Here's an easy solution to being tailgated that ALWAYS works for me.
1. Wait for a tailgater to get within two seconds of your bumper.
2. Immediately yell "OH, MY GOD THE BUNNY!" and slam on your brakes.
3. As soon as the driver realizes what has happened, speed up and let him know he's number one.
-- or --
3. Exchange insurance information and file a claim.
So, Cali is ok, but other states (TN, GA, etc) don't offer such a safety clause. In TN (where I am located), anyone, not just a parent, can press charges for statutory rape, unless the difference of age is four years or less; even then the parents can still press charges down to one year. So, if a parent doesn't approve of it, an 18 year old will go to jail for dating a 17 year old. The parent doesn't even have to prove they've slept together, just that they are dating. THAT is sucktacular.
Before we could implement a system like this, the laws would need to be revised. Right now, if an 18 year old has sex with his 17 year old girlfriend, and her parents don't approve, he goes to jail and has to be branded a sex offender for the rest of his life. If a guy pulls over on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere to use the bathroom in the woods because he can't make it to town and a cop sees, it's indecent exposure, and he's branded a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Granted, children need to be protected, but this country has gone WWWWWAAAAAYYYY overboard with paranoia. I'm not saying that these things don't happen, but when you talk about taking people's rights away and branding them with a moniker like 'Sex Offender', you'd better be DAMN sure.
While I agree that people who talk on their cell phone in a movie theater deserver to die in a painful, gruesome, stabbed-to-death-with-your-cell-phone's-antenna kinda way, cell phone jamming would bring too much liability to the owner of the theater, library, etc.
What if there was a device that would simply notify the management automatically that there was a transmission of sufficient power to be a conversation or text message coming from auditorium three, and he could then send one of his employees to investigate and boot the offending jackass. That way, in the event of an emergency, the projector could be shut down, the lights brought on, and the auditorium evacuated so the paramedics don't have to climb over the rubberneckers. In the event that it's just Joe Jackoff calling his honey, he could be quietly booted with no refund.
I think that would work a lot better, and save the whole "Doctor on call" situation from occurring.
Kind of reminds me of when I was a cable guy for Comcast. We would constantly be replacing lines and equipment that Knology (the other cable company in this area) would rip out when they ran their stuff. It just kinda went back and forth like the for a few years. Last I heard, they were still doing it.
Dig out your periodic table and take a look. Carbon, (C,6) is in the upper-right section of the table, to the right of the zig-zag line that determines whether a given element is a metal, non-metal, or transitional element. Carbon conducts electricity under certain circumstances, as do silicon (Si, 14), phosphorus (P, 15), germanium (Ge, 32), and arsenic (As, 33); none of which are metals (silicon, germanium, and arsenic are a transitional elements that exhibit properties of both metals and non-metals, and while some groups of thought place them as a metals, most refer to them as a transitional elements, which are neither metals, nor non-metals). Even some of the noble gases such as Neon (Ne, 10) and Argon (Ar, 18) can be made to conduct electricity under certain circumstances, which is how a neon light works. By definition a metal is any element, even Hydrogen (H,1) when in the solid phase, that exists left of the line (I can't remember the name of the line offhand). A metal exhibits certain properties: It is malleable (can be hammered into shape without breaking), ductile (can be pulled into wires), it conducts electricity, and exhibits metallic bonding when in the presence of other metal atoms (The nuclei remain relatively stationary, while a tide of electrons flows freely from one atom to the next, which is responsible for a metal's conductivity).
Therefore, while all metals conduct electricity, not everything that conducts electricity is a metal; in the same way that all beagles are dogs, but not all dogs are beagles.
Salt water conducts electricity, even with low current and voltage. This is due to the ionization of the chlorine and sodium atoms, and not the fact that sodium is a metal. When dissolved in water, the ions separate and, in fact, the negatively charged NON-METALLIC chlorine atoms are responsible for the conductivity.
It's been a few years since chemistry class, so if I got something wrong or omitted something, please correct me.
Voting DEM won't solve the problem. They've got just as much to gain as the republicans. Now, before you label me as a right-wing-Bush-humping-neo-conservative, I loath and despise what Bush and his cronies have done to this country. Finger-pointing aside, the only way to eradicate this behavior now that is has been started, is to completely ignore the typical Democrat/Republican paradigm. Vote for the underdogs. Vote Libertarian, Constitution, Patriot, independent, green, whatever. The major parties are both funded and, while not entirely controlled, influenced by the same uber-conglomerates. You want to end all this shit? Avoid BOTH prime candidates. Even if they aren't elected into office this coming election, that's more money that their campaign will get next election, as federal campaign funds are mandated by the number of people that have voted for a given party. Eventually, they could BECOME a prime candidate, and take back this country from the slime that have desecrated it
Flamebait me if you must, but it needed to be said.
