July 2006 was second hottest on record.
By on Aug 7th, 2006 at 7:48 pm
July 2006 was second hottest on record.
“The heat wave broke more than 2,300 daily temperature records for the month and eclipsed more than 50 records for the highest temperatures in any July, according to the NOAA National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.”
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If god didnt want it to be, it wouldnt.
August 7th, 2006 at 7:53 pmI love the fact that Pat Robertson is now on board with Global Warming because of the heat wave. Of course, the heat wave has nothing to do with global warming, but that’s the reason Pat’s come around. I guess I’ll take whatever I can get but…..What a doofus.
August 7th, 2006 at 7:56 pm#5, dixie,
If the liberal climatologists would “correct” their data for the effects of urban heat islands, then they would see that there is no temperature rise.
OR
Thermometers should be moved outside of urban areas, so that the corrections wouldn’t be necessary.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:02 pmbtrue,
… so glad you remember me …
I have watched a few documentaries on where / how the data is collected, and other long term experiments with evaporators, etc. Nothing sophisticated in thermometers, nor reading them. If a thermometer, which was originally placed in a rural area, suddenly finds itself in the middle of an urban area, then it is obvious what the effects to the temperature readings will be.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:20 pmOnly one response to Jason:
Idaho almost made it to its hottest temps ever. Not a lot of “urban” around here, especially way up north. Apparently you’re getting your climate information from novels — that’s basically bad form.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:20 pmOfftopic, but it has to be said:
Does someone who is responsible for running this site care to explain why nearly all of my posts today have mysteriously disappeared???
If my posts somehow violated site policy, please explain why so I can avoid such offenses in the future. If, however, they did not (which I strongly suspect), EXPLAIN YOUR BEHAVIOR.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:21 pmI post this for the benefit of those who understand the difference between science and science fiction:
The evidence points to a warming of about 0.6-0.8°C over the past century and a neglible effect on this from the UHI. While some ‘contrarians’ appear determined not to accept this finding, the evidence they cite appears thin indeed compared with the published research.
The Surface Temperature Record and the Urban Heat Island
Also, to point the obvious, anyone who issues authoritative statements on any scientific subject without proper qualifications is a hack, or a quack.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:21 pm#8, dixie,
No, not only from Michael Crichton’s State of Fear, but ABC did a report on the heat wave last week, citing urbanization as a major cause, so go gripe to their news organization for undermining your hysteria.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:22 pmI do believe that’s Wyoming with the record heat. Cheney’s minions in the 12th sub-level of Hell will be pleased…(tenting fingers……excellent…)
August 7th, 2006 at 8:24 pmI have watched a few documentaries on where / how the data is collected
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 8:20 pm
Mr. Hendler know better than the people at the IPCC because he watches the Science Channel. And reads Michael Crichton.
I have watched a few documentaries on open heart surgery -anybody here wants to volunteer to be my patient? I am ready to offer a great rate ;-)
August 7th, 2006 at 8:25 pm#10, zooey,
Climate means there are mean (average) temperatures for a given date / week / month, with some expected variation. Climates will have variations, which means, yes, there will be “heat waves” and “cold snaps”.
… just curious, during this heat wave, were you a lady, and perspired, or a feminist, and sweated ….
August 7th, 2006 at 8:26 pm#15, Greg,
I am sure most people on this blog understand the difference between reading a thermometer and performing open heart surgery – the analogy doesn’t hold.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:28 pmIsn’t the record warmest wyoming, cheney’s state? BTW – where has he been – have heard nothing lately….
August 7th, 2006 at 8:30 pmJason,
How many Urban Islands are there in Whyoming?
August 7th, 2006 at 8:35 pmthe analogy doesn’t hold.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 8:28 pm
And what you are too arrogant to understand is that reading a thermometer is only one step in the process.
You are also too arrogant to concede that there might be people out there who know more than you on this subject. Taking the writing of a science fiction writer over their studies is the ultimate arrogant wishful thinking.
You are quick to tout your credentials (on whatever your expertise is), and even quicker to dismiss those of others, preferring your uneducated opinion over the work of hundreds of scientists around the world.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:39 pm#2 hey Jason, is there a huge megacity in Wyoming (so few people they had to send Dick Cheney to congress?) that we don’t know about?
#20 oops Krazny beat me to it – but I am going to invoke Intelligent Design – what else could explain the hot spot in Wyoming and Dick Cheney coming from Wyoming? This must mean that he is Satan, or at least on the Board – as it were….
August 7th, 2006 at 8:46 pm#13 Jason did ABC read State of Fear too? That’s where you were quoting from a week or so ago. Er it is a work of fiction…..you know fiction?
August 7th, 2006 at 8:48 pm#11 Trip – TP blocks IP addresses – they blocked me in June and have not allowed me back on – I don’t swear, don’t hog the board and yet they blocked me. I have to ‘modulate my IP address’ to be heard. I blog elsewhere these days.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:49 pmI question their data collection and their conclusions.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 8:45 pm
Both subjects on which you have no qualifications to question anyone.
Again, reading a thermometer is NOT rocket science.
