What happens if there is a break down? You are back to three lanes of traffic, just like there would have been if you had never allowed driving on the hard shoulder in the first place. The rest of the time, you get an extra lane.
You're not considering safety. Someone broken down on the side of the road most likely will be walking around the car, possibly changing a tire, making a phone call, or walking to the off-ramp. Traffic in the shoulder is a serious danger to that person. It would also make it more difficult for the tow-truck to get to and pickup the disabled car because any gap room that would have been there is filled with cars. It would also make it a lot more difficult for ambulances and police cars to get to the accident, which is probably causing the traffic jam in the first place.
Marketing agencies spend a lot on infomercials and they never, ever ring true. They're always obvious inside of 60 seconds of viewing. I can't see how a fake blog would be any different.
Nope...I don't buy it. As a male, either you suck d*ck or you do not suck d*ck. If you are in the latter...you are gay or at least bi. You do it with a guy once, and you are no longer completely straight.
Oh yes... once tainted, always tainted... once a bigot, always a bigot.
I don't get it. Seems pretty obvious to me if you only have 1 gate thingy then you put the door in the middle of the plane for boarding. That way, 50% of the boarders will diverge in 2 directions. Half going toward the nose and half toward the tail. The density of passengers traveling down the aisle is diminished by 1/2 so getting to and finding your seat will be 2x faster.
But honestly, your bashing America because you say Germany is more tolerant of gays
It wasn't a bash. He was just reporting his experience in USA. If Americans believe that is bashing America, then change how you treat the LGBT because they're trying to tell you something.
It is not fun being LGBT in much of USA. You either tone it down and be discrete when outside of the home, or stay in the closet. Both options are undesirable (the 2nd being worse than the 1st). 90% of the rest of America enjoys freedom of their hetero-expression without fear of retribution. I'm not talking about being flagrant exhibitionism either. Things like holding hands or talking within ear shot of others can be dangerous to your health in some placees in USA.
yet you admit that 50% of the allegedly straight men you know have had a homosexual experience
He probably threw that out there as a guesstimate, however having had 1 gay experience in your past does not mean you're gay, so it is possible to be straight and have experimented. Experimentation is far more common than people realize. It's usually referred to as "straight but curious". In order to be classified as gay you have to desire doing it again or desiring a long-term relationship.
Most non-acid-free paper will last about 30-100 years, but that does not mean it will turn to dust in exactly 30-100 years. It's when the paper shows substantial yellowing or fragility. I guarantee you the pages of your books are yellowed and have an oder of mildew.
Indoors is low light. You will not see paintings directly across from a sunlit window. If you do, the windows will be tinted. Museums always have humidifiers or dehumidifiers in the HVAC to control the humidity level. You will not see them in public areas of museums.
Not very many instances of cracked paint either, even on paintings that are centuries old.
Painting quality is going to vary by artist, the medium, the surface, the amount of light exposure, and amount of restoration. Artists experimented constantly with varying formulas for paints and varnishes, and coatings. Some were effective, and some less effective.
All those paintings have been restored and are stored in museums with perfect atmospheric conditions under very low lighting. They are also never handled in the way an Xbox would be. Ever seen an oil painting from the 19th century? They are always filled with cracks. They crack, chip, and fall apart with time.
Paper will last but it essentially turns to dust even when stored in perfect conditions. Quite a number of the dead sea scrolls could not be recovered because they were dust. An Xbox case will certainly last longer than 500 years given museum quality handling and storage.
The value of an autograph is arguable, but the medium upon which it is recorded is important as well.
Plastics have a lifespan of several hundred years, which is considerably longer than the paper on which autographs are signed. Longer than acid-free archival paper as well.
It's also longer than oil based paint used on the great paintings by the masters, which often sell for millions. Longer than the canvas used for those paintings as well.
You're pretty much confirming the hypothesis set forth in the summary then - which is pretty obvious to anyone who has ever suggested a free program as an alternative to commercial software and been met with "huh, why is it free?".