This is getting all too surreal. First they start ignoring private property rights, then they amass the right to detain anybody anytime for any reason, with or without cause. Then they enact a bill that allows them to declare martial law at any time for any reason, now they are sealing the borders to US citizens that want out?
It sounds like they're gearing up for something. I'm not typically one to be part of the tinfoil brigade, but I think something seriously BAD is on the horizon. Maybe Alex Jones was right?
For every 5 anti-gun soccer moms and hippies, they're a psychopath in the Utah desert with an arsenal ready to be passed out. I have $5 that says there'll be a 2nd civil war within ten years.
Awww, shucks. On reading the article, apparently Google hasn't turned M$ into a smoldering crater like the headline lead me to believe. Maybe someday...
Why is it that merely reading a single headline can bring a BIG smile to my face. I don't hate this man, but I seriously believe that he is nothing more than a publicity whore.
If anyone is interested, here is an open letter I wrote to Jack Thompson a few months ago. It pretty much sums up my opinion on this man. Yes, I know it's MySpace, but I'm cheap and it's free.
If we give him a peanut and ignore him will he go away?
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Solution: nanoscale tactical nuclear weapons.
So... at 50MPH I'm supposed to be 5 feet off of your bumper?
Let's see, 5280 ft per mile, 50 miles per hour, 60 min per hour, 60 sec per hour
5280 * 50 = 264000 ft per hour .0682 seconds of reaction time.
264000 / 60 = 4400 Ft per min
4400 / 60 = 73.3 ft per sec
5 ft / 73.3 ft = ~
At 50MPH, that would only allow 0.0682 seconds of reaction time. The average human response time is about .5 seconds. So, [( .5 < .0682 ) <> 1] = CRUNCH!
Here's an easy solution to being tailgated that ALWAYS works for me.
1. Wait for a tailgater to get within two seconds of your bumper.
2. Immediately yell "OH, MY GOD THE BUNNY!" and slam on your brakes.
3. As soon as the driver realizes what has happened, speed up and let him know he's number one.
-- or --
3. Exchange insurance information and file a claim.
Viola! No more tailgater.
.So, Cali is ok, but other states (TN, GA, etc) don't offer such a safety clause. In TN (where I am located), anyone, not just a parent, can press charges for statutory rape, unless the difference of age is four years or less; even then the parents can still press charges down to one year. So, if a parent doesn't approve of it, an 18 year old will go to jail for dating a 17 year old. The parent doesn't even have to prove they've slept together, just that they are dating. THAT is sucktacular.
You work for Microsoft, don't you?
Before we could implement a system like this, the laws would need to be revised. Right now, if an 18 year old has sex with his 17 year old girlfriend, and her parents don't approve, he goes to jail and has to be branded a sex offender for the rest of his life. If a guy pulls over on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere to use the bathroom in the woods because he can't make it to town and a cop sees, it's indecent exposure, and he's branded a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Granted, children need to be protected, but this country has gone WWWWWAAAAAYYYY overboard with paranoia. I'm not saying that these things don't happen, but when you talk about taking people's rights away and branding them with a moniker like 'Sex Offender', you'd better be DAMN sure.
While I agree that people who talk on their cell phone in a movie theater deserver to die in a painful, gruesome, stabbed-to-death-with-your-cell-phone's-antenna kinda way, cell phone jamming would bring too much liability to the owner of the theater, library, etc.
What if there was a device that would simply notify the management automatically that there was a transmission of sufficient power to be a conversation or text message coming from auditorium three, and he could then send one of his employees to investigate and boot the offending jackass. That way, in the event of an emergency, the projector could be shut down, the lights brought on, and the auditorium evacuated so the paramedics don't have to climb over the rubberneckers. In the event that it's just Joe Jackoff calling his honey, he could be quietly booted with no refund.
I think that would work a lot better, and save the whole "Doctor on call" situation from occurring.
If it works, don't fix it
If it works, fix it 'till it's broke.
There, fixed that type for you.
Screw Nuclear Proliferation, human rights violations, and breaches of international treaty, they're downloading illegal music! PIRATING BASTARDS!
Somebody sic the RIAA on them, maybe it'll give them something productive to do.
