WUWT Ambassador?

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  1. bwilson4web

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    I am failing as a WUWT ambassador trying to share reports dealing with the Berkley project. I've attempted:
    • local URL to PDFs :: worked perfectly for sharing the Berkley papers
    • cut-and-paste :: only shows text, no links nor graphs
    • gzip and zip of saved web page :: transfers are OK but expansion hasn't really worked
    • browser print to PDF :: not attempted, yet
    But I am also personally having difficulty with WUWT:
    • content changes - something seen in the morning can disappear later and not be findable
    • cognitive style - I find the WUWT style difficult. It seems very ego-centric and once too often showed abysmal math practices. If the WUWT pages were in some language I didn't understand, there would be no problem.
    What I'd like to find is someone who might regularly read WUWT and be willing to make usable PDFs of what they think are important papers or postings. In particular, those dealing with the Berkley papers. Understand that posting a URL here or synopsis won't work. We can then solve the problem of PDF transportation.

    Are there any WUWT advocates or volunteers willing to be the WUWT ambassador?
    • Generate or 'print to PDF' WUWT content dealing with Berkley
    • Share the PDF here or privately
    • Make sure copyrights and attribution are preserved

    Thanks,
    Bob Wilson
     
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    BERKELEY.
    Id certainly be willing to help ,but Ive never done a PDF.So Ill pass .
    But I really doubt WUWT is going to rehash BEST.
     
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    ...well I am no ambassador but I found the WUWT web page very interesting.
    There was a radio interview with Richard Muller - Muller says he has a new book out:
    "ENERGY for Future Presidents" that discusses some of BEST methods/results.
     
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    The MacOS can print a web page to PDF and there is no need to 'handle' the content. I suspect Windows may have a similar function and of course, Linux.

    Now to attach the first example. The next test is to others to picked it up and verify the content is what is desired. If there are specific target URLs, this becomes a quick and fairly painless way to share content that might otherwise be difficult to access.

    Bob Wilson
     

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    Dealing with WUWT is why I hate censorship nearly as much as I hate bad speech. Having been a moderator and also a few times, moderator 'corrected', I prefer moderation, light-weight censorship, over the absence that destroyed USENET. So let me share what I found with WUWT:
    I do not claim perfection but an honest attempt to improve myself and understanding while on this side of the grass. I also realize this seems rare in the general population. But WUWT is not a path I have any interest. If it weren't for censorship, I would not have spent any time dealing with it. Still, it did allow me to find another way to carry WUWT content to more skilled minds who can explain his faults with more precision and skills than I have.

    Bob Wilson