Comments on: Quote of the week #14

By: tallbloke

tallbloke — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:09:36 +0000

Craig Moore (16:34:39) :

jwr: “Lubos’ string theory math makes my head hurt.”

His math is a little quarky.

I think it exhibits strangeness and charm at the same time. (Depending which end of the probability cone you look down).

By: Jimmy Haigh

Jimmy Haigh — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:37:07 +0000

Ed Scott (08:56:20) :

Global Warming Debate – Philip Stott

I bumped into Prof. Stott on a street in London near Russell Square a few months ago – I told him that I thought he was a very fine chap. I think he thiught I was a nutter!

By: H.R.

H.R. — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:44:59 +0000

@kuhnkat (08:15:27) :

“H.R.

“In tallbloke’s defense (not that he needs it); “The straightest distance between two points is a short line.””

So, if you are traveling from, say, Sacramento, California, to Reno, Nevada, you will take the straight lie as it is shortest?

What kind of drilling/mining machines or explosives will you be using for that???

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Hey! No one is claiming it’s the easiest way ;o)

P.S. I think tallbloke, in his own defense, had a pint there.

By: tallbloke

tallbloke — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:19:11 +0000

Here’s my quote of the week, which sums up the night battle between the sides in the climate debate quite well:

“the only approach which does not inhibit progress (using whichever definition one sees fit) is “anything goes”: “‘anything goes’ is not a ‘principle’ I hold… but the terrified exclamation of a rationalist who takes a closer look at history.”
(Paul Feyerabend, 1975).

By: timbrom

timbrom — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:04:51 +0000

Ed Scott

Thanks for that link. What a speech!

By: tallbloke

tallbloke — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:56:07 +0000

kuhnkat (08:15:27) :

H.R.

“In tallbloke’s defense (not that he needs it); “The straightest distance between two points is a short line.””

So, if you are traveling from, say, Sacramento, California, to Reno, Nevada, you will take the straight lie as it is shortest?

What kind of drilling/mining machines or explosives will you be using for that???

Everyone knows the shortest distance between two pints is along a straight bar. You might not take the shortest or straightest way home after repeating the experiment several times however. Fortunately, being a heretic denialist flat-earther, I don’t need explosives or drills to be able to go straight to bed afterwards.

Though they might come in handy for waking up the government.

Was Guy Fawkes a flat earther? Hmmmm.

By: Tom in Texas

Tom in Texas — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:23:00 +0000

Lucy Skywalker (00:34:29) :

Lucy, I just clicked on my above “alt char chart” link and it worked fine for me.

alt 248 = °
alt 247 = ≈

By: Ed Scott

Ed Scott — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:56:20 +0000

Global Warming Debate – Philip Stott

By: fafhrd

fafhrd — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:50:50 +0000

kuhnkat (08:15:27) :
I’ve got to agree that the straight lie will get you to where you want to go faster than any other method of getting to the answer.
Jim (06:44:03) :
Although math is an abbreviation of mathematics, it does seem more reasonable to use the plural maths to represent the plural mathematics – no matter how truly strange and unnecessary it seems to do so. As to using flavour, colour, etc. I put my foot down!

As to the quote of the week, your continued use of logic (and humour) to dislodge faith in my religion will not be countenanced! My lord Algore or one of his apostles will strike you down for this blasphemy!!

By: kuhnkat

kuhnkat — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:15:27 +0000

H.R.

“In tallbloke’s defense (not that he needs it); “The straightest distance between two points is a short line.””

So, if you are traveling from, say, Sacramento, California, to Reno, Nevada, you will take the straight lie as it is shortest?

What kind of drilling/mining machines or explosives will you be using for that???

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

By: Ed Scott

Ed Scott — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:06:29 +0000

Don’t confuse me with facts I’m saving the world, Global temperatures are declining but politicians keep speaking of warming

Temperatures are normal, it’s the Politics that are Wrong

By Dr. Tim Ball Monday, July 13, 2009

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12865

Don’t confuse me with facts I’m saving the world
But nothing stops Obama as his comments in Italy show. His purpose parallels a wonderful comment about exploiting environmental misinformation for social engineering toward more government control. Christine Stewart, Canada’s former Minister of the Environment said in 1998, “No matter if the science is all phony, there are collateral environmental benefits….Climate change [provides] the greatest chance to bring about justice and equality in the world.” It also provides a massive source of revenue.

By: mmfiore

mmfiore — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:52:39 +0000

The whole Global warming thing is probably not being caused by greenhouse gasses at all. Nasa satelites monitoring the Sun have discovered for a minimum of the last 30 years the sun has been increasing in temperature. They were also able to extrapolate to over a hundred years now and prove that it has been getting warmer for over a hundred years. The whole Al Gore thing is absolute nonsense.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:48:58 +0000

Richard Heg (23:53:34) :
“Michael Mann runs latest proxies through model and finds … wait for it … a cue stick chart! “

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:44:03 +0000

Jimmy Haigh (20:54:16) :
If it makes you feel any better, Americans use math as a abbreviation, without the period, that stands for mathematics.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:59:07 +0000

“Averageness” just means we are halfway between catastrophic warming that proves AGW and valid, and natural variable cooling due to a highly sensitive climate who’s rhythms can couple and decouple flinging it unexpectedly into new states, which show that warming will be even more serious than previously thought to be due to AGW. Sheesh, don’t you people understand anything?!