The problem I forsee with this is for books that won't stay open on their own, or ones that barely do and have significant page curl. Still possible with the foot pedal I guess, but a lot more annoying.
Wouldn't the cheap solution to this be to build "highway sound barriers" around those units to X height to dampen the noise levels until they're at such a height that they don't impact the surrounding area as much?
I'm fairly proficient at using the IME on Windows these days, but the on-screen one for Android requires a lot more effort. Completely different layout to memorize, have to press/swipe to get most kana, and then choose the kanji you want from the choices provided. Granted, over time it learns which kanji to bring to the front of the list, but it's still extra steps.
Unless they had reasonable suspicion he was rendering aid to terrorists or prior proof he was involved in terrorism, how would it be shady at all? Even if they did have suspicion—that doesn't preclude denying a citizen due process and their constitutional rights. Especially based on a 'hunch' without any supporting evidence. We still gave due process and a trial for the theater murders in Aurora,CO and the Boston bombing. Yet this person wasn't given that or even charged with anything.
My macro-econ book was paperback about 3/4" thick and cost $150. You could only sell it back for about $35 because the book itself was valued at $50 and the online code for the homework was $100. How about that for a 100-level course. At least linear algebra is like a 300-level course.
The biggest problem with that IMHO, at least around where I live, is people cannot for the life of them zipper merge properly. The average person is a stupid shitty driver is the biggest modeling issue... They wait until the last moment to merge in, they don't equalize speed to traffic flow so they force the people on the highway to break heavily as they enter, the people on the highway don't watch the ramp and try to alleviate issues by maintaining or altering speed slightly, etc. But I'm sure you already knew that.:)
Oh don't worry, the kangaroo will kill you too—threaten one near a watering hole and chase after it into the water... it'll suckerpunch you in the gut and hold you under until you drown, no problem.
Exactly. For how infrequently the average person needs to print something in color, there is little cost-benefit to keeping your own color printer at home. It's far more cost effective to get a consumer laser printer these days and just do your handful of color prints at a local print shop. I really recommend the Brother 2270DW. It does wireless printing and full duplex and can be bought for around $100USD. The best part is the toner cartridges last for thousands of pages and can be had for the same price as one inkjet cartridge. If you absolutely must have color printing, even color laserjets these days can be had for $250-300.
E10 is government mandated in my area as well, but Shell and Citgo premium is still 100% gas... albeit at a 30% markup. I've since found a family-owned Lucas Oil place with 87 octane 100% gas for only 20 cents more per gallon. Considering you get about 10% better fuel economy with it, I consider it about a wash even before considering it's better for your car. Only other place I trust fueling up other than that is Mobil and Shell. I'll randomly trip my check engine light with an oxygen sensor warning if I fill up at other places.
Why would that matter for a web browser? Is Edge connected to the OS on some fundamental level again like IE? Regardless of them sunsetting Win7 too early, it would be shortsighted not to have it working on the OS with your largest install base.
If 1.7 is the norm for accidents at the amount of miles logged, 14 is clearly well more than 3 standard deviations from the norm. My guess is that while the Google car is legally compliant, it operates in such a manner that it causes disruptions or disrupts the standard situational awareness of drivers. IE: They stop too far back at a light and don't jimmy forward like most people do. Given a red light from a moderate distance, they coast a long distance and only apply braking at the end... or the opposite and gradually brake excessively long—both of which throw off peripheral situational awareness. (AKA those times where the person in front of you is braking and so you check your rear-view for a moment and glance back only to find they stopped a lot farther back from the car in front of them and you have to tap your brakes quickly, etc. It doesn't seem like much, but tenths of a second matter.)
But are they? Where is the cost of all the lakes for recreation and other wildlife drying up? Where is the cost of kicking up giant dust storms and causing health problems, destruction of the land and other (previously) renewable resources being irreparably harmed? Etc.
They are clearly NOT paying the true cost if its still somehow economically feasible to grow almonds and corn in the desert in CA.
The solution lies in internalizing the costs of bringing in the water instead of subsidizing it. People are certainly able to move into the area then—with the understanding that they will either have to live in a way that uses less water, or pay through the nose to sustain a lifestyle not suited for that environment.
They're already pulling in water from as far afield as Colorado. Is it really practical to build a water pipeline across 2/3 of the country just so farmers can grow crops that aren't suited for the location?
How much dirt would be required to shield from all/most of the radiation? Yes, manual labor requires more oxygen, but worst-case scenario, they use shovels and pile dirt on an aluminum dome or such for some initial shielding?
