"Is this because if it was infinite nobody would need to buy a book anymore?"
Yes. Personally I don't think it's in the public interest to allow libraries to kill off publishers anymore than it is to allow publishers to kill off libraries. They are two sides of a symbiotic relationship that has served society well for a very long time.
Have you actually read what I posted? Here's what I wrote just in case you missed it the second time..."There are two major components that contribute to the observed rise, thermal exapansion and melting ice. If the estimate for the molten ice component goes down then given the estimated rise in sea level has not changed the estimate for the thermal expansion component must go up, no?"
Why do I need to know the temprature of the ocean to make that statement?
Dr. Morner was awarded "Deceiver of the year" by the Swedish skeptics society for organizing university courses that teach his bizzare theories about dowsing. When James Randi offered him a million dollars to demonstrate dowsing under controlled conditions he refused.
Like just about every other source you have thrown at me over the years Morner is a fruit loop with zero credibility and even less evidence. When are you going to learn the art of skepticisim?
Estimates for total sea level rise are from both tidal gauges and sattelites, the largest error bars for these mesurements I can find are +/-0.7mm/yr
There are two major components that contribute to the observed rise, thermal exapansion and melting ice. If the estimate for the molten ice component goes down then given the estimated rise in sea level has not changed the estimate for the thermal expansion component must go up, no?
I don't see why you need 3D thermal heat maps to calculate a simple percentage of the total rise in levels? Nor do I see why regional variations of temprature and chemistry need to be understood to measure a global average?
That particular hypothisis has been falsified to death, it now requires a blind faith in the hypothisis afterlife to believe it.
What "republicans and oil executives" need to falsify is this - Snowfall above 3000 meters in greenland is increasing as predicted by climate models. This has nothing to do with the gulf stream (which is not significantly slowing down), it's due to increased water vapour which in turn is due to a positive feedback from global warming. Overall the extra snowfall at high altitudes does not make up for the extra loss at low altitudes, the extra snowfall may even speed up the loss of glaciers by making them top heavy.
"We all know that the ice is still melting (but slower than we thought)."
Given we know the rate of ocean rise with a high level of certainty. The interesting thing about this estimate is that it has flow on effects to other estimates, such that the amount of ocean rise due to thermal expansion could be higher than previously thought which could mean that the oceans thermal inertia is not as slow as we thought.
"Problem is, these candy and soda machines are often used to fund the schools' athletic programs. So get rid of them in the name of health, and pretty soon the school has no football or basketball team. Which is healthier?"
That's a false dichotomy, Aussie schools somehow manage to have sports teams without vending machines to pay for them.
"Some adults I know would pay for this service in the real world..."
In the 60's we had a thing called a "lunch order". The parent would write the lunch order on a plain envelope and put the money inside. This was given to the teacher in the morning and at lunch time the lunch would be delivered to class with your name on it.
The results were; Kids didn't spend half their lunch time waiting in line, nor could they blow their money on sweets. Parents knew exactly what their kids were getting for lunch, and bullies had little opportunity to steal the money.
The only reason it's "practical" is because that's what you grew up with. I was in HS when Australia went metric in the 70's and have no problem "eyeballing" in either system. My adult kids do all their "eyeballing" in metric. My parents still "eyeball" in imperial and mentally convert to metric, despite the fact that dad is a retired engineer who served on the metric conversion board during the transition.
I remeber singing about "Gay Kookaburra's" at school in the 60's, nobody thought twice about it. Recently a school tried to change
the word "gay" to "fun" to stop kids from snickering, this had the predictable effect of making the whole country laugh at them.
If from your POV supporting the right to a fair trial for anybody translates to "defending Assange" then I'm unashamedly "defending Assange". OTOH it could just be that your comprehension sucks.
"First of all, do you have any idea how ironic that is, using that argument in this situation?"
I was replying to a comment, as is customary on slashdot I did not RTFA and made no reference to it. OTOH, you did a great job of demolishing your own strawman.
"Have you noticed how, since the advent of the Internet as a massive information medium, there are suddenly all classes of strange, unexplained stuff out there?"
The communications revoultion coincides with the revolution occuring in astronomical observations because both are based on the digital revolution.
"I'm sorry... but either 21st century scientists are really lame, or we humans know *shit* about the universe and the laws that rule it. Wonder which one it is..."
