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So he’s basically saying “well if you ignore the actual results, our predictions have been excellent”. ”The seasonal forecasts are quite good,” said Gerry Bell, NOAA’s lead seasonal forecaster. “Last year, we over-predicted and this year we over-predicted, but our track record, I think, is excellent.” [From Hurricane predictions miss the mark - 11/26/2007 - [...]
I met one of the OLPC guys at an event recently, I’m reluctant to write this now because the ambitious goals of group really are noble but the guy I met was so incredibly condescending and self-righteous that I found myself disliking the organization because of my interactions with him alone. Having said that, if [...]
Hey, it’s their description of the offer. I am disappointed that we’re almost 2 years from the date that Apple first started shipping Intel chips in their computers and Microsoft has yet to come out with a universal binary version of Office; opting instead to roll the Intel compatible version with a big feature upgrade. [...]
I’ve been a real Christmas tree guy for years but after last year’s disappointment of a tree (I cut it myself but the tree was still dry as a bone by Christmas day) I decided the time was right to change. My wife bought a Balsam Hill artificial tree at their post-Christmas sale last year [...]