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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words: Interestingly, one of the things that keeps cyclemania alive is the deficiency of the English language in not having a term for the sort of irregular variation caused by non-cyclic feedback effects. The nearest term is, indeed, "cycle" but that immediately gets people thinking in terms of regular, predictable variation. Think of this the next time anyone talks about the economy .... 'Fluctuations' instead of 'cycles'? Hang on. The reference was from the Guardian. Do you honestly think that they could have spelled 'fluctuations' the same way twice, let alone correctly? But, yes, it is an accurate term. It is very generic, unfortunately, and doesn't identify the particular class of variation that is being referred to here. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article , Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words: Interestingly, one of the things that keeps cyclemania alive is the deficiency of the English language in not having a term for the sort of irregular variation caused by non-cyclic feedback effects. The nearest term is, indeed, "cycle" but that immediately gets people thinking in terms of regular, predictable variation. Think of this the next time anyone talks about the economy .... 'Fluctuations' instead of 'cycles'? Hang on. The reference was from the Guardian. Do you honestly think that they could have spelled 'fluctuations' the same way twice, let alone correctly? But, yes, it is an accurate term. It is very generic, unfortunately, and doesn't identify the particular class of variation that is being referred to here. And the consensus on climate change has built to a level where, most unfortunately, one has to start taking into consideration the political or paymaster issues relevant to those relatively few who pop up and tell us there's nothing to worry about. No doubt the mechanisms and even the data of the whole thing are very complex and uncertain, and many specific predictions will turn out to be wrong: this isn't something nice and simple like nuclear physics. But, oh boy, if somebody tells me it doesn't matter if the North Pole has melted, I want to see the cores he's examined to show how often it's happened in the past, and I want to know who's paying him. -- Mike. |
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from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words: 'Fluctuations' instead of 'cycles'? Hang on. The reference was from the Guardian. Do you honestly think that they could have spelled 'fluctuations' the same way twice, let alone correctly? I stans collected. But, yes, it is an accurate term. It is very generic, unfortunately, and doesn't identify the particular class of variation that is being referred to here. Perhaps we should coin a new word? I'll kick off with 'fluctuatours' and 'circumfluctuations'. -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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