Ah, you know him too:). But that is the way that he has been. I met him first back in the 80's, and he seemed cantankerous then (I went to CSU and knew ppl out at atmos). But I think that he really wants to prove that others are wrong. I hope that he is working hard on it (sadly, for the last several years, he has spent more time working with Klotzbach to get him up to speed with hurricane predictions). Seriously, I think that with a bit of time, he will either find evidence to convince others of his belief, OR figure it out that he was wrong (though I do not know him enough to say that he would admit that he was wrong).
The climate change "debate" is pretty well reality vs PR and is occurring because people want to make money out of it. If the wackos in the nuclear lobby had kept out of it with stupid ideas like carbon credits and carbon taxes to nobble their opposition it would all be a lot simpler - things have been overhyped in both directions.
I agree. I think that the west is in for a LOT of trouble by trying to take full responsibility and to be the ones doing things. Kyoto has been a disaster since NONE of the participants have met any real goals (those who did not have to change DID make theirs; whoppie). I can not stand W, but he was right on not participating. In 3 short years, China double their CO2 emissions, and they are on the path to double it again in 3 years. Scarey. Ppl are not paying attention.
France and Canada have the right idea in taxes, but it is being implemented wrong. It should be a cap on new CO2 emissions (as in absolutely no new emissions, without taking out the old stuff), and then a tax on ALL GOODS based on the CO2 emissions from whence they came from (not what went into it, but how much emissions from where it comes). If you do that, then ALL NATIONS will end up competing to get their emissions low FAST. In fact, because of the nature of pollution (it spreads everywhere), it should be a tax on the pollution that went into the good. Yes, I know. That hurts the economy. So, you start it out at say 5%, and then have regions graded on what their emissions are. Most importantly, Over time, RAISE THE TOP RATE, say 1% a year. For example, France might be 20% of 5%. OTH, China would be 100% of 5%, and probably so would USA, and other nations. The simple fact is, that every country will RIGHTLY KNOW that the approaches being taken will hurt THEIR NATION. OTH, this other approach is EXTREMELY FAIR to all. In addition, since it is applied to ALL GOODs, it can not run into trouble, other than the formulas (what percentage of the top rate) used. But that is a different issue.
Why? What is wrong with a hummer. I keep talking to the wife about it, but hey. Sure, it might warm things up a bit, but I really do not think that anybody is blaming Global Warming on that. Well, not that I have heard. Of course, some wives, GF might be opposed to it, but different strokes, for different folks. Literally.
Fascinating extra fact: children (and adults, for that matter) are much more likely to be sexually assaulted, kidnapped and murdered by close relatives or family friends than random loners.
Are they SURE of that? I am guessing that is more likely that those who are close and do it, likely to be caught. OTH, a total stranger could get by with it. I am thinking Jon Bonnet Ramsey as well as possibly that British couple in Spain (sad for all). I am guessing that it was a stranger that did these actions.
(why is global warming even a partisan issue to begin with?! -- and I'm fully expecting a partisan respose;-) )
It became partisan when republicans through the 90's up til about 2005, were saying that GW was not occurring. Now, the top neo-cons claim that it is not man made, but there is overwhelming scientific evidence that says otherwise. I am not a climatologist, but I know a few of them who are. Other than Dr. Grey, all of them say that it is occurring and man is partially responsible (though none appear to agree to what degree we are). OTH, The doc was adamant that this was just a cycle. BTW, He is one of the very few scientist that has the clout and knowledge to be able to prove it IFF he is right. The vast majority of the ppl that signed up on the ANTI-GW were either not in the field or were not even studying it. Totally ridiculous.
There are constant changes to the model, but nothing HUGE. My understanding from talking to some NOAA scientists that I know, that it would take something totally unknown coming from out of the solar system or from the middle of the earth.
As they pointed out, the simplest item to look at are the glaciers. Overall, they are melting very fast. Some new ones are started, but that is due to increased moisture in the air. That is like the center of Antarctica is growing again, but that is due to increased moisture due to the high melting towards the edge. It use to be melting took place truly on the edge, and now, it is quite far inland.
I don't understand the scorn for the lower middle class / poor / etc who seem to be at these kind of rallies.
I see. You have not been to one of these. It is NOT the lower middle class/poor. I went to one in Denver. Watching ppl drive away in Suburbans is not my idea of lower middle class. Think that there is a real reason why it is pushed by rush?
