Second Mann spoof video removed

Erik (23:09:57) :
@Luboš Motl (22:09:17)
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We still have a freedom of speech over here
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..and you got Václav Klaus, a real man that dare stand up against the AGW crowd
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Could we borrow Václav Klaus, for four years to run for President here in the USA? All he has to do is hide his birth certificate behind a bunch of lawyers. /sarc

DirkH (00:33:40) :
“John A (23:09:38) :
VS (21:28:16) :
IT/CS types are overwhelmingly pro-AGWH, see their complete coup of wikipedia. I guess they trust computer simulations above all else..,
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Untrue. Or at least unknowable.”
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I have to defend VS here. My impression of my various IT&CS colleagues from various projects over the last years is: 90% silently pro-AGW, 10% Moonbats. Everyone of them loves solar and wind power generation….
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I would have to agree from what I see in the USA, but I would extend it to all College graduates. Most are served a healthy dose of “green” brainwashing along with their education. Since rebellion is typical of most young adults, they generally swallow it whole without checking.
I remember the screaming arguments my brilliant Electrical Engineering brother had with my Dad. Big brother got a healthy dose of brainwashing his first semester in college. Intelligence and education are no real protection against brainwashing. It actually seems to make the target more gullible because they are so highly specialized, focused in their thinking and getting deluged with tons of new information. When do they really have the time to do in depth research on the subject when they are studying and partying?

OT News: Global warmers are the flat earthers
Flat Earth global warming?
Perhaps this is too good to be true.
But Vincent Gray at Climate realists has noticed a little flaw in the mythical Computer Model of global warming.
The model is based on a flat Earth.
http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/archives/12704

John A (23:09:38) :
you can think with your Gut because their are brain like cells all the way through the alimentary canal
A great book:
http://www.amazon.com/Second-Brain-Groundbreaking-Understanding-Disorders/dp/0060930721
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060182520/omega23

With writs flying like confetti, AOL seems to have joined the ranks of those passing satirical comment on the upper echelons of the warmist power base.
My attempts for the past two days to connect with Hadobs CET record have failed but the ever helpful AOL on each occasion have suggested “Did you mean Hand Jobs?”
My first thoughts were ” no I do not” but on reflection perhaps their opinion of the MET office is that they are in fact a load of W***ers and clicking that link will provide access to the information I require.
To click or not to click – that is the question…………………
http://hadobs.metoffice.com/hadcet/cet_info_mean.html
Only works on AOL!

steven mosher (07:12:01) :Hey!, that knowledge is really awesome!, now it becomes clear the behaviour of GWrs.! Either they suffer of constipation, those who are lean and of the most hysterical type (rather explainable because they are materially full of sh**), or they suffer of diarrhea, those who speak about “coal death trains”, who, no matter what they do, are incapable of feeling the warm coming from the sun rays, those are the ones who hate us skeptics and call us deniers…etc.etc.
Seriously talking, it is not surprising as the center of gravity of the human body (called Hara by the japanese), and situated about an inch below the navel is the center of blood circulation, the “plexus mesentericus”.

The quest for the truth continues:
“Climate Scientist Sues Canada’s National Post”
http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/04/22/26627.htm

Dr. Mann is using a communications tactic to leverage free publicity. He’s not stupid, so I suspect he’s positioning himself for the pending Gore announcements (antics) and attempting to play a role in the face of a growing worldwide community of Skeptics.
He actually has nothing to lose and a great deal to gain as they still want to pass the Cap and Trade Bill later this year.

To the anti-Google/pro-Bing posters,
Bing is Micro$oft. When you look at things like corporate activities, corporate donations, and causes championed and donations made by their bigwigs, are they really any better?
Side note: Strange that no one mentioned Yahoo! as an alternative… or maybe not that strange, I gave up on it long ago. 😉
The whole mess, YouTube and Blogger etc, highlights something important. If you really want to seriously put out something controversial, put it on your own site, with your own hosting. Free speech ain’t free.
Anyone know if the original video will get stored at the Internet Archive? I wonder if it’s even possible to get them to delete anything. Hey, does anyone know if the Library of Congress will store a copy? Did anyone email it to their Congress Critters, making it official correspondence?

VS (21:28:16) :
The Computer Sciences were the first hard-science/engineering field to be targeted by communists and other lefties. You should look at their curriculum and listen to their wacked profs. The rot goes back to the late 60’s. BTW I work as a Software Architect specializing in instrumentation and data collection. Many software engineers do manage to overcome the damage caused by their schooling.

I think VS may be seeing regional geographic differences effecting the beliefs of “IT/MIS” people. In that a great many IT people work in Silicon Valley, Seattle or NYC, you are likely mostly seeing the reflection of peer pressure regarding “beliefs” influenced by the culture they live within. Silicon Valley and Seattle are both deep into “green marketing”, much of which is nothing more than marketing propaganda with little or no impact on the environment.
Many professional software engineers, me included, examined source code released with the better known ClimateGate emails and were quite surprised to find obvious errors in the code, no sign of code testing, archival or version control – and really, no signs that professional software engineering standards were ever associated with climate modeling and statistical analysis.
Last week, Dr. Judith Curry of Georgia Tech called upon the climate science community to enlist the assistance of professional statisticians and computer scientists so that climate research can repair its reputation for sloppiness and unprofessional work products.

Some things I believe to be mostly true:
Those who profess to do things for ‘the greater good’ have an ulterior motive;
People who are quite well educated can be not very smart;
The left wing group tends to encompass environmentalists who like to do things ‘for the greater good’;
People who profess to do things ‘for the greater good’, very rarely do;
people who profess to do things ‘for the greater good’ want to shut up those who don’t subscribe to their point of view and will aggressively pursue any and every action to do so;
Google, Wikipedia and other ‘socially controlled’ sites are driven by those who like to do things ‘for the greater good’;
Those who want others to do things ‘for the greater good’ will argue the man, not the case.
Never trust an educated left wing environmentalist who wants things to happen ‘for the greater good’ because they did a Google search and found a Wikipedia page, and will begin by insulting you when you start any sentence with ‘but what about…’.
Colloquially:
Very smart people are often not well educated – usually through no direct fault of their own;
People who actually do things ‘for the greater good’, just actually go ahead and do it;
People who are actively making the world a better place will educate you on things that make the world a better place, but understand that you are free to make your own choices;
Smart people see ‘social’ sites as simply a tool, and like everything on the internet, probably made up by a 14 year old who has nothing better to do while the World of Warcraft servers are down for maintenance;
Right wingers are quite happy for any and all to have a soap box – particularly those with an opposing point of view – so that everyone can gather all the views (wacky or not) on a subject;
True environmentalists tend not to label themselves as such;
Those who want to do things ‘for the greater good’ will argue the case, not the man.
(Now, I may be wrong, and there are probably several people who fit one or more of the above categories who are perfectly fine people. But….just sayin’).