I think the graph title is particularly telling ;D
Please refrain from putting up similar pieces here. Thank you.
Last month, the Niels Bugge Cartoon Award asked illustrators and cartoonists from around the world to submit drawings based on a basic theme: climate. "Oceans are in our hands," the contest proclaimed, urging participants from 75 countries to put forth their best (and satirical) interpretation of the singular global concern.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/07/niels-bugge-cartoon-award_n_5455509.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/07/niels-bugge-cartoon-award_n_5455509.html)
But what are IAUs? That could be a bit more clearly spelled out.
Lets call a 4.5C difference one "Ice Age Unit."Looks clearly spelt out to me ;) ;D
Need I say more??1. He said "The pace of climate action is glacial!"
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2. He saw/heard "CRAAAAAAACK!!"
3. He saw/heard "SPLOOOOSH!"
4. He realised and kept for himself "Although glaciers move faster than they used to..."
Ooops, it's not fox forum, sorry, sorry ...
Q: How many climate alarmists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: DON'T EVEN TOUCH IT!! By 2137 it will be under water, and YOU WILL BE ELECTROCUTED!!
WASHINGTON—Evoking cataclysmic scenes of extreme weather and widespread drought and famine, the nation’s climate change deniers held a press conference Wednesday to describe exactly what the Earth must look like before they will begin to believe in human-induced global warming.Continued at the link
The group of skeptics, who said that the consensus among 97 percent of the scientific community and the documented environmental transformations already underway are simply not proof enough, laid out the precise sequence and magnitude of horrific events—including natural disasters, proliferation of infectious diseases, and resource wars—they would have to witness firsthand before they are swayed.
“For us to accept that the average surface temperature of the Earth has risen to critical levels due to mankind’s production of greenhouse gases, we’ll need to see some actual, visible evidence, including a global death toll of no less than 500 million people within a single calendar year,” said spokesperson William Davis, 46, of Jackson, NJ, who added that at least 70 percent of all islands on the planet would also have to become submerged under rising seas before he and his cohort would reconsider their beliefs.....
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Laurent, thanks a lot for the cartoon of Hollande waving goodbye to everyone. I don't know why, but that cartoon is making me laugh so much. It just looks so silly, him standing there and waving. :D
You're on a roll, ASLR. You keep finding new ones. I'm beginning to suspect that you've started drawing them yourself. ;)
You diverge AbruptSLR !
"while this is technically a very strong El Niño, it’s not playing out as expected because tribal members are too focused on temperatures of specific regions, rather than the big picture. This El Niño has been called ‘very strong’ but that is true if one measures it only by the warmth in the eastern tropical Pacific. But most El Niños also feature a cooling in the western tropical Pacific, and that is largely absent this year.”
As a result, Trenberth said, the differences in temperature along the equator are much less than previous super El Niños, and the reversal in the trade winds that blow across the tropics is much weaker than we saw in the winter of 1997-1998, when Southern California saw nearly 14 inches of rain in the month of February alone..In addition, a lot of action is occurring in a very warm tropical Indian Ocean, which is interfering with the Pacific Ocean activity.
“A consequence of this is that the activity in the eastern Pacific has been nowhere near as strong as expected, and in fact it disappeared a couple of weeks ago,” said Trenberth. It’s the eastern Pacific activity that tends to have the most influence on Southern California storm tracks.
El Niño? According to 'Old Farmer's Almanac' forget about itI have no idea what secret sauce goes into OFA's long range forecasts but they are on the written record as having successfully predicted the complete Pacific storm track bust of the 2016 El Nino. At NCAR, head climatologist K Trenberth did not come around to this perspective until a hindcast (in the form of a forecast) was issued in mid-February 2016, four full months after the OFA published the correct call.
WB Johnson azcentral.com newspaper article October 29, 2015
"This year's El Nino is expected to be a monster. Names like "Godzilla" and "Bruce Lee" are already being coined by weather forecasters. Last week, I took a phone call from a reader who said we should stop writing so much about El Niño.
“What’s the big deal?” she said. “'The Old Farmer’s Almanac' says it’s going to be a neutral year, and that’s right 90 percent of the time.”
