Author: Simon

I came across a comment which says Piers Corbyn 7 July 2014: “There is no observational evidence in the real world of real data in the real atmosphere and real ocean of their deluded claim that CO2 changes drive temperature changes.” and went looking for the source of that comment. It is not in text…

I was reading about a recent endocannabinoid conference and came across this interesting bit: What is clear from these presentations is that FDA model of approving drugs is simply unfit to manage the science that is coming. The conventional concept of one drug targeting one receptor is all that model can approve. The Pharma industry…

I had a lady whose site I will not mention ask me to promote her site since she was doing a fundraiser for Multiple Sclerosis (MS). I asked her if she had anything on MS and cannabis. She directed me to that part of her site and I took a look. Then I replied to…

From Lionell Griffith: … if you keep doing the same thing and keep getting results contrary to your spoken objective, your real objective is the results you get.

Kind of an odd headline for a general readership blog? You bet. So why? Because I think there is a deeper meaning. From Plastics News. North American prices for solid polystyrene resin fell again in June amid weak demand for that material. Solid PS prices ticked down an average of 1 cent per pound, according…

Pianist Jack Gibbons plays Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue solo.

Two year olds get it – “mine, mine, mine” and “don’t hurt me”.

Are you for change or against it? Should change be slow – evolutionary – or fast – tipping points. And how do things evolve anyway? Will destroying elements of a system destroy the system? Suppose the Republican Party was eliminated (an occasional dream of mine) would our system survive? Would it prosper? Can you rip…

The deathgod smiled. “Catch your breath quickly now, while you may,” he stated. “Breath is the least appreciated gift of the gods. None sing hymns to it, praising the good air, breathed by king and beggar, master and dog alike. But, oh to be without it! Appreciate each breath, Rild, as though it were your…

TonyfromOz has run the numbers on wind power in Germany. Note also that the delivered power was below even the guaranteed minimum for 1,920 hours during the year, so it could not even generate the guaranteed minimum for 22% of the year, almost one quarter of the year. That’s not the maximum power but the…

The Tall Bloke is discussing the material David Evans and Jo Nova have been presenting. And while making a comment there it suddenly occurred to me. It’s Cycles All The Way Down Everything is vibrating. And no I’m not doing LSD or the like. Just looking at the evidence.

This will not be a discussion of LED light vs solid state laser light. This is about Obama’s incoherent foreign policy. In Iraq we are on the side of the Shia regime fighting ISIS. In Syria we are de facto allies of ISIS fighting to overthrow the Shia regime. Talk about stirring the pot. Or…

If I understand college administrators correctly, colleges are hotbeds of racism and rape that everyone should be able to attend. – Iowahawk Thanks to commenter Randy for the heads up. And thanks to Eric who’s email got me to have another look at the post where Randy’s comment was located.

Said Obama in March of 2009. And now we have news of the French giving up on nuclear power in favor of intermittent power from “renewables”. Here is a little lesson in grid technology with some politics thrown in: The grid does not run on average power. It runs on instantaneous power. When no one…

For the first time – a mysterious notch filter found in the climate. The EEs among us will recognize this kind of plot. In EE work it is called a Bode Plot.

Obama Compares Skepticism Towards Climate Change To Believing Moon Made Of Cheese. Yeah. Them deniers is just plain dumb. Must be all the CO2 they are exhaling. Meanwhile, The Guardian UK says the sea surface temperature data does not match the models. So scientists are looking for new data. A widely reported “pause” in global…

In an article on why government spaceflight costs so much the author notes that a lot of it has to do with the accounting rules. Private contractors can get around the rules by offering contracts at a fixed price. Some folks in government are trying to protect their turf by forcing private contractors into government…

Low-Cost Fusion Project Steps Out of the Shadows and Looks for Money Nicholas Krall, a plasma physicist who has been working in the fusion field for more than a half-century and has been an adviser to EMC2 Fusion, was more enthusiastic. “I think this is the most exciting experimental advance that I’ve been involved in,”…

A question to ask your “green” friends: Because of the solubility of CO2 in water for every ton of CO2 in the atmosphere there are 15 tons of CO2 dissolved in water. One half the CO2 emitted by man winds up in the atmosphere. Where did the CO2 dissolved in water come from to keep…

I found this article on what the Brat win means for Jews. And especially Republican Jews (a distinct minority within a minority). I agree with some points and disagree with others. One thing the author fails to note is that America is becoming more secular. And that bodes ill for the future of the current…