What scheme would that be? You can buy the game for as low as $30. Earning your way into something like a Hornet has been planned for a handful of days and something like a Constellation about two weeks. Buying massive capital ships won't necessarily do you any good, because you won't be able to afford the maintenance, fuel, and equipment costs to even fly the thing at release. All you get is the base hull with basic fittings. Ships also fulfill certain roles, so there is far far more lateral mobility in hull purchases than vertical. It's been my perception that the more vocal people are about doomsaying Star Citizen, the less they actually know about the game. And that's not to say it's even going to be a huge success—there are a lot of uncertainties related to seeing all of the various modules/systems to the game come together as one cohesive whole. But they've been making consistent progress, and while their have been some delays, they are explained and fall within the usual scope of development uncertainty.
I finally got my dad to stop paying full price for his dialup account almost 15 years after he got cable internet. He now pays $3/mo through the same provider for just a "business email account" that forwards his old address (which was his sticking point). And the kicker—they had long since given up on updating the old email service, so it still only had 25 MEGABYTES of storage space. The new account has like 10GB and is probably ran through the Gmail backend. He still couldn't tell the difference when I asked him if he was logging into his email via the web login or the standalone email application though, of course.
I think the issue is more that the US turns HSR into a political point, so it gets mired in a nightmare of red tape. Whereas in other areas of the world, more or less, it gets built faster and without quite as much largesse.
That may be true, but there is something to be said for not having to be behind the wheel for those 6 hours. Train accommodations tend to be roomier than plane or bus, as well. People on business trips could take care of emails and preparations and arrive well-rested rather than restless and sore. Assuming this line has track priority, you would also get there in half the time or less.
I'm the opposite. I always would rather pay more for a quality product, than deal with buying it twice and usually having less overall satisfaction the entire time. It's actually cheaper in the long run.
Might they need revision? Sure. But part of taxi service is the social wellbeing consideration that they must operate at all hours, and to all areas of a city. If Uber is allowed to skirt any law they want and run conventional taxi services out of business, I hope you like having to pay $100 for a taxi ride home from the bar at 3am, or flat-out can't get a ride at all, because nobody wants to drive to X area.
This is where I then call Bullshit on anyone actually getting Windows 95 or 98 to run for 49 days. My average uptime before bluescreen was around 2 days...
Contrary to some peoples belief: The sun still exists during winter. Panel efficiency falls by half during cloudy weather, but you will still get some power. Just means you pull more from the grid during winter.
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The problem I forsee with this is for books that won't stay open on their own, or ones that barely do and have significant page curl. Still possible with the foot pedal I guess, but a lot more annoying.
Wouldn't the cheap solution to this be to build "highway sound barriers" around those units to X height to dampen the noise levels until they're at such a height that they don't impact the surrounding area as much?
I'm fairly proficient at using the IME on Windows these days, but the on-screen one for Android requires a lot more effort. Completely different layout to memorize, have to press/swipe to get most kana, and then choose the kanji you want from the choices provided. Granted, over time it learns which kanji to bring to the front of the list, but it's still extra steps.
Unless they had reasonable suspicion he was rendering aid to terrorists or prior proof he was involved in terrorism, how would it be shady at all? Even if they did have suspicion—that doesn't preclude denying a citizen due process and their constitutional rights. Especially based on a 'hunch' without any supporting evidence. We still gave due process and a trial for the theater murders in Aurora,CO and the Boston bombing. Yet this person wasn't given that or even charged with anything.
My macro-econ book was paperback about 3/4" thick and cost $150. You could only sell it back for about $35 because the book itself was valued at $50 and the online code for the homework was $100. How about that for a 100-level course. At least linear algebra is like a 300-level course.
The biggest problem with that IMHO, at least around where I live, is people cannot for the life of them zipper merge properly. The average person is a stupid shitty driver is the biggest modeling issue... They wait until the last moment to merge in, they don't equalize speed to traffic flow so they force the people on the highway to break heavily as they enter, the people on the highway don't watch the ramp and try to alleviate issues by maintaining or altering speed slightly, etc. But I'm sure you already knew that. :)
Oh don't worry, the kangaroo will kill you too—threaten one near a watering hole and chase after it into the water... it'll suckerpunch you in the gut and hold you under until you drown, no problem.
Exactly. For how infrequently the average person needs to print something in color, there is little cost-benefit to keeping your own color printer at home. It's far more cost effective to get a consumer laser printer these days and just do your handful of color prints at a local print shop. I really recommend the Brother 2270DW. It does wireless printing and full duplex and can be bought for around $100USD. The best part is the toner cartridges last for thousands of pages and can be had for the same price as one inkjet cartridge. If you absolutely must have color printing, even color laserjets these days can be had for $250-300.