The weather phenomenon known as El Niño is a pretty big deal around here. In short, it’s the name given to a warming of water in the eastern Pacific Ocean that can lead to more rain and snow in the southern tier of the United States. Given the ongoing drought conditions in the Southwest, it’s understandable that any potential for relief would be welcome. The current El Niño conditions are among the strongest on record, and meteorologists and climatologists are predicting it will affect our weather this winter.
Old Farmer's Almanac - The Original Since 1792 -- offers free long range weather forecasts, full moon dates, weather history, sun rise and set times, best planting dates, and folklore. The oldest continuously published periodical in North America. www.almanac.com/ (http://www.almanac.com/)
Great collection! Hmm, actually, THE collection. :) BUT what about a link to the source? (Then one could share it on Fatzebuk, and the publisher gets some deserved credit.)
Here are some socially & environmentally responsible ads:wrrr sh.t now even this doesn't work. I'd like to have a link to that image with the kid on the iceberg. Google no hope, other thing also no result.
Here are some socially & environmentally responsible ads:wrrr sh.t now even this doesn't work. I'd like to have a link to that image with the kid on the iceberg. Google no hope, other thing also no result.
I won't look at this thread anymore. Costs too much time :-) ;D
Martin, voila:Here are some socially & environmentally responsible ads:wrrr sh.t now even this doesn't work. I'd like to have a link to that image with the kid on the iceberg. Google no hope, other thing also no result.
I won't look at this thread anymore. Costs too much time :-) ;D
Martin, voila:Here are some socially & environmentally responsible ads:wrrr sh.t now even this doesn't work. I'd like to have a link to that image with the kid on the iceberg. Google no hope, other thing also no result.
I won't look at this thread anymore. Costs too much time :-) ;D
http://www.act-responsible.org/ACT/ACTINCANNES/THE-EXPO/affiche.pdf (http://www.act-responsible.org/ACT/ACTINCANNES/THE-EXPO/affiche.pdf)
Read about that poster and the exhibition it was made for here:
http://www.act-responsible.org/ACT/ACTINCANNES/THEEXPO2009.htm (http://www.act-responsible.org/ACT/ACTINCANNES/THEEXPO2009.htm)
That's a new one... nice.
Nothing should leave the compound. If people want food/biomass from you, they should give some biomass/turd in return.;)
Should we be worried?I kind of think that Charlie Brown one might become a bit of an icon sooner rather than later :o
@AbruptSLR
that's the art about it, both, each at it's time. alone is fastest but not farthest etc. etc. ...... LOL
The matrix thing does not belong to this thread AbruptSLR ! A pity we can't discuss it.
For a humor thread matrix paradox is not really fit, I do not doubt of the pertinence, just saying people here could be interested to discuss that topic.
wipneus goes to a bar:
— Ice?
— No, thanks, I'd rather have single–malt with a 15% ice coverage.
;)
And now for something more on climate change & extreme weather related events:
And now for something more on climate change & extreme weather related events:
top image is a tsunami in japan ( the one ) and not weather, but earth-quake related.
hope it's a welcome information to avoid confusion.
no problem, just wanted to help, interesting nontheless. check the following links:
John Fugelsang: If pigeons are rats with wings then humans are a virus with iPhones.
https://twitter.com/johnfugelsang/status/764897105001320449
Perhaps this is what it all comes down to ASLR. For most of my life, and even now in some cases, I've held a default position that most of us know what is going on and have the willingness to change. As I get older, the reality is beginning to sink in; a majority of humans, perhaps a significant majority are unwilling to change. Its a sad testament to our species.
Some say the worst part of DKD is that the carriers have no idea they are infected, nor how easily they can spread it to others.http://thesciencepost.com/outbreak-of-dunning-kruger-disease-spreads-to-all-50-states/ (http://thesciencepost.com/outbreak-of-dunning-kruger-disease-spreads-to-all-50-states/)
Attached is the SkS Toon of the Week (issued Nov 6 2016):
If you can spot the climate change wisdom, let me know (I haven't found it yet):
ASLR: Referencing your reply #860, the images are great, but what do they have to do with humor?
Speaking of EQ, this Huffington Post article reports that a new moth species has been named after Trump:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-moth-species_us_587ea5c6e4b0c147f0bbbf86?tncysy7fo82cblnmi (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-moth-species_us_587ea5c6e4b0c147f0bbbf86?tncysy7fo82cblnmi)
Extract: A newly discovered species of moth received a fitting moniker, given the helmet-like cluster of yellow-white scales atop its head.
