It presupposes that there is such a thing in a chaotic system as a "global climate" from which a global mean temperature can be calculated and that it can in any way measurable with any accuracy.
It was a chaotic finish to a race that was stopped nearly 20 minutes five laps from the finish by a 13-car accident that sent driver Michael Annett to a hospital, where his Richard Petty Motorsports team said he would be held overnight with bruising to his chest.
But, they also serve as platforms for innovative ideas that, as in this case, can help bring at least a small measure of needed order to events as chaotic as a tornado.
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How much validity you should assign to PFTH depends on whether you think stock prices move in a chaotic manner or follow a random walk.
People on the flight described a chaotic scene that began with a popping sound followed by flames erupting at Abdulmutallab's seat.
Passengers on the Christmas Day flight described a chaotic scene that began with a popping sound as the plane was making its final approach, followed by flames erupting at AbdulMutallab's seat.
When the situation is chaotic, a good fallback is to pick up some quality for your portfolio.
The Tivoli veterans turned their attention to the Internet, which -- like the client-server business in the early 1990s -- is still a chaotic environment, with lots of opportunity, a profusion of different computer systems and no dominant players.
The definition of a chaotic system I use is any system in which a tiny change in initial conditions can lead to a large change in results.
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In Port-au-Prince, a chaotic scene erupted as people clamored to reach the trucks of a World Food Programme convoy carrying water purification tablets, plastic sheeting, collapsible jugs and nutritional biscuits.
The way to stabilise a chaotic heart would be to wait until it comes closer to a more periodic state and then give it a small electric shock to nudge it into that state.
But in any case the polling place is a chaotic mess, since every voter has to stand on several lines an a cramped and crowded space.
The reports came after a chaotic day in which some law enforcement sources initially told media outlets that a suspect had been arrested, only to have the FBI and Boston police issue formal denials that any suspect was in custody.
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It quickly turned into a wild scene, as chaotic as any on a major league field in recent years.
Simply put, a chaotic system is one whose final state is extremely sensitive to the initial conditions: if you change the beginning a little, you change the end a lot.
In a chaotic final couple of laps, Heidfeld jumped from eighth to third place on the track with what he called a "hero or zero decision" to come in for wet-weather tyres with two laps to go.
Staff shortages and a "chaotic" administration of medication was said to have had a negative impact on the prison's regime.
The pass through a what appears to be a disordered or chaotic state, on their way to a different organization more capable of handling the inputs.
"Strange Rebels, " though engagingly written, is occasionally repetitive, and Mr. Caryl's effort to craft a coherent narrative out of a series of disparate and chaotic events is at times a bit forced.
The raw output of those sequencing machines is a chaotic pile of gene fragments.
Witnesses of the attack at the campus northwest of Houston described a chaotic scene.
Investigators retrieved computers and other evidence, but photos taken at the scene revealed a chaotic mess.
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The broad release of the images apparently triggered a chaotic getaway attempt by the brothers.
Despite his ruthlessness Mr Kagame is regarded as a steadying hand in a chaotic region.
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Bezos has encouraged competition and a chaotic work environment to avoid bloat in the growing company.
Lopez was a lot of drummer, too much drummer, perhaps a chaotic Ginger Baker type.
California's political map is a chaotic mess of overlapping cities, counties and school districts.
Like jazz musicians or improv actors, they prefer to operate in a chaotic environment with multiple unknowns.
Weather is simply too large a chaotic system for us to be able to predict it successfully.
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In order to impose stability on a chaotic, constantly surprising world, America needs to work with allies.
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