A good example of something that's been misused by *Gore*, to be even-handed here, is Kilimanjaro. Gore cited it as an example of climate change. It was probably one of the worst cases he could have picked. The summit of Kilimanjaro almost never goes above freezing. The rate of glacier change is a balance between snowfall and sublimation. Most (although not all) papers on the subject indicate that the balance of these two has indeed shifted due to human activity -- but primarily the raising of food in the region, not warming.
Don't be so sure.
The observed surface lowering is now partially the result of surface melting, a recent phenomenon as confirmed by obser- vations of the ice cores drilled to bedrock in 2000. The upper 65 cm of the 49-m NIF core 3 is the only portion containing elongated bubbles, channels, and open voids characteristic of extensive melting (Fig. 3A) and refreezing; these features are not observed in the lower sections of any cores (Fig. 3B). This finding is significant, because it confirms the absence of surface melting for the prior 11 millennia.
In addition, the current drought is not unprecedented. But the assignation of blame, so to speak, is complicated by the relatively poor instrumental record in the region.
Phil Jones is the embattled head of the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University.He's also a dendrochronologist, and has published a good many historical climate reconstructions.
There's an interesting toy at this website. It's called the global climate dashboard. You can view Temperature, carbon dioxide, incoming sunlight, sea level, arctic sea ice for various periods, adjusting the siders to zoom in on various decades and so on. (Pay attention to the vertical axis, though)
The interesting thing is that 1998 stands out like a sore thumb. 1997 was cooler and so was 1999.
But the naughties? Warmer than 1999. Warmer than 1997. Most of the decade was just slightly cooler than 1998, with very little variability.
The story uses a stock photo captioned "Obsolete mainframe super computers in [Computer History] museum". I don't think the Secret Service uses IBM 2401 magnetic tape units
The military has conducted dishonest wargames before, gaming the rules to prevent the Red team from achieving a politically distasteful victory. Perhaps the parties involved can learn from their loss instead of pretending it didn't happen. Of course, if the Red Team was supposed to win, in order to bolster budget requests and score political points, we're back to meaningless pantomimes.
Do not store the device in high or cold temperatyre. High temperatures can shorten the life of electronic devices, damage batteries, and warp or melt certain plastics. When the device warms to its normal temperature from a cold temperature, moisture can form inside the device and damage electronic circuit boards.
Avoid extreme temperatures. Always try to keep the battery between 59F and 77F (15C and 25C). Extreme temperatures reduce the capacity and lifetime of the battery. A device with a hot or cold battery may not work temporarily. Battery performance is particularly limited in temperatures well below freezing.
Perhaps Finnish winters aren't as frigid as I was led to believe.
A russian press release from an economics think tank that claims some sort of affinity with the Cato Institute, The Frazer Institute, the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and the Hayek institute. Well, at least it wears its politics on its sleeve.
I'm sure that with a separate National Climate Service, more funds will be available to maintain and inspect these stations. The dramatic falloffs in station numbers can be probably be traced to budget cuts.
Well, with my proposal, Alabama will be able to say, let the Feds launch a rocket, and the Feds will be able to say "no, let Alabama launch the rocket", and bicker until the launch window is closed, and all the costs associated with actually launching the damn thing will never be realized, saving us all a lot of money in the long run.
States rights seem to be popular on this board. I'm not sure why-- I'm not particularly inclined to trust "those idiots down in Richmond" over "those idiots down in Washington." But perhaps the states could fill a void and start up space exploration programs of their own.
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A good example of something that's been misused by *Gore*, to be even-handed here, is Kilimanjaro. Gore cited it as an example of climate change. It was probably one of the worst cases he could have picked. The summit of Kilimanjaro almost never goes above freezing. The rate of glacier change is a balance between snowfall and sublimation. Most (although not all) papers on the subject indicate that the balance of these two has indeed shifted due to human activity -- but primarily the raising of food in the region, not warming.
Don't be so sure.
The observed surface lowering is now partially the result of surface melting, a recent phenomenon as confirmed by obser- vations of the ice cores drilled to bedrock in 2000. The upper 65 cm of the 49-m NIF core 3 is the only portion containing elongated bubbles, channels, and open voids characteristic of extensive melting (Fig. 3A) and refreezing; these features are not observed in the lower sections of any cores (Fig. 3B). This finding is significant, because it confirms the absence of surface melting for the prior 11 millennia.
