Comments on: Comedy Synthesis Report http://landshape.org/enm/copenhagen-synthesis-report/ The power of numeracy Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:43:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Charlie http://landshape.org/enm/copenhagen-synthesis-report/comment-page-1/#comment-180778 Charlie Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:11:44 +0000 http://landshape.org/enm/?p=2736#comment-180778 There is additional confusion caused by lack of revision number tracking of the changes. The Potdam Institute, for a while, had yet another revision of the synthesis report.<br><br>It had a change date in Adobe document properties of July 7 and "og" was corrected to "of".<br><br>My query to U of Copenhagen Climate Office as to whether this Potdam Institute version was an authorized verison was met with a sceptical reply that basically said "I don't believe you. Our version and the Potdam Institute version are the same".<br><br>Lack of revision number and notes or some sort of change control record is amazing considering that this document will be used to make significant public policy decisions.<br><br>Charlie There is additional confusion caused by lack of revision number tracking of the changes. The Potdam Institute, for a while, had yet another revision of the synthesis report.

It had a change date in Adobe document properties of July 7 and “og” was corrected to “of”.

My query to U of Copenhagen Climate Office as to whether this Potdam Institute version was an authorized verison was met with a sceptical reply that basically said “I don't believe you. Our version and the Potdam Institute version are the same”.

Lack of revision number and notes or some sort of change control record is amazing considering that this document will be used to make significant public policy decisions.

Charlie

]]> By: Charlie http://landshape.org/enm/copenhagen-synthesis-report/comment-page-1/#comment-179147 Charlie Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:11:44 +0000 http://landshape.org/enm/?p=2736#comment-179147 There is additional confusion caused by lack of revision number tracking of the changes. The Potdam Institute, for a while, had yet another revision of the synthesis report.<br><br>It had a change date in Adobe document properties of July 7 and "og" was corrected to "of".<br><br>My query to U of Copenhagen Climate Office as to whether this Potdam Institute version was an authorized verison was met with a sceptical reply that basically said "I don't believe you. Our version and the Potdam Institute version are the same".<br><br>Lack of revision number and notes or some sort of change control record is amazing considering that this document will be used to make significant public policy decisions.<br><br>Charlie There is additional confusion caused by lack of revision number tracking of the changes. The Potdam Institute, for a while, had yet another revision of the synthesis report.

It had a change date in Adobe document properties of July 7 and “og” was corrected to “of”.

My query to U of Copenhagen Climate Office as to whether this Potdam Institute version was an authorized verison was met with a sceptical reply that basically said “I don't believe you. Our version and the Potdam Institute version are the same”.

Lack of revision number and notes or some sort of change control record is amazing considering that this document will be used to make significant public policy decisions.

Charlie

]]> By: davids99us http://landshape.org/enm/copenhagen-synthesis-report/comment-page-1/#comment-179105 davids99us Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:48:30 +0000 http://landshape.org/enm/?p=2736#comment-179105 sherro, if you really want an Aussie calibre gut-splitter, check out <a href="http://www.pik-potsdam.de/%7Estefan/stefan_rahmstorf_foto_portraits.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~stefan/stefan_rahmst...</a> (especially the last one) sherro, if you really want an Aussie calibre gut-splitter, check out http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~stefan/stefan_rahmst... (especially the last one)

]]> By: sherro http://landshape.org/enm/copenhagen-synthesis-report/comment-page-1/#comment-179104 sherro Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:44:34 +0000 http://landshape.org/enm/?p=2736#comment-179104 In this English-speaking numbers forum coming up at Copenhagen, should we not make allowances for authors who make mistakes because mathematics is not their native language? In this English-speaking numbers forum coming up at Copenhagen, should we not make allowances for authors who make mistakes because mathematics is not their native language?

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