Posts by John Greenshields

Google donates a billion cores to boffins

So who owns the research?

"Those who win the grants will do their work from Google offices and sign an employee agreement with Google for the term of the simulation"

This suggests again that Google is looking to amass information and rights to research. I wonder what the long term view of this research and those who depend on it will be?.. Are they donating or are they in fact looking to "Slurp" the research under an employee agreement then sell the rights to it later...

Yes Cynical ... but it is Google... they dont do anything for FREE.. there has to be an angle either visible now or further down the line.

Cynical it may be but how many people will clamour to ge tthe computer hours and sign a contract with the devil for the devil to turn round and say.."You were an employee... all the work you did is ours.."

Climate change: looking for a haystack, not a needle

Climate Change

Weather/Climate is constantly changing, it has never in our entire word history stood still. What is changing is the rate of change.

Are we really that arrogant to think that because we say so the world has to stop changing. How many ice ages has the world been through, wasnt the Sahara once plush green land.

I think there are too many people who see this issue as a political stepping stone... be green get one step closer. Also it is too powerful, any dissenters are immediately shouted at.

Where are the days when we could have a openended debate about what was happening without one side steam rollering the other. Maybe everyone needs to just take a step back and look at a much larger picture.