Meet Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, named after President-elect Donald Trump “because of the resemblance of the scales on the frons (head) of the moth to Mr. Trump’s hairstyle.”
Speaking of EQ, this Huffington Post article reports that a new moth species has been named after Trump:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-moth-species_us_587ea5c6e4b0c147f0bbbf86?tncysy7fo82cblnmi (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-moth-species_us_587ea5c6e4b0c147f0bbbf86?tncysy7fo82cblnmi)
Extract: A newly discovered species of moth received a fitting moniker, given the helmet-like cluster of yellow-white scales atop its head.
Meet Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, named after President-elect Donald Trump “because of the resemblance of the scales on the frons (head) of the moth to Mr. Trump’s hairstyle.”
See attached:
"We have the fate of the whole (biological) world in our hands!"
Au contraire. The rest of the biological world has the deciding vote.
How long do you imagine that we can continue to burn out our biological support structure from beneath our feet, until we ourselves are expunged?
During a press conference. Sean Spicer’s response to a question about Russia was to blame the press for making links that aren’t there. He claimed that if Trump used Russian dressing on a salad, people would see it as a connection. “The most suspicious thing about that scenario is the idea that Trump would eat a salad,” he said.Edit: Took a few tries and googling before I found the change https to http advice.
Wow. This situation in the Arctic is unprecedented.
Look at this map. The implications are obvious:
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... astounding!
But I think we can all agree that it would be meaningless without this context:
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Really, that speaks for itself.
OTTAWA – Scientists are nearing completion on another planet-wide study on climate change, but say they require the opinion of a “real stupid idiot” in order to complete their work.
“We’ve spent months conducting research and analyzing the data,” explained Dr. Naomi Prashad. “So we’re nearly there. We just need the assistance of a total brow-furrowing goddamn dolt to point out any shortcomings in our work.”
Climate scientists seeking opinion of stupid idiot to complete study (https://www.thebeaverton.com/2017/06/climate-scientists-seeking-opinion-stupid-idiot-complete-study/)QuoteOTTAWA – Scientists are nearing completion on another planet-wide study on climate change, but say they require the opinion of a “real stupid idiot” in order to complete their work.
“We’ve spent months conducting research and analyzing the data,” explained Dr. Naomi Prashad. “So we’re nearly there. We just need the assistance of a total brow-furrowing goddamn dolt to point out any shortcomings in our work.”
Don't know if already posted, but that one made me laugh:
yep, a great one, especially in reply to trump's tweet about the cold wave in north america while he wasn't able to look up the other side (siberia) and basically the rest of the northern hemisphere ;)Thank you. AFAIK, it clearly was crafted as a humorous reply to that exact megalo-Don Twitter jut.
Proof 33. If the Earth were a globe, people—except those on the top—would, certainly, have to be “fastened” to its surface by some means or other, whether by the “attraction” of astronomers or by some other undiscovered and undiscoverable process! But, as we know that we simply walk on its surface without any other aid than that which is necessary for locomotion on a plane, it follows that we have, herein, a conclusive proof that Earth is not a globe.
Adding the Swedish version of Donald Duck, Arne Anka.
I don't have problems with alcohol, I've got problems with reality!
Adding the Swedish version of Donald Duck, Arne Anka.
I don't have problems with alcohol, I've got problems with reality!
Or, as we say on this side of the pond,
"Reality is for people who can't face drugs
-Tom Waits
...
And when the forum's chief is an active and willing participant, there is no one to appeal to.
(clip)Has to be quite large to fit President Pruitt & al.
pps .. ie. a place to put all the crap .. :)
I've been thinking for some time now that maybe I should make politics off-topic on this forum for the reasons Oren states. But discussing politics is an integral part of finding solutions to AGW...Discussing politics on an Internet forum (and almost anywhere else) gets you nowhere in this day and age. It's not the same as fixing politics or solving the world's problems. Sadly, science-oriented people are not better than the average at listening when it comes to politics. It's a sewer, and everyone's shouting down a pipe to nowhere.
I don't know what to do about it. Sorry.If not a new forum, then at least provide the ability to put a thread (actually a whole bunch of them) on ignore, so it doesn't clutter people's screens in the recent posts and recent threads lists.
