Reality: Global surface temperature measurements fall within the range of IPCC projections. Models successfully reproduce temperatures since 1900 globally, by land, in the air and the ocean.
You seem to lack understanding of the relativeness or kinds of wrong.
IE, you seem to equate "wrong" with anything less than 100% accuracy and precision. That's not how science works, particularly data driven science. A key concept here is the meanings of Precision and Accuracy, which are not the same thing: http://withfriendship.com/imag...
You can be completely wrong (or 'not even wrong'): "gravity is from unicorn farts!" You can be partly wrong but still on the right track: "we predicted of rise of 0.5, but found only 0.4" You can be right, but for the wrong reason: "we predicted a rise of 0.5 because unicorn farts, but it turned out to be from CO2" You can be totally right and have the perfect outcome.
You appear to only recognize last possibility, and demand that anything else be discarded out of hand. But that isn't reality or proper scientific understanding.
Posts such as yours are not insightful, nor does it show any actual understanding of what takes place, let alone is it all reflective of reality and what the scientists have actually been doing.
I guess in summary what I mean is: you're an idiot.
"No doubt many will experience a case of schadenfreude as they see those who have long claimed "the science is settled" face the inevitable and logical consequence of that stance." ????
Neither logical nor inevitable. The part that's settled is that its happening and at human hands. That doesn't mean you can just stop taking measurements, refining models, or continuing basic research.
so far nothing you have said on this topic is true. you've said nothing but hearsay and "well I say it's so, so its so". nothing you have said has been confirmed by the FBI.
No, there was no humint (and using the acronym doesn't make you look smart). No, no one has likely been likely been killed, no the FBI did not confirm that.
and in fact the CIA has even publicly rebuked Gowdy for implying there was by redacting documents himself even after he was told they weren't sensitive.
(you also seem to continually confuse the FBI with the CIA)
in short: you are completely talking out of your ass making up BS as you go
IBT: GOP Legislation Would Undermine FCC's Ability To Enact Net Neutrality Regulations. As the International Business Times reported, the legislation proposed by congressional Republicans purports to ban broadband providers from blocking or speeding up certain content, or from charging content providers for faster access -- but in reality, undermines the FCC's ability "to impose stricter regulations on broadband companies" by establishing open-Internet rules. [International Business Times, 1/21/15]
Free Press: GOP Legislation "Undermines The Open Internet It Claims To Protect." In a January 21 statement, Free Press Action Fund noted that the GOP legislation would "declaw the one agency responsible for protecting the public interest in communications," rather than "safeguard Net Neutrality," as it claims to do:
Despite what they claim, this legislation won't safeguard Net Neutrality. The bills instead would undermine the FCC's ability to protect Internet users by removing broadband and wireless companies from nearly all agency oversight.
"The legislation fails at the very thing it claims to accomplish. It prohibits a few open Internet violations but opens the door to new industry abuses. It claims to give the FCC limited adjudication powers but removes the agency's ability to adopt and adapt rules to fit the changing landscape for high-speed Internet access. [Free Press, 1/22/15]
The Hill: GOP Bill Will Undermine Future Consumer Protection Efforts And Prevent Broadband Development. In a January 21 op-ed, experts at the Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation explained that the GOP legislation would "strip the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of crucial legal authority that protects consumers and small businesses on the internet," by limiting the FCC's ability to "adapt to evolving consumer harms." They also explained that the narrowly-written legislation would "eliminate the FCC's ability to help cities build broadband":
Making matters worse, the legislation would leave the FCC powerless to protect consumers from other broadband harms not specified in the bill text, such as those that are already occurring in the interconnection context. When the FCC enacted net neutrality rules four years ago, few anticipated that ISPs would congest their own networks as a strategy to extract fees from edge services like Netflix. But that's precisely what happened throughout 2013 and 2014, according to data collected by the Measurement Lab (a research consortium that includes the Open Technology Institute). The congestion harmed millions of Internet users whose connection speeds slowed to the point of unusability -- but the FCC had no mechanism in place to help these consumers. This prolonged, damaging behavior by multiple ISPs demonstrates why the FCC needs the flexibility to respond to problems as they evolve.
