number of cards that can be built, since there is a finite amount of Fermi.
They used his skull with the jawbone of an orangutan.
A large percentage of my purchases at Amazon are from independent resellers. Ebay, Craigslist, Amazon are great portals for "start ups." The internet has changed the way business is done. If you can't adapt then you die. That's the way it has always worked.
Here in the United States they've taken your DNA from birth since the 1970's (even earlier if you were in the military or other government programs). Every state does it. They bury the "consent" form in the mountains of paperwork you need to sign while at the hospital. That's if they haven't gotten rid of the consent requirement. Minnesota got rid of parental consent in 1997.
Even though some states let you "opt out" by having them destroy the blood samples after the tests they still keep all the information obtained. They then sell that information to companies, who then patent your DNA. If you ever require gene therapy you'll have to pay that company a large sum to use your own DNA. Who knows what else they do to it.
http://www.cchconline.org/pdf/MINORITY%20REPORT%20Genetic%20Info%20-%20FINAL.pdf
Massive cash awards to US scientists. These kids choose not to go into science because it is not cool. Why is it not cool? Lots of hardwork and small incomes. If you give scientists boat loads of money, they become cool.
Instead we will waste another $huge_amount dollars on some lame education effort only to have the kids still want to be Kobe Bryant, or Dr. Dre.
You're funny. They already do this in who they funnel money to for grants. This is why you see scientists in climate research doing everything they can to squelch opposing views, block FOIA requests and most likely fudge data. If this "climate gate" shows anything is that there are way too many scientists who hold their views, reputation and grant money much higher than the scientific process. Give scientists more money and you're only going to encourage psychopaths who are in it for money.
M,
This is truly awful. GRL has gone downhill rapidly in recent years.
I think the decline began before Saiers. I have had some unhelpful dealings with him recently with regard to a paper Sarah and I have on glaciers — it was well received by the referees, and so is in the publication pipeline. However, I got the impression that Saiers was trying to keep it from being published.
Proving bad behavior here is very difficult. If you think that Saiers is in the greenhouse skeptics camp, then, if we can find documentary evidence of this, we could go through official AGU channels to get him ousted. Even this would be difficult.
How different is the GRL paper from the Nature paper? Did the authors counter any of the criticisms? My experience with Douglass is that the identical (bar format changes) paper to one previously rejected was submitted to GRL.
T.
http://www.corbettreport.com/articles/20091120_cru_hacked.htm
I don't know what it stands for now but in a few years it'll be referred to as:
STupid Education Mandates
Maybe he meant a real-time-consuming strategy game. Both of those games (CIV and AOE) have consumed more of my life than I'd care to admit.
More interesting is what is not contained in the emails. There is no evidence of any worldwide conspiracy, no mention of George Soros nefariously funding climate research, no grand plan to 'get rid of the MWP', no admission that global warming is a hoax, no evidence of the falsifying of data, and no 'marching orders' from our socialist/communist/vegetarian overlords. The truly paranoid will put this down to the hackers also being in on the plot though."
If there were a conspiracy very few people would have to be "in on it." Most scientists do their work on global warming because that is where the money is. Added peer pressure and other social factors keep many people in line. Do you really think George Soros or some other $villian simply goes around paying everyone off in person?
You paint a picture of a conspiracy that isn't relevant in any context except some terrible plot on a television show. Your statement is nothing but a strawman that is a crazier conspiracy theory than anything I've read about global warming. As if you know exactly how to plan a global conspiracy to make trillions of dollars and implement more authoritarian controls.
There is no need for any secret evidence to prove that there is a conspiracy trying to promote global climate change. You can read publicly available documents and statements from books like The First Global Revolution.
"In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill...All these dangers are caused by human intervention and it is only through changed attitudes and behaviour that they can be overcome. The real enemy, then, is humanity itself."
"The need for enemies seems to be a common historical factor. Some states have striven to overcome domestic failure and internal contradictions by blaming external enemies. The ploy of finding a scapegoat is as old as mankind itself - when things become too difficult at home, divert attention to adventure abroad. Bring the divided nation together to face an outside enemy, either a real one, or else one invented for the purpose." (p.71)
Think of it like a pyramid. A few people at the top know everything. They have their lackies set up a system to control the flow of money, which trickles down to many different front companies, groups and scientists.
It's all about control and power.
I thought the same thing when there was "controversy" over the White House in flames mission. It looked like it was a paid advertisement rather than general concern because, well, I couldn't find anyone who cared.