Again, reading a thermometer is only one step in the process of gathering data, and all the gathered evidence points to urban islands having a negligible effect on rising temperatures.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:49 pmTerry:
Where else do you blog? Considering the naziesque practices of at least some of the moderators here, I’m in the market.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:51 pm#31, btru,
I answered the question about the “heat wave” in rural states in comment number 16, so go read that.
You shouldn’t be jealous of ivy leaguers. Just because we disagree with you doesn’t make us arrogant or condescending.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:53 pmDid anyone hear the story of the Muslim who went into the Jewish Center in Seattle and killed one innocent lady because she was Jewish?
August 7th, 2006 at 8:54 pm#35, dixie,
Yes, disregard my two degrees in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, as well as my six published patents and one pending patent in antenna design and implementation. All that success must somehow have been slight of hand, otherwise, you can’t explain your lack of it.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:55 pm#16 – … just curious, during this heat wave, were you a lady, and perspired, or a feminist, and sweated ….
Comment by Jason M. Hendler
Which would you prefer, Jason? Which gets you going more? The thought of a delicate mist of perspriation across my forehead and neck; or rivers of sweat running down my cleavage? Hmmm?
Impertinent…
August 7th, 2006 at 8:55 pmI think Jason stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night
August 7th, 2006 at 8:56 pmJason sez:
Just because we disagree with you doesn’t make us arrogant or condescending.
No….what makes you arrogant and condescending is your characterization of climate science as ‘reading a thermometer’. According to that logic, open-heart surgery is as simple as ‘using a knife’.
See the problem?
August 7th, 2006 at 8:56 pmJust because we disagree with you doesn’t make us arrogant or condescending.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 8:53 pm
If you think you and your science fiction writer know better than hundreds of scientists who study global warming, then it does make you arrogant.
If you think you have the background to question a study, then you are arrogant (although good judgement helps, it is no substitute for an education in the field).
If after weeks of being presented with the evidence you still think your personal opinion carries more weight, then you are arrogant.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:57 pm#39, zooey,
Actually, it is banter like your response in #39 that does it for me – thanks for that….
August 7th, 2006 at 8:57 pm#44 – Shit. Go away, Jason.
August 7th, 2006 at 8:58 pmYou shouldn’t be jealous of ivy leaguers.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 8:53 pm
One more thing: Stanford is not an Ivy League university.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:00 pm#42, btru,
To be precise, the “raw” technology was created at a defense company from whom we licensed the use for commercial markets. The company for whom I worked was formed to translate low volume, high cost military designs for high volume, low cost commercial uses, in which I was a major contributor – not sole contributor, but major.
You are correct – a degree alone, or a patent alone, or a seven figure license deal alone may be explained away, but together, they form a solid pattern of success. Don’t worry, I am not looking down on you.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:02 pmYes, disregard my two degrees in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering,
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 8:55 pm
Did I mention how quick you are to tout your credentials?
Yet you are unable to understand why proper educational background is needed to study climate, and you cling on to the arrogant notion that climate science is reading a thermometer.
With the same token, I could say electrical engineering is nothing but turning a switch on and off.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:06 pmOK, before you all work yourself into a tizzy, lemme set you straight. Liberals OVER-REACHED when they went to the “sky is falling” global warming hysterics. If you say that the Earth is going to be a couple degrees warmer on average in 100 years, people will shrug and walk away. If you say it is going to be several degrees warmer in 5 – 10 years, and it doesn’t come true, then people won’t listen to you again, which is where we are now. All the predictions for a few years back didn’t come true, so no one hears you anymore.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:06 pmDo any of you liberal morons know how hot it gets between ice ages? I am so sick and tired of all you chicken little hypocrites who won’t give up their SUVs and expect the rest of to do so attitudes. I admit that there is global warming but we are not the sole cause. Hell, we probably don’t even add to it considering the minimal amount of pollution we actually create. If the rest of you want to sell your souls to Al Gore, hey knock yourselves out. Oh, thats right, you don’t believe in God, so you don’t have souls, what was I thinking?
August 7th, 2006 at 9:10 pmLiberals OVER-REACHED when they went to the “sky is falling†global warming hysterics.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 9:06 pm
And you overreached when you tried to pass a science fiction book as something that could cast doubts on the studies published by the IPCC and other scientific organisations.
Reading Michael Crichton to learn on global warming is like reading “Curious George” to gain insight on primate behavior.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:11 pm#51, btru,
Clearly, you don’t understand the definition of invention. Most all inventions are evolutions on “existing art” to address new needs / situations.
That said, I would never compare myself to the individual who created the raw technology – he and I are very different types. Whereas, he could understand the geometry and its relation to the physics, I could understand how to translate his non-manufactureable, non-marketable construct into something manufactureable and marketable for commercial markets. Nothing against him or me, we have complimentary skills.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:12 pm#46 Zooey
Give them hell, Your Ladyship. (In order to avoid any sexist reference)
We are firmly ensconced in the middle of 130 million acres of BLM land in the Mojave Desert where we delight in temperatures in excess of 120 degrees because it is fun to play in the rain and watch the lightning during Monsoon season. It has been hotter than hell here this year and not due to any urban island. To the East we have two neighbors closer than several hundred miles. In the other directions there are not many more (except Las Vegas at 115 miles). Maybe it was the rattlesnakes, scorpion, Road Runners, and crooked Republican Sheriff and County Supervisors that raised the average.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:12 pm#56, Greg,
Don’t disrespect H. A. Rey. I laughed and laughed when Curious George swallowed the puzzle piece, and was laying in the hospital bed with the bandaid on his belly.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:14 pm#55: “Oh, thats right, you don’t believe in God, so you don’t have souls, what was I thinking?” – - Those two things are mutually exclusive.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:17 pmheard the guy on the local weather channel here in Maryland state that the records were close to be breaking were from 1933 and 1936. Was there mention that far back about the impact of fossil fuels and their by products?
rich
August 7th, 2006 at 9:21 pm#58 – Give them hell, Your Ladyship.
