Serious navigators don't depend on one system, especially one that depends on electronics and batteries. Compass works fine when wet, so does the sextant,
It's Canada's, we have a resident there including a post office. You can test by sending a mail to: Santa Claus North Pole Canada HOH OHO and he will reply.
The freedom to publish on the internet should not be banned by any government. Banning things for loudness or sign size limits seem reasonable as long as they apply to all equally. Radio is also limited to certain frequencies, power etc. Once again as long as the limits apply to everyone in the interests of things working, I don't see a problem. Partisan based bans I do see a problem with.
In the USA people have the freedom from government to use technology to publish and broadcast their political views.
Only to a degree. Try using a megaphone in the middle of the night in a residential zone to broadcast your political views. Try flying around a no fly zone with a banner with your political views.
You're confusing the free market with capitalism. The free market is about competition whereas capitalism is about getting rid of competition. The goal of the capitalist is to use his capital to have a monopoly on the world. Pragmatically the capitalist realizes they do have to share with a few other capitalists.
Not every car on the highway is modern and well maintained. If 25% of cars are not safe speeding and go the speed limit, it creates problems due to the uneven speeds of vehicles. I've also observed that a lot of people, probably the majority, are idiots about slowing down when road conditions change. People still going 80 MPH in the pissing rain or snow. Enforcing lower limits corrects for this as well. Most people think they're better then average drivers, which can't be true. Often, they are good drivers but some days, not so much. being tired probably equals having a couple of beers. being preoccupied and such also lowers peoples driving skill. They tried raising speed limits on a bunch of highways here. Now they've lowered them on half due to the increase in accidents that happened with the higher limits.
Yes, with a big enough engine, just the inertia will help when you pop the clutch. I'd guess modern fuel pumps help a lot too as they can vary their timing better then the old mechanical ones. You've still got limits on the power band though and definitely need a transmission.
Here in BC, there seem to be more and more of the flashing type of signs. Some have smiley or frowning faces, others have your speed flashing. No ticketing. It does seem to help slow traffic, it does with me.
A lot are weather related. Pissing rain and people don't slow down. Snowing and people don't slow down. Shit, I avoid driving in the snow even with good tires and a 4x4 because there are so many idiots tailgating and driving way too fast for conditions (windy roads) because they don't seem to understand that 4 wheel drive doesn't help you stop faster and doesn't make cornering much better in very slippery conditions.
Here in BC, the government, eg people elected to the legislature, decided to up the speed limits on a bunch of highways a few years back. Now a different government has looked at the crash statistics and once again the elected officials decided to lower about half of those speed limits back down. While I assume the engineers were involved, it was political decisions, first to pander for votes by raising speed limits and then to lower them again to save lives (money). Both health and vehicle insurance is run by the Province. And of course these were Provincial highways.
Here in BC, a couple of years ago the government increased the speed limit on some highways, from 100-110 to 130 km/h IIRC. This year they decreased over half back down due to the increase in number of accidents. These were mostly limited access highways.
In 1900 America was much more advanced then Russia, which still had an aristocracy that traded in peasants and a big secret police bureaucracy. America also didn't sacrifice a large chunk of its population and industrial base to win WWII or have people like Stalin in charge to set things back. Another example is China, who once they did switch to a more mixed system advanced pretty quick. When I was a kid, it was "eat your dinner, there's millions of starving Chinese". They were also smart enough to switch governments from the progressive to conservative parts of the party every 8 years, not too different from America. Now that Xi has decided to be dictator for life, they'll probably run into the complacency leading to corruption and no innovation problems.
OTOH, it took Russia from a peasant society to a space fairing society in 50 years. If they hadn't been so rigid and moved to a mixed economy, they still might be doing well. Of course, the other problems they had like corruption and complacent government probably would have got them. It's one of the big advantages of democracy, rotating governments before they get too complacent and corrupt, which will kill any system.
In my experience, if you have an acute problem, you get treatment pretty fast. Sister needed heart surgery, had to wait a day. Friend has had problems with varicose veins in throat, took him into emergency twice, each time he was getting processed by the time I parked and walked back to emergency with blood applied within an hour and surgery within a day. Another friend shattered her lower leg, fixed, well pinned etc, within a day. Now if you have a bad knee or elbow, you might wait too long and go south for treatment and of course Doctors aren't all as capable. It does vary on region and some days are worse and each Province is different as the medical system is run at the Provincial level
We're still left with your claim that environmentalists put it on the list.
