For non-European readers, the Transit is the most popular van in Europe and the Mondeo is a very popular family saloon. I think they used to sell the Mondeo in the US, where it was considered a mid-sized saloon. The problem with this is that, in the US, there's no such thing as a family saloon, and a mid-sized one would be a bar that holds a fair-sized number of people with room outside for their horses.
In the US, the Mondeo would be a mid-sized sedan.
Possibly causing extinctions has stopped us from moving into areas frequently, since we began allowing lawsuits to stop us. By "us," of course, I mean US, EU. I wouldn't expect the extinction of alien microbes to bother present day China, though, hence the need for speed.
Hmmm. I wouldn't say that it's retarded. I haven't really seen a lot of evidence even that some form of extremely basic life could be formed in any sort of atmosphere even resmbling ours...
Try a mirror? Or you might be implying that we were seeded here, but that just means there'd be a lot more places out there with life on them.
Why should I really believe that life could have possibly formed on some remote place like Mars, where the temperature apparently ranges from 27 degrees Celsius to -107 degrees Celsius.
Because that range does not persist throughout the entire body and history of Mars?
Basically, all evidence that I see points to not having life elsewhere. Infinite possibilities? In order to have infinite possibilities, strictly speaking, the universe would have to have been eternally existent.
You haven't seen much evidence (living in the present), or even all available evidence. Also, "infinite" does not in any way require "eternal". People with a moderate high school math education should know that, and a moderate high school English education should allow you to detect hyperbole.
...So, maybe I should be spending money on making sure my house's roof could withstand a tank falling on top of it, since it's possible?
I'd check flight paths first, at the least.
Of course, the probability of life evolving is a rather big topic.
The angel responsible for the movements of the point of light called "Mars" was fired centuries ago, along with the rest of the star-propelling host. How their former boss stays in business is the subject of much discussion, yes.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy...
Is the word "arbitrary" just there for legalistic flavor, or does it mean something? It could mean that as long as everyone gets the same treatment, there's no problem. Alternatively, it could mean an arbiter cannot order interference with your privacy (issue a warrant, for example).
OTOH, I'd like to thank Rush for his persistent trashing of the only Republican who doesn't make me barf (J. McCain). I'm convinced his "anti-endorsement" helped McCain's image in the eyes of moderate Republicans.
So, you agree with him then? He said that before it was parroted by half a dozen talking heads.
But anyway, does your less-negative view of Sen. Cain mean you hate free speech, or just that you want to exploit Mexicans?
Active viruses aren't typically transmitted as part of a person's DNA, as that would involve an usurped sperm or egg cell. As you imply, those cells don't reproduce themselves, so they don't make good homes for a virus, which would break them anyway. There is fluid exchange involved in reproductive (and most other) sex, and they do get around that way, since they tend to be floating around your body soon after they've gotten into one cell.
These are NOT active viruses, they're leftover bits that got swept up and tossed in the stew pot back when you were a monkey, shrew, fish, bacteria, or whatever. Most of the junk in your DNA has been put to some use, even if just to mark another section as not used. They can be used to trace evolution, by looking to see who's got what bits.
...seems to support your hypothesis.... It's difficult to take that organization seriously.
Ain't/. great? You're insightful because you agree with someone who's a troll for backing up another troll. Is this where my +1 karma (based on exactly one karma-improving mod point) goes away?
1. Evolution in the multiverse allowed living beings to exists in a superposition of states.
2. Something happened to life on Earth that forced us to exist in one state. Hence, our evolution forced us to collapse the wave.
3. Collapsing the wave on these other beings kill them.
4. These beings create a "bubble", something akin to a singularity stretched around 2 diameters of Pluto. This "protects" them from being collapsed.
Did this continue with
5. These beings, existing in a superposition of states, also DID NOT create such a protective bubble, and were therefore collapsed when our ships wandered out among the stars, allowing us to observe them?
If people would stop trying to play the "who is everyone else going to vote for" game*, then we'd have a chance of getting someone in who at least a few people actually want. If people polled would say "third party," then there would be an indication that there actually were enough people of such sentiment to make worthwhile voting for the best candidate, rather than the less bad of two parties.