Comment by Clyde the Ripper
Thank you , Clyde. You are, as ever, a kind gentleman. Unlike, Jason.
BTW, are you anywhere near 29 Palms? I was born there.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:22 pmWhen will Laura Ingraham tell Michael Crichton to “shut up and write”?
-GSD
August 7th, 2006 at 9:29 pm#63, btru,
Call it what you want. If what I did was mere marketing, then the patent office wouldn’t recognize it as unique from prior art.
Yes, the originator of the raw tech saw something that no one else recongized and created hand built assemblies that required individual tuning. I understood the raw tech and how to reincarnate it for commercial use, which looks radically different from the raw tech – in fact, it is not even recognizeable to those not familiar with the art.
Among my many, many responsibilities, I performed project management duties, as wells as manufacturing, sales, engineering, design and marketing. I did it all. For some reason, that bothers other engineers, who find those tasks beneath them.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:32 pm#67, btru,
Again, go read post #16, where I answered that question.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:34 pm#70, btru,
Seems you require remedial reading classes to enhance comprehension – God speed and God bless.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:42 pm#70, btru,
Hmmmmm, now it’s post number 15. I guess someone keeps getting deleted ….
August 7th, 2006 at 9:43 pm#75, btru,
Please, those engineers can only rent their services per hour, so without me, they have no hope to actually create wealth.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:45 pmYou shouldn’t be jealous of ivy leaguers. Just because we disagree with you doesn’t make us arrogant or condescending.-Hendler
This clearly suggests Jason is a liar. No self-respecting Stanford grad would claim it was in the ivy-league.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:46 pmYou shouldn’t be jealous of ivy leaguers. Just because we disagree with you doesn’t make us arrogant or condescending.-Hendler
This clearly suggests Jason is a liar. No self-respecting Stanford grad would claim it was in the ivy-league.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:47 pmJason…Jason. My guess is that you like to take all the attention. Well, do it in a positive way. You always defend the undefendable.
Lets do this…forget, Dems and Reps, thermometers (Galileo would kill you), and US media. Lets use some common sense.
Almost all substances that men use to burn on power plants, vehicles and ovens are fossil fuels…are we correct? I know, there is a great percentage of biomass use on developing countries, but they dont pollute as much as developed countries, plus India and China. Fossil fuels were deposited there by some Earth´s mechanism called sedimentation. This sedimentation along with other mechanisms made possible an adequate atmosphere for clouds, rains, and finally N2 + O2, which is what we breathe. So, if you drill and drill to extract those substances that are meant to be sedimented, and throw them again in the atmosphere, what would you think it will happen? I am not talking about Global Warming. I am talking of doing the opposite of what Earth´s been doing since 4,500 million years ago. Exergy ecology theory: you disrupt the reference state = you have new organisms. As simple as that.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:53 pmJuan,
I admire what you’re trying to do, honestly, but he’s shown no indication of listening to cogent arguments.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:54 pm#80, btru,
I claim only my own original work as coinventor of inventions that built on prior art, which I then implemented and sold to customers for over a million dollars in profit.
The inventor on the patents, to which my patents refer, has credit through his own patents, which were licensed by the company for whom he works. If you have a gripe about his compensation, then take it up with his company, that paid him a salary week after week.
As for my coworkers, I can say with no reservation, that without my contributions, they would have never enjoyed ANY commercial success, and instead suckered investors to cover their salaries, why they conducted science fairs.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:54 pmI guess they were all out of Red.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:54 pmIt’s not the Norwegian. It’s an impostor, and a bad one at that.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:56 pmI’m guessing Jason graduated from a place called Stanford Community College. Maybe.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:58 pm#84, Juan,
As I have stated on similar threads, I do not care for burning fossil fuels, and believe the other pollutants contained in fossil fuels are good enough excuses to stop burning them.
Liberals have killed their environmental policy progress by making all these chicken little claims about global warming, so no one listens to them. Moreover, liberals don’t offer feasible solutions, so again, people ignore them.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:58 pmIt’s not the Norwegian. It’s an impostor, and a bad one at that.
Comment by DrSinker
It can’t be the Norwegian — only one sentence?
August 7th, 2006 at 10:01 pmLiberals have killed their environmental policy progress by making all these chicken little claims about global warming, so no one listens to them. Moreover, liberals don’t offer feasible solutions, so again, people ignore them.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 9:58 pm
If you mean by liberals all these people discussing with you, then there is someone listening. Do that, support the people that can benefit you and your atmosphere, I dont care if they are repubs or dems…forget about sides or colors, go with the projects.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:02 pmZooey,
There’s another indicator (or lack thereof) as well. Probably Judd can confirm the post does not have an IP address in Norway.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:03 pmIt can’t be the Norwegian — only one sentence?
