> Only the US could one ask for a cubit of rope, or a hog's head of petrol
Ah yes, you're doing the old "I'm an ignorant moron who has no grasp of reality so I make shit up to insult those bigger than me" routine. Classic. Cubits is not a unit of measurement used in the U.S. Hogsheads is not a unit of measurement used in the U.S. You see, we have these things called "feet" and "gallons" which make your terminology obsolete. Hell, it was obsolete YEARS ago. Welcome to the 21st century.
> Centigrade, on the other hand, is based on the differential between two very specific natural phenomena
Even if it is most abundant, it is quite rare for water to be boiling unless over a fire in a fireproof container. So it could be argued that it is just as arbitrary. This even ignores tha fact that true water will not be found naturally on the planet (it will always be contaminated with something else, changing the boiling AND freezing points). Maybe we should make a scale based on average salt/ocean water, since THAT is the most abundant substance (mixture). It would certainly make more sense.
TBH, I don't care, I'm just pointing out that getting a big head over what scale you use to measure temperature is fucking stupid.
> Between science in public schools and drugs, most youth know the metric system anyway.
Drugs? I never used (err, well, purchased much) powder drugs, so I didn't have the luxury of learning Metric the coke method. The silly potheads still use eighths/quarters of ounces.
> How in the hell do you install a heatsink 'backwards'?
Look at your heatsink. Turn it 180 degrees and reinstall. Pretty simple to me. There are some MBs and/or HS clips that won't allow it, but it is very possible to do.
> most of us are up to enduring an ad or two for something of this quality. If not, the story warned you
Yeah, except they get paid for showing the ad, and some of us can't actually see the rest of the article. After going to their "sponsor ad," the link is broken.
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> there's always a chace that your delicate data will be harmed by the onset of a good hard kick.
It was a Commodore. Most times, a kick is how you fix the computer.
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> The same could even be said of the hubble telescope, where I hear they have 6 of them up there, but rather than pointing up are pointing down as spy telescopes.
Isn't the Earth FAAAAAAAR too close for a Hubble-style telescope to focus on anything?
> who would be willing to step onboard that ship of doom?
I would. There are plenty of random people that would jump on it in a second. Almost none (if any) would be qualified to do any work. So, the appropriate question is "What qualified astronaut would be willing to step onboard that ship of doom?"
> A couple of hundread dollars in food and clothing is nothing compared to $1000/month in rent.
Fucking hell, man, try living in something other than a mansion. My rent is $300 a month (very small place), and that is a bit too much. Granted, I don't live in NYC, but if you don't have a place to live, it's pretty easy to move to where you CAN afford housing.
> You can tell a conservative from a million light years away with that comment...
Taking into consideration that you do not live in the U.S., you haven't a clue what you are talking about. I live in the second-poorest state in the U.S., about 50% of my friends are now & grew up under the poverty line. They still make fun of people with no cable, which is very few. "Poverty" in the U.S. is nowhere near poverty elsewhere.
This could have a part in why the U.S. population is seen as having little idea of the value of a dollar -- we think that making $10,000/yr is near slavery.
There are government programs that exist. They are extremely easy to get. All it takes is a trip to an office. Don't have a car? Ask someone on the street for the $10 cab fare, or ride the bus.
Yes, I do. All society does is force people into unnatural roles & classifies them by arbitrary factors, and creates (well, enhances) greed.
I'm not saying it's gonna happen or that I'll start it, but I'd be happier that way. Most wouldn't, since they are artificially important and would be "first against the wall."
No, there is no US Identification. The U.S. cannot force the people to carry any ID since there is no official ID, and you can go your whole life without one, unless you want to drive. The individual states give Drivers' Licenses, and most "require" that you carry them with you, although no state I know of will cart you off to jail for not having it on you. If you are driving w/o one, they can look up your info & just give you a ticket -- the ticket will be rescinded if you show up to the DMV (Division of Motor Vehicles) with your valid license within 7 days. Of course, this may vary from state to state.
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> In Soviet Russia, you run out of Jerk Store.
And get shot for looking suspicious.
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> why aren't they doing more seismographic tests, or even looking at sending a ground penetrating radar to mars
I thought that the orbiter was doing those kinds of tests? I can't find any links quickly, but somewhere I read or heard that after the orbiter was "finished" with its seismographic scans, we would have a better internal picture of Mars than of Earth. Or did I dream that...?
> What would a process based in ones and zeros feel like?
What does a process based in chemicals feel like? How do you know we aren't just ones and zeros now? I doubt we are, but we don't really know.
Anyway, I am going to practice my detective work. Since you asked those specific questions, I am guessing you have taken LSD once. Maybe twice. If you had taken it MANY MANY times, you would either 1) know that you can, because your brain is fried, or 2) know that you cannot, because you have kept trying over & over, yet failed.
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> why don't they just embed a clock signal on the stripe
This post, just above you mentions a Self-Clocking strip, which is what you are thinking of, I believe.
> Only the US could one ask for a cubit of rope, or a hog's head of petrol
Ah yes, you're doing the old "I'm an ignorant moron who has no grasp of reality so I make shit up to insult those bigger than me" routine. Classic.
Cubits is not a unit of measurement used in the U.S.
Hogsheads is not a unit of measurement used in the U.S.
You see, we have these things called "feet" and "gallons" which make your terminology obsolete. Hell, it was obsolete YEARS ago. Welcome to the 21st century.