The bill would also eliminate the FCC's ability to help cities build broadband. This is a blow to municipalities that want to offer broadband service to their residents, particularly those currently restricted by state barriers to municipal broadband projects. The Open Technology Institute has consistently found that some of the fastest and most affordable broadband service in America comes from cities that have invested in their own infrastructure. Congress should be figuring out ways to support local government. Instead, the Thune-Upton bill prohibits the FCC from responding to communities that have asked for help. [The Hill, 1/21/15]
I've never understood who actually leaves automatic updates enabled anyway, for any software, let alone the OS itself. i'll do it manually thank you very much, when I'm good and ready.
especially since if left to its own devices it always seems to want attention when im busy and cant afford a reboot or download or whatever. stuff that.
Twelve million, six hundred thousand cubic yards. In other words, this wall would contain over three times the amount of concrete used to build the Hoover Dam — a project that, unlike Trump’s wall, has qualitative, verifiable economic benefits.
Such a wall would be greater in volume than all six pyramids of the Giza Necropolis — and it is unlikely that a concrete slab in the town of Dead Dog Valley, Texas would inspire the same timeless sense of wonder.
That quantity of concrete could pave a one-lane road from New York to Los Angeles, going the long way around the Earth, which would probably be just as useful.
Concrete, of course, requires reinforcing steel (or rebar). A reasonable estimate for the amount of rebar would be about 3 percent of the total wall size, resulting in a steel volume of 10,190,000 cubic feet, or about 5 billion pounds. We could melt down 4 of our Nimitz-class aircraft carriers and would probably be a few cruisers short of having enough steel.
But the challenge is far greater than simply collecting the necessary raw materials. All of these hundreds of miles of wall would need to be cast in concrete facilities, probably project-specific ones that have been custom built near the border. Then, the pre-cast wall pieces would need to be shipped by truck through the inhospitable, often roadless desert.
The men and women doing the work of actually installing the wall would have to be provided with food, water, shelter, lavatory facilities, safety equipment, transportation, and medical care, and would sometimes be miles away from a population center of any size. Sure, some people would be willing to to do the work, but at what price? Would Trump hire Mexicans?
This analysis also ignores the less sexy aspects of large-scale engineering projects: surveying, land acquisition, environmental review, geological studies, maintenance, excavating for foundations, and so on. Theoretical President Trump may be able to executive-order his way through the laser grid of lawsuits that normally impede this kind of work, but he can’t ignore the physical realities of construction.
1b: 3 billion dollars? Sorry jack, not even close. constructing a new relatively simple interstate interchange can run between 200mil and 1bil depending on how much land you need to buy for right of way, how many bridges, etc. the cost of trumps wall would be quite a bit higher.
2: No, we don't send Mexico 1bil a year. Not even close. Total aid given to Mexico for the last several years: 2014: 218 2013: 272 2012: 282 2011: 477 2010: 310 2009: 166 2008: 104 2007: 109 2006: 96 2005: 68 2004: 45 2003: 58 2002: 83 2001: 44 -- TOTAL: 2.3 billion over 14 years.
No, you can't just replace "Muslims" with "Catholics".
Sure you can. Or any other group.
Catholics have a core text that can at least be invoked to "love your fellow man", "turn the other cheek", and "render to Caesar that which is Caesar's".
So do Muslims.
Nor is it meant to be the perfect word of God
You haven't talked to very many Catholics or Christians have you?
so it can be heavily cherrypicked.
Which is precisely what happens, and is precisely what you're doing when you say:
That doesn't apply to Islam.
