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alcaray — 5/13/2013 5:41:59 AM (archived)

slope = rise divided by run. If the slope is constant then you get a straight line. If the slope increases then you get a curve that becomes steeper as it goes to the right.

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C02, "Scary." trend - RobVG - 5/12/2013 7:54:54 PM
- The function of that article lies in the headline, not the chart. - TB - 5/13/2013 2:08:11 AM
  - The headline did a good job of boiling down what "James Butler, director of global monitoring at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth Science Research Lab in Boulder, Colo." sa… - alcaray - 5/13/2013 8:49:39 AM
    - They can no longer deny the message, - ER - 5/13/2013 1:32:51 PM
      - You saw the same thing I did. "Bad journalism" was YOUR post. n/t - RobVG - 5/13/2013 2:17:13 PM
        
        Just because the journalism is bad doesn't mean the news is made up. n/t - ER - 5/13/2013 3:10:19 PM
        
        PS: Why do conservatives have such a problem with this? - ER - 5/13/2013 3:15:03 PM
        
        I think that they are getting to the point where it's embarrasing to deny. - alcaray - 5/13/2013 5:42:54 PM
        
        When scientific judgements are forced to pass an ideological litmus test..., - ER - 5/13/2013 6:02:38 PM
        
        I can't believe you actually posted that... - TB - 5/13/2013 6:06:20 PM
        
        At your service, yr most hum. and obd't servant. - ER - 5/13/2013 6:28:39 PM
- No, that chart is not linear since 70. It is quite curved. Hold the edge of an envelope up to it if you don't believe me. - alcaray - 5/12/2013 11:55:52 PM
  - Curve in name only. - RobVG - 5/13/2013 12:53:26 AM
    - Only plane geometry is necessary. When you said:... - alcaray - 5/13/2013 1:42:50 AM
      - Be honest- are you just trying to goad me? n/t - RobVG - 5/13/2013 2:00:43 AM
        
        I was questioning your eyesight. - alcaray - 5/13/2013 2:02:55 AM
        
        You better check ER's eyesight too. - RobVG - 5/13/2013 2:05:50 AM
        
        What part of "steady" increase do you not understand? - RobVG - 5/13/2013 2:04:53 AM
        
        my response disappeared, so forgive me if another one appears. - alcaray - 5/13/2013 5:41:59 AM
        
        Actually, you're both wrong. - ER - 5/13/2013 2:39:59 AM
        
        At some point, you have move past yelling "CRISIS CRISIS CRISIS CRISIS CRISIS!" - TB - 5/13/2013 4:18:32 AM
        
        But there IS a crisis. - ER - 5/13/2013 1:54:20 PM
        
        At some point people need to move past blaming everything on bad reporting. - alcaray - 5/13/2013 5:38:12 AM
        
        It's not just reporters. - ER - 5/13/2013 1:58:38 PM
    - That's why we need calculus. - ER - 5/13/2013 1:02:04 AM
  - I was trying to give Rob the benefit of a doubt - ER - 5/13/2013 12:09:51 AM
- Bad journalism - ER - 5/12/2013 9:51:42 PM
- It is May 12, 2013 and it is snowing here. How is the weather over there? - johannes - 5/12/2013 9:24:05 PM

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