> Centigrade, on the other hand, is based on the differential between two very specific natural phenomena
Even if it is most abundant, it is quite rare for water to be boiling unless over a fire in a fireproof container. So it could be argued that it is just as arbitrary. This even ignores tha fact that true water will not be found naturally on the planet (it will always be contaminated with something else, changing the boiling AND freezing points). Maybe we should make a scale based on average salt/ocean water, since THAT is the most abundant substance (mixture). It would certainly make more sense.
TBH, I don't care, I'm just pointing out that getting a big head over what scale you use to measure temperature is fucking stupid.
> Between science in public schools and drugs, most youth know the metric system anyway.
Drugs? I never used (err, well, purchased much) powder drugs, so I didn't have the luxury of learning Metric the coke method. The silly potheads still use eighths/quarters of ounces.
> Why don't u get a bran! Moran!
Yeah! More fiber, asshole!
> the aliens' newest project - PSYCHIATRISTS
Propelled System Yielding Continuous High Intensity Asteroids To Remove Ignorant Species on Terran Surface?
Maybe I should have wasted a bit more time on that one...
> How in the hell do you install a heatsink 'backwards'?
Look at your heatsink. Turn it 180 degrees and reinstall. Pretty simple to me. There are some MBs and/or HS clips that won't allow it, but it is very possible to do.
> Free information is useless if it's dead.
Well, thank God for us that information can't die, wanker.
To rephrase someone else's sig, "You shouldn't anthropomorphize information -- it doesn't like that."
My own sig is slightly appropriate, although not a whole lot:
> it doesn't hurt anyone to sit through a harmless ad.
No, but many of us are refused access to the article even after putting up with their annoying flash crap.
> most of us are up to enduring an ad or two for something of this quality. If not, the story warned you
Yeah, except they get paid for showing the ad, and some of us can't actually see the rest of the article. After going to their "sponsor ad," the link is broken.
> there's always a chace that your delicate data will be harmed by the onset of a good hard kick.
It was a Commodore. Most times, a kick is how you fix the computer.
> You mean soccer?
No, he does not. Duh.
> the common American phrase, "When in doubt, punt."
Do you know what "common" means? I have never heard that phrase in my entire life.
> Time, distance, it's all space-time
You should have said "it's all relative... generally."
> The same could even be said of the hubble telescope, where I hear they have 6 of them up there, but rather than pointing up are pointing down as spy telescopes.
Isn't the Earth FAAAAAAAR too close for a Hubble-style telescope to focus on anything?
> who would be willing to step onboard that ship of doom?
I would. There are plenty of random people that would jump on it in a second. Almost none (if any) would be qualified to do any work. So, the appropriate question is "What qualified astronaut would be willing to step onboard that ship of doom?"
> what exactly is "a bad president"?
Al Sharpton.
> A couple of hundread dollars in food and clothing is nothing compared to $1000/month in rent.
Fucking hell, man, try living in something other than a mansion. My rent is $300 a month (very small place), and that is a bit too much. Granted, I don't live in NYC, but if you don't have a place to live, it's pretty easy to move to where you CAN afford housing.
> You can tell a conservative from a million light years away with that comment...
Taking into consideration that you do not live in the U.S., you haven't a clue what you are talking about. I live in the second-poorest state in the U.S., about 50% of my friends are now & grew up under the poverty line. They still make fun of people with no cable, which is very few. "Poverty" in the U.S. is nowhere near poverty elsewhere.
This could have a part in why the U.S. population is seen as having little idea of the value of a dollar -- we think that making $10,000/yr is near slavery.
There are government programs that exist. They are extremely easy to get. All it takes is a trip to an office. Don't have a car? Ask someone on the street for the $10 cab fare, or ride the bus.
This has nothing to do with conservative/liberal.
> You want to abolish society?
Yes, I do. All society does is force people into unnatural roles & classifies them by arbitrary factors, and creates (well, enhances) greed.
I'm not saying it's gonna happen or that I'll start it, but I'd be happier that way. Most wouldn't, since they are artificially important and would be "first against the wall."
> I think USA DOES force people to carry ID
No, there is no US Identification. The U.S. cannot force the people to carry any ID since there is no official ID, and you can go your whole life without one, unless you want to drive. The individual states give Drivers' Licenses, and most "require" that you carry them with you, although no state I know of will cart you off to jail for not having it on you.
If you are driving w/o one, they can look up your info & just give you a ticket -- the ticket will be rescinded if you show up to the DMV (Division of Motor Vehicles) with your valid license within 7 days. Of course, this may vary from state to state.
> In Soviet Russia, you run out of Jerk Store.
And get shot for looking suspicious.
> why aren't they doing more seismographic tests, or even looking at sending a ground penetrating radar to mars
I thought that the orbiter was doing those kinds of tests? I can't find any links quickly, but somewhere I read or heard that after the orbiter was "finished" with its seismographic scans, we would have a better internal picture of Mars than of Earth. Or did I dream that...?
> What would a process based in ones and zeros feel like?
What does a process based in chemicals feel like? How do you know we aren't just ones and zeros now? I doubt we are, but we don't really know.
Anyway, I am going to practice my detective work. Since you asked those specific questions, I am guessing you have taken LSD once. Maybe twice. If you had taken it MANY MANY times, you would either
1) know that you can, because your brain is fried, or
2) know that you cannot, because you have kept trying over & over, yet failed.
>And would my 60 year old barber still cut my hair if I have a huge hunk of metal
Naw, by the time that chunk of metal gets there we will be outsourcing hairstyling/barbering (anything like barbarism?) to China.