Yes, of course cards are more convenient. However, in a large part due to this very convenience, they detach your from counting the money you spend. When I pay something with a card, I often forget the figure instantly, or don't pay attention to it at all. Not so with cash, the mere fact of counting it reminds you that you're actually giving something up in exchange for what you just bought.
We're trying to save fuel, which Europeans apparently aren't concerned about even though their cars are no more efficient and fuel costs twice as much.
You spend more fuel (per unit of distance) driving in city traffic than speeding on highways, unless your speed really exceeds what the car was designed for.
Some luck was involved, but anything that and car that can handle a crash at 108mph ( a bazilion kph for those of you out of the US) is damn amazing. I love engineers. They have made our lives so much better and are so unappreciated.
108 mph is only around 174 km/h. I know Americans like "crusing", on big roads with low speeds, but on our highways people going over that are fairly common, despite the 130km/h limit.
More on topic: isn't it possible the data was wrong?
Why is this modded down? You're totally right, we the people never want to face any consequences, even if the actions are obviously stupid. One problem of our society is that in many cases we don't have to.
You mentioned McDonalds and the healthcare, but I'd say it all starts earlier, in schools. Teachers can't do anything without parents getting all up in arms, so the kids can get away with anything. Student loans and credit cards all exist to create an illusion of no consequences.
Anderson donned Darth Vader's black helmet and fought light-sabre battles in two of the three original Star Wars films, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi
The epic duel between Vader and Obi-Wan was apparently so bad they had to hire an Olympic swordsman just to make things 'OK'.
The many people don't talk about the US stealing oil, they talk about Americans stealing it. Oil from middle-eastern countries doesn't magically end up as a government property, it's always in the hands of private corporations.
You can get close to unlimited water from the tap. I don't buy beverages, except on occasion a bottle of syrup to mix with water. Why anyone would give a dollar for every liter they drink is beyond me, even though I know a large majority of people does just that.
I'm not realy sure, but here are my best three guesses:
1. I am a funny guy (in general) 2. There is a grammatical mistake I didn't catch before clicking Submit 3. It references The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
I wonder if this is also a clever way to avoid patent infringement claims. An overt reference to a world wide icon like that sort of blames the inspriration and any similarities to siri on unpatented prior art right out of the gate.
Looking like Star Trek tablets wasn't much help for Samsung. Then again, maybe Google has non-blind lawyers.
Or there is only a need for 5 or 6 computers on the whole planet.
Let's see: Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple. The sixth could be IBM, if they believed that prediction. Everyone else needs only thin clients such as phones, tablets or netbooks.
Unless Google forks, or buys, one of the Linux desktop distros and calls it Droid, no regular human has a clue not gives a rat's ass about Linux on their desktop or laptop computer.
I think the slashdot community should write a story where everyone adds a little to the plot - now that would be a good read!
"How could they do that?" said Natalie of the Gates, as Claude entered through his brand new iTeleportator 7GS. "How could they betray all the people who worked so hard on GPL software and force them to BSD licensing?" Even since Claude started taking his sensitivity-reducing medication, his actions were questionable. "Next this you know they will start using DRM in voting machines. Is that what you want, Claude?". Yet it was as though he did not hear her. Instead of replying, he just started talking about knowing how fast some German guy was going before it was cool. Natalie was a disappointed by his ignorant behavior, but she was not surprised. After all, Claude was not his real name, just how she called him, and she had been in this world long enough to not take someone without a name badge serious.
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Yes, of course cards are more convenient. However, in a large part due to this very convenience, they detach your from counting the money you spend. When I pay something with a card, I often forget the figure instantly, or don't pay attention to it at all. Not so with cash, the mere fact of counting it reminds you that you're actually giving something up in exchange for what you just bought.
We're trying to save fuel, which Europeans apparently aren't concerned about even though their cars are no more efficient and fuel costs twice as much.
You spend more fuel (per unit of distance) driving in city traffic than speeding on highways, unless your speed really exceeds what the car was designed for.
