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Interesting study of US raw/adjusted rural/urban data sets.

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  • I Ian Shlasko

    fat_boy wrote:

    In that case why dont you assume the position that the adjustmenst highlighted in the article I linked to are valid, I will take the position that adjustments are unnecessary if one takes only the rural data, and lets us debate the issue.

    Because you've made it clear that you have no intention of questioning your viewpoint, so this would be a meaningless exercise.

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    Ian Shlasko wrote:

    Because you've made it clear that you have no intention of questioning your viewpoint

    Actually you know this to be not true, since the first time we debated the effects of CO2 on plant growth so I suspect your recitude in debating this issus is because you cant find any reason to argue with my position. In which case why not admit that you agree?

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      Ian Shlasko wrote:

      Because you've made it clear that you have no intention of questioning your viewpoint

      Actually you know this to be not true, since the first time we debated the effects of CO2 on plant growth so I suspect your recitude in debating this issus is because you cant find any reason to argue with my position. In which case why not admit that you agree?

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      If I recall our first debate, you fell back on an incomplete understanding of climatology, and just vastly oversimplified every argument to support your viewpoint, while assuming that anything that pointed to the contrary was an insignificant factor. Then you brought up plant growth as a red herring, which I admit I fell for, to draw the discussion away from climate entirely.

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        Ian, why do you waste your time on this? He's a fanatic. Ignore him and he might just eventually go away. Christ, CSS is infinitely more entertaining - at least he has enough imagination to switch topics occasionally.

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        You have ever been a follower of AGW, I would expect nothing more of you than dismissal and insults. CLearly you believe whatever NOAA and GISS tell you. You have no desire to verify their statements by looking at rural temperature data because to you its an matter of faith that man is destroying the planet and must change his ways. You have a lot more in common with religious fanatics than I do.

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        • I Ian Shlasko

          It's 9am... I'm not caffeinated, only about 80% awake, and know that if I do any coding now, I'll end up having to redo it later today... So I'm killing time while my brain boots up. Basically... Not a morning person.

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          Ian Shlasko wrote:

          It's 9am... I'm not caffeinated, only about 80% awake, and know that if I do any coding now, I'll end up having to redo it later today... So I'm killing time while my brain boots up.

          Fair enough. I'm just getting my French press filled up. If I had my normal dose in me, I probably wouldn't have noticed. ;)

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          • I Ian Shlasko

            If I recall our first debate, you fell back on an incomplete understanding of climatology, and just vastly oversimplified every argument to support your viewpoint, while assuming that anything that pointed to the contrary was an insignificant factor. Then you brought up plant growth as a red herring, which I admit I fell for, to draw the discussion away from climate entirely.

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            Ian Shlasko wrote:

            If I recall our first debate, you fell back on an incomplete understanding of climatology, and just vastly oversimplified every argument to support your viewpoint, while assuming that anything that pointed to the contrary was an insignificant factor.

            Well then, you will be happy to debate this small very simple issue about rural data vs adjusted data since the scope for simplisticsm and incomplete understanding is limited. So go ahead, do you think rural data is a more accurate indicator of global temperatures than adjusted data?

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              Ian Shlasko wrote:

              If I recall our first debate, you fell back on an incomplete understanding of climatology, and just vastly oversimplified every argument to support your viewpoint, while assuming that anything that pointed to the contrary was an insignificant factor.

              Well then, you will be happy to debate this small very simple issue about rural data vs adjusted data since the scope for simplisticsm and incomplete understanding is limited. So go ahead, do you think rural data is a more accurate indicator of global temperatures than adjusted data?

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              fat_boy wrote:

              Well then, you will be happy to debate this small very simple issue about rural data vs adjusted data since the scope for simplisticsm and incomplete understanding is limited.

              No, I will not "be happy to debate this." I didn't even click the link in your original post, and I don't intend to do so. Every time I think, "Hey, maybe he'll actually make a scientific argument this time," you disappoint me. Let me just save us both some time and sum up your view: 1) Anyone who believes in global warming is a [scam artist/government agent/criminal] 2) Anyone who doesn't read every single article you link has been brainwashed by previous 3) Yours is the only true religion, and all non-believers should be lynched Now here's my viewpoint: 1) All viewpoints are tentative, pending further evidence 2) Some issues are too complex to be fully understood by computer geeks like us, so we need to, at least to some degree, trust the findings of people who spend their lives trying to understand said issues. 3) "I don't know yet" is a valid answer 4) In the event of #3, hope for the best and plan for the worst.

