tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post3139073123335504363..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: EliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-19476451507126693552007-08-01T10:58:00.000-04:002007-08-01T10:58:00.000-04:00And now he's got something back up --- all Yahoo N...And now he's got something back up --- all Yahoo News RSS feeds at this point --- at the 'controlclimatechange' page.<BR/><BR/>Curious; at the very top of the source is a reference to<BR/>http://gmpg.org --- perhaps where he got his BigCanO'Website? That link leads to an amazing chunk of, er, something. <BR/><BR/><BR/>GMPG claims to be <BR/><BR/>".... an experiment in Metamemetics. The first aim of Metamemetics is to create a structure of principles that foster the construction and propagation of elemental ideas. The GMPG attempts to stimulate simplification of virtual substructures and bring people to question established structures and their relationships. Because people are not used to seeing elemental technologies or concepts which are powerful and immediately usable, frequent and novel encounters with GMPG efforts provoke optimism and empowerment, nevertheless reawakening criticism of complexity and a desire for simplicity.<BR/>.... * XFN - XHTML Friends Network<BR/> * XMDP - XHTML Meta Data Profiles<BR/>....Connecting people through incremental simplicity."<BR/><BR/>Whoah! That's what we need, incremental simplicity.<BR/>And advertising servers. Yeah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-66874226865014782232007-07-31T23:23:00.000-04:002007-07-31T23:23:00.000-04:00So I got to wondering, _what_ other blogs exactly....So I got to wondering, _what_ other blogs exactly.<BR/>Well, well, there were indeed a lot of them on this model.<BR/>http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/rbenvin/Hank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-21624058353632029292007-07-31T16:10:00.000-04:002007-07-31T16:10:00.000-04:00stop me before I ...http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/rt...stop me before I ...<BR/><BR/>http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/rtfm.png<BR/><BR/>Too late.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-67652791611506600642007-07-30T19:21:00.000-04:002007-07-30T19:21:00.000-04:00One last snark for this topic:http://www.kevinandk...One last snark for this topic:<BR/>http://www.kevinandkell.com/1996/strips/kk19960925.gifAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-59665184064043425132007-07-30T18:03:00.000-04:002007-07-30T18:03:00.000-04:00Just sayin', should anyone be tempted to make trou...Just sayin', should anyone be tempted to make trouble instead of help solve the problem, it can bite you back:<BR/><BR/>http://www.chillingeffects.org/weather.cgi?WeatherID=568<BR/><BR/>Viz:<BR/><BR/>"EFF files suit for damages over abuse of DMCA<BR/><BR/>"Aaron Schohn - Samuelson Law Technology and Public Policy Clinic - Boalt Hall, November 12, 2006 <BR/><BR/>"... While the DMCA requires that only the copyright holder or authorized licensee can demand content removal, the act’s preservation of ‘safe harbor’ from liability requires immediate content removal while copyright ownership or authorization is established.<BR/><BR/>"Essentially, an individual can force an ISP to remove allegedly infringing content while the copyright status of the content is determined. This effectively allows individuals to silence or disrupt critical commentary under the guise of copyright infringement...."<BR/><BR/>Don't want that being done to USA-based science sites now do we?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-72796858861836737682007-07-30T17:02:00.000-04:002007-07-30T17:02:00.000-04:00ankh"But --- if it's anonymous accusations to trig...ankh<BR/><BR/>"But --- if it's anonymous accusations to trigger shutdown of websites you're recommending --- I recommend a reread of the basic documentation of your civilization before proceeding."<BR/><BR/>I wasn't recommending anything,<BR/><BR/>Just stating the way copyright law works.<BR/><BR/>When it comes to ISP's making decisions about whether to suspend and discontinue service, that's their prerogative. For example, If they have terms of service that says no porn and I use their service to disseminate porn, they can terminate my service -- period.