"The universe is composed mainly of hydrogen and ignorance" - The sidewalk astronomer.
Sorry but only the "profoundly ignorant" think that free speech is absolute.
Free speech takes a back seat when it directly causes harm, calling "fire" is the most famous example. A politician declaring someone guilty in public is seen in most western countries as causing harm to the process of a fair trial. Such prejudicial pronouncements of guilt by politicians and journalists can see them held in contempt of court. In otherwords politicians and the media are free to make or report allegations but they are not free to pervert justice by conducting a "trial by media".
I don't know if this is how it works in he US but it's certainly how it works in many other countries that value the right to a fair trial.
ok. One guy does not the scientific community make. What papers has this guy published?
What journals has he appeared in?
What books has he written?
What research has he done?
Who is this guy other than a name and cheap youtube link?
I can understand you have never heard of Szostak but have you never heard of google?
Dr. Jack Szostak - Biologist, Nobel Laureate and Harvard proffesor. His CV. His lab
Now that your argument from authority has blown up in your face, why don't you toddle off and actually watch that "cheap youtube video", you might learn something new.
Stalin was the demi-god, he split the orthodox church, one half fled to the Ukraine, the other half became his acomplices. He convinced the population to willingly take down their picture of Mary or Jesus and replace it with his own. Even the people in the camps could not free themselves from his propoganda, they thought along the lines of "if Stalin knew about this he would rescue us".
"A number of countries have a system for dealing with claims with a low monetary value"
Yes, all Australian states have a small claims tribunal that handle claims up to a few thousand dollars and/or disputes with government departments. They are specifically designed for quick and cheap dispute resolution. As such Sony's legal army would be useless, they would basically be confined to barracks.
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"Is this because if it was infinite nobody would need to buy a book anymore?"
Yes. Personally I don't think it's in the public interest to allow libraries to kill off publishers anymore than it is to allow publishers to kill off libraries. They are two sides of a symbiotic relationship that has served society well for a very long time.
Have you actually read what I posted? Here's what I wrote just in case you missed it the second time..."There are two major components that contribute to the observed rise, thermal exapansion and melting ice. If the estimate for the molten ice component goes down then given the estimated rise in sea level has not changed the estimate for the thermal expansion component must go up, no?"
Why do I need to know the temprature of the ocean to make that statement?
Observed Sea level rise, Morner is not an expert at anything except woo-woo physics.
Dr. Morner was awarded "Deceiver of the year" by the Swedish skeptics society for organizing university courses that teach his bizzare theories about dowsing. When James Randi offered him a million dollars to demonstrate dowsing under controlled conditions he refused.
Like just about every other source you have thrown at me over the years Morner is a fruit loop with zero credibility and even less evidence. When are you going to learn the art of skepticisim?
Estimates for total sea level rise are from both tidal gauges and sattelites, the largest error bars for these mesurements I can find are +/-0.7mm/yr
There are two major components that contribute to the observed rise, thermal exapansion and melting ice. If the estimate for the molten ice component goes down then given the estimated rise in sea level has not changed the estimate for the thermal expansion component must go up, no?
I don't see why you need 3D thermal heat maps to calculate a simple percentage of the total rise in levels? Nor do I see why regional variations of temprature and chemistry need to be understood to measure a global average?
"The ice caps are increasing."
That particular hypothisis has been falsified to death, it now requires a blind faith in the hypothisis afterlife to believe it.
What "republicans and oil executives" need to falsify is this - Snowfall above 3000 meters in greenland is increasing as predicted by climate models. This has nothing to do with the gulf stream (which is not significantly slowing down), it's due to increased water vapour which in turn is due to a positive feedback from global warming. Overall the extra snowfall at high altitudes does not make up for the extra loss at low altitudes, the extra snowfall may even speed up the loss of glaciers by making them top heavy.
"We all know that the ice is still melting (but slower than we thought)."
Given we know the rate of ocean rise with a high level of certainty. The interesting thing about this estimate is that it has flow on effects to other estimates, such that the amount of ocean rise due to thermal expansion could be higher than previously thought which could mean that the oceans thermal inertia is not as slow as we thought.
"Problem is, these candy and soda machines are often used to fund the schools' athletic programs. So get rid of them in the name of health, and pretty soon the school has no football or basketball team. Which is healthier?"
