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Just embrace it. Give in. Be the unicorn. WHEN IT'S COOOOOLD

Started by Pedro_Bear, February 27, 2010, 09:07:19 AM

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This game is 'chill'. Love the expressions in second panel.



At full-flight, this is as good as psychedelic unicorn gaming gets.

Zero Gravitas

#2
Fist you cunts take my /v/ now my /GB/!



[I do guilty absolutely love making that little homo-horsey jump about!]

Talulah, really!

For years the debate about climate change has had a contentious sticking point - satellite measurements of temperatures in the troposphere, the layer of atmosphere where most weather occurs, were inconsistent with fast-warming surface temperatures.
The boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere is called the tropopause. This is known as the "cold point", the coldest point in the lower atmosphere. In the stratosphere, temperature actually rises with altitude. It warms as you get higher - the opposite of the troposphere.
In 1963 Edward Lorenz was studying the patterns of rising warm air in the atmosphere. It was known at the time that air could start to move if it came into contact with a warm object. The properties of air are such that it expands a lot when heated, it is a good insulator and it flows with relative ease - technically speaking, it has a high Rayleigh number

On the timescale of decades, every planetary object has a mean temperature mainly given by the power of its star according to Stefan- Boltzmann's law combined with the greenhouse effect. If the sources and sinks of CO2 were chaotic and could quickly release and sequester large fractions of gas perhaps the climate could be chaotic. If the Earth's orbit was affected by a moon of comparable mass to the planet itself, then the orbit and thus the Solar forcing could cause some amount of chaos in the climate. As it turns out the Moon is relatively small and actually stabilizes the rotation axis, which is considered a favorable condition for life on Earth.
This is not to say that there is no solar influence on climate change, only that establishing such a link is more difficult then many assume. What is generally required is a consistent signal over a number of cycles (either the 11 year sunspot cycle or more long term variations), similar effects if the timeseries are split, and sufficient true degrees of freedom that the connection is significant and that it explains a non-negligible fraction of the variance. These are actually quite stiff hurdles and so the number of links that survive this filter are quite small. In some rough order of certainty we can consider that the 11 year solar cycle impacts on the following are well accepted: stratospheric ozone, cosmogenic isotope production, upper atmospheric geopotential heights, stratospheric temperatures and (slightly less certain and with small magnitudes ~0.1 deg C) tropospheric and ocean temperatures. More marginal are impacts on wintertime tropospheric circulation (like the NAO). It is also clear that if there really was a big signal in the data, it would have been found by now. The very fact that we are still arguing about statisitical significance implies that whatever signal there is, is small.


Interannual fluctuations of the sea surface temperature (SST) were analysed for the Northern Tropical Atlantic. Two patterns were noticed: a positive interannual trend (from 1960s to 1990s) and fluctuations of SST anomalies with a period from two to eight years, possibly formed by interannual dynamics of the Northern Subtropical Gyre. These dynamics were featured by the Subtropical Temperature Index (STI) revealing the meridional gradient of the SST anomalies between the Sargasso Sea and the Northern Tropical Atlantic. Being employed for a relatively short time series, STI has enabled us to evaluate an event of a sign change in SST anomalies. At STI≥1, positive SST anomalies and negative anomalies of nutrient concentration and zooplankton biomass take place. This qualitative ratio gets reversed at STI≤-1. Overall, interannual decline of zooplankton biomass (from 1960s to 1990s) has been accompanied by a positive trend of SST.


This evidence includes the following independent observations that paint a consistent picture of global warming:
Global sea level rise is accelerating (Church 2006)
Interannual fluctuations of the sea surface temperature (SST) were analysed for the Northern Tropical Atlantic. Two patterns were noticed: a positive interannual trend (from 1960s to 1990s) and fluctuations of SST anomalies with a period from two to eight years, possibly formed by interannual dynamics of the Northern Subtropical Gyre. These dynamics were featured by the Subtropical Temperature Index (STI) revealing the meridional gradient of the SST anomalies between the Sargasso Sea and the Northern Tropical Atlantic. Being employed for a relatively short time series, STI has enabled us to evaluate an event of a sign change in SST anomalies. At STI≥1, positive SST anomalies and negative anomalies of nutrient concentration and zooplankton biomass take place. This qualitative ratio gets reversed at STI≤-1. Overall, interannual decline of zooplankton biomass (from 1960s to 1990s) has been accompanied by a positive trend of SST.


