I live in Vermont. The reactor here (and the biggest source of power we have other than HydoQuebec) is dead. It's outlived it's lifespan by 10 years, running at 110% original capacity , it's had a cooling tower collapse, and now it's leaking radioactive materials from pipes nobody knew were there.
We need a new plant. Desperately. My hope is that this will help push more companies (like Entergy) to build rather than to shut down, cut there losses, and run away.
I assure you, Jager and Redbull can come to no good end.
Though I don't think it's any business of the FDA.
Is it too much to ask for a society that lets people make their own mistakes? Must we be hemmed in by the moral and ethical mistakes of the stupidest amongst us? How long must the law protect us from ourselves? Have you as a public been fooled into thinking I'm unaware of the dangers of smoking, carousing, and general debauchery? I assure I'm well aware, and I don't care. Please stop making thing illegal for my own good. I'm old enough to choose to make my own mistakes. As should you be.
My Grandfather made a living finding water wells using a Dowsing rod. For him, it worked every time.
I use survey of watershed areas, and known Geological formations to make an estimated guess as to underground water movement.
While both are guesses, it makes sense that an uneducated or more superstitiously natured person would simply choose what makes sense to them. Sure, mine is an educated guess, but my Grandfather did find hundreds of wells in his time. You can't really argue with results. Even if those results are based of your subconscious hunch rather than your conscious facts.
To Halcyon (Re:Terminator),
I would like to purchase your rights to the Terminator franchise. I hereto offer you two full and unused pockets full lint and or little bits of string. I feel that having seen the last set of movies, this is more than a fair bid. I'm willing to throw in up too, but not exceeding, one full fist full of dryer lint as a good faith payment.
Sincerely yours, Groggnrath (a devoted sci-fi fan).
I've had my account merged since the option became available. The number of differences is near nil for the end user.
I am however astounded at the amount of FUD and fear mongering taking place over what amounts to 5 minutes worth of an inconvenience. The Internet breeds people who alternately love and fear change in all forms.
Fairpoint was never prepared to handle the entire northeast. The were in discussion for, what... a year? I'm glad I switched to cell only. The only good thing Fairpoint does is provide Internet. They've taken massive losses here in Vermont. Land lines are a dinosaur. Only very rural areas use land lines (and make no mistake, there are plenty of those). You'd think Fairpoint would focus on those areas, but they're so strapped for cash, they can't.
All I know is, Verizon is a shitty company for cutting and running. They left Fairpoint holding the bag, in a dieing industry. Everyone suffers but them. Fuckers.
Well, since IE can now be removed from a Windows machine, you're pretty right.
Once upon a time, you couldn't remove IE. Once upon a time everything defaulted to IE for web access. Those days are thankfully gone. I don't mind if Windows comes with IE, as long as I can get rid of it and install a layer between my computer and the internet, instead of an open window that lets anyone or anything in.
I mean, I am all for fighting obesity in all ways possible, but it just doesn't seem right to beat children or otherwise abuse them simply because they are overweight.
Not to mention it isn't very fair. It's not like they can run from you. Or if they can, it's not like they can run far.
This is why we need to go back to Eisenhower-era concrete road beds meant for B-52's to land on.
In high heave areas (long winters, high precipitation) concrete slabs don't work. They crack, heave, and end up no better than bad asphalt or dirt roads. Some places like Michigan, or the Dakotas, or even the northeastern US (New England) would not benefit, and the cost is too high. Gravel would be the most logical choice for any non state highway speed road.
I don't think that would change it enough to allow for a patent. Though I'm betting they will get their patent anyway, and we'll see this in court in a few years. In the interim, Microsoft will make a small fortune selling us some product strikingly similar to Hot or Not.
I for one wish every Engineer, and every Mechanical Engineering student had to spend a year as a mechanic. Once you realize how bad some things are designed from a repairability aspect, it changes your perspective on design. I've torn into many a machine, and seen bad designs first hand. Overcomplicated parts, too many parts, too many different size bolts and nuts, parts placed so close together you have to remove 10 things just to change a belt.
The same could be said for any designer. I feel before you're able to design anything, you should be forced to use it, fix it, and understand the consequences of bad design. It would improve the quality of things that do get built.
