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June 29, 2008
Category: not fun at all
The story so far: arbitrator User:FT2 posted a bizarre Arbcomm decision in which a user was, apparently, tried and sentenced in secret. Unsurprisingly, outrage ensued. One other arb then repudiated the judgement, and said it was done "without the approval...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:15 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 28, 2008
Category: climate betting
Since RC has posted on the sea ice, maybe its a good time for an update. From http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/ we have So its clearly going to be a close run thing. At the moment the trend line favours the good guys...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 4:33 PM • 41 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 18, 2008
Category: misc
So, I was down the pub (the Castle) and after a few pints the conversation turned to religion, and the assertion that England (joint with some other country we couldn't name; I went for Iceland, Andy for Denmark) was the...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 6:55 PM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 17, 2008
Category: misc
Chesterton came 3rd in the X-Press head though I don't think thats very useful for seeding crews for the City bumps in July. 9:42 is a passable time, on the right side of 10 mins, though a long way short...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:09 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 16, 2008
Category: climate snarking
As Atmoz noted, its a bit of a slow season, but via Deltoid comes probably the most stupid ever explanation for GW: yes, its the microwave radiation from satellites warming us up. This is blindingly obviously nonsense, but John Mashey...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 4:49 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 12, 2008
Category: not fun at all
So, nothing new there you may well say. My morning paper tells me that Broon has won a pointless victory over the bizarre 42-day-detention stuff. He had to buy off the Ulstermen to do this, and the Lords will veto...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 4:57 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 9, 2008
Category: climate people
Lawrence Solomon was kind enough to popularise my name. So its time to return the favour, and ask, "who is he"? And indeed, what is "Energy Probe"? If you read the wiki entry on EP only a few hours ago,...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:56 PM • 31 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 8, 2008
Category: climate economics
Don't worry, fuel hasn't gone up that much. No, this one is about food. For quite some time now, ever since I've been doing it, certainly more than a year, our weekly family-of-4 shopping bill at Waitrose has been £100,...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 2:15 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 7, 2008
Category: misc
Buy our stuff! - its very small....
Posted by William M. Connolley at 12:50 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 5, 2008
Category: climate economics
Its Jim Hansens plan (or is it copied from someone else? who cares) and its pushed again here. The idea: carbon tax, to be returned diurect to the public. As he sez: Principles must be crystal clear and adhered to...
Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:54 PM • 30 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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