tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post2082188930223039310..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: Judy's TribeEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-29312077301036846152010-09-06T10:13:39.957-04:002010-09-06T10:13:39.957-04:00Slightly over a year ago, Bob Ward told us this:
...Slightly over a year ago, Bob Ward told us this:<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/cif-green/2009/jul/01/bob-ward-exxon-mobil-climate<br /><br />RR Kampen, NL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-41736291910344179532010-08-27T20:21:51.517-04:002010-08-27T20:21:51.517-04:00Well, Minnies, if you have an elegant answer for c...Well, Minnies, if you have an elegant answer for converting a single apartment in an apartment building to solar hot water, I'm all bunny ears. Not every rabbit lives in a free-standing dwelling or a condo with an adaptable layout :)Fastidious Bunnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-72819086598185980072010-08-25T09:49:52.240-04:002010-08-25T09:49:52.240-04:00Why on earth need the water be cold?
We've ha...Why on earth need the water be cold?<br /><br />We've had solar hot water for 20 years. As long as we don't do anything silly like running the dishwasher or washing machine after dark we use hot, hot water, not lukewarm or "hand-hot" for everything. (Not after dark? So the tank doesn't refill with cold water and set off the automatic electric heating to get back up to temp overnight.) <br /><br />Go solar hot water, even if you can't afford the whole solar power thing.<br /><br />MinniesMumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-21731546805379339012010-08-23T18:50:19.907-04:002010-08-23T18:50:19.907-04:00I dispute the assertion "(but the plates aren...I dispute the assertion "(but the plates aren't clean)," and posit that water temperature has very little to do with cleansing efficiency when using modern detergents on average dinner ware. That is, provided that "cold water" means tap temperature, not ice cold, and that detergent is used. (If detergent isn't used, then I daresay near-boiling water would be required.) I wash dishes in "cold" (usually not below ~55F) water, partly as a nod to the carbon footprint, and I don't recall ever noticing an observable difference between that and the warm water case. As a related aside, the public appear to have a misconception about water temperature as it relates to hand-washing, for example. The common advice to 'wash your hands with soap and warm water for at least 30 seconds' mentions warm water not because it is more efficacious. Rather it is because people are more likely to go the entire 30-second duration if the water is warm. The temperature itself has no effect on cleansing, unless possibly the hands are covered in mechanic's-type grease.Fastidious Bunnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-27483598514296806362010-08-20T13:46:45.192-04:002010-08-20T13:46:45.192-04:00Eli,
We're all aging. Someday we'll need...Eli, <br />We're all aging. Someday we'll need to have our carrots boiled to a mush.carrot eaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-34835210536401054582010-08-20T09:07:21.181-04:002010-08-20T09:07:21.181-04:00Years ago I realized a couple of things about Cons...Years ago I realized a couple of things about Conspiracy Theorists:<br /><br />1) They never want to get at the truth behind a conpiracy for the same reason the Philosophers Union in Hithchikers Guide didn't want the answer to the ultimate question. They would then be out of a job.<br /><br />2) They will not go after a real conspiracy, they only go after conspiracies that they are very sure don't exist. Real conspiracies can get you killed. The fake ones are much safer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-50221805486497615142010-08-20T08:59:39.084-04:002010-08-20T08:59:39.084-04:00Ah, I get it. Montfords defence of his book when ...Ah, I get it. Montfords defence of his book when attacked by Ward include such wonderful points as:<br /><br />"In other words, it is entirely possible that the journal was threatened and HvS didn't like the paper."<br /><br />Hmm, way to go, making insinuations. He then seems to think that comments such as these:<br />I will be emailing the journal to tell them I’m having nothing more to do with it until they rid<br />themselves of this troublesome editor.<br /><br />...or this one from Mann:<br /><br />I think we have to stop considering Climate Research as a legitimate peer-reviewed journal. Perhaps we should encourage our colleagues in the climate research community to no longer submit to, or cite papers in, this journal.<br /><br />=----<br />are evidence of bullying, whereas anyone who accepts that the paper in the journal was mince would say that these are signs of attempts at academic quality control...<br /><br />You see what happens when amateur conspiracy theorists get on with the job. <br />Some of MOntfords posters are suggesting suing Ward - if that happens we can all spend a few days happily pointing out Montfords errors so as to prove that he has a history of misrepresentation.guthriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992984293423290387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-14906314335754403582010-08-20T06:51:29.429-04:002010-08-20T06:51:29.429-04:00Maybe he doesn't understand the issues?
Or p...Maybe he doesn't understand the issues? <br />Or possibly he never learnt how science works when at St Andrews, I know I only got a bit of it? Certainly we didn't get any philosophy of science when I was there, it would have been helpful. <br />Or he's a dunderheid. So many possibilities, when we ignore evidence we can speculate wildly!<br />Just like in his book...guthriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992984293423290387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-24829021406187298742010-08-20T06:20:49.413-04:002010-08-20T06:20:49.413-04:00Montford, just one more self obsessed jerk, who ca...Montford, just one more self obsessed jerk, who can't win on facts alone, so he has to manufacture a circus and tell some porkies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-51807732942394526002010-08-20T04:59:13.917-04:002010-08-20T04:59:13.917-04:00Oh no, Montford got a chemistry degree from the sa...Oh no, Montford got a chemistry degree from the same university I did, and lives in my city of origin. The shame!<br />(Mind you one of our lecturers is a creationist, although he never let it show in his lectures, but he is always enthusiastic for sighing himself professor x in petitions in support of creationism)<br /><br />Oh, and he's an accountant. Do we have a case of projection here?guthriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992984293423290387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-20124947627538256762010-08-20T02:19:45.393-04:002010-08-20T02:19:45.393-04:00Perhaps this is where Judith picked up her "S...Perhaps this is where Judith picked up her "Some people were getting their papers rejected because they disagreed with the IPCC."<br />http://blogs.chron.com/sciguy/archives/2010/08/judith_curry_on_antarctic_ice_climategate_and_skep.html<br /><br />Seriously, she should be ashamed of all her vague, unsubstantiated accusations. One can only hope she looks back in the near future, and wonders how she could have been so enamored with the deliberately deceptive narrative of the Montfords of this worldMarcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07262670367947223521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-5763766260791097012010-08-19T18:21:18.057-04:002010-08-19T18:21:18.057-04:00I initially misread the title of this post as &quo...I initially misread the title of this post as "Judy's Tripe".Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763511375953757332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-1524596544050340262010-08-19T17:06:53.480-04:002010-08-19T17:06:53.480-04:00Might also be wise for those recommending the book...Might also be wise for those recommending the book to actually peg their nose, put on sterile gloves, do some background research then re-read it first.<br /><br />Hope you don't mind that I corrected that somewhat Horatio,chekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09076463055055404580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-61666401444436651202010-08-19T16:29:19.186-04:002010-08-19T16:29:19.186-04:00"Given such glaring inaccuracies and misrepre...<i>"Given such glaring inaccuracies and misrepresentations in his book, it would perhaps be wise to treat with some scepticism Montford's assessment of the validity of the inquiries into the hacked email messages."</i> -- Bob Ward<br /><br />Might also be wise for those recommending the book to actually read it first. ~@:>Horatio Algeranonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988805467080448954noreply@blogger.com