Some of the smaller businesses may not be able to enjoy the software as soon as they'd like
Translation: They'll buy it anyway, because MS could shit in a box and small Businesses with little to no technical support or knowledge would still feel forced to buy it because they don't know they don't have to.
It's important to give a guarantee of service if you are a brand name. It is important to let your customers know that your product is in fact the product they intended to buy. It is important to back that product up with protective services and long term support.
It is also important you don't make your customers jump through flaming hoops to prove they purchased your product.
Let us hope Microsoft has the brains to not make this a nightmare for the end-user.
This is like me saying "getting a ticket made me a better driver". Yes, that's true in a sense, but if I'd paid attention, and followed obvious signs, I'd have saved myself 123$, and still learned my lesson.
You assume that people reflexively hate anything new. If that were the case, we wouldn't have technology of any kind to begin with.
I don't think that's what he's saying. What he is implying is that familiar formats and user friendly interfaces are important in popular products. I think we can all agree with that.
It's not the only important thing though. There is compatibility (Vista sucked at that out of the box), and 3rd party software (also not Vista's strong point). Not to mention, you have to give people something they haven't had before, or something that works better than what they have (the last thing Vista didn't do).
Vista failed on a lot of levels, and in this economy, MS ha to do a lot better, as the stakes are much higher.
I fail to see how enjoying a clearer reception on your TV is Geekdom, nor how it effects my ability to "Go for a walk, a swim, a cycle or just get laid."
HDTV works as a clearer signal in rural areas, and takes up less space in the "aerial network".
Isn't that something we should all agree on; geek or not.
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I live in Vermont. The reactor here (and the biggest source of power we have other than HydoQuebec) is dead. It's outlived it's lifespan by 10 years, running at 110% original capacity , it's had a cooling tower collapse, and now it's leaking radioactive materials from pipes nobody knew were there.
We need a new plant. Desperately. My hope is that this will help push more companies (like Entergy) to build rather than to shut down, cut there losses, and run away.
In modern cars, I keep hearing that warming up your car isn't needed, and can actually be bad for it.
I really don't care if it's bad for the environment. At -10F I'll be warming up my car rather than freezing my nuts.
And yet, I live in Vermont, and Verizon has about 75% of the coverage of AT&T. Anecdotal evidence really doesn't prove anything.
I assure you, Jager and Redbull can come to no good end.
Though I don't think it's any business of the FDA.
Is it too much to ask for a society that lets people make their own mistakes? Must we be hemmed in by the moral and ethical mistakes of the stupidest amongst us? How long must the law protect us from ourselves? Have you as a public been fooled into thinking I'm unaware of the dangers of smoking, carousing, and general debauchery? I assure I'm well aware, and I don't care. Please stop making thing illegal for my own good. I'm old enough to choose to make my own mistakes. As should you be.
My Grandfather made a living finding water wells using a Dowsing rod. For him, it worked every time.
I use survey of watershed areas, and known Geological formations to make an estimated guess as to underground water movement.
While both are guesses, it makes sense that an uneducated or more superstitiously natured person would simply choose what makes sense to them. Sure, mine is an educated guess, but my Grandfather did find hundreds of wells in his time. You can't really argue with results. Even if those results are based of your subconscious hunch rather than your conscious facts.
To Halcyon (Re:Terminator),
I would like to purchase your rights to the Terminator franchise. I hereto offer you two full and unused pockets full lint and or little bits of string. I feel that having seen the last set of movies, this is more than a fair bid. I'm willing to throw in up too, but not exceeding, one full fist full of dryer lint as a good faith payment.
Sincerely yours, Groggnrath (a devoted sci-fi fan).
...and my entire objection is based off two letters, E and A.
I've been burned to many times.
I've had my account merged since the option became available. The number of differences is near nil for the end user.
I am however astounded at the amount of FUD and fear mongering taking place over what amounts to 5 minutes worth of an inconvenience. The Internet breeds people who alternately love and fear change in all forms.
Of course you know what this means. Alien invasion. And not the good kind like they have on the playboy channel late at night.
I for one welcome our new satellite crushing overlords.
I suspect that the number of landline accounts would drop significantly if telephone companies would allow DSL without a telephone account.
Most do. You may just be screwed because your only service provider doesn't.