That shouldn't be hard for them to do when they built the security for the system.
As I always say: You're world delivered.... to the NSA.
I know, what fools!
Everyone knows that on 12/21/2012 aliens will begin recolonization of the planet. It'll start with a virus spread by genetically engineered bees. This virus will create an alien being inside the body, consuming your flesh and bone as nourishment. A group of men working above and parallel to government colluded with these aliens feigning to help them with colonization but worked secretly on a vaccine for the virus, but failed.
Anyone who says otherwise is obviously an alien replacement super-soldier or fooled by one.
The virus and alien needs immense heat in order to gestate and grow. This is why we are being fear mongered into cutting carbon emissions and trying to cool the planet. It is our only hope to stop the alien take over of the planet.
On Facebook the user is the product.
I'm guessing their answer is to have the IEA control the worlds oil supply and distribute it to country's as they see fit, or some form of global governance, taxes, etc...
It's the only way to stop this crisis that only exists in our heads. I'm sick of these international agencies making ridiculous statements about how we're all going to die because of their computer models that make terribly flawed assumptions. Then their answer is to give them power and money.
If we are sending it to Glen Beck the question is:
Why hasn't Obama denied he is powering America's future with his secret Communist/Soviet nuclear power? What is he hiding?
Because Obama doesn't run anything. He's there to sign documents, read off the teleprompter and be a punching bag for people who don't like what's going on while the people really in charge are running off with everyone elses money before they finally implode the United States.
Glenn makes personal attacks of this very nature, so it is entirely appropriate that this was done to Beck. After all, if he didn't rape and murder a young girl, why doesn't he just prove it? Should be as easy as proving you were born in this country.
They have certificates proving you didn't rape and murder someone in 1990? I seem to have misplaced mine... Uh oh.
That's why the goal is to dumb down the average person and limit his choices until we're at the level of a THX 1138/Brave New World society.
Example 2:
"Is the.."
#1 suggestion:
"is the world going to end in 2012"
#2 suggestion:
"is there anyway i can get this popular guy to get me pregnant"
0_o
It can be used in ironic terms to great effect.
Invest in a $5 phone book. Write once, works with everything.
Too bad we spend a trillion dollars invading the wrong country based on obvious lies and fabrications. I think we would have been better off spending that money on cool space toys or at least getting Afghanistan right the first time.
We will be paying for the George W Bush's disastrous presidency for a very long time.
There really is no reason for us to be in Afghanistan either, but the media and White House has framed the debate on whether we sould "stay the course" or add more troops. That is the exact stupid debate we had about Iraq a few years ago. Our only support is from local warlords who don't care about our laws and are only loyal to us because we give them taxpayer money and allow them to engage in the drug trade. Even the NYtimes admits that the Presidents brother is in charge of a lot of the drug running and is on the payroll of the CIA.
The Afghanistan War was never about getting Osama bin Laden. The FBI still doesn't list 9/11 as one of the reasons why he is a Wanted person because they have no proof he was involved. The only "proof" is a video released in December 2001, supposedly found in a house in Afghanistan which supposedly had bin Laden admitting to being involved in the plot. The US media were the only ones to not question its authenticity.
Why can't people get past the obvious shell game being played?
Looks like I picked the wrong week to deactivate my FB account.
Why? I've been on facebook since late 2004 and have never used a single app. You'd have been perfectly safe if you never used them or only used ones which you absolutely trusted.
Time to start a non-political-party party!
How about the Straight Talking American Government (STAG) Party or the Transcendent Ombudsmen for Government Accountability (TOGA) Party?
It's not necessarily up to the military. Congress has blocked funding on a program that could autonomously fire grenades, much like a minefield, except much easier to set up, program and dismantle afterwards. Congress, and thus the people still have the power of the purse to decide whether or not our weapon systems can be autonomous or not.
There have been cases where our own drones have been shot down by us because they did not return to a safe mode when instructed to. As of now, that could simply mean that they were in an armed state when it shouldn't have been and couldn't change back.
A co-worker of mine always jokes that we should be adding requirements that state if the system becomes self aware it should be loyal to the US Constitution. I told him that could cause a lot of trouble for politicians in Washington depending on how it interprets the Constitution.
"No officer, I'm not naked. I'm a trend setter in cloud clothing. That man over there is wearing pants for me. Honest."
I didn't know the CIA was behind bittorrent.