Ken Ring's predicted earthquake for 20 March?

[avgas]

I predict a minor quake in California

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...nc71540800.php

the other 2 were inevitable

[Indiana_Jones]

Yes, yes he should be. Because he is a fraud, a charlatan, a profiteer, and a liar, whose only purpose in making his phony predictions is to garner publicity, and to line his pockets. He needs the same treatment that the two fucktards who stole the generators received. It is not science. it is bullshit.

I do not think your examples of global warming or the colour purple are particularly useful either.

We'll just have to agree to disagree

You have the right to free speech, as long as you're not dumb enough to actually try it

-Indy

[mashman]

Seriously, your reading comprehension skills are that bad?

It's an internet forum heaven forbid someone would "read" something different than was meant in the original post... I can't say I'm surprised by the response though (not being a smart arse here)... whatever happened to the, that's not what I was saying, or you misunderstood this bit, or I was implying X and you deduced Y...
In that context, yes my reading comprehension skills are that bad (always have been unfortunately )

[Banditbandit]

I don't take much notice of Ken Ring, but I can't help wondering if he's in a bit of a Galileo situation.

The criticisms of him certainly are similar - an outrageous crackpot going against known wisdom

He does have, what on the face of it, seems a possible explanation (not too sure about the predictiosn tho'). Rememebrign back to when I did science at university ... the moon MIGHT well affect tectonic plates

[HenryDorsetCase]

Ken Rings work is similar to that of John Britten. The major race bike manufacturers were stumped by a kiwi working out of his shed, on his first ever bikes.

+10 for the little guy, sour lemons for the oligarchy.

wrong, but thanks for playing.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I don't take much notice of Ken Ring, but I can't help wondering if he's in a bit of a Galileo situation.

The criticisms of him certainly are similar - an outrageous crackpot going against known wisdom

He does have, what on the face of it, seems a possible explanation (not too sure about the predictiosn tho'). Rememebrign back to when I did science at university ... the moon MIGHT well affect tectonic plates

No. and the comparison is egregious towards Galileo. Remember this is before the Enlightenment. the church controlled everything. Galileo, by the application of the scientific method, came to a conclusion which was at odds with the church, but which was factually correct (and thus his riposte "Yet still, it moves").

Ring's "science" and "method" is based on faulty incorrect and faith based premise: In your analogy the criminal Ring is the church. It is testament to our progress in the last few hundred years that the criminal Ring is now firmly in the minority.

[HenryDorsetCase]

We'll just have to agree to disagree

You have the right to free speech, as long as you're not dumb enough to actually try it

-Indy

Quoting my favourite band at me does not make you any more correct.

This is a public service announcement, with guitars.

[motor_mayhem]

I don't take much notice of Ken Ring, but I can't help wondering if he's in a bit of a Galileo situation.

The criticisms of him certainly are similar - an outrageous crackpot going against known wisdom

He does have, what on the face of it, seems a possible explanation (not too sure about the predictiosn tho'). Rememebrign back to when I did science at university ... the moon MIGHT well affect tectonic plates

Except that whereas in the days of Galileo it was the religious establishment stopping him and the tech was not advanced enough to prove him right, Time proves KR wrong regularly and the current world is not ruled by religion.

[ellipsis]

the current world is not ruled by religion.

...our secular part of the world may not be...anyway..not to digress from the diametric ramblings of the pro's and cons...

[Indiana_Jones]

Quoting my favourite band at me does not make you any more correct.

This is a public service announcement, with guitars.

I think you do need a hug lol

My favourite band too

You got a scrambler too right?

-Indy

[Banditbandit]

and the current world is not ruled by religion.

Isn't it? The faith that some people put in science would seem to qualify it as a religion

[The Stranger:Me]

I think you do need a hug lol

My favourite band too

You got a scrambler too right?

-Indy

That's it Indy - go for the throat.

[Indiana_Jones]

That's it Indy - go for the throat.

Quick! now pull his pants down.....

-Indy

[admenk]

Quick! now pull his pants down.....

-Indy

I hope you're not going to batter him about the (Ken) Ring

[Transalper]

Regardless of whether the moon can help set an earthquake off or not the Civil Defence have been telling us to get ready for several years now and the Alpine Fault is still expected to go maybe today, or maybe not even in my lifetime.

It also seems sensible enough to me to state that when the ground gets stressed enough earthquakes do not need the moons influence to set them off meaning they can come at any time whether Ken Ring has forecast an increased risk or not.
This means if you start hanging off his every word you may just as easily find yourself caught by surprise when the next big one hits.

Simple answer is to ignore the banter and keep your situational awareness and survival kits etc up to date always.
On that topic I was on a vehicle recovery mission on Feb 23rd I found it amazing how many people still had to cue up with all manner of container trying to get water which they all should have had ready and waiting all along.. especially after September and Decembers warnings from the earth.

and now on with the show I assume.