-- the way the other players play has no effect on your odds of winning.
WRONG. If another player is playing poorly, he is affecting how the cards come out of the deck. For instance, if another player "hits" on a 20, and takes the Jack that would have (should have) accompanied your Ace, he has most definitely played in a way that affect your odds of winning.
In fact, most blackjack players are expecting you to play the "basic strategy" and will get miffed if you don't.
Ever pull out onto a highway in a car that goes 0-60 in like 10 seconds? It's fucking terrifying.
I've never had a car that goes 0-60 in less than 10 seconds. I've never been terrified while pulling out into traffic. Ever.
You indicate that you drive like an asshole. If there were less of you on the road, nobody would have to be terrified on the highway.
No, we already fixed it. All on-road diesel is 15ppm sulphur. In reality, it's more like 10ppm, because you have to allow some wiggle-room.
Off-road diesel is still 500ppm.
Oops. don't forget "move to a state that doesn't have a property tax."
If you've got land to grow your own food on, the government in most areas would very much like to tax you for the privilege of owning it.
And make sure to buy all the implements that you might use for farming before you quit your job. And don't barter for any services, the government would like to tax you on that too.
Sell your vehicles, because the state will tax you for the license plates every year. Plus, you couldn't buy fuel for them, that's taxed too. (unless you put untaxed farm fuel in your diesel vehicle.)
Any money that you DO have, should be stored in a mattress, or in a non-interest checking acct, as interest on that money would also be taxable.
It would be much, much more complicated than "quit your job" to avoid paying taxes. They really are, aside from death, the only certainty!
Power plants make it a point to be as efficient as possible, whereas....
No, they don't. not even close. Most coal-burning power plants are using 1960's era control systems, at most. Some have been upgraded to 80's technology.
They don't run closed-loop. On anything. Almost all of them still require an operator to look at outputs, and change something on the input.
There's alot, ALOT of room for improvement in power plant efficiency.
There's no incentive for power generation to be efficient. Reducing cost only leads to more profits, which are gov't controlled to try to prevent price gouging by the power "oligopoly."
Do you know what power companies do when they make too much money? They give a big chunk of it to their employees.
^^^ This is how it happens in the US. I don't know about other countries.
You don't know one of the ones I know. she's seriously, seriously fucked in the head.
Although I'm pretty sure the vegetarianism is a result, and not a cause of said fuckupedness.
All the other ones I know are completely normal humans, though.
Really, a random spot on the road? So at any given time (assuming proper algorithm seeding, of course!) you would have no idea where that dirt road may empty onto the parkway?
Now THAT, my friends, is an accomplishment.
That's probably because these books are usually listed under ACC. It's one of these "Here, I had this Idea, why don't you (insert author here) go write it," books. If you look under "Clarke" in the local library you'll probably find a pile of them. They're usually pretty good!
They've become a part of our LANGUAGE, that is not typical. Just a second, let me set down my coke and my kleenex so that I can type this reply. I hope you don't need an aspirin from thinking about it too much, but it's not all that atypical for a popular product/brand/service to become a part of our language.
TI-994a.
then "Parsec" (with the speech synthesizer)
then "Adventure" (Say: "Yoho")
then "Tunnels of Doom"
"Pitfall" on the Atari
"B17 Bomber" on the Intellivision.
Your idea has merit, but it would be far, far more efficient to kill the rich, as we spew out orders of magnitude more pollution per capita than the poor.
Your idea makes the tacit assumption that it would take the same energy to kill a rich person as a poor person. Rich people are better fed, stronger, and harder to catch.
I only say this because I've never seen a youtube video of teenagers beating up rich people for fun, only poor people.
Gasoline happens to be a quite ideal energy storage mechanism for applications where weight, size, stability and reliability are important.
Not as "ideal" as diesel. Diesel has more energy per volume, and is MUCH more stable. Diesel engines can be much,much more reliable (fewer parts, no electric ignition system) but given the computers required to make diesels "clean," it is probably a wash. Size isn't a factor (current passenger diesels occupy the same engine compartment as their gasoline counterparts) although weigh is higher (usually due to a cast-iron block and the addition of a turbocharger)
Actually, diesel produces particles that are basically the same size as regular dust. This makes them easier to clean out of the exhaust (which is mandatory in the US now) and easier for your body to deal with (because the body already has mechanisms to deal with regular dust)
Don't get me wrong, they're not nutritious and good for you.
However, combustion of gasoline DOES produce ultrafine particles that are HARD to clean out of the exhaust, and HARD for your body to deal with.
Particulate matter from diesels gets a bad rap because it's VISIBLE.
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We really need a +1 "Smackdown" option....
WRONG. If another player is playing poorly, he is affecting how the cards come out of the deck. For instance, if another player "hits" on a 20, and takes the Jack that would have (should have) accompanied your Ace, he has most definitely played in a way that affect your odds of winning.
