I've been using propane grills for a number of years, now. Although simple to use and quicker at reaching their desired heat, I find they're quite a pain to clean and maintain. Yearly, I have to replace the burners, lava rocks, and scrape all the crud off the sides. I think the glass plate may or may not help in this department, however, it all depends on if you let the grease sit on it for too long.
I recently switched back to charcoal for the time being and I have to mention, the taste you get from charcoal is unbeatable by any propane grill. With that in mind, what kind of taste are you going to get from a virtually flame-less grill? To me, it's no different than sticking a steak in the oven (assuming an oven could reach 700-900*).
First off, 15c/text is a lot, my plan is 10c/text whether I send or receive, not including ads I get every once in awhile. Yes, it's a complete rip off going by the amount of information you're sending, but here's why it's so high: people who text typically don't use minutes and end up getting the lowest plans. Lots of text = no talk. For the *average* user, 10c per text makes up for the customer not getting the next higher plan.
Here's something to bear in mind. My company and just about every other company I know off allows certain text plans. I pay 10c/text, if I write/read 100 text messages, that's $10. For $9.99 I can add unlimited texting to my plan. I only make about 5 or 6 text messages a month, so 50c is fine with me. If I were someone who wrote 100 or more texts per month, the $9.99 option would be worth it. If I were the parents, I would negotiate with the cell company and see if they'll drop the charges and just charge the 'unlimited' rate for that particular month, then change the contract to include the text plan from that point forward, most companies will do that to keep their customers.
As far as "teens" texting all the time, I think parents should buy voice-only phones for any kid under their own plan, if the kid wants a better phone, they pay the bill. At 6000-something messages in a month, I'd be a lot more concerned with my kid's priorities than just the bill. It takes me about 2-5 minutes to send a message to someone, even with t9. I'm sure people who text often enough get used to the keypad, but it's still time consuming to have a conversation on a numeric keypad.
My browser by default blocks all scrips unless I tell it to unblock one in particular. By default, this 'feature' would be disabled and I could right-click all I wanted to. Additionally, disabling the right click feature is as old as the internet and I've been able to work around it since I was 12 years old.
The ability to suppress a script is common knowledge and easy to do. I can view a page however I see fit, not only that, if I truly wanted a piece of content off that page, I wouldn't even need my right mouse button to save that content right to my computer. Once the page is loaded and content cached, it is part of my computer and I may do with it as I please, despite whatever copyright has been placed on it.
Here's my take. Music, on a large scale, is already dead. Listen to what the MAJORITY of people who actually BUY CDs are buying and listening to. Fly-by-night rapers, one-hit-wonder pop stars, etc. The true fan's music store has closed shop because of: Walmart, Online sales, Online piracy, but most of all, alienation between the record label and the consumer.
The kind of music Wal-Mart stocks is the kind of music people will buy, the kind of music people will buy is pure crap, and I'm not old my any means at 22, so don't claim I just don't understand music now days. The question is not "WILL music survive Walmart," it's "Will it survive the physical disc, or better yet, will it ever make it to the true fan's ears?" The majority of music I like isn't typically stocked at Walmart or iTunes, and forget about finding a real music store. Here's how you obtain it: Get it from the band's page, get it from internet radio, get it at amazon.com or the like, or just d/l it for free. Three of those methods are either illegal or becoming illegal through the ling hard fight by the RIAA. They're trying so desperately to make sure the bands doesn't communicate directly with the public in any way.
Seriously, I don't really care what Walmart does anymore, get the music you like, get it cheaply and if you really care about the band itself, try supporting them directly without the aid of the recording labels or large chains.
Also, I don't typically believe that CDs only contain 1-3 good songs with filler songs in between...Maybe the music you're buying. It's all about the artist. Many of my CDs are good from start to end, that is, if it's a good band. Sometimes I get albums that are are half good, and the ones where the band's terrible but I happen to like 1 song, I just get that 1 song, it's that easy.
Um, we figured this out decades ago. Race engines types of higher octane solutions to raise boost and compression. Methanol, Ethanol, Alcohol, Race fuel.
It's simple chemistry. Pure gasoline packs more energy but is unstable, additives like Ethanol raise octane ratings making the fuel more stable but packing less punch (energy per volume of fuel). E85 is equivalent to 108-116 octane, good stuff, but not for a Buick. Throw it into a regular car and you need to suck down more fuel to get the same output, however, throw it into a high compression or high boost engine, and you can more effectively make power.
High compression engines are definitely more efficient, ask me how I know. I run 12:1 on 93 octane and get 37MPG on the highway, my car also runs 13s at the track. Before I went high compression, I made about 30MPG on 87 Octane. Calculate this out and I save money even though I'm paying 20c more per gallon.