Comment by Zooey — August 7, 2006 @ 10:01 pm
Maybe he is but has aphonia. :)
August 7th, 2006 at 10:04 pmMaybe he is but has aphonia. :)
Comment by Juan C
That would be fabulous. Maybe Jason will get aphonia, too.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:06 pmFor those who are interested, Andrew Sullivan (a self-proclaimed conservative) had a great article in the Times of London this weekend calling for conservatives to embrace global warming and green technology:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2088-2300743,00.html
August 7th, 2006 at 10:06 pmWhat do you really believe you’re accomplishing by debating Hendler?
Comment by DrSinker — August 7, 2006 @ 10:04 pm
He is not a bad guy…I have talked to him in nice terms before. I think he is like the pompous, overrated, right-wing, free-market-the-air-if-possible kind of guy you have as friend.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:07 pmLiberals have killed their environmental policy progress by making all these chicken little claims about global warming, so no one listens to them.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 9:58 pm
“Chicken little claims”… ah, more arrogance from our resident global warming expert, who gain all his knowledge at the Crichton Academy of Climate Science.
Moreover, liberals don’t offer feasible solutions, so again, people ignore them.
I already provided you with links (in other threads) to articles that highlight how private companies are taking economically feasible solutions, and to sites with information on regional initiatives by many states across the US.
That you choose to repeat this mantra shows how disingenuous and intellectually dishonest you are.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:09 pmMaybe Jason will get aphonia, too.
Comment by Zooey — August 7, 2006 @ 10:06 pm
Beg you, Zoo. Be nice with Jason. He is going through a lot. :)
August 7th, 2006 at 10:09 pmYeah, just one sentence guys. Sorry. Yeah, get Judd to check my IP. So I can laugh at you. It’s 4AM here and I’m done watching my movie, take care kids.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:09 pm#93, btru,
Perhaps I mis-stated, or perhaps you misread, but I had around $1.2 to $1.3 million in total sales, with over $1.0 million in profit. In most my contracts (if not all), customers covered costs of implementing our existing samples into their designs.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:09 pmHe is going through a lot. :)
Comment by Juan C
He started it with his rude-assed question. Did you see that?
August 7th, 2006 at 10:10 pmYeah, just one sentence guys. Sorry. Yeah, get Judd to check my IP. So I can laugh at you. It’s 4AM here and I’m done watching my movie, take care kids.-Seixon impostor
If it’s really you, post something on your blog.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:11 pmDid you see that?
Comment by Zooey — August 7, 2006 @ 10:10 pm
It has been deleted, Zoo. What did he say? Jasoooon…what did you say? I am defending you here…
August 7th, 2006 at 10:13 pmIt’s a very bad Seixon impostor. The standard calling card is missing.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:14 pmDrSinker,
If it’s really you, post something on your blog.
Don’t tell me you bought into Jay Randal’s claims that I had been banned… lol! No, I’m not going to make a post at my blog just because you’re too much of an idiot to believe lies and rumors. I post when I have something I want to talk about, not when DrSinker wants to quell his paranoia. Have Judd check my IP. I’ll be here laughing at you. Peace.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:14 pmIt’s a very bad Seixon impostor. The standard calling card is missing.
Eh, what’s my calling card? There’s impostors of me here? Damn, that’s messed up.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:15 pmSee, clearly not Seixon. He could even post a comment to an existing thread on his blog, but won’t.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:15 pm#106, zooey,
That question was not rude at all, it was very insightful. Women are soooo conflicted between Christian, feminist and romantic models of behaviour – it’s just fun to probe as to how you veiw yourself.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:15 pmIf you don’t know your own calling card, I think that says enough.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:16 pmJuan,
This question @15: … just curious, during this heat wave, were you a lady, and perspired, or a feminist, and sweated ….
August 7th, 2006 at 10:16 pmComment by Jason M. Hendler
Juan,
Read number 15, last line.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:16 pmActually, Juan, I saw the question Jason asked – and it was quite crude.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:16 pmit’s just fun to probe as to how you veiw yourself.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 10:15 pm
mmmm…Jason, thats not helping.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:17 pmOh, a comment? I can do that, thought you meant a whole new post. Tell me where to sign on the dotted line. In fact, make a comment in any thread on my blog under your alias and I will edit it and laugh at you. K?
I don’t have a “calling card” other than whatever one you have invented for me.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:18 pm#115 – Jason,
You will have to make certain deductions for yourself. Go away.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:18 pm::sigh::
There goes the thread….
August 7th, 2006 at 10:19 pmJuan, I’d like to think you’re right about Jason – I certainly have friends like you describe. These kind of things he posts here just suggest otherwise.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:19 pmJuan,
I know, but it is a beautiful crossing of global warming and feminism.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:19 pm… just curious, during this heat wave, were you a lady, and perspired, or a feminist, and sweated ….
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 8:26 pm
You know, Jason. If I was 17 again, I have laughed, but I didnt get laid too much back then, so…
August 7th, 2006 at 10:19 pmI don’t have a “calling card†other than whatever one you have invented for me.
