Um.. Not sure where you heard that gay marriage is legal in all 50 states, but a couple years ago, Virginians passed a state constitutional ammendment banning same-sex marriages and civil unions. At the time, there were at least 20 other states with similar bans already passed or coming up to vote.
Maybe the drivers can use that time saved to actually do their job and deliver packages. I live in an apartment complex and, for the last 2 years, the UPS drivers do not deliver packages to my door, nor do they leave notice that they're leaving the packages at the leasing office. FedEx, DHL, and others come to the door first and if I'm not home, they leave a note saying it's at the leasing office. The UPS guys simply refuse to. They also have a history of just dropping off the packages at the leasing office and marking that it was signed for by someone who wasn't even there that day.
I've already told my company and several of my clients to not use UPS to send me anything, but sometimes it happens anyway.
Yes, and I also know that people designing subs can make boneheaded decisions (just like people making just about everything else).
Yes, there's more to making a sub silent than the reactor, the drive shaft, and the screw. The last few generations of subs have had things like sound deadening tiles to reduce the sound that escapes from the sub. Virginia-class subs also have a different propulsion system (somewhat like the sub in The Hunt for Red October in concept, not application). However, the first step in silencing a sub is to not make noise in the first place. A diesel-electric sub running on batteries makes almost no sound from engine which is something a nuke can't do.
A diesel-electric sub in good condition will always be quieter than a nuclear sub when running on batteries. A reactor makes sound over and above the sound of the props and drive shaft. The quietest (known) reactor so far has been the S8G in the Ohio-class SSBN subs due to it's use of a natural circulation cooling system versus active cooling pumps, but the reactor itself could still be heard with passive sonar.
Nuclear reactors have many advantages over diesel-electric for subs, but silence isn't one of them.
The US DNC has been an utter failure for me. I went from 4-5 telemarketer calls per week to 10-15 calls per day - occasionally as early as 6am. Most are autodialers (with forged caller-id) without anything on the other end of the line with several 'political survey' calls and a few charities mixed in. Of the times where there's something on the other end of the line, 99% of the time it's a pre-recorded message. I've come home from an afternoon with friends and found 15 messages on my answering machine of "This was a political survey call. We'll try again later." And that's not even counting election season when my phone is ringing off the hook and my answering machine is filling up with pre-recorded messages.
Congressmen fly too. Congresscritters will just get the Air Force to fly them around. Hell, that's one of the primary missions of the 89th Airlift Wing (first and foremost being to fly the President around).
During the campaign season it gets really bad, with 7 or 8 calls a night from a computer program to deliver a message. I usually hang up on them. You think that's bad? Last fall, I came home from spending a half day with some friends to find 34 messages on my machine. Almost all of them were a recording: 'This was a political survey call. We'll try again later.'
Then there was 'The Battle of the Answering Machine.' Opposing candidates were leaving pre-recorded messages on my machine smearing each other. Final tally was 178 messages (nearly 50-50 split) over the span of 3 weeks. Gotta love Virginia campaigning..
..ass-watching (don't want an employee to accidentally sell one to a parent who gives it to their 4 year old kid for their birthday, or get accused of it, etc) Fixed that for you.
I for one will not be re-registering my number. Hopefully it will get me fewer calls. The DNC has been a nightmare for me as my call volume has increased at least ten fold since it started. I'd rather get four or five calls a week with people who I can tell to take me off their list (what I used to get) than the 10+ calls a day from autodialers with forged Caller ID and noone on the other end of the line (so they can't be reported).
It's been a while (several grateful years) since I've seen any of them, but I'm pretty sure that in the third one some of the raptors had a little plumage on their heads. Not what was meant in the article, but still..
You must not have used a Verizon phone before. Even if the phone itself is capable of playing any old mp3 as a ringtone, Verizon specifically disables this so you have to buy ringtones through their service.
When I worked at a Suncoast a few years ago, we weren't allowed to ask for ID for the purposes of age verification. Because of that rule, there was no real check for selling R movies to minors. Sure, we could chase kids out of the Playboy section (they were generally the only people who gawked at the DVDs there), but to ask little Timmy if he was 17 when he went to buy a movie like Hostel was strictly verboten. Our district manager (who's office was in our back room) would constantly remind anyone who tried.
In the DC area, most of my phone's battery is drained from constantly switching back and forth between EVDO and 1xRTT. If the coverage was good enough to stay on EVDO, it wouldn't be an issue, but the constant switching is a MASSIVE drain.
In my area, Comcast (the owner of Versus) decided to change what channel Versus is on in the middle of the playoffs. I missed a game because I couldn't find it - my on-screen channel guide was still reporting Versus on the old channel.
Very few Americans take the public transport system. They like to be free and drive even it means a 90 minute commute time.
That's not the only reason why few people take public transit. In many cases, it's just not a viable option. I looked into public transit when I actually had a commute (14 miles that could sometimes take 45 minutes or more) and realized it just wasn't an option for me. A mile walk to the nearest bus stop, 30 minutes on that bus, 1/4 mile walk to another bus stop, 45 minutes on 2 buses, and another 1/4 mile walk to my office. I could avoid that walk in the middle (transition between 2 different county bus systems) if I took a different bus originally, but that would add another 20 minutes or more with another bus transfer.
All told, it would more than double my commute time, and still be susceptible to the same traffic problems that could occur if I drove in myself. Actually worse, because I can vary my route if I'm driving - the bus is stuck. All of this in a major metropolitan area.
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No, he's saying he studied under John Romero and he's going to make some Ninja Gaiden/Daikatana hybrid..
