Re: Runaway Global Warming Possible!

From: Vendicar Decarian (VD_at_Pyro.net)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 23:26:29 -0500

> > Analogue circuit similations.... Bahahahahaha..... Of earthquakes....
> > Bahahahahahahahah.......
> >
> > Such vast stupidity.

"ošin" <ošin@ragnarok.com> wrote in message
news:k8mdnetYp9xF5WDcRVn-gg@whidbeytel.com...
> Why? Analogue circuits are not often used today, but they can have great
> advantages over digital computer models. They can be very effective in
> modeling non-linear differential equations, such as those that represent
> seismic events.

  Indeed just before the advent of electronic digital computers in the 40's
analogue electronic circuits were used rather routinely to solve sticky
numerical problems through simulation.

  However this technique is useless when it comes to the study of
earthquakes which are triggered by random statistical events rather than
generally any specific cause.

  The best that can be expected is a projection of grose statistical
averages or grose statistical probabilities of an event, which provide no
additional value over the same statistics obtained from regional history.

  It was foolish to expect any other result.

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