Tridge started Samba.

I open up emacs and update my "file-of-notes-on-topic-x"

That would be non-avian dinosaur feathers.

Are you sure about those records?

From NOAA's National Climate Data Center list of temperature records in July 2011: "Out of a possible 173,311 records: 1,564 (Broken) + 1,086 (Tied) = 2,650 Total"

I heartily agree. Many Slashdot commenters are indistinguishable from Youtubers.

I saw a lot of cheating in labs and in the study rooms when I did Computer Science in the late 1970s. Sharing code printouts was the most common. [I justified my poor marks to myself that I did not have enough friends in Computer Science. It was more like I was easily distracted]

This post should be Moderated "Ungrateful sod". A bunch of volunteers pull out all stops to put together a conference against some daunting odds and you expect someone to type up a transcript for you? How much are you going to pay for it?

An update has been posted with a response from the The Met office explaining the data selection method. It is not a conspiracy/mistake. The data is a well-spaced global set, not a regional set. Analysis on a regional basis is flawed.

Once upon a time "Troll" was reserved for obnoxious people who deliberately made outlandish comments to wind up Slashdotters. Now the trolls have mod points.

Well said. People arguing with AGW gave up on data, if they ever did, a long time ago.

Northern Hemisphere Jet Stream summary

If there are more than a few queued at self-service, I look elsewhere. They are all amateur scanners, often confused by the unfamiliar [me included]

Nor do I understand Quantum ChromoDynamics. I am half way through Penrose's "Road to Reality" and I do not expect to understand either when I get to the end. That being said, the arxiv.org paper is fathomable at first glance (not so Greek). it is pleasing to see results coming out of the LHC. Science inches forward.

Modded off-topic? Bizarre. Grammar jokes are the heart and soul of Slashdot.

said I owned an iPhone.

So you had no blackouts during the heatwave in Jan 2009? Train tracks buckling and a few people dying in their homes? I was visiting friends in Thornbury and we had numerous blackouts over a couple of days. Had dinner by candlelight at the local Indian restaurant.