Back when MIT showcased this hi-tech wonder, few thought it could be improved upon.
They were wrong.
Kudos to Les Clay for this effort, and thanks for the chuckles.
Friday Funny: New climate prognostication machine unveiled
- Thursday, February 5, 2026
Hey Anthony, you even go a mention!
Uhm that seem to be a most interesting mechanic supellex supellectilis so one has to wonder if it’s really true at all. Flooding and drought at the same time?
Makes sense though, first there’s a flood, then all the water drains away and we get a seriously nice drought. Finally all my hard work, melting all that damn ice cold ice, is going to give a huge pay off.
This was re-posted earlier in the week on WUWT (but can’t find it now) but is worth repeating for those that did not see it; a comment by Jackn Hughes on BishopHill [
http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2010/9/10/more-oxburgh-reaction.html ] in response to someone who typed UAE rather than UEA (when commenting on the Oxburgh inquiry):
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@JohnH
Don’t confuse the UAE and the UEA.
One is a dysfunctional autocratic place where backward-looking religious views dominate. The other is a country in the middle east.
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Surely this has to be quote of the week?
Statistically with that wheel by far has more chances to achieve a correct forecast than their chaotic models, where a virtual sector in a wheel could repeat itself randomly to the infinite, which is imposible in the physical, and REAL, wheel.
I wouldn’t underestimate the effectiveness of satire in damaging the agenda of alarmist greens everywhere. Who ever this Les Clay fellow is, he needs to keep up the good work.
Very funny stuff!
RW says:
September 17, 2010 at 4:47 am
“Climate predictions cover a range of possibilities. However, you should have noticed that the chunk of the wheel showing a temperature rise of less than 3°C is very small.”
Not having read the small print on the wheel until your sad elucidation, I thought we had to guess the number of brain cells owned communally between them. More than 7 I considered an exageration.
Hadn’t seen that before – must have missed it.
Thank you.
If this is going to be popular I’d suggest they get Vanna White to do the spinning.
Paul Clark says:
September 17, 2010 at 5:21 am
OT: But, I’ve noticed my Google Earth now has a layer called “Global Awareness”. Is this new? It links to Greenpeace, WWF, UNEP and so on. I know Google has a lot of money invested in global warming but is this sort of advocacy in a geography tool really necessary?
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Paul, I’m not sure if he still is, but Gore was (still is?) a senior adviser to the Google board of directors. Not hard to figure out why Google would be such a one-sided advocate of the AGW scam.
It’s the reason all-things Google are boycotted in my household. Their products have been wiped from my computers, and I use Bing and Bing Maps now instead.
A return of giant dragonflies is possible however. If plant life takes off with more CO2 then there will be more O2 allowing a comeback of a pre-historic 2.5 foot wingspan monster called Meganeura monyi Chihuahuas beware!
I second that h/t to Les. Now THAT takes some real talent, great imagination, and most important, a well-needed sense of humor (across the isle, try it). Perhaps Les & WHN might consider showing Dr. Salt’s three-story industrial temperature graph homogenizer (hear he now has patent on how to handle all of the flames) ☺
ROTFLMAO.
That gave me an idea. Perhaps we can make it a requirement of joining the “concensus” that they have to rescue one polar bear each!
Colin from Mission B.C. says: “all-things Google are boycotted”
Use Bing Maps with the aerial view and find where Central Washington University is in Ellensburg, WA, then zoom in. Do the same using Google Earth. On the former you will find a dashed white line labeled “Iron Horse Trail” going across the campus. This shows the location of a long ago abandoned railroad. Twenty some years ago one could still make out this old graded path of the RR. For at least 10 years now there is nothing to see as university buildings and landscaping have left nothing of the old route – not even a sign mentioning the long gone trains.
I find more issues with Bing Maps such as indicated above so despite sharing your reasoning my choice is usually Google.
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As an aside: both have the name wrong. The John Wayne Pioneer Trail is one part of the State of WA’s Iron Horse State Park. This confuses even the locals.
Caption: Quoting Dr. Grumpy on the left.
“Spin it already! I’ve got to get it back to Delta House for tonight’s kegger.”
Ric Werme says:
September 17, 2010 at 5:47 am
I never knew there was a solar powered vibrator. Daytime, outdoor use only.
Perhaps it’s only for the use of those people for whom the sun shines out of it?
Thanks to all, and to AW for the post — the kind comments and laughter are inspiration to produce more irreverence. But I’d probably better inspire myself to get some work. Still, it’s an outlet for an unemployed old radio guy in Bozeman.
BTW, I actually invented and built the CCP before I did the cartoon. Maybe I can do a commission for MIT!
Why is it the smart ones are the ones suffering from Cranial Anal Thrust Syndrome? (CATS)
Diane Sawyer did a rather strange report on the torando that ripped through New York City.
First, the unusual sea temps (in the Atlantic, of course, not the cold Pacific), then the track of the storm across the midsection of the US and to the East Coast, and finally the Global Warming question.
First, though, was the bit “tornadoes are rarely seen in NY, and the last one was in 1976, and near the Statue of Liberty”.
Well, if this is any sign of things to come, just look at the next 2 winters that came after that 1976 tornado. Seed is planted, thank you Diane.
Finally, the picture of hurricanes suddenly appearing, but heading harmlessly up north before hitting the US.
Parting caveat: The cause is still under consideration.
In a somewhat similar vein, may humbly draw your attention to a lyrical tribute inspired by CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)’s “climate science” maven, Bob McDonald’s latest post:
http://hro001.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/a-musiclimatic-interlude/
To Robuk does this mean we’re going to be moving away from Europe physically if not politically. I suppose it’s a start at least here’s hoping.
As for the climate wheel of doom game will it be in the shops in time for Christmas, I can see many families gathered around the Christmas tree enjoying finding out how the world will end and how it is all our fault for not giving up our lives to save the planet from the carbon based infestation.
I didn’t see anything all that funny. Certainly not ROTFLMAO. The original picture of the MIT dartboard – yes, that’s a hoot. But the 4 minute cartoon? It makes some very laboured points. I think the basic mistake is in trying to parody people who are most ridiculous when you just show them as they are. It’s much more effective to show uncut footage of the same old doomsday merchants from back when they were predicting a new ice age, world famine by 1980, world runs out of oil by 2000, etc. Then cut to their new doomsday predictions. That’s funny.
I’m at a loss for a better word than what many above have said – BRILLIANT!
Les Clay should get an – – Emmy? Grammy? Oscar? Hmm? How about the Golden Anomaly Statue, The GAS Award, presented annually for the best comical harpooning of “climate” scientists, as voted on by the WUWT team. ???