<BR/><BR/>You might no like that, but that's another issue entirely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-80031032639352442172007-07-30T16:14:00.000-04:002007-07-30T16:14:00.000-04:00Meanwhile, attempting to find something actually o...Meanwhile, attempting to find something actually on topic, I found this:<BR/><BR/>http://ams.confex.com/ams/87ANNUAL/techprogram/paper_118376.htm<BR/><BR/>Ha! This will twiddle everyone. <BR/> <BR/>Urban Clear Islands In the Fog<BR/><BR/>-----BEGIN EXCERPT ---------<BR/><BR/>"... . Lee (1987) briefly noted that urban areas in the Central Valley often induce clearing of fog and stratus cloud cover in a pattern described as an "urban clear-island" (UCI) (Figure 1). This phenomenon has also been observed in southern Germany by Sachweh and Koepke (1995 and 1997). The clearing of dense fog and low stratus cloud above an urban area in a localized -- nearly circular-- island' formation is however not fully understood. The present research investigates surface meteorological parameters at urban and non-urban sites during a series of three UCI episodes at Fresno, California in January 2005. It is hoped that this initial undertaking will provide guidance for future inquires into UCI's in the Central Valley and elsewhere.<BR/>....<BR/>Preliminary Findings The UCI at Fresno, California was first detectable in GOES imagery at 1400PST on all three January 2005 dates. The area of the UCI was observed to be quite variable from hour-to-hour. On 19 January 2005 the first measurable UCI was approximately 66km2 in total area. The 1500PST UCI grew to 371km2 and the final detectable UCI on this date was 519km2. The UCI began to fill at 1700PST and the GOES image for the evening hours became contaminated with higher cirrus-type clouds that made detection and measurement difficult. The 20 January 2005 UCI grew from 44km2 at 1400PST to 171km2 at 1500PST and 198km2 at 1600PST. The GOES Nighttime Fog Product (NFP) (Underwood et al. 2004) was used to detect the UCI after sunset and the UCI was completely filled by 1700PST. On 21 January 2005 the UCI at 1400PST was approximately 48km2 in total area. The 1500PST area estimate was 341km2 and the 1600PST estimate was 329km2. The GOES-NFP image revealed that the UCI began filling before 1700PST (160km2) and was completely filled by 1800PST.<BR/><BR/>A correlation analysis was performed to assess the linear relationship of UCI development and the variability of both meteorological and pollutant observations at Fresno during the three day period. Statistically significant relationships were found between: UCI area and Solar Radiation; UCI area and Air Temperature; UCI area and moisture parameters including Vapor Pressure, Relative Humidity, and Dew Point Temperature; and UCI area and ozone (O3) concentration.<BR/><BR/>Finally the meteorological data from Fresno was compared with data from the non-urban observation station at Parlier, California. Distinct differences were observed between the following rural and urban parameters: Soil Temperature (approximately 0.5 to 1.0 „aC greater at urban site prior to UCI detection); Relative Humidity (approximately 4 to 7% less at urban site prior to UCI detection), Incoming Solar Radiation (approximately 25 to 35 Wm2 more SWR at urban site one hour prior to UCI detection).<BR/><BR/>4. Conclusions This work is a first step in understanding the complexities of UCI development in radiation fog and near-surface stratus clouds in the Central Valley of California. The simple analyses performed are meant to provide direction for further research. The correlations of surface meteorological observations and UCI development suggest that the urban environment is more moisture starved than surrounding rural areas and the air temperature is higher. The fog or stratus deck also seems more transparent to solar radiation (a thinner cloud layer) at the urban site compared to the non-urban site. The concentration of pollutants, such as ozone, suggests that air quality degradation in the urban environment may also play a role in the development of UCI's. This is of course an incomplete look at the conditions accompanying the UCI, as boundary layer data is not readily available for sites in the Central Valley. In the future it is hoped that sounding data can be collected during a number of UCI episodes to provide insight into the conditions aloft during this unique cloud dissipation process.<BR/>-------- END EXCERPT ------<BR/><BR/>This is a test posting, to find out which group of readers first siezes on this as either useful information or definitive proof of ... whatever.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I'll add that in my decades of hang gliding, I and other pilots have also noticed occasional nearly circular holes opening in low thin cloud/fog layers. <BR/><BR/>Our observation is that these don't just happen over urban areas; I suspect they just got noticed there --- more observers.<BR/><BR/>We've always thought it was something like a big thermal bubble of warm air having gathered itself together in calm conditions and finally lifting off. Though others have speculated about mystery rays from outer space, the liftoff or landing of a mile-wide invisible flying saucer, and such.<BR/><BR/>Nod to conspiracologists ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-48251041474478198122007-07-30T15:18:00.000-04:002007-07-30T15:18:00.000-04:00Yeah, but that was them, and this is us!Yeah, but that was them, and this is us!