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                Ian Shlasko wrote:

                It's 9am... I'm not caffeinated, only about 80% awake, and know that if I do any coding now, I'll end up having to redo it later today... So I'm killing time while my brain boots up.

                Fair enough. I'm just getting my French press filled up. If I had my normal dose in me, I probably wouldn't have noticed. ;)

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                I'm in the process of draining a CC battery (Don't like coffee)... One is usually enough to energize me through the morning... If not, well, I'll just be half-asleep for a while, because I've been limiting myself to one coke a day.

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                  fat_boy wrote:

                  Well then, you will be happy to debate this small very simple issue about rural data vs adjusted data since the scope for simplisticsm and incomplete understanding is limited.

                  No, I will not "be happy to debate this." I didn't even click the link in your original post, and I don't intend to do so. Every time I think, "Hey, maybe he'll actually make a scientific argument this time," you disappoint me. Let me just save us both some time and sum up your view: 1) Anyone who believes in global warming is a [scam artist/government agent/criminal] 2) Anyone who doesn't read every single article you link has been brainwashed by previous 3) Yours is the only true religion, and all non-believers should be lynched Now here's my viewpoint: 1) All viewpoints are tentative, pending further evidence 2) Some issues are too complex to be fully understood by computer geeks like us, so we need to, at least to some degree, trust the findings of people who spend their lives trying to understand said issues. 3) "I don't know yet" is a valid answer 4) In the event of #3, hope for the best and plan for the worst.

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                  OK, I have given you ample opportunity to discuss this like an adult. Since it seems you arent going to you can have the usual response: :zzz:

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                    fat_boy wrote:

                    Well then, you will be happy to debate this small very simple issue about rural data vs adjusted data since the scope for simplisticsm and incomplete understanding is limited.

                    No, I will not "be happy to debate this." I didn't even click the link in your original post, and I don't intend to do so. Every time I think, "Hey, maybe he'll actually make a scientific argument this time," you disappoint me. Let me just save us both some time and sum up your view: 1) Anyone who believes in global warming is a [scam artist/government agent/criminal] 2) Anyone who doesn't read every single article you link has been brainwashed by previous 3) Yours is the only true religion, and all non-believers should be lynched Now here's my viewpoint: 1) All viewpoints are tentative, pending further evidence 2) Some issues are too complex to be fully understood by computer geeks like us, so we need to, at least to some degree, trust the findings of people who spend their lives trying to understand said issues. 3) "I don't know yet" is a valid answer 4) In the event of #3, hope for the best and plan for the worst.

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                    Oh, just incase anyone wonders why I am tired of Ians pointless argumentativeness; he criticised me for not posting a link to NOAAs webiste about satellite sensor failure when I first posted about it, accusing me of being an alarmist and either making things up or believing blindly in alarmist blogs. A few days later I cam across the information on NOAAs webiste detialing failure by sensors going back to 2005 and posted the information here. Ian did not respond. This shows his sole interst is in criticising and arguing and not discussing the facts however relevant they may be. Just the same as in this thread. He is trying to divert the thread into an argument about what I did or did not say months ago, instead of discussing the verty simple issue of what is and what is not a valid temperature reading. So he gets the :zzz: treatment because I cant be bothered with this kind of childishness.

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                      Oh, just incase anyone wonders why I am tired of Ians pointless argumentativeness; he criticised me for not posting a link to NOAAs webiste about satellite sensor failure when I first posted about it, accusing me of being an alarmist and either making things up or believing blindly in alarmist blogs. A few days later I cam across the information on NOAAs webiste detialing failure by sensors going back to 2005 and posted the information here. Ian did not respond. This shows his sole interst is in criticising and arguing and not discussing the facts however relevant they may be. Just the same as in this thread. He is trying to divert the thread into an argument about what I did or did not say months ago, instead of discussing the verty simple issue of what is and what is not a valid temperature reading. So he gets the :zzz: treatment because I cant be bothered with this kind of childishness.

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                      fat_boy wrote:

                      Ian did not respond.

                      I respond if and when I happen to be viewing this forum (When at the office and not busy), and if I have something to say that hasn't already been said. If I see someone else has already made my point, then why bother?

                      fat_boy wrote:

                      Just the same as in this thread. He is trying to divert the thread into an argument about what I did or did not say months ago, instead of discussing the verty simple issue of what is and what is not a valid temperature reading.