Yes it does. the Koran is extremely similar to the Bible, having many verses of violence and oppression, and many extoling the virtues of mercy and love. Like any religious text you can mine it for any quote or lesson you want.
You've simply let your ignorance and bigotry have get in the way of your ability to see that.
put everything together. hooked up the TV. Text (font) rendering looked like shit, even though graphics and movies were fine. Hell, even the subtitle text of movies (unless burned into the image) were awful. Jagged, misaligned color patterning (could see the RGB layers not lined up).
And that was before it started giving me crap about not having all the DRM chain properly configured, and refusing to play my blu-rays.
Solution: replaced the HDMI hookup with an old VGA cable had handy, and never looked back. Turned out whichever chipmaker supplied that MSI mobo with its HDMI circuitry, has a history of such problems. 3 HTPC's later, still haven't bothered to try HDMI again; just not worth it.
a lot. and its covered by OSHA regulations regarding exposure limits, required PPE, etc, as well as protection from the union should a company try to skirt any of those. all gained from hard experience.
the computers can make billions in a few milliseconds by exploiting the time lag in currency fluctuations between two different markets. pretty sure they win.
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Myth: The predictions/models are always wrong.
Reality: Global surface temperature measurements fall within the range of IPCC projections. Models successfully reproduce temperatures since 1900 globally, by land, in the air and the ocean.
You seem to lack understanding of the relativeness or kinds of wrong.
IE, you seem to equate "wrong" with anything less than 100% accuracy and precision.
That's not how science works, particularly data driven science. A key concept here is the meanings of Precision and Accuracy, which are not the same thing:
http://withfriendship.com/imag...
You can be completely wrong (or 'not even wrong'): "gravity is from unicorn farts!"
You can be partly wrong but still on the right track: "we predicted of rise of 0.5, but found only 0.4"
You can be right, but for the wrong reason: "we predicted a rise of 0.5 because unicorn farts, but it turned out to be from CO2"
You can be totally right and have the perfect outcome.
You appear to only recognize last possibility, and demand that anything else be discarded out of hand.
But that isn't reality or proper scientific understanding.
Posts such as yours are not insightful, nor does it show any actual understanding of what takes place, let alone is it all reflective of reality and what the scientists have actually been doing.
I guess in summary what I mean is: you're an idiot.
https://www.skepticalscience.c...
https://www.skepticalscience.c...
http://www.latimes.com/science...
http://climatenexus.org/debunk...
"No doubt many will experience a case of schadenfreude as they see those who have long claimed "the science is settled" face the inevitable and logical consequence of that stance." ????
Neither logical nor inevitable.
The part that's settled is that its happening and at human hands.
That doesn't mean you can just stop taking measurements, refining models, or continuing basic research.
Stupid summary is stupid.
and that is precisely why the free market fails and requires the force of law after a certain point to address market failures.
BINGO
give the man a cigar
so far nothing you have said on this topic is true.
you've said nothing but hearsay and "well I say it's so, so its so".
nothing you have said has been confirmed by the FBI.
No, there was no humint (and using the acronym doesn't make you look smart).
No, no one has likely been likely been killed, no the FBI did not confirm that.
and in fact the CIA has even publicly rebuked Gowdy for implying there was by redacting documents himself even after he was told they weren't sensitive.
(you also seem to continually confuse the FBI with the CIA)
in short: you are completely talking out of your ass making up BS as you go
To elaborate:
Media Shouldn't Be Fooled By Fake Neutrality Bill Backed By Broadband Industry
IBT: GOP Legislation Would Undermine FCC's Ability To Enact Net Neutrality Regulations. As the International Business Times reported, the legislation proposed by congressional Republicans purports to ban broadband providers from blocking or speeding up certain content, or from charging content providers for faster access -- but in reality, undermines the FCC's ability "to impose stricter regulations on broadband companies" by establishing open-Internet rules. [International Business Times, 1/21/15]
Free Press: GOP Legislation "Undermines The Open Internet It Claims To Protect." In a January 21 statement, Free Press Action Fund noted that the GOP legislation would "declaw the one agency responsible for protecting the public interest in communications," rather than "safeguard Net Neutrality," as it claims to do:
Despite what they claim, this legislation won't safeguard Net Neutrality. The bills instead would undermine the FCC's ability to protect Internet users by removing broadband and wireless companies from nearly all agency oversight.