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-45495704809295460182007-07-30T11:19:00.000-04:002007-07-30T11:19:00.000-04:00Hey Ankh, before you left it was conspiracy city.Hey Ankh, before you left it was conspiracy city.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-75923742236349739152007-07-30T11:10:00.000-04:002007-07-30T11:10:00.000-04:00Let's hope not. There IS a "fair use" provision i...Let's hope not. There IS a "fair use" provision in the law. Saying someone "might be" violating copyright is too damned easy, because it's impossible to disprove without the involvement of the copyright owner. <BR/><BR/>Someone "might be" copying something that is already a copy, in the public domain. <BR/><BR/>If it were possible to shut someone's weblog down by just telling the ISP they "might be" violating copyright --- you're into really deep nastiness.<BR/><BR/>Yes, the law now works, in practice, that way. But hey, we dont' have Habeus Corpus in the USA now either. Both those losses are, I hope, temporary defects that will be fixed. <BR/><BR/>There are ISPs that don't care about that. That's the worst case situation, that allows denial-of-service attacks, the copyright 'extreme rendition' making a website disappear.<BR/><BR/>You want that? I thought not.<BR/><BR/>If someone just made an accusation without the involvement of any actual copyright owner, and as a result someone else loses their online voice, this is way worse than someone being caught borrowing.<BR/><BR/>The copyright owner has the right to tell someone to fix their problem --- then to complain to the publisher if need be.<BR/><BR/>The rest of us have the right to tell the guy he's got a problem, tell the authors the guy's got their words, and point and hoot and holler.<BR/><BR/>If we're generous we've got the opportunity to help whoever wrote the BigCanO'Website manual add a few lines on how to actually get RSS working. Or help the website dude learn how to Google for "rss feed" and find a page with one and view source and copy the code and edit it.<BR/><BR/>But --- if it's anonymous accusations to trigger shutdown of websites you're recommending --- I recommend a reread of the basic documentation of your civilization before proceeding.<BR/><BR/>I'll continue to hope that an actual copyright owner contacted the guy. There were a lot of chunks of text on the guy's page, lots of possible people (besides RC) who could complain based on provable ownership of copyright in material.<BR/><BR/>If someone who didn't have anything to protect sent an anonymous accusation to the ISP and the guy lost his website til he understands how to set up RSS, that sucks.<BR/><BR/>Just because you _can_ use the interpretation of a stupid and venal business-dominated government to make a stupid and fearful ISP delete the bungled attempt of a possibly educable and perhaps even friendly kindergarten-grade webbisher doesn't mean it's smart.<BR/><BR/>Because it's easier to make enemies than friends. <BR/><BR/>Lord, I go away for three days and it's conspiracy city. <BR/><BR/>I hope it's all just bad digestion and misunderstanding and there's a real copyright owner involved here at all.Hank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-82615265569367864302007-07-30T10:29:00.000-04:002007-07-30T10:29:00.000-04:00ankh said: "Only an actual copyright owner can con...ankh said: "Only an actual copyright owner can contact an ISP and get a website taken down. Someone he copied from complained."<BR/><BR/>Only the copyright owner can file a copyright infringement suit with the USPTO.<BR/><BR/>But that is not what we are talking about here.<BR/><BR/>In a case in which there is the possibility of an infringement suit, all affected parties will undoubtedly act to protect their own self-interest. <BR/><BR/>I know if I ran an ISP and it were brought to my attention that someone using my service was (or even might be) infringing on copyrights, I would act immediately since otherwise, i could be held liable. <BR/><BR/>i'm sure there is probably even something in the ISP service contract that gives them the right to suspend service until it is shown that the party in question is NOT violating copyright law.<BR/><BR/>I would not be surprised if that is what happened in this case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-47172181227947483212007-07-30T06:55:00.000-04:002007-07-30T06:55:00.000-04:00I suppose he can next blame whoever wrote the Real...I suppose he can next blame whoever wrote the Real Fine Manual he got with his BigCan'O'Website for not explaining the basics about how to use it. There are warnings:<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCILLA<BR/><BR/>Only an actual copyright owner can contact an ISP and get a website taken down. Someone he copied from complained.