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Then that's definitely a bad sign.

McClatchy's data comes from a federal lawsuit filed against the state. In addition to the problem in Habersham County's Mud Creek precinct, where it appeared that 276 registered voters managed to cast 670 ballots, the piece describes numerous other issues with both voter registration and electronic voting machines. (In fact it was later corrected to show 3,704 registered voters in the precinct.)

Mud Creek voting precinct is one of fourteen voting precincts of Habersham County, Georgia. You can check the location and area of Mud Creek precinct here. That page doesn't list the population data but this page shows population of each blocks in Habersham County. According to that data Mud Creek precinct (comprising three bottom left blocks) has a population of 5,864, so 3,704 registered voters sounds about right. I think this statement from Habersham County Election Supervisor is exactly what happened.

We learned today that an error was made in the reporting of the number of registered voters in the Mud Creek precinct during the May 22, 2018 General Primary Election. This typo, showing the incorrect number of registered voters, did not affect the vote count. The vote count was correct, and the percentage of voter turnout was also correct. This typographical error had no impact on the results of the election.

Atlanta is over 80% black.

not true, not even close.
http://www.city-data.com/races...

$200K would put you in the top 13% of households in Seattle. Not sure where 250 would be.

http://www.city-data.com/incom...

Marshall is in East Texas... thank you very much.

That's too bad. West Texas is almost as nice as New Mexico. East Texas is nearly as bad as Louisiana.

Marshall is in East Texas... thank you very much.

You SV people need to get out of the rat race; seriously. As I posted on HN yesterday on the Midwest being the new tech hub, my zip code here in Kansas is far better off: Don't let them know median household income in Leawood, KS is higher than Palo Alto, CA. Those SV people can stay in their rat race. http://www.city-data.com/city/... http://www.city-data.com/city/...

You SV people need to get out of the rat race; seriously. As I posted on HN yesterday on the Midwest being the new tech hub, my zip code here in Kansas is far better off: Don't let them know median household income in Leawood, KS is higher than Palo Alto, CA. Those SV people can stay in their rat race. http://www.city-data.com/city/... http://www.city-data.com/city/...

I've always wondered the same thing, so I googled "Can you stand on Jupiter?" Condensed version: at the core is a (??) solid rock and some other stuff, and gasses are so dense and hot, they act more like a liquid. Furthermore, it meets the requirements of a planet; 1. It orbits the Sun 2. It has sufficient mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium (a nearly round shape) 3. It has "cleared the neighborhood" around its orbit (credit: http://www.city-data.com/forum...)

But a child (anyone under 18 now) coming in with even unwashed clothes, or hunger? That's an issue that gets referred to social services pretty damn quick. I'm not saying they can act immediately, but we have a range of neglect laws and getting taken into care can happen pretty damn quick if the parents obviously aren't around, can't cope or don't give a shit.

The home for children that I grew up in was closed out of funding a few years ago having been blocked by the state for the home not having employed a full time on-site doctor and all the costs that go with it.

I spent eight years living in that home and with a full-time nurse and two hospitals about ten minutes away by car there was never a need for a full time doctor so I can only assume this was a thinly veiled trick to cut the state budget.

With a poverty level of 24.4% in 2013 (about the same as Jennings, MO), New Haven CT certainly has no fewer kids in need than it did in my time so I don't see the need for such homes decreasing - and if anything the opposite.
http://www.city-data.com/pover...

With antisocial policies being espoused by those who feel that their hard earned money shouldn't be used for 'socialist' programs like getting the dirt poor out of the cycle that they are stuck in I am not surprised that the number of homeless children in the US is increasing.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/...

So yes, you're right that this is not a problem for schools. The failure is in the people of the US who want to cut social services, and in those social services themselves who are incapable, for whatever reasons, of fixing what is an endemic problem in the US.

So hats off to the woman who has found a way to make it work in her part of this mess.

Those cities are currently, probably, about as bad as the Middle East when worst cases are considered and, currently, are not particularly close to "limit of survivability" levels.

Some bits of Northern India are currently amongst the "worst" areas. The ME is geographically close but currently not so bad as they're drier.