If that doesn't happen, then when people vote they have to try to stop the worst choice by voting for the second worst choice.
how do you write-in a vote on a touch-screen? You select the "write-in" check box, then enter the letters. A touch screen keyboard produces better results than a stubby pencil.
the car has a square footprint and the wheels turn through 90deg, by extension it should be trivial to turn the whole car on the spot, so why bother making the cabin independently movable? Because a^2+b^2=c^2, and they want you park in a space that's only a^2 long and wide?
Explain this...who doesn't deserve free health care?
You mean, "who doesn't deserve TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZED health care," (as there is no such thing as free health care) and the answer to that would be, "those who don't pay taxes."
Those who cannot afford health care already get essential medical services for "free," paid for by those who can afford it.
However, from what I understand, the bell-curve hypothesis isn't well-supported, especially with the peak centered around 50%. Whatever the estimates are regarding the distribution of human sexuality, it's safe to say that 50% of the population is NOT bisexual.
A bell curve centered at 50% with 10% each solidly homo- and hetero- would leave 80% bisexual, with 50% of that bi- population having a slight to very strong preference for the same sex rather than the opposite, which definitely is utter rubbish.
Though I suppose there'd actually be a portion with no preference at all, and the curve leaves out the segment with a preference for no sex whatsoever, which half the people reading this stuff know full well is an actual, if small, population.
Also note, it's not only the decryption the box does, but also producing your nice interactive chanel guide. Without further requiring an international database of cable and TV providers that your TV could connect to, over an open public internet, to download that information, and even more cost, how will you know what's on? How will your $6 per month DVR work? Who pays for the central service and at what cost? Sureley more than you pay now...
My DVR, for which I pay $0.00 a month, and for which I've no subscription service or internet connection at all, manages to find all the information it needs when I've given it my zip code and selected the name of my cable service provider (who is in no way affiliated with the DVR manufacturer). There's an ad that fills a spot in the listings display when the space isn't needed for a menu, and I have to turn it off a couple nights a week to tell it to update.
For the awesome movies like "Ice Spiders" and "Solar Attack" of course. Actually, they do seem to faltering a bit lately, they've got one night of stuff.
cartoon network HD (but i'm not sure what HD scooby doo is going to do for me).
Well, wait until night and watch Blood+, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Inuyasha in HD then. There's always Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and My Gym Partner's a Monkey....
Take the largest mall in [New Jersey], where parking is already maxed out during the busier times of the year, and build a 16 screen movie theater right in the middle of the parking lot. Absolutely brilliant.
They did do that, didn't they? Better theater than others in the area, though, from what I've heard.
Maybe they should just surround the mall with a giant parking garage....
Conservatives are more afflicted with mental rigidity, and are less capable of appreciating subtlety and nuance in politics
That is, they believe that some things are just wrong.
It turns out that conservatives are less bright on the average than liberals. That's why most college professors are liberals, not because of some political conspiracy, but because you have to be smart to be a college professor.
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Possibly causing extinctions has stopped us from moving into areas frequently, since we began allowing lawsuits to stop us. By "us," of course, I mean US, EU. I wouldn't expect the extinction of alien microbes to bother present day China, though, hence the need for speed.
Hmmm. I wouldn't say that it's retarded. I haven't really seen a lot of evidence even that some form of extremely basic life could be formed in any sort of atmosphere even resmbling ours...
Try a mirror? Or you might be implying that we were seeded here, but that just means there'd be a lot more places out there with life on them.Why should I really believe that life could have possibly formed on some remote place like Mars, where the temperature apparently ranges from 27 degrees Celsius to -107 degrees Celsius.
Because that range does not persist throughout the entire body and history of Mars?Basically, all evidence that I see points to not having life elsewhere. Infinite possibilities? In order to have infinite possibilities, strictly speaking, the universe would have to have been eternally existent.
You haven't seen much evidence (living in the present), or even all available evidence. Also, "infinite" does not in any way require "eternal". People with a moderate high school math education should know that, and a moderate high school English education should allow you to detect hyperbole....So, maybe I should be spending money on making sure my house's roof could withstand a tank falling on top of it, since it's possible?
I'd check flight paths first, at the least.Of course, the probability of life evolving is a rather big topic.
The angel responsible for the movements of the point of light called "Mars" was fired centuries ago, along with the rest of the star-propelling host. How their former boss stays in business is the subject of much discussion, yes.No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy...
Is the word "arbitrary" just there for legalistic flavor, or does it mean something? It could mean that as long as everyone gets the same treatment, there's no problem. Alternatively, it could mean an arbiter cannot order interference with your privacy (issue a warrant, for example).
