The headline for this posting (Earth Releases More CO2...) illustrates why discussions about the theory of global warming are often so wrong-headed and confused. The reported data is about CO2 emissions in the UK, not Earth in toto. With a few words, these results are scaled-up to the whole planet!
Consider evidence the North American continent (and that includes a lot of guilty emitters) is on balance a carbon sink, based on data that's way more justifiable than most global temperature trend studies. Why? In part, in the States, we've been reforesting. In a generation, the USA will have as many trees as when the Pilgrims arrived.
Yes, I don't think smog is good. I don't think diesel fumes that give urban children asthma are good. But the environment qua religion and what's become the faith-based doctrine of global warming will seriously bias and waste resources dealing with the problems we can solve.
I agree. The hdd on my pre-FDB ThinkPad got to be so annoyingly loud, I swapped out for a Seagate with fluid dynamic bearings. As I recall, Seagate pioneered FDB. Noise ratings for some hdd's are available, but I'd say skip the comparisons and get Seagate.
Yes, to be honest, I think the narrative drive of this memoir was sputtering a bit by the time Derman made it to Boulder. But please hang in there, by page 143, when Derman shows up at Goldman Sachs and meets Fischer Black, the story really kicked into gear for me. I didn't expect in a book replete with technical models to find, dare I say, a soulful reminiscence about one's mentor.
Thanks for the comment & I think you're half-right;-)
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The headline for this posting (Earth Releases More CO2 ...) illustrates why discussions about the theory of global warming are often so wrong-headed and confused. The reported data is about CO2 emissions in the UK, not Earth in toto. With a few words, these results are scaled-up to the whole planet!
Consider evidence the North American continent (and that includes a lot of guilty emitters) is on balance a carbon sink, based on data that's way more justifiable than most global temperature trend studies. Why? In part, in the States, we've been reforesting. In a generation, the USA will have as many trees as when the Pilgrims arrived.
Yes, I don't think smog is good. I don't think diesel fumes that give urban children asthma are good. But the environment qua religion and what's become the faith-based doctrine of global warming will seriously bias and waste resources dealing with the problems we can solve.
I agree. The hdd on my pre-FDB ThinkPad got to be so annoyingly loud, I swapped out for a Seagate with fluid dynamic bearings. As I recall, Seagate pioneered FDB. Noise ratings for some hdd's are available, but I'd say skip the comparisons and get Seagate.
Yes, to be honest, I think the narrative drive of this memoir was sputtering a bit by the time Derman made it to Boulder. But please hang in there, by page 143, when Derman shows up at Goldman Sachs and meets Fischer Black, the story really kicked into gear for me. I didn't expect in a book replete with technical models to find, dare I say, a soulful reminiscence about one's mentor. Thanks for the comment & I think you're half-right ;-)