"Those who would trade freedom for safety deserve, and will have, neither" --Benjamin Franklin
Kind of reminds me of when I was a cable guy for Comcast. We would constantly be replacing lines and equipment that Knology (the other cable company in this area) would rip out when they ran their stuff. It just kinda went back and forth like the for a few years. Last I heard, they were still doing it.
Like Windows?
Ok, here's today's chemistry lesson:
Dig out your periodic table and take a look. Carbon, (C,6) is in the upper-right section of the table, to the right of the zig-zag line that determines whether a given element is a metal, non-metal, or transitional element. Carbon conducts electricity under certain circumstances, as do silicon (Si, 14), phosphorus (P, 15), germanium (Ge, 32), and arsenic (As, 33); none of which are metals (silicon, germanium, and arsenic are a transitional elements that exhibit properties of both metals and non-metals, and while some groups of thought place them as a metals, most refer to them as a transitional elements, which are neither metals, nor non-metals). Even some of the noble gases such as Neon (Ne, 10) and Argon (Ar, 18) can be made to conduct electricity under certain circumstances, which is how a neon light works. By definition a metal is any element, even Hydrogen (H,1) when in the solid phase, that exists left of the line (I can't remember the name of the line offhand). A metal exhibits certain properties: It is malleable (can be hammered into shape without breaking), ductile (can be pulled into wires), it conducts electricity, and exhibits metallic bonding when in the presence of other metal atoms (The nuclei remain relatively stationary, while a tide of electrons flows freely from one atom to the next, which is responsible for a metal's conductivity).
Therefore, while all metals conduct electricity, not everything that conducts electricity is a metal; in the same way that all beagles are dogs, but not all dogs are beagles.
Salt water conducts electricity, even with low current and voltage. This is due to the ionization of the chlorine and sodium atoms, and not the fact that sodium is a metal. When dissolved in water, the ions separate and, in fact, the negatively charged NON-METALLIC chlorine atoms are responsible for the conductivity.
It's been a few years since chemistry class, so if I got something wrong or omitted something, please correct me.
Any random rusting object (abundant in most developing nations) and a REEEAAAAALLLYYYY tiny file.
Dear Christ, I find myself greatly disturbed that I understood scrambled l337. I need to go outside more.
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Will Al Gore be on this committee? I can't think of anybody that would be more qualified.
Sorry... misplaced pronoun. Their in this sense ("more money their campaign...") refers to the underdog candidate, not the prime candidates.
Voting DEM won't solve the problem. They've got just as much to gain as the republicans. Now, before you label me as a right-wing-Bush-humping-neo-conservative, I loath and despise what Bush and his cronies have done to this country. Finger-pointing aside, the only way to eradicate this behavior now that is has been started, is to completely ignore the typical Democrat/Republican paradigm. Vote for the underdogs. Vote Libertarian, Constitution, Patriot, independent, green, whatever. The major parties are both funded and, while not entirely controlled, influenced by the same uber-conglomerates. You want to end all this shit? Avoid BOTH prime candidates. Even if they aren't elected into office this coming election, that's more money that their campaign will get next election, as federal campaign funds are mandated by the number of people that have voted for a given party. Eventually, they could BECOME a prime candidate, and take back this country from the slime that have desecrated it
Flamebait me if you must, but it needed to be said.
This is getting all too surreal. First they start ignoring private property rights, then they amass the right to detain anybody anytime for any reason, with or without cause. Then they enact a bill that allows them to declare martial law at any time for any reason, now they are sealing the borders to US citizens that want out?
It sounds like they're gearing up for something. I'm not typically one to be part of the tinfoil brigade, but I think something seriously BAD is on the horizon. Maybe Alex Jones was right?
For every 5 anti-gun soccer moms and hippies, they're a psychopath in the Utah desert with an arsenal ready to be passed out. I have $5 that says there'll be a 2nd civil war within ten years.
The zombies come later, after the teleporter.
Awww, shucks. On reading the article, apparently Google hasn't turned M$ into a smoldering crater like the headline lead me to believe. Maybe someday...
good to know... I'll look into those. I didn't even know slashdot had a journal space. Hmm... Stupid new-ness
Why is it that merely reading a single headline can bring a BIG smile to my face. I don't hate this man, but I seriously believe that he is nothing more than a publicity whore.
If anyone is interested, here is an open letter I wrote to Jack Thompson a few months ago. It pretty much sums up my opinion on this man. Yes, I know it's MySpace, but I'm cheap and it's free.
If we give him a peanut and ignore him will he go away?