Slimy NASA admin sees BIG dollars in global warming fraud

They've embraced it like some kind of octopus with an oyster.

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NASA's James Hansen Finally Releases Climate Data Computer Codes
By Noel Sheppard | September 8, 2007 - 16:00 ET

Much as when the organization he leads quietly made changes to the
United States historical climate record at the prodding of Climate
Audit's Stephen McIntyre, James Hansen of NASA's Goddard Institute for
Space Studies finally released critical computer codes scientists have
wanted for years, but did so with absolutely no official press
release.

As a result, not one media outlet covered this occurrence that years
from now could be seen as a huge turning point in the climate change
debate.

Despite the secrecy, there was great celebration amongst anthropogenic
global warming skeptics that have wanted these closely held codes to
be able to identify how NASA and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric
Administration make adjustments to raw climate data collected by
weather stations.

One such skeptic is Anthony Watts, who happily reported Saturday
(emphasis added):

Apparently us "court jesters" (as as Dr. James Hansen calls us) carry
some weight after all.

I'm happy to report that NASA GISS has in fact released the computer
code used to arrive at temperature adjustments for the USA and the
world. The first task is to make sure it matches what has been seen,
and to verify that we have all of it. This is hugely important in
doing independent verification of the surface temperature record.
Following that, an analysis of the methodology and replication of the
computer program output to see if it matches the current data sets.
Then perhaps we can fully understand why some stations that are in
"pristine" condition, such as Walhalla, SC, with no obvious microsite
biases, get "adjusted" by Hansen's techniques. Shouldn't good data
stand on it's [sic] own?

Yes, that sounds reasonable, Anthony, unless your goal is to
manipulate the data to support your agenda.

Of course, another happy skeptic was Stephen McIntyre who reported the
news at Climate Audit (h/t Anthony Watts, emphasis added):

Hansen has just released what is said to be the source code for their
temperature analysis. The release was announced in a shall-we-say
ungracious email to his email distribution list and a link is now
present at the NASA webpage.

Hansen says resentfully that they would have liked a "week or two" to
make a "simplified version" of the program and that it is this version
that "people interested in science" will want, as opposed to the
version that actually generated their results.

People interested in science? Heck, I thought we were all deniers and
court jesters.

Regardless, it seems a metaphysical certitude that the same media
which ignored the changes to the climate record a month ago will be
equally disinterested in reporting this information.

And, if it turns out that Watts, McIntyre, and skeptical scientists
around the world identify errors in these codes requiring additional
changes be made by Hansen to the climate record, I doubt we'll hear
about that either.

Or am I just being too darned cynical for my own good?

-Noel Sheppard is an economist, business owner, and Associate Editor
of NewsBusters.

More spew from a rightard

Give it up Rich nobody but your fellow rightards believe you. You
might as well quote yourself as the fool you quoted. By the way your
mommy called and said it's time to go to bed

On Sep 9, 11:10 pm, wrote:
More spew from a rightard

Give it up Rich nobody but your fellow rightards believe you. You
might as well quote yourself as the fool you quoted. By the way your
mommy called and said it's time to go to bed

The agency has watched 80% of its money end up in the white elephant
known as the ISS. It is DESPERATE to secure other funding and going
along with the global warming FRAUD will make availabe huge amounts of
money likely to be spent on this misadventure. It'll make ISS look
like a bargain.