But if the ME gets wetter then the problems there could get worse to the point where it's impossible to survive without aircon.

http://www.city-data.com/forum...

35C wet bulb temperature is about the limit of survivability. You don't die instantly but unless you get somewhere cooler (lower wet bulb temperature, not necessarily absolute temperature) you will die.

http://www.city-data.com/forum...

20 miles is about yonkers to manhattan on this map

all directions, 20 mile radius, and well beyond, is dense and urban, except for the meadowlands:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N...

http://www.census.gov/populati...

The urban fringe generally consists of contiguous territory having a density of at least 1,000 persons per square mile.

sure, it's not 60 story skyscrapers every block, but by the definition of urban, it is urban, all around nyc, for well beyond 20 miles, except for swamps

as for the karachi nuke site, i see a very large urban center just to the north of the complex on google earth

I don't know if where I live qualifies as the boonies but it's a town of 13,000 people certainly with much lower density than New York and we do have 42 police personnel (32 officers)... But you make an interesting point about why goods would cost more in the city if it were easier to get them there, I always figured it was just because people make more money there and they can get away with charging more. The data for my city: Auburndale

Ah, right, Ephrata, WA where the population is 1.3% African-American. Yeah, stuff like that is easy to do in lily-white towns where everyone agrees because there is no diversity. Take your bullshit and stick it up your ass where it belongs, racist.

I would also point out that the "US" - commonly condemned in such statistics - is probably the least homogenous country in the world. As such, it's probably useful to look at the state by state rankings, both positively and negatively: (ranked by deaths per 100k) 1. District of Columbia 30.8 http://www.city-data.com/forum...

That comes from the same book of statistics that tells us the US has the best healthcare in the world. If you even take a day trip to Toronto you'll see more ethnic diversity than in the US. http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

The demographics of the area around Facebook headquarters (Ravenswood, east of 101) are quite different from the rest of Menlo Park.
East of 101 is like East Palo Alto.
West of 101 is like Palo Alto.

The Belle Haven neighborhood, nearest residential area to Facebook HQ and the only residential part of Menlo Park east of 101: about 2/3 Hispanic and and 1/4 black. Compared to Menlo Park as a whole: median income is only $77k vs. $110k for the city itself, significantly lower education levels, significantly lower-class employment, 3x more people below the poverty line.

There used to be tons of stories of elderly men being beaten to death in Florida all the time, usually for the cash in their wallets. Doesn't happen anymore when they started shooting back.

Not sure why you hate elderly people so much. Maybe you are one of the people who likes to beat them to death for a couple of dollars.

http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Orlando-Florida.html .... I think the law(s) you are talking about are Castle Doctrine (signed into law 2005).
And what you've said is completely wrong of course since the number of murders and robberies went up with Castle Doctrine.
My guess is you're either a gun seller or you're a lunatic that is planning a school shooting.
Now... Describe in single words only the good things that come into your mind about... your mother.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/weather/1491361-thermometer-shade-sun.html

I bet your 145F thermometer was in direct sunlight, or attached to a thermally conductive object exposed to direct sunlight. 145F in the shade is "unusual" here on Earth.

Here is an interactive map showing where computer and mathematical occupations are overrepresented.

it's grown in size(population wise) rapidly since the 70's. While I don't live in LS, I do live in KC and I always thought of LS as sprawl from white flight.

http://www.city-data.com/city/Lee-s-Summit-Missouri.html

Toledo Ohio is located on the southern coast of Lake Erie and sits on the crossroads of America, I75 and I80/I90.

The Toledo Museum of Art houses a world famous collection of rare works and has regular loan agreements with many museums around the world. The Toledo Zoo has a varied and interesting collection of exotic animals as well as a rich architectural history dating back to the Works Progress Administration of 1939.

We've got very low cost real estate and median household income sits at an incredibly low $32,000, enabling you to hire all the labor you want.

By contrast, NYC's median household income is a much more expensive $50,000.

Toledo Ohio is located on the southern coast of Lake Erie and sits on the crossroads of America, I75 and I80/I90.

