Another article I just read said that many amphibians in the rain forest are dying off because the air temperature has risen a fraction of a degree. They are so finely tuned that the slightest variation in climate is causing their demise.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Leland Jackson" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Figures show 2010 hottest year on record > The universe is a very precise instrument, like a fine watch that keeps > perfect time. There is even great precision within our small solar > system, where each planet maintain its place in perfect harmony through > space and time. What would a 2% deviation from the statistical mean in > earth rotation around the sun mean? Would earth be able to maintain its > place in the solar system, or would she spin out of her rotation into > space? > > Systems build to high precision have very low tolerances for error. > Live on earth evolved, adapted, and optimized over millions of years to > be very precise instruments. Unfortunately, this mean they have a very > low tolerances to deviations. > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > > > > On 01/14/2011 03:15 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: >> A 2% deviation from the mean is significant? IN WHAT WORLD? >> >> --- On Fri, 1/14/11, Stephen Russell<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> From: Stephen Russell<[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [OT] Figures show 2010 hottest year on record >>> To: "ProFox Email List"<[email protected]> >>> Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 3:05 PM >>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:52 PM, >>> Michael Madigan<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> Are you out of your mind? >>>> >>>> So when the world temperature is 2% lower than the >>> year before you're going to say we're heading into an ice >>> aged. >>>> BY DEFINITION IF WE'RE 2% ABOVE AVERAGE THERE WERE >>> YEARS WHEN IT WAS 2% BELOW AVERAGE. >>> --------------------- >>> >>> Are you high? Been hanging out with the guys who can >>> fix a horse again? >>> >>> Over time your temp value may be a slope upwards and the >>> increase may >>> be slight say .125 deg. Suddenly you have a 1.25 and >>> it is no longer >>> consistent. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Stephen Russell >>> >>> Sr. Production Systems Programmer >>> CIMSgts >>> >>> 901.246-0159 cell >>> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/B77911C279444CC28DA3A1F589AE3F5B@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
