As for Chess, I would reccomend Freechess.org, which is free *and* excellent, and they have links to solid and *free* gui's as well. I use Winboard myself.
While there is a model in which carbon dioxide can lead to global warming, there are also several models in which global warming leads to increases in carbon dioxide levels.
This is not a criticism. It is called a positive feedback loop. A causes B. B causes conditions C, such that A. loop.
You are quite right that designing a model to fit the data, and then showing that the data fits the model is circular. It might be the case that some researchers do this. But it is more likely that the majority are well aware of this, and I think your blanket criticism fails to offer anything constructive.
What actually occurs is that scientists construct *theoretical models*, where elements in these theoretical models are founded on the results in physics, chemistry, and so on. Scientists then compare these *theoretical models* with *data models*. Data models are based directly on observations.
For the study in question, the climatologists have a data model (the observations of sea temperature over time), and a theory model. They run the theory models using initial data from the data model (say, starting in Jan, 1960),and see if the theoretical model constructs a virtual data model isomorphic to the actual data model. This study appears to have constructed several theory models to test different hypotheses about data observations. The climatologists state that the model which included human activity accounts best for the data.
No, because there are no Gravitationists like there are Evolutionists
the only reason there are no Gravitationists like there are Evolutionists (as you say it), is simply because gravitational theory does not directly contradict people's religious beliefs like the theory of evolution does. Evolutionists are evolutionists because anti-evolutionists call them evolutionists instead of calling them what they call themselves, biologists.
Thank you for this very insightful post. I didn't finish it exactly, because I should be studying, and half-way through reading it, I realized that my participation in/. and other online forums is seriously impeding my productivity. Thank you. And now, off to work!
Smart people just start thinking about other things than adding and subtracting stupid numbers together. They are also smart enough to know that stressing out about it is not worth it. They've nothing to prove, and well, stress aint healthy.
I don't believe in timed exams. I think a better exam is one that a person is given a day to work out a difficult problem or set of problems.
My mailbox is on Lincoln. there has never been to the best of my knowledge any road nearby named Dodge.
Some here have suggested that errors are introduced for copywrite protection (a rather crude way of doing it, don't you think?). I actually think it was probably an error.
sure. Don't you? Wind is good, except for a few minor problems, the biggest of which is dependability. Nuclear is safer than people imagine and is quite productive. Solar should be supplemental. I'm not necessarily thinking solar farms (except maybe in places like Arizona), but solar panels on individual homes and businesses.
The idea is not to necessarily eliminate fossil fuel use, but to make it the use of last resort.
Google's maps has a very slick interface. I like it. ONLY the name of the street I live on is WRONG in the map. My street is Lincoln, and its says Dodge Road. I know that I'm not looking at the wrong location, my location is easily identifiable and the other streets nearbye are correctly named, and when I do a search for my address it goes directly to Dodge Street. (maybe Google knows something I don't?)
I would much rather live within a short distance of a nuclear power plant than a coal power plant or petroleum refinery.
I would rather live within a short distance of a well-managed, well protected, and safely designed nuclear reactor than near a coal power pland or petroleum refinery.
A combination of wind, solar, nuclear, supplemented at times by fossil fuels are the way to go.
I'm sure that the structure of corporations in 1930's Germany is very different than it is in the modern day US. It sounds like you want to return to a pre-industrialized society because people can't be trusted with technology. But if you don't like that example, how about Stalin and the 30 million his government killed in the gulag
Why can't we just say that powerful entities whether governmental or non-governmental are prone to abuse that power. In this sense, history doesn't matter. Its kind of like saying nuclear weapons aren't really that dangerous since the most they have ever killed are in the thousands while conventional war has killed many more.
Simply to say, I don't trust business simply because, as things are set up now, its not their job to look out for the public's interest, while, at least in theory, the role of the government is precisely to look out for the public's interest (that is the theoretical justification outline in, for example, social contract theory). Open up today's newspaper and you will see what I mean. keyword: asbestos, Wisconsin
And tell me. How far would Nazism have gotten in Germany if corporate industry in Germany were not so willing to fall into line behind Hitler? Corporate business liked Hitler because he transformed the German economy to favor them (and they didn't think that the free Jewish slave labor was so bad either)
Well Obviously this old dying star system is the original home of our species. We're just the descendents of the marooned colonists who found that their pyramid space-ships had suddenly (and quite inexplicably) turned to stone.