The Toledo Museum of Art houses a world famous collection of rare works and has regular loan agreements with many museums around the world. The Toledo Zoo has a varied and interesting collection of exotic animals as well as a rich architectural history dating back to the Works Progress Administration of 1939.

We've got very low cost real estate and median household income sits at an incredibly low $32,000, enabling you to hire all the labor you want.

By contrast, NYC's median household income is a much more expensive $50,000.

Those disastrous forks can be a real nuisance.

Consider gun ranges. Everyone is armed, yet no one is killed.

The problem is the image guns have; (my opinion respectfully disagrees with yours, unlike many gun nuts who get pissed off at statements such as yours) many people see them only as dangerous and tools to destroy. I see them as dangerous and tools to protect as well. Guns are so entrenched in American culture (what little culture we have) that they are quite ubiquitous. Gun control efforts simply remove guns from law-abiding citizens, and those who would do harm with them don't care, because now those whom they would harm are disarmed.

Cite? No sources. Just my opinion. What's overall gun ownership in Newark like?

Google found this: http://www.city-data.com/forum/new-jersey/1141975-crazy-nj-gun-laws-these-laws.html It appears they have somewhat strict laws, which can tend to "scare" law-abiding citizens into now owning/carrying guns. This, however, has no effect on the criminals, and now they know their targets are not armed.

Now if guns were much easier to get, criminals would get more, definitely, and crime would probably spike, but as responsible citizens got armed as well, crime rates would probably settle down to lower than what they began at as criminals start getting shot back at.

All conjecture. I'd like to see someone with the resources study this more thoroughly and properly, but there is so much bias in gun control that it'd likely be done by gun nuts like the NRA (I'm a part of, I believe they are a necessary evil in our times, but they are hugely sensationalist) or anti-gun nuts like the Brady Campaign.

Guns are enablers. As authority (from whomever) increases due to increased weapons (guns), then our ability to say "no" decreases unless we similarly escalate. Some other countries don't have such problems, I think, because it is SO much more difficult to get guns into the country, so very few criminals are even able to get guns.

To answer your question about digital TV antennas:
Despite the marketing implications, there really is nothing different about antennas for Digital TV. The encoding is not important. The frequency is the main factor and that has not changed substantially. Most digital TV stations are on the UHF band around where I live. So, if you are lucky, you can get by with just a simple UHF antenna if the stations are nearby.

Here is where you can find your nearby stations:
http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/maps/#

I built a simple 4 bay bow tie antenna for UHF. Mine looks like the one pictured at the top of this thread.
http://www.city-data.com/forum/consumer-electronics/614073-how-build-your-own-4-bay.html
Here is a really nice example of one:
http://www.dtvusaforum.com/dtv-hdtv-reception-antenna-discussion/8629-kosmic-antennas-superquad-4-bay-bowtie.html

I also built a folded dipole for VHF: Here is an example:
http://crdahl.com/antennas/dipole.html

My stations were fairly close by. These two antennas are not high gain antennas. I added a Winegard preampt to bring up the signal a bit. I have been very pleased. So, in summary, there is nothing different. Just look up your local stations and pick an antenna based on band(s) and distance.

What's that you say? 2% blacks in Mountain View? That's not a bug, it's a feature!

And 21.7% Hispanic and 25.7% Asian, which you conveniently left off. Only 46% white in Mountain View, a heckuva lot more diverse than California as a whole (74% white), which is better than the US as a whole at 78%. Please tell me that diversity isn't just black-and-white to you.

So, what is Google's diversity rate, anyway?

My consort and I went through the "where do we ultimately want to live" question a couple years ago, mostly focused on the US (being from the US meant no paperwork problems). We found a few websites to be awesomely useful:

• City Data does a lot of statistics on the demographics of major US metro regions. Income, religious mix, crime, education, cost of living, etc... Unfortunately, I think it just covers US and Canada.
• Google Trends helps you see which cities have people interested in the same topics as you. The best way I found to use this was to search on technical or scene terms from various interests to see which cities show up as top 10 contenders.
• Most weather sites will show you annual averages on sunshine, rainfall, snow, humidity, hours of light, and temperatures... Also note that some metro regions have emerging structures/behaviors to deal with weather... Some Canadian cities have huge indoor networks and good public transit to help offset snow issues. Pacific Northwest cities are espresso nirvana as a way to cope with dark, cloudy days 3/4 of the year.