The idea that this represents the common man would be like having the king of england attend the boston tea party. Basically, the very ppl, neo-cons, that ran up the vast majority of the debt are attending it and trying to point the finger at obama. Now, I am not a fan of Obama's action (though even as a Libertarian, I voted for him to avoid the thought of Palin as a pres), I can say that he was put in a horrible situation. OTH, I have not been impressed by his actions. But the tea baggers keep pointing their finger at dems while out and out refusing to take responsibility for the nightmare that they got us into. These are the same sets of idiots that voted in W. TWICE.
Lots of money flowed to W and the neo-cons and now they are gone. See, a massive problem existed; money was thrown at it, and it nearly all went away (well, not the teabaggers; apparently they did not get enough of what ever they want).
So, when you throw money/whatever at a problem, it goes away.
It was a MS virus that all the researchers touched and got infected with. Now, we are in a botnet phase. I mean, hey, nearly all scientist support weird ideas, like the earth not being the center of the universe, and that it is older than 5K year, or that GW is at least strongly influenced by mankind's contribution.
it was something unexpected (which it was), so nobody was looking in this direction. It would be interesting to find out if this was discovered because of all the hoopla about GW. I am guessing that it is the case. IOW, this would not likely have been found except that ppl are concerned about getting the facts, rather than just trolling.
That this may not be a reflection on the Linux security being poor as much as possibly that MS's security has finally improved beyond Linux. Far too many idiots have claimed that Windows is attacked because there are so many of them (ignoring the fact that the majority of monied webservers is actually NOT windows), but everyone in the know, has said that it was because Windows was so damn easy. Now, if Linux is being cracked, it may indicate that FINALLY windows is coming up in it. If so, then the OSS world needs to get their act together and focus on security again.
If Google is smart, they will use this to start enhancing Coal and Gas plants. That will allow for manufacturing scale up, while reducing the need for new infrastructure. Adding new infrastructure (power lines, generators, etc) are very high costs and hurt the move to AE. BUT, if Google can get Solar and geo-thermal (such as their support of potter drilling) to be lower costs than Coal, then the conversion to AE and hopefully Nukes will happen rather quickly.
The other thing needed is a move to electric transportation as well as more efficient space HVAC.
No, old sheet music lying around. There are uses for paper, but the vast vast majority of it does not need to be. I do have to say that since I do not have a GPS, I really miss being able to print out a yahoo map (now use google, but long ago....). They are useful for complex areas. Normally, I just paint the map in my head, but there are some places that have very complex routes.
Basically, news media is where it is at because of bad management. The idiots view is as a decrease of paper, and nothing else. They have not adjusted their approach to news. Yet, there are loads of ways for them to make money and increase web readership. This idea will simply continue to support bad management of news.
No, not really. It has only been in the last 6-8 years that it was seriously underfunded. Clinton kept it at 1% of budget, but he did not put huge demands on NASA. OTH, both reagan and W put monster requirements (NASP, Space stations, moon, mars, etc) on them while at the same time cutting their budget (partially directly, and other times by inflation). Had W kept it at 8-9% of budget, NASA would be in GREAT SHAPE and we would be heading to the moon NOW. NASA is where it is at because of bad leadership all around.
Hopefully, NASA gets smart and pushes Obama to release funds for private space. With a little bit of INTELLIGENT spending, we can get private space to develop new business in space and create a business boom. I saw that NASA is looking to buy Bigelow's modules and attach them to the ISS. If they do that, AND have a tug/fuel depot contract to haul them, then we will still go for the moon before 2020.
About 15 years ago, I got rid of the printer. I figured that the ONLY way to walk away from paper was to not print any (zaurus and newton are wonderful tools). ABout 7 years ago, I quit buying paperbacks. ALl of my new books were either hardcover or leather bound (easton press; great group). Now, I will go only with leather bound/acid free. I figure that top end books will go up in price, while everybody is moving to e-books.
Google is basically moving us to the digital era. Companies like IBM, MS, Xerox have worked to keep us locked into a dual economy and make as much from it as possible. I think that if I were other nations, I would be BEGGING google to set up shop in their nations.
It has probably provided the majority of the LIVING supplies. BUT in terms of tonnage carried up there, I think that you will find that the shuttle has taken the bulk up there. For starters, there has been roughly 1 shuttle, 1 progress and 1 souyz per quarter. The souyz and the progress do not match the shuttle.
Construction may come to a halt (at least temporarily), but it doesn't seem that the crews will be short of things to do while there.
