Warmer objects cannot, and do not absorb lower-energy radiation from cooler objects.
This is quite a surprise to me, and it would certainly change everything I learned about Thermodynamics in college - which was a lot, since my major required a lot of it. It would also break many of my models that I use for thermo control and prediction on our little robots at work.
So forgive me for being skeptical.... answer me this:
If the atmosphere is radiating photons, and the photons are not directional in nature, where do the downward-moving photons go? If they aren't absorbed by the earth, then what happens to them? Do they pass through the earth? Do they ricochet around until they hit the atmosphere again? If they ricochet around and are re-absorbed by the atmosphere, can you explain why that would make a difference mathematically from being absorbed and then re-emitted?
While it is true that there is no 64-bit Chrome, it spawns a separate process for every tab. Firefox crams all tabs into a single process. With enough tabs, you can use up your entire 2GB limit on memory. With Chrome, you'd have a hard time finding a single webpage that uses up it's entire 2GB addressing space.
Frankly, I find your argument that back-radiation does not exist to be suspect. I'm a mechanical engineer and have a fair understanding of thermodynamics. That said, I'm not a climate scientist and you very well may be closer to the matter than I am.
But without a model that outperforms any of the mainstream models, it is hard to take your theory seriously. Anyone serious about climate research is involved in building or improving climate models, or collecting data for such models. You, or your sources, are "disproving" something with talk and no action. As a non-expert, I have to defer to people that have actually demonstrated some success.
Alright, if you (or someone whose work you are reading) is so convinced that the models would be better without back-radiation, then go ahead and improve the model. Otherwise you are just armchair quarterbacking.
True - and that has been happening over the last 30 years or so. Since the mid 90s, the models have been looking pretty good.
It could be a fluke, though - which is why it is still good to look at thousands of years of historical data rather than putting too much weight on any single decade.
You are on the same track as me. The next step is to realize that you can't fight it any more than you can convince locusts to peacefully leave a field alone. Currently, I want politicians to talk about mitigation... can we try to predict what will happen and what we can do about it? For instance, New Jersey and New York just got walloped by a hurricane that wiped out thousands of houses in low lying areas. It would be nice to have some idea whether it is cost effective to rebuild and wait for the next 100-year event, or whether some infrastructure change is needed, or whether they should just leave it to the ocean.
People have strong opinions about this stuff already, but without any kind of scientific backing. Property owners and residents want to rebuild and build in extra protections (seawalls, dune lines, etc), and environmentalists look at this as an opportunity to let nature have some of her shoreline back. Meanwhile, any rebuilt homes will rely on federal flood insurance... It would be nice if there was some sense of a master plan that any rebuilding could try to adhere to.
Don't let them wrap you up in a correlation game. Real researchers put together a model and compare it to past data - the science has advanced well beyond simple correlations. Everyone who has taken the time and effort to build a model has come to the same conclusion.
Presumably, AC/DC gave the publisher permission to sell their music, despite the prevailing format including tracks. They also let their stuff get played on the radio. I'm definitely sticking with "full of shit".
All audio CDs following the Redbook standard are a single data stream, so I'm not sure where you are going with your argument. It is true that tracks are delineated only by the Table of Contents, but why would AC/DC program a Table of Contents if the Disc was intended to be listened to only in it's entirety?
You only need to download it from a Windows PC to get the upgrade price. One of the install options is to burn to disk/memory stick, at which point you have full install media.
Palm wasn't a "debacle", it was just a losing bet. HP does eventually need to break into mobile (tablets or phones) if they want to stay relevant in consumer computing. They may have given that up, or something may yet rise from their new mobility division.
Traditional credit card processors are even worse. They rake you over the coals when you sign up AND they keep your money (for 6 months in my case) when your account hits certain, unknowable magic thresholds. In my case it was because we were selling data.
Now, in their defense, we DID have idiots claiming chargebacks months and months after the transactions were posted. I can't really fault them for their policy of holding on to the money - but their policy of not disclosing this up-front is borderline criminal. You shouldn't have to sue your credit card processor to get your money. And then when you get upset for being sued and cancel the account, you should at least have the decency to inform the poor reseller, who can't figure out why you aren't paying them anymore or where your account went.
The funny part is that I'm usually on the "anti-WikiLeaks" side of things (must be my closet authoritarianism), but I have to give them credit when it is due:)
I was just going to comment that Americans, historically, have not been as tolerant as Israelis. We may not have invented the death march or the "reservation", but we did have some pretty solid examples.
I'd also like to point out that Egypt and Jordan are, not coincidentally, the two neighbors that signed a peace treaty with Israel AND who aren't asking for their territory back.
The irony is that it was a "true journalist" that accidentally leaked the encryption key to the WikiLeaks archive with the embassy cables. WikiLeaks up to that point seemed to know their limitations and was working with established journalists to release the cables in a controlled fashion.
And if that is too obscure, the PC Jr also had sidecar expansion - as well as vertical expansion for drive bays. I couldn't find as funny a picture, though.
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Warmer objects cannot, and do not absorb lower-energy radiation from cooler objects.
This is quite a surprise to me, and it would certainly change everything I learned about Thermodynamics in college - which was a lot, since my major required a lot of it. It would also break many of my models that I use for thermo control and prediction on our little robots at work.