I've been thinking for some time now that maybe I should make politics off-topic on this forum for the reasons Oren states. But discussing politics is an integral part of finding solutions to AGW...
I don't know what to do about it. Sorry.
Since the main complaint was that all these posts show up in the "Show unread posts since last visit." button, I'd like to second Martin's suggestion above to "to have "Recent Posts" listed/filtered according to categories.". Oren made a similar suggestion.
To start, maybe have at least TWO buttons :
One "Show unread posts since last visit WITHOUT the 'rest'"
and One "Show unread posts since last visit WITH the 'rest'"
Icelanders are likely to depart the Paris accord on the grounds of bad wording on the agreement. "It's global milding, not warming", says the negotiator for the country. Siberian delegates applause.
Icelanders are likely to depart the Paris accord on the grounds of bad wording on the agreement. "It's global milding, not warming", says the negotiator for the country. Siberian delegates applause.
Iceland? Really? (just asking, if it's Iceland that's shocking, I thought they were smart and on board with reality)
Q: How do you know if a Finn is happy ?Insert old joke:Maybe that's why I had to work with Danes in the past?
Q: How do you know if a finn is happy of your question?
A: He looks at you with a grim face, and answers in dialectal finnish you don't get.
The difference to a Dane is of course the face is bland on a Dane. This is why finns and danes get along so well, I'm told.
Kahden medialähteen mukaan Pohjois- ja Etelä-Korean sekä Yhdysvaltain välisiä neuvotteluja edistettäisiin seuraavaksi Suomessa.
https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10121591 (https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10121591)
Now you have your chance Pmt, to teach those representatives what terve means!
Terve järki, would be too much...
No need to apologise - it was great fun, and good preparation for the R&R times in a little country in West Africa with a bunch of Finns, Swedes and Icelanders. Those were the good days - one international flight per week, no TV, only two unreliable international lines for the whole country, no fax, email (what's email?) and me in charge of the only reliable international communication device outside of the embassies - the telex machine.
Gerontocrat, that sounds a lot like this was a special party for the costumes, and you might hve been interpreted as gatecrashers by these intrepid fellows coming at you. Apologies for their enthusiasm.
Who will do the Swedes?
Thank you for covering the Finns gerontocrat, that's why I wrote this above:Maybe we should disect those stereotypes a bit further? I'll start with Norway (won't do Sweden or Finland, would be ugly...)
Edit; forgot the follow up question: Who will do the Swedes?
Satire seems to be ill suited in this humo(u)r thread but here's another.Hullo Sleepy,
Re: Russiagate
In fact, jingoist clown Johnson agreed with an MP that the upcoming World Cup in Russia is to Putin what the 1936 Olympics were to Hitler. Way to go, Boris... ::)
English B is missing in this slightly dated video, only PFT. That may stand for Pretty Fucking Tight, Pretty Fucking Terrible or even more boringly, the first letter in their names but I'll abstain from writing such ugly words online.
Yes, there is, here (https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,1860.0.html). Have fun! ;D
Sorry, naughty parts removed.
English . is missing in this slightly dated video, only .... That may stand for .retty .ucking .ight, .retty .ucking .errible or even more boringly, the first letter in their names but I'll abstain from writing such ugly words online.
Isn't there an angry thread somewhere in a dark corner of ASIF where we are allowed, perhaps even encouraged, to use naughty words and vomit out our disgust with the world?
With its plump head and bulbous beak, the renowned remains of a dodo at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History have long captivated visitors, Lewis Carroll among them. Now researchers say they have uncovered how the dodo died – a discovery that makes the old bird’s past curiouser and curiouser.
Researchers used a form of CT scanning and sophisticated software to probe the anatomy and habits of the Oxford dodo - the world’s best preserved specimen of the bird – and discovered the animal was shot in the back of the head and neck with lead pellets.
“The shot is consistent with it being very fine calibre fowling shot – the sort of shot that was used to down birds,” Prof Paul Smith, director of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, told the Guardian.
The revelation has astonished experts, who thought the bird had lived out its life in London as a money-spinning curiosity.
The universe is an egg and the moon isn't real: notes from a Flat Earth conference
Michael Marshall attended the UK’s annual gathering of people who share the unshakeable belief that the Earth is flat
Welcome to the Flat Earth UK Convention, a raucous departure from scientific norms where people are free to believe literally anything.
