Actually I'd assume that when your trying to measure the temperature of a whole planet, being too close would be a disadvantage, it's hard to see the forrest with all those damned trees in the way.
No actually the assumption was that the ice bridge that broke loose helped to hold back the land-borne ice from descending into the ocean; but I'm a damned denier so you can't believe anything I say.
The operators, deprived of an accurate picture of what was happening, followed their training, which was to prevent overfilling the cooling system.
They were not deprived of an accurate picture, their instruments were actually lying to them
A lamp in the control room, designed to light up when electric power was applied to the solenoid that operated the pilot valve of the PORV, went out, as intended, when the power was removed. This was incorrectly interpreted by the operators as meaning that the main relief valve was closed, when in reality it only indicated that power had been removed from the solenoid, not the actual position of the pilot valve or the main relief valve. Because this indicator was not designed to unambiguously indicate the actual position of the main relief valve, the operators did not correctly diagnose the problem for several hours.[10]
The design of the PORV indicator light was fundamentally flawed, because it implied that the PORV was shut when it went dark. When everything was operating correctly this was true, and the operators became habituated to rely on it. However, when things went wrong and the main relief valve stuck open, the dark lamp was actually misleading the operators by implying that the valve was shut. This caused the operators considerable confusion, because the pressure, temperature and levels in the primary circuit, so far as they could observe them via their instruments, were not behaving as they would have done if the PORV was shut â" which they were convinced it was. This mental confusion contributed to the severity of the accident: because the operators were unable to break out a cycle of assumptions which conflicted with what their instruments were telling them, it was not until a fresh shift came in who did not have the mind-set of the first set of operators that the problem was correctly diagnosed. But by then, major damage had been done. Three Mile Island accident
Alas, the way for an electric company CEO to get big bonuses isn't by spending more money on smart people, but cutting costs which makes the short-term investors happy. So they spend $50k on an idiot-proof interface, and hire an idiot. The problem is that Nature is a whole lot better of churning out interface-proof idiots than programmers are at making idiot-proof interfaces.
I have a hard time believing that, the electric power industry is the only industry that accounts for labor as a fixed expense. Another aspect of the electric industry that is highly unusual is that their rates charged to their customers is regulated by the states and a 10% profit is pretty customary. This means in order for the company to make an extra dollar in profit, they have to increase expenses 9 dollars!
Actually CFC's were only banned in developed countries which had the technological ability to recover the CFC's from the equipment using them; they are still allowed in third world countries that are most likely to release the CFC's into the atmosphere during equipment repair or disposal.
You know I read the article and I failed to see where Dyson stated a position that he thought either the globe was warming, cooling or in an effective steady state; nor did he state where any possible temperature were anthropogenic or not. What I did see was that he thought that the science as it stands has an over reliance on computer modeling and that AGW has become a religious dogma.
It would be a shame if we missed the opportunity to prevent a catastrophe because the scientists supporting the position were too self-assured to actually do enough good science to convince their opponents.
Wow, references to the lay popular press really supports any complex scientific debate! I do admit that PBS's Nova is the elite of the lay science press.
It's pretty hard to get a job when your name is on the sex offenders registry website, especially if the offenses is manufacturing child porn; no google required here. Many employers check the registry to protect their employees.
The argument for saying they can't consent is that they don't have the mental capacity to do so, but this also means they ought not be held criminally liable for it.
It was Columbine, in our hasty zeal to protect the little monsters from themselves, , many states routinely will prosecute minors as young as 13 as adults in cases that would be felony for adults. Now we know that if a prosecutor can do something eventually they will do it.
Carter wanted a dialog with Iran too, after the Iranians over-ran our embassy and kidnapped our embassy personnel. The aftermath of that is how we got into the quagmire of Iraq, the avowed enemy of Iran.
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democrats LOVE when libertarians get all up in arms over the presidency, because the facts are, they steal more republican votes than they do democrat votes.
That's because to a libertarian, Republicans are 90% evil and Democrats are 95% evil.
No Republicans are normally bought by Bankers and Industrialist, Democrats are typically bought by the Entertainment Industry; both parties are just as bought, just by different fat-cats.
Creationism isn't a search for answers. It is an answer. It fails the test of Occam's razor: it does not adequately explain the observations, and it postulates unnecessary entities. Call it what you like, but it is not science.
Creationist believe that a single supernatural Omnipotent being creating everything is a simpler than everything happening through happenstance.
The Linux trademark is owned by Linus Torvalds in the U.S., Germany, the European Community, and Japan. In the U.S., the mark is registered (Serial Number: 74560867)[1] for "Computer operating system software to facilitate computer use and operation." The assignment of the trademark to Torvalds occurred after an attorney, one William R. Della Croce, Jr, in 1996 began sending letters to various Linux distributors claiming to own the Linux trademark and demanding royalties. The distributors rapidly pooled resources, appealed against the original trademark assignment and had it reassigned to Linus Torvalds. Linux Mark Institute
it was trademarked by a trademark troll. Fortunately it was wrested from him and given to Linus.
