The massive dependence on cars did contribute to the huge obesity problem the USA now faces. I visited Irving, TX, a few years ago (my first visit to the US), and was astounded by the complete lack of opportunities to walk, and the utter, complete dependence on cars. There were a couple of eateries/restaurants on the other side of the highway, from our hotel, but there was no way to legally cross the freeway (though the restaurants were just across, clearly tempting the hotel patrons to come over and eat). The only legal way was to take a car, drive around and park it on the other side. Walking anywhere was strictly forbidden. Everyone drives cars, and nobody goes anywhere by foot.
The US wasn't this dependent on cars since the 1900's. It was a gradual process, which brought with it a culture of non-walking, non-cycling, going-everywhere-with-a-car. I would be surprised if you told me this hasn't at least contributed to a culture of obesity.
As for New York: it doesn't exist in a bubble. It's surrounded by a country with which has a dynamic exchange of people and mentality. The fact that its obesity rate is below the national average by 3%, is an indicator that it's on a better path than the rest.
Troll? Hahaha, I guess a burned Segway investor? Or just some dude highly dedicated to grooming his deposits of lard. It's OK man, just keep those calories coming - I bet your life is lots of fun!
Well yes: while obesity is raising in most of the world (especially in China), and is a well-established scourge in the USA, it's a non-issue over here. I have to think real hard if I want to remember seeing anyone obese this whole day. I guess the lab manager at this other department (will be omitted to protect the innocent) is a bit overweight, but still would definitely pass for medium-to-plumper in the USA:D
Sorry, but the Segway would have been a dumb idea at any price: slower than a bicycle, but much more dangerous on the sidewalk, because it's so much wider. Cannot be used on the road because it's so freaking slow. MUCH slower than a moped, and still wider. When you use it you do no physical activity, but you still have to stand, hence loading your knees. Cycling in nordinc countries: it's true that most people cycle only during the 7 months from April till October, but many opt to continue commuting also in the winter, using studded tires and appropriate clothing. A lot of people switch to cross-country skiing, though they cannot commute (usually) all the way to their workplaces like they do with bicycles. And yes, there is a ton of bicycle paths in the Nordic countries - nice, segregated ones, at that. And yes, Amsterdam is amazing in that you can really reach any place without getting your ass off the bicycle. Copenhagen, believe it or not, is even better in this regard.
Wait, I gotta correct myself: you must traverse 1 km quickly? How about just fucking run? Or are people so infatuated with their lard, their coronaries and poor erectile performance?
Travel fast over short distances? Bicycle! It's what killed the dumb Seagway - which, might I remind you, had a LOT of publicity, paid and free, behind it. I don't think this new dumb idea will be a match for the tried and tested bicycle.
Especially in the nordic countries, where bicycles are so popular: practically everyone is cycling, here, from 3 year-olds (with training wheels, mostly) to 93-year olds, every one and their dog loves his/her bicycle.
You replied to my post, but I don't understand what is the connection. Customers? Like members of teh BOD care about customers? Or can customers do a background check on the executives of a company and base their decision on that? Is that what you meant?
Over here in Sweden the leaders of Swedbank which lend people in Latvia money stayed in the company, eventually at other positions, because [..]
Yeah, that's the diabolic talent of corporate psychopaths: they always manipulate their way out of trouble (just like they manipulate their way on top positions).
Death by cremation is the only safe way to protect the rest of the world from those parasites.
A better analogy would be if Goldman Sachs was allowed to pick the players for each team, and put all the worst players into Brazil. Then sell all their customers bets for Brazil to win while simultaneously betting against them.
Oh yeah, t hanks for reminding me: is anyone in GS going to federal pund-in-the-ass prison for that? The Gulf of Mexico oil spill (courtesy of BP) diverted the people's (including mine) attention from the GS crooks.
Nevermind that Spain's experiment with subsidizing solar power is one of the causes of their looming fiscal insolvency.
The main reason for the fiscal insolvency of Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain is pretty much identical: low productivity and rampant tax evasion. Spain's solar projects pale in comparison to these two causes, and in the long run, these solar energy ventures will start to pay for themselves. Solar energy is, by its very nature, a long-term play, one that is very unpopular in nowaday's corporate "grab the cash and run"-world.
Also, never has the corporate world been dominated by psychopaths as much as nowadays.
Not every executive is as you describe (take Warren Buffet, for example), but most are corporate psychopaths of the worst king - BP exec, past and present, for example.
