Hypersonic technology isn't just blow-stuff-up research- this is closer to just plain science. It is extremely difficult to maintain stable flight over mach 5 or so, not to mention the feats in engine and materials technology required to reach such speeds. This is interesting science and engineering, so I think it is a good thing there is military interest to fund this- it is too expensive to very easily get funding otherwise.
Well, it's more of a flying engine than a plane really. Then again the idea of a plane kind of goes out the window when the thing goes so fast it hardly needs wings at all.
To be fair, if a dish is taste, texture, smell, sight... what word other than "experience" sums that up nicely? I understand using "experience" the same way tourism commercials do would be snobbish and silly, but used properly I'm afraid there's no good substitute when talking about food.
Don't go hating on Applebee's, they're an amazing resource. If anyone says you're a bad cook, take them out to Applebee's and they'll never think poorly of your cooking again.
As someone who has no taste for seafood, I can attest tuna from a can tastes amazing when out backpacking. I spent a week at the Boundary Waters in northern Minnasota- it's beautiful out there, I learned you really can see the Milky Way at night (as a lifelong Chicagoan I was oblivious to what you can see without a telescope), and I suggest bringing pancake mix in case you find wild blueberries.
If you've never been backpacking and you have interest, I suggest you do so- despite all the work of paddling hiking and pitching tents, it is actually really relaxing. Best vacation I've ever been on.
There's food the basic resource, and food the product of the art of cooking. If you are going out to a restaurant, you are paying for the latter kind of food. In developed countries, your definition rarely applies, as shown by many people choosing food for taste and ignoring the health part.
Take the diner who recently ordered a signature dish, Hot Potato-Cold Potato, in which a marble-sized sphere of piping hot Yukon Gold is dropped into a bowl of 40-degree potato soup at the pull of a pin. Eating it at the proper temperature is key to the experience.
Desserts with something fresh out of the oven and ice cream on top are similar- wait even 5 minutes and the melting ice cream hurts the taste and texture noticeably. Now, if they were talking about typical dishes without built-in temperature differences, I might agree with you.
Er, as an Illinois citizen I recognize I have zero influence over Texas politics. Unless you suggest we go invade Texas and disband it as a state, the publishers are the only part of this "education" plan non-Texans can do anything about.
If other states could be pressured into boycotting any publishers giving in to Texas curriculum demands, we could have a very interesting situation here. Texas can legislate what they want in their textbooks, but that doesn't mean anything if no publisher big enough to supply the books is willing to do so. I'm sure there are states which would be happy to boycott- I'm just not too hopeful it would be enough to make Texas untouchable for publishers.
Valve often listens to the TF2 community- many of the recent updates included hats and usable items contributed by the community, and game balancing generally seems to follow common requests/complaints. Of course, there are many threads in the forums screaming for one side or another of some debate, but there are enough people posting who put more thought into balance and come up with genuinely good ideas. Valve still playtests any changes, likely rejecting far more proposed changes than implementing them, but much of what they do comes from the community.
There are players who understand game balance well enough they can generally filter out the bad ideas, and should a game developer reject their ideas based on game balance reasons, these players can understand the argument. I don't know EVE or this CSM, but unless the TF2 community is unique (doubt it), EVE should have players who will use their influence for the betterment of the game without needing much hand-holding by the game devs.
Making the fines big enough to wipe out profits might not deter companies if the execs making the decision have plenty of time to hit the road before the antitrust case comes through. I don't know antitrust law well enough, so maybe there are penalties on the EU books that can be thrown at individuals- given they were complicit in a crime, I should hope so.
I see your point- I concede it isn't as clear-cut as I made it sound, although I think it is still a matter of intent. If I like metal and my neighbor likes country (i.e. we hate each others' taste in music), I'm being a jerk if I blast my music just to annoy him. He's being a jerk if I'm playing my music so he can only incidentally hear it, yet he still complains. The "draw Muhammad day" sounds closer to me blasting my music, as the intent of the event seems to be to purposely rile up these religious folks. I would completely agree with you if the intent was entirely for a laugh among themselves, with the angry Muslims as just an incidental consequence (which may have been the case).
