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From: Anonymous on 8 Dec 2009 18:02 In article <4be1258d-34d7-46d5-aed9-39ae0b924b64(a)u25g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, Richard <riplin(a)Azonic.co.nz> wrote: [snip] >Just because you can think of something does not mean that it has not >already been thought of and dealt with decades ago. What... you mean that because land can be used agriculturally in a linear fashion and people reproduce in a geometric one we're all due to starve by... sometime around the beginning of the 19th or 20th centuries? DD
From: Richard on 8 Dec 2009 18:34 On Dec 9, 12:02 pm, docdw...(a)panix.com () wrote: > In article <4be1258d-34d7-46d5-aed9-39ae0b924...(a)u25g2000prh.googlegroups..com>, > > Richard <rip...(a)Azonic.co.nz> wrote: > > [snip] > > >Just because you can think of something does not mean that it has not > >already been thought of and dealt with decades ago. > > What... you mean that because land can be used agriculturally in a linear > fashion and people reproduce in a geometric one we're all due to starve > by... sometime around the beginning of the 19th or 20th centuries? I am sure that 'people reproducing in a geometric fashion' is illegal in many states of the US.
From: Pete Dashwood on 8 Dec 2009 19:07 HeyBub wrote: > Pete Dashwood wrote: >> >> A clear and simple explanation. >> >> Thanks Richard. >>> > > If adiabatic pressure were the only variable between the two > locations, there might be some accuracy in the adjustment. But that's > not the only difference. It's not like they put the temperature guage > on the top of a twenty story building and adjusted for 200 feet - > they changed the location of the instrument cluster. Much more than > elevation could be involved: Relative humidity, average wind speed, > surrounding area heat sinks or radiation proclivity, reflected > sunlight, blah-blah-blah. > They moved the station. Yes, they did. But they moved it to the top of a hill almost overlooking the old site. So your analogy of the building and the temperature gauge is pretty much what they did. I think you have to see the location, Jerry. It's a bit like moving something from the bottom end of a cable car ride to the top of it. Pete. -- "I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."
From: Pete Dashwood on 8 Dec 2009 19:11 Richard wrote: > On Dec 9, 12:02 pm, docdw...(a)panix.com () wrote: >> In article >> <4be1258d-34d7-46d5-aed9-39ae0b924...(a)u25g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, >> >> Richard <rip...(a)Azonic.co.nz> wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >>> Just because you can think of something does not mean that it has >>> not already been thought of and dealt with decades ago. >> >> What... you mean that because land can be used agriculturally in a >> linear fashion and people reproduce in a geometric one we're all due >> to starve >> by... sometime around the beginning of the 19th or 20th centuries? > > I am sure that 'people reproducing in a geometric fashion' is illegal > in many states of the US. LOL! Why does that conjure images of round pegs and square holes? I have resisted the temptation to relate the story about the squaw on the hippopotamus... :-) Pete. -- "I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."
From: Anonymous on 8 Dec 2009 19:14
In article <a6221da3-ff33-4e81-9991-d201ddbcfb5b(a)g1g2000pra.googlegroups.com>, Richard <riplin(a)Azonic.co.nz> wrote: >On Dec 9, 12:02?pm, docdw...(a)panix.com () wrote: >> In article ><4be1258d-34d7-46d5-aed9-39ae0b924...(a)u25g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, >> >> Richard ?<rip...(a)Azonic.co.nz> wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >> >Just because you can think of something does not mean that it has not >> >already been thought of and dealt with decades ago. >> >> What... you mean that because land can be used agriculturally in a linear >> fashion and people reproduce in a geometric one we're all due to starve >> by... sometime around the beginning of the 19th or 20th centuries? > >I am sure that 'people reproducing in a geometric fashion' is illegal >in many states of the US. Many states in the US are proud of their outlaws... how could any civilised society take honor from criminal status? DD |