Would the forum be more active without people like Q & G

[Mike Davis]

Sheesh. CHILDREN.

I AM POSTING FROM WORK.

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This was your first post in this thread and I can find no other where you asked a specific question. Maybe you are confused still and you asked in another thread
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Sent: Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:42 pm
From: Gorilla Tan
To: Mike Davis

Mike Davis wrote:I do not know that Stephen was an amateur meteorologist in his teens and awarded an associate fellowship by the RMS.


Wait wait. Stephen has not been "awarded" anything by RMetS; he is an Associate Fellow (formal title) which is "member" for any plain vanilla purpose. Check the RMetS website, send in your money, and you too will "award" RMets (note the direction of travel of this "award") with your tax-deductible contribution, and instantly become a so-called Associate Fellow. Stephen's amateur interest is laudable, but in terms of professional qualification he's no different from you, me, or Popeye The Sailor Man. He paid his money and took his choice.

Ask him where you can pick up a copy of even one paper of his that has seen scientific peer review and publication in a professional journal.

I am older than you are.

Hmmmm. Come to think of it (scratching head) I'm not certain that Stephen is actually even an "Associate". I'd have to backtrack and check on this but I'm soooo lazy. I think he may really just be a plain ol' Member. Capital M, though. Ain't THAT something? It used to be you could see a list of all Fellows, and Members, at the RMetS website. Don't know if that's still the case, but if you really want to see if you can catch me out, go to their site and contact their director's office. They'll be glad to clarify the point.

I have no desire to take the time to review your countries cultural oddities. Stephen explained the situation and that was good enough for me. As far as peer review is concerned. Peer review no longer has any value when they allow through the garbage that has passed through peer review such as the Hockey stick and regurgitation of the hockey stick.

Also the topic was diverted by Groupie long ago and now you are diverting it once again.

If you are older than I then your behavior is excusable due to Senior dementia but you should see your doctor as your meds are not effective enough to control your delusions.

If you were in the US i could put you in touch with a few really good research institutes that specialize in your condition as they were my customers but I am not familiar with what is being done in your country.

[Gorilla Tan]

If you were in the US i could put you in touch with a few really good research institutes that specialize in your condition as they were my customers but I am not familiar with what is being done in your country.

"My country" being California I invite you out for some fruit and nuts, but wait till we reinstate Gov. Moonbeam in November. If you can find yer arse from thoid base; isn't East Tenn famous for being populated by the spawn of those who marry a bit close to home on the fambly tree?

[Mike Davis]

hat is funny! You are in the land of Fruits and Nuts. I retired from a near by state and have no desire to set foot on the Left Coast again. It is a good example of Environmental freaks that are on a path to destroy their environment. The regulations that have been passed in that state have resulted in opposite results from what was originally stated. Yes you are definitely in the heart of the region that will or is feeling the effects of the precautionary principle. Unemployment is what now in your state? What lies are they telling you about the expected rebound? You are right where you deserve to be.
I have met enough Fruits and Nuts from California for a couple of life times.
I believe it is Georgia where there is no Life Guard at the Gene Pool. California does not need a Life Guard for what ever gene pool has survived there. Brother Al has the qualifications so you could have him for your Governor. Of course you could vote Boxer in after she loses her seat in the house.

[Mike Davis]

Seeing how we are in the Sand Box region of this forum that was created because AGW supporters tend to drift away from topic there is no need here to remotely stay on topic. With you claiming the Left Coast as your residence I would suggest you visit either the Scripp's Medical center in LaJolla or the Medical Center in Santa Barbara as they are well known for full careful and complete health evaluations. The examination requires a week of testing and a final consultation on Friday. These Doctors are so good that a close friend had the annual exams done at both places. The friend switched from one to the other because a local doctor found condition a month after she had come from Santa Barbara which the symptoms had been ongoing for a year before she saw the local doctor. Santa Barbabra had claimed it was just nerves. Any way she started going to LaJolla for annual physicals and low and behold she was diagnosed with Cancer 3 months after her last physical and again by a local doctor and the Cancer had already Metastasized and spread in to her bones. The condition could have been treated if caught before it metastasized and the Xrays showed it was evident in past Xrays but the doctors claimed it was just scar tissue in the lungs without doing a biopsy or any further testing for cancer. They got their money from the insurance company and federal grants as they are research facilities. She only had to live with the pain for 6 months and Radiation plus Chemo treatments that did more harm than good due to the advanced state of spread. But it was all in the name of research.
Lets get this straight: The science is settled about Global warming but we need more research because the science is not settled. There is a consensus regarding human caused climate change even if we are not yet knowledgeable about all the natural causes of climate change so there is no consensus about natural climate. WOW! What a Cluster!! Or even Circle J!
AGW= FUBAR and SNAFU combined!
Let your children and Grandchildren know that you promoted their future poverty if they live through what you and yours have sown.

[Ravenna]

More feedback on the site, are you guys saying the site is CRAP, in as much we are using PHP rather then worldpress? If so maybe the webmaster should end his PHP designs

I was here earlier as Sunsettommy,but came back as Ravenna.

