Comments on: Tim Rogers, With Help of Mystery Forecaster, Predicts Snow for Dallas Next Week http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2010/02/19/tim-rogers-with-help-of-mystery-forecaster-predicts-snow-for-dallas-next-week/ FrontBurner® has been called the best blog in Dallas (repeatedly), a snarky celebration of ignorance, and a daily conversation about Dallas among the editors of D Magazine. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:59:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Neitherparty http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2010/02/19/tim-rogers-with-help-of-mystery-forecaster-predicts-snow-for-dallas-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-78891 Neitherparty Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:57:38 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=32588#comment-78891 Tim..it couldn't be worse than the trained pro's. Cheers Tim..it couldn’t be worse than the trained pro’s.
Cheers

]]> By: Dallasite http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2010/02/19/tim-rogers-with-help-of-mystery-forecaster-predicts-snow-for-dallas-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-78879 Dallasite Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:48:38 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=32588#comment-78879 My drinking downpour predicts a few flurries, and a possible model. My drinking downpour predicts a few flurries, and a possible model.

]]> By: JB http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2010/02/19/tim-rogers-with-help-of-mystery-forecaster-predicts-snow-for-dallas-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-78865 JB Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:50:48 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=32588#comment-78865 I think the whole "computer model" shtick, is just one big excuse for the weatherpeople to claim plausible deniability when they are outright wrong. When I was sawing up branches, mopping dried mud off my floor, and replacing all the spoiled food in my refrigerator, and I finally turned on the television after having no power for three days I heard one of the weathercasters say "Well, the computer models were not predicting such a significant snow event." To me, that's kind of like when I blame my GPS system for being late to some meeting even though I know there will be a significant traffic event on Woodall Rogers at 8 a.m. I think the whole “computer model” shtick, is just one big excuse for the weatherpeople to claim plausible deniability when they are outright wrong. When I was sawing up branches, mopping dried mud off my floor, and replacing all the spoiled food in my refrigerator, and I finally turned on the television after having no power for three days I heard one of the weathercasters say “Well, the computer models were not predicting such a significant snow event.”
To me, that’s kind of like when I blame my GPS system for being late to some meeting even though I know there will be a significant traffic event on Woodall Rogers at 8 a.m.

]]> By: Tim Rogers http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2010/02/19/tim-rogers-with-help-of-mystery-forecaster-predicts-snow-for-dallas-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-78862 Tim Rogers Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:49:10 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=32588#comment-78862 @Chris Chris: Good work. Solid. @Chris Chris: Good work. Solid.

]]> By: James http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2010/02/19/tim-rogers-with-help-of-mystery-forecaster-predicts-snow-for-dallas-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-78861 James Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:30:17 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=32588#comment-78861 Yea, tell it again! Yea, tell it again!

]]> By: JuanPablo http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2010/02/19/tim-rogers-with-help-of-mystery-forecaster-predicts-snow-for-dallas-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-78847 JuanPablo Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:07:23 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=32588#comment-78847 Cool story, bro. Cool story, bro.

]]> By: Chris Chris http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2010/02/19/tim-rogers-with-help-of-mystery-forecaster-predicts-snow-for-dallas-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-78834 Chris Chris Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:52:51 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=32588#comment-78834 I heard that Cindy Crawford and Paulina Porzikova were predicting a few flurries but those models are probably pretty old by now. I heard that Cindy Crawford and Paulina Porzikova were predicting a few flurries but those models are probably pretty old by now.

]]> By: Jeffrey Weiss http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2010/02/19/tim-rogers-with-help-of-mystery-forecaster-predicts-snow-for-dallas-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-78815 Jeffrey Weiss Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:26:18 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=32588#comment-78815 Steve McCauley was talking this possibility up on WFAA late last week...Said there were some models that predicted snow, others not so much. Steve McCauley was talking this possibility up on WFAA late last week…Said there were some models that predicted snow, others not so much.

]]> By: willard spiegelman http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2010/02/19/tim-rogers-with-help-of-mystery-forecaster-predicts-snow-for-dallas-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-78809 willard spiegelman Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:47:06 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=32588#comment-78809 Dear Mr. Rogers, Having received a proper Thomist (i.e., Catholic) education, you are perhaps aware of Aristotle's law of the excluded middle. Next week, either it will snow OR it won't. No other possibility. Are you a betting man? What are the chances of your being correct? The Good Professor Dear Mr. Rogers,

Having received a proper Thomist (i.e., Catholic) education, you are perhaps aware of Aristotle’s law of the excluded middle. Next week, either it will snow OR it won’t. No other possibility.

Are you a betting man? What are the chances of your being correct?

The Good Professor

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