On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:06:43 +0100, Falcon wrote:

In article , Bill Ward
wrote...

On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:24:13 +0200, Tom P wrote:

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Sure - if you think that leaving out 95% of the RSS data is
"representative". Using a 10-year data span, all you have to do is
pick the right El Nino peaks and troughs for your start and
end-points, and you can get any result you care for.

Well, right now is where we are, and seems to be a reasonable end
point, so at what point on the graph would you suggest starting? What
percentage of starting points give you a warming trend versus a cooling
trend?

Easy. Start in 1979 and end in 2002.

http://i51.tinypic.com/rcu6g0.gif

I get a "server not found" error from that URL.

H/T climate4you.com

I meant:

http://i55.tinypic.com/iwrg35.png

which was the graph cited. I also said "starting points", using the
present day (most recent data) as the ending point.