So forgive me for being skeptical.... answer me this:
If the atmosphere is radiating photons, and the photons are not directional in nature, where do the downward-moving photons go? If they aren't absorbed by the earth, then what happens to them? Do they pass through the earth? Do they ricochet around until they hit the atmosphere again? If they ricochet around and are re-absorbed by the atmosphere, can you explain why that would make a difference mathematically from being absorbed and then re-emitted?
While it is true that there is no 64-bit Chrome, it spawns a separate process for every tab. Firefox crams all tabs into a single process. With enough tabs, you can use up your entire 2GB limit on memory. With Chrome, you'd have a hard time finding a single webpage that uses up it's entire 2GB addressing space.
This might be my favorite AC post. Ever.
Well, the *nerdiest* way to cook turkey is to wait in your mom's basement until it is done.
Frankly, I find your argument that back-radiation does not exist to be suspect. I'm a mechanical engineer and have a fair understanding of thermodynamics. That said, I'm not a climate scientist and you very well may be closer to the matter than I am.
But without a model that outperforms any of the mainstream models, it is hard to take your theory seriously. Anyone serious about climate research is involved in building or improving climate models, or collecting data for such models. You, or your sources, are "disproving" something with talk and no action. As a non-expert, I have to defer to people that have actually demonstrated some success.
Alright, if you (or someone whose work you are reading) is so convinced that the models would be better without back-radiation, then go ahead and improve the model. Otherwise you are just armchair quarterbacking.
That's a good point, but the consumption of a book is rarely possible in one sitting.
You aren't going to try to tell me that the earth is a closed system, are you?
True - and that has been happening over the last 30 years or so. Since the mid 90s, the models have been looking pretty good.
It could be a fluke, though - which is why it is still good to look at thousands of years of historical data rather than putting too much weight on any single decade.
You are on the same track as me. The next step is to realize that you can't fight it any more than you can convince locusts to peacefully leave a field alone. Currently, I want politicians to talk about mitigation... can we try to predict what will happen and what we can do about it? For instance, New Jersey and New York just got walloped by a hurricane that wiped out thousands of houses in low lying areas. It would be nice to have some idea whether it is cost effective to rebuild and wait for the next 100-year event, or whether some infrastructure change is needed, or whether they should just leave it to the ocean.
People have strong opinions about this stuff already, but without any kind of scientific backing. Property owners and residents want to rebuild and build in extra protections (seawalls, dune lines, etc), and environmentalists look at this as an opportunity to let nature have some of her shoreline back. Meanwhile, any rebuilt homes will rely on federal flood insurance... It would be nice if there was some sense of a master plan that any rebuilding could try to adhere to.
Someone should ask them if Jonah really lived in a fish/whale for 3 days and 3 nights.
Don't let them wrap you up in a correlation game. Real researchers put together a model and compare it to past data - the science has advanced well beyond simple correlations. Everyone who has taken the time and effort to build a model has come to the same conclusion.
Presumably, AC/DC gave the publisher permission to sell their music, despite the prevailing format including tracks. They also let their stuff get played on the radio. I'm definitely sticking with "full of shit".
All audio CDs following the Redbook standard are a single data stream, so I'm not sure where you are going with your argument. It is true that tracks are delineated only by the Table of Contents, but why would AC/DC program a Table of Contents if the Disc was intended to be listened to only in it's entirety?
I propose that they are completely full of shit.
Most of us have one of those laying around, if only at work or in a VM.
You only need to download it from a Windows PC to get the upgrade price. One of the install options is to burn to disk/memory stick, at which point you have full install media.
Palm wasn't a "debacle", it was just a losing bet. HP does eventually need to break into mobile (tablets or phones) if they want to stay relevant in consumer computing. They may have given that up, or something may yet rise from their new mobility division.
Traditional credit card processors are even worse. They rake you over the coals when you sign up AND they keep your money (for 6 months in my case) when your account hits certain, unknowable magic thresholds. In my case it was because we were selling data.
Now, in their defense, we DID have idiots claiming chargebacks months and months after the transactions were posted. I can't really fault them for their policy of holding on to the money - but their policy of not disclosing this up-front is borderline criminal. You shouldn't have to sue your credit card processor to get your money. And then when you get upset for being sued and cancel the account, you should at least have the decency to inform the poor reseller, who can't figure out why you aren't paying them anymore or where your account went.
The funny part is that I'm usually on the "anti-WikiLeaks" side of things (must be my closet authoritarianism), but I have to give them credit when it is due :)
I was just going to comment that Americans, historically, have not been as tolerant as Israelis. We may not have invented the death march or the "reservation", but we did have some pretty solid examples.
I'd also like to point out that Egypt and Jordan are, not coincidentally, the two neighbors that signed a peace treaty with Israel AND who aren't asking for their territory back.
Yes, I'm sure that WikiLeaks will prevent war.
The irony is that it was a "true journalist" that accidentally leaked the encryption key to the WikiLeaks archive with the embassy cables. WikiLeaks up to that point seemed to know their limitations and was working with established journalists to release the cables in a controlled fashion.
Behold... the future!
And if that is too obscure, the PC Jr also had sidecar expansion - as well as vertical expansion for drive bays. I couldn't find as funny a picture, though.
Your argument is sound, but I wanted to point out that the volume probably doubles (at least) when you include the external brick power supply.
Windows 8* is only $40. Add $5 for a start menu replacement and you are set.
* Why do I vomit in my mouth a little whenever I type that? Also, I haven't gotten around to the start menu replacement yet.