That's a false dichotomy, Aussie schools somehow manage to have sports teams without vending machines to pay for them.
It's a sad commentry on the modern world that you have to specify the mercury levels in your fish....
"Some adults I know would pay for this service in the real world..."
In the 60's we had a thing called a "lunch order". The parent would write the lunch order on a plain envelope and put the money inside. This was given to the teacher in the morning and at lunch time the lunch would be delivered to class with your name on it.
The results were; Kids didn't spend half their lunch time waiting in line, nor could they blow their money on sweets. Parents knew exactly what their kids were getting for lunch, and bullies had little opportunity to steal the money.
The only reason it's "practical" is because that's what you grew up with. I was in HS when Australia went metric in the 70's and have no problem "eyeballing" in either system. My adult kids do all their "eyeballing" in metric. My parents still "eyeball" in imperial and mentally convert to metric, despite the fact that dad is a retired engineer who served on the metric conversion board during the transition.
I remeber singing about "Gay Kookaburra's" at school in the 60's, nobody thought twice about it. Recently a school tried to change the word "gay" to "fun" to stop kids from snickering, this had the predictable effect of making the whole country laugh at them.
If from your POV supporting the right to a fair trial for anybody translates to "defending Assange" then I'm unashamedly "defending Assange". OTOH it could just be that your comprehension sucks.
"First of all, do you have any idea how ironic that is, using that argument in this situation?"
I was replying to a comment, as is customary on slashdot I did not RTFA and made no reference to it. OTOH, you did a great job of demolishing your own strawman.
"Have you noticed how, since the advent of the Internet as a massive information medium, there are suddenly all classes of strange, unexplained stuff out there?"
The communications revoultion coincides with the revolution occuring in astronomical observations because both are based on the digital revolution.
"I'm sorry... but either 21st century scientists are really lame, or we humans know *shit* about the universe and the laws that rule it. Wonder which one it is..."
"The universe is composed mainly of hydrogen and ignorance" - The sidewalk astronomer.
Sorry but only the "profoundly ignorant" think that free speech is absolute.
Free speech takes a back seat when it directly causes harm, calling "fire" is the most famous example. A politician declaring someone guilty in public is seen in most western countries as causing harm to the process of a fair trial. Such prejudicial pronouncements of guilt by politicians and journalists can see them held in contempt of court. In otherwords politicians and the media are free to make or report allegations but they are not free to pervert justice by conducting a "trial by media".
I don't know if this is how it works in he US but it's certainly how it works in many other countries that value the right to a fair trial.
All chemistry is interacting electrical forces, what we were talking about was "lightning striking a puddle".
ok. One guy does not the scientific community make. What papers has this guy published? What journals has he appeared in? What books has he written? What research has he done?
Who is this guy other than a name and cheap youtube link?
I can understand you have never heard of Szostak but have you never heard of google? Dr. Jack Szostak - Biologist, Nobel Laureate and Harvard proffesor. His CV. His lab
Now that your argument from authority has blown up in your face, why don't you toddle off and actually watch that "cheap youtube video", you might learn something new.
"Who says that life arose from purely chemical reactions?"
Dr. Jack Szostak
kepsev? - It's "cabsav". /Bloody tourists.
"Since when is the point of comedy to accomplish something?"
Since medieval times when the jester was given a privlaged role in the king's court.
"what explanation of the origin of life *isn't* extraordinary? Every theory of earth-bound biogenesis I've read is pretty difficult reading."
The just chemistry explaination seems pretty straightfoward to me, it also comes with a great soundtrack.
"oh yeah? what deity was involved? hmmm?"
Stalin was the demi-god, he split the orthodox church, one half fled to the Ukraine, the other half became his acomplices. He convinced the population to willingly take down their picture of Mary or Jesus and replace it with his own. Even the people in the camps could not free themselves from his propoganda, they thought along the lines of "if Stalin knew about this he would rescue us".
"A number of countries have a system for dealing with claims with a low monetary value"
Yes, all Australian states have a small claims tribunal that handle claims up to a few thousand dollars and/or disputes with government departments. They are specifically designed for quick and cheap dispute resolution. As such Sony's legal army would be useless, they would basically be confined to barracks.
Thanks but you don't need to cherry pick passages for me I've read all three of them.