From: Tony Dragon on 31 Mar 2010 13:29 The Medway Handyman wrote: > Adrian wrote: >> Derek C <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much >> like they were saying: >> >>>> You seem to forget all those expensive TV ads showing cartoon >>>> puppies being drowned, and telling us all to drive five miles less. >>> Don't forget the risk of being killed by a polar bear falling out of >>> the sky! >> That's a non-trivial risk, y'know. It's happened to me twice already, >> this week alone. > > I was rammed by a polar bear only last week... > > So you were on CM London as well. This is what happens with all that hot air from CM. http://www.taylorherring.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/polar-bear-on-the-thames.jpg -- Tony Dragon
From: Man at B&Q on 31 Mar 2010 13:53 On Mar 31, 6:13 pm, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: > On 31 Mar, 16:00, "Man at B&Q" <manatba...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mar 31, 2:36 pm, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: > > > > On 31 Mar, 14:23, Derek C <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > On 31 Mar, 13:33, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: > > > > > > Didn't the skeptics make a big fuss about the University of East > > > > > Anglia emails and they have now been shown to be completely wrong, as > > > > > usual. > > > > > > "...The Commons Science and Technology Committee criticised UEA > > > > > authorities for failing to respond to requests for data from climate > > > > > change sceptics. > > > > > > But it found no evidence Professor Phil Jones, whose e-mails were > > > > > hacked and published online, had manipulated data. > > > > > > It said his reputation, and that of his climate research unit, > > > > > remained intact. > > > > > > The e-mails were hacked from the university's computer network and > > > > > were published on the internet just before the Copenhagen climate > > > > > conference in December 2009..." > > > > > > Odd coincidence eh? > > > > > > More:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8595483.stm > > > > > > -- > > > > > UK Radical Campaignswww.zing.icom43.net > > > > > Travel broadens the damage. > > > > > The Commons Science and Technology Committee, also found that there > > > > had been unreasonable withholding of climate data requested under the > > > > Freedom of Information Act by scientists who are sceptical about > > > > Anthropenic Global Warming (AGW) or Man Made Climate Change! > > > > The data was unavailable simply because the University was inundated > > > with requests from climate change sceptics. > > > Wrong. It was unavauilable because they didn't want to make it > > available. Being inundated with requests does not make the data > > magically disappear. > > But much more important of course there was no conspiracy and the data > was correct so the ridiculous claims of the polluting sceptics were > wrong. The accuracy of the data cannot be determined until it is released in full for independent scrutiny. MBQ
From: Brimstone on 31 Mar 2010 14:00 "Derek C" <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:74ab3f30-6164-408c-a367-101302623e19(a)10g2000yqq.googlegroups.com... > On 31 Mar, 14:53, ash <ash.fil...(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> On 31 Mar, 14:36, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: >> >> > Cars are the main contributor to food miles at 48%. >> > >> >> Doug, this 'Cars are the main contributor to food miles at 48%' >> >> Are you a vegitarian/vegan by any chance ?- Hide quoted text - >> > > No, he's just stark staring bonkers! > Not exactly true. He's that and a veggie.
From: Brimstone on 31 Mar 2010 14:01 "Doug" <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote in message news:7fc00916-ea1a-4cd2-a2e1-c0ff69671f34(a)y14g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > On 31 Mar, 15:52, Albert T Cone <a.k.ki...(a)durham.ac.uk> wrote: >> Doug wrote: >> > On 31 Mar, 14:23, Derek C <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >> >> The Commons Science and Technology Committee, also found that there >> >> had been unreasonable withholding of climate data requested under the >> >> Freedom of Information Act by scientists who are sceptical about >> >> Anthropenic Global Warming (AGW) or Man Made Climate Change! >> >> > The data was unavailable simply because the University was inundated >> > with requests from climate change sceptics. >> >> They were inundated for requests *because* they had not revealed their >> data or methodology for scientific scrutiny as they should have done. >> > No because of the serious concerns raised because of the email hacking > sceptics just prior to Copenhagen. > If there had been more openness and honesty (qualities you are usually in favour of Doug) there would have been no need for people to go hacking would there?
From: ash on 31 Mar 2010 16:19
On 31 Mar, 18:13, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: > On 31 Mar, 16:00, "Man at B&Q" <manatba...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Mar 31, 2:36 pm, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: > > > > On 31 Mar, 14:23, Derek C <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > On 31 Mar, 13:33, Doug <jag...(a)riseup.net> wrote: > > > > > > Didn't the skeptics make a big fuss about the University of East > > > > > Anglia emails and they have now been shown to be completely wrong, as > > > > > usual. > > > > > > "...The Commons Science and Technology Committee criticised UEA > > > > > authorities for failing to respond to requests for data from climate > > > > > change sceptics. > > > > > > But it found no evidence Professor Phil Jones, whose e-mails were > > > > > hacked and published online, had manipulated data. > > > > > > It said his reputation, and that of his climate research unit, > > > > > remained intact. > > > > > > The e-mails were hacked from the university's computer network and > > > > > were published on the internet just before the Copenhagen climate > > > > > conference in December 2009..." > > > > > > Odd coincidence eh? > > > > > > More:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8595483.stm > > > > > > -- > > > > > UK Radical Campaignswww.zing.icom43.net > > > > > Travel broadens the damage. > > > > > The Commons Science and Technology Committee, also found that there > > > > had been unreasonable withholding of climate data requested under the > > > > Freedom of Information Act by scientists who are sceptical about > > > > Anthropenic Global Warming (AGW) or Man Made Climate Change! > > > > The data was unavailable simply because the University was inundated > > > with requests from climate change sceptics. > > > Wrong. It was unavauilable because they didn't want to make it > > available. Being inundated with requests does not make the data > > magically disappear. > > But much more important of course there was no conspiracy and the data > was correct so the ridiculous claims of the polluting sceptics were > wrong. > > -- > UK Radical Campaignswww.zing.icom43.net > "The car, more of a toilet than a convenience". Any chance of an answer on the veggie question please Doug ? |