Few people on slashdot have argued harder or longer than I that the IPCC is one of the most robust surveys of peer-reviewed work ever undertaken on a single question. I agree this is a very embarrasing error. I do not agree that this was more than a dyslexic typo that went unchallenged for far too long.
Science does not claim to be perfect, that is what seperates it from religion. The way the error has been handled by the IPCC gives me confidence that the thousands of unpaid scientists who compile these reports are giving us the best answers available, I do not see the same behaviour when errors are pointed out to so called skeptics such as Anthony Watts.
Having read many of the reports myself over the years I was unaware of the 2035 claim. I am aware that the Asian glaciers are melting at an alarming rate and that the consequence for the billion plus people who rely on them are not good. I am also aware that nobody has a good understanding of the dynamics of large chunks of melting ice, this is obvious if you look at how woefully the 2007 IPCC reports underestimated the loss of Artic sea ice .
Frame stacking also allows you to indentify noise from the CCD. I've used a DSLR to take relatively short time exposures of lightning (30sec), I always have to touch up the photos to get rid of the random colored dots that come from it's noisy CCD.
There's a link in the references section about slime mould solving and optimising a maze route. The thing I find fascinating is they exhibit animal, plant and fungi like behaviour. Some species when it's time to reproduce gather themselves from the flat mould structure into a worm like structure, climb to the highest nearby point where they convert to a plant like structure with roots, stalk and a "flower" containing their spores.
Perhaps the existance of networks of single celled organisims is why multicellular life took 2B yrs to arise, maybe they simply out competed earlier multicellular life forms. Looked at another way, perhaps we are a sophisticated network of single celled organisims.
"No. Rocket staging has nothing to do with requiring different propulsion systems in different parts of the atmosphere."
I didn't claim a rocket uses different propulsion for different stages. I was pointing out that the GP's idea of lifting something high into the atomosphere with something else is what rockets already do. For an example of something that does this with different propulsions methods you need look no further than a space shuttle launch.
Apart from a pedantic quibble over the word "coincidently", I agree with the rest of your post, there was no need for the strawman.
"Specifically getting a launch vehicle as far into the atmosphere as possible before switching to a different means of propulsion like a typical rocket."
That's exactly what a 3 stage rocket is designed to do. There are no free rides in physics.
I worked with a guy who physically couldn't sit for very long, he had his PC on top of a box placed on his desk and stood up all day. It looked a bit strange but he seemed happy with the arrangement.
I'm old and fat now but in my early 20's I had a job that basically required me to jog for most of the day and it felt fucking great to be alive. Persistence hunters never cease to amaze me but the reason they don't appear to get sick is the same reason wild animals don't appear to get sick, when they do they die.
"I do actually think it is likely to change, at least in the very long term."
In the long term it could just as easily get worse but I agree that in the west cops are generally much better behaved than when I grew up in the 60's and 70's. 50yrs is a long time to wait for another such improvement, probably too long for me to see it happen.
Do you recall the "whole world is watching" chant. I think the ubiquity of mobile phones with cameras will improve things but you never know, society is a very strange beast.
There is an enourmous amount of unreasonable hatred for cops in this thread, you may think that as a cop you would behave differently but the stanford prison experiment dispelled that myth a long time ago. Understanding what you yourself are capable of goes a long way to understanding (as opposing to condoning) police brutallity.
"the last sentence of that post basically wishes it on the guy you were replying to"
Whatever, but a warning is not the same as wishing something to happen.
Their banking problems have nothing to do with their local economy. Capital has already been flooding into Iceland. These datacenters are chicken feed compared to Alcoa moving their aluminum smelters to the island.
They are selling themselves as the clean energy capital of the world and doing a pretty good job of it. I'm pretty sure the locals want a slice of Alcoa pie in the form of tax.
In no way do I approve of it but you cannot deny it's effective from an authoritarian's POV and you cannot deny it's unlikely to change. Poke a grizzly bear with a stick and you are going to be in a world of pain, tease a dog and it will bite, mock an authoritarian cop and they will "teach you respect". These thing are just the common sense facts of life.
No, they generally just beat the smart arse senseless in order to convince him that he's fucking with the wrong people. If the smart arse is a slow learner then they charge him with resisting arrest.
Humans are by far the most dangerous animal on the planet, my advise is to avoid deliberately antagonising dangerous animals.
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Your cynisism toward the scientific process is unfortunately not unique, but history clearly demonstrates it is unwarranted.
Few people on slashdot have argued harder or longer than I that the IPCC is one of the most robust surveys of peer-reviewed work ever undertaken on a single question. I agree this is a very embarrasing error. I do not agree that this was more than a dyslexic typo that went unchallenged for far too long.
Science does not claim to be perfect, that is what seperates it from religion. The way the error has been handled by the IPCC gives me confidence that the thousands of unpaid scientists who compile these reports are giving us the best answers available, I do not see the same behaviour when errors are pointed out to so called skeptics such as Anthony Watts.