This is racing technology and it's not even remotely new. The only thing that's new is E85 is available at more places and cars are being set up to run E85. If you put E85 in a regular car, you're an idiot. If you buy a car that's supposed to run E85, make sure that it's set up to make the most out of the fuel and never go back to standard gasoline.
I'm glad he got off. I agree it's odd that was the reason for letting him off, but I believe the punishment he would suffer is larger than the crime committed. This is especially true since he probably didn't even know he was doing anything illegal. Bill Gates can shove it.
I don't really care about the natural selection thing. People are still going to get hit by cars. I also think helmet laws and seatbelt laws are worth it b/c they really don't affect your everyday lives, people live by example, your kids learn from you, not to mention the emotional pain of a lost life is a lot greater than the pain of recovering from an accident.
This law, however moves that no electronic device may be used while crossing an intersection. Aka, please turn off all cell phones and portable electronic devices, BTW, the seat cushion can be used as a flotation device. Are you really going to end a conversation on your cell phone or remove your headphones just to cross the street at a green crosswalk for the ten blocks you walk to work? How about keeping your eyes on the danger?
The point is laws like this are basically another tax for the average person going about their boring lives. Furthermore, it's easy to pass this law because it's easy for legislators to make it sound like a good idea. Essentially, it's getting more expensive to be stupid, or just plain ignorant. So let's say 0.000001% of Americans die from a certain avoidable death. You can split the statistics up into: were they doing 'a' at the time of death or were they doing 'b' at the time of death? Well, let's just make 'b' illegal. Will it save lives? Yea, maybe 2 or 3. Will it affect
Americans? You betchaa. Because those 0.000001% who happened to be listening to music while getting hit by a bus, 100% of Americans now have to hang up their cell phones, remove their earbuds, and pause their PSPs at every intersection or else Officer Mommy will issue them a ticket. I can forsee several million dollars in fines racking up really fast.
As I recall, the story started because I think 3 people were killed by traffic while listening to their Ipods within N.Y. What I want to know is how many people get struck by a car in that city in that same period of time (not listening to Ipods). I would assume there's no real change since Ipods came along. Yea, music is distracting, but there have always been distractions before Ipods and cellphones roamed the streets.
Don't worry Darwin people. They're saving the airheads, but the true retards will continue weed themselves out. Ipods don't ruin lives, Stupid people do.
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I've been using propane grills for a number of years, now. Although simple to use and quicker at reaching their desired heat, I find they're quite a pain to clean and maintain. Yearly, I have to replace the burners, lava rocks, and scrape all the crud off the sides. I think the glass plate may or may not help in this department, however, it all depends on if you let the grease sit on it for too long. I recently switched back to charcoal for the time being and I have to mention, the taste you get from charcoal is unbeatable by any propane grill. With that in mind, what kind of taste are you going to get from a virtually flame-less grill? To me, it's no different than sticking a steak in the oven (assuming an oven could reach 700-900*).
I'm not sure if I'm much safer, but I switched to IRC a long time ago. Is that any safer as far as filesharing goes?
First off, 15c/text is a lot, my plan is 10c/text whether I send or receive, not including ads I get every once in awhile. Yes, it's a complete rip off going by the amount of information you're sending, but here's why it's so high: people who text typically don't use minutes and end up getting the lowest plans. Lots of text = no talk. For the *average* user, 10c per text makes up for the customer not getting the next higher plan.
Here's something to bear in mind. My company and just about every other company I know off allows certain text plans. I pay 10c/text, if I write/read 100 text messages, that's $10. For $9.99 I can add unlimited texting to my plan. I only make about 5 or 6 text messages a month, so 50c is fine with me. If I were someone who wrote 100 or more texts per month, the $9.99 option would be worth it. If I were the parents, I would negotiate with the cell company and see if they'll drop the charges and just charge the 'unlimited' rate for that particular month, then change the contract to include the text plan from that point forward, most companies will do that to keep their customers.
As far as "teens" texting all the time, I think parents should buy voice-only phones for any kid under their own plan, if the kid wants a better phone, they pay the bill. At 6000-something messages in a month, I'd be a lot more concerned with my kid's priorities than just the bill. It takes me about 2-5 minutes to send a message to someone, even with t9. I'm sure people who text often enough get used to the keypad, but it's still time consuming to have a conversation on a numeric keypad.
My browser by default blocks all scrips unless I tell it to unblock one in particular. By default, this 'feature' would be disabled and I could right-click all I wanted to. Additionally, disabling the right click feature is as old as the internet and I've been able to work around it since I was 12 years old.
The ability to suppress a script is common knowledge and easy to do. I can view a page however I see fit, not only that, if I truly wanted a piece of content off that page, I wouldn't even need my right mouse button to save that content right to my computer. Once the page is loaded and content cached, it is part of my computer and I may do with it as I please, despite whatever copyright has been placed on it.
