By being so one-sided in what they publish on AGW, the Reg are revealing an anti-science agenda that undermines their credentials to report objectively on technological matters. Advances in technology are built on scientific research, which is conducted in the same peer reviewed fashion, whatever the discipline, so stop trying to undermine it!
Anybody interested in why the scientists at the CRU behaved the way they did should read the following series of articles by the Australian Clive Hamilton, who is a Professor of Public Ethics:
* Bullying, lies and the rise of climate denial (www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2826189.htm)
* Who is orchestrating the cyber-bullying? (www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2827047.htm)
* Think tanks, oil money and black ops (www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2828195.htm)
* Manufacturing a scientific scandal (www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2829295.htm)
There's no point in trying to use rational debate to point out the fallacies in the sceptic's arguments, as they are just bulletin points given to them by the climate denial industry. There are huge vested interests at stake, and those interests are being very effectively promoted by professional lobbyists. All they have to do is maintain the fiction that there is some doubt about the science, and they can make it impossible for effective political action to be taken to curb greenhouse emissions. This is a lesson learned from the tobacco companies, who were able to deny the irrefutable evidence of the connection between smoking and cancer for about 40 years. The difference is that smoking only affected individuals and their families, whereas global warming will affect everyone.
@twat ("The trouble is the tories continue to pander to him in return for propaganda, sorry favourable publicity. I just hope they have the sense to tell him to piss off should they win the next election.")
Unfortunately, Cameron has already intimated that he will allow Murdoch to change Sky News into a UK version of Fox News. Fox foments disaffection to the extent that it's destroying the concept of a loyal opposition and giving succour to all kinds of extremists. I wonder if they are intentionally trying to undermine democracy, because fascism is much more conducive to the corporatism that Murdoch represents.
Well, I suppose it's progress that El Reg have published an article that actually admits we have a problem with global warming. Now, how about one that debunks geoengineering solutions such as this:
"The estimated costs of maintaining a sulphate aerosol shield, most likely through a small number of dedicated high-flying aircraft, are remarkably cheap compared with the costs of conventional mitigation by factors of hundreds or even thousands."
Reason? Its destructive effect on the ozone layer. (See http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1953)
I suppose reducing greenhouse gas emissions at source is too boring.
One good reason to use bing is to reduce google's ability to keep tabs on us. MS seems to be more wary of upsetting their customers by retaining information on them, but time will tell.
At last, a job for all those with sociology degrees to get their teeth into: climate change science! The Register really is clutching at straws, in its attempts to get its anti-GW stance across.
"Over the past few years, botnets have revolutionised the spam industry and pushed spam volumes to epidemic proportions despite the best efforts of law enforcement and the computer security industry,"
Well, clearly, the only solution is to take control of the botnets and disinfect them. I know it's illegal, but the problem can't be solved if the computer security industry has both hands tied behind its back. We should hold our noses and allow them to get on with it.
While I agree with the thrust of your remarks, it ill behooves you to criticise someone's intelligence with the phrase "if your to thick"! (Hint: your spelling checker won't help.)
Such action is probably the only way to make some people aware that their PCs have been compromised. It's certainly the most efficient, and ISPs should be encouraged to take similar action, or at least notify their customers, when they detect suspicious activity on their networks.
Either OneCare was using my computer, or I was, so it had to go. Mind you, most of the commercial AV products have a worse effect on PCs than the problem they purport to fix.
I use scroogle (be careful, that's scroogle.org, NOT scroogle.com!) for searches that I want to keep private. I don't trust google not to misuse the data they are storing on us all.
I've got an NVidia GeForce 7900 GTX in my tower system, and its fan screams at top speed whenever Vista awakes from sleep mode. The only way to shut it up is a reboot. NVidia have known about this problem for over 12 months, but don't seem capable of fixing it, so I'm not surprised they're in trouble.
Uncredited wrote: "The 'standard climate change denier stuff' as you call it actually originates from the 'humans causing everything' group. How many 'deniers' have been accused to be on the payroll of oil companies or the car industry or other heavy industry? It's still standard stuff for most members of The Church of Al Gore. These relentless accusations actually made me start thinking that if this is the main argument for human-caused global warming then maybe this is just another 'the earth is flat' argument, if you believe otherwise then you are nothing more than a heathen and should swallow the 'truth' without thinking independently."
I really don't want climate change to be anthropomorphic, if only for the sake of my young daughter's generation, but what advantage is it to NASA to say that it is? They can see that the Earth is not flat, and state unequivocally that we are to blame:
I see that the Heartland Institute, which is behind that report, also opposes tobacco control measures, and is funded by the tobacco and oil industries:
There seem to be a lot of people here who don't allow any amount of evidence to the contrary to affect their beliefs. A bit like religion, or more like the smoking lobby really. Perhaps our brains have been hardwired to self-destruct - a defect that wasn't spotted before release to manufacturing. Rendering the planet unfit for human habitation should do the trick.