The paper is Contributions of Stratospheric Water Vapor to Decadal Changes in the Rate of Global Warming (Solomon 2010). Through the troposphere, temperature falls as altitude rises. One skeptic claim is that if weather is chaotic, then surely the climate must also be chaotic because "climate, of course, is very-long-range weather". In 1963 Edward Lorenz was studying the patterns of rising warm air in the atmosphere.

Changes to physical and biological systems across the globe are consistent with warming temperatures (Rosenzweig 2008)



Zero Gravitas

Oh fuck! now BTB is going to join in, arguing a point subtly different from, yet identical to, believing in unicorns! Thanks Talulah, really! Really! Thanks!

biggytitbo

Quote from: Talulah, really! on February 27, 2010, 10:26:14 PM
For years the debate about climate change has had a contentious sticking point - satellite measurements of temperatures in the troposphere, the layer of atmosphere where most weather occurs, were inconsistent with fast-warming surface temperatures.
The boundary between the troposphere and stratosphere is called the tropopause. This is known as the "cold point", the coldest point in the lower atmosphere. In the stratosphere, temperature actually rises with altitude. It warms as you get higher - the opposite of the troposphere.
In 1963 Edward Lorenz was studying the patterns of rising warm air in the atmosphere. It was known at the time that air could start to move if it came into contact with a warm object. The properties of air are such that it expands a lot when heated, it is a good insulator and it flows with relative ease - technically speaking, it has a high Rayleigh number

On the timescale of decades, every planetary object has a mean temperature mainly given by the power of its star according to Stefan- Boltzmann's law combined with the greenhouse effect. If the sources and sinks of CO2 were chaotic and could quickly release and sequester large fractions of gas perhaps the climate could be chaotic. If the Earth's orbit was affected by a moon of comparable mass to the planet itself, then the orbit and thus the Solar forcing could cause some amount of chaos in the climate. As it turns out the Moon is relatively small and actually stabilizes the rotation axis, which is considered a favorable condition for life on Earth.
This is not to say that there is no solar influence on climate change, only that establishing such a link is more difficult then many assume. What is generally required is a consistent signal over a number of cycles (either the 11 year sunspot cycle or more long term variations), similar effects if the timeseries are split, and sufficient true degrees of freedom that the connection is significant and that it explains a non-negligible fraction of the variance. These are actually quite stiff hurdles and so the number of links that survive this filter are quite small. In some rough order of certainty we can consider that the 11 year solar cycle impacts on the following are well accepted: stratospheric ozone, cosmogenic isotope production, upper atmospheric geopotential heights, stratospheric temperatures and (slightly less certain and with small magnitudes ~0.1 deg C) tropospheric and ocean temperatures. More marginal are impacts on wintertime tropospheric circulation (like the NAO). It is also clear that if there really was a big signal in the data, it would have been found by now. The very fact that we are still arguing about statisitical significance implies that whatever signal there is, is small.


Interannual fluctuations of the sea surface temperature (SST) were analysed for the Northern Tropical Atlantic. Two patterns were noticed: a positive interannual trend (from 1960s to 1990s) and fluctuations of SST anomalies with a period from two to eight years, possibly formed by interannual dynamics of the Northern Subtropical Gyre. These dynamics were featured by the Subtropical Temperature Index (STI) revealing the meridional gradient of the SST anomalies between the Sargasso Sea and the Northern Tropical Atlantic. Being employed for a relatively short time series, STI has enabled us to evaluate an event of a sign change in SST anomalies. At STI≥1, positive SST anomalies and negative anomalies of nutrient concentration and zooplankton biomass take place. This qualitative ratio gets reversed at STI≤-1. Overall, interannual decline of zooplankton biomass (from 1960s to 1990s) has been accompanied by a positive trend of SST.