Asking us to outwardly respect their religion is just asking for respect as people really (their motives may be off but I think rules of politeness give them the benefit of the doubt); asking us to respect their religion amongst ourselves is an attempt to encroach on our rights. Of course, the ones making death threats might not represent the majority of the offended Muslims (I really don't know either way).
I appreciate your patience to still argue, sorry to drag this out. : /
Once you think you disagree with someone, you stop listening to what they say and only hear/read the bits that further convince you. I've done it myself, and I've learned to re-read posts I disagree with- until I understand why they are saying whatever it is they are saying, I'm misunderstanding something, and I know my reply will come across as misinformed. (sorry for the lecture)
I did not say leaving your car unlocked means its being stolen is entirely your fault and everyone should steal unlocked cars- nowhere near that. I said leaving your car unlocked puts part of the blame on you (I said "also" before, I'll be more explicit here). I sure hope the scumbag who steals the car gets caught and prosecuted, but I'm only so concerned about the foolish car owner. As for a woman being beaten or worse for not conforming to religious dress code, it is ridiculous, I wish people committing such crimes against women were subject to fair laws and I hope such horrible rules and laws were abolished. I still would consider the woman to be partly at fault if she knew what would happen, though. Purposely putting herself in danger like that isn't going to help anything- working to spread awareness or get people talking about the situation is a better way to deal with the problem. I'm sure you've heard of win/win, win/lose, lose/win, lose/lose philosophies- win/win is the only correct approach.
I realize, in a perfect world, it should only be the one committing the offense that is to blame. Given an imperfect world, I prefer to be practical. It may seem harsh, but intentionally being foolish makes you part of the problem.
As for the specific cartoon problem, just because someone's religion promotes their acting like a 5 year old doesn't mean I am defending said religion when I tell others to stop trying to act like 5 year olds in response.
The article says the difference is about 500 times the volume of the great lakes, which have a volume of 5,439 mi^3. That would be about 2.5 million cubic miles, or a bit less than a 1% change between the old and new estimates.
If you leave a nice car on the street with the engine running, it is wrong for someone to steal it, but you are also at fault when it gets stolen*. Same logic goes here. I don't expect the parent is suggesting it is okay for people to kill you over a cartoon due to religion or not, but if you don't like a religion you should try more productive methods to express it.
*If you don't agree with that one, how about airport security sitting back and watching a man carry an obvious bomb onto a plane- I would say they get some blame for the deaths. Yes, it's their job, but morals are independent of whether you are getting paid (ability to stop it is still a factor of course).
A little harshly worded, but I agree with the parent (mod him up). The "Don't poke a bear with a stick" post is just saying it doesn't make sense to go out of your way to harm people- he is not saying you should avoid offending people at your own expense. You have more choices than just submitting to everyone's will or having zero concern for anyone.
Because middle of somewhere would have people ready to pull the NIMBY card on any big factory proposal (assuming a factory, although any large facility will bother some of the population). Middle of nowhere will be a lot easier to persuade with the promise of jobs and "the pollution won't be that bad, trust me".
(This isn't intended to be anti-corporate, I am just coming up with what I think a plausible explanation).
A company won't likely hire or retain someone who seems to be a spy. Given new hires will get more attention, if they are all spies there is a fair risk of at least one raising suspicion- depending on how connected all the spies are, this can really cause problems for all of them. If China lets the new hires adjust to being a new employee, then pull them into being a spy, they can just focus on the ones who end up in positions or career paths that are useful for spying, and the spies are comfortable enough with their job they shouldn't be drawing unnecessary attention anyways. Also, college graduates have a lot of choices to work with- if they are allowed to settle down a bit, they won't see nearly as many alternatives to giving in to being a spy, should they not be nationalistic enough to like spying.
Companies aren't likely to hire senior engineers/programmers/etc. with their only work experience being in China- the best way to get someone into the desired position is to get hired from graduation and work up to the position. May as well let the future spy fit in as a typical bright college student, then deal with the spy recruiting phase between them getting hired and waiting until they've been working long enough to have proper access to the desired information or system.
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How about send his remains to an Earth/sun Lagrangian point, so if you look at it the right way, it's like the sun is orbiting around him.
