I used to work in an Air Force Satellite Control Facility, where we would hold regular status briefings for department heads. On one occasion, a young officer concluded his weather briefing with, “20 years ago, using manual methods, we could predict the weather only three days in advance. Today, with computers, we can predict the weather 72 hours in advance.”
Fudging the forecast
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