Actually, it appears that Construction will not stop. For starters, Italy just paid a bit of money to NASA to leave one of the modules on there. Now, NASA is FINALLY studying the idea of buying one or more Bigelow units and adding it to the ISS. To get it there, they will need to either use the shuttle, OR a tug. If done right, this could fire up the private industry and jump start Bigelow with private space stations, as well as a tug company or two along with the required Fuel depot.
I'm a UK student of Japanese Studies at Cambridge, but I'll let it slide:-) Mea Culpa; No insult meant.
To be fair, most Japanese my age are very apathetic about politics, in spite of the regime shift, so I've not had much inside info! Actually, they were apathetic back in the 80's, since things were good for them. My guess is that without the lost decade, the party would not have changed.
I will be curious to see what happens. After Rudd was elected in Australia, I was curious to watch their response. They have actually been harsher towards China, not less. Hatoyama spoke in favor of more business with China during the election, but it could be no different than an American Republican speaking about a balanced budget. Nice words, but actions are the exact opposite.
Because they are not fine with it. Citizens are upset about it. In addition, even China admits that its pollution is spreading the world over. And they claim that because we will not give it to them, that we are the guilty party.
Oh, the approach will allow them to take the nukes and coal offline, but the problem is that it will make EU more dependant on other nations. Germany seems to forget what happened recently with Georgia. Germany was in an uproar over that. Now, they will have to keep VERY quiet and not express moral indignation, or it will cost them winter fuel. Worse, this is the MOST INEFFICIENT way to do this. It has 92% efficiency. OTH, there are 98% heaters, though it requires outside electricity to run the fan or pump. And if they go with geo-thermal, they gain even higher efficiency on BOTH heat and cooling. Of course, they need to quit trying to go to deep wells and just use the shallow trench approach (or do a district type approach). At this time, I am guessing Germans are getting nervous about geo-thermal. They tried deep geo-thermal on a faulty line than acted surprised by the tremors, just recently, they decided to do a shallow well geo-thermal heat pump where they pumped out the water, then injected when the city started sinking, which then swelled the clay. That was bad engineering, but at least they are trying.
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Ah, you know him too :). But that is the way that he has been. I met him first back in the 80's, and he seemed cantankerous then (I went to CSU and knew ppl out at atmos). But I think that he really wants to prove that others are wrong. I hope that he is working hard on it (sadly, for the last several years, he has spent more time working with Klotzbach to get him up to speed with hurricane predictions). Seriously, I think that with a bit of time, he will either find evidence to convince others of his belief, OR figure it out that he was wrong (though I do not know him enough to say that he would admit that he was wrong).
The climate change "debate" is pretty well reality vs PR and is occurring because people want to make money out of it. If the wackos in the nuclear lobby had kept out of it with stupid ideas like carbon credits and carbon taxes to nobble their opposition it would all be a lot simpler - things have been overhyped in both directions.
I agree. I think that the west is in for a LOT of trouble by trying to take full responsibility and to be the ones doing things. Kyoto has been a disaster since NONE of the participants have met any real goals (those who did not have to change DID make theirs; whoppie). I can not stand W, but he was right on not participating. In 3 short years, China double their CO2 emissions, and they are on the path to double it again in 3 years. Scarey. Ppl are not paying attention.
France and Canada have the right idea in taxes, but it is being implemented wrong. It should be a cap on new CO2 emissions (as in absolutely no new emissions, without taking out the old stuff), and then a tax on ALL GOODS based on the CO2 emissions from whence they came from (not what went into it, but how much emissions from where it comes). If you do that, then ALL NATIONS will end up competing to get their emissions low FAST. In fact, because of the nature of pollution (it spreads everywhere), it should be a tax on the pollution that went into the good. Yes, I know. That hurts the economy. So, you start it out at say 5%, and then have regions graded on what their emissions are. Most importantly, Over time, RAISE THE TOP RATE, say 1% a year. For example, France might be 20% of 5%. OTH, China would be 100% of 5%, and probably so would USA, and other nations. The simple fact is, that every country will RIGHTLY KNOW that the approaches being taken will hurt THEIR NATION. OTH, this other approach is EXTREMELY FAIR to all. In addition, since it is applied to ALL GOODs, it can not run into trouble, other than the formulas (what percentage of the top rate) used. But that is a different issue.
Why? What is wrong with a hummer. I keep talking to the wife about it, but hey. Sure, it might warm things up a bit, but I really do not think that anybody is blaming Global Warming on that. Well, not that I have heard. Of course, some wives, GF might be opposed to it, but different strokes, for different folks. Literally.
