Temperature Trends

[Michael]

From Paul Krugman's blog today...

http://www.princeton.edu/~pkrugman/temptrend.png

NYTimes-Krugman (http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/temperature-trends/)

That trend line looks like it has a nasty upwards trajectory... :erm:

[The Drunk Guy]

From Paul Krugman's blog today...

http://www.princeton.edu/%7Epkrugman/temptrend.png

NYTimes-Krugman (http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/temperature-trends/)

That trend line looks like it has a nasty upwards trajectory... :erm:Liberal Elite Propaganda ;)

[Americano]

I liked the reader comment in Krugman's blog:

"I hear the Japanese have a national statistics day. Just sayin’…"

[Margot]

I had a statistics teacher (the second time round...D'oh) who spent an entire 8AM lecture proving- through statistics- that global warming was due to pirates. He said that since the decline of pirates not as many bodies were being thrown into the ocean meaning less cool water was being displaced to the surface of the ocean or something. He also said that Planned Parenthood was a nazi eugenics experiment in action. Needless to say, I spent the entire semester honing my mental death-rays.

But yeah, I passed, and so I can say, backed by my solid C in statistics, that I am concerned.

[The Drunk Guy]

"Haht tuhday."

"Uh-yuh."

"Hahtah than yestaday."

"Uh-yuh"

"Even hahtah tamarrah."

[Americano]

I had a statistics teacher (the second time round...D'oh) who spent an entire 8AM lecture proving- through statistics- that global warming was due to pirates. He said that since the decline of pirates not as many bodies were being thrown into the ocean meaning less cool water was being displaced to the surface of the ocean or something. He also said that Planned Parenthood was a nazi eugenics experiment in action. Needless to say, I spent the entire semester honing my mental death-rays.

But yeah, I passed, and so I can say, backed by my solid C in statistics, that I am concerned.


Was that a Baptist college?

[Michael]

Gosh, sure has been kinda cool this past week and this is July. :ummm:

This global warming stuff sure seems like a big hoax! :shrug:

[Americano]

The opposite here, mid-high '90s with triple digits in the valleys. My firewood is already becoming well-seasoned for the winter.

[The Drunk Guy]

My firewood is already becoming well-seasoned for the winter.
I was just thinking the same about my methamphetamine. ;)

And this cool weather is strange. This was the wettest and coolest July 4th in my lifetime. I NEED A GODDAMNED PRIUS!

[Americano]

I was just thinking the same about my methamphetamine. ;)

I understand good cooks are in demand regardless of weather conditions.

And this cool weather is strange. This was the wettest and coolest July 4th in my lifetime. I NEED A GODDAMNED PRIUS!

Why not a Ducati 1098 Streetfighter and leather togs for far less money?

[drgoodtrips]

I had a statistics teacher (the second time round...D'oh) who spent an entire 8AM lecture proving- through statistics- that global warming was due to pirates. He said that since the decline of pirates not as many bodies were being thrown into the ocean meaning less cool water was being displaced to the surface of the ocean or something. He also said that Planned Parenthood was a nazi eugenics experiment in action. Needless to say, I spent the entire semester honing my mental death-rays.

But yeah, I passed, and so I can say, backed by my solid C in statistics, that I am concerned.

Whether he was a kook or not, I think that he's got a valuable lesson regarding the pirates. Post hoc ergo propter hoc. You can make a very valid for statistical coincidences as causal.

Back over on USPO when the DIJA was really getting hammered, the popular canard was that the market was "reacting" to everything Obama said (of course, this stopped when the market spent several months recovering). To point out the absurdity of this, I posted in that thread for many days in a row about what the Cubs were doing in Spring Training and why that was causing the market to do X.

(The planned parenthood thing appears to have nothing to do with statistics, making me think that your prof might have just been a kook)

[Margot]

Whether he was a kook or not, I think that he's got a valuable lesson regarding the pirates. Post hoc ergo propter hoc. You can make a very valid for statistical coincidences as causal.