                      Check out the post that I originally replied to. It had to do with changing minds, and I responded on-topic. In this case, the usual CO2/temperature garbage is just the background. You're the one who tried to change it back, and I refused to go along. I wonder if LunaticFringe was right... You're not as entertaining as CSS, and your tactics and fallacies are just as repetitive. Maybe it's time to go back to haikus. That made it more entertaining.

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                      • I Ian Shlasko

                        I'm in the process of draining a CC battery (Don't like coffee)... One is usually enough to energize me through the morning... If not, well, I'll just be half-asleep for a while, because I've been limiting myself to one coke a day.

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                        I may double my normal dose today and make a second pot. Damned cats kept me awake last night.

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                        • I Ian Shlasko

                          fat_boy wrote:

                          Ian did not respond.

                          I respond if and when I happen to be viewing this forum (When at the office and not busy), and if I have something to say that hasn't already been said. If I see someone else has already made my point, then why bother?

                          fat_boy wrote:

                          Just the same as in this thread. He is trying to divert the thread into an argument about what I did or did not say months ago, instead of discussing the verty simple issue of what is and what is not a valid temperature reading.

                          Check out the post that I originally replied to. It had to do with changing minds, and I responded on-topic. In this case, the usual CO2/temperature garbage is just the background. You're the one who tried to change it back, and I refused to go along. I wonder if LunaticFringe was right... You're not as entertaining as CSS, and your tactics and fallacies are just as repetitive. Maybe it's time to go back to haikus. That made it more entertaining.

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                          Ian Shlasko wrote:

                          Maybe it's time to go back to haikus. That made it more entertaining.

                          Oh, god, no.... :laugh:

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                          • I Ian Shlasko

                            fat_boy wrote:

                            Ian did not respond.

                            I respond if and when I happen to be viewing this forum (When at the office and not busy), and if I have something to say that hasn't already been said. If I see someone else has already made my point, then why bother?

                            fat_boy wrote:

                            Just the same as in this thread. He is trying to divert the thread into an argument about what I did or did not say months ago, instead of discussing the verty simple issue of what is and what is not a valid temperature reading.

                            Check out the post that I originally replied to. It had to do with changing minds, and I responded on-topic. In this case, the usual CO2/temperature garbage is just the background. You're the one who tried to change it back, and I refused to go along. I wonder if LunaticFringe was right... You're not as entertaining as CSS, and your tactics and fallacies are just as repetitive. Maybe it's time to go back to haikus. That made it more entertaining.

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                            :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: dull dull dull This thread is about rural vs adjusted temperature data.

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                              :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: dull dull dull This thread is about rural vs adjusted temperature data.

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                              Only at the start Then you made a new reply With a new topic

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                                Only at the start Then you made a new reply With a new topic

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                                Ian Shlasko wrote:

                                Only at the start Then you made a new reply With a new topic

                                AAAAAAAIIIEEEEEE!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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                                  I may double my normal dose today and make a second pot. Damned cats kept me awake last night.

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                                  Heh, I live in a high rise... Too far from street level to hear stray cats... Just buses, car horns, and sirens. I do miss the suburbs, though... Was nice to go to sleep to the sound of crickets chirping. Peaceful.

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                                    Ian Shlasko wrote:

                                    Only at the start Then you made a new reply With a new topic

                                    AAAAAAAIIIEEEEEE!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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                                    You have no chance to survive make your time :)

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                                      You have no chance to survive make your time :)

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                                      That's it - I'm outta here till this madness dies down again. ;) :-D

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                                        That's it - I'm outta here till this madness dies down again. ;) :-D

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                                        Madness? Madness!? THIS... IS.... a very overused meme, but still fun :)

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                                          Distind wrote:

                                          fat_boy wrote: Free of mans influence of course the true temperature How exactly do you reach this conclusion?

                                          Free of the effect of urbanisation and data manipulation. By removing these two factors one is left with ONLY the effects of CO2 and natural forces. Given this clearer understanding we will be in a position to determine the relative forcings. With urbanisation and data manipulation in the way we will never have a clear picture.

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                                          fat_boy wrote:

                                          Free of mans influence

                                          What about land clearing in rural areas? Just because it's not a city doesn't mean it hasn't been dug up, deforested, dammed or otherwise plundered, possibly for generations. Who's to say what effects those things might have on the data recorded? Any why is 'data manipulation' limited to data recorded in urban areas? Sounds like a load of shit to me.

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