The Linux trademark is owned by Linus Torvalds in the U.S., Germany, the European Community, and Japan. In the U.S., the mark is registered (Serial Number: 74560867)[1] for "Computer operating system software to facilitate computer use and operation." The assignment of the trademark to Torvalds occurred after an attorney, one William R. Della Croce, Jr, in 1996 began sending letters to various Linux distributors claiming to own the Linux trademark and demanding royalties. The distributors rapidly pooled resources, appealed against the original trademark assignment and had it reassigned to Linus Torvalds. Linux Mark Institute
This was an instance of where the community came together for the communities good; I suspect that the RH patent is another instance.
Next week, the UN will cease the IP rights for BSG, then Obama will slap a 90% excise tax on the income of anyone refusing to continue with the show and all scrips will be approved by the Human Rights Commitee
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at 1% CO2, few will be able to scream and anybody with asthma will be already dead.
Actually I'd assume that when your trying to measure the temperature of a whole planet, being too close would be a disadvantage, it's hard to see the forrest with all those damned trees in the way.
Why would you want to measure Venus' anal temp...
Because she's got one seriously hot planetary body, dude!
No actually the assumption was that the ice bridge that broke loose helped to hold back the land-borne ice from descending into the ocean; but I'm a damned denier so you can't believe anything I say.
The operators, deprived of an accurate picture of what was happening, followed their training, which was to prevent overfilling the cooling system.
They were not deprived of an accurate picture, their instruments were actually lying to them
Alas, the way for an electric company CEO to get big bonuses isn't by spending more money on smart people, but cutting costs which makes the short-term investors happy. So they spend $50k on an idiot-proof interface, and hire an idiot. The problem is that Nature is a whole lot better of churning out interface-proof idiots than programmers are at making idiot-proof interfaces.
I have a hard time believing that, the electric power industry is the only industry that accounts for labor as a fixed expense. Another aspect of the electric industry that is highly unusual is that their rates charged to their customers is regulated by the states and a 10% profit is pretty customary. This means in order for the company to make an extra dollar in profit, they have to increase expenses 9 dollars!
it'a not just yeast, people too farts are a noxious mixture of methane and CO2, and everybody knows beer farts are the worst!
Actually CFC's were only banned in developed countries which had the technological ability to recover the CFC's from the equipment using them; they are still allowed in third world countries that are most likely to release the CFC's into the atmosphere during equipment repair or disposal.
You know I read the article and I failed to see where Dyson stated a position that he thought either the globe was warming, cooling or in an effective steady state; nor did he state where any possible temperature were anthropogenic or not. What I did see was that he thought that the science as it stands has an over reliance on computer modeling and that AGW has become a religious dogma.
It would be a shame if we missed the opportunity to prevent a catastrophe because the scientists supporting the position were too self-assured to actually do enough good science to convince their opponents.
Wow, references to the lay popular press really supports any complex scientific debate! I do admit that PBS's Nova is the elite of the lay science press.
It's pretty hard to get a job when your name is on the sex offenders registry website, especially if the offenses is manufacturing child porn; no google required here. Many employers check the registry to protect their employees.
The argument for saying they can't consent is that they don't have the mental capacity to do so, but this also means they ought not be held criminally liable for it.
It was Columbine, in our hasty zeal to protect the little monsters from themselves, , many states routinely will prosecute minors as young as 13 as adults in cases that would be felony for adults. Now we know that if a prosecutor can do something eventually they will do it.
Carter wanted a dialog with Iran too, after the Iranians over-ran our embassy and kidnapped our embassy personnel. The aftermath of that is how we got into the quagmire of Iraq, the avowed enemy of Iran.
democrats LOVE when libertarians get all up in arms over the presidency, because the facts are, they steal more republican votes than they do democrat votes.
That's because to a libertarian, Republicans are 90% evil and Democrats are 95% evil.
You forgot Navy SEAL.
No Republicans are normally bought by Bankers and Industrialist, Democrats are typically bought by the Entertainment Industry; both parties are just as bought, just by different fat-cats.
I hope your using "you" and "you've" and meaning "they" and "they have, because I was explaining an position that I don't subscribe to
Actually I was thinking that microsoft or Redhat for example could set up a nonprofit's and turn their credentials into "advanced degrees"
All this is is an attempt to pass off religion as science.
But that's a primary goal of creationists and iders making a end-run around the seporation of church and state by dressing up theism as science.
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Creationism isn't a search for answers. It is an answer. It fails the test of Occam's razor: it does not adequately explain the observations, and it postulates unnecessary entities. Call it what you like, but it is not science.
Creationist believe that a single supernatural Omnipotent being creating everything is a simpler than everything happening through happenstance.
yeah buddy, I've found that it takes really intelligent people to think up exquisitely stupid ideas; mediocre people can only be commonly stupid!
I'm not sure about a masters in pottery or basket weaving, but an associates in arts with a major in clay isn't that hard to find.
Linus didn't trademark it;
it was trademarked by a trademark troll. Fortunately it was wrested from him and given to Linus.
Linus didn't trademark it,
This was an instance of where the community came together for the communities good; I suspect that the RH patent is another instance.
Next week, the UN will cease the IP rights for BSG, then Obama will slap a 90% excise tax on the income of anyone refusing to continue with the show and all scrips will be approved by the Human Rights Commitee