My problem with these scientists (as revealed in the leaked emails) was two things:
1) It showed that the scientists have a very real agenda. While I understand that everyone feels strongly about things sometimes and scientists are only human, when a good scientist notices that he favors a hypothesis, he will test it more rigorously, to make sure it is not his feelings that are distorting his view. This seems to be the opposite approach to what these scientists are taking: they are happy when people who disagree with them die. They show a willingness to try to suppress contrary evidence, even if it means changing the peer review process. Not good stuff, and it makes it hard to trust them.
Yes, when they talked about the death of denialists and changing peer review, they were being totally serious./sarcasm
2) The presentation to the general public is different than the presentation to scientists. When they publish in peer reviewed publications, they are careful to qualify their statements and not make unsupported conjectures (at least according to the review mentioned here, which I have no reason to doubt). When they speak to the public, the statements are often more dire, and not necessarily supported by the science. You see the results of this kind of stuff a lot, like with the Himalayan glaciers melting completely within the next 30 years (which turned out to be false) or if you talk to the average person about global warming, they will think that New York is going to be submerged, which is not supported by any peer reviewed research.
knight |nt| noun 1 (in the Middle Ages) a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor.
(in the Middle Ages) a man raised by a sovereign to honorable military rank after service as a page and squire.
poetic/literary a man devoted to the service of a woman or a cause : in all your quarrels I will be your knight.
dated (in ancient Rome) a member of the class of equites.
(in ancient Greece) a citizen of the second class in Athens.
verb [ trans. ] (usu. be knighted) invest (someone) with the title of knight.
DERIVATIVES knightliness |natlin1s| noun knightly |natli| adjective & ( poetic/literary) adverb ORIGIN Old English cniht [boy, youth, servant] ; related to Dutch knecht and German Knecht. Sense 2 dates from the mid 16th cent.; the uses relating to Greek and Roman history derive from comparison with medieval knights.
Can someone please define 'smartphone. Until then, such statistics mean little. The only meaningful ones are shares of the entire phone market. Which for Q4 2009 is about 2.5% globally. Probably higher in the US, but I couldn't find US-only (or North America) figures.
If we had to think about purchases, for instance if consumers actually took the time to read labels, then costs would increase and drive inflation and wages in the same way that many claim a forced health care regime would. This is a real threat. A coalition of food product manufacturers, for instance, has created the "Smart Choices"program to encourage shoppers to buy based on a check mark. In this way they do not have to read the label and realize that Froot Loop has the first ingredient as sugar, but can simply buy it based on the check mark.
what utter crap. taking a few seconds to read a label increases cost and inflation? the time the consumer takes to read the label has no affect on the price of the good. furthermore, the time is pretty much negligible. labeling schemes are designed to make it easier and quicker to get all the information. it has nothing to do with costs.
yes, and artists are pure creative souls who thrive on appreciation and goodwill and don't have anything to do with dirty, evil, material stuff like money or a livelihood, and never EVER sell-out..
you left out nokia. ya know... the biggest phone manufacturer in the world. they have more than twice as much market share (38%) as the next biggest manufacturer (samsung - 16%). and they're using symbian, not android. not really a standard is it?
i'd still keep the n97. i just got one, and i quite like the d-pad, it's quite handy, especially browsing. although the n900 has the separate arrow keys, a d-pad seems convenient.
the n97/nokia 5800 has a windows 3.1/95/98 emulator for it (uses dosbox). i'm not sure how well it works or what programs you can run on it, but it's there.
so? he prefers the books. i haven't got round to listening to series myself, but i've read all the books, and i loved them. i don't care what came first.
Wow, this is a crap deal. How disappointing.... giving up over 1/8th or 1/16th of my total storage for maps I won't use 99% of the time is a terrible compromise.
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My problem with these scientists (as revealed in the leaked emails) was two things:
1) It showed that the scientists have a very real agenda. While I understand that everyone feels strongly about things sometimes and scientists are only human, when a good scientist notices that he favors a hypothesis, he will test it more rigorously, to make sure it is not his feelings that are distorting his view. This seems to be the opposite approach to what these scientists are taking: they are happy when people who disagree with them die. They show a willingness to try to suppress contrary evidence, even if it means changing the peer review process. Not good stuff, and it makes it hard to trust them.
