vixen99

Sorry but you haven't kept up with the publications. This is a report on IPCC ar5! http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/12/13/ipcc-ar5-draft-leaked-... "IPCC AR5 draft leaked, contains game-changing admi…

How many times does it need to be stated that science does not advance by consensus. Science is not an exercise in democracy. Evidence, yes, but please don't talk about consensus. I suggest you don't …

No doubt I've nothing better to do but stare aghast at "care's to upload code". It's a matter of deep mystery to me that folk adept at using languages demanding absolute grammatical precision treat th…

Without qualification, I'm afraid what you're saying is parlously close to mere verbiage. Even the most ardent climate sceptic does not object to solar, wind or water energy under certain conditions. …

"Does not exist"

That's a parochical view, valid only in the context of the classificatory scheme to which you allude and which we find useful in certain respects at present. To use Nassim Taleb's metaphor, humans ha…

'its share'

It's many days since I laughed so much. Especially "If the paper weren't laid out in complete grammatical sentences and published in JACS, you'd swear it was the work of a violent lunatic."

Footling with the definition of 'collapse' is on a par with 'how many angels dance on a pinhead?'. It's reported that "Greek unemployment reached a fresh record of 27.2pc in January. Youth unemployme…

Do you mean coal mines and industries that had to be propped up by the taxpayer and were master-minded by the unions?

Need a modicum of commonsense as well. For some examples see 'Statistical Follies and Epidemiology' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C42AwvaZ-04&feature=playe... …

I was one of those students (great course!) and you're right. So, folk sign up on the spur of the moment and then drop out! Big deal. Where’s the dirty secret? Was there any cost to signing up on th…

I am among those appreciative of his contribution to my education. At the same time I wish he'd let the word 'fuck' regain its undoubted impact by not using it on what seems to be every conceivable oc…

An issue with Greek culture? Yes but what about Spain, Italy and Portugal, Ireland - and now maybe Slovenia? They also have immense problems thanks to their Euro status. Truth is that these counties s…

Not my impression. Any denizen of climate sites is rather familiar with a wide range of historical climate graphs created from an amazing number of proxies. My favourite is the analysis based on algae…

Meaningful to whom? Seems to me that the existence of an internal feeling experienced by some couples is not enough to warrant misusing a precise term.

Not forgetting Mendelssohn as the prime example. Neither Mozart nor Chopin wrote anything comparable in stature to the Octet written when Felix was 16 years old. It's one of the those pieces where wit…

Trying to figure out what 'Here's a comparison that mostly factors scale out: http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/indicators/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN/co... . - again, the primary intention of the medical system in…

Doubtless, true at present in which case the Irish government consider this to be to their advantage.

So tax competition is necessarily a bad thing? As to discernable benefit, you know better than I do but presumably the Irish are free to determine their own tax code and have arranged it to their adva…

No it isn't. If you're going to use it or products containing it, I strongly suggest you research this subject for yourself since this is not the place to argue the toss. When you do so, as ever, look…

"If you want to read the essay, you can access it here." Sadly, not!

They describe a sub-project examining the DNA of people with IQ > 160? On the basis of 'one fact can slay a theory', I would suggest that the example of Richard Feynman (IQ at 124) indicates that …

Probably just me but installing this took my TB back to the stone age with version 1.x. Be careful.

Acidification (the state of something becoming acidic) occurs when the pH drops below 7.0 and thus the ratio of hydrogen ions to hydroxyl ions > 1. This has never occurred and we are nowhere near …

Your use of the emotive word 'fucking' in this context is suggestive of a zealot but you confirm with your second paragraph above. Crystal clear that you simply have not read any of the recent peer-re…

Yes but then read the books. Wodehouse was a supreme prose writer. Carve up those words, as must happen in adaptations, and you lose an immense amount of the fun. Just try it if you don't believe me. …

What a waste of time and space.

A trifle off-topic but it's interesting to read that the author believes in a 'strong European union' with 27 unelected commissioners and an unelected president following a constitution that has never…

My first book on computing was 'Pascal Applications for the Sciences - a self teaching guide' by Richard Crandall. A wondrous, stimulating and amazingly wide-ranging book in only 246 pages published i…