If you think the people writing and signing these laws have any idea what their doing, you haven't thought this through at all.
The public sector produces nothing. They leech off the private sector and waste money like there's no tomorrow. Add in baseline budgeting and they're guaranteeing there'll be no tomorrow. Yes, the government's finances are a bit more unwieldy than personal finances, however all the same concepts apply to both. In fact it's the thought that they are distinct that has put us in this situation. Murdoch5 is right on the money. Cut spending. Do it now, and do it often.
This is really a blow to all the earth-worshipers (environmentalists and global warming claimers) as they are really the ones who believe Nature > Man.
Actually, the founders did you one better: 13 individual states that could collaborate on important issues (war, etc), but have the liberty to govern themselves as they saw fit. Unfortunately around the times of Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt, the federal government decided that it knew better than the states. Now were all stuck in one shitty situation without the ability to vote with our feet.
You were close, but not quite there... The really awesome feature that's missing is EoP. That way you just get a power strip, or hell just put one in every room of your house and you have an instant networked "decade-old" server farm. Anyways, you could then have the servers communicate through the powerlines and use the gigabit port to access the server network. Or something, I don't know.
These guys have been at it for a long time and seem to have decent results already. Makes me wonder why they're testing a proprietary module, when they could hack an open source platform.
I may need to fashion a tinfoil hat, but the really scary thing is that the same mechanism used to identify foreign cells vs. your own tissue could be used to identify a certain individuals tissue vs. the masses. In other words, nanobots - while useful for medicine - are a very efficient and precise assassination tool if widely deployed. They would kill the intended target with no collateral damage.
The real issue is not the economics. Nor is it the harsher/different light they produce...
The issue for me is the fact that the federal government is actually going to tell me what light bulb to screw in.
Not only that, but I'm going to be forced to import mercury into my home - a substance far more damaging and toxic than CO2. Where are all the environmentalists that test streams and lakes all the time looking for trace amounts of mercury? Aren't they concerned about all the mercury that is going to end up somewhere? Seriously, has anyone seen the recommended cleanup procedures?
This has nothing to do with the environment, if it did, CFLs sould be banned as toxic. Follow the money and I'm sure you'll find some hefty contributions by the CFL manufacturers.
Sun's License vs. GPL? Solaris comes with multimedia codecs (such as MP3) that Linux distro's don't ship out of the box. Solaris (and maybe OpenSolaris) also comes with the proprietary nVidia video driver already installed for use.
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Why Solaris? For me, it "Just works", and is "Ready for [my] desktop".
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If you think the people writing and signing these laws have any idea what their doing, you haven't thought this through at all. The public sector produces nothing. They leech off the private sector and waste money like there's no tomorrow. Add in baseline budgeting and they're guaranteeing there'll be no tomorrow. Yes, the government's finances are a bit more unwieldy than personal finances, however all the same concepts apply to both. In fact it's the thought that they are distinct that has put us in this situation. Murdoch5 is right on the money. Cut spending. Do it now, and do it often.
County commissioner laments the color choice for "black" holes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAw5D1-8IrQ#t=39s (sorry, bad audio)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816111051
Religion:
God > Man > Nature
This is really a blow to all the earth-worshipers (environmentalists and global warming claimers) as they are really the ones who believe Nature > Man.
Sounds like a Seinfeld script...
Funny... I read this whole post, but I'll be damned if I'll read the article!
Revised version.
You know why the British drink warm beer, don't you...
Lucas refrigerators!
I know someone who had Spanish Fly... Is that the same thing?
Beer, its not just for breakfast anymore!
Actually, the founders did you one better: 13 individual states that could collaborate on important issues (war, etc), but have the liberty to govern themselves as they saw fit. Unfortunately around the times of Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt, the federal government decided that it knew better than the states. Now were all stuck in one shitty situation without the ability to vote with our feet.
It's a Jackal!!!
DON'T PANIC
I've got a shirt that reads:
ATF: Alcohol, Tobaco and Firearms
Who's bringing the chips?
You were close, but not quite there... The really awesome feature that's missing is EoP. That way you just get a power strip, or hell just put one in every room of your house and you have an instant networked "decade-old" server farm. Anyways, you could then have the servers communicate through the powerlines and use the gigabit port to access the server network. Or something, I don't know.
Fixed it for you...
It appears that someone may, or may not have shit on the coats.
These guys have been at it for a long time and seem to have decent results already. Makes me wonder why they're testing a proprietary module, when they could hack an open source platform.
If you ever had any fraction of an excuse for doing it (and frankly, I don't really think you did, but...)
"Real Men don't make backups. They upload it via [Bittorrent] and let the world mirror it."
So this bar walks into a guy... oh sorry, wrong frame of reference.
I may need to fashion a tinfoil hat, but the really scary thing is that the same mechanism used to identify foreign cells vs. your own tissue could be used to identify a certain individuals tissue vs. the masses. In other words, nanobots - while useful for medicine - are a very efficient and precise assassination tool if widely deployed. They would kill the intended target with no collateral damage.
The real issue is not the economics. Nor is it the harsher/different light they produce...
The issue for me is the fact that the federal government is actually going to tell me what light bulb to screw in.
Not only that, but I'm going to be forced to import mercury into my home - a substance far more damaging and toxic than CO2. Where are all the environmentalists that test streams and lakes all the time looking for trace amounts of mercury? Aren't they concerned about all the mercury that is going to end up somewhere? Seriously, has anyone seen the recommended cleanup procedures?
This has nothing to do with the environment, if it did, CFLs sould be banned as toxic. Follow the money and I'm sure you'll find some hefty contributions by the CFL manufacturers.
There, fixed it for you.
Two things have spurred most advances in human history... War and sex.
Ok, I understand the military applications of bp. However, I'm a little confused as to the later...
0 + 0 + 0 + ... = $$$
(for large values of "0")