Hypersonic technology isn't just blow-stuff-up research- this is closer to just plain science. It is extremely difficult to maintain stable flight over mach 5 or so, not to mention the feats in engine and materials technology required to reach such speeds. This is interesting science and engineering, so I think it is a good thing there is military interest to fund this- it is too expensive to very easily get funding otherwise.
Well, it's more of a flying engine than a plane really. Then again the idea of a plane kind of goes out the window when the thing goes so fast it hardly needs wings at all.
To be fair, if a dish is taste, texture, smell, sight... what word other than "experience" sums that up nicely? I understand using "experience" the same way tourism commercials do would be snobbish and silly, but used properly I'm afraid there's no good substitute when talking about food.
Don't go hating on Applebee's, they're an amazing resource. If anyone says you're a bad cook, take them out to Applebee's and they'll never think poorly of your cooking again.
As someone who has no taste for seafood, I can attest tuna from a can tastes amazing when out backpacking. I spent a week at the Boundary Waters in northern Minnasota- it's beautiful out there, I learned you really can see the Milky Way at night (as a lifelong Chicagoan I was oblivious to what you can see without a telescope), and I suggest bringing pancake mix in case you find wild blueberries.
If you've never been backpacking and you have interest, I suggest you do so- despite all the work of paddling hiking and pitching tents, it is actually really relaxing. Best vacation I've ever been on.
There's food the basic resource, and food the product of the art of cooking. If you are going out to a restaurant, you are paying for the latter kind of food. In developed countries, your definition rarely applies, as shown by many people choosing food for taste and ignoring the health part.
Take the diner who recently ordered a signature dish, Hot Potato-Cold Potato, in which a marble-sized sphere of piping hot Yukon Gold is dropped into a bowl of 40-degree potato soup at the pull of a pin. Eating it at the proper temperature is key to the experience.
Desserts with something fresh out of the oven and ice cream on top are similar- wait even 5 minutes and the melting ice cream hurts the taste and texture noticeably. Now, if they were talking about typical dishes without built-in temperature differences, I might agree with you.
Er, as an Illinois citizen I recognize I have zero influence over Texas politics. Unless you suggest we go invade Texas and disband it as a state, the publishers are the only part of this "education" plan non-Texans can do anything about.
If other states could be pressured into boycotting any publishers giving in to Texas curriculum demands, we could have a very interesting situation here. Texas can legislate what they want in their textbooks, but that doesn't mean anything if no publisher big enough to supply the books is willing to do so. I'm sure there are states which would be happy to boycott- I'm just not too hopeful it would be enough to make Texas untouchable for publishers.
Most of the pricetag goes towards the mini Starbucks they fit inside there.
Just start selling Hummers to all the fish- they'll use up all that oil in no time.
I doubt this is going to work. There's no way a lawyer could write a subpoena in under 140 characters.
Agreed. Wearing a Swede on your head is much more fashionable.
a motor vehicle's primary function isnt running people over
Only if you haven't seen the rush hour drivers around here.
Valve often listens to the TF2 community- many of the recent updates included hats and usable items contributed by the community, and game balancing generally seems to follow common requests/complaints. Of course, there are many threads in the forums screaming for one side or another of some debate, but there are enough people posting who put more thought into balance and come up with genuinely good ideas. Valve still playtests any changes, likely rejecting far more proposed changes than implementing them, but much of what they do comes from the community.
There are players who understand game balance well enough they can generally filter out the bad ideas, and should a game developer reject their ideas based on game balance reasons, these players can understand the argument. I don't know EVE or this CSM, but unless the TF2 community is unique (doubt it), EVE should have players who will use their influence for the betterment of the game without needing much hand-holding by the game devs.
Making the fines big enough to wipe out profits might not deter companies if the execs making the decision have plenty of time to hit the road before the antitrust case comes through. I don't know antitrust law well enough, so maybe there are penalties on the EU books that can be thrown at individuals- given they were complicit in a crime, I should hope so.
I see your point- I concede it isn't as clear-cut as I made it sound, although I think it is still a matter of intent. If I like metal and my neighbor likes country (i.e. we hate each others' taste in music), I'm being a jerk if I blast my music just to annoy him. He's being a jerk if I'm playing my music so he can only incidentally hear it, yet he still complains. The "draw Muhammad day" sounds closer to me blasting my music, as the intent of the event seems to be to purposely rile up these religious folks. I would completely agree with you if the intent was entirely for a laugh among themselves, with the angry Muslims as just an incidental consequence (which may have been the case).