Back over on USPO when the DIJA was really getting hammered, the popular canard was that the market was "reacting" to everything Obama said (of course, this stopped when the market spent several months recovering). To point out the absurdity of this, I posted in that thread for many days in a row about what the Cubs were doing in Spring Training and why that was causing the market to do X.

(The planned parenthood thing appears to have nothing to do with statistics, making me think that your prof might have just been a kook)

That is exactly what I thought. Neither his point nor his douchebaggary were lost to me.

[andrewl]

From Paul Krugman's blog today...

http://www.princeton.edu/%7Epkrugman/temptrend.png

NYTimes-Krugman (http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/temperature-trends/)

That trend line looks like it has a nasty upwards trajectory... :erm:

You see that spike around the end of the millenium... that is why skeptics claim global warming ended in 1998.

Andrew

[Lily]

Big oil's contribution? An ad from 1962.

http://www.grist.org/i/assets/2/humble-oil.jpg

[Michael]

Big oil's contribution? An ad from 1962.
OMG :eek:

That's disgusting and hilarious at the same time!

[Lily]

OMG :eek:

That's disgusting and hilarious at the same time!

I think I'd file that ad under the heading, "Be Careful What You Wish For." Unbelievable.

[Michael]

Kinda wondering what the big black blob is on the right side of the photo...

[Donkey]

Looks like a tree covered low mountain to me.

[Michael]

Looks like a tree covered low mountain to me.

Yeah, sorta, maybe.

But what is it doing floating there in the arctic surrounded by all that ice? :ummm:

[Donkey]

Well there are (shrouded) mountains around the back as well. It's apparently the bottom of a mountain glacier that is feeding into a lake. *shrug*

I'm trying to read the tiny print under the picture which might indicate what it is, but it is just too small/blurry.

[Zarquon]

It is rather tiny.
Here's what the larger description says :
This glacier has remained unmelted for centuries. Yet, the petroleum energy Humble supplies-if converted into heat-could melt it at the rate of 80 tons each second! To meet the nation's growing energy needs, Humble has applied science to nature's resources to become America's Leading Energy Company.
Working wonders with oil through research, Humble provides energy in many forms- to help heat our homes, power our transportation, and to furnish industry with a great variety of versatile chemicals. Stop at a Humble station for new Enco Extra gasoline and see why the "Happy Motoring" sign is the World's First Choice!

[Americano]

Looks like Alaska is the third word in the image caption.

[Donkey]

It is rather tiny.
Here's what the larger description says :
Yeah, I could read that. The tiny bit right under the photo is what got me.

[Michael]

I'm trying to read the tiny print under the picture which might indicate what it is, but it is just too small/blurry.
I can only imagine how tedious it must be surfing on a cell phone! (:lol:)

[Donkey]

I can only imagine how tedious it must be surfing on a cell phone! (:lol:)
:p

Right now I'm on a desktop, though my main internet-steed is an Acer Aspire One netbook running Ubuntu. The screen is petite, but by and large stuff shows up the same size as a normal computer, you can just see less of it at a time.

In the event that I do get a blackberry or something similar, I won't be using it for web browsing much, and I won't be getting it until my work decides that I need one and therefore decides to pay for it. :)

[Michael]

I'm curious if the Blackberry is perceived as an "imported" product (which it is) or whether Americans just assume it is an American produced product?

[Americano]

I'm curious if the Blackberry is perceived as an "imported" product (which it is) or whether Americans just assume it is an American produced product?

I doubt that they care. It's perceived as a major status symbol.

[Donkey]

I'm curious if the Blackberry is perceived as an "imported" product (which it is) or whether Americans just assume it is an American produced product?
I have no idea.
I doubt that they care. It's perceived as a major status symbol.
Well... it's also pretty useful. Though I've heard that in "business" circles blackberries are more acceptable than iphones, despite them doing the same thing.

[dilettante]

I'm curious if the Blackberry is perceived as an "imported" product (which it is) or whether Americans just assume it is an American produced product?

I can't say I ever thought about it before.

[Michael]

Pretty much what I expected. Canadian products tend to fly under the US radar as 'non-foreign'. ;)

The Blackberry was invented/made by a small company (RIM) in London, Ontario.