By "created data" I assume you mean "data derived from satellite measurements whose accuracy was verified using a known control." From TFA:
"This can be tested on artificially generated data gaps, in places where one knows the actual surface temperature values but holds them back in the calculation. Cowtan and Way perform extensive validation tests, which demonstrate that their hybrid method provides significantly better results than a normal interpolation on the surface data as done by GISS."
When data points you in one direction, the number of conclusions you can draw from it is equally limited.
3 fires out of 21000 is pretty trivial. Ferrari had 10 out of 1100 of their 458 Italias burn up before they fixed the problem. There was no federal review for those, though.
132 MPH isn't THAT ridiculously fast, but it is certainly fast enough that you shouldn't be doing it on standard production tires, even the ones rated for high speed, because they aren't rated for that high speed for any length of time...
Any high speed tire (V or higher) with an "A" temperature rating should be safe for driving over 100mph (although for sustained track use you'd probably want a higher speed rating, and also need to pay attention to traction and treadwear ratings). Tesla has V rated OEM tires (rated up to 149mph), and this guy was doing 130mph for a short period of time, which was certainly safe as far as the tires are concerned. I wouldn't race along at that speed on those tires for a long period of time, though.
Buried deep in the Kickstarter info: "We are excited about Oculus Rift (we have a dev kit) and VR in general, and we'd love to have a stretch goal that heads that direction." Woot!
The Unreal Engine SDK now has Oculus Rift support. An adventure game similar to Myst that took full advantage of Oculus would be so awesome. If Cyan has plans to support it for this game, they can SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
Personally I have no idea why people spend this kind of money on a car.
It's like the difference between cafeteria food and a nice restaurant. Sure, both get the job done, but spending more buys you a better experience (okay, not always, but let's not get nit-picky). Some people want a little more luxury, more features, etc, and if they can afford it, then why not? Leather heated seats sure are nice in the winter:)
FYI - Greenhouse gasses comprise less than 0.04% of the atmosphere, and we've increased the concentration of the most abundant one by almost 40% in the last hundred years.
Good point. In my area, you can pay a small surcharge to ensure that all the electricity the power company purchases on your behalf comes from renewable resources like wind, solar, and hydro. I pay said surcharge, so my Model S will be eco-magically-delicious.
This is the first soap opera that I've ever followed. This guy's life is so weird and his ramblings are so amusing that I find myself looking forward to each new episode. Wait, this is real?:-)
If that's true, then it's a huge win. Those are the cars in their target market segment, and Tesla is outselling them. A Model S starts at $62K, you know.
It doesn't take a lot of googling to find longer periods. Has it looked different hundreds of thousands of years ago? YES. YES IT HAS. Has it ever changed so rapidly?
Quick question to you (and don't use a search engine to try an answer)... what are the five most common gasses in the atmosphere, and what are their concentrations? Can you answer that? I'll give you N2 and 02, but what about the next three? Be honest with yourself. Did you google it? I've found that most AGW deniers can't even name the first two, which shows a complete lack of ignorance on the subject beyond what they've learned from their filtered media outlets. Without facts, reasoned debate on the subject is impossible. At this point, I'm sure you've used your favorite search engine to look around. Now, what is the most abundant greenhouse gas? What is its concentration in the atmosphere? How much has that increased since the industrial revolution began?
You can watch the entire progression here. As an avid xkcd fan and someone who has been following xkcd/1190 every day, I find it pretty interesting. That geekwagon link has helped me keep up (and no, I'm not associated with geekwagon in any way).
Graphs of natural phenomena are rarely linear. This is true for global temperature... this graph of average global temperatures, however, very clearly shows a trend. Picking small sections of data (portions of a graph) whilst ignoring the rest to try and make a point is scientifically dishonest at best (and wrong/completely inaccurate at worst).
I installed it on my media center, and it's my primary device for media in my living room. The GUI's good for that, but having used it extensively there, I could not live with it on my laptop.
Half the 'beautiful' styling mentioned in the article (minimal use of templates, getter/setters, etc) leads to code that executes faster, without relying on compiler optimization to fix it up later.
Remember how important it was that one of the two earlier rovers found surface water by getting a wheel stuck in the mud? Remember how big a story that was? That is not getting into the history books
That didn't get in to the history books because that didn't happen. Spirit got stuck in sand. Very dry sand. The Phoenix lander at the pole saw visible water ice after scraping the surface with a tool, only to see that ice sublimate. Some satellite evidence hints at possible subsurface flows of brine, but that has yet to be confirmed.
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When data points you in one direction, the number of conclusions you can draw from it is equally limited.