“When people ask me what I believe, I can’t say that I believe in anything 100%”, Gary John tells the audience during his opening address. “Apart from that we don’t live on a globe”.
That unshakeable belief is one of the few points of total agreement for the 200-strong audience at this week’s gathering. There is less consensus, however, on what form the Earth actually takes: some believe it to be a disc with the Arctic circle in the middle; some believe that circle is under a dome, above which there may or may not be an expanse of water; others believe the Earth is just one in a series of ponds in a vast expanse of ice; and other still believe the Earth exists beneath four cosmic rings within a giant egg-shaped universe.
...........
I eventually decided this was the best place to give recognition to an outstanding comedian, Mo Brooks, for his 'obviously' humorous explanation for sea level rise... ref Guardian article https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/17/republican-congressman-mo-brooks-sea-level-rise-rocks
Any relation to Mel?
Good idea, lets shove all of those <beep> <beep> <beep> in there and we're done!
Ignorance is a choice.
Behind us somewhere was a path junction that offered a choice between two ideas: one lead us to the two ignorance paths (where both go over the cliff) and the other lead us to wisdom or understanding or something. I doubt the signs at the earlier junction read "Ignorance - Knowledge" but something like "I'm right - I'm learning".Ignorance is a choice.
Quite funnily both paths end up in the ravine :D
I've just enjoyed scanning lastest posts .. overwhelmed as they are by 'Ice Apocalypse' and 'Halocine Extinction' the solitary 'unsorted' has never held such appeal .. :) b.c.Mea Culpa.
Aagh ! No ! lol ..
Happy New Year, G.I suspect that Monty Python owes a debt to Baron Trump, Copyright, 1889, BY INGERSOLL LOCKWOOD.
There's more than a little of Monty Python in your recommendation, I suspect! Except it's happening in real life...
'The parrot's not dead, it's only asleep!'
The official tagline for the Tory leadership contest is “EXPERIENCE MAGIC THIS SUMMER”. Its key value divide is between candidates who would smoke opium at an Iranian wedding, and candidates who would order a drone strike on one. We haven’t even begun to hear from frontrunner Boris Johnson, that flytipped sofa, who will probably be endorsed next week by visiting indignitary Donald Trump.
Still, plenty to be getting on with. Esther McVey would order you a drone strike, no problem. The only issue is whether she’d be able to get all the gays in one place. This week, Esther waded into the grimly regressive row about LGBT teaching, suggesting that parents should have the right to deny their children educational access to reality (I’m paraphrasing). As she put it: “I believe parents know best for their children.” Yes babe! That’s why measles is back. That’s why you personally defend the refusal to pay a mother benefits for her third child unless she can prove she was raped.
McVey joins every other Tory candidate in promising to “deliver Brexit”, even though it’s a parcel 30 times bigger than Britain’s letterbox. Esther’s full no-deal, naturally, while Sajid Javid … well, The Saj has bravely refused to reveal any spoilers about his thinking on Brexit.
Or perhaps you prefer the look of Dominic Raab? For reference, that look is “white-collar guy who’s never done anything wrong in his life before this. You have to believe him, he was just trying to keep her quiet – OH MY GOD OH MY GOD THERE’S SO MUCH BLOOD – OK, keep calm, keep calm. Panic’s how they’re going to get you. There’s that bit of copse past the golf club …” And so on. Dan Stevens stars.
As for Jeremy Hunt, I do enjoy the way Jeremy talks about his previous business running an educational courses database as though it were the East India Company or something. “Doing deals is my bread and butter,” he Andrew Carnegie-d this week. “I’ve taken risks, I’ve employed people. You have to do deals the whole time.” Deals Jeremy has struck with the taxpayer include claiming 27p for a 900m car journey, and repaying £9,500 for second home expenses. You win some, you lose some. Still, I’m looking forward to the bit in early July, if the field is whittled down as expected, where I find myself whispering, “Maybe … maybe Hunt’s not the worst?” at my reflection in a bathroom mirror, which I will then punch into a thousand pieces. Michael Gove … ? I can’t. I just can’t. Maybe next week.