Searching this way will probably yield a few candidates who have the mix of demographics you care about, zeitgeist hits, weather you're happy with, etc... Subscribe to RSS feeds of their newspapers, local music scene forums, etc... to get a better feel for each, and ultimately, visit your top candidate(s) for a vacation. We visited our top candidate after all of the above, and we were astounded that it felt perfect on top of being a specification match.

The first attempt to make the syndrome seem not-so-bad was the labeling of "simple". When you called someone "simple", others knew what you meant, but it was clear you were sympathetic to their state. That changed dramatically over the course of a decade or two, as "simple" took extremely negative connotations.

The next derivation of the term was "dumb". By calling someone this, you avoided the idea of "low intelligence" all together. In fact, you were saying they were quite smart, but just weak with verbal skills. I suppose this is closest to how we use "Asberger Syndrome" today. Of course, time did not honor this PC term well, and it quickly came to mean the exact opposite.

Next was "slow". Unfortunately this term didn't sound scientific enough, so a new term, "retarded" was quickly invented to take its place. Sure, those with Latin language background knew what it meant, but to the general public, it was a new term. So, it was the accepted term for quite a while, but like all those before it, its time was limited. PSA's are shown on TV today to completely end the use of this term that was once promoted by the medical community.

Autism is now usually argued as something separate from all those terms above, however the lack of medical diagnosis of retardation has caused significant confusion among parents today. Although it is more narrowly defined by the medical community than previous terms, I predict that it, like all the others, will eventually became used as a taunt, and suddenly be regarded as a slur.

I don't know if this progression is necessarily a bad thing. Medical diagnoses are getting better, and the fact that we keep changing terms to keep everyone happy shows sensitivity that previous generations may not have had.

But, the down side is that the term is used for just about everything. The current conditions labeled as Autism covers far too much for studies such as the one in this headline to ever be successful. There is almost no chance that a single cause of autism would ever cover more than about 5% of the cases.

Michelle Duggar, star of TLC's reality show, "19 Kids and Counting", says there needs to be more children because our world needs more joy. And as for overpopulation? That's just a lie, Duggar recently said in an interview. "The idea of overpopulation is not accurate," Duggar says, because the entire population of the world could fit inside of Jacksonville, Florida. --"I agree with Mother Teresa when she said, 'to say that there are too many children is like saying there are too many flowers,'" Duggar said. Read more: http://www.city-data.com/forum/parenting/1539119-michelle-duggar-overpopulation-lie.html#ixzz1rB2V8ta0--

Anything on reality TV must be true. What she means is that everyone she knows could fit in Jacksonville.

Unless you live somewhere with a lot of unpaved, untraveled roads, you don't need a 4wd.

There's not an enormous difference between an unpaved, unplowed road with 2 feet of snow, and a paved, unplowed road with 2 feet of snow. If anything the unpaved one is nicer than normal, since the snow's filled all the ruts and washboarding.

Here in Finland, very few people drive anything more than normal sedan cars and i doubt there is anywhere in the USA, excepting alaska that has more snow.

And now for today's lesson in "the weather isn't what you think it is".

Ranking of US cities by average snowfall: http://www.city-data.com/top2/c464.html

You'll note that 10 of the top 15 are in New York state. That's the area I'm in. The Great Lakes create enormous snowfall.

SUV's are the worst possible vehicles for offroad conditions by the way,

Which is why the 4WDs I'm talking about are trucks and Jeeps, not SUVs. (And the beds of the trucks contain sandbags for traction.)

let's try a point-for-point.

They feel like Fisher Price built them

I respect your opinion, but most people feel that MacBooks set the bar for superior build quality.

They are not powerful

I'm surprised by this statement. They're built on the same current-generation intel chips as other computers. I've never had any power issues. Some people hit a ceiling when playing powerful video games, but is this any different than on other similarly specced windows computer?

They cost too much.

