Sentences with phrase «poking at it»

Why not do some climate science and get it published in the literature rather than poking at studies online, having the blogosphere amplify or distort your findings in a kind of short circuit that may not help push forward understanding?

[Response your comments point up the need for a proper attribution analysis of climate change, rather then just poking at trends.

Of course, some people seem to be able to be absolutely * sure *, but then spend their time poking at scientists to demand certainty, and claim that anything less than certainty is no good.

The 37 - year - old sculptor, raised in England, Spain and Malaysia, has found a way to blend a love of diving and coral reefs with his art — which he crafts on dry land and then lowers into the seas, where, he says, it diverts divers who might otherwise spend too much time poking at fragile reefs.

In Beijing earlier this summer for a Future Earth science planning session, I wandered over to a «fitness park» that, despite being ringed by soaring residential towers, was a humane haven for elderly dancers, couples pushing strollers and children poking at tadpoles in small artificial ponds.

A strange narrative; poking at the idealized heteronormative suburban institution.

Thomas Lawson, dean of the art school at CalArts, wrote on eastofborneo.org: «Michael devoted his work to exploring the limits of the galleries and schools and museums that give context and space for art, poking at all sorts of barriers and shibboleths with a humor that was sometimes sly, and sometimes hilarious.

The thumb is connected to a hairy hand and arm; it has dry cuticle beds; it penetrates the surface of the image; it grotesquely inflates, poking at an eyeball, a bellybutton, an ear, and some mercurial blue liquid.

Meanwhile, Marcel Broodthaers was inventing elaborate fictive institutional structures, playfully poking at the grandiose claims made by the art industry.

Zynga didn't exist at the time I played it (I don't think) but if it did, the most immediate comparison I would have drawn would have been to something like Farmville (instead of clicking on cows I was poking at fruit trees, and instead of clicking to till every square of soil I was clicking to dig up every square of diggable land).

The episodic format, initially criticized, proved to be the right choice this go around and with features such as Elusive Targets and Escalation Missions being added in at regular intervals Agents had plenty of reasons to keep donning 47's many disguises and keep poking at the games intricate systems all year.

But luckily, there's more than just that on here, with some of the below posts poking at Yakuza 2, discussing web developers vs. game developers, looking at the Persona series» aftermarket value, talking about unionizing, and lots more.

Poking at that stupid plastic guitar was just too ridiculously fun.

Anyway, I suddenly heard the sound of a fish poking at it so it really caught me offguard that I got it since I had to go solely on sound.

The Stanley Parable is a satire and an incredibly well written one at that, dragging many gaming staples into the light, examining them and poking at them like a curious child with a pointy stick.

@hamburger, The guy when down there to study local medicines but had a habit of poking at religions (which I think are absolutely evil 99 % of the time) He offended the locals.

But hey, I'm not a developer, I'm just the bloke poking at stuff with a stick and commenting on it when it wobbles or shakes an angry fist at me.

Children ran around us, laughing and poking at our skin, pink from the sun.

How do you think a scared child would do on their behavior evaluations if they were already traumatized by coming in to such a place after being neglected or abused or abandoned on the outside and having a stranger poking at them and sensing the danger of the place and hearing all the stress of the other dogs barking?

Next to it he saw Mickey, who was in a state of great agitation, standing over Percy's body frantically licking his face, nuzzling and poking at the limp form in what looked like a canine attempt to give the dead dog the kiss of life.

However, I have been so spoiled by touch screens that I found myself poking at my Kindle DX screen the other day and wondering why nothing was happening.

Or should I quit poking at it?

Some people are working on hacking it in order to install apps but I think they're crazy to go poking at the software of a $ 699 device, especially when the Onyx Boox Max Carta has the same screen and already has open Android and the ability to install apps out of the box.

Without marketing, you «re poking at the failure monster.

Netbook Navigator plans to release a more touch - friendly skin for Windows 7 by the end of the year, but for now users will be stuck poking at stock Windows 7 with a stylus or finger.

I'm sure you knew when writing this article that you were poking at a hornet's nest.

Tizen's release last week prompted Samsung to make comments about their operating system having «optimal performance» and «improved memory management,» which was poking at Android — an interesting move given their past relationship.

Steering wheel buttons also cycle through station pre-sets as an alternative to poking and poking and poking at the virtual buttons on the display screen.

I can also live without CUE and haptic feedback and the repeated poking at a button to get the function one wants.

What this does is allow the map to make full use of the screen when you're not poking at it.

Everyone took turns peering into the lack - of - an - engine bay and poking at the soft covering for the motor.

It's of course even worse for right - hand drive cars, in that most people will be poking at glass with their non-dominant hand - meaning they have to take their eyes off the road to do so.

Before he can track down its landing site, the meteor cracks open and a red glop of goo climbs out and eats an old man who had been poking at it with a stick.

The director Doug Liman takes advantage of Cruise in a fascinating way (much as he did with the star in Edge of Tomorrow, the duo's last collaboration): by poking at his inherent charisma and peeling it back, mocking the very idea of the American cowboy hero at the center of his boisterous but refreshingly cynical tale.

Things acclaimed British director Mike Leigh is known for: wry comedy - drama poking at ordinary lives and the class system, a compassionate yet sharp take on the human condition, his almost unique working method that involves workshopping and improvising for months with his cast before a frame of film is shot.

No, you read that correctly, the creator of Clerks and Dogma will be returning to a duo that has made an appearance in most of his films by poking at Hollywood yet again with Jay and Silent -LSB-...]

The central performances from John Goodman and Robert Picardo are winning and Dante's fond fun - poking at the cinema of the past is as affectionate as it is amusing.

It has a lot of fun poking at other conventions, too.

I remembered Milos, at his Connecticut farmhouse eight years ago poking at me with his cigar.

The overall plot adds up, but when you start poking at the details, the whole thing starts to fall apart.

I am a list - maker, and a categoriser, and a lover of structure, and my best of the year list, this list, cast a long and absurd shadow, and the judgement of whether a film will be worthy of a last - minute inclusion ticks over every second, growing louder as December arrives, poking at me like Poe's telltale heart.

Most of the time they're either standing around or sitting around poking at things and taking life slowly.

Scream's characters talked about horror - movie rules, poking at conventions and tweaking audience expectations.

It's daring in all the right ways, poking at hot topics and digging into the origins of religion.

Based on my own views of myself I would consider myself to be a friendly person who enjoys poking at just about anything in terms of curiosity.

TSA Partners with Match.com Okay, so this isn't seriously happening this is pretty funny parody poking at the new TSA pat - downs.

A dress free of embellishments makes for a clean look and ensures the toddler and infant wouldn't be poking at the dress to inspect the details closely.

These messages keep by - passing my common sense instead poking at my sense of failure.

Poking at Venus with radar techniques, radio astronomers finally got a rough idea of the terrain beneath the thick blanket of gases surrounding it.

Recalling a quote from a talk given by the climatologist Wally Broecker, Oelkers encourages caution, noting «The climate system is an angry beast, and we are all poking at it with sticks.»