Across all candidates there is an absolute refusal to admit Brexit is a mass Tory sex game that’s gone badly wrong. See modernity’s Matt Hancock, who this week attempted to attack Boris Johnson with the words: “To the people who say ‘fuck business’, I say fuck fuck business.” Gut response to this is: life, no parole. But for those who believe Matt’s crime should be in some way understood, this grammatical construction is known as the “double fuckative”. Contrary to assumption, there are policy positions beyond it – for instance “fuck the fucker of fuck business”, and “fuck fucking the fucker of fuck business”. Don’t ask what they mean – just let them mist you like three fragrant sprays of Matt by Matt Hancock.
After all, this is an election where shooting a selfie video makes you some Tomorrow Man who’s just landed in a whirlybird from the future. In my particular filter bubble, this tactic has helped make Rory Stewart everyone’s favourite outsider. He is certainly to be commended for an absolute refusal to admit that the target voter in this particular election is a 73-year-old woman from Beaconsfield who wants to bring back hanging and describes Aids as “nature’s way”.
That said, the Tory membership are easily sophisticated enough to get that there are two kinds of class A drugs: the ones you take out of politeness 14 years before being appointed prisons minister, and the ones that get you sent to prison, where they’re just as easy to get hold of, unlike any sort of a job once you get out. Make sure you take the right kind, kids! Also, please don’t expect us to have a grownup drugs policy ever. That’s one of the many, many things we’re leaving to your generation to sort out, while we wank on about sovereignty and the Blitz.
Meanwhile, on with the show, with viewers asked to accept increasingly ridiculous plot developments. On Thursday, this was a person called “Mark Harper” claiming to have been chief whip under David Cameron. I mean, maybe??? Mark joins a slew of candidates who might as well have been living in witness protection, who are now suggesting their anonymity makes them the perfect cleanskin to get us out of this mess.
In similar vein, The Malthouse Ultimatum has also entered the fray. Leadership pitch: “You may know me from the compromise I named after myself.” Or as Kit prefers it of his momentarily-coalesced-around fantasy that had already been unequivocally pre-rejected by the EU: “Many commentators said it was the first time in 45 years that the Conservative party had been so united on Europe.” Remind us: how’s that looking now?
Ultimately, the intractable problems of Brexit mean anyone claiming to be “untainted” will be tainted by actual reality within minutes of acceding to the job. A “new face” is going to solve the Tory party’s underlying problems about as much as a “new face” used to solve Michael Jackson’s underlying problems.
Local prosecutors say the unknown perpetrators removed a metal structure 23m long and weighing 56 tonnes from the bridge - its main central span.
The disused bridge is located in a remote forest near the abandoned settlement of Oktyabrskaya, around 170km (100 miles) south of the regional capital, Murmansk.
Luckily, the bridge was disused and the tracks lifted long ago, according to state newspaper Rossiskaya Gazeta.
The railway over the bridge was once used to transport concentrated rare earth elements from a nearby plant, but was closed when the business went bankrupt in 2007, the daily said.
And it comes from France - in 1791 after the French Revolution. It's a Socialist Artifact
The “mètre étalon” is a small shelf of marble installed beneath the arcade at 36, rue Vaugirard, right across from the Senate at the Palais du Luxembourg. It’s one of 16 that were installed after, on March 26, 1791, the Académie des Sciences defined the meter for the first time. The only other to survive is at 13, de la Place Vendôme, although unlike the Vaugirard meter it’s been moved from its original location.
The Standard Meter. The French originated the meter in the 1790s as one/ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the north pole along a meridian through Paris. ... The U. S. Congress legalized the use of the metric system in 1866 on the basis that one meter is exactly equal to 39.37 inches.
We could start using 'hand' as a measure. Of course, as a reference, we would use the most powerful hands.Sorry Lumen, to enlighten you, you are too late, the measure is already spoken for....
1 meter is 49 hands.
Only slightly more ridiculous than using feet imho.
What is 14 hands on a horse?
One hand is 4 inches So a horse that is 14.2 hands is 14 hands plus 2 inches. The total inches would be 58 inches. A horse could never be said to be 14.5 inches, as the number after the decimal is not a fraction, but represents an entire inch. If a horse is 14.2 1/2 HH, that means he's two and one-half inches over 14 hands.
I once had to re-work an old American proposal for a water project in Bangladesh.
i find the fact that 1DM2 = 1 Liter of water quite a nice hint that the metric system makes sense, not even talking about the fact that it's in decimals, easy to understand and easy to learn and convert between mm, cm, dm, m, km, etc. and the equivalents in water, after all water is a major
ingredient (element) on this planet. ( know it's a molecule, the term element is from the old times when fire, earth, water and air were elements)
Sorry Lumen, to enlighten you, you are too late, the measure is already spoken for....