<BR/><BR/>Couldn't be me, nor Eli (who was nice enough to let him know he had a problem) ---- he didn't copy anything from us.<BR/><BR/>He's blaming the messenger. Very ill-informed.<BR/><BR/>Could be that his ISP is required to tell him who complained, I dunno; but he's a communications professional, he'll work it out.Hank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-13237890026220904532007-07-28T17:52:00.000-04:002007-07-28T17:52:00.000-04:00Commondreams also copied a bunch of Times Select s...Commondreams also copied a bunch of Times Select stuff until recently, something Eli found useful.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-72562264102716716922007-07-28T17:44:00.000-04:002007-07-28T17:44:00.000-04:00Once again it seems that allies of the kind of peo...Once again it seems that allies of the kind of people who worship law and order like to play fast and loose with the law. <BR/><BR/>I mean, this is such childsplay that commondreams.org, a lefty website has had the necessary legal bits about common use policy and attribution displayed on it as long as I can remember, which is going back a few years now.guthriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992984293423290387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-85870843374677815722007-07-28T09:57:00.000-04:002007-07-28T09:57:00.000-04:00"now all my sites are shut down"...and all my adve..."now all my sites are shut down"<BR/><BR/>...and all my advertising funds have disappeared." (Poof!)<BR/><BR/>Does this guy really expect us to feel sorry for him?<BR/><BR/>There is a right way of doing stuff and a wrong way. <BR/><BR/>Some people seem to think it makes no difference. That's the kind of attitude that produced the Iraq debacle.<BR/><BR/>People need to be told that it's NOT OK to print stuff without citation and that there are consequences when you screw up (so don't screw up)<BR/><BR/>Perhaps then, we won't have the f...ing free-for all we do now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-57994374200995263152007-07-27T22:40:00.000-04:002007-07-27T22:40:00.000-04:00Eli received another message from Rich Blevins:Sub...Eli received another message from Rich Blevins:<BR/><BR/>Subject: You jerk<BR/><BR/>I realize that the feeds from controlclimatechange.com were not working properly and not citing you as a source. I apologized and said I would take care of it. You complained to my hosting company and now all my sites are shut down. What is your problem? I said I would take care of it! You want to spread the word about global warming? So what is the big deal if the source is not cited for two days? You are real stiff and you're never going to get the word out about global warming with your attitude. Now I have a real headache on my hands. Thanks a lot, jerk!<BR/><BR/>Rich<BR/>-- <BR/>Sincerely,<BR/>Rich Benvin<BR/>www.richbenvin.com<BR/>richb@mentornet.com<BR/><BR/>Eli never complained to any hosting company. Who would take a Rabett chewing a carrot seriously, but there are a lot of powerful mice out there.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-71800462009486719102007-07-26T22:10:00.000-04:002007-07-26T22:10:00.000-04:00Marion, I like your climate rabett.Kind of the Ray...Marion, I like your climate rabett.<BR/><BR/>Kind of the Ray Charles of rabetts.<BR/><BR/>I have my own version of a <A HREF="http://halgeranon.blogspot.com/#grassy_knolls" REL="nofollow">climate rabett</A>.<BR/><BR/>Mine is indigenous to the plains of the western US. They are very shy, but they like to hang out by NOAA temperature stations, which is where i photographed this one (for subsurfacestations.org )Horatio Algeranonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988805467080448954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-69268670429985326892007-07-26T21:14:00.000-04:002007-07-26T21:14:00.000-04:00Eli:What do you think of the Climat Rabett?It was ...Eli:<BR/><BR/>What do you think of the Climat Rabett?<BR/><BR/>It was created in reference to the climate rabett here:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://kscakes.com.nyud.net:8080/LolCats/Uploads/Saved/climat-rabett-sez-zomg-we-has-warming.jpg" REL="nofollow">http://kscakes.com.nyud.net:8080/LolCats/Uploads/Saved/climat-rabett-sez-zomg-we-has-warming.jpg</A><BR/><BR/>Dano:<BR/><BR/>thanks for explaining TCSMarion Delgadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-179911176129575262007-07-26T15:32:00.000-04:002007-07-26T15:32:00.000-04:00As I parse the bit quoted from his email to Eli, h...As I parse the bit quoted from his email to Eli, he can claim he thinks he told RC by telling Eli. I think.<BR/><BR/>for copyright, it is actually not a matter of telling them.<BR/><BR/>its a matter of asking.<BR/><BR/>you can't copy someone else's stuff in its entirety with without first getting permission -- period. and whether you reprint all of it or even part, you need to credit them.