3 fires out of 21000 is pretty trivial. Ferrari had 10 out of 1100 of their 458 Italias burn up before they fixed the problem. There was no federal review for those, though.
...ten Ferrari 458 Italias burst in to flames in the first few months?
132 MPH isn't THAT ridiculously fast, but it is certainly fast enough that you shouldn't be doing it on standard production tires, even the ones rated for high speed, because they aren't rated for that high speed for any length of time ...
Any high speed tire (V or higher) with an "A" temperature rating should be safe for driving over 100mph (although for sustained track use you'd probably want a higher speed rating, and also need to pay attention to traction and treadwear ratings). Tesla has V rated OEM tires (rated up to 149mph), and this guy was doing 130mph for a short period of time, which was certainly safe as far as the tires are concerned. I wouldn't race along at that speed on those tires for a long period of time, though.
Get nine women!
Buried deep in the Kickstarter info: "We are excited about Oculus Rift (we have a dev kit) and VR in general, and we'd love to have a stretch goal that heads that direction." Woot!
The Unreal Engine SDK now has Oculus Rift support. An adventure game similar to Myst that took full advantage of Oculus would be so awesome. If Cyan has plans to support it for this game, they can SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
Is that what the iPhone did?
Personally I have no idea why people spend this kind of money on a car.
It's like the difference between cafeteria food and a nice restaurant. Sure, both get the job done, but spending more buys you a better experience (okay, not always, but let's not get nit-picky). Some people want a little more luxury, more features, etc, and if they can afford it, then why not? Leather heated seats sure are nice in the winter :)
FYI - Greenhouse gasses comprise less than 0.04% of the atmosphere, and we've increased the concentration of the most abundant one by almost 40% in the last hundred years.
Good point. In my area, you can pay a small surcharge to ensure that all the electricity the power company purchases on your behalf comes from renewable resources like wind, solar, and hydro. I pay said surcharge, so my Model S will be eco-magically-delicious.
This is the first soap opera that I've ever followed. This guy's life is so weird and his ramblings are so amusing that I find myself looking forward to each new episode. Wait, this is real? :-)
If that's true, then it's a huge win. Those are the cars in their target market segment, and Tesla is outselling them. A Model S starts at $62K, you know.
It doesn't take a lot of googling to find longer periods. Has it looked different hundreds of thousands of years ago? YES. YES IT HAS. Has it ever changed so rapidly?
... what are the five most common gasses in the atmosphere, and what are their concentrations? Can you answer that? I'll give you N2 and 02, but what about the next three? Be honest with yourself. Did you google it? I've found that most AGW deniers can't even name the first two, which shows a complete lack of ignorance on the subject beyond what they've learned from their filtered media outlets. Without facts, reasoned debate on the subject is impossible. At this point, I'm sure you've used your favorite search engine to look around. Now, what is the most abundant greenhouse gas? What is its concentration in the atmosphere? How much has that increased since the industrial revolution began?
Quick question to you (and don't use a search engine to try an answer)
You can watch the entire progression here. As an avid xkcd fan and someone who has been following xkcd/1190 every day, I find it pretty interesting. That geekwagon link has helped me keep up (and no, I'm not associated with geekwagon in any way).
I'm pretty sure it's a server time hash that loads the next image. You can see the progression here
Sounds exactly like the data between 1960 and 1978! And nothing has changed since then! The temperature has stayed exactly the same! Oh, wait.
Graphs of natural phenomena are rarely linear. This is true for global temperature... this graph of average global temperatures, however, very clearly shows a trend. Picking small sections of data (portions of a graph) whilst ignoring the rest to try and make a point is scientifically dishonest at best (and wrong/completely inaccurate at worst).
...but, will he blend?
I installed it on my media center, and it's my primary device for media in my living room. The GUI's good for that, but having used it extensively there, I could not live with it on my laptop.
Not only do they blow, but they also suck (when doing regenerative braking)...
Half the 'beautiful' styling mentioned in the article (minimal use of templates, getter/setters, etc) leads to code that executes faster, without relying on compiler optimization to fix it up later.
...he was fleeing from Belize, not the USA.
Remember how important it was that one of the two earlier rovers found surface water by getting a wheel stuck in the mud? Remember how big a story that was? That is not getting into the history books
That didn't get in to the history books because that didn't happen. Spirit got stuck in sand. Very dry sand. The Phoenix lander at the pole saw visible water ice after scraping the surface with a tool, only to see that ice sublimate. Some satellite evidence hints at possible subsurface flows of brine, but that has yet to be confirmed.
Holy cached copy, batman! I refreshed and now see only 88%, similar to what you described. Doh!