Posts Made By: Doug Peterson

Ignorance is Strength

--1984

Here's a summary of the other data doctors at work to date:

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/climategate-somethings-rotten-in-denmark-and-east-anglia-asheville-and-new-york-city-pjm-exclusive/

69 more climategates, with links:

http://pgosselin.wordpress.com/climate-scandals/

Politics over science, yet again:


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/09/stringer_on_russell/

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/07/10/fred-singer-on-the-muir-russel-report/#more-21718

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/geraldwarner/100046524/climategate-reinstating-phil-jones-is-good-news-the-cru-brand-remains-toxic/

http://climatedepot.com/a/2768/Mann-at-it-again-Very-erroneous-conclusions-Michael-Manns-newest-invention-The-Hurricane-Hockey-Stick


Meanwhile in the real world, far from politics: Still not getting any warmer after more than a decade, the peaks in 1998 and 2010 due to El Nino which have nothing to do with CO2, existed long before mann, and will be here long after we're gone. La Nina cooling setting in....

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf

I noticed the same problem--it looks like everything after about 9/5 or 1 week ago is unreported, at least for the search strings I've tried.

Why am I discussing tiny monoculars in the astro binoculars section? Because I don't look at birds, and I like to have quick look magnification around, especially in my car, a convertible--a mobile observatory--that isn't so expensive it will bust the bank if stolen.

The entry level is the 2.5x17.5mm "kgb" galilean monocular that is so small it is the only scope I know of that will fit in its entirety inside an auto ash tray. 7 bucks shipped.

The best buy by far is the Kenko 15x32 silver-bodied half a bino with naked porro prism cluster. Will fit in a shirt pocket, incredibly light. Yeah ruby coated front surface, and I now know why ruby coatings are so popular with manufacturers: its colorful presence obscures the fact that everything else is uncoated! Actually there are a few other mag fluoride coatings in the optics train but not the prisms. Even so it is quite sharp. 9 bucks shipped.

The Tasco 16x40 at 23 bucks shipped is the equal of those 60$ pricey monos. Sharp, wide field, rubber body.

The Zeiss miniquick 5x10mm looks like a pen and clips to your shirt pocket the same way. Pricey but sharp and unique. Typically about $130 bucks. This one I won't leave in my car. I once lost it, bought a replacement, but then found the original ... in my car. Anyone want a miniquick?

Except for the Zeiss these cheap optical entertainments can be found in the bargain basement sort method at eboring. They ship straight from Taiwan using your very own USPS in like a week. I haven't had as much cheap fun since viagra at 7 bucks a pop.

I love Astromart so much I think there will be a restraining order soon, but in a perfect universe it would be nice to have an enduring login for two devices simultaneously--those of us with phones, tablets, home pcs, work pcs....

For us narcicistic chatty cathys that like to drone on with our gurucentric lists of favorite toys, a few kb of extra space under My Profile would be cool. I actually ran out of space to bloviate.

I like to promote important ads to the front page, but at present hourglassing when selected to go to the pay page.

GREAT LOOKS LIKE ITS WORKING NOW!