What becomes of old 'friends'..

[JayUtah]

Right.  LA has that funky inversion layer that keeps a lot of the *ahem* "particulates" close to the ground:

Salt Lake City's is typically as bad or worse, especially this year so far.

[Donnie B.]

Right.  LA has that funky inversion layer that keeps a lot of the *ahem* "particulates" close to the ground:

Salt Lake City's is typically as bad or worse, especially this year so far.

I think Beijing gets bragging rights over either of you.  And I recently learned that Fairbanks, AK, can be even worse in winter because it is in a valley and a lot of residents burn wood for heat.  http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/16/nation/la-na-fairbanks-air-pollution-20130217

[Echnaton]

Right.  LA has that funky inversion layer that keeps a lot of the *ahem* "particulates" close to the ground:

Salt Lake City's is typically as bad or worse, especially this year so far.

Houston has the same problem.  When I was a teen doing summer working at the port, on a cloudless day the sky could be completely white with only a partially obscured sun visible.  I haven't seen it that bad here in decades.

[Count Zero]

Hee.  My first reaction was, "I know where that picture was taken!"

I was guessing Manhattan Beach.  Am I close?

[gillianren]

I'm pretty sure it's Pasadena, actually, not that far from Pasadena High School.  You can see Mount Wilson from Pasadena, depending on air conditions.  But there's a church about six blocks away from the school that has that distinctive square tower.

[Sus_pilot]

Somewhat related:  is it Mt. Palomar that's near Warner Springs?  Took my first glider lesson there and remember seeing an observatory as we were being towed to altitude.

[gillianren]

Possibly?  I've only been the once; it's in San Diego County, which is a bit south for us to have trekked on a regular basis.

[smartcooky]

Somewhat related:  is it Mt. Palomar that's near Warner Springs?  Took my first glider lesson there and remember seeing an observatory as we were being towed to altitude.

Yup!

They're about 13 miles apart ATCF

[nomuse]

Interesting.

A flood of PMs at the former BAUT.

I'll stand by my stance on that one.  I don't know if it is yet another appearance of Doctor Socks, but his posts are still hard to read.

[Daggerstab]

Can someone who's aware of Dr.Socks' exploits on other forums (ATS, David Icke's, etc.) tell me if the latest sock has developed a sudden interest in/knowledge of spacecraft cooling systems? I'm asking because of this.

[JayUtah]

Can someone who's aware of Dr.Socks' exploits on other forums (ATS, David Icke's, etc.) tell me if the latest sock has developed a sudden interest in/knowledge of spacecraft cooling systems? I'm asking because of this.

Patrick has a very long history of pumping his critics for details and specific facts, which he then regurgitates back as if he knew them all along.  He also has a history of professing expertise in science and mathematics while simultaneously exhibiting considerable ignorance of them.

[Chew]

Can someone who's aware of Dr.Socks' exploits on other forums (ATS, David Icke's, etc.) tell me if the latest sock has developed a sudden interest in/knowledge of spacecraft cooling systems? I'm asking because of this.

Patrick has a very long history of pumping his critics for details and specific facts, which he then regurgitates back as if he knew them all along.

Yeah, that was pathetic. A search on that JREF thread for "regurgitat" found these posts where he was called out on it:

http://forums.randi.org/showpost.php?p=7859882&postcount=5556
http://forums.randi.org/showpost.php?p=7810950&postcount=5042

[nomuse]

Yup; he's moved on to JAQ'ing.  I'm up to three sigmas of certainty now on the latest sock, and I don't even have access to IP data.

[ApolloGnomon]

alexsanchez has made his way to Delusional Idiots forum with his "buzz armstrong" sideshow.

http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=238191

So far, I'm not impressed. Nor am I convinced he's an incarnation of the famous "Dr. Socks, the man who mistook his @$$ for a hat."

[JayUtah]

alexsanchez has made his way to Delusional Idiots forum with his "buzz armstrong" sideshow.

I'm glad he's landed in a place worthy of his attention.

So far, I'm not impressed. Nor am I convinced he's an incarnation of the famous "Dr. Socks, the man who mistook his @$$ for a hat."

Me neither.  Too different.