I invite others to comment on the following article forwarded by Aram, and on "global warming." The following points are just my "take". I'll show why the...
Mike, actually I realize my previous math email about your story (below) was less than helpful. But what other choice did I have? The problem with what you...
An American in Paris -- Aram describes his appreciation, below. One of my favorite movies. From back when I was a kid, and it is still. I love the stuff you...
1. State of Fear -- by Michael Crichton; Hardcover (Rate it) Buy new: $18.45 -- Used & new from: $0.76 2. State of Fear -- by Michael Crichton; Paperback...
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Feb 2, 2006 3:09 pm
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jim stasheff wrote: 1. State of Fear -- by Michael Crichton; Hardcover (Rate it) Buy new: $18.45 -- Used & new from: $0.76 2. State of Fear -- by Michael...
Quoting from the following: << Many brave American soldiers have sacrificed their lives, limbs, internal organs, senses and sanity in the War on Terror. I...
Your tongue is so far into your cheek I don't know it's worth responding e.g. no, not windmills - just corn had to believe none in your (red) neck of the woods...
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Feb 2, 2006 5:16 pm
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Singing in the Rain is close to perfect Aram can't dance I assume jim...
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Feb 2, 2006 5:21 pm
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The director of SitR also directed "Bedazzled" - the original one - for Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. A wonderful film, and that extra touch of class meant it...
... sorry - I missed that teh book does call attentino to the obvious fact that if you look locally the rsults could be either warmer or colder especially...
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Feb 2, 2006 6:46 pm
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Sometimes people wonder why I (or someone else) has a blog. Why blog? For my part, I just like musing and writing, but don't want to try to market most...
... Subject: State of the Union, For Real Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:36:51 GMT From: TrueMajority <alerts@...> Reply-To:...
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Feb 2, 2006 7:16 pm
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... so scan and transmit! They are both from intelligent people...
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Feb 2, 2006 8:10 pm
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I'm not sure if this is what you mean. For many years, whenever I would write someone a "post" as I would call it in the form of a "letter", I would get a...
I remember Gore giving a speech about his "Global Warming" book in Philadelphia during one of the coldest days ever experienced in Philadelphia (something like...
Hmmm.... ... I should mention that, in my neck of the woods, we're enduring the wettest winter in years. Now, this part of the Pacific Northwest has been known...
Looking locally is a problem. Looking only at one year is also a problem . . . ... . . . I'm afraid I'm still most impressed with my father's favorite climate...
Very interesting. thanks Byron John Clemens <jclemens@...> wrote: I think the last nail in the coffin for "global warming isn't occurring" was hammered in...
TIm's are interesting stories, too. [Below.] Similarly the water in certain places, home of the dugong, is definitely warmer, for reasons having to do with...
be careful. under some new legislation, as you mentioned (and endorsed?) sending anonymous letters is illegal, getting you drawn and quartered. t-w-virkkala...
The LDCs' exhaust emissions are a problem. But their problem, I thought, was LARGELY pollutive-to-humanity rather than greenhouse-oriented. I gathered that...
Byron wrote: Because scientific dispute is open-ended it is difficult to base public policy on science except that any other base is even less reliable cf W...
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Feb 3, 2006 3:28 pm
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In re: in large part because government investment will distribute research funds into some avenues that will prove fruitless (like, say, hydrogen burning...
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a nice summary [below] by Timo of some of the different possible effects and the background of the global warming controversy. BTW I was always sceptical of...
This is the explanation given for why temp might have increased with the industrial rev, but is there any argujment that the existence of agriculture is...
Jim has a number of interesting points [below]. I'm very mistrustful of the idea that we can know in advance what will be "good research". Obviously decisions...
Of course. ... But pointing to pointless government expenditure is easy, too. And, more to the point: ROI. I think being employed and spending millions of...
This standard "Austrian" debunking of trade deficit concerns . . . http://www.mises.org/story/2029 . . . interests me. It strikes me as a classic case of using...
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