tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post2355635388668878475..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: (A)GW Dissemblers: It Would Be AmusingRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-24409860291136681622009-12-10T22:27:33.531-05:002009-12-10T22:27:33.531-05:00Fascinating!Fascinating!Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-25527283499352327912009-12-10T21:48:01.947-05:002009-12-10T21:48:01.947-05:00What's weird is that if you look at the temper...What's weird is that if you look at the temperature data - the raw data, that is, straight from the thermometer, without any of these nebulous "adjustments" - there may <a href="http://borepatch.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-to-create-scientific-consensus-on.html" rel="nofollow">not have been any warming for a <i>hundred years</i></a>.<br /><br />I, too, started out as a "the planet is warming" sort of guy, based pretty much on inertia and "follow the crowd".<br /><br />Yes, it sounds like a kooky conspiracy theory, but the numbers are the numbers.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-20931508888268260602009-12-10T11:40:52.597-05:002009-12-10T11:40:52.597-05:00I wonder if it comes partly from them being non-te...I wonder if it comes partly from them being non-technical people. Technical people tend to be very precise and concise in their use of language; non-technical people tend to be much sloppier and hilarity ensues.<br /><br /><br />WV: propen - POSIX function for reopening a pipe on a new handle?Rob Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15604826633798229422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-56554136629910961402009-12-10T09:26:27.949-05:002009-12-10T09:26:27.949-05:00Well, 'anthropogenic' is a hard word that ...Well, 'anthropogenic' <i>is</i> a hard word that doesn't trip to mind readily. Too many syllables. Hard to remember. They could embarass themselves if they mispronounce it. Might as well drop it and just say Global Warming for all that stuff. Forget that A-word ever existed. Conflates the meaning a bit, but that's ok, right?New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-51155449050779977572009-12-10T08:31:55.553-05:002009-12-10T08:31:55.553-05:00Pffft, everyone knows that Geoge Bush is warming t...Pffft, everyone knows that Geoge Bush is warming the earf with his weath control machine that Haliburton made.<br /><br />The Chimperor is to blame!<br /><br /><br />Shootin' BuddyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com