Re: Antarctica stubbornly refuses to cooperate with global warming

> >> 1998 14.57 *********************o*****
> >> 1999 14.33 *****************>>>>o
> >> 2000 14.33 *****************>>>>>o
> >> 2001 14.48 ************************o
> >> 2002 14.56 *************************o**
> >> 2003 14.55 **************************o*
> >> 2004 14.49 *************************>>o
> >> 2005 14.63 *****************************o**
> >> 2006 14.54 ***************************>>>o
> >> 2007 14.57 *****************************
>
> Exactly what are the ">"s?


"Addinall" <addinall@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> **** me, I can draw a ruler down that dataset!

  There is only one line for which the sum of the square of the distance 
between the line and the data set is a minimum.  That line is shown in
ASCII 
above "o"'s

   The line trends upward at a rate of about 2'C per century.


"Addinall" <addinall@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> I suspect that this child may want to teach us some basic math now.

  Clearly you need it...

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