This meme has been poked down a couple times. Conventional wisdom is that they are comparably priced with other similar hardware. I'm sure I could find an example and you could find a counter-example. One big difference is that apple only plays in the higher-end of the market, so you'll never find a barebones mac that could compare to a barebones PC.

They are pretty useless.

Examples? My computer does everything I need. The biggest limitation, oddly enough, is that there's no IE for mac, so I can't access the online tools for my office (share point, time card system). For this I run a virtualized windows set up. This speaks to the prior point - my computer is powerful enough to run the mac OS and a virtualized win 7.

And some of us like real buttons, over your useless touchscreen/touchpad controls.

That's cool. People have very specific preferences about their desired input methods, it's a feel thing. Although I wonder how you input into a windows notebook. Perhaps you use a USB or wireless mouse? To be fair, those work on my macbook as well.

Yea, touch pads don't work to well. Nothing Capacitive does.

personal preference I guess, but I have had the opposite experience with MacBooks. in general, track pads are a mixed bag for sure, capacitive especially.

Also, over 80% relative humidity, warranty is void.

not much experience with this one. Is it different than dell or HP? do they warrantee specifically for high-humidity environments? To be fair, the most humid city in the US has an average humidity of 79.1%... it's probably funny coincidence that this is just below the 80% number you cite. But obviously this wouldn't apply in the amazon... Also to be fair, apple specs the computer at max 90%RH.

| (even though teachers are actually usually very WELL paid).

In the Silicon Valley, the average K-12 teacher salary is under $100K, and the median home price is almost $600K. Given the cost of housing here, our local teachers are poorly paid.

http://www.sccoe.org/docs/DBASDocs/Statistical%20Report%20Final.pdf
http://www.city-data.com/county/Santa_Clara_County-CA.html

gawbl

Well, you can always set up a special visa program to bring the nurses here, I mean, they have done it for teachers, why not nurses?

Any time wealthy silicon valley types donate to a campaign, er.. I mean any time a candidate sees a need we can start talking about importing some cheap(er) labor.

I've been to the rest of the state. Feel free to discover the rest of the state.
http://www.city-data.com/city/Clarkston-Washington.html
The average commute to work is less than 10 minutes.

The dotcom bubble didn't really affect that much to the rest of the economy. It didn't bring banks down (banks weren't able to build their assets on top of the bubble), it didn't bring other sectors down. I remember some economist saying that it was a good example of a "good bubble" - a bubble that happens in only one sector and doesn't affect anything else.

Also, Bill Clinton managed to get the debt under control. Which is an impressive achievement in USA.

Taking the absolute numbers really gives us ground for comparison. With a population of nearly 9 million, Rwanda is slightly more populous than New York, the largest city in the US. From the fine article, Rwanda is building to a total generation capacity of 150MW. The city of New York is one of the most energy efficient in the US, probably due to climate and housing density.

Even so, when the air conditioners kick in during the summer they can use 6.9 million megawatt hours in a single month.

Washington DC used to be the murder capitol of the nation, but now it's been eclipsed by Phoenix Arizona. (Phoenix is also the #1 city for kidnapping.) It's a sad state of affairs.

I've heard this urban legend numerous times, and most always from Right Wing media celebrities and politicians who thrive off fear and ignorance.

Unfortunately none of these celebrities back up their claims with any evidence. Though playing the Fear and Ignorance card usually means the right wing agenda will survive.

Ref: http://www.city-data.com/forum/phoenix-area/702557-another-urban-legend-phoenix-kidnappings.html

http://www.isp.state.il.us/docs/cii/...g27_to_200.pdf Here is the Illinois State Police report for 2007. They haven't released the 2008 report as of yet. Crime was up in 2008, but has dropped back down for 2009 so far..... Cook County: 80 murders for 2,455,801 people - 3.25/100,000 Chicago City: 443 murders for 2,832,854 people - 15.64/100,000 Total: 554 murders for 5,288,655 people

Source: http://www.city-data.com/forum/chicago/667826-where-can-you-find-cook-county.html

There are no niggers in Ventura county. Some of them try to come up through L.A., but they never make it past Simi Valley.

What rights do I have that gays don't?

Over 1100 related to marriage alone...

