Sounds to me like they're saying that Thailand normally provides 1/4, but with the factories closed, it temporarily supplied less. If that's the case, then the "but" makes sense in that context, with some implications sprinkled in.

If you're wondering how many seized site banners there are out there, it's 11. Here they all are: DOJ Seized Domain Notices - Paul Nickerson - Picasa Web Albums

My script found only 389 seized domains in total, and that should be over 465, so I'll try again in a few days and update the album.

I gathered all 10 of the banners used in the 377 seized domains, and uploaded them here: DOJ Seized Domain Notices - Paul Nickerson - Picasa Web Albums

If you're wondering how many different images exist for all the seizures, the answer is 9. You can see them all here. In my gathering, I found 338 seized domains pointing to 74.208.15.160 and 74.81.170.110

I did an analysis of me, my Facebook friends, and my Facebook friends' Facebook friends who are Facebook friends with more than one of my Facebook friends.

The result is a pretty graphic.

The article hints at this but never says it outright: The reason climate change is controversial among those with little or no scientific background or training while diamond planets are not is because climate change research affects many governmental regulation policies. If the diamond planet idea is wrong, then corrections to theories are made, and the field moves on. If it's right, then it may contribute to the development of helpful technologies and discoveries. But if a climate change idea is wrong, then corrections to theories are made, and the field moves on, and either the world economy has suffered for no reason or people are experiencing famines that could have been prevented. Thus, controversial.

At 9:00 am Sunday morning, August 28, EDT. According to the Hurricane IRENE Advisory Archive. At that time, it was centered over New York City (it was 40 miles SSW of there an hour earlier). Until then, estimated and measured wind speeds made the system a hurricane.

If you want to dispute the accuracy of NWS current measurements and estimates, then research how they do it and dispute properly. They use recon aircraft, doppler radar, satellite imagery, balloons, and ships, in addition to buoys and automated surface observation systems, to measure and estimate wind speeds. If you want to dispute the NWS's predictions, then either learn meteorology and forecast models to prepare yourself, or compare past predictions to later observations. If you want to dispute the NWS's warning wording, then compare predicted conditions and their real world impact to the NWS's wording. If you want to dispute the media's hype, then compare their hype to the NWS's warnings, and have fun.

But do not ask such an amazingly easy to answer question like "When Did Irene Stop Being a Hurricane?" in order to stir provocation, without answering it. And do not look at some buoy and automated surface observation system data and claim there was no hurricane just from that.

Huh, that's nice. I've probably seen that a few times when I try all the F# keys to see what they do in a particular application, and then promptly forgot it. I think I'll keep using Ctrl-F, though, as I frequently have the text I want to search for in the clipboard, and so doing Ctrl-F then Ctrl-V (no need to release the Ctrl key between combos) is faster than F3 then Ctrl-V.

And on a related note, I like having the Google Quick Scroll extension installed on Google Chrome (not sure if there's something available for Firefox). If a website linked to by a Google search result has any viewabl;e text that was part of the reason that that website came up as a rsult, Google Quick Scroll will let you jump right to it.

He's my first cousin, 5 times removed, or my great-great-great grandmother's cousin. Related by blood.

They missed one of the more interesting facts. One that I didn't know about until I played on an original Donkey Kong arcade that had been embedded into a table in a burrito restaurant in Orono, Maine, and read the instructions. The character's original name was Jumpman.