<BR/><BR/>Ignorance of a law does not let you off the hook.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-78369063862700524162007-07-26T15:23:00.000-04:002007-07-26T15:23:00.000-04:00anhk, I suspect the occasional visitor from RC gla...anhk, I suspect the occasional visitor from RC glances here every so often. Bellette is the only one who comments tho.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-57487664058788762002007-07-26T11:25:00.000-04:002007-07-26T11:25:00.000-04:00From the bit of email Chandler sent Eli, he's conf...From the bit of email Chandler sent Eli, he's confused Eli and RC, so he can now claim he thought he did tell RC he was trying to set up RSS. I hope you'll disabuse him, Eli. Whatever.<BR/><BR/>He should tell RC he's trying to catch their RSS feed to display it on his website, as RC says to let them know.<BR/><BR/>He can claim incompetence, looking at the source page a bit deeper. It appears he bought a "Can'O'Website" product of some kind, dumped it into his blank page, and then started typing and pasting stuff in between the lines.<BR/><BR/>As Eli says, I got in deeper. Gotta take a _loongg_ hot shower as a result and throw out HTML clothes --- and I still didn't get in deep enough to tell if the guy bought two different off-the-shelf-website products, or if both layers of his site are from Eric Alterman's. Maybe he can blame whoever wrote TFM.<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, someone ought to let RC know just so they're properly on notice he's copying stuff (ineptly).<BR/><BR/>As I parse the bit quoted from his email to Eli, he can claim he thinks he told RC by telling Eli. I think.<BR/><BR/>Ick.Hank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-91420781654402344682007-07-26T09:14:00.000-04:002007-07-26T09:14:00.000-04:00Since they copied Real Climate's work without perm...Since they copied Real Climate's work without permission, they clearly cannot claim copyrights or any rights about the text."<BR/><BR/>...and if you use the article in part of whole without crediting its author, it is actually "Copyright infringement."<BR/><BR/>Copyright law allows you to quote parts of an article (for critiques, support in one's own articles, etc) as long as you credit the author, but as far as I know, to reprint an entire article, you have to have the author's permission and <I>must</I> credit that author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-45997429538628448872007-07-26T09:02:00.000-04:002007-07-26T09:02:00.000-04:00Tech Central Station, a hotbed of lobbying FUDdom ...Tech Central Station, a hotbed of lobbying FUDdom run by a <A HREF="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=DCI_Group" REL="nofollow">front group</A>. <BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/><BR/>DDanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03709762632849004871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-5223846932020568492007-07-26T02:58:00.000-04:002007-07-26T02:58:00.000-04:00what's TCS?what's TCS?Marion Delgadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-58312117477449145632007-07-25T23:32:00.000-04:002007-07-25T23:32:00.000-04:00Well, oops. I found several sites that do offer R...Well, oops. <BR/><BR/>I found several sites that do offer RSS feeds of RC. The way it's supposed to work, they show some topic titles and a link, and the link when clicked opens the actual RC website.<BR/><BR/>By contrast this guy has ("view source" -- can't copy and paste it in here, it makes the blogger software barf)<BR/><BR/>--- copied the text from RC verbatim<BR/>-- set up his RSS software so HIS site_offers_ the to give people an RSS feed of the RC text but it's going to be a link to his website, under his name. He's offering, not taking, an RSS feed. He's not linking to where he gets his text, he's offering it as though it were his, for others to link to him.<BR/><BR/>It ends up with:<BR/><BR/>If you liked my post, feel free to (here a clickable link to get people to) subscribe to my rss feeds <BR/><BR/>and then<BR/><BR/>end of feedtiser <BR/>Money Making Options<BR/>blogosquare.com<BR/>Make high income with your blog<BR/>Monetise your blog with text ads<BR/><BR/><BR/>Sigh. So --- He's offering a RSS feed of stuff copied from RC but not a connection to RC.<BR/><BR/>Plus<BR/>-- set up a lot of clicky buttons so his copy under his name can be sent to Yahoo and Digg and other sites.<BR/><BR/>Cute. <BR/><BR/>You know, my plumber once told me there were only two things you really needed to know, to be a good plumber. And I think it applies to setting up pipes in the InterTubes too.<BR/><BR/>Water flows downhill. Don't lick your fingers.<BR/><BR/>Similarly with information. Know which way the stuff is supposed to be flow, and how to tell input from output.<BR/><BR/>Then again, my plumber's pretty savvy about the Web too.Hank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.com