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Anti-science agenda → #
Posted Monday 15th March 2010 02:10 GMT
In IPCC Rainforest eco-tastrophe claim confirmed as bunk
By being so one-sided in what they publish on AGW, the Reg are revealing an anti-science agenda that undermines their credentials to report objectively on technological matters. Advances in technology are built on scientific research, which is conducted in the same peer reviewed fashion, whatever the discipline, so stop trying to undermine it!
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The background to all this → #
Posted Tuesday 2nd March 2010 17:47 GMT
In Climategate hits Westminster: MPs spring a surprise
Anybody interested in why the scientists at the CRU behaved the way they did should read the following series of articles by the Australian Clive Hamilton, who is a Professor of Public Ethics:
* Bullying, lies and the rise of climate denial (www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2826189.htm)
* Who is orchestrating the cyber-bullying? (www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2827047.htm)
* Think tanks, oil money and black ops (www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2828195.htm)
* Manufacturing a scientific scandal (www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2829295.htm)
* Who's defending science? (www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2830890.htm)
They shed a fascinating light on the matter.
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The stakes are too high for mere science to count → #
Posted Monday 25th January 2010 15:42 GMT
In NASA pegs Noughties as hottest decade on record
There's no point in trying to use rational debate to point out the fallacies in the sceptic's arguments, as they are just bulletin points given to them by the climate denial industry. There are huge vested interests at stake, and those interests are being very effectively promoted by professional lobbyists. All they have to do is maintain the fiction that there is some doubt about the science, and they can make it impossible for effective political action to be taken to curb greenhouse emissions. This is a lesson learned from the tobacco companies, who were able to deny the irrefutable evidence of the connection between smoking and cancer for about 40 years. The difference is that smoking only affected individuals and their families, whereas global warming will affect everyone.
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Unfair → #
Posted Saturday 16th January 2010 17:17 GMT
In Exploit code for potent IE zero-day bug goes wild
@JaitcH: "Do people actually use this piece of junk software?"
Of course, Mozilla never need to issue security patches for Firefox.
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Undermining democracy → #
Posted Wednesday 14th October 2009 11:21 GMT
In Sky News goes free
@twat ("The trouble is the tories continue to pander to him in return for propaganda, sorry favourable publicity. I just hope they have the sense to tell him to piss off should they win the next election.")
Unfortunately, Cameron has already intimated that he will allow Murdoch to change Sky News into a UK version of Fox News. Fox foments disaffection to the extent that it's destroying the concept of a loyal opposition and giving succour to all kinds of extremists. I wonder if they are intentionally trying to undermine democracy, because fascism is much more conducive to the corporatism that Murdoch represents.
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Pie in the sky → #
Posted Wednesday 2nd September 2009 14:29 GMT
In Boffins: Give up on CO2 cuts, only geoengineering can work
Well, I suppose it's progress that El Reg have published an article that actually admits we have a problem with global warming. Now, how about one that debunks geoengineering solutions such as this:
"The estimated costs of maintaining a sulphate aerosol shield, most likely through a small number of dedicated high-flying aircraft, are remarkably cheap compared with the costs of conventional mitigation by factors of hundreds or even thousands."
Reason? Its destructive effect on the ozone layer. (See http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1953)
I suppose reducing greenhouse gas emissions at source is too boring.
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New GUI, old OS → #
Posted Wednesday 8th July 2009 09:14 GMT
In Google polishes Chrome into netbook OS
"The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel."
So, not that new after all.
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Tracking? → #
Posted Thursday 4th June 2009 09:29 GMT
In Microsoft's Bing feeds you, tries to keep you captive
One good reason to use bing is to reduce google's ability to keep tabs on us. MS seems to be more wary of upsetting their customers by retaining information on them, but time will tell.
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Sociologists → #
Posted Wednesday 6th May 2009 12:59 GMT
In Top British boffin: Time to ditch the climate consensus
At last, a job for all those with sociology degrees to get their teeth into: climate change science! The Register really is clutching at straws, in its attempts to get its anti-GW stance across.
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Domestos → #
Posted Thursday 23rd April 2009 11:10 GMT
In Botnet speed test uncovers drag racers of malware
"Over the past few years, botnets have revolutionised the spam industry and pushed spam volumes to epidemic proportions despite the best efforts of law enforcement and the computer security industry,"
Well, clearly, the only solution is to take control of the botnets and disinfect them. I know it's illegal, but the problem can't be solved if the computer security industry has both hands tied behind its back. We should hold our noses and allow them to get on with it.
