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But what are we manufacturing?
Very well said, indeed. But that's step one. Step two is?— June 20, 2015 6:59 p.m.
In San Diego versus Chargers, is next move up to Beutner?
I won't miss 'em either, but I smell a tangled web of deceit, a shell-game aimed at striking enough panic among San Diegans to create a groundswell of support for millions of tax money into the pockets of the thugs and their goons.— June 19, 2015 7:23 p.m.
West Nile high
Good "explanations," but not enough. When I first checked with CDC data after the initial introduction, the data indicated a "wave" of infection from east to west, with cases increasing successively westward and falling off in the east. Surely some vector ecologist(s) has studied the ecological dynamics of this phenomenon . . . Counter-intuitive data usually means that the intuition had a glitch in it, but sometimes the data are inadequate. The interactions of populations of host species can produce some odd-appearing phenomena--it's a tangled web. I'm not surprised to see more cases in AZ and CA than OR, for example; more mosquito populations and activity in warmer areas/times than cooler, the number of hosts and their interactions. You're right that a small amount of water can produce mosquitoes, even in stream eddies. What should have been done was a study of the mosquitoes themselves, especially for the presence/absence of the virus. Yes, keep standing water out of your area. Look up studies on the distance mosquitoes can fly too (nts).— June 19, 2015 10:05 a.m.
Energy-hog plug by SDG&E
Interesting stuff about solar, but I suspect I'm too close to "the end" to make this pencil out. Therefore, I'm stuck with the grid.— June 18, 2015 6:35 p.m.
Newspapers' bleak picture be damned
There are some signs that Beutner is taking his job seriously, insofar as he seems to really want to provide some good ol' fashioned reporting. Whether or not he can forge a money-machine out of that is another matter. I hope I am not sliding into LA-la land likewise remains to be seen. A good, well-researched, well-written, well-referenced piece on Beutner and the whole related backstory would be priceless, mirroring a tradition for the Reader to aspire. Both entities, however, need to fundamentally re-think their business-plans. My plan would have killed advertising and gone to the core of commerce, but I was a damned fool who didn't know how disingenuous, to what extremes of dissimulation, the bright, young, masters of programming could sink.— June 16, 2015 5:06 p.m.
Plead guilty or else we drop all charges
Plenty of criminality is within the law. Social mores work better. No single person should ever have the power of final judgment. Laws in search of crimes and criminalizing people for no really good reason are compounding. Putting dumb anuses in charge of their "administration" is nothing short of criminal.— June 16, 2015 4:40 p.m.
Plead guilty or else we drop all charges
Absolutely the most frightening pic in the files! One who would be both Inquisitor General and Executioner if possible. Since the latter should still have to wear black hood, maybe . . . Just joking, just joking! Dig the irony out of this one.— June 13, 2015 10:24 a.m.
San Diego's convention center sails in choppy financial waters
". . . a Machiavellian ploy meriting termination of the bureaucrats. Best, Don Bauder" Again, SOP. It might merit terminations, but the opposite will happen. The "benign" neglect is far from benign--it is standard procedure. The crack in the streets have not been filled for years. Why? So the streets will deteriorate faster, and relatively simple slurry coats that might further extend pavement life are also avoided. Then you need a major re-pavement contract--times "x." That supports re-election campaigns, costing only a paltry few millions from those feeding at the trough. Hear that "Giant Suckin' Sound?"— June 11, 2015 5:43 p.m.
San Diego's convention center sails in choppy financial waters
Amen, brothers--y'all spake the truth!— June 11, 2015 5:31 p.m.
Residents pooh-pooh Surfrider erosion theory
I suspect the City was trying to please everybody, so they got mediocrity. Such is engineering politics. Another example of this phenomenon: A CalTrans engineer urged his "superiors" to encircle the vertical rebar in bridge columns with additional rebar to prevent bridge column failures in earthquakes. He was ignored by said "superiors," and the idea was rejected (budget considerations?). Shortly after the Loma Prieta earthquake when many people were crushed by freeway bridge failures, the engineer was interviewed in the field by a TV reporter. Even though this was BIG news, he was never heard from again (to my knowledge). However, many such bridge structures had their columns reinforced after Loma Prieta. There was at least one case of faulty work during the extremely expensive retrofit work. The devil is in the (missing) details, folks! By the way, most of the beach sand replenishment is due to coastal zone erosion, not streamflow. Streams carry some sand, but it is commonly deposited in flat areas like lagoons; the lighter silt particles are much more commonly carried out to sea. Besides, dams gather most of the upper-watershed sand and silt.— June 11, 2015 5:10 p.m.