Gee, I wonder what GW is going to do to the place?
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Yeah, but I bet he has friends.
... and a more active sex life, too! (So much to do, so little time. :) )
Bob Emmett "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" -Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Bob Emmett wrote:
... and a more active sex life, too!
Thats not saying much as so has the Pope
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
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This one, though it does seem to resemble another recent argument. You're claiming that to be a "global phenomenon", it has to affect everything. I'm saying it only indicates that the effect is in multiple parts of the globe, instead of confined to one region.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Well thats a pretty slack deffinition of global. How about if there were floods in two parts of the world, would you call that global? Or an outbreak of foot an mouth disease, would you call it global? How about inside a country. If two counties in England had outbreaks of foot and mouth would you call that national?
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
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fat_boy wrote:
Take a gues since we are tlaking about scotish temperatures...
So human recorded history = Scottish recoded history? That's what I mean - you make broad sweeping statements that when challenged you have to retract. BTW is there a temperature record that stretches back to the beginning of even Scottish recorded history?
fat_boy wrote:
Didnt say you did. I heard/read it on/in the media.
Then why raise it? It's just another diversion that adds nothing.
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riced wrote:
So human recorded history = Scottish recoded history?
Oh come on, first I stated Scottish, and you said is that for ever, I said no, within human history, and now you claim I have stated human history equals scottish history. Dont be such a wazzuk.
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
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riced wrote:
So human recorded history = Scottish recoded history?
Oh come on, first I stated Scottish, and you said is that for ever, I said no, within human history, and now you claim I have stated human history equals scottish history. Dont be such a wazzuk.
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
fat_boy wrote:
and you said is that for ever
No - you said (as in the coldest EVER) (you even emphasized it by using capitals), I just pointed out that this was an exaggeration. Somewhat similar to claims in previous threads, e.g. that we had "centuries" of weather balloon data that should be preferred to satellite data. Given your tendency to berate various people for inaccuracies (you generally refer to them as lies) it seems reasonable to call you to account.
Regards David R --------------------------------------------------------------- "Every program eventually becomes rococo, and then rubble." - Alan Perlis The only valid measurement of code quality: WTFs/minute.
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Well thats a pretty slack deffinition of global. How about if there were floods in two parts of the world, would you call that global? Or an outbreak of foot an mouth disease, would you call it global? How about inside a country. If two counties in England had outbreaks of foot and mouth would you call that national?
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
fat_boy wrote:
How about if there were floods in two parts of the world, would you call that global?
Two? Probably not. Three or four, if they might be related in terms of cause? Sure.
fat_boy wrote:
Or an outbreak of foot an mouth disease, would you call it global?
H1N1 was considered a global pandemic. Does that mean every single person on Earth was infected? No. It just means it spanned multiple geographic regions.
fat_boy wrote:
How about inside a country. If two counties in England had outbreaks of foot and mouth would you call that national?
Again... Two? Probably not... Several in different parts of the country, sure. Like I said, it's a bit ambiguous. Doesn't mean it's wrong.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
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fat_boy wrote:
and you said is that for ever
No - you said (as in the coldest EVER) (you even emphasized it by using capitals), I just pointed out that this was an exaggeration. Somewhat similar to claims in previous threads, e.g. that we had "centuries" of weather balloon data that should be preferred to satellite data. Given your tendency to berate various people for inaccuracies (you generally refer to them as lies) it seems reasonable to call you to account.
Regards David R --------------------------------------------------------------- "Every program eventually becomes rococo, and then rubble." - Alan Perlis The only valid measurement of code quality: WTFs/minute.
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fat_boy wrote:
How about if there were floods in two parts of the world, would you call that global?
Two? Probably not. Three or four, if they might be related in terms of cause? Sure.
fat_boy wrote:
Or an outbreak of foot an mouth disease, would you call it global?
H1N1 was considered a global pandemic. Does that mean every single person on Earth was infected? No. It just means it spanned multiple geographic regions.
fat_boy wrote:
How about inside a country. If two counties in England had outbreaks of foot and mouth would you call that national?
Again... Two? Probably not... Several in different parts of the country, sure. Like I said, it's a bit ambiguous. Doesn't mean it's wrong.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Ian Shlasko wrote:
Two? Probably not. Three or four, if they might be related in terms of cause? Sure.
Then you have a pretty fucking bizare deffinition of Global. How about in ecconomics, would you describe a recesion as global if it effected Brazil, Australia, Malasyia and Kazakstan because of a massive slump in metal ore prices?
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
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You said "is that for ever?". Makes sense with quotes and a question mark?
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
fat_boy wrote:
You said "is that for ever?"
Never said such a thing - you are making a false attribution that is easily checked by looking through the replies.
Regards David R --------------------------------------------------------------- "Every program eventually becomes rococo, and then rubble." - Alan Perlis The only valid measurement of code quality: WTFs/minute.
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fat_boy wrote:
You said "is that for ever?"
Never said such a thing - you are making a false attribution that is easily checked by looking through the replies.
Regards David R --------------------------------------------------------------- "Every program eventually becomes rococo, and then rubble." - Alan Perlis The only valid measurement of code quality: WTFs/minute.
It wasnt a litteral quote. You actually wrote: "It was colder in the Ice Age." In the form of a question. I replied by saying in human history. You then say is human history equal to scottish history. If all you want to do it be a pedant and create stupid arguments out of nothing then I shall for ever ignore you.
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
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Ian Shlasko wrote:
Two? Probably not. Three or four, if they might be related in terms of cause? Sure.
Then you have a pretty fucking bizare deffinition of Global. How about in ecconomics, would you describe a recesion as global if it effected Brazil, Australia, Malasyia and Kazakstan because of a massive slump in metal ore prices?
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
Nah, but if it hit the US, Japan, the UK, and a few other countries, sure... Not exactly the same thing, though, because in terms of economy, some countries are more significant than others.
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Nah, but if it hit the US, Japan, the UK, and a few other countries, sure... Not exactly the same thing, though, because in terms of economy, some countries are more significant than others.
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So it depends on the significance of the country? Would you say then that a heatwave in Patagonia, SOuth Africa and Siberia was a "Global Phenomenom"?
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
An ECONOMIC event would depend on the significance of the country's economy, at least in my opinion. That has nothing to do with a heat wave. Are you going to start equating economics with climatology now?
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