Yes, when they talked about the death of denialists and changing peer review, they were being totally serious. /sarcasm
2) The presentation to the general public is different than the presentation to scientists. When they publish in peer reviewed publications, they are careful to qualify their statements and not make unsupported conjectures (at least according to the review mentioned here, which I have no reason to doubt). When they speak to the public, the statements are often more dire, and not necessarily supported by the science. You see the results of this kind of stuff a lot, like with the Himalayan glaciers melting completely within the next 30 years (which turned out to be false) or if you talk to the average person about global warming, they will think that New York is going to be submerged, which is not supported by any peer reviewed research.
Scientists don't write newspapers, journalists do.
knight |nt|
noun
1 (in the Middle Ages) a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor.
(in the Middle Ages) a man raised by a sovereign to honorable military rank after service as a page and squire.
poetic/literary a man devoted to the service of a woman or a cause : in all your quarrels I will be your knight.
dated (in ancient Rome) a member of the class of equites.
(in ancient Greece) a citizen of the second class in Athens.
verb [ trans. ] (usu. be knighted)
invest (someone) with the title of knight.
DERIVATIVES
knightliness |natlin1s| noun
knightly |natli| adjective & ( poetic/literary) adverb
ORIGIN Old English cniht [boy, youth, servant] ; related to Dutch knecht and German Knecht. Sense 2 dates from the mid 16th cent.; the uses relating to Greek and Roman history derive from comparison with medieval knights.
Can someone please define 'smartphone. Until then, such statistics mean little. The only meaningful ones are shares of the entire phone market. Which for Q4 2009 is about 2.5% globally. Probably higher in the US, but I couldn't find US-only (or North America) figures.
yes, america has no big cities. or corruption.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_scandals_of_the_United_States
apparently, your anarchy extends to disregarding spelling also..
If we had to think about purchases, for instance if consumers actually took the time to read labels, then costs would increase and drive inflation and wages in the same way that many claim a forced health care regime would. This is a real threat. A coalition of food product manufacturers, for instance, has created the "Smart Choices"program to encourage shoppers to buy based on a check mark. In this way they do not have to read the label and realize that Froot Loop has the first ingredient as sugar, but can simply buy it based on the check mark.
what utter crap. taking a few seconds to read a label increases cost and inflation? the time the consumer takes to read the label has no affect on the price of the good. furthermore, the time is pretty much negligible. labeling schemes are designed to make it easier and quicker to get all the information. it has nothing to do with costs.
do you know how to make the computer you're using? the network equipment? your own car? house?
it can't take photos, just video.
the ipod camera doesn't take pictures, just video. yeah.. freakin' stupid.
yes, and artists are pure creative souls who thrive on appreciation and goodwill and don't have anything to do with dirty, evil, material stuff like money or a livelihood, and never EVER sell-out..
even further - exhale carbon dioxide. (it's not that hard)
cross platform applications? apple, blackberry and palm have different and entirely incompatible software platforms..
you left out nokia. ya know... the biggest phone manufacturer in the world. they have more than twice as much market share (38%) as the next biggest manufacturer (samsung - 16%). and they're using symbian, not android. not really a standard is it?
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/03/05/windows-3-1-on-s60-dude-says-why-stop-there-ups-the-ante-with/
http://thisnthat.ej.am/2009/03/09/windows-98-on-symbian-3rd-edition-phones/
i'd still keep the n97. i just got one, and i quite like the d-pad, it's quite handy, especially browsing. although the n900 has the separate arrow keys, a d-pad seems convenient.
except it doesn't run windows mobile.
it's a smartphone. of course it has a headphone/speaker jack.
symbian has apps for answering (and texting) through your computer using and remotely taking pictures/video.
the n97/nokia 5800 has a windows 3.1/95/98 emulator for it (uses dosbox). i'm not sure how well it works or what programs you can run on it, but it's there.
so? he prefers the books. i haven't got round to listening to series myself, but i've read all the books, and i loved them. i don't care what came first.
.. a second group of 13 loci that are kept secret, and the records for these STRs are NEVER recorded
..errrmmm...
Wow, this is a crap deal. How disappointing. ... giving up over 1/8th or 1/16th of my total storage for maps I won't use 99% of the time is a terrible compromise.
THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE WORLD BESIDE YOU.
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition.
it's the American way!
lead the path, we europeans will follow !
yes, all european politicians read all the text of the bills they vote on. and there is no corruption whatsoever. or demagoguery.. /sarcasm>
O2 are charging £14.68 a month for tethering, with a 3GB cap or £29.36 for 10GB. It's not available on Pay & Go. http://shop.o2.co.uk/update/internet.html