Well we have to keep those that have decided to live with us gainfully employed, after all we wouldn't want that 56p a day they contribute to the economy being reduced.

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"Sigh" True i guess, It just annoyes me still especially when i have to walk through picadilly circus and leicester square every evening with all the tourists ( who I know contribute a lot to our econamy!) Aaaaaarrrgggghhhh, there is no guilt free grump !

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Groundswell of opinion re the new tax rates hitting the low paid - even Labour back benchers prodding the cabinet. Never mind, as I was told by a great political mind, £50 per year won't break the bank will it. So I hope all those on higher wages make good use of their tax cuts paid for by us minions. Off to make an appointment at the vets for my dog - more VAT to pay!

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I always remember a scene from Mel Brooks's film History of the World Part One, where the Romans were debating in Forum what thay should do to alleviate the plight of the poor. After a lengthy discussion they came to the conclusion that this government has arrived at "F**k the poor".

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Weather forecasts - monday and tuesday were meant to have heavy rain showers all day - blue skies and sunshine all day except of course in the evening, after work when the clouds rolled in and the downpour began. Wednesday was due to be sunny so I booked a day off work - woke up to thick fog and the skies remained grey most of the day! Today it's back to work in bright sunshine and blue skies - forecast was heavy rain again!! Grrrrrrr

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Might be worth starting a new thread (moan) Sue and call it 'Who else other than weather forecasters can get it wrong so often and still be in employment'

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Forseti:

'Who else other than weather forecasters can get it wrong so often and still be in employment'

Who else but the government

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According to Alistair Darling the government are actually getting everything right...it's just their failure to communicate that fact to the rest of us! Of course.......

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sue allen:

Weather forecasts - monday and tuesday were meant to have heavy rain showers all day - blue skies and sunshine all day except of course in the evening, after work when the clouds rolled in and the downpour began. Wednesday was due to be sunny so I booked a day off work - woke up to thick fog and the skies remained grey most of the day! Today it's back to work in bright sunshine and blue skies - forecast was heavy rain again!! Grrrrrrr

Yes, it amazes me that they talk about long-range forecasts, but they can't get the next days forecast right. It you want a detailed forecast you have to pay for that! I would be demanding my money back.

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Forseti:

Might be worth starting a new thread (moan) Sue and call it 'Who else other than weather forecasters can get it wrong so often and still be in employment'

It quite obviously isn't the weather forecasters fault; they are merely deceived by unexpected computer modelling - so as usual its the fault of software engineers

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Shadow_Wolf:

Forseti:

Might be worth starting a new thread (moan) Sue and call it 'Who else other than weather forecasters can get it wrong so often and still be in employment'

It quite obviously isn't the weather forecasters fault; they are merely deceived by unexpected computer modelling - so as usual its the fault of software engineers

This year, the Met Office has again upgraded its systems, from a pair of Cray T3Es to the NEC SX-6/8. This supercomputer has 12.5 times the overall processing ability of the Cray machines. This is roughly equivalent to 1,000 top of the range desktop PCs. It still can't forcast the next days weather correctly!

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Perhaps they'd be better investing in some seaweed or pine cones!

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OldBoy:

Shadow_Wolf:

Forseti:

Might be worth starting a new thread (moan) Sue and call it 'Who else other than weather forecasters can get it wrong so often and still be in employment'

It quite obviously isn't the weather forecasters fault; they are merely deceived by unexpected computer modelling - so as usual its the fault of software engineers

This year, the Met Office has again upgraded its systems, from a pair of Cray T3Es to the NEC SX-6/8. This supercomputer has 12.5 times the overall processing ability of the Cray machines. This is roughly equivalent to 1,000 top of the range desktop PCs. It still can't forcast the next days weather correctly!

Sorry, dudes, but somethings are just too complicated. We can make great strides in weather prediction, but making the leap from 3-4 days in the future to accurate predicitions a week into the future are quite difficult.

As a similar question, where will you be and what will you be doing at 19:38 next Thursday? Can you make an accurate (100% guaranteed, no prospect of a deviation from the plan, including your own death) prediction and then justify it (assuming you're not alread dead and reading this, in which case, it's probably pretty certain where you'll be and what you'll be doing)? Ok, now set 10000 PCs to evaluate your life and see if it can accurately predict what you'll be doing.

And yes, I know that this whole subject is a cultural icon of being a Northern European, but either way, the difficulty in the problem doesn't change.

H.

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I'd just like them to be accurate on the day - every day this week i've looked at the forecast for the day it is on the BBC website and it's been wrong!

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sue allen:

I'd just like them to be accurate on the day - every day this week i've looked at the forecast for the day it is on the BBC website and it's been wrong!

If the Met office can’t predict the weather accurately surely they should just phone you Sue to see if you intend to go out with your camera!

 

It appears to be a better indicator than all those computer models.

 

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