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In addition, the current drought is not unprecedented. But the assignation of blame, so to speak, is complicated by the relatively poor instrumental record in the region.
Phil Jones is the embattled head of the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University.He's also a dendrochronologist, and has published a good many historical climate reconstructions.
Knowing there's a cycle that lasts 60 years should mean we should be looking at the past 2,000 years before we open our mouths...
I see. You do know that by relying on millennial length climate records, you're just walking into Phil Jones's little trap.
Apparently you're off topic. Perhaps you might make wild speculations about a conspiracy among climate scientists, and make up for the karmic loss.
There's an interesting toy at this website. It's called the global climate dashboard. You can view Temperature, carbon dioxide, incoming sunlight, sea level, arctic sea ice for various periods, adjusting the siders to zoom in on various decades and so on. (Pay attention to the vertical axis, though)
The interesting thing is that 1998 stands out like a sore thumb. 1997 was cooler and so was 1999.
But the naughties? Warmer than 1999. Warmer than 1997. Most of the decade was just slightly cooler than 1998, with very little variability.
Is that trend statistically significant?
TG Daily claims that the Secret Service uses a IBM 704
The story uses a stock photo captioned "Obsolete mainframe super computers in [Computer History] museum". I don't think the Secret Service uses IBM 2401 magnetic tape units
The military has conducted dishonest wargames before, gaming the rules to prevent the Red team from achieving a politically distasteful victory. Perhaps the parties involved can learn from their loss instead of pretending it didn't happen. Of course, if the Red Team was supposed to win, in order to bolster budget requests and score political points, we're back to meaningless pantomimes.
From the Nokia N900 user's guide:
Do not store the device in high or cold temperatyre. High temperatures can shorten the life of electronic devices, damage batteries, and warp or melt certain plastics. When the device warms to its normal temperature from a cold temperature, moisture can form inside the device and damage electronic circuit boards.
Avoid extreme temperatures. Always try to keep the battery between 59F and 77F (15C and 25C). Extreme temperatures reduce the capacity and lifetime of the battery. A device with a hot or cold battery may not work temporarily. Battery performance is particularly limited in temperatures well below freezing.
Perhaps Finnish winters aren't as frigid as I was led to believe.
Here's how MacOSX measures memory (this is from top, btw)
PhysMem: 844M wired, 1035M active, 378M inactive, 2258M used, 1838M free.
VM: 138G vsize, 1041M framework vsize, 50715(0) pageins, 0(0) pageouts.
If you have more than a trivial number of pageouts, you need more memory.
You're just saying that to obscure your interest in counterfeiting.
In other word, Arthur Miller got his message across.
If membership is compulsory, membership is meaningless.
A gallon is 128 ounces, not 256.
Project Gutenberg is a showcase for the limitations of ASCII.
Climate researchers need long stretches of uninterrupted high quality data. Weather researchers don't.
Science does not make predictions. Science = knowledge, not guesswork.
So, in Rutherford's famous formulation, you're a stamp collector and not a physicist. What's the matter, did you flunk calculus?
A russian press release from an economics think tank that claims some sort of affinity with the Cato Institute, The Frazer Institute, the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and the Hayek institute. Well, at least it wears its politics on its sleeve.
I'm sure that with a separate National Climate Service, more funds will be available to maintain and inspect these stations. The dramatic falloffs in station numbers can be probably be traced to budget cuts.
It wasn't an isolated incident. The Russians are now complaining that their data was misused as well.
Is there any particular reason you've decided to suddenly trust a random Russian think tank?
If you want to find a manbearpig, your best bet is in the lame, cheesy animation of Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
Well, with my proposal, Alabama will be able to say, let the Feds launch a rocket, and the Feds will be able to say "no, let Alabama launch the rocket", and bicker until the launch window is closed, and all the costs associated with actually launching the damn thing will never be realized, saving us all a lot of money in the long run.
States rights seem to be popular on this board. I'm not sure why-- I'm not particularly inclined to trust "those idiots down in Richmond" over "those idiots down in Washington." But perhaps the states could fill a void and start up space exploration programs of their own.
It is not the court's job to determine what's best for the country. It's the court's job to determine law.
Really? I thought it was the court's job to reflexively apply law, no matter how dumb it might be. There is no place for pragmatism in good judgment.