A guide to Imperial Measurements by Matt Parker.It is the USA who keeps using old Imperial measures even in the major stock markets - e.g. the Chicago corn market. If you look at the price per bushel, say from Bloomberg, you will see how much we are screwed when we buy a can of Jolly Green Giant.
Is an inch really an inch or is it three barleycorns?
The bushel is an intermediate value between the pound and ton or tun that was introduced to England following the Norman Conquest. Norman statutes made the London bushel part of the legal measure of English wine, ale, and grains. The Assize of Bread and Ale credited to Henry III, c. 1266, defined this bushel in terms of the wine gallon,[2] while the c. 1300 Assize of Weights and Measures usually credited to Edward I or II defined the London bushel in terms of the larger corn gallon.[3] In either case, the bushel was reckoned to contain 64 pounds of 12 ounces of 20 pence of 32 grains.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushel
These measures were based on the relatively light tower pound and were rarely used in Scotland, Ireland, or Wales during the Middle Ages. When the Tower system was abolished in the 16th century, the bushel was redefined as 56 avoirdupois pounds.
The imperial bushel established by the Weights and Measures Act of 1824 described the bushel as the volume of 80 avoirdupois pounds of distilled water in air at 62 °F (17 °C)[citation needed] or 8 imperial gallons.[1] This is the bushel in some use in the United Kingdom. Thus, there is no distinction between liquid and dry measure in the imperial system.[according to whom?]
The Winchester bushel was the volume of a cylinder 18.5 in (46.99 cm) in diameter and 8 in (20.32 cm) high, which gives an irrational number of cubic inches. The modern American or US bushel is a variant of this, rounded to exactly 2150.42 cubic inches, less than one part per ten million less. It is also somewhat in use in Canada.
The average June temperature in Kotzebue exceeds the last record (June 2004) by 2 degrees.
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A silent elevator whisked J.L. to the roof of the Administration Building where the heliport attendant rolled out his new helicopter, a June, 1998 Buick Skymaster.....A loyal consumer, he bought the new model every six months.
Life, J.L. felt, would be all sweetness and light were it not for the unaccountable affection his pretty young daughter, Glory, bore for an ascetic looking young man of doubtful integrity as a consumer.
Glory had been taught to respect the might of the dollar and the disaster that comes of not spending it. She was a credit to her family; a sound, patriotic consumer. She could spend money faster, more sensibly than any of her frivolous friends. One fortunate young man would find her an excellent wife. No dollar-hoarder would fill her mind with subversive notions if he could prevent it.
"It was awful. He's a subversive—a criminal—and I didn't even guess." She caught her breath. "We flew over to Staten Island. He parked near the water. Then he said, 'I want you to marry me.' Just like that. I liked him a lot—but I didn't know what to say. Then he said—Oh Daddy, it was horrible—" Her sobs increased again and she fumbled for his pocket kerchief. "He—he said, 'Look at this'. And Daddy it was one of those secret bankbooks! He has one hundred thousand dollars—and he's only twenty-five—and he's proud of it! He's worse than the old time gangsters, worse than—oh, Daddy—he's a non-consumer...." The last word trailed off in a wail and she was sobbing again.
J.L. tightened his grip on her shoulders. "Be thankful, Baby," he murmured. "Be thankful you found the dirty so-and-so out in time."
Why am I not laughing?
Why am I not laughing?Black humour - is a diet of limited appeal? Apparently funeral directors are good at it.
Why am I not laughing?Black humour - is a diet of limited appeal? Apparently funeral directors are good at it.
Why am I not laughing?Black humour - is a diet of limited appeal? Apparently funeral directors are good at it.
in german it's called : GALGENHUMOR
translates to: the humor of those going to be hung on the gallows
Why am I not laughing?Black humour - is a diet of limited appeal? Apparently funeral directors are good at it.
in german it's called : GALGENHUMOR
translates to: the humor of those going to be hung on the gallows
In English: Gallows humor ( a subset of black humor)...
The proposal of the Dolt in Office to buy Greenland might fit here. The price of the piece of real estate should be estimated though. ...