In fact, most blackjack players are expecting you to play the "basic strategy" and will get miffed if you don't.
I didn't advocate unsafely merging on the highway. I merely suggested that it's not necessary to drive like an asshole to do so.
Ever pull out onto a highway in a car that goes 0-60 in like 10 seconds? It's fucking terrifying.
I've never had a car that goes 0-60 in less than 10 seconds. I've never been terrified while pulling out into traffic. Ever. You indicate that you drive like an asshole. If there were less of you on the road, nobody would have to be terrified on the highway.
No, we already fixed it. All on-road diesel is 15ppm sulphur. In reality, it's more like 10ppm, because you have to allow some wiggle-room. Off-road diesel is still 500ppm.
It would have been interesting if there were a scientist named Feinman, wouldn't it? Maybe you meant Feynman? :) sry. couldn't resist.
Oops. don't forget "move to a state that doesn't have a property tax." If you've got land to grow your own food on, the government in most areas would very much like to tax you for the privilege of owning it. And make sure to buy all the implements that you might use for farming before you quit your job. And don't barter for any services, the government would like to tax you on that too. Sell your vehicles, because the state will tax you for the license plates every year. Plus, you couldn't buy fuel for them, that's taxed too. (unless you put untaxed farm fuel in your diesel vehicle.) Any money that you DO have, should be stored in a mattress, or in a non-interest checking acct, as interest on that money would also be taxable. It would be much, much more complicated than "quit your job" to avoid paying taxes. They really are, aside from death, the only certainty!
Power plants make it a point to be as efficient as possible, whereas ....
No, they don't. not even close. Most coal-burning power plants are using 1960's era control systems, at most. Some have been upgraded to 80's technology. They don't run closed-loop. On anything. Almost all of them still require an operator to look at outputs, and change something on the input. There's alot, ALOT of room for improvement in power plant efficiency. There's no incentive for power generation to be efficient. Reducing cost only leads to more profits, which are gov't controlled to try to prevent price gouging by the power "oligopoly." Do you know what power companies do when they make too much money? They give a big chunk of it to their employees. ^^^ This is how it happens in the US. I don't know about other countries.
No, but if you have a million monkeys planting a million trees for a million years, one of them will eventually plant them on the Gettysburg address.
... not 45. Big difference.
Oh, I know. he just said *ALL* I was replying with !ALL.
You don't know one of the ones I know. she's seriously, seriously fucked in the head. Although I'm pretty sure the vegetarianism is a result, and not a cause of said fuckupedness. All the other ones I know are completely normal humans, though.
I was hoping one there would be one of those dilapidated "Hawaiian Shave Ice" stands waiting for me when I got to Mars.
gah! my kingdom for a +1 Funny!
Really, a random spot on the road? So at any given time (assuming proper algorithm seeding, of course!) you would have no idea where that dirt road may empty onto the parkway? Now THAT, my friends, is an accomplishment.
.... satellites spy YOU!!! oh, wait..... nevermind.
That's probably because these books are usually listed under ACC. It's one of these "Here, I had this Idea, why don't you (insert author here) go write it," books. If you look under "Clarke" in the local library you'll probably find a pile of them. They're usually pretty good!
If you haven't read "The Light of Other Days" by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter, I suggest you do. It might become your new catechism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_of_Other_Days
that engineers just like to blow shit up? Seriously?
TI-994a. then "Parsec" (with the speech synthesizer) then "Adventure" (Say: "Yoho") then "Tunnels of Doom" "Pitfall" on the Atari "B17 Bomber" on the Intellivision.
Your idea makes the tacit assumption that it would take the same energy to kill a rich person as a poor person. Rich people are better fed, stronger, and harder to catch.
I only say this because I've never seen a youtube video of teenagers beating up rich people for fun, only poor people.
Gasoline happens to be a quite ideal energy storage mechanism for applications where weight, size, stability and reliability are important. Not as "ideal" as diesel. Diesel has more energy per volume, and is MUCH more stable. Diesel engines can be much,much more reliable (fewer parts, no electric ignition system) but given the computers required to make diesels "clean," it is probably a wash. Size isn't a factor (current passenger diesels occupy the same engine compartment as their gasoline counterparts) although weigh is higher (usually due to a cast-iron block and the addition of a turbocharger)
Actually, diesel produces particles that are basically the same size as regular dust. This makes them easier to clean out of the exhaust (which is mandatory in the US now) and easier for your body to deal with (because the body already has mechanisms to deal with regular dust) Don't get me wrong, they're not nutritious and good for you. However, combustion of gasoline DOES produce ultrafine particles that are HARD to clean out of the exhaust, and HARD for your body to deal with. Particulate matter from diesels gets a bad rap because it's VISIBLE.