Actually, there are hardly any scientists who disagree with AGW, and those few have been discredited. Also, Hadley didn't falsify any data, AFAIK Hansen isn't associated associated with Hadley, Hadley can't release the data because it isn't theirs to release, and Hansen (among others) does support nuclear power.
So, five wrong statements so far. Want to try for six?
I actually used to use analogue instruments, so it's a bit different. However, some people have really poor stereo acuity, which is why they don't get it. I never found it causing any eyestrain at all.
Indeed. I spent several years working as a photogrammetrist. This involved staring into a stereoscope with both eyes pointing straight ahead and focussed at infinity, tracing details from a 3-D model resolved 9in my brain) from a pair of aerial photographs with about a 60% overlap.
That sounds a fair bit like the technology Mark Pesce reckons is so dangerous. I (and the probably thousands of other people who did this) have felt no ill-effects.
I guess South Australia could be considered humid compared to New Mexico (I wouldn't know for sure, not having been there, but I'll bow to your superior knowledge), but those of us who live here think of it as dry. Now, Sydney, or Darwin in the wet season, that's humid. You can watch the water come out of the air onto your skin as it cools in the evenings.
IIRC, from my Number Theory lectures a few years ago, it's connected to the representation of phi as a continuous fraction (or maybe it's to do with the relationship between phi and the Fibonacci sequence - or both - I'm too lazy to look up the details).
It's not particularly slow to write (try COBOL, if that floats your boat) or obscure (assembler, anyone?) as it happens. It's actually quite sensible, particularly if you already know Pascal. The best thing about it is that it just won't let you do anything stupid. Hence the under-budget, under-time thing.
I call bullshit. I forget how you do it, but I'm pretty sure you can declare an arbitrary length buffer, with protection for overflow, in ADA. (If I could be bothered, I'd look it up.)
When I was at uni from 1992-6 ADA was the teaching language (must have stabilised since you used it). I loved it. It forces good habits, and if you get a clean compile, it is GUARANTEED to do something sensible (although not necessarily what you wanted). Also Oracle's PL/SQL is a subset of ADA with database extensions, and it's as tight as a nun's cunt. I love it.
I get your point about safety, and yes, things have changed a great deal in 50 years. On the other hand, where I live (suburban Adelaide) the street lights aren't particularly effective anyway.
Malthus was right, he was just a couple of centuries premature.
Just because we've so far managed to produce enough to feed ourselves in the past doesn't mean we'll be able to in the future, especially once the oil runs out.
I concede Eisenhower (after all he did warn us against the military-industrial complex), but Reagan _never_ meant well. He was an evil-hearted fucker who (when head honcho of the screen guild, kind of a union I guess) ratted out a lot of people suspected of being commies. Fuck him. I'm nearly as glad he's dead as Nixon.
I was aiming for drama, and pointing out the paucity of worthwhile Republicans.
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Actually, there are hardly any scientists who disagree with AGW, and those few have been discredited. Also, Hadley didn't falsify any data, AFAIK Hansen isn't associated associated with Hadley, Hadley can't release the data because it isn't theirs to release, and Hansen (among others) does support nuclear power.
So, five wrong statements so far. Want to try for six?
I think it's a reference to the manner of his passing ... a skiing accident, IIRC.
No, but the report claims it harms adults' vision as well.
I actually used to use analogue instruments, so it's a bit different. However, some people have really poor stereo acuity, which is why they don't get it. I never found it causing any eyestrain at all.
Indeed. I spent several years working as a photogrammetrist. This involved staring into a stereoscope with both eyes pointing straight ahead and focussed at infinity, tracing details from a 3-D model resolved 9in my brain) from a pair of aerial photographs with about a 60% overlap.
That sounds a fair bit like the technology Mark Pesce reckons is so dangerous. I (and the probably thousands of other people who did this) have felt no ill-effects.
Jesus, I hope you don't live in my country. Can you spell the word "compassion"?
I guess South Australia could be considered humid compared to New Mexico (I wouldn't know for sure, not having been there, but I'll bow to your superior knowledge), but those of us who live here think of it as dry. Now, Sydney, or Darwin in the wet season, that's humid. You can watch the water come out of the air onto your skin as it cools in the evenings.
IIRC, from my Number Theory lectures a few years ago, it's connected to the representation of phi as a continuous fraction (or maybe it's to do with the relationship between phi and the Fibonacci sequence - or both - I'm too lazy to look up the details).
It's not particularly slow to write (try COBOL, if that floats your boat) or obscure (assembler, anyone?) as it happens. It's actually quite sensible, particularly if you already know Pascal. The best thing about it is that it just won't let you do anything stupid. Hence the under-budget, under-time thing.
I call bullshit. I forget how you do it, but I'm pretty sure you can declare an arbitrary length buffer, with protection for overflow, in ADA. (If I could be bothered, I'd look it up.)
When I was at uni from 1992-6 ADA was the teaching language (must have stabilised since you used it). I loved it. It forces good habits, and if you get a clean compile, it is GUARANTEED to do something sensible (although not necessarily what you wanted). Also Oracle's PL/SQL is a subset of ADA with database extensions, and it's as tight as a nun's cunt. I love it.
I get your point about safety, and yes, things have changed a great deal in 50 years. On the other hand, where I live (suburban Adelaide) the street lights aren't particularly effective anyway.
When I was a kid (around 50 years ago), the street lights went out at 1am (except on main roads). I don't know why they don't still do it.
Malthus was right, he was just a couple of centuries premature.
Just because we've so far managed to produce enough to feed ourselves in the past doesn't mean we'll be able to in the future, especially once the oil runs out.
Or, of course, the way Janos Bolyai resolved 19 conflicts one morning in 1833. (Well, OK, they weren't exactly mathematical conflicts, but still ...)
No. Not Reagan. Evil to the core. The only thing that distinguishes him from Nixon is that Nixon was a bit smarter.
Eisenhower was probably a decent man, but he didn't have the impact Lincoln did.
I concede Eisenhower (after all he did warn us against the military-industrial complex), but Reagan _never_ meant well. He was an evil-hearted fucker who (when head honcho of the screen guild, kind of a union I guess) ratted out a lot of people suspected of being commies. Fuck him. I'm nearly as glad he's dead as Nixon.
I was aiming for drama, and pointing out the paucity of worthwhile Republicans.
Fahrenheit. If it were Centigrade, he wouldn't be breathing, would he?
Thank you. Another reason to have enormous respect for Hume's intellect and insight.
Your current president is incapable of thinking about _anything_. His IQ hovers somewhere around room temperature.
And the last republican who was worth anything was Abe Lincoln ...
You can all get rich opening doors for each other.
That'd be Sting and friends doing a benefit gig for the rain forest.
The point everyone seems to have missed is that the largest employment category is now spiv instead of farmer.
You're Australian, aren't you.