Sure, just dust off the government regulation hearings back in 2002ish and you'll find it quickly.
Well I can't find any info on the hearings. Did find info on it being removed about 1990. Seemed to be a lot of confusion on actual species with the regulation being too broad and a mixup with Vincetoxicum, which are also called milkweeds in some circles. This did seem to be pushed by environmentalists trying to help the Monarch. https://www.ontariocanada.com/...
I must say that having been a pesticide applicator when young, including getting a (BC) ticket in forestry, Ontario does seem to go crazy with their noxious weeds. Here they're pretty well invasive weeds rather then ones that upset farmers
Milkweed aka A.Syriaca is the type we're talking about here, and is a primary plant for monarch butterflies that range from Canada in the east. But Ontario listed ALL Asclepais varieties as a noxious weed. The type mainly in BC is Asclepias Speciosa, and was also under the restriction of the noxious weed and invasive plants act.
I can't find any noxious weed list from BC that includes any species of Asclepias. Even checked my literature from about 1980. It seems fairly rare in BC, I've never seen it, even when I lived in the interior for a bit. I did find a reference that claimed it was on the noxious weed list, perhaps that is what you saw. This seems as good of a source as any, https://bcinvasives.ca/documen...
Not too surprising. Unluckily Google is even harder to avoid then Facebook, especially with a cell phone. I'm surprised how much data goes over the network and I don't even have a data plan though luckily usually no reception at home.
My MotoE came with an FM app, a crappy file manager and an app for keeping track of the phone if lost as well as the usual Google stuff. Oh, also a phone app setup for my carrier, eg hold the one key and dial voice mail. Perhaps it is your carrier rather then Motorola?
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Push the walk button.
Well, that'll fix global warming.
Curious, how well do magnetic compasses work down there? Or what do you use. String seems a good idea, at least to find your way back.
Serious navigators don't depend on one system, especially one that depends on electronics and batteries. Compass works fine when wet, so does the sextant,
It's Canada's, we have a resident there including a post office. You can test by sending a mail to:
Santa Claus
North Pole
Canada
HOH OHO
and he will reply.
Probably lower taxes. The CRA (Canada Revenue) was already bitching about his weird write offs.
Too bad you don't have the freedom to change your government by electing people not in one of the 2 wings of the official party.
The freedom to publish on the internet should not be banned by any government. Banning things for loudness or sign size limits seem reasonable as long as they apply to all equally. Radio is also limited to certain frequencies, power etc. Once again as long as the limits apply to everyone in the interests of things working, I don't see a problem.
Partisan based bans I do see a problem with.
In the USA people have the freedom from government to use technology to publish and broadcast their political views.
Only to a degree. Try using a megaphone in the middle of the night in a residential zone to broadcast your political views. Try flying around a no fly zone with a banner with your political views.
When the user of a press prints and distributes a pamphlet, everyone knows it is a pamphlet.
You're confusing the free market with capitalism. The free market is about competition whereas capitalism is about getting rid of competition. The goal of the capitalist is to use his capital to have a monopoly on the world. Pragmatically the capitalist realizes they do have to share with a few other capitalists.
Not every car on the highway is modern and well maintained. If 25% of cars are not safe speeding and go the speed limit, it creates problems due to the uneven speeds of vehicles.
I've also observed that a lot of people, probably the majority, are idiots about slowing down when road conditions change. People still going 80 MPH in the pissing rain or snow. Enforcing lower limits corrects for this as well.
Most people think they're better then average drivers, which can't be true. Often, they are good drivers but some days, not so much. being tired probably equals having a couple of beers. being preoccupied and such also lowers peoples driving skill.
They tried raising speed limits on a bunch of highways here. Now they've lowered them on half due to the increase in accidents that happened with the higher limits.
Yes, with a big enough engine, just the inertia will help when you pop the clutch. I'd guess modern fuel pumps help a lot too as they can vary their timing better then the old mechanical ones. You've still got limits on the power band though and definitely need a transmission.
Here in BC, there seem to be more and more of the flashing type of signs. Some have smiley or frowning faces, others have your speed flashing. No ticketing. It does seem to help slow traffic, it does with me.
