I'd love to see Sam apply the same standards when it comes to things he agrees with. Then again if wishes were cars all beggars would be driving Rolls-Royces.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ah, so one mistake invalidates an entire project? I'm sure that the > people you work for are happy to know that they don't have to pay you > if anyone finds a bug in your code. > > Judah > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm going to call that the Dan Rather defends. >> >> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> The claim that Himalayan glaciers would be all gone by 2035 was not >>> supported by the evidence at hand. The claim should not have made it >>> into the IPCC report. Everyone, as far as I'm aware, agrees on that. >>> >>> That being said, the Himalayan glaciers have been retreating for 5 >>> decades (see the link I posted earlier) and there is evidence that the >>> rate is increasing. So the original claim may not be supported well >>> enough to make it into the IPCC report but it also isn't a spurious >>> claim either. >>> >>> And the main point is that Robert's implication that the IPCC report >>> is tarnished because of the inclusion of one statement that was >>> erroneously included out of 3000 pages is a big crock of shit. >>> >>> Judah >>> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311103 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