Asking us to outwardly respect their religion is just asking for respect as people really (their motives may be off but I think rules of politeness give them the benefit of the doubt); asking us to respect their religion amongst ourselves is an attempt to encroach on our rights. Of course, the ones making death threats might not represent the majority of the offended Muslims (I really don't know either way).
I appreciate your patience to still argue, sorry to drag this out. : /
Once you think you disagree with someone, you stop listening to what they say and only hear/read the bits that further convince you. I've done it myself, and I've learned to re-read posts I disagree with- until I understand why they are saying whatever it is they are saying, I'm misunderstanding something, and I know my reply will come across as misinformed. (sorry for the lecture)
I did not say leaving your car unlocked means its being stolen is entirely your fault and everyone should steal unlocked cars- nowhere near that. I said leaving your car unlocked puts part of the blame on you (I said "also" before, I'll be more explicit here). I sure hope the scumbag who steals the car gets caught and prosecuted, but I'm only so concerned about the foolish car owner. As for a woman being beaten or worse for not conforming to religious dress code, it is ridiculous, I wish people committing such crimes against women were subject to fair laws and I hope such horrible rules and laws were abolished. I still would consider the woman to be partly at fault if she knew what would happen, though. Purposely putting herself in danger like that isn't going to help anything- working to spread awareness or get people talking about the situation is a better way to deal with the problem. I'm sure you've heard of win/win, win/lose, lose/win, lose/lose philosophies- win/win is the only correct approach.
I realize, in a perfect world, it should only be the one committing the offense that is to blame. Given an imperfect world, I prefer to be practical. It may seem harsh, but intentionally being foolish makes you part of the problem.
As for the specific cartoon problem, just because someone's religion promotes their acting like a 5 year old doesn't mean I am defending said religion when I tell others to stop trying to act like 5 year olds in response.
The article says the difference is about 500 times the volume of the great lakes, which have a volume of 5,439 mi^3. That would be about 2.5 million cubic miles, or a bit less than a 1% change between the old and new estimates.
If you leave a nice car on the street with the engine running, it is wrong for someone to steal it, but you are also at fault when it gets stolen*. Same logic goes here. I don't expect the parent is suggesting it is okay for people to kill you over a cartoon due to religion or not, but if you don't like a religion you should try more productive methods to express it.
*If you don't agree with that one, how about airport security sitting back and watching a man carry an obvious bomb onto a plane- I would say they get some blame for the deaths. Yes, it's their job, but morals are independent of whether you are getting paid (ability to stop it is still a factor of course).
A little harshly worded, but I agree with the parent (mod him up). The "Don't poke a bear with a stick" post is just saying it doesn't make sense to go out of your way to harm people- he is not saying you should avoid offending people at your own expense. You have more choices than just submitting to everyone's will or having zero concern for anyone.
A tiny cosmic spatula.
Because middle of somewhere would have people ready to pull the NIMBY card on any big factory proposal (assuming a factory, although any large facility will bother some of the population). Middle of nowhere will be a lot easier to persuade with the promise of jobs and "the pollution won't be that bad, trust me".
(This isn't intended to be anti-corporate, I am just coming up with what I think a plausible explanation).
A company won't likely hire or retain someone who seems to be a spy. Given new hires will get more attention, if they are all spies there is a fair risk of at least one raising suspicion- depending on how connected all the spies are, this can really cause problems for all of them. If China lets the new hires adjust to being a new employee, then pull them into being a spy, they can just focus on the ones who end up in positions or career paths that are useful for spying, and the spies are comfortable enough with their job they shouldn't be drawing unnecessary attention anyways. Also, college graduates have a lot of choices to work with- if they are allowed to settle down a bit, they won't see nearly as many alternatives to giving in to being a spy, should they not be nationalistic enough to like spying.
Companies aren't likely to hire senior engineers/programmers/etc. with their only work experience being in China- the best way to get someone into the desired position is to get hired from graduation and work up to the position. May as well let the future spy fit in as a typical bright college student, then deal with the spy recruiting phase between them getting hired and waiting until they've been working long enough to have proper access to the desired information or system.