Fairpoint was never prepared to handle the entire northeast. The were in discussion for, what... a year? I'm glad I switched to cell only. The only good thing Fairpoint does is provide Internet. They've taken massive losses here in Vermont. Land lines are a dinosaur. Only very rural areas use land lines (and make no mistake, there are plenty of those). You'd think Fairpoint would focus on those areas, but they're so strapped for cash, they can't.
All I know is, Verizon is a shitty company for cutting and running. They left Fairpoint holding the bag, in a dieing industry. Everyone suffers but them. Fuckers.
Well, since IE can now be removed from a Windows machine, you're pretty right.
Once upon a time, you couldn't remove IE. Once upon a time everything defaulted to IE for web access. Those days are thankfully gone. I don't mind if Windows comes with IE, as long as I can get rid of it and install a layer between my computer and the internet, instead of an open window that lets anyone or anything in.
You and me both. Myfox is not yet prime time either, so it'll be a while.
Right. Because that particular part of the stimulus has failed miserably.
You know, there is a boat load of failed stuff you could be making fun of right now. Why troll something that actually seems to be working?
I mean, I am all for fighting obesity in all ways possible, but it just doesn't seem right to beat children or otherwise abuse them simply because they are overweight.
Not to mention it isn't very fair. It's not like they can run from you. Or if they can, it's not like they can run far.
As far as I'm concerned, someone should have to pay ever time a cell phone goes off in, say, the middle of a movie theater.
I couldn't care less who gets the money.
This is why we need to go back to Eisenhower-era concrete road beds meant for B-52's to land on.
In high heave areas (long winters, high precipitation) concrete slabs don't work. They crack, heave, and end up no better than bad asphalt or dirt roads. Some places like Michigan, or the Dakotas, or even the northeastern US (New England) would not benefit, and the cost is too high. Gravel would be the most logical choice for any non state highway speed road.
I don't think that would change it enough to allow for a patent. Though I'm betting they will get their patent anyway, and we'll see this in court in a few years. In the interim, Microsoft will make a small fortune selling us some product strikingly similar to Hot or Not.
I for one wish every Engineer, and every Mechanical Engineering student had to spend a year as a mechanic. Once you realize how bad some things are designed from a repairability aspect, it changes your perspective on design. I've torn into many a machine, and seen bad designs first hand. Overcomplicated parts, too many parts, too many different size bolts and nuts, parts placed so close together you have to remove 10 things just to change a belt.
The same could be said for any designer. I feel before you're able to design anything, you should be forced to use it, fix it, and understand the consequences of bad design. It would improve the quality of things that do get built.
Some of the smaller businesses may not be able to enjoy the software as soon as they'd like
Translation: They'll buy it anyway, because MS could shit in a box and small Businesses with little to no technical support or knowledge would still feel forced to buy it because they don't know they don't have to.
It's important to give a guarantee of service if you are a brand name. It is important to let your customers know that your product is in fact the product they intended to buy. It is important to back that product up with protective services and long term support.
It is also important you don't make your customers jump through flaming hoops to prove they purchased your product.
Let us hope Microsoft has the brains to not make this a nightmare for the end-user.
This is like me saying "getting a ticket made me a better driver". Yes, that's true in a sense, but if I'd paid attention, and followed obvious signs, I'd have saved myself 123$, and still learned my lesson.
Here's a thought, when you make a plan...stick to it.
The few people who aren't ready for the digital conversion now will likely fail to be ready by June.
You assume that people reflexively hate anything new. If that were the case, we wouldn't have technology of any kind to begin with.
I don't think that's what he's saying. What he is implying is that familiar formats and user friendly interfaces are important in popular products. I think we can all agree with that.
It's not the only important thing though. There is compatibility (Vista sucked at that out of the box), and 3rd party software (also not Vista's strong point). Not to mention, you have to give people something they haven't had before, or something that works better than what they have (the last thing Vista didn't do).
Vista failed on a lot of levels, and in this economy, MS ha to do a lot better, as the stakes are much higher.
I fail to see how enjoying a clearer reception on your TV is Geekdom, nor how it effects my ability to "Go for a walk, a swim, a cycle or just get laid."
HDTV works as a clearer signal in rural areas, and takes up less space in the "aerial network".
Isn't that something we should all agree on; geek or not.