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Subject: Re: [OM] Keeping Your Laptop Plugged in All the Time Will Kill Its Battery Faster
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 07:21:03 -0400
I'll take this off-list

Chuck Norcutt


On 10/4/2013 1:44 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> No, that is my point, Chuck:  that the the argument is about how "facts" are 
> presented rather than whether or not it is happening.
>
> I know that the IPCC is a large body with perhaps a political element to it 
> (political in scientists' terms, not politicians').  I trust that the larger 
> proportion of scientists is right, at home and abroad.
>
> And meanwhile I continue to try to save energy where I can: I don't leave 
> lights on (or laptops connected) where I don't need them.
>
> De-funding by whom?  Like the UN's de-funding by non-payment, perhaps?
>
> Chris
>
> On 3 Oct 2013, at 22:43, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> You missed the point.  The first graph, which is very easily interpreted
>> as showing climate model failures (all of them) was what was in the
>> draft report only a few weeks ago.  No climate model predicted the
>> warming hiatus of the past 15 years and actual temperatures have fallen
>> outside the 95% confidence interval for lowest predicted temperature
>> (the orange, green, red and blue bands).  That the models have failed
>> badly is and has been known for a long time (since it's been developing
>> for years and the basic data is public).  But there was a mad scramble
>> amongst the political side to obscure the data for the final report.
>> They certainly did.  They got you too since you didn't bother to read
>> and understand it.  They're a success at your expense.  McIntyre's last
>> comment is: "None of this portion of the IPCC assessment is drawn from
>> peer-reviewed material. Nor is it consistent with the documents sent to
>> external reviewers."  I'm afraid that is indefensible for a scientific
>> document that purports to use only peer-reviewed material.
>>
>> Yes, everyone has an axe to grind, especially the IPCC which I think is
>> at risk here of being defunded.
>
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