Yeah, I know, because you’re clearly an impostor. The real Seixon had a very unique calling card. You clearly don’t know what it is. Nice try though.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:20 pm#122, zoo,
Not sure what you mean, can you rephrase?
August 7th, 2006 at 10:21 pmGo comment at my blog smarty. You mean the link to my blog on my name? I removed that weeks ago since TP people kept whining about me “spamming” my blog. Head on over to seixon.com and leave a comment and be amazed at your stupidity.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:22 pmLomborg’s a hack.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:22 pmYou mean the link to my blog on my name?
Nope. Good try though.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:23 pmYou shouldn’t be jealous of ivy leaguers. Just because we disagree with you doesn’t make us arrogant or condescending.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 8:53 pm
I dated a guy who graduated from both Columbia and Harvard. And just let me say that some people will pay a small fortune to compensate for their personal short-comings with faux prestige…. I seriously doubt Jason is any different.
P.S. Stanford is not an Ivy-League school. Sorta questions you saying you went there to not know that.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:24 pm#127, Juan,
Tsk, tsk, tsk ….
Yes, attack my masculinity to entertain the “ladies” on this site. My question was well stated, not rude, and generally rhetorical.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:24 pm#129 – Jason,
I am not going to get into a discussion with you as to how I view myself.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:24 pmClear? Good. Go away.
Unbelievable,
That’s what I said. I really can’t imagine someone going to Stanford and ever thinking it was Ivy. Seems very questionable to me. You might as well claim Stanford’s located in Oregon, you know?
August 7th, 2006 at 10:26 pmYes, attack my masculinity to entertain the “ladies†on this site. My question was well stated, not rude, and generally rhetorical.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 10:24 pm
Your masculinity????????? I was questioning your maturity.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:27 pm#134, unbee and btru,
Yes, you have cut to the heart of me …
Any man’s success could only be explained as an overcompensation for some feeling of inadequacy, but, on the other hand, you claim I’ve had no successes, so does that mean I am still inadequate, or never was?
August 7th, 2006 at 10:27 pmJuan,
You’re sweet. I’m outta here for a while. Later…
August 7th, 2006 at 10:28 pmJason,
I think we’re all just waiting for you to explain how you possibly thought Stanford was Ivy if you went there. Until then, all your claims about how much money you’ve made are circumspect at best.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:29 pm#138, Juan,
Stating that the joke would have been funny to you at 17 questions my maturity. Further implying that such immaturity didn’t get you laid translates into a question of my masculinity.
If you have to back-pedal from implications you’ve made when challenged, then I question your masculinity.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:31 pmBjørn Lomborg is not a climate scientist. He has a degree in Political Science and had/has a position as an associate professor lecturing on statistics.
These deniers keep proving that no reputable scientist in the field has published any peer-reviewed work challenging the fact that global warming is real and athropogenic.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:32 pmStill waiting on the answer to that question Mr. Hendler.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:32 pmthen I question your masculinity.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 10:31 pm
Then your maturity is no longer in question. Is clear you haven’t any.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:33 pmDrSinker,
Eh, you coming on over to my blog to leave a comment so I can satisfy your lunatic mind?
August 7th, 2006 at 10:33 pmIf you have to back-pedal from implications you’ve made when challenged, then I question your masculinity.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 10:31 pm
Go ahead. I was talking about my real life back at 17.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:33 pm#141, Dr,
OK, what is a succinct way of describing Stanford, where their version of tail gating is setting up tables with wine and cheese outside the football stadium? That sounds “ivy league” to me, but if you prefer to be perfectly literal, then provide me an alternate. Otherwise, I will continue to refer to my alma mater as ivy league.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:34 pmYou might as well claim Stanford’s located in Oregon, you know?
Comment by DrSinker — August 7, 2006 @ 10:26 pm
Give him time, I’m sure he will… :)
He lives in a condo (apartment you buy) in Florida. Hardly the lifestyle of a millionaire…
August 7th, 2006 at 10:36 pmJason,
Sorry – that’s not convincing at all. There’s an Ivy League, and Stanford’s not in it. Anyone, I mean anyone, who went there would know that.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:37 pmHere you go Jason:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League#Members
August 7th, 2006 at 10:38 pmEmperor Palpatine,
Which comment, specifically, did you find to be anti-semitic?
August 7th, 2006 at 10:40 pmThat sounds “ivy league†to me,
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 10:34 pm
It doesn’t matter what it sounds like, but whether or not Stanford is an actual Ivy League university.
I have never heard a Stanford graduate refer to their Alma Mater as “Ivy League”. It simply is not in the League.
It would be too embarrassing to drop the name in a conversation with an actual Ivy League graduate.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:40 pmIt should now be clear to everyone that we had a Seixon impostor. He only lasted a few posts!!!
August 7th, 2006 at 10:41 pm#151, Dr,
Having lived in Silicon Valley surrounded by liberals, there is no doubt that you will continue to believe whatever you want in spite of what others tell you – that is just their way. Your disbelief that I graduated from Stanford Univerity is just one more in many, many facts you will ignore to suit your slant on life.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:41 pmGregor Samsa,
Play with someone like Jason long enough, and the lies come shining through, you know? He’s going to have a hard time living down this one.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:42 pmAny man’s success could only be explained as an overcompensation for some feeling of inadequacy, but, on the other hand, you claim I’ve had no successes, so does that mean I am still inadequate, or never was?