I use Inkscape occasionally because it's one of the better OS/Free graphics apps, but then I use Illustrator/Fireworks for the majority of my real vector work. There are things they do that Inkscape cannot do. At no time was my decision ever influenced by "Why is it free?". I still use Inkscape for non-work purposes, mainly because it's gradient tool works very similar to Xara (which is a good thing).
There is a second reason. If you look at many of the design jobs, there's almost always a requirement for Photoshop/Illustrator/Fireworks/Flash, so there's a strong reason to choose Adobe at the individual level is purely for improving one's marketability in job interviews. I shudder to think of walking into an interview that demands Adobe experience and try to sell them on nothing but Gimp/Inkscape/Emacs/and-whatever-else experience.
Of course, that point is probably moot if one is an freelance contractor, but the majority aren't. And even then there may be requirements for files to be in Adobe formats. If you've ever exported/imported those files, they rarely go smoothly without some form of rasterization or munging something.
I'm not complaining about DH, as they are fantastic compared to 1and1, who I was with before.
Wow. You sure have a high level of tolerance. You weren't phased at all by the security breach that compromised a number of machines, and the storage of passwords in clear text, and the frequent 200+ CPU load on various hosts, and the charging of accounts for a full year even though you're on a monthly plan, and the subsequent refund?
Still happy with them even though all of that occurred in the last 6 months?
By the way, I find their goofy newsletters highly ridiculous and unprofessional. Very symptomatic of a college dorm work atmosphere.
That's because they get instant feedback on whether or not their ballot can be read - which is exactly what the ACLU is fighting for
It's possible to fill out a lottery ballot in error and the machine will accept it. The game requires 6 numbers; fill in 7 and it accepts it just fine. It will just choose the first 6.
Like I said, people are utterly helpless with what's essentially a binary decision, the election, yet are perfectly capable of playing complex patterns of lottery numbers using wheels with hot and cold analysis. Hocus pocus, but not trivial. I'm tired of this assumed helplessness.
There are rules to your mom judo, which primarily is maintaining context. Anonymous got the context backwards ignoring the point that he couldn't "plug my mom" because his connector wasn't big enough, or that my mom's receptacle is huge (self deprecating/mom deprecating humor). His proper response (IMO) should have been to go the route of mom's huge receptacle. That would have been proper form.
However, in this case it probably works either way if you're going to overlook the details, although I do consider distortion of the context in order to force fit a comeback tantamount to cheating.
...It's easy to add complexity. It's hard to simplify.
I have always believed refactoring was simplifying. I looked at it in the same way editors look at books--omit needless words. If the work isn't smaller after refactoring, then it wasn't refactored.
...and when/if I propose to my girlfriend she's getting a ring with any gem other than a diamond.
And what will she show all her friends? A lump of coal? There is a reason for the ring and it's not to drain you of your paycheck. It's for making other girls jealous--a social thing. Maybe you wouldn't understand.
Like it or not the diamond engagement ring has become western custom. Good luck with the substitute.
Oh you are wrong...HGTV and Food Network are broadcasted in HD...Direct TV now has about 30 HD channels...
That's Direct TV though.. I have Time Warner. There is no DSL option in my area so I'm stuck with cable and I won't pay twice for the same channels (satellite and cable).
BTW, 6-8 feet is the optimal viewing distance for 50".:-)
At 6-8 feet I can see banding on dark scenes such as panning in space movies, but further away it all blurs together. In my living room there's only two wall options for TV placement and the other option would introduce a lot of window glare and force me to sit and watch from the side.
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Marketing agencies spend a lot on infomercials and they never, ever ring true. They're always obvious inside of 60 seconds of viewing. I can't see how a fake blog would be any different.
Oh yes... once tainted, always tainted... once a bigot, always a bigot.