Fascinating extra fact: children (and adults, for that matter) are much more likely to be sexually assaulted, kidnapped and murdered by close relatives or family friends than random loners.
Are they SURE of that? I am guessing that is more likely that those who are close and do it, likely to be caught. OTH, a total stranger could get by with it. I am thinking Jon Bonnet Ramsey as well as possibly that British couple in Spain (sad for all). I am guessing that it was a stranger that did these actions.
(why is global warming even a partisan issue to begin with?! -- and I'm fully expecting a partisan respose ;-) )
It became partisan when republicans through the 90's up til about 2005, were saying that GW was not occurring. Now, the top neo-cons claim that it is not man made, but there is overwhelming scientific evidence that says otherwise. I am not a climatologist, but I know a few of them who are. Other than Dr. Grey, all of them say that it is occurring and man is partially responsible (though none appear to agree to what degree we are). OTH, The doc was adamant that this was just a cycle. BTW, He is one of the very few scientist that has the clout and knowledge to be able to prove it IFF he is right. The vast majority of the ppl that signed up on the ANTI-GW were either not in the field or were not even studying it. Totally ridiculous.
There are constant changes to the model, but nothing HUGE. My understanding from talking to some NOAA scientists that I know, that it would take something totally unknown coming from out of the solar system or from the middle of the earth.
As they pointed out, the simplest item to look at are the glaciers. Overall, they are melting very fast. Some new ones are started, but that is due to increased moisture in the air. That is like the center of Antarctica is growing again, but that is due to increased moisture due to the high melting towards the edge. It use to be melting took place truly on the edge, and now, it is quite far inland.
I don't understand the scorn for the lower middle class / poor / etc who seem to be at these kind of rallies.
I see. You have not been to one of these. It is NOT the lower middle class/poor. I went to one in Denver. Watching ppl drive away in Suburbans is not my idea of lower middle class. Think that there is a real reason why it is pushed by rush?
The idea that this represents the common man would be like having the king of england attend the boston tea party. Basically, the very ppl, neo-cons, that ran up the vast majority of the debt are attending it and trying to point the finger at obama. Now, I am not a fan of Obama's action (though even as a Libertarian, I voted for him to avoid the thought of Palin as a pres), I can say that he was put in a horrible situation. OTH, I have not been impressed by his actions.
But the tea baggers keep pointing their finger at dems while out and out refusing to take responsibility for the nightmare that they got us into. These are the same sets of idiots that voted in W. TWICE.
If you don't, they will be just like the neo-cons; they will likely steal it.
Lots of money flowed to W and the neo-cons and now they are gone. See, a massive problem existed; money was thrown at it, and it nearly all went away (well, not the teabaggers; apparently they did not get enough of what ever they want).
So, when you throw money/whatever at a problem, it goes away.
It was a MS virus that all the researchers touched and got infected with. Now, we are in a botnet phase. I mean, hey, nearly all scientist support weird ideas, like the earth not being the center of the universe, and that it is older than 5K year, or that GW is at least strongly influenced by mankind's contribution.
it was something unexpected (which it was), so nobody was looking in this direction. It would be interesting to find out if this was discovered because of all the hoopla about GW. I am guessing that it is the case. IOW, this would not likely have been found except that ppl are concerned about getting the facts, rather than just trolling.
That this may not be a reflection on the Linux security being poor as much as possibly that MS's security has finally improved beyond Linux. Far too many idiots have claimed that Windows is attacked because there are so many of them (ignoring the fact that the majority of monied webservers is actually NOT windows), but everyone in the know, has said that it was because Windows was so damn easy. Now, if Linux is being cracked, it may indicate that FINALLY windows is coming up in it. If so, then the OSS world needs to get their act together and focus on security again.
If Google is smart, they will use this to start enhancing Coal and Gas plants. That will allow for manufacturing scale up, while reducing the need for new infrastructure. Adding new infrastructure (power lines, generators, etc) are very high costs and hurt the move to AE. BUT, if Google can get Solar and geo-thermal (such as their support of potter drilling) to be lower costs than Coal, then the conversion to AE and hopefully Nukes will happen rather quickly. The other thing needed is a move to electric transportation as well as more efficient space HVAC.
No, old sheet music lying around. There are uses for paper, but the vast vast majority of it does not need to be. I do have to say that since I do not have a GPS, I really miss being able to print out a yahoo map (now use google, but long ago....). They are useful for complex areas. Normally, I just paint the map in my head, but there are some places that have very complex routes.