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 10:27 pm
I wasn’t talking about any man. Or just men. I was talking about poor and middle class people who go into student loan debt to prove that they are as smart as they think they are, and can go to the same elite colleges as rich people. People with self-condience don’t need the name to open doors, or be successful. The best architectural resume I ever saw was from a guy who went to the University of Kentucky and then UC Berkeley. And, as a bonus, when you worked onhis projects, you could actually fit in the room with him and his head at the same time too. I can’t say that about even one of the actual Ivy Leaguers I have worked with…
August 7th, 2006 at 10:42 pmComment by Emperor Palpatine — August 7, 2006 @ 10:31 pm
Emperor. I read in a past thread that you admire two south americans: Che Guevara and Pinochet. As Gregor Samsa (I think) correctly pointed out, thats the world greatest contradiction ever. You dont have a clue of what you are talking about. Sorry for being rude.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:43 pmOtherwise, I will continue to refer to my alma mater as ivy league.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 10:34 pm
Why not Jason, we already know how much you lie or exaggerate everything else you say.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:44 pmwhere their version of tail gating is setting up tables with wine and cheese outside the football stadium?
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 7, 2006 @ 10:34 pm
Not ot mention wine and cheese are cheap in California.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:44 pmYour disbelief that I graduated from Stanford Univerity is just one more in many, many facts you will ignore to suit your slant on life.-Hendler
Jason, it doesn’t matter what I believe, it matters what I know. Your posts revealed a clear ignorance concerning both Stanford and the Ivy League, one that any self-respecting Stanford grad would not have. It’s very clear to others here as well.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:45 pm#152, Dr,
Thanks for the link to Wikipedia. Funny, none of those schools listed outrank Stanford University in my curriculum of engineering, so I guess it would be dumbing down for me to say Ivy League. I was using it in the sense of it being an elite school, but again, those schools aren’t as highly ranked as Stanford, so I will have to just call it “top ranked” for short.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:49 pmGreat posts tonight from the left… (as usual :)
Way past my bedtime. Good night all!
August 7th, 2006 at 10:49 pmPalpatine,
Anti-semite has much stronger connotations that anti-Israel.
Besides, many here don’t believe W’s policies have done a damn thing for Israel. You have to be careful how you parse the comments. Criticism of the way things are being handled does not amount to something being anti-Israeli or pro-Hezbollah.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:52 pmFunny, none of those schools listed outrank Stanford University in my curriculum of engineering, so I guess it would be dumbing down for me to say Ivy League. I was using it in the sense of it being an elite school, but again, those schools aren’t as highly ranked as Stanford, so I will have to just call it “top ranked†for short.-Jason Hendler
Keep it up. You’re digging the hole deeper.
Mind if I ask you some engineering questions?
August 7th, 2006 at 10:55 pmUnlike you I’m not stuck on the Left Right divide when it comes to my Culture. My problems are with the Leftists anglos and the Racist Right. They are both my enemies.
Comment by Emperor Palpatine — August 7, 2006 @ 10:48 pm
Just for you to know, Pinochet tortured and killed thousands of your brothers. Shut up, buddy. You are an embarrasasment for our race.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:55 pmIt should now be clear to everyone that we had a Seixon impostor. He only lasted a few posts!!!
Eh, what? I’m still waiting for you to leave a comment at my blog. Chicken? Bawk, bawk. I’ll give you 5 minutes, then I’m off to bed. Peace.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:55 pmEh, what? I’m still waiting for you to leave a comment at my blog. Chicken? Bawk, bawk. I’ll give you 5 minutes, then I’m off to bed. Peace.-Seixon
And I’m still waiting for that calling card…see ya later mrs. impostor.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:58 pm#171, Dr,
By all means, join in with all those who must challenge anyone they meet from a top ranked school, and feel the need to outsmart them to feel adequate.
August 7th, 2006 at 10:58 pmJuan, ok, fine, good night …
August 7th, 2006 at 11:01 pmJason,
Even if you went to Stanford, my credentials are much better than yours, I assure you. There’s no feelings of inadequacy on this side of the keyboard.
What’s the one test nearly every engineering student, regardless of field, takes sometime in their senior year?
August 7th, 2006 at 11:01 pm#178, Dr,
OK, I’ll bite, what is the one test nearly every engineering student, regardless of field, takes sometime in their senior year?
August 7th, 2006 at 11:04 pmDrSinker,
And I’m still waiting for that calling card…see ya later mrs. impostor.
I don’t have a calling card, you disingenuous hack. Going to bed now, you just proved you’re not doing anything other than playing a fool. It’s been like half an hour and your cowardly presence still hasn’t commented at my blog for which you sought to prove I was an impostor. Peace liar.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:05 pmOK, I’ll bite, what is the one test nearly every engineering student, regardless of field, takes sometime in their senior year?-Hendler
Jason, if you actually were an engineering student, you should know the answer. At a minimum, you should have a good guess.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:07 pmAccording to George Bush, Jr. : we’re imagining the heat… get used to it…
August 7th, 2006 at 11:07 pmI don’t have a calling card, you disingenuous hack. Going to bed now, you just proved you’re not doing anything other than playing a fool.
