tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post718535479519313022..comments2023-09-28T08:13:11.489-07:00Comments on Only In It For The Gold: The Lion's Skull: Beeville TravelogMichael Tobishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-49262883152600611872010-06-16T05:51:20.624-07:002010-06-16T05:51:20.624-07:00MT,
Thanks for the kind words. I've been &quo...MT,<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words. I've been "off the grid" so to speak with the family for my sister's wedding, so I'm just catching up on all the blogland doings.Zekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757819498566612533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-23446608695286767712010-06-15T10:58:31.537-07:002010-06-15T10:58:31.537-07:00Fair do's. (Well, fair do's about the purg...Fair do's. (Well, fair do's about the purging. 'Shameless race-baiting' indeed!) A long meta-race-centred spiel has no place on a climate blog.<br /><br />VBVinny Burgoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830703358571312302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-57908761729810744152010-06-15T09:42:46.892-07:002010-06-15T09:42:46.892-07:00Vinny, purged. I don't want to go there. Per y...Vinny, purged. I don't want to go there. Per your argument I withdraw "racist" in favor of "shameless race-baiting".Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-92074500229725838582010-06-15T01:01:55.807-07:002010-06-15T01:01:55.807-07:00On "co2 doesn't 'cause warming', ...On "co2 doesn't 'cause warming', it traps heat": <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeYfl45X1wo" rel="nofollow">Iain Stewart's little section</a> showing that co2 is opaque to infrared is a nice one. How hard would that be to replicate? Webcams can already see IR, with a little tinkering, so not too expensive to do. Could put alongside... oh, I can't find the link. Think I saw it here first: a site of climate simulation games, one actually showing photons bouncing up from the ground and bouncing off little floating co2 molecules.Dolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110810881843699172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-70110803352252968212010-06-14T15:00:45.506-07:002010-06-14T15:00:45.506-07:00Maybe you can spot it here:
"The president h...Maybe you can spot it here:<br /><br />"The president has demonstrated that he has a default mechanism in him that breaks down the side of race -- on the side that favors the black person."<br /><br />-- Rep. Steve King (R-IA), quoted by The Hill, on President Obama's attitude towards race.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-24537971184258536582010-06-14T13:10:00.685-07:002010-06-14T13:10:00.685-07:00If you can't find the racism, I am not going t...If you can't find the racism, I am not going to help you.<br /><br />As for hyperrealist photography, that is sort of a joke. "That photograph is so lifelike, why, it almost looks like a photograph!" <br /><br />But I think many of my themes are hyperrealist.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-23717282059080310262010-06-14T12:57:51.245-07:002010-06-14T12:57:51.245-07:00MT, where is the coy racism in that letter at the ...MT, where is the coy racism in that letter at the mySouTex.com site?<br /><br />(And, much less important, where is the hyperrealism at your photography site?)Vinny Burgoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830703358571312302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-56522777311096846852010-06-14T10:56:41.948-07:002010-06-14T10:56:41.948-07:00Right; so the idea of proving that CO2 "cause...Right; so the idea of proving that CO2 "causes warming" shows a completely incorrect model of the problem. <br /><br />CO2 slows radiative heat transfer. A warm surface will not cool as easily, but a cool surface will not warm as easily either.<br /><br />But both science fair projects that I know about (intriguingly, both by girls about Julisa's age where the parent had a strong involvement) attempted to demonstrate that a CO2-rich container on a windowsill would warm more than one with ordinary air. So based on what they read, people believe or disbelieve that CO2 has magic warming properties. <br /><br />Combine this with other greenie anti-science and it's no wonder that scientifically minded people come in disbelieving.Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-45782666161525486522010-06-14T10:25:03.438-07:002010-06-14T10:25:03.438-07:00Nice photos! I married a Texan, so I know the good...Nice photos! I married a Texan, so I know the good side of them well :)<br /><br />On the optically thick layer question - basically it's acting like insulation, i.e. cutting down on the radiative transport of heat between two places. So if one side is heated and the other cooled then the heated side will warm up and the cooled side will cool down. As Martin describes with the stratosphere...Arthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06249922708053689717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-34873409412703534632010-06-14T09:55:26.704-07:002010-06-14T09:55:26.704-07:00> can you construct a situation where an
> ...> can you construct a situation where an <br />> optically thick layer of CO2 causes <br />> cooling?<br /><br />Isn't that what's happening in (part of) the stratosphere?<br /><br />About building a desktop demonstrator of the greenhouse effect, I've been thinking about that too. The problem is that if it fits on a desktop, it will be a 'model'. Not a computer model, but a model nevertheless, and even if it demonstrates what it's supposed to, the transfer of that to the real world involves model assumptions and will be questioned by the bitterenders.<br /><br />A better idea might be to try and replicate Langley: a thermal IR spectrometer aimed at the Moon. But also there a model assumption: that increasing the number of CO2 molecules along your optical path by extending the path is equivalent to increasing the concentration.<br /><br />Sigh. The only impeccable demonstrator would require a spare planet...<br /><br />---<br /><br />My own greenhorn experience of Texas: trying to find a postage stamp to the Netherlands in Fort Worth ;-)Martin Vermeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04537045395760606324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-88870624210725496942010-06-14T08:53:42.155-07:002010-06-14T08:53:42.155-07:00Some readers might not realize that the album art ...Some readers might not realize that the album art depicts a biblical reference (Judges 14:8 ).<br /><br />As the Rev. Gary Davis (and later, the Grateful Dead) sang, "And the bees made honey, in the lion's head."<br /><br />can you construct a situation where an optically thick layer of CO2 causes cooling?<br /><br />Dry ice?Orne Batmagoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00831749517308322632noreply@blogger.com