I'm in the same boat. There is a ton of PS2 games which i like. in fact, there's a whole lot more ps2 games that I like, than PS3 ones. And there's also a lot of PS ONE games that are still great fun. Asking for backwards compatibility to that level would be way, waaaaayyy too optimistic.
That tablet is utter crap. I used one for 4 weeks and sent it back for a full refund. I then tried several others.... they all suck right now.
Yes you still need to wait. What is available is junk right now.
And this was modded as insightful? It contains no substantiating information, no reasoning, no data of any kind. Why is the device "utter crap"? Why did he/she send it back after 4 weeks? Which "several others" did he/she use? Unlikely that it was the same one - any reasonable user would try a device, and if he/she feels like sending it back for a refund, they would not purchase it again. So which model is he/she talking about? And if "they all suck right now" (which ones?) then why did he/she not return them?
IOW, this post is pure flamebait, and it is very likely all just a big lie.
If anything, electric cars have much less breakable parts, they need less maintenance and have a real chance of lasting decades! Once battery technology improves, you swap out the batteries and the charging electronics - everything else stays the same. There is no more universal "fuel" than electric energy, which is agnostic to how it was produced, or where (i.e. you might have your own wind or solar plant at home, and the "product" will work just fine with the electric car).
Why was this comment modded "Flamebait"? The post is NOT flamebait, in addition to being right on the money: it is true, you can NOT *always* play Steam games without internet connection. And yes, like every other DRM, in this case, too, pirates will have the better experience.
Modded funny, but it actually makes sense, if Sid & Co. ever decides to model the sphericity of the globe - in such a case, some sort of Penrose tiling would make a lot of sense.
As a discussion about topic X increases in length, the probability that someone will suggest Y approaches 1. It's true for any X and Y. It's the old monkeys and typewriters thing.
...turned off? That is, does anyone know if tactical combat will be made a feature that can be disabled through options? I'm really not very much into tactical combat (that's why I like games such as Civ). I'm really happy about the hex map, this has been my dream for years.
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Which states were they?
try and bicycle in a business suit.
Did that a number of times.
idiot.
Usually people use their nicknames when signing their posts.
The massive dependence on cars did contribute to the huge obesity problem the USA now faces. I visited Irving, TX, a few years ago (my first visit to the US), and was astounded by the complete lack of opportunities to walk, and the utter, complete dependence on cars. There were a couple of eateries/restaurants on the other side of the highway, from our hotel, but there was no way to legally cross the freeway (though the restaurants were just across, clearly tempting the hotel patrons to come over and eat). The only legal way was to take a car, drive around and park it on the other side. Walking anywhere was strictly forbidden. Everyone drives cars, and nobody goes anywhere by foot.
The US wasn't this dependent on cars since the 1900's. It was a gradual process, which brought with it a culture of non-walking, non-cycling, going-everywhere-with-a-car. I would be surprised if you told me this hasn't at least contributed to a culture of obesity.
As for New York: it doesn't exist in a bubble. It's surrounded by a country with which has a dynamic exchange of people and mentality. The fact that its obesity rate is below the national average by 3%, is an indicator that it's on a better path than the rest.
Troll? Hahaha, I guess a burned Segway investor? Or just some dude highly dedicated to grooming his deposits of lard. It's OK man, just keep those calories coming - I bet your life is lots of fun!
Well yes: while obesity is raising in most of the world (especially in China), and is a well-established scourge in the USA, it's a non-issue over here. I have to think real hard if I want to remember seeing anyone obese this whole day. I guess the lab manager at this other department (will be omitted to protect the innocent) is a bit overweight, but still would definitely pass for medium-to-plumper in the USA :D
Sorry, but the Segway would have been a dumb idea at any price: slower than a bicycle, but much more dangerous on the sidewalk, because it's so much wider. Cannot be used on the road because it's so freaking slow. MUCH slower than a moped, and still wider. When you use it you do no physical activity, but you still have to stand, hence loading your knees.
Cycling in nordinc countries: it's true that most people cycle only during the 7 months from April till October, but many opt to continue commuting also in the winter, using studded tires and appropriate clothing. A lot of people switch to cross-country skiing, though they cannot commute (usually) all the way to their workplaces like they do with bicycles. And yes, there is a ton of bicycle paths in the Nordic countries - nice, segregated ones, at that. And yes, Amsterdam is amazing in that you can really reach any place without getting your ass off the bicycle. Copenhagen, believe it or not, is even better in this regard.
Wait, I gotta correct myself: you must traverse 1 km quickly? How about just fucking run? Or are people so infatuated with their lard, their coronaries and poor erectile performance?