See – the real Seixon was not one to use ad-hominems. It should be clear that this place is free of the real Norwegian.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:09 pmGod is punishing Wyoming for because of Dick Cheney.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:09 pmHey DrSinker, is this like when you tested me on programming languages and fell flat on your face having to realize that I wasn’t making things up?-Seixon
No, it’s more like when the real Seixon posted data that contradicted the point he was trying to make, but good try.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:11 pmSee – the real Seixon was not one to use ad-hominems. It should be clear that this place is free of the real Norwegian.
So my comment that they must have run out of red was ad-hominem? Ehm, no. Only when you started alleging I was a fake did I turn that ad-hominem right back on you, as is my prerogative. You are too chicken to get proven wrong by posting at my blog, so that’s it. You’re done. Credibility of DrSinker is sunk. Peace.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:12 pm193 is clearly the Seixon imposter, again.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:15 pmDrSinker, you think I don’t see that you are just trying to annoy me into leaving? What a petulant child you are. Grow up.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:16 pmYou are too chicken to get proven wrong by posting at my blog, so that’s it. You’re done.-Seixon
It seems strange to me that you’re more concerned about posts here than those at your own blog. During this entire time, several comments on your blog have stood without an answer/edit from the real deal. Strange indeed. And everyone here knows who is done there, mrs impostor.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:17 pmStill waiting there, Mr. Hendler. Any time now… not even a guess?
August 7th, 2006 at 11:18 pm#181, no,
Thanks for alerting me that someone answered my post. As usual, instead of stating one relevent fact that refutes a theory, the poster just choose to call my thoughts crackpot.
My radical thoughts have earned me a very nice living with degrees and patents to show for it, so having yet one more robotic book reader claiming a theory as crackpot is all in a day’s work.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:19 pmAnd Jason, in case you’re looking, this is not a question that you’ll find the answer to through Google. That would be way too easy.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:20 pm#197, Dr,
Nope, no response.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:21 pmIt seems strange to me that you’re more concerned about posts here than those at your own blog. During this entire time, several comments on your blog have stood without an answer/edit from the real deal. Strange indeed. And everyone here knows who is done there, mrs impostor.
Eh, the last time someone made a comment was over an hour ago. I don’t respond to every single comment on my blog. There’s 2478 comments on my blog in total, you think I answer every single one of them? Strange only if you’re an insane person going by the alias DrSinker.
Why won’t you leave a comment at my blog so I can put a comment in it? You have no honor, sir, you are a liar and a hack.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:23 pmWell Jason, you have been about as inspiring tonight as the Seixon impostor. You both appear to have exaggeration/lying down pat.
First, you claimed that you went to Stanford (somewhere else I gather). Then, you called Stanford an ivy league school. That is going to be hard for people around here to forget – count on it.
Then, you couldn’t even guess the answer to a relatively simple question that any engineering student would know, particularly because the exam is such a pain in the butt.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:27 pmLast call for DrSinker to redeem his integrity: leave a comment at my blog or surrender it for good.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:29 pmLast call for DrSinker to redeem his integrity: leave a comment at my blog or surrender it for good.-Seixon
I’ll let others here be the judge of my integrity, thank you very much.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:30 pm#203, Dr,
Actually, since I do possess a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering in Stanford, so it is enlightening to watch you “prove” that I don’t – in your own mind.
This is a case study of the liberal mind – ignore reality, and use other “facts” to form your beliefs.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:30 pmThanks for alerting me that someone answered my post. As usual, instead of stating one relevent fact that refutes a theory, the poster just choose to call my thoughts crackpot.
My radical thoughts have earned me a very nice living with degrees and patents to show for it, so having yet one more robotic book reader claiming a theory as crackpot is all in a day’s work.
no, jason, you arrogant little twat, i would suggest that the response to your question was rather more than you deserved. first, if you want to know about blogs on gravity, then do this. second, he was trying to make you feel LESS stupid and ignorant for not understanding the basic principles of gravity…
if you made it into and out of stanford, it was probably uconn-stanford, or stanford cosmetology…
August 7th, 2006 at 11:31 pmActually, since I do possess a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering in Stanford, so it is enlightening to watch you “prove†that I don’t – in your own mind.-Hendler
OK – so where did you get your undergraduate degree?
August 7th, 2006 at 11:32 pmI’ll let others here be the judge of my integrity, thank you very much.
You won’t even go along with your own suggestion to demonstrate that I’m not an impostor. What a joke. You’re a liar and a coward. Good night, you’re time was up long ago.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:34 pmLast call for DrSinker to redeem his integrity: leave a comment at my blog or surrender it for good. -Seixon
You know what? It probably is you! I’ll be damned. Christ on a bicycle, I sure am sorry for keeping you up for another few hours here while I thought otherwise. Boy am I sorry about that.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:34 pmYou won’t even go along with your own suggestion to demonstrate that I’m not an impostor. What a joke.-Seixon
My suggestion was for you to post on your own blog, something you refused to do.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:36 pmAny time now Jason. Where did you receive your undergraduate engineering degree?
August 7th, 2006 at 11:38 pm#207, no,
I understand that Elliot was being patronizing, but even the geniuses at NASA can’t explain why the speed of stars revolving around the galactic center are moving too fast. Science conveniently leaves those little contradictions out of the science books, so that their theories don’t seem as arbitrary as creationism.