Basically, news media is where it is at because of bad management. The idiots view is as a decrease of paper, and nothing else. They have not adjusted their approach to news. Yet, there are loads of ways for them to make money and increase web readership. This idea will simply continue to support bad management of news.
Cornet in the 70's, piano every so often.
No, not really. It has only been in the last 6-8 years that it was seriously underfunded. Clinton kept it at 1% of budget, but he did not put huge demands on NASA. OTH, both reagan and W put monster requirements (NASP, Space stations, moon, mars, etc) on them while at the same time cutting their budget (partially directly, and other times by inflation). Had W kept it at 8-9% of budget, NASA would be in GREAT SHAPE and we would be heading to the moon NOW. NASA is where it is at because of bad leadership all around.
Hopefully, NASA gets smart and pushes Obama to release funds for private space. With a little bit of INTELLIGENT spending, we can get private space to develop new business in space and create a business boom. I saw that NASA is looking to buy Bigelow's modules and attach them to the ISS. If they do that, AND have a tug/fuel depot contract to haul them, then we will still go for the moon before 2020.
About 15 years ago, I got rid of the printer. I figured that the ONLY way to walk away from paper was to not print any (zaurus and newton are wonderful tools). ABout 7 years ago, I quit buying paperbacks. ALl of my new books were either hardcover or leather bound (easton press; great group). Now, I will go only with leather bound/acid free. I figure that top end books will go up in price, while everybody is moving to e-books.
Google is basically moving us to the digital era. Companies like IBM, MS, Xerox have worked to keep us locked into a dual economy and make as much from it as possible. I think that if I were other nations, I would be BEGGING google to set up shop in their nations.
It has probably provided the majority of the LIVING supplies. BUT in terms of tonnage carried up there, I think that you will find that the shuttle has taken the bulk up there. For starters, there has been roughly 1 shuttle, 1 progress and 1 souyz per quarter. The souyz and the progress do not match the shuttle.
Actually, a lot of it is because NASA was underfunded for quite some time (years).
Construction may come to a halt (at least temporarily), but it doesn't seem that the crews will be short of things to do while there.
Actually, it appears that Construction will not stop. For starters, Italy just paid a bit of money to NASA to leave one of the modules on there. Now, NASA is FINALLY studying the idea of buying one or more Bigelow units and adding it to the ISS. To get it there, they will need to either use the shuttle, OR a tug. If done right, this could fire up the private industry and jump start Bigelow with private space stations, as well as a tug company or two along with the required Fuel depot.
I'm a UK student of Japanese Studies at Cambridge, but I'll let it slide :-)
Mea Culpa; No insult meant.
To be fair, most Japanese my age are very apathetic about politics, in spite of the regime shift, so I've not had much inside info!
Actually, they were apathetic back in the 80's, since things were good for them. My guess is that without the lost decade, the party would not have changed.
I will be curious to see what happens. After Rudd was elected in Australia, I was curious to watch their response. They have actually been harsher towards China, not less. Hatoyama spoke in favor of more business with China during the election, but it could be no different than an American Republican speaking about a balanced budget. Nice words, but actions are the exact opposite.
Because they are not fine with it. Citizens are upset about it. In addition, even China admits that its pollution is spreading the world over. And they claim that because we will not give it to them, that we are the guilty party.
Nah. Check the Honda and IEEE articles. We also had it on /., but I have forgotten when and am not going to google it.
Oh, the approach will allow them to take the nukes and coal offline, but the problem is that it will make EU more dependant on other nations. Germany seems to forget what happened recently with Georgia. Germany was in an uproar over that. Now, they will have to keep VERY quiet and not express moral indignation, or it will cost them winter fuel. Worse, this is the MOST INEFFICIENT way to do this. It has 92% efficiency. OTH, there are 98% heaters, though it requires outside electricity to run the fan or pump. And if they go with geo-thermal, they gain even higher efficiency on BOTH heat and cooling. Of course, they need to quit trying to go to deep wells and just use the shallow trench approach (or do a district type approach). At this time, I am guessing Germans are getting nervous about geo-thermal. They tried deep geo-thermal on a faulty line than acted surprised by the tremors, just recently, they decided to do a shallow well geo-thermal heat pump where they pumped out the water, then injected when the city started sinking, which then swelled the clay. That was bad engineering, but at least they are trying.