Posted on 11/19/2009 9:40:36 PM PST by RightOnTheLeftCoast
Summary: Some hackers got into the Climate Research Unit's server, took a bunch of files, and posted them on the Internet via a Russian server. (CRU is in the UK.)
Most of the stuff is boring, but note this one:
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From: Phil Jones
To: ray bradley ,mann@xxxxx.xxx, mhughes@xxxx.xxx
Subject: Diagram for WMO Statement
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 13:31:15 +0000
Cc: k.briffa@xxx.xx.xx,t.osborn@xxxx.xxx
Dear Ray, Mike and Malcolm,
Once Tim’s got a diagram here we’ll send that either later today or first thing tomorrow.
I’ve just completed Mike’s Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd from 1961 for Keith’s to hide the decline. Mike’s series got the annual land and marine values while the other two got April-Sept for NH land N of 20N. The latter two are real for 1999, while the estimate for 1999 for NH combined is +0.44C wrt 61-90. The Global estimate for 1999 with data through Oct is +0.35C cf. 0.57 for 1998.
Thanks for the comments, Ray.
Cheers
Phil
Prof. Phil Jones
Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) xxxxx
School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) xxxx
University of East Anglia
Norwich Email p.jones@xxxx.xxx
NR4 7TJ
UK
(Excerpt) Read more at wattsupwiththat.com ...
"Nature" would seem to be the prestigious scientific journal.
If this holds up under scrutiny, it might point towards a history-rocking scientific fraud.
TOrrent link: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5171206
You know, I tried that link—downloaded the file and tried to open it with the bit torrent app and voila, nothing... do what is the operator (me) doing wrong?
Thank you for the torrent link!
Given the circumstances, I’d recommend anyone who downloads it to scan it thoroughly for malicious content. This is just the sort of red-meat bait that would target people like us. It’s probably okay, the hackers seem to be on the same side we are, but who’s to say the torrent might not be co-opted at some point by others of less-pure motive? There are some mighty forces at work on this subject— put plainly, folks who want to create a global socialist paradise while lining their own pockets—and if the hackers are what they say they are, they’re very very brave (and looking at serious penalties if they’re caught).
Just be careful out there, folks. Trust nobody.
Oh jeez. If you’re using Windows, do an antivirus and malware scan NOW.
o Scan with your normal antivirus scanner.
o Then use SpyBot from http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html (and nowhere else). Install it. Update it. Run it.
Good luck.
Using a mac. already deleted everything. thanks
I just downloaded the torrent from the same link.
Did you click on the wrong link in the page?
It’s pretty safe. mostly just text files ...
Hm....
Like to see climateaudit.org go through this stuff.
you need utorrent program to download
downloading the file from somewhere else. I have never used my bit torrent app, so its probably something to do with the operator. When I went to download from the pirate bay address, it downloaded very quickly, like 19kb file. that was a clue something was wrong... oh well, let see if I can open this other file in a few minutes.
Steve McIntyre is reporting that his web site is awfully slow, no doubt from everyone who’s trying to contact him and forward this thermonuclear bombshell story.
From what I've flipped through, they sound pretty goofy.
I wonder if it too much to hope that included is the raw temperature data that was destroyed.
You can count on me checking it out
Stop freaking out. It was user error. The Pirate Bay file is fine.
You need utorrent to download
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