Hereby, I declare 2010 as the coldest year in human history

Cybernetics is, shortly said, the capability of systems to regulate, adapt and steer themselves.

Months ago, a friend of mine wanted to step out of "Los Gurkos" (a cultural association) because of internal problems. Los Gurkos had strong discussions: How to organise events, what was the common goal and they all had very different ways of working. Los Gurkos (as a cultural-event system) managed to find a solution by itself and no members stepped out.

I once read something linked to cybernetics in a cooking-book: Nature produces the food when humans need their nutrients. For example:

- In central Europe, potatoes (carbohydrates) and cabbages (vitamin c) are harvested in autumn and we need both nutrients when the winter starts.

- In Southern Europe and in Chihuahua, citric fruits are ripe in winter: Once more: vitamin c when we need it.

- In summer refreshing fruits and vegetables grow: watermelons, cucumbers, tomatoes, peaches, strawberries, etc.

- Since global warming started years ago, Austria has been producing better red wine; North Germany and Denmark have also started producing white wines.

What I currently don't like, and it brings me back to the topic of "self-regulatory systems", is that right now it is October and I am writing about 2010 as if it was already over. This year there has been snow in Innsbruck ever since January.

I don't know how I should self-regulate my happiness in 2010. Weather plays an important factor if you live in Innsbruck, and June, August and September were the coldest since decades, not to mention that this summer was only 3-weeks long.

Some years ago, I developed a system for forecasting nice or horrible winters (For me, a nice winter is short and a horrible is long). My indicator is very simple: If the first snow falls before my birthday it will be a horrible winter, if it snows after my birthday, the winter will be wonderful.

Today is October 25. I will turn 32 in three weeks and outside is snowing. Hereby, I declare 2010 as the coldest year in human history (I hope we can self-regulate to deal with that).