Having read many of the reports myself over the years I was unaware of the 2035 claim. I am aware that the Asian glaciers are melting at an alarming rate and that the consequence for the billion plus people who rely on them are not good. I am also aware that nobody has a good understanding of the dynamics of large chunks of melting ice, this is obvious if you look at how woefully the 2007 IPCC reports underestimated the loss of Artic sea ice .
Frame stacking also allows you to indentify noise from the CCD. I've used a DSLR to take relatively short time exposures of lightning (30sec), I always have to touch up the photos to get rid of the random colored dots that come from it's noisy CCD.
Good, that'll put an end to assholes taking cell phones into the movies and on airplanes.
And assholes with pacemakers.
Pacemakers are usually inserted into the chest cavity.
There's a link in the references section about slime mould solving and optimising a maze route. The thing I find fascinating is they exhibit animal, plant and fungi like behaviour. Some species when it's time to reproduce gather themselves from the flat mould structure into a worm like structure, climb to the highest nearby point where they convert to a plant like structure with roots, stalk and a "flower" containing their spores.
Perhaps the existance of networks of single celled organisims is why multicellular life took 2B yrs to arise, maybe they simply out competed earlier multicellular life forms. Looked at another way, perhaps we are a sophisticated network of single celled organisims.
"No. Rocket staging has nothing to do with requiring different propulsion systems in different parts of the atmosphere."
I didn't claim a rocket uses different propulsion for different stages. I was pointing out that the GP's idea of lifting something high into the atomosphere with something else is what rockets already do. For an example of something that does this with different propulsions methods you need look no further than a space shuttle launch.
Apart from a pedantic quibble over the word "coincidently", I agree with the rest of your post, there was no need for the strawman.
*adjusts tinfoil hat* - Open your eyes sheeple!!! There's no such thing as linux. The illuminati are behind this New Web Order.
Where can I get my brain size measured...
...and what can I take to make it bigger!
Same place you buy your hats.
A blow to the head with a blunt instrument.
Sounds like a good drummer would excell at the game.
Pot meets kettle, environmentally_friendly != environmentally_perfect.
"Design a car with a body of an airplane and you will get great fuel efficiency, the only problem is convincing people to drive it"
....and finding a very long car park.
"Specifically getting a launch vehicle as far into the atmosphere as possible before switching to a different means of propulsion like a typical rocket."
That's exactly what a 3 stage rocket is designed to do. There are no free rides in physics.
I hate cubicles for the same reason. Fortuately I have a windows seat in a spacious open plan office.
Best kids book ever! I used to read it to my kids who now read it to my grandkids :)
"Please explain to this simpleton where I'm misinformed?
No need to call yourself a simpleton, you simply forget about oscillation and velocity.
I worked with a guy who physically couldn't sit for very long, he had his PC on top of a box placed on his desk and stood up all day. It looked a bit strange but he seemed happy with the arrangement.
The best way to avoid being struck by lightning is to fly a kite during a thunderstorm.
I ride in a car, I ride on a bus, I ride on a train. I don't know why, it just sounds right.
I'm old and fat now but in my early 20's I had a job that basically required me to jog for most of the day and it felt fucking great to be alive. Persistence hunters never cease to amaze me but the reason they don't appear to get sick is the same reason wild animals don't appear to get sick, when they do they die.
It's more than likely you could derive the same result from existing models and verify it with a clever experiment such as the one in TFA.
Yes, here in Oz we have a constitution but nobody knows or cares what it says. Free speech in Oz is a tradition not a law.
"I do actually think it is likely to change, at least in the very long term."
In the long term it could just as easily get worse but I agree that in the west cops are generally much better behaved than when I grew up in the 60's and 70's. 50yrs is a long time to wait for another such improvement, probably too long for me to see it happen.
Do you recall the "whole world is watching" chant. I think the ubiquity of mobile phones with cameras will improve things but you never know, society is a very strange beast.
There is an enourmous amount of unreasonable hatred for cops in this thread, you may think that as a cop you would behave differently but the stanford prison experiment dispelled that myth a long time ago. Understanding what you yourself are capable of goes a long way to understanding (as opposing to condoning) police brutallity.
"the last sentence of that post basically wishes it on the guy you were replying to"
Whatever, but a warning is not the same as wishing something to happen.
Their banking problems have nothing to do with their local economy. Capital has already been flooding into Iceland. These datacenters are chicken feed compared to Alcoa moving their aluminum smelters to the island.
They are selling themselves as the clean energy capital of the world and doing a pretty good job of it. I'm pretty sure the locals want a slice of Alcoa pie in the form of tax.
In no way do I approve of it but you cannot deny it's effective from an authoritarian's POV and you cannot deny it's unlikely to change. Poke a grizzly bear with a stick and you are going to be in a world of pain, tease a dog and it will bite, mock an authoritarian cop and they will "teach you respect". These thing are just the common sense facts of life.
No, they generally just beat the smart arse senseless in order to convince him that he's fucking with the wrong people. If the smart arse is a slow learner then they charge him with resisting arrest.
Humans are by far the most dangerous animal on the planet, my advise is to avoid deliberately antagonising dangerous animals.