A lot are weather related. Pissing rain and people don't slow down. Snowing and people don't slow down.
Shit, I avoid driving in the snow even with good tires and a 4x4 because there are so many idiots tailgating and driving way too fast for conditions (windy roads) because they don't seem to understand that 4 wheel drive doesn't help you stop faster and doesn't make cornering much better in very slippery conditions.
Here in BC, the government, eg people elected to the legislature, decided to up the speed limits on a bunch of highways a few years back. Now a different government has looked at the crash statistics and once again the elected officials decided to lower about half of those speed limits back down.
While I assume the engineers were involved, it was political decisions, first to pander for votes by raising speed limits and then to lower them again to save lives (money).
Both health and vehicle insurance is run by the Province. And of course these were Provincial highways.
Here in BC, a couple of years ago the government increased the speed limit on some highways, from 100-110 to 130 km/h IIRC. This year they decreased over half back down due to the increase in number of accidents. These were mostly limited access highways.
In 1900 America was much more advanced then Russia, which still had an aristocracy that traded in peasants and a big secret police bureaucracy. America also didn't sacrifice a large chunk of its population and industrial base to win WWII or have people like Stalin in charge to set things back.
Another example is China, who once they did switch to a more mixed system advanced pretty quick. When I was a kid, it was "eat your dinner, there's millions of starving Chinese". They were also smart enough to switch governments from the progressive to conservative parts of the party every 8 years, not too different from America. Now that Xi has decided to be dictator for life, they'll probably run into the complacency leading to corruption and no innovation problems.
OTOH, it took Russia from a peasant society to a space fairing society in 50 years. If they hadn't been so rigid and moved to a mixed economy, they still might be doing well. Of course, the other problems they had like corruption and complacent government probably would have got them.
It's one of the big advantages of democracy, rotating governments before they get too complacent and corrupt, which will kill any system.
In my experience, if you have an acute problem, you get treatment pretty fast. Sister needed heart surgery, had to wait a day. Friend has had problems with varicose veins in throat, took him into emergency twice, each time he was getting processed by the time I parked and walked back to emergency with blood applied within an hour and surgery within a day. Another friend shattered her lower leg, fixed, well pinned etc, within a day.
Now if you have a bad knee or elbow, you might wait too long and go south for treatment and of course Doctors aren't all as capable.
It does vary on region and some days are worse and each Province is different as the medical system is run at the Provincial level
We're still left with your claim that environmentalists put it on the list.
Sure, just dust off the government regulation hearings back in 2002ish and you'll find it quickly.
Well I can't find any info on the hearings. Did find info on it being removed about 1990. Seemed to be a lot of confusion on actual species with the regulation being too broad and a mixup with Vincetoxicum, which are also called milkweeds in some circles. This did seem to be pushed by environmentalists trying to help the Monarch.
https://www.ontariocanada.com/...
I must say that having been a pesticide applicator when young, including getting a (BC) ticket in forestry, Ontario does seem to go crazy with their noxious weeds. Here they're pretty well invasive weeds rather then ones that upset farmers
Milkweed aka A.Syriaca is the type we're talking about here, and is a primary plant for monarch butterflies that range from Canada in the east. But Ontario listed ALL Asclepais varieties as a noxious weed. The type mainly in BC is Asclepias Speciosa, and was also under the restriction of the noxious weed and invasive plants act.
I can't find any noxious weed list from BC that includes any species of Asclepias. Even checked my literature from about 1980. It seems fairly rare in BC, I've never seen it, even when I lived in the interior for a bit. I did find a reference that claimed it was on the noxious weed list, perhaps that is what you saw. This seems as good of a source as any, https://bcinvasives.ca/documen...
Not too surprising. Unluckily Google is even harder to avoid then Facebook, especially with a cell phone. I'm surprised how much data goes over the network and I don't even have a data plan though luckily usually no reception at home.
My Fido pay as you go MotoE came with very little besides the default Google apps. As the FM player is useful, never tried to delete it.
My MotoE came with an FM app, a crappy file manager and an app for keeping track of the phone if lost as well as the usual Google stuff. Oh, also a phone app setup for my carrier, eg hold the one key and dial voice mail.
Perhaps it is your carrier rather then Motorola?
Perhaps they shouldn't have borrowed money for stock buybacks. Wasn't that illegal not long ago?