Travel fast over short distances? Bicycle! It's what killed the dumb Seagway - which, might I remind you, had a LOT of publicity, paid and free, behind it. I don't think this new dumb idea will be a match for the tried and tested bicycle.
Especially in the nordic countries, where bicycles are so popular: practically everyone is cycling, here, from 3 year-olds (with training wheels, mostly) to 93-year olds, every one and their dog loves his/her bicycle.
You replied to my post, but I don't understand what is the connection. Customers? Like members of teh BOD care about customers? Or can customers do a background check on the executives of a company and base their decision on that? Is that what you meant?
I got "enable frictionless users" at third try. Not sure that's really SFW. Or maybe it's just my rotten fantasy....
Over here in Sweden the leaders of Swedbank which lend people in Latvia money stayed in the company, eventually at other positions, because [..]
Yeah, that's the diabolic talent of corporate psychopaths: they always manipulate their way out of trouble (just like they manipulate their way on top positions).
Death by cremation is the only safe way to protect the rest of the world from those parasites.
A better analogy would be if Goldman Sachs was allowed to pick the players for each team, and put all the worst players into Brazil. Then sell all their customers bets for Brazil to win while simultaneously betting against them.
Oh yeah, t hanks for reminding me: is anyone in GS going to federal pund-in-the-ass prison for that? The Gulf of Mexico oil spill (courtesy of BP) diverted the people's (including mine) attention from the GS crooks.
I was going to post the exact same META: this is by far the best, most interesting Ask Slashdot entry I have ever seen. I wish the asker good luck.
By the way, I'm a hardware-kind-of-guy, and am of the same (retro) generation, so I will be following this adventure with much interest!
Nevermind that Spain's experiment with subsidizing solar power is one of the causes of their looming fiscal insolvency.
The main reason for the fiscal insolvency of Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain is pretty much identical: low productivity and rampant tax evasion. Spain's solar projects pale in comparison to these two causes, and in the long run, these solar energy ventures will start to pay for themselves. Solar energy is, by its very nature, a long-term play, one that is very unpopular in nowaday's corporate "grab the cash and run"-world.
It's a difficult process, and we had a rash of suicides after expending all that effort just to see how crappy The Last Airbender was
Did you watch it in 3D?
...we have a good guy on our side in the White House. Obama will surely strike this down, pronto.
Also, never has the corporate world been dominated by psychopaths as much as nowadays.
Not every executive is as you describe (take Warren Buffet, for example), but most are corporate psychopaths of the worst king - BP exec, past and present, for example.
I'm in the same boat. There is a ton of PS2 games which i like. in fact, there's a whole lot more ps2 games that I like, than PS3 ones. And there's also a lot of PS ONE games that are still great fun. Asking for backwards compatibility to that level would be way, waaaaayyy too optimistic.
That tablet is utter crap. I used one for 4 weeks and sent it back for a full refund. I then tried several others.... they all suck right now.
Yes you still need to wait. What is available is junk right now.
And this was modded as insightful? It contains no substantiating information, no reasoning, no data of any kind. Why is the device "utter crap"? Why did he/she send it back after 4 weeks? Which "several others" did he/she use? Unlikely that it was the same one - any reasonable user would try a device, and if he/she feels like sending it back for a refund, they would not purchase it again. So which model is he/she talking about? And if "they all suck right now" (which ones?) then why did he/she not return them?
IOW, this post is pure flamebait, and it is very likely all just a big lie.
I am waiting for the android based tablets.
Wait no more.
If anything, electric cars have much less breakable parts, they need less maintenance and have a real chance of lasting decades! Once battery technology improves, you swap out the batteries and the charging electronics - everything else stays the same. There is no more universal "fuel" than electric energy, which is agnostic to how it was produced, or where (i.e. you might have your own wind or solar plant at home, and the "product" will work just fine with the electric car).
Electric cars are, IMHO, truly future-proof.
Why was this comment modded "Flamebait"? The post is NOT flamebait, in addition to being right on the money: it is true, you can NOT *always* play Steam games without internet connection. And yes, like every other DRM, in this case, too, pirates will have the better experience.
Modded funny, but it actually makes sense, if Sid & Co. ever decides to model the sphericity of the globe - in such a case, some sort of Penrose tiling would make a lot of sense.
As a discussion about topic X increases in length, the probability that someone will suggest Y approaches 1.
It's true for any X and Y. It's the old monkeys and typewriters thing.
...turned off? That is, does anyone know if tactical combat will be made a feature that can be disabled through options? I'm really not very much into tactical combat (that's why I like games such as Civ). I'm really happy about the hex map, this has been my dream for years.