Ah, this might be the value of synthesizing a live germ line cell from elements, and the expense to grow them in maturity...The proposal of the Dolt in Office to buy Greenland might fit here. The price of the piece of real estate should be estimated though. ...
Indeed. Now we need to include a per-person value of the roughly 55,000 human inhabitants...
Civilisation is not going to collapse from a BOE. And I for one do not believe that the current trend towards higher temperature<clip>Well if we lose 'civil' from civilisation we are left with ilisation, add just an 'l' and were in ill-isation. Sorry not my native language so wordplays are on this level quite often.
Instead of buying Greenland, the USA should sell its president. Most likely only negative bids though.But well worth the money.
Ah, this might be the value of synthesizing a live germ line cell from elements, and the expense to grow them in maturity...The proposal of the Dolt in Office to buy Greenland might fit here. The price of the piece of real estate should be estimated though. ...
Indeed. Now we need to include a per-person value of the roughly 55,000 human inhabitants...
How actually dare people politicise the bushfires by claiming 'scientifically' it's linked to the climate crisis
First Dog on the Moon
On Stephen Colbert’s Wednesday night show, the comedian and late night host proved once again that skewering Trump is as easy as using his own policies against him. In a hilarious, 1-minute parody ad for Hot Wheels: Trump edition, Colbert skewered the Trump administration’s move to disallow states like California to set their own stringent vehicle emissions standards by showing off Hot Wheels that emit tons of gas called the “Plymouth Wheeze,” the “Oldsmobile Smog,” and more.
USofA lacks only 500 million refugees and poor people to get to the level of India, so the Paris Accord is unfair, yeah i get it.
You need to all at least another 500 million.
Brazil's president accuses actor DiCaprio of financing Amazon fires, offers no evidence
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader’s latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern.
Bolsonaro appeared to be commenting on social media postings claiming that the environmental organization the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) had paid for images taken by volunteer firefighters that it then supposedly used to solicit donations, including a $500,000 contribution from DiCaprio.
The WWF has denied receiving a donation from DiCaprio or obtaining photos from the firefighters.
“This Leonardo DiCaprio is a cool guy, right? Giving money to torch the Amazon,” Bolsonaro said on Friday during brief remarks in front of the presidential residence.
DiCaprio denied having donated to the WWF. In a statement, the actor lauded “the people of Brazil working to save their natural and cultural heritage.” But, he said, “While worthy of support, we did not fund the organizations targeted.”
DiCaprio has been an outspoken advocate on behalf of combating climate change, speaking frequently about environmental issues including the Amazon forest fires. His Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, which is focused on projects that “protect vulnerable wildlife from extinction,” is part of the Earth Alliance.
Four members of the nongovernmental organization Alter do Chão Fire Brigade were arrested on Tuesday with police accusing them of purposefully setting fires in order to document them and drum up more donations. They were released on Thursday on a judge’s order.
Politicians and other NGOs fiercely criticized the arrest, saying it was part of a concerted attempt by Bolsonaro’s government to harass environmental groups.
Scientists and activists blame land speculators, farmers and ranchers for setting the fires to clear land for agricultural use, saying that deforesters are being emboldened by Bolsonaro’s rhetoric of promoting development and farming over preservation.
The Amazon rainforest is considered a bulwark against global climate change.
Bolsonaro has repeatedly lashed out at various factions in casting blame for the forest fires.
In a Facebook live post on Aug. 21, he said, “Everything indicates” that NGOs were going to the Amazon to “set fire” to the forest. When asked then if he had evidence to back up his claims, Bolsonaro said he had “no written plan,” adding, “that’s not how it’s done.”
One day later he admitted that farmers could be illegally setting the rainforest ablaze, but roughly a month later he attacked the “lying media” for saying that the rainforest was being devastated by the fires.
Bolsonaro talked about DiCaprio on Thursday during a live webcast. The president said the WWF paid the firefighting NGO to take pictures of forest fires in the Amazon.
“So what did the NGO do? What is the easiest thing? Set fire to the forest. Take pictures, make a video,” the president said. “(WWF) makes a campaign against Brazil, it contacts Leonardo DiCaprio, he donates $500,000.”
“A part of that went to the people that were setting fires. Leonardo DiCaprio, you are contributing to the fire in the Amazon, that won’t do,” Bolsonaro said.