There was a lot of interest in my post Michael Mann the ‘reluctant public figure’ and ‘typewriter expert’ where he made the easily debunked claim about the QWERTY keyboard being the very first. Since then, spies, lubricated by “big oil” have managed to get a photo purported to be of Dr. Mann’s keyboard, and one look will explain much. Apparently, this keyboard is standard issue to any alarmist.
This also explains the division of time related to the co-founder of Greenpeace troll incident:
@wattsupwiththat Mann seems to split his time thusly…
1) Complain about abuse, etc, in the media/journals.
2) Abuse, name call on twitter— Уинстън смифф (@AndyMeanie) January 24, 2014
h/t to The Galileo Movement for the keyboard
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Surely the “Shift” key should be “Shifty”?
I wonder when he will sue you for defamation.
REPLY: Note this is humor and satire, which is protected speech. And, there’s plenty of supporting tweets, FB entries and emails that back up this humor. – Anthony
I love it.
Of course the CTRL key must be in the mix, but I think Backspace would be unnecessary since mistakes are never made (or they don’t matter).
O.T. but great news from the UK
Arrogant, troughing alarmist deselected.
http://www.bishop-hill.net/blog/2014/2/3/yeover-and-out.html
Most probably (though not showing here) the Plus button is located near the C Key.
Also one would expect to find Hockey Stick keys abundant in this keyboard.
🙂
Some people are very talented, insightful, and have way too much free time. Thanks.
I would add “yours” to the up-arrow key.
David Hoffman says:
February 3, 2014 at 8:28 am
I wonder when he will sue you for defamation.
REPLY: Note this is humor and satire, which is protected speech. And, there’s plenty of supporting tweets, FB entries and emails that back up this humor. – Anthony
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Begging the question:
I wonder when he’ll sue for defamation. 🙂
Ent it ?
Hmmmn. Clever that, disguising the [Enter] key as a carriage return. (Else his type-writer won’t go down to the next QWERTY line on the paper.)
CO2 CTRL
On James’s Hansen’s GISS office computer keyboard, every other key is SHIFT.
Muller’s BEST keyboard has a big Ctrl-X key as the space bar.
Backspace really should be labeled ‘Memory Hole’.
/1984’d
[snip – thanks, but let’s not go there -Anthony]
Peter Ward says:
February 3, 2014 at 8:32 am
“Of course the CTRL key must be in the mix, but I think Backspace would be unnecessary since mistakes are never made (or they don’t matter).”
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Perhaps he should buy a new keyboard from the IPCC or the British Met Office…. The most recent ones are equipped with a “backtrack” key.
Simultaneous pressing of ctrl/alt/delete=secret function of “hide the decline” 🙈🙉🙊
I’ve said for a while that people who debate this issue on comment boards must get a daily email announcement from their leaders advising what the ‘term-du-jour’ is. I’ve noticed that if one person uses it, all of a sudden, EVERYONE is using it. The “Ad hominem attack”. The “Strawman argument”. “Causation doesn’t equal correlation”. “On the Koch Brothers payroll.” “Flat earther”, etc. These are terms that just a couple of years ago, I never saw anywhere in comment threads. Now everyone uses them as if they’re part of the indoctrination studies at AGWU.
And, of course, absolutely not the slightest hint of a ‘Pause’ key.
The hammer-and-sickle key — the key to understanding post-normal science.
Peter Ward says:
February 3, 2014 at 8:32 am
> Of course the CTRL key must be in the mix, but I think Backspace would be unnecessary since mistakes are never made (or they don’t matter).
Some alarmists are using their Backpeddle key.
It will be very likely that Dr. Mann will not like the way this all turns out.
Donna Quixote says:
February 3, 2014 at 9:50 am
And, don’t forget “Dunning-Kruger.” Whenever I someone who apparently thinks it’s clever and original use it, I think, “Dude, that is so 2008.”
(y) Comrades, let’s get hammered and sickled! 😉
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Well I know this wont get past moderation but I have been researching the issue of legal defense funds and tax ramifications. What I have found is that it all hinges around who set up the fund and their donative intent.
If the fund is altruistic like legal aid then then it is considered a non-taxable gift. However, if the doners stands to profit from the legal outcome and you accept the money then it is taxable income.
No ‘Down’ key I would assume?