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Shooting yourself in the foot → #
Posted Wednesday 15th April 2009 10:52 GMT
In Microsoft ends mainstream XP, Office 2003 support
@Stu Reeves
While I agree with the thrust of your remarks, it ill behooves you to criticise someone's intelligence with the phrase "if your to thick"! (Hint: your spelling checker won't help.)
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Back doors → #
Posted Thursday 26th March 2009 14:22 GMT
In Lenovo splits to cover domestic, emerging markets
I love my ThinkPad, but I feel uneasy about automatically updating its system software from China.
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Clearly a case where ... → #
Posted Thursday 12th March 2009 13:47 GMT
In BBC botnet investigation turns hacks into hackers
... the law is an ass!
Such action is probably the only way to make some people aware that their PCs have been compromised. It's certainly the most efficient, and ISPs should be encouraged to take similar action, or at least notify their customers, when they detect suspicious activity on their networks.
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Ubuntu → #
Posted Monday 2nd February 2009 14:34 GMT
In Microsoft says it again - no second beta for Windows 7
"Ubuntu is just as easy to use as Windoze"
So what. Most people use applications, rather than an operating system.
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I'd like to make a donation to scroogle ... → #
Posted Thursday 18th December 2008 13:44 GMT
In Yahoo! mocks Google Privacy Theatre
... but then they'd know who I am!
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wikileaks is having problems → #
Posted Wednesday 19th November 2008 15:58 GMT
In BNP races to get membership list off the net
"Wikileaks servers are currently overloaded by extreme popularity".
I suppose a DDOS attack is one way to stop the list from falling into anyone else's hands.
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Resource hog → #
Posted Wednesday 19th November 2008 15:51 GMT
In MS kills off OneCare to introduce free security software
Either OneCare was using my computer, or I was, so it had to go. Mind you, most of the commercial AV products have a worse effect on PCs than the problem they purport to fix.
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Alternative search → #
Posted Tuesday 9th September 2008 13:25 GMT
In Google to ‘anonymize’ user IPs after 9 months
I use scroogle (be careful, that's scroogle.org, NOT scroogle.com!) for searches that I want to keep private. I don't trust google not to misuse the data they are storing on us all.
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Cloud deleted → #
Posted Thursday 28th August 2008 18:42 GMT
In Engineer accidentally deletes cloud
Doesn't seem to have made the sun shine!
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They have driver problems as well → #
Posted Thursday 3rd July 2008 09:18 GMT
In Nvidia throws itself under the bus with chip defect, delays and lost sales
I've got an NVidia GeForce 7900 GTX in my tower system, and its fan screams at top speed whenever Vista awakes from sleep mode. The only way to shut it up is a reboot. NVidia have known about this problem for over 12 months, but don't seem capable of fixing it, so I'm not surprised they're in trouble.
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NASA has no doubt → #
Posted Monday 10th March 2008 20:58 GMT
In IPCC's 'evil twin' launches climate change sceptic's creed
Uncredited wrote: "The 'standard climate change denier stuff' as you call it actually originates from the 'humans causing everything' group. How many 'deniers' have been accused to be on the payroll of oil companies or the car industry or other heavy industry? It's still standard stuff for most members of The Church of Al Gore. These relentless accusations actually made me start thinking that if this is the main argument for human-caused global warming then maybe this is just another 'the earth is flat' argument, if you believe otherwise then you are nothing more than a heathen and should swallow the 'truth' without thinking independently."
I really don't want climate change to be anthropomorphic, if only for the sake of my young daughter's generation, but what advantage is it to NASA to say that it is? They can see that the Earth is not flat, and state unequivocally that we are to blame:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/GlobalWarmingQandA/
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Background info on The Heartland Institute → #
Posted Monday 10th March 2008 15:02 GMT
In IPCC's 'evil twin' launches climate change sceptic's creed
I see that the Heartland Institute, which is behind that report, also opposes tobacco control measures, and is funded by the tobacco and oil industries:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Heartland_Institute
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@ amanfromMars → #
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 11:12 GMT
In Underground tools foil generic virus detection
'tis a pity that Google don't have a Martian to English translator!
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Who needs evidence? → #
Posted Tuesday 5th February 2008 14:48 GMT
In Scientists warn on climatic 'tipping points'
There seem to be a lot of people here who don't allow any amount of evidence to the contrary to affect their beliefs. A bit like religion, or more like the smoking lobby really. Perhaps our brains have been hardwired to self-destruct - a defect that wasn't spotted before release to manufacturing. Rendering the planet unfit for human habitation should do the trick.