This evidence includes the following independent observations that paint a consistent picture of global warming:
Global sea level rise is accelerating (Church 2006)
Interannual fluctuations of the sea surface temperature (SST) were analysed for the Northern Tropical Atlantic. Two patterns were noticed: a positive interannual trend (from 1960s to 1990s) and fluctuations of SST anomalies with a period from two to eight years, possibly formed by interannual dynamics of the Northern Subtropical Gyre. These dynamics were featured by the Subtropical Temperature Index (STI) revealing the meridional gradient of the SST anomalies between the Sargasso Sea and the Northern Tropical Atlantic. Being employed for a relatively short time series, STI has enabled us to evaluate an event of a sign change in SST anomalies. At STI≥1, positive SST anomalies and negative anomalies of nutrient concentration and zooplankton biomass take place. This qualitative ratio gets reversed at STI≤-1. Overall, interannual decline of zooplankton biomass (from 1960s to 1990s) has been accompanied by a positive trend of SST.


The paper is Contributions of Stratospheric Water Vapor to Decadal Changes in the Rate of Global Warming (Solomon 2010). Through the troposphere, temperature falls as altitude rises. One skeptic claim is that if weather is chaotic, then surely the climate must also be chaotic because "climate, of course, is very-long-range weather". In 1963 Edward Lorenz was studying the patterns of rising warm air in the atmosphere.

Changes to physical and biological systems across the globe are consistent with warming temperatures (Rosenzweig 2008)

I love you!

Talulah, really!

Quote from: Zero Gravitas on February 27, 2010, 10:28:15 PM
Oh fuck! now BTB is going to join in, arguing a point subtly different from, yet identical to, believing in unicorns! Thanks Talulah, really! Really! Thanks!

Too late, too late the maiden cried for Lauren is almost sure that Moonshine, the scruffy grey pony at the dealer's stable, is another secret unicorn who hasn't yet found a unicorn friend to turn her into her magical shape. Feeling sorry for the lonely pony, Lauren pays her a visit and is surprised to see a strange boy talking softly to Moonshine and stroking her. Michael explains that he loves ponies but his foster parents won't let him have one because, among other things, they live in the city. Lauren and her unicorn, Twilight,are certain that Michael is the special friend that Moonshine needs and are determined to unite them before the summer holidays end and Michael has to return home.

purlieu


Pedro_Bear



Seriously then: Amber grew up in a rural mountain town. She didn't have many friends, but her spirit was strong. Fortunately for her, there were plenty of animals to play with after school, and she would draw them in bright colours with rainbows and mythical creatures in the backgrounds.

The night she turned 12, the True Fae took her.

They constantly molded her into the forms of the animals she drew. Eventually, the Fae folded her into her precious unicorn. With what little sanity she had left, and her tenuous grasp of existence, she decided to run for it.

The Fae was an expert hunter, surrounded by other Fae more than willing to claim his prize, and it was not long before they caught her. Disguised as a massive star thing, the Fae smashed her body apart to slow her escape, intent on folding her into something slower, like a lazy cat, but Amber used her unicorn magic and vanished.

She appeared not a foot away from where she was first turned, but this time, the hunter was farther away. They played this game, for how long, who knows? Running through the hedge, her mind marked the areas where she had been caught, forcing her to change her route ever so slightly.

A futile gesture, perhaps, to the mind, but her heart still tells her to run towards the promise of a better world ♪ Always~ I wanna be with you~ and make-believe with you And live in harmony, harmony - OH, LOVE ♫



Super-seriously, then: http://anonym.to/?http://www.pandys.org/overtherainbow/articles.html ♪ Always~ I wanna be with you~ and make-believe with you And live in harmony, harmony - OH, LOVE ♫

biggytitbo

But Captain Jack...he's dead surely? Only Derek Jacobi has the inkling that something new is in town. Something new but mysterious and weird. Something that makes him rethink his entire world. If only that watch, that he's taken for granted all these years, made any sense.

Snied

Check out Mountain Maniac while you're on the site. I was the programmer for it; it's one of the few things I'm proud of.

Big Jack McBastard

I rather enjoyed that cheers Pedro, my score is PITIFUL in comparison.

Big Jack McBastard

Christ it messes with your eyes like one of those 'deliberately fuck with your vision' pictures after a while, so much scrolling.

Big Jack McBastard

Also liked yours Sneid, I'm on an old skool gaming trip today!