” They are night zombies. They are my neighbors. The have returned from the dead. Aaaaah.”

“I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S”

It would take some cleaning up to be a popularity contest.

I mean, am I the only one who noticed that they “made adjustments” until they got the answers they wanted?

Where have we seen that before?

Didja hear that? LESS THAN 40 VOTES.

Fancy that.

Guess I’ll post my little clip again, just for good measure. I clipped it off Bad Astronomy.

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PRESENTING:

“# The DoLittleon 02 Nov 2007 at 4:50 pm
“Well, I just cheated for ya… [i.e., for Bad Astronomy]

“I have 20 computers here in the lab, so you got at least 20 more votes from me.

“I’m not going to be in lab tomorrow, but I’ll be cheating again on Sunday.

“…and no I don’t live in Chicago!”

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And no response whatever to this, O, my apparently broken-fingered brethren.

Yup, as of this entry, Climate Audit loses by less than 40 votes.

Outrage, anybody? Mere contempt won’t do.

Now, I want to to picture DoLittleton right now.

As he breaks out the champagne.
As he high-fives his buddies.
As he pats himself on the back for a job well done.

Imagine the grin on his face, the warm feelings of triumph and superiority he is feeling RIGHT NOW.

Hear that? He’s laughing at you, RIGHT NOW.

Bask in the contempt he feels for you, RIGHT NOW.

Swallow THAT.

I SAID, OUTRAGE ANYBODY?

So, now that the voting is literally neack-and-neck, is anyone gonna pull (at least) 40 votes off of BA? I won’t be holding breath!

Well, they won’t be getting any “moderation” off of me!

“IT IS AN OUTRAGE! I SHALL TELL EVERYBODY.”

Oooooh, yes I have. And I had it very much in mind, too! Good call. I couldn’t recall any quotes, so I didn’t indulge.

Hehe, fond some at wikiquotes, here http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rosencrantz_%26_Guildenstern_Are_Dead

Here are some of my favs.

Rosencrantz: Half of what he said meant something else and the other half didn’t mean anything at all.

Guildenstern: The colours red, blue and green are real. The colour yellow is a mystical experience shared by everybody. Demolish.

Oooooh, yes I have. And I had it very much in mind, too! Good call. I couldn’t recall any quotes, so I didn’t indulge.

I’m moving this one on up to the more recect St. Mac thread.

Meanwhile, we are left to wonder how many others are indulging in disgusting, foul, revolting cheating . . . and I don’t just mean in this little contest, either!

I think I’m gonna spill a little blood on that nice white statistical snow–and then roll in it!

Just what are the odds of tossing 47 heads out of 50?

Obviously you’ve never seen Rosencranz and Guildenstern are Dead ;)

All we have to do to achieve that good old “100% confidence level” is to adjust 20 votes off of the BA total. I’m so sure THAT will guarantee us an honest count!

And how do we know THAT, pray tell? Because the counter SAYS so? Is THAT it?

Isn’t that pretty much the same reason we KNOW that the temperatures in Marysville, CA, has risen 4 degrees C since 1920?

But the noble NOAA hath said that Marysville is 4C warmer. And surely the NOAA are honorable men!

Maybe that jocular correlation St. Mac made between red states and recorded temperature decreases Vs blue states and temperature increases (just 3 exceptions, overall) is more than just an amazing coincidence.

Just what are the odds of tossing 47 heads out of 50?

As compared with the odds that temps are being recorded honestly?

Anyone who would cheat on an online vote would suck eggs. (And anyone who would suck eggs would deliberately increase the recorded temperature records of a surface station!)