Um.. Not sure where you heard that gay marriage is legal in all 50 states, but a couple years ago, Virginians passed a state constitutional ammendment banning same-sex marriages and civil unions. At the time, there were at least 20 other states with similar bans already passed or coming up to vote.
Not always. I've had several kinds of Kimchi with no cabbage in them whatsoever.
Swindon is still trying to find a longer ladder..
(apologies to Eddie Izzard)
Yeah, but Satan scores.
Maybe the drivers can use that time saved to actually do their job and deliver packages. I live in an apartment complex and, for the last 2 years, the UPS drivers do not deliver packages to my door, nor do they leave notice that they're leaving the packages at the leasing office. FedEx, DHL, and others come to the door first and if I'm not home, they leave a note saying it's at the leasing office. The UPS guys simply refuse to. They also have a history of just dropping off the packages at the leasing office and marking that it was signed for by someone who wasn't even there that day.
I've already told my company and several of my clients to not use UPS to send me anything, but sometimes it happens anyway.
Yes, and I also know that people designing subs can make boneheaded decisions (just like people making just about everything else).
Yes, there's more to making a sub silent than the reactor, the drive shaft, and the screw. The last few generations of subs have had things like sound deadening tiles to reduce the sound that escapes from the sub. Virginia-class subs also have a different propulsion system (somewhat like the sub in The Hunt for Red October in concept, not application). However, the first step in silencing a sub is to not make noise in the first place. A diesel-electric sub running on batteries makes almost no sound from engine which is something a nuke can't do.
A diesel-electric sub in good condition will always be quieter than a nuclear sub when running on batteries. A reactor makes sound over and above the sound of the props and drive shaft. The quietest (known) reactor so far has been the S8G in the Ohio-class SSBN subs due to it's use of a natural circulation cooling system versus active cooling pumps, but the reactor itself could still be heard with passive sonar.
Nuclear reactors have many advantages over diesel-electric for subs, but silence isn't one of them.
The US DNC has been an utter failure for me. I went from 4-5 telemarketer calls per week to 10-15 calls per day - occasionally as early as 6am. Most are autodialers (with forged caller-id) without anything on the other end of the line with several 'political survey' calls and a few charities mixed in. Of the times where there's something on the other end of the line, 99% of the time it's a pre-recorded message. I've come home from an afternoon with friends and found 15 messages on my answering machine of "This was a political survey call. We'll try again later." And that's not even counting election season when my phone is ringing off the hook and my answering machine is filling up with pre-recorded messages.
Sucker bet.. The quid is commonly used in the UK. Has been for some time.
Then there was 'The Battle of the Answering Machine.' Opposing candidates were leaving pre-recorded messages on my machine smearing each other. Final tally was 178 messages (nearly 50-50 split) over the span of 3 weeks. Gotta love Virginia campaigning..
..ass-watching (don't want an employee to accidentally sell one to a parent who gives it to their 4 year old kid for their birthday, or get accused of it, etc) Fixed that for you.I for one will not be re-registering my number. Hopefully it will get me fewer calls. The DNC has been a nightmare for me as my call volume has increased at least ten fold since it started. I'd rather get four or five calls a week with people who I can tell to take me off their list (what I used to get) than the 10+ calls a day from autodialers with forged Caller ID and noone on the other end of the line (so they can't be reported).
Knowing my luck, however, I will get both..
It's been a while (several grateful years) since I've seen any of them, but I'm pretty sure that in the third one some of the raptors had a little plumage on their heads. Not what was meant in the article, but still..
You must not have used a Verizon phone before. Even if the phone itself is capable of playing any old mp3 as a ringtone, Verizon specifically disables this so you have to buy ringtones through their service.
Uh...which "he"? Does it make any difference?
When I worked at a Suncoast a few years ago, we weren't allowed to ask for ID for the purposes of age verification. Because of that rule, there was no real check for selling R movies to minors. Sure, we could chase kids out of the Playboy section (they were generally the only people who gawked at the DVDs there), but to ask little Timmy if he was 17 when he went to buy a movie like Hostel was strictly verboten. Our district manager (who's office was in our back room) would constantly remind anyone who tried.
In the DC area, most of my phone's battery is drained from constantly switching back and forth between EVDO and 1xRTT. If the coverage was good enough to stay on EVDO, it wouldn't be an issue, but the constant switching is a MASSIVE drain.
In my area, Comcast (the owner of Versus) decided to change what channel Versus is on in the middle of the playoffs. I missed a game because I couldn't find it - my on-screen channel guide was still reporting Versus on the old channel.
So basically you're telling me not to vote..
Green goes to war with Purple, get it right.
That's because Dante changed his mind and wouldn't let a German scientist hack off his foot and have his way with him.
Jump doesn't belong on GH.. Eddie Van Halen was workin the synth for cryin out loud!
That's not the only reason why few people take public transit. In many cases, it's just not a viable option. I looked into public transit when I actually had a commute (14 miles that could sometimes take 45 minutes or more) and realized it just wasn't an option for me. A mile walk to the nearest bus stop, 30 minutes on that bus, 1/4 mile walk to another bus stop, 45 minutes on 2 buses, and another 1/4 mile walk to my office. I could avoid that walk in the middle (transition between 2 different county bus systems) if I took a different bus originally, but that would add another 20 minutes or more with another bus transfer.
All told, it would more than double my commute time, and still be susceptible to the same traffic problems that could occur if I drove in myself. Actually worse, because I can vary my route if I'm driving - the bus is stuck. All of this in a major metropolitan area.