I don't get it. Seems pretty obvious to me if you only have 1 gate thingy then you put the door in the middle of the plane for boarding. That way, 50% of the boarders will diverge in 2 directions. Half going toward the nose and half toward the tail. The density of passengers traveling down the aisle is diminished by 1/2 so getting to and finding your seat will be 2x faster.
It is not fun being LGBT in much of USA. You either tone it down and be discrete when outside of the home, or stay in the closet. Both options are undesirable (the 2nd being worse than the 1st). 90% of the rest of America enjoys freedom of their hetero-expression without fear of retribution. I'm not talking about being flagrant exhibitionism either. Things like holding hands or talking within ear shot of others can be dangerous to your health in some placees in USA.
He probably threw that out there as a guesstimate, however having had 1 gay experience in your past does not mean you're gay, so it is possible to be straight and have experimented. Experimentation is far more common than people realize. It's usually referred to as "straight but curious". In order to be classified as gay you have to desire doing it again or desiring a long-term relationship.
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/04/2008/hm4_1_184.html
Visible evidence of deterioration even on low res pics. Not a very strong case.
Paintings deteriorate for various reasons: humidity, acidity, light-fastness, mildew, bacteria, and chemical reaction. Arguing otherwise is pointless.
Most non-acid-free paper will last about 30-100 years, but that does not mean it will turn to dust in exactly 30-100 years. It's when the paper shows substantial yellowing or fragility. I guarantee you the pages of your books are yellowed and have an oder of mildew.
Painting quality is going to vary by artist, the medium, the surface, the amount of light exposure, and amount of restoration. Artists experimented constantly with varying formulas for paints and varnishes, and coatings. Some were effective, and some less effective.
Black inks don't fade as they're generally made from black carbon. The problem was with the cadmiums (yellow, orange, and red) and also with blues.
Paper will last but it essentially turns to dust even when stored in perfect conditions. Quite a number of the dead sea scrolls could not be recovered because they were dust. An Xbox case will certainly last longer than 500 years given museum quality handling and storage.
It's also longer than oil based paint used on the great paintings by the masters, which often sell for millions. Longer than the canvas used for those paintings as well.
There is a second reason. If you look at many of the design jobs, there's almost always a requirement for Photoshop/Illustrator/Fireworks/Flash, so there's a strong reason to choose Adobe at the individual level is purely for improving one's marketability in job interviews. I shudder to think of walking into an interview that demands Adobe experience and try to sell them on nothing but Gimp/Inkscape/Emacs/and-whatever-else experience.
Of course, that point is probably moot if one is an freelance contractor, but the majority aren't. And even then there may be requirements for files to be in Adobe formats. If you've ever exported/imported those files, they rarely go smoothly without some form of rasterization or munging something.
But then, the air in space ships and pods are highly filtered and recycled. I'm sure the stinky air borne particles would be filtered out.
Still happy with them even though all of that occurred in the last 6 months?
By the way, I find their goofy newsletters highly ridiculous and unprofessional. Very symptomatic of a college dorm work atmosphere.
Like I said, people are utterly helpless with what's essentially a binary decision, the election, yet are perfectly capable of playing complex patterns of lottery numbers using wheels with hot and cold analysis. Hocus pocus, but not trivial. I'm tired of this assumed helplessness.
....ballots, but suddenly have problems with voting ballots.
Interesting.
There are rules to your mom judo, which primarily is maintaining context. Anonymous got the context backwards ignoring the point that he couldn't "plug my mom" because his connector wasn't big enough, or that my mom's receptacle is huge (self deprecating/mom deprecating humor). His proper response (IMO) should have been to go the route of mom's huge receptacle. That would have been proper form.
However, in this case it probably works either way if you're going to overlook the details, although I do consider distortion of the context in order to force fit a comeback tantamount to cheating.
Oh well. Anything goes right?
Like it or not the diamond engagement ring has become western custom. Good luck with the substitute.
Hmm.. I'll have to call and ask...