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Update 30-Year Reference Periods- Or Not?

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 20 May 2010 · 59 views

There is often a large debate over whether we should keep updating the 30-year reference period every 10 years (the World Meteorological Organisation does it every 30 years, the Met Office traditionally does it every 10 years but has partially held onto 1961-90 in the recent update).

My view is that it depends on what analysis we're doing and that...



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Standardising Windows: My Documents, Program Files

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 12 May 2010 · 55 views

I have resisted "My Documents" and "Program Files" for many years, and the main reason is user choice: if we all "give in" to having no user choice, there'll be no incentive for Microsoft to keep it in future versions of Windows.

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Proponents of the "My Documents" system say that it's good...



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"man Flu", Colds, Coming Into Work

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 25 April 2010 · 110 views

I've seen quite a few debates on so-called "man flu" which is basically a swipe at men saying that they exaggerate how ill they are whereas women just "get on with it". I don't know how much truth there is behind this stereotype.

Basically we have two extreme positions in circulation- one being "I'll have a day off...



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It's Not Often That I Agree With Graham Poll, But...

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 08 March 2010 · 92 views

http://news.bbc.co.u...all/8553629.stm

As someone posted in the Comments section, the main arguments against any kind of technology seem to be:

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1) it slows the game down
2) controversy is part of the beauty of the game

I'll give my twopenny's worth:
1. too much "black and white" thinking and slippery slope...



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Intellectual Property

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 04 March 2010 · 63 views

My latest word on intellectual property is: we need the masses to start seeing past the premise that "copying is theft". Theft is a relatively black and white issue- barring exceptional circumstances it is wrong to take physical property away from people, and in a large majority of cases, a theft from a retail outlet equals a lost sale. The...



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Late Springs

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 27 February 2010 · 59 views

So, how late does spring normally arrive in this country? And what do we mean by "spring"? Personally I am happy to accept and follow the meteorological definition (1st March to 31st May) and think in terms of spring as meaning increasing daylight and sunshine hours and plant growth. I can certainly see a case for arguing that wintry weather...



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Let It Snow Part Iii

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 25 January 2010 · 73 views

In recent years Philip Eden has repeatedly voiced a concern that as a society, our reactions towards normal wintry weather have become more and more intolerant, and it could get very ugly if we were to get a severe wintry spell. The latest wintry episode has shown that it isn't the general public who are intolerant, it is the media, which makes an...



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Let It Snow Part Ii

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 06 January 2010 · 61 views

In some ways this spell is starting to remind me of the sense I had during July 2006. Until that month, I'd thought that I had a limited tolerance of prolonged heat and sunshine- but I soon found that if it's generally on the low side of 30C, and interspersed with the odd showery/thundery outbreak for variety, I can easily "tolerate" it...



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Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 31 December 2009 · 57 views

We are increasingly looking like being locked into a prolonged cold spell, which may be snowy in the east and south- similar to January 1985. February looks at this stage like being somewhat milder, but whether it will be mild throughout, or a mix of mild and cold spells, remains to be seen.

I reached 12cm snow on New Year's Day and had 2 large...



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White Christmas

Posted by Thundery wintry showers, 21 December 2009 · 80 views

At the moment I think there is a 70% chance for eastern coastal parts of the North East (yes that means my area!) and 80-90% for inland parts of the region. The current snow cover doesn't look like thawing significantly until Christmas Eve, and unless that channel low gets far north enough on Christmas Eve to draw in a modified easterly, it...



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