Whether I was playing docked or undocked, Skyrim appeared to run at a relatively consistent 30 frames per second, with only
a few minor dips when loading into new areas.
The mainstream media by and large got the story right — puzzling anomaly tracked down, corrections in progress after a little scientific detective work, consequences
minor — even though a
few headline writers got a little carried away in equating a specific
dip in 1945 ocean temperatures with the more gentle 1940s - 1970s cooling that is seen in the land measurements.