That matches my experience completely, I'm on the other side of the fence, my main work machines are Macs and I'm dealing with a mix of OS X, LINUX and BSD servers during the day
That isn't because of the Constitution or the inherent system of US government, that is a model designed by the political parties and fed by the media.
Take the election of Lincoln in 1860, his first speech and appearance where he talked about the Presidential bid was on February 27, 1860. Then on May 9–10,the Illinois Republican State Convention was held in Decatur. Lincoln's followers organized a campaign team, and Lincoln received his first endorsement to run for the presidency with the election held on November 6, 1860.
For comparison, On February 10, 2007, Obama announced his candidacy for the November 4, 2008 election.
Drilling in Alaska - two of your three examples - has never had a large environmental disaster. Exxon Valdez was up here, but that wasn't a drilling accident or a pipeline problem, that was a drunk captaining a ship.
Engine efficiency is taken into account by the current system.
More efficiency engine means less weight per hp means less wear on the roads means less tax per mile.
But you are right about fuel for non-road use, but then a fairer system would calculate how much of that isn't for road use and apply that tax money to atmospheric pollution control.
Hybrids and electrics, especially when they hit heavy work trucks and commercial vehicles are going to be a pain the ass for taxes
Why not, the US is subsiding the European bank bailouts and has been subsidizing the defense of western Europe since 1945, and central Europe since 1992.
Saying iOS 4 made the iPhone 3G slow to the point of almost unusable is a stretch, my wife has run iOS 4 on an iPhone 3 since the release date and while it did seem slower, she still uses the thing every day.
So rather than detonate at 580 meters (Little Boy/Hiroshima), Grable is a similar yield and detonates at 160 meters and causes more damage to drag sensitive objects like buildings.
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That matches my experience completely, I'm on the other side of the fence, my main work machines are Macs and I'm dealing with a mix of OS X, LINUX and BSD servers during the day
No Adobe suite, still substandard driver support, games aren't generally stable and the GUIs still suck.
I've been pondering switching over since '98 and every time I install and consider it all the negatives pop up.
LINUX is for servers and hobbyists.
Geographical features really don't shape air traffic.
Most modern cell phones can be remotely turned on, often without telling the user it's on.
http://news.cnet.com/FBI-taps-cell-phone-mic-as-eavesdropping-tool/2100-1029_3-6140191.html
Nope, the phone's identity is the IMEI, which is in hardware on the phone, not on the SIM.
The SIM has the IMSI and MSISDN numbers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mobile_Equipment_Identity
That isn't because of the Constitution or the inherent system of US government, that is a model designed by the political parties and fed by the media.
Take the election of Lincoln in 1860, his first speech and appearance where he talked about the Presidential bid was on February 27, 1860. Then on May 9–10,the Illinois Republican State Convention was held in Decatur. Lincoln's followers organized a campaign team, and Lincoln received his first endorsement to run for the presidency with the election held on November 6, 1860.
For comparison, On February 10, 2007, Obama announced his candidacy for the November 4, 2008 election.
Singapore, lawmakers are paid around 1 million dollars a year to reduce the corruption.
Since the vast majority of projectors don't use HDMI yet, why is HDMI a requirement?
Although, I had my iPad 2 hooked up via HDMI to a TV yesterday.
It has my alarm clock, so it's right next to the bed, but not in the bed.
Drilling in Alaska - two of your three examples - has never had a large environmental disaster. Exxon Valdez was up here, but that wasn't a drilling accident or a pipeline problem, that was a drunk captaining a ship.
ANWAR, unfortunately, isn't being developed.
Engine efficiency is taken into account by the current system.
More efficiency engine means less weight per hp means less wear on the roads means less tax per mile.
But you are right about fuel for non-road use, but then a fairer system would calculate how much of that isn't for road use and apply that tax money to atmospheric pollution control.
Hybrids and electrics, especially when they hit heavy work trucks and commercial vehicles are going to be a pain the ass for taxes
We do, they are called fuel taxes.
Why not, the US is subsiding the European bank bailouts and has been subsidizing the defense of western Europe since 1945, and central Europe since 1992.
I put 4.0 on the 3G and used it for 2 months, then my wife took over the phone, 4.1.x was better and 4.2 is faster, but we both used it just fine.
Saying iOS 4 made the iPhone 3G slow to the point of almost unusable is a stretch, my wife has run iOS 4 on an iPhone 3 since the release date and while it did seem slower, she still uses the thing every day.
Castle Bravo was never a deliverable nuclear weapon
Hiroshima is a terrible standard of explosive force since thermonuclear weapons are much more efficient than Hiroshima or Nagasaki devices.
Plus more modern aiming, delivery and detonation techniques make even a similar yield device more destructive.
Grable shot showed the destructive power of the precursor wave against drag sensitive objects
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upshot-Knothole_Grable
So rather than detonate at 580 meters (Little Boy/Hiroshima), Grable is a similar yield and detonates at 160 meters and causes more damage to drag sensitive objects like buildings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_nuclear_explosions#Blast_damage
And where are you even going to put even a billion?
Mars? 28% of the surface area of Earth so it might support a half a billion or more, but it would take centuries for it to be self sufficient.
You can look up age distributions in Wolfram Alpha
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=China+age+distribution or estimated future distributions
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Saudi+Arabia+age+pyramid+2030
Japan is going to need robots
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=japan+age+pyramid+2030
The US, not so bad
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=us+age+pyramid+2030
What country has been "nearly wiped out" because of AIDS/HIV?
I will wait for the answer.
The US used roughly 2 billion rounds of ammunition per year from 2002 to 2007. There are enough bullets made.
How about Alaska, the bulk of Canada or eastern Russia?
Same with my ASUS laptop, but it will take 8GB DIMM as well.
You can put 16GB in the newest MacBook Pro
http://ramjet.com/macbook.asp#BlackBezel
No one is forcing end game dungeons or raids on you.
My wife plays World of Auctioncraft, has fun.