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2009-12-17 Science & Technology

Russians Now Claim Their Climate Data Was Cherry-Picked

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Posted by Anonymoose 2009-12-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 HadCrud has been had.

Posted by twobyfour 2009-12-17 04:07|| 2009-12-17 04:07|| Front Page Top

#2 When it rains it pours.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-12-17 05:07|| 2009-12-17 05:07|| Front Page Top

#3 academic fraud and political treason

Posted by Frank G 2009-12-17 06:08|| 2009-12-17 06:08|| Front Page Top

#4 True, but it kinda makes you wonder what the Russians want.

Posted by Kelly 2009-12-17 07:57|| 2009-12-17 07:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Hard to say, Kelly. Remember, these people play chess to relax.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-12-17 08:39|| 2009-12-17 08:39|| Front Page Top

#6 the Rooskies have oil and gas to sell

Posted by Frank G 2009-12-17 09:54|| 2009-12-17 09:54|| Front Page Top

#7 I've become a huge chess fan living in Estonia. Paul Keres, who was one of the best chess players of the 20th century, is on one of their banknotes.

I play every Sunday, in Thunderdome style (two men enter, one man leaves). My last game was epic, lasting more than 2 hours, even though I lost. The concentration needed lets you forget about all your other problems. Even though I lost, the game was so elegantly played, I talked about it for days. But I digress.

The Russians are a oil-dictatorship. Copenhagen threatens their man export. It's in their interests to burst open Climategate.

However, as Anonymoose says, I almost believe them this time.

But the thing about Russians, they have the ability to think 3 moves farther than you do. But they're likely doing it while they pee on their own shoes.

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2009-12-17 10:22|| 2009-12-17 10:22|| Front Page Top

#8 I play every Sunday, in Thunderdome style (two men enter, one man leaves).

Real deathmatch chess sounds kind of cool. But like the man said, "Never go up against a Sicilian (Defense) when death is on the line".

As for the climate numbers being rooski, it is irrelevant to the scientific fraud being commited. The things the HadCRUT boys have done to the scientific method would make P.T. Barnum weep with envy.

Posted by SteveS 2009-12-17 11:07|| 2009-12-17 11:07|| Front Page Top

#9 Wasn't there a deathmatch chess of sorts devised? - went something like 5 minutes Chess 5 minutes Cage Match, repeat until someone wins one or the other.

Back in college we would have something similar. Losing a pawn was a 1/2 beer, losing a capital piece was a shot, queen was double-shot.

Good game, great mental exercise, preferably without the previous mentioned variations.

Posted by swksvolFF 2009-12-17 11:23|| 2009-12-17 11:23|| Front Page Top

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