"The legislation fails at the very thing it claims to accomplish. It prohibits a few open Internet violations but opens the door to new industry abuses. It claims to give the FCC limited adjudication powers but removes the agency's ability to adopt and adapt rules to fit the changing landscape for high-speed Internet access. [Free Press, 1/22/15]
The Hill: GOP Bill Will Undermine Future Consumer Protection Efforts And Prevent Broadband Development. In a January 21 op-ed, experts at the Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation explained that the GOP legislation would "strip the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of crucial legal authority that protects consumers and small businesses on the internet," by limiting the FCC's ability to "adapt to evolving consumer harms." They also explained that the narrowly-written legislation would "eliminate the FCC's ability to help cities build broadband":
Making matters worse, the legislation would leave the FCC powerless to protect consumers from other broadband harms not specified in the bill text, such as those that are already occurring in the interconnection context. When the FCC enacted net neutrality rules four years ago, few anticipated that ISPs would congest their own networks as a strategy to extract fees from edge services like Netflix. But that's precisely what happened throughout 2013 and 2014, according to data collected by the Measurement Lab (a research consortium that includes the Open Technology Institute). The congestion harmed millions of Internet users whose connection speeds slowed to the point of unusability -- but the FCC had no mechanism in place to help these consumers. This prolonged, damaging behavior by multiple ISPs demonstrates why the FCC needs the flexibility to respond to problems as they evolve.
The bill would also eliminate the FCC's ability to help cities build broadband. This is a blow to municipalities that want to offer broadband service to their residents, particularly those currently restricted by state barriers to municipal broadband projects. The Open Technology Institute has consistently found that some of the fastest and most affordable broadband service in America comes from cities that have invested in their own infrastructure. Congress should be figuring out ways to support local government. Instead, the Thune-Upton bill prohibits the FCC from responding to communities that have asked for help. [The Hill, 1/21/15]
New Republican Bill Is Network Neutrality in Name Only
But, as written, the Republican bill p
Just cause they wrapped a turd with a pretty pink bow that said "Net "Neutrality" on it doesn't mean it was actually Net Neutrality.
Let's be clear: the GOP bill was NOT net neutrality.
It WAS a turd.
It was one of the most blatant examples of BS legislation naming ever proposed, only surpassed by the Patriot Act.
I've never understood who actually leaves automatic updates enabled anyway, for any software, let alone the OS itself.
i'll do it manually thank you very much, when I'm good and ready.
especially since if left to its own devices it always seems to want attention when im busy and cant afford a reboot or download or whatever.
stuff that.
1a: What do actual structural engineers have to say about his wall?
Twelve million, six hundred thousand cubic yards. In other words, this wall would contain over three times the amount of concrete used to build the Hoover Dam — a project that, unlike Trump’s wall, has qualitative, verifiable economic benefits.
Such a wall would be greater in volume than all six pyramids of the Giza Necropolis — and it is unlikely that a concrete slab in the town of Dead Dog Valley, Texas would inspire the same timeless sense of wonder.
That quantity of concrete could pave a one-lane road from New York to Los Angeles, going the long way around the Earth, which would probably be just as useful.
Concrete, of course, requires reinforcing steel (or rebar). A reasonable estimate for the amount of rebar would be about 3 percent of the total wall size, resulting in a steel volume of 10,190,000 cubic feet, or about 5 billion pounds. We could melt down 4 of our Nimitz-class aircraft carriers and would probably be a few cruisers short of having enough steel.