So, you agree with him then? He said that before it was parroted by half a dozen talking heads.
But anyway, does your less-negative view of Sen. Cain mean you hate free speech, or just that you want to exploit Mexicans?
Oops. Broke my karma. Sorry.
Active viruses aren't typically transmitted as part of a person's DNA, as that would involve an usurped sperm or egg cell. As you imply, those cells don't reproduce themselves, so they don't make good homes for a virus, which would break them anyway. There is fluid exchange involved in reproductive (and most other) sex, and they do get around that way, since they tend to be floating around your body soon after they've gotten into one cell.
These are NOT active viruses, they're leftover bits that got swept up and tossed in the stew pot back when you were a monkey, shrew, fish, bacteria, or whatever. Most of the junk in your DNA has been put to some use, even if just to mark another section as not used. They can be used to trace evolution, by looking to see who's got what bits.
I've never been interested in Buffy books, Angel books, Star Trek books, Star Wars books, or any such thing.
I don't know if that's because it just isn't the actors, or because I was traumatized at a young age by Splinter of the Mind's Eye.
...seems to support your hypothesis.... It's difficult to take that organization seriously.Ain't
1. Evolution in the multiverse allowed living beings to exists in a superposition of states.
2. Something happened to life on Earth that forced us to exist in one state. Hence, our evolution forced us to collapse the wave.
3. Collapsing the wave on these other beings kill them.
4. These beings create a "bubble", something akin to a singularity stretched around 2 diameters of Pluto. This "protects" them from being collapsed.
Did this continue with
5. These beings, existing in a superposition of states, also DID NOT create such a protective bubble, and were therefore collapsed when our ships wandered out among the stars, allowing us to observe them?
Did the monkey which didn't like blue and therefore chose green, choose no M&Ms if presented a choice between only blue candies?
If that doesn't happen, then when people vote they have to try to stop the worst choice by voting for the second worst choice.
So complain about the polls instead.
You mean, "who doesn't deserve TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZED health care," (as there is no such thing as free health care) and the answer to that would be, "those who don't pay taxes."
Those who cannot afford health care already get essential medical services for "free," paid for by those who can afford it.
Pass on "Your-anus" and "Urine-us" and try "UHR-uh-nuss'". Not all words that start with U need a "you" sound.
A bell curve centered at 50% with 10% each solidly homo- and hetero- would leave 80% bisexual, with 50% of that bi- population having a slight to very strong preference for the same sex rather than the opposite, which definitely is utter rubbish.
Though I suppose there'd actually be a portion with no preference at all, and the curve leaves out the segment with a preference for no sex whatsoever, which half the people reading this stuff know full well is an actual, if small, population.
The US is already full of evangelicals. Do you really think they haven't been training for the past decade?
My DVR, for which I pay $0.00 a month, and for which I've no subscription service or internet connection at all, manages to find all the information it needs when I've given it my zip code and selected the name of my cable service provider (who is in no way affiliated with the DVR manufacturer). There's an ad that fills a spot in the listings display when the space isn't needed for a menu, and I have to turn it off a couple nights a week to tell it to update.
For the awesome movies like "Ice Spiders" and "Solar Attack" of course. Actually, they do seem to faltering a bit lately, they've got one night of stuff.
cartoon network HD (but i'm not sure what HD scooby doo is going to do for me).
Well, wait until night and watch Blood+, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Inuyasha in HD then. There's always Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and My Gym Partner's a Monkey....
Take the largest mall in [New Jersey], where parking is already maxed out during the busier times of the year, and build a 16 screen movie theater right in the middle of the parking lot. Absolutely brilliant.
They did do that, didn't they? Better theater than others in the area, though, from what I've heard.
Maybe they should just surround the mall with a giant parking garage....
The parking meters are made by a company with a smiley for a name? I'm never going to park in Canada again for that.
That is, they believe that some things are just wrong.
It turns out that conservatives are less bright on the average than liberals. That's why most college professors are liberals, not because of some political conspiracy, but because you have to be smart to be a college professor.
Or alternately, "Those who can't, teach."
Shrinking by 50% isn't a problem, as long as height is preferentially maintained.
Please do, as we certainly don't want the executive and legislative branches to both be controlled by one party.
At least, that's what I heard while the Republicans were controlling congress....