Over-rated I can understand. But flame-bait? Did I offend the foil-hats?
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Those are probably stars in our own galaxy. Its not like this dark gallery is "invisible"
Hey, verbal commands for Angband would be cool! (well at least until you got tired of killing those rats).
Actually, what's nethack like in comparison to Angband?
Or StarControl II, if you can find it.
And I like the text graphics. My style.
Of course, it uses the keyboard a lot, so probably wouldn't be good for seanboy.
As for Chess, I would reccomend Freechess.org, which is free *and* excellent, and they have links to solid and *free* gui's as well. I use Winboard myself.
This is not a criticism. It is called a positive feedback loop. A causes B. B causes conditions C, such that A. loop.
What actually occurs is that scientists construct *theoretical models*, where elements in these theoretical models are founded on the results in physics, chemistry, and so on. Scientists then compare these *theoretical models* with *data models*. Data models are based directly on observations.
For the study in question, the climatologists have a data model (the observations of sea temperature over time), and a theory model. They run the theory models using initial data from the data model (say, starting in Jan, 1960),and see if the theoretical model constructs a virtual data model isomorphic to the actual data model. This study appears to have constructed several theory models to test different hypotheses about data observations. The climatologists state that the model which included human activity accounts best for the data.
And as far as I'm concerned, digital 'lifeforms' are truly lifeforms, and that is that.
You need permission irregardless of marital status.
Correction: some mathematicians Certainly not the majority who actually care to become intimately familiar with the subject.
Two: Evolution has occured irregardless of whether Darwinian theory of the mechanics of evolution are correct. The fossil evidence is massively clear.
the only reason there are no Gravitationists like there are Evolutionists (as you say it), is simply because gravitational theory does not directly contradict people's religious beliefs like the theory of evolution does. Evolutionists are evolutionists because anti-evolutionists call them evolutionists instead of calling them what they call themselves, biologists.
Really? Or do you think that you are getting Windows with your new PC for free too?
Thank you for this very insightful post. I didn't finish it exactly, because I should be studying, and half-way through reading it, I realized that my participation in /. and other online forums is seriously impeding my productivity. Thank you. And now, off to work!
Well, I can't remember how old I am. And I'm only 29! Wait, 28, I mean. I think.
I don't believe in timed exams. I think a better exam is one that a person is given a day to work out a difficult problem or set of problems.
And what exactly does this say about NASA's f*ups?
My mailbox is on Lincoln. there has never been to the best of my knowledge any road nearby named Dodge.
Some here have suggested that errors are introduced for copywrite protection (a rather crude way of doing it, don't you think?). I actually think it was probably an error.
The idea is not to necessarily eliminate fossil fuel use, but to make it the use of last resort.
Google's maps has a very slick interface. I like it. ONLY the name of the street I live on is WRONG in the map. My street is Lincoln, and its says Dodge Road. I know that I'm not looking at the wrong location, my location is easily identifiable and the other streets nearbye are correctly named, and when I do a search for my address it goes directly to Dodge Street. (maybe Google knows something I don't?)
I would rather live within a short distance of a well-managed, well protected, and safely designed nuclear reactor than near a coal power pland or petroleum refinery.
A combination of wind, solar, nuclear, supplemented at times by fossil fuels are the way to go.
Why can't we just say that powerful entities whether governmental or non-governmental are prone to abuse that power. In this sense, history doesn't matter. Its kind of like saying nuclear weapons aren't really that dangerous since the most they have ever killed are in the thousands while conventional war has killed many more.
Simply to say, I don't trust business simply because, as things are set up now, its not their job to look out for the public's interest, while, at least in theory, the role of the government is precisely to look out for the public's interest (that is the theoretical justification outline in, for example, social contract theory). Open up today's newspaper and you will see what I mean. keyword: asbestos, Wisconsin
And tell me. How far would Nazism have gotten in Germany if corporate industry in Germany were not so willing to fall into line behind Hitler? Corporate business liked Hitler because he transformed the German economy to favor them (and they didn't think that the free Jewish slave labor was so bad either)
Over-rated I can understand. But flame-bait? Did I offend the foil-hats?
And isn't an egg.