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Sliding Rocks Bemuse Scientists
An anonymous reader writes "Scientists can't figure out why these rocks — weighing up to several hundred pounds each — slide across a dry lake bed. The leading theory proposes that wind moves the rocks after a rain when the lake bed consists of soft and very slippery mud.
Strangely enough, although both of those are hideous and difficult to read (or stomach as in the second one), they don't have that instant migraine inducing behavior of the previous link. Something about the contrast of pink on purple just makes me want to gauge my eyes out, where as the rainbow flashing seizure inducing second link just makes me want to slap the shit out of it's author and make him take remedial web design courses.
Curiosity was framed, Ignorance killed the cat.
Don't go in August! That's crazy! The best times to go to Death Valley are March and October. The temperature is much nicer and the place is less crowded. We were there last month and all the waitresses and hotel owners in the surrounding towns were saying the same thing: "You picked a great time to come... the weather is getting nice and all the Europeans are gone." [Actual quote]
It could be constraints imposed by when they get their vacations, but one of the most well known phenomena in Death Valley is the appearance of thousands of European and Asian tourists during the hottest months of the year. We usually go once every one or two years and on the last few visits we saw that a lot of places had instituted a policy where the tip is included in the bill (so you pay taxes on it) but only in the summer months, because of the difference in tipping behavior.
One thing that was really nice about Death Valley- every place we stayed had excellent wireless.
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In this case however it's not being used to describe a piece of formal logic, it's being used as a idiom common in English. Like it or not languages are evolved through common usage, not through design, and even though modern English recognizes certain formal rules, idioms, expressions, and colloquialisms are largely exempt from such rules. My usage of the idiom "begs the question" is perfectly valid and is used in this case to mean roughly the same as "raises the question".
Curiosity was framed, Ignorance killed the cat.
Not tipping is a gestural communication that says to the world "my parents didn't go to college."
Seriously dude, it's low class. 20% for everything everywhere, things in America tend to cost less than they should anyway (go out to dinner in any other first world country on a local salary). If service was slow, it's the kitchens fault, or someone who isn't serving you didn't show up. If the order was wrong, it's still likely the fault of the kitchen / understaffing. Or maybe your server has only worked their for a week. Punishing new staff is a good way never to get old staff. Whatever the problem is, if they're polite or even cordial, it's still a full tip.
Anyone who has to stand up and pretend to be happy while dealing with the public should get tips. I'd tip at retail if they'd put out a cup. The public is horrible. Customers are like children. Restaurant patrons are worse. Maintaining a positive attitude in that situation requires compensation that is visible and frequent.
Tip dammit. If they have to require it on the bill, then they probably have the unfortunate luck to have an unusually high cheap asshole component in their customer base. And the manager that set the policy won't ever see your lack of tipping. You just made someone's minimum wage hour worse. Way to go.
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