E10 is government mandated in my area as well, but Shell and Citgo premium is still 100% gas... albeit at a 30% markup. I've since found a family-owned Lucas Oil place with 87 octane 100% gas for only 20 cents more per gallon. Considering you get about 10% better fuel economy with it, I consider it about a wash even before considering it's better for your car. Only other place I trust fueling up other than that is Mobil and Shell. I'll randomly trip my check engine light with an oxygen sensor warning if I fill up at other places.
Why would that matter for a web browser? Is Edge connected to the OS on some fundamental level again like IE? Regardless of them sunsetting Win7 too early, it would be shortsighted not to have it working on the OS with your largest install base.
If 1.7 is the norm for accidents at the amount of miles logged, 14 is clearly well more than 3 standard deviations from the norm. My guess is that while the Google car is legally compliant, it operates in such a manner that it causes disruptions or disrupts the standard situational awareness of drivers. IE: They stop too far back at a light and don't jimmy forward like most people do. Given a red light from a moderate distance, they coast a long distance and only apply braking at the end ... or the opposite and gradually brake excessively long—both of which throw off peripheral situational awareness. (AKA those times where the person in front of you is braking and so you check your rear-view for a moment and glance back only to find they stopped a lot farther back from the car in front of them and you have to tap your brakes quickly, etc. It doesn't seem like much, but tenths of a second matter.)
But are they? Where is the cost of all the lakes for recreation and other wildlife drying up? Where is the cost of kicking up giant dust storms and causing health problems, destruction of the land and other (previously) renewable resources being irreparably harmed? Etc. They are clearly NOT paying the true cost if its still somehow economically feasible to grow almonds and corn in the desert in CA.
The solution lies in internalizing the costs of bringing in the water instead of subsidizing it. People are certainly able to move into the area then—with the understanding that they will either have to live in a way that uses less water, or pay through the nose to sustain a lifestyle not suited for that environment.
They're already pulling in water from as far afield as Colorado. Is it really practical to build a water pipeline across 2/3 of the country just so farmers can grow crops that aren't suited for the location?
How much dirt would be required to shield from all/most of the radiation? Yes, manual labor requires more oxygen, but worst-case scenario, they use shovels and pile dirt on an aluminum dome or such for some initial shielding?
What scheme would that be? You can buy the game for as low as $30. Earning your way into something like a Hornet has been planned for a handful of days and something like a Constellation about two weeks. Buying massive capital ships won't necessarily do you any good, because you won't be able to afford the maintenance, fuel, and equipment costs to even fly the thing at release. All you get is the base hull with basic fittings. Ships also fulfill certain roles, so there is far far more lateral mobility in hull purchases than vertical. It's been my perception that the more vocal people are about doomsaying Star Citizen, the less they actually know about the game. And that's not to say it's even going to be a huge success—there are a lot of uncertainties related to seeing all of the various modules/systems to the game come together as one cohesive whole. But they've been making consistent progress, and while their have been some delays, they are explained and fall within the usual scope of development uncertainty.
I finally got my dad to stop paying full price for his dialup account almost 15 years after he got cable internet. He now pays $3/mo through the same provider for just a "business email account" that forwards his old address (which was his sticking point). And the kicker—they had long since given up on updating the old email service, so it still only had 25 MEGABYTES of storage space. The new account has like 10GB and is probably ran through the Gmail backend. He still couldn't tell the difference when I asked him if he was logging into his email via the web login or the standalone email application though, of course.
Don't remind me of the horrors of WORKING at CompUSA and having to restock that giant aisle of floppy disks every week...
Ironically enough, Japan is supposed to have their maglev trains running on the TokyoOsaka route less than 13 years from now. 40 minute trip.
I think the issue is more that the US turns HSR into a political point, so it gets mired in a nightmare of red tape. Whereas in other areas of the world, more or less, it gets built faster and without quite as much largesse.
That may be true, but there is something to be said for not having to be behind the wheel for those 6 hours. Train accommodations tend to be roomier than plane or bus, as well. People on business trips could take care of emails and preparations and arrive well-rested rather than restless and sore. Assuming this line has track priority, you would also get there in half the time or less.
I'm the opposite. I always would rather pay more for a quality product, than deal with buying it twice and usually having less overall satisfaction the entire time. It's actually cheaper in the long run.
Might they need revision? Sure. But part of taxi service is the social wellbeing consideration that they must operate at all hours, and to all areas of a city. If Uber is allowed to skirt any law they want and run conventional taxi services out of business, I hope you like having to pay $100 for a taxi ride home from the bar at 3am, or flat-out can't get a ride at all, because nobody wants to drive to X area.
This is where I then call Bullshit on anyone actually getting Windows 95 or 98 to run for 49 days. My average uptime before bluescreen was around 2 days...
Contrary to some peoples belief: The sun still exists during winter. Panel efficiency falls by half during cloudy weather, but you will still get some power. Just means you pull more from the grid during winter.