For starters the more than 1,138 federal rights that accompany civil marriage.

Read more: City Data

There are others as well not specifically related to marriage, such as housing and employment discrimination (which varies per jurisdiction or company).

That would probably be because the "blue book" price is supposed to be for a vehicle in perfect condition, with no problems, and sold by a dealer.

That is completely false. The KBB includes values for vehicles in a variety of conditions as well as in a variety of situations including buying from a dealer or from a private party.

"Portugal, Europe" - is there another continent that has a country called Portugal? Also those noobs deserve to go down after the stunt they pulled in the Spanish civil war.

It was no doubt intended to differentiate the country Portugal from this major U.S. metropolis.

Being a Santa Clara County resident, my second thought was that there is no Santa Clara county, per se.

I'm confused... ? Yes there is?

Yeah, but it's not worth it, because everyone knows it'll all be plowed under and salted when the Romans invade.

IBM analysis has predicted:
If you live in zip code 33136, you're guilty.

He didn't say he'd hire zero lobbyists. He said he wouldn't hire a lot of lobbyists.

Weaselese...

As in, of the field of lobbyists, most would not be getting a job offer in the Obama administration.

Meaningless. There are tens of thousands of lobbyists in the US. Even if Obama staffed (stuffed?) his White House only with lobbyists, most of the the lobbyists would not have a job offer from him.

Here is, what he declared on the first day in the office though — already a change of tone from the election campaign:

In what ethics-in-government advocates described as a particularly far-reaching move, Mr. Obama barred officials of his administration from lobbying their former colleagues "for as long as I am president." He barred former lobbyists from working for agencies they had lobbied within the past two years and required them to recuse themselves from issues they had handled during that time.

That policy was immediately violated:

Mr. Obama's nominee for deputy secretary of defense, William Lynn, has been a lobbyist for the defense contractor Raytheon, and his nominee for deputy secretary of health and human services, William V. Corr, lobbied for stricter tobacco regulations as an official with the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.

And the list keeps growing...

It would've all been fine, of course — the President is entitled to pick anyone for his Administration (save for a few posts, which must be approved by Congress), but his pre-election grandstanding is now hurting him — despite your and yours best efforts.

This is clearly is bad for the individual geek who makes their living selling simple custom programs that do only what the user wants/needs and nothing that they don't, unlike Microsoft omnibus packages. It's a case of government by large corporation over the individual if this passes.

Microsoft employs 40,000 people around Puget Sound.

It owns about 10 million square feet of office space up that way and leases five million more. Facts About Microsoft

The median family income in Redmond itself was $88,000 in 2008 and the median value of a house or condo $496,000. Redmond, Washington

"All politics is local."

The guy cutting the grass or tending the plants on the Microsoft campus is another vote for maintaining the status quo - and there are thousands and tens of thousands of others like him the geek in his basement will never be able to reach.

The only real answer is to market your product through an organization that can reap the same benefits of size, visibility and financial strength as the big boys.

    It all depends in where you are, and what you do.

    According to this, for just California by county for 2006.

    Santa Clara County average was $71,774.

    Alpine County average was $26,392.

    If your social circle consists of low income labor folks, you'll see lower wages. If it consist of high end technical and executive people, you'll see higher wages.

    If you graduated last year, I'd seriously doubt you'd see anywhere near the higher end of the spectrum for a while.

All large business attempts to minimize their tax burdens via legal means.

Funding: $17.5 million Microsoft. Redmond $5.4 million. Other: $7.1 million. NE 36th/31st Street Bridge "The bridge includes pedestrian access and bike connections across the SR 520 freeway and to the SR 520 Bike Trail."

The median household income in Redmond, population 49,000, is $88,000. [2008] The median value of a Redmond house or condo is $496,000. Redmond, Washington

It's fair to suggest that most employers of 40,000 whose workers take-home pay generates numbers like these would probably get the campus bridge for free.

The proposed 4.5 mile bike and pedestrian trail across the 520 pontoon bridge is worth a look: A new way across Lake Washington for cyclists and walkers

The graphic may also give you some sense of how much adding a rail link now would add to the cost and complexity of the project.