Some luck was involved, but anything that and car that can handle a crash at 108mph ( a bazilion kph for those of you out of the US) is damn amazing. I love engineers. They have made our lives so much better and are so unappreciated.
108 mph is only around 174 km/h. I know Americans like "crusing", on big roads with low speeds, but on our highways people going over that are fairly common, despite the 130km/h limit.
More on topic: isn't it possible the data was wrong?
Unless whole-disk encrption is used, all data on the disk can be accessed from a LiveCD or a LiveUSB.
Why is this modded down? You're totally right, we the people never want to face any consequences, even if the actions are obviously stupid. One problem of our society is that in many cases we don't have to.
You mentioned McDonalds and the healthcare, but I'd say it all starts earlier, in schools. Teachers can't do anything without parents getting all up in arms, so the kids can get away with anything. Student loans and credit cards all exist to create an illusion of no consequences.
Would that be the transistor that says Ni?
I believe we can all agree on the fact is that if Jack Sparrow were here, he would have a treasure chest filled with Disney DVDs.
Naturally, he was always obsessed with himself.
Anderson donned Darth Vader's black helmet and fought light-sabre battles in two of the three original Star Wars films, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi
The epic duel between Vader and Obi-Wan was apparently so bad they had to hire an Olympic swordsman just to make things 'OK'.
And the US would spend more on fuel in one day that the Iranians spent on building their navy.
The many people don't talk about the US stealing oil, they talk about Americans stealing it. Oil from middle-eastern countries doesn't magically end up as a government property, it's always in the hands of private corporations.
No, not really. In the news, if at least one of the authors has a cousin that once saw the Apple logo, then Apple gets all the credit.
You can get close to unlimited water from the tap. I don't buy beverages, except on occasion a bottle of syrup to mix with water. Why anyone would give a dollar for every liter they drink is beyond me, even though I know a large majority of people does just that.
Was it an African or European space ball?
I'm not realy sure, but here are my best three guesses:
1. I am a funny guy (in general)
2. There is a grammatical mistake I didn't catch before clicking Submit
3. It references The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Which is pretty much the same as with voting machines, except the voting machines will deny the pudding to 99% of the people.
Maybe it's a good thing, it might stop all those botox-filled face-lifted women.
The new standard have been on display for free at the Alpha Centauri planning office for the last fifty years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_computer
So did I. Unfortunately, they threw away the last bit of realistic physics with the two Rikers mentioned above.
I wonder if this is also a clever way to avoid patent infringement claims. An overt reference to a world wide icon like that sort of blames the inspriration and any similarities to siri on unpatented prior art right out of the gate.
Looking like Star Trek tablets wasn't much help for Samsung. Then again, maybe Google has non-blind lawyers.
So is a lady doing calculations with pen and paper. Somehow I don't think whoever made that prediction had those in mind.
Or there is only a need for 5 or 6 computers on the whole planet.
Let's see: Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple. The sixth could be IBM, if they believed that prediction. Everyone else needs only thin clients such as phones, tablets or netbooks.
Unless Google forks, or buys, one of the Linux desktop distros and calls it Droid, no regular human has a clue not gives a rat's ass about Linux on their desktop or laptop computer.
Or Apple does the same with BSD. Oh wait....
Remember when they used to call C a portable programming language?
Why did they stop? C is the most portable language.
I think the slashdot community should write a story where everyone adds a little to the plot - now that would be a good read!
"How could they do that?" said Natalie of the Gates, as Claude entered through his brand new iTeleportator 7GS. "How could they betray all the people who worked so hard on GPL software and force them to BSD licensing?" Even since Claude started taking his sensitivity-reducing medication, his actions were questionable. "Next this you know they will start using DRM in voting machines. Is that what you want, Claude?". Yet it was as though he did not hear her. Instead of replying, he just started talking about knowing how fast some German guy was going before it was cool. Natalie was a disappointed by his ignorant behavior, but she was not surprised. After all, Claude was not his real name, just how she called him, and she had been in this world long enough to not take someone without a name badge serious.