Oh this is rare, two Friday Funnies. This one is still rooted in the same humor sources as the new cartoon by Josh posted here.
Now you see it…94,910 people on board (last night ~11:30PM PST)
Now you don’t…73,010 people on board (today ~9AM PST)
And those two guys look so happy about “Liftshare week”, but I digress.
It seems that there was a quality control problem, which is what I’ve always said is the biggest issue in climate science. [UPDATE: They definitely had to purge some 20K+ in people numbers. This is confirmed independently here by Richard North of the EU Referendum blog in the UK, who noticed well before I did.]
When I can be signed up, along with Lord Monckton and James Delingpole (see the top image) along with Osama Bin Laden, Elvis Presley, the late Michael Crichton, and Nessie the Loch Ness Monster, you know you’ve got a QC problem.
h/t to WUWT reader FergalR
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Demonstrations in Germany today. For an increase in welfare. Warming? 10:10? 350.org? Nuttin. Dead silence. No explosions, though.
Hi Richard,
The site checks for duplicate email addresses, not duplicate names. That’s because people can have the same name. There are other Richard Tols in the world.
Your name appears twice presumably because you signed up with two different email addresses. Either that, or because another Richard Tol signed up at a similar time. It’s difficult to tell the difference between these cases, but it seems reasonable to assume users wouldn’t sign up twice in quick succession using different email addresses.
@Other Richard Tol
There are about five Richard Tols in the world, but only one who is interested in climate.
In this case, I signed up with two different email addresses. There were two Richard Tols in the system. Then the number dropped by 20,000 and there was only one Richard Tol in the system. Later the number rose again by 20,000 and there are again two Richard Tols in the system.
Last night, between 9:46 and 11:01 pm, 4 new people signed up and the numbers of signees increased by 105 people.
See
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0Bz17rNCpfuDNMmI2ZGNkZTctYzEyZS00NmVjLWJjM2ItZmZhZTBkM2FjMTM4&hl=en
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0Bz17rNCpfuDNMzUxZmYyY2YtZTc5Zi00OTJkLTg1MTgtYTljNjM3YzM4NTVl&hl=en
Magic? They did sign up Saruman the White.
And they’re down to 73,500 again …
Must have hired Phil Jones to do their data
“Last night, between 9:46 and 11:01 pm, 4 new people signed up and the numbers of signees increased by 105 people.”
Where did you get 4 from? Not your screenshots…
Maybe they convinced 20K of their membership to volunteer for the Ethical Suicide Booths.
Richard North’s observation does not confirm your hypothesis. He makes the same observation as you. There are a number of possible reasons for this observation. Your hypothesis gives one. The observation doesn’t conflict with your hypothesis, but it certainly doesn’t confirm it.
You’re a scientist aren’t you? Is your scientific rigour really this poor?
REPLY:Be as upset as you wish. I stand by the numbers, the screencaps don’t lie. – Anthony