No no, I am not against the designs that your webmaster made.They are good.

It is the CORE of the phpBB3 software that I do not like.Making postings with late 1990's software tools are not fun.Not when I have the far better myBB that I now use to make postings with at my forum.

The members at my forum have made it clear they do not want me to move to UBB.threads with version 8.0 coming onboard soon,at all.Despite that it will offer Blog,Gallery,Portal and the forum as an integrated set up.A very attractive set up that owners would love.

I used to run phpBB3 over a year ago as the site administrator,now I have gone to myBB and finally after working with phpBB2 and 3,SMF,wordpress forum and now myBB.It is heavenly.

Wordpress is overrated.

You could just transform your forum into an archive and stop all access to logging in.That way you keep everything else running the way it is.

Just a suggestion.

phpBB3 was released in 2009 which is hardly late 1990's is it?

What specifically about phpBB3 do you feel limits you from participating in a forum discussion?

I just glanced at MyBB and it looks the same as phpBB bar the theme.

On a side note Wordpress is bloated, not secure and does not generate valid code for things such as RSS feeds meaning they will not always display in some readers so I agree it's overrated.

Hello Mr. Zippy,

I just found your post and want to reply that you did not look very hard at all.You did write "glanced" when you visited my forum.

The theme is the myBB default set up,except for the photo at the top.phpBB3 default theme is loathed by many.

Now I am surprised at how much you missed in your glancing visit of a forum based on myBB software.

phpBB3 DOES use old stuff that was cutting edge back in the late 1990's.

Making a post in the myBB software is far easier and more modern than phpBB3.

Here is what myBB has that phpBB3 does not have:

Javascript
Formatting Buttons
Has bundled software (admittedly their portal is ordinary,but a very good one,Proportal is available as a plug in)
RSS 2.0
Facebook
Twitter
Myspace
Digg
Quick reply
Updated bbc
Inline moderation tools (Administrator can create a new moderation tool,and have it included in the moderation list in the thread)
Download manager
plug ins easy to install (phpBB3 has a reputation of having a difficult mod installation system)
WYSIWYG editor (plug in)
Full Warning system

I have been administrator of SMF,phpBB2 and 3,myBB and that simple wordpress forum.

myBB is the best of the bunch.Now their 1.6 version will be released soon that has a lot of people excited already.It will easily exceed phpBB3 in features and STILL it will not be bloated.

I have looked at Serendipity as a blog software to replace wordpress with.It is much simpler and yet delivers on the essential blogging features.Someday I may take the plunge and transfer the archives into the new blog and delete Wordpress forever!

I find it revealing that very experienced forum owners commonly dislike phpBB3 and states why plainly.

Here is a quote from Admin Addict forum I am member of,

http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/phpbb/ ... #post43304

* Management/administration: SMF -> MyBB -> phpBB
* Templating: MyBB -> MyBB -> phpBB
* Available mods: SMF -> phpBB -> MyBB
* Ease of mod handling: SMF -> MyBB -> BBPress -> Custom-made script that a kindergartner created -> Your grandma's 1969 Buick -> City Dump -> phpBB

Since then SMF mods system are in trouble because they have NOT been keeping many of them up to date.Plus they are in disarray as an organization.But is incredibly easy to download an up to date mod in the SMF admin panel (never have to use the cPANEL to upload mods).myBB you do but otherwise easy.

myBB has the most mods available that are up to date,plus a few low cost modification forums where they always keep them up to date.

myBB is tied with only two other software's out of 55 reviewed with highest user rating (9.0 out of 10,with 371 votes),

http://www.forum-software.org/mybb/review

[Ravenna]

GT:
I thought you claimed you wanted to discuss climate issues.

Calling "Mike Davis" (AKA): do you remember the TOPIC of THIS forum? It ain't climate issues: Would the forum be more active without people like Q & G
If you REALLY want to discuss climate, go ahead, but go away. Go somewhere else. Go, in fact, back to wherever you came from on the other forum channels around here where climage issues are the theme. And where you have refused to engage and have avoided real discussion especially every time anyone asks you a question. Who's the troll now?

The forum will be closed starting August 1st.

Thus you along with everyone else will go elsewhere.I have my own climate skeptic forum to go to.

Where will you go?

[Mike Davis]

Ravenna:
GT is going back to the doctor to get an adjustment on drugs the current dose is not working for S/HE/IT!

[Gropes]

GT:
Thus you along with everyone else will go elsewhere.I have my own climate skeptic forum to go to.

Where will you go?

Hey Dopey, do you avoid questions on your forum like you do here? May you should call you forum the denialist forum whose sole purpose is to bash science and clobber scientists.

Anyway, why don't you answer questions on lord monckton you ask me to pose 3 months ago. What's the matter, no answers?

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[Mike Davis]

Groupie:
I will provide a link to Ravenna's web site for you. I am sure the folks there will welcome you with open arms:
http://www.globalwarmingskeptics.info/forums/index.php
Just stop by and introduce yourself. By being your normal wonderful self you can make many friends there.