Here's my take. Music, on a large scale, is already dead. Listen to what the MAJORITY of people who actually BUY CDs are buying and listening to. Fly-by-night rapers, one-hit-wonder pop stars, etc. The true fan's music store has closed shop because of: Walmart, Online sales, Online piracy, but most of all, alienation between the record label and the consumer.
The kind of music Wal-Mart stocks is the kind of music people will buy, the kind of music people will buy is pure crap, and I'm not old my any means at 22, so don't claim I just don't understand music now days. The question is not "WILL music survive Walmart," it's "Will it survive the physical disc, or better yet, will it ever make it to the true fan's ears?" The majority of music I like isn't typically stocked at Walmart or iTunes, and forget about finding a real music store. Here's how you obtain it: Get it from the band's page, get it from internet radio, get it at amazon.com or the like, or just d/l it for free. Three of those methods are either illegal or becoming illegal through the ling hard fight by the RIAA. They're trying so desperately to make sure the bands doesn't communicate directly with the public in any way.
Seriously, I don't really care what Walmart does anymore, get the music you like, get it cheaply and if you really care about the band itself, try supporting them directly without the aid of the recording labels or large chains.
Also, I don't typically believe that CDs only contain 1-3 good songs with filler songs in between...Maybe the music you're buying. It's all about the artist. Many of my CDs are good from start to end, that is, if it's a good band. Sometimes I get albums that are are half good, and the ones where the band's terrible but I happen to like 1 song, I just get that 1 song, it's that easy.
Um, we figured this out decades ago. Race engines types of higher octane solutions to raise boost and compression. Methanol, Ethanol, Alcohol, Race fuel. It's simple chemistry. Pure gasoline packs more energy but is unstable, additives like Ethanol raise octane ratings making the fuel more stable but packing less punch (energy per volume of fuel). E85 is equivalent to 108-116 octane, good stuff, but not for a Buick. Throw it into a regular car and you need to suck down more fuel to get the same output, however, throw it into a high compression or high boost engine, and you can more effectively make power. High compression engines are definitely more efficient, ask me how I know. I run 12:1 on 93 octane and get 37MPG on the highway, my car also runs 13s at the track. Before I went high compression, I made about 30MPG on 87 Octane. Calculate this out and I save money even though I'm paying 20c more per gallon. This is racing technology and it's not even remotely new. The only thing that's new is E85 is available at more places and cars are being set up to run E85. If you put E85 in a regular car, you're an idiot. If you buy a car that's supposed to run E85, make sure that it's set up to make the most out of the fuel and never go back to standard gasoline.
Farther back than that. I remember reading this story back in middle school (97 or 98). This story bores me.
I'm glad he got off. I agree it's odd that was the reason for letting him off, but I believe the punishment he would suffer is larger than the crime committed. This is especially true since he probably didn't even know he was doing anything illegal. Bill Gates can shove it.
I don't really care about the natural selection thing. People are still going to get hit by cars. I also think helmet laws and seatbelt laws are worth it b/c they really don't affect your everyday lives, people live by example, your kids learn from you, not to mention the emotional pain of a lost life is a lot greater than the pain of recovering from an accident. This law, however moves that no electronic device may be used while crossing an intersection. Aka, please turn off all cell phones and portable electronic devices, BTW, the seat cushion can be used as a flotation device. Are you really going to end a conversation on your cell phone or remove your headphones just to cross the street at a green crosswalk for the ten blocks you walk to work? How about keeping your eyes on the danger? The point is laws like this are basically another tax for the average person going about their boring lives. Furthermore, it's easy to pass this law because it's easy for legislators to make it sound like a good idea. Essentially, it's getting more expensive to be stupid, or just plain ignorant. So let's say 0.000001% of Americans die from a certain avoidable death. You can split the statistics up into: were they doing 'a' at the time of death or were they doing 'b' at the time of death? Well, let's just make 'b' illegal. Will it save lives? Yea, maybe 2 or 3. Will it affect Americans? You betchaa. Because those 0.000001% who happened to be listening to music while getting hit by a bus, 100% of Americans now have to hang up their cell phones, remove their earbuds, and pause their PSPs at every intersection or else Officer Mommy will issue them a ticket. I can forsee several million dollars in fines racking up really fast. As I recall, the story started because I think 3 people were killed by traffic while listening to their Ipods within N.Y. What I want to know is how many people get struck by a car in that city in that same period of time (not listening to Ipods). I would assume there's no real change since Ipods came along. Yea, music is distracting, but there have always been distractions before Ipods and cellphones roamed the streets. Don't worry Darwin people. They're saving the airheads, but the true retards will continue weed themselves out. Ipods don't ruin lives, Stupid people do.