Fortunately, Maxwell’s Equations (which were distilled by Heavyside down from 23 equations to 4) are tested to be perfectly accurate in all macro applications (not quantum level cases), so I had no problem with EE.
#208, Dr,
My undergrad was the University of Detroit – Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:39 pmJason,
And you don’t remember the test just about all your clasmates were preparing for at some point during their senior year?
August 7th, 2006 at 11:41 pmMassive troll attack on this TP thread tonight > lol. Glad I was busy most of the day doing yard work!
August 7th, 2006 at 11:46 pmJay,
If you take a look, I think you’ll see I handled most of the trolls fairly well tonight.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:47 pm#216, Dr,
Are you feeling superior? Asking a queston and dangling an answer? Typical behaviour of engineers who learn that I received a Masters Degree from a TOP RANKED university.
A fellow engineer at a previous job ran around our small company one day challenging all the ME’s with a question he like to use in interviews with new college grads. I walked into the office of another ME, who had his book out reviewing the section to answer the question, admitting that he didn’t know it off the top of his head, and we just laughed.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:47 pmAre you feeling superior? Asking a queston and dangling an answer? Typical behaviour of engineers who learn that I received a Masters Degree from a TOP RANKED university.-Hendler
No, I’m simply trying to address the veracity of your claims. This is really one you should be able to nail, especially if you went to Detroit where most people would not be going to grad school. Like I wrote above, I have better credentials than you, Jason, so I’ve no reason to feel inferior.
A fellow engineer at a previous job ran around our small company one day challenging all the ME’s with a question he like to use in interviews with new college grads.
And what would THAT question be? Since it happened at your company, I assume you remember at least that?
August 7th, 2006 at 11:51 pm#220, no,
Check the Stanford Alumni website. Looking at my keychain, I am alumni number 514421.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:51 pm#221, Dr,
It had something to do with Mohr’s circle, but I don’t remember exactly, it was just too funny to us that the question was just life and death to this other engineer.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:53 pmDr. Sinker > usually just a pair of Bush defender trolls come on a thread, but they must be trying a new Rove idea of massing on a thread to completely try to gum it up with nonsense!
August 7th, 2006 at 11:54 pmWell, it’s midnight, so I gotta run, early start tomorrow.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:56 pmIt had something to do with Mohr’s circle-Hendler
OK. So here’s a softball for an ME grad: Why is the shear stress taken positive downward on Mohr’s circle?
August 7th, 2006 at 11:57 pmJay, some troll is hijacking your name on the newer threads.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:57 pm#225, no and Dr.,
Please, keep ignoring reality, and use your inability to confirm reality as evidence to the contrary – it is just the way liberals think.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:59 pmTerry,
There’s been a lot of that tonight. They don’t exactly police things very well around here. Luckily, many of us know Jay well enough to recognize it.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:59 pmJason,
He has you dead to rights. Providing your keychain is useless, since only Stanford alums can access that database. Why don’t you just tell us what your MS was titled? Or did you choose the non-thesis option?
August 8th, 2006 at 12:00 amDr. Sinker > usually just a pair of Bush defender trolls come on a thread, but they must be trying a new Rove idea of massing on a thread to completely try to gum it up with nonsense!
Just wait until the November elections get closer and see what desperate measures they take then.
August 8th, 2006 at 12:02 amno not no no,
Even more damning – he called Stanford an “ivy-league” school.
August 8th, 2006 at 12:03 am#227, Dr,
You are right. A recent grad in ME would / should know the answer to that question. I graduated with my BME in 1989, worked in electronics, then received an MSEE, moving into executive positions, so I haven’t used Mohr’s circle for a long, long time.
Since you won’t state your credentials, and allow me to subject you to a similar inquisition, you are at liberty to try to discredit my accomplishments, but they are there for anyone to view, whether you choose to respect them or not.
August 8th, 2006 at 12:06 amPost 228 > yes I just discovered it on the Hannity and Colmes thread > I contacted Judd to find out who is doing it!
August 8th, 2006 at 12:14 amJMH,
August 8th, 2006 at 12:43 amPlease, oh wisest of all things climatalogical, why are your urban heat bubbles melting the polar ice caps and glaciers worldwide?
WTF? Explain SOMETHING that relates to reality, otherwise SFTU!!!!
#230 – I know that well. I’ve read a lot of Jay’s opinion – the faker was way off. TP used to police this much better, but in my opinion, they are very arbitrary. TP banned my IP for no reason (that they saw fit to say when i asked them). I have to modulate my IP to post.
August 8th, 2006 at 12:46 amNot too bright at TP are they, Turdle?
August 8th, 2006 at 12:51 amThanks Terry > the person who impersonated me on Hannity and Colmes thread will be found out and hopefully banned from posting on TP > using someone else’s name is an outrage and below the belt antics!
August 8th, 2006 at 12:51 amwhether you choose to respect them or not.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 8, 2006 @ 12:06 am
Says the man who disrespects the work of hundreds of scientists by insisting a science fiction author is as, or more, qualified than they are in the global warming debate.
August 8th, 2006 at 1:20 am# 57 Jason M.
Surely you must agree then that Al Gore invented the internet
August 8th, 2006 at 10:49 pm