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Comment Perspective (Score 1) 275

by Nuisance (#59389390) Attached to: Earth Just Experienced Its Hottest-Ever October

From the Copernicus site: https://climate.copernicus.eu/...

This October was 0.01 Celsius warmer than October 2015 which is now the second warmest October

This means we warmed at a rate of 0.0025 C per year since 2015.

Based on this rate in 100 years time we will have warmed a further 0.25 C, tell me why I should be concerned by this news....

Comment Science is Settled (Score 3, Insightful) 319

by Nuisance (#50841457) Attached to: NASA Study Shows Net Gains For Antarctic Ice

Yesterday Antarctica was contributing 0.27mm p/y to sea level rise
Today Antarctica is removing 0.23mm p/y to sea level rise
A 0.5mm p/y change in a day.
We are told sea level is rising 2.6 to 2.9mm p/y so that 0.5mm p/y change is 16 - 20% of the total figure, that is a massive discrepancy.

Keep being told that the science is settled, this hardly looks like settled science to me.

But queue the alarmists, I am sure they will explain this is 'worse news than eva' and matches what they predicted.

Or wait a year or two and NASA will adjust the data based on models 'cause the real data doesn't match the models, and everyone knows models trump real data in climate science.

Comment Drag the call out (Score 1) 212

by Nuisance (#37475800) Attached to: Microsoft Dumps Partner For Fake Support Call Scam

I like these calls. If it comes in an evening and I have nothing to do I try and drag them out for as long as possible. The enjoyment hearing the reaction of the person at the other end when you finally tell them you work in IT, know it is a scam and that you were dragging the call out so that they had less time to call other people is priceless. Think the longest was a bit over an hour before I got bored with it.
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Multimodal, Multitouch Gaming Gaining Traction 94

Posted by Soulskill from the play-multiplayer-super-off-road-on-the-gps-screen-of-your-cars dept.
andylim writes "Several universities and commercial entities are developing multimodal, multitouch games, such as a card game using iPhones for individual hands and an iPad for public information, and an iPad Scrabble game that lets you use your iPhone to see your letter tiles. Of course, it's an extremely expensive setup right now, but over time it will become cheaper. It's also pretty cool, so why wouldn't you want to play board/card/strategy games like this?"

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