But the challenge is far greater than simply collecting the necessary raw materials. All of these hundreds of miles of wall would need to be cast in concrete facilities, probably project-specific ones that have been custom built near the border. Then, the pre-cast wall pieces would need to be shipped by truck through the inhospitable, often roadless desert.
The men and women doing the work of actually installing the wall would have to be provided with food, water, shelter, lavatory facilities, safety equipment, transportation, and medical care, and would sometimes be miles away from a population center of any size. Sure, some people would be willing to to do the work, but at what price? Would Trump hire Mexicans?
This analysis also ignores the less sexy aspects of large-scale engineering projects: surveying, land acquisition, environmental review, geological studies, maintenance, excavating for foundations, and so on. Theoretical President Trump may be able to executive-order his way through the laser grid of lawsuits that normally impede this kind of work, but he can’t ignore the physical realities of construction.
1b: 3 billion dollars? Sorry jack, not even close. constructing a new relatively simple interstate interchange can run between 200mil and 1bil depending on how much land you need to buy for right of way, how many bridges, etc. the cost of trumps wall would be quite a bit higher.
2: No, we don't send Mexico 1bil a year. Not even close.
Total aid given to Mexico for the last several years:
2014: 218
2013: 272
2012: 282
2011: 477
2010: 310
2009: 166
2008: 104
2007: 109
2006: 96
2005: 68
2004: 45
2003: 58
2002: 83
2001: 44
--
TOTAL: 2.3 billion over 14 years.
ever get tired of being ignorant?
depends on your local and state laws
because equality and social justice are bad things....if you're a conservative.
I see.
so because he agreed to it whens omeone else said the words, that makes it ok then?
idiot.
bwahahahhaa
"Give them enough rope to hang themselves if you think someone is such a monster..."
yeah, that worked out great for Germany in 1932
been done
I do single out Islam as uniquely bad.
And that's why you're a bigot.
No, you can't just replace "Muslims" with "Catholics".
Sure you can. Or any other group.
Catholics have a core text that can at least be invoked to "love your fellow man", "turn the other cheek", and "render to Caesar that which is Caesar's".
So do Muslims.
Nor is it meant to be the perfect word of God
You haven't talked to very many Catholics or Christians have you?
so it can be heavily cherrypicked.
Which is precisely what happens, and is precisely what you're doing when you say:
That doesn't apply to Islam.
Yes it does.
the Koran is extremely similar to the Bible, having many verses of violence and oppression, and many extoling the virtues of mercy and love.
Like any religious text you can mine it for any quote or lesson you want.
You've simply let your ignorance and bigotry have get in the way of your ability to see that.
Ben Carson is walking talking refutation of the concept that you have to be smart to be a brain surgeon.
was all fired up to make a HTPC.
put everything together.
hooked up the TV.
Text (font) rendering looked like shit, even though graphics and movies were fine.
Hell, even the subtitle text of movies (unless burned into the image) were awful.
Jagged, misaligned color patterning (could see the RGB layers not lined up).
And that was before it started giving me crap about not having all the DRM chain properly configured, and refusing to play my blu-rays.
Solution: replaced the HDMI hookup with an old VGA cable had handy, and never looked back.
Turned out whichever chipmaker supplied that MSI mobo with its HDMI circuitry, has a history of such problems.
3 HTPC's later, still haven't bothered to try HDMI again; just not worth it.
you ever get tired of posting really idiotic garbage?
if only there were some sort of vehicle equipped to clean the roads.
yeah, flat earthers deserve equal time with real science.... /s
well, that part usually comes after someone says "hey there might be a problem here", not before.
a lot.
and its covered by OSHA regulations regarding exposure limits, required PPE, etc, as well as protection from the union should a company try to skirt any of those.
all gained from hard experience.
now, what was the point of your straw man?
the computers can make billions in a few milliseconds by exploiting the time lag in currency fluctuations between two different markets.
pretty sure they win.
found the shill