Sorry, but the comparison is apples to apples, and airports to airports. Thanks, though, for showing me an excellent example of "No True Scotsman".
If there's a problem, it's that the US government handed over billions of taxpayer dollars to private corporations for scanners that don't do the job. They might be great at showing people naked, but, as proved conclusively in a number of videos, they don't provide a lot of actual security.
So why does Israel, which has the best airport security on the planet, not privatize?
And it's only Libertarian idiots who ignore the real-world fact that not one of the private sector captains of finance who delivered the world into a catastrophic recession lost their job. They got bonuses.
So the same people who brought us the F-35, Trailer Queen of Battle, are now getting even more billions of taxpayer dollars to build a fighter-borne laser?
Unless it can shoot down the enemy from inside a repair facility, I don't see much hope for this project.
You're either very badly mistaken or flat-out dishonest. Most of the studies in the 1970's predicted warming. The few that didn't have been discredited or retracted.
I believe I'll join you in that exercise, my friend. Trumptards and other mouth-breathers who spend mod points here won't have them to spend on real science somewhere else.
The thing is, it's not even trolling to point out that these right wing ultra-conservatives cheapen and demean every site they visit. But in that brief, shining moment when decent people have given up and gone elsewhere, they still have the spurious legitimacy still clinging to the site.
It never lasts, of course. Before long, decent people understand the site has become just another bastion of anti-science, anti-technology conservative fucktardery.
Let me guess: you've also noticed mod points are few and far between when a lot of your comments call out trumptards and GW deniers.
There's a real danger this site is going to join a lot of others in the conservative echo chamber, even as it clings desperately to its reputation as a place tech people can go for a little light reading and a laugh.
Conservatives know they're mostly not that bright. So if they can get hold of a place like this, at least they can pretend for a while.
I have never used anything but Logitech's "Marble Mouse" trackball since it first came on the market decades ago. Well, it seems the 64-bit drivers don't offer all the functionality of older ones. I tried contacting them about it, and was basically told to get lost.
It looks like my experience with them was just an early indicator of what was to come. Logitech has chosen a customer service model, and it's not one I want to be part of. So when the time came a couple of months ago to replace my main computer's sound system, I walked right past the Logitech options. My next trackball will probably be a Kensington.
Based on what I'm reading here, it looks like I made the right choice. I might not be a major corporation, but every device in my house (at the moment) has a Logitech pointing device attached to it. Two of them have Logitech keyboards. One has a Logitech sound system. I was a long-term loyal customer who would never have felt the need to look elsewhere.
This is very much like the kind of attack former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to conduct on Canadian scientists...shut down projects that featured decades of uninterrupted data collection and muzzle the scientists themselves. Any break in the continuity of data collection can seriously compromise the value of the data.
American scientists stepped up to the plate when Harper muzzled Canadian scientists. I think it's time we Canadians returned the favour. I will 100% buck up if there's a crowdfunding effort to get one or more replacement satellites into orbit while there's still time to keep the data flowing. Additionally, I'll lobby my friends, business contacts and political contacts to kick in.
One of the factors leading to Harper's defeat in the last election was his attack on science. Canadians, even a lot of fairly conservative Canadians, hated him for it.
TFA mentions that Donald Trump's close friend and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross "stands to benefit from the operations of a Russian company run by Putin's family and close allies, some of whom are under US sanctions."
I suspect real Americans take a dim view of a high administration official who maintains financial ties to companies being sanctioned by the US government.
From TFA: "Ross, a billionaire and close friend of Trump, retained holdings in Navigator after taking office this year. The relationship means he stands to benefit from the operations of a Russian company run by Putin's family and close allies, some of whom are under US sanctions.
Of course the Commerce Secretary wouldn't have much say in trade regulations, would he?
Well, if nothing else, the speed with which China meets its objectives will serve to highlight the strength of its outstanding corporate espionage sector.
So tell us again, please, how Hillary Clinton ties into a story documenting Russia's financial strings on current high-ranking members of the US government.
So they "reviewed" 55,000 documents. At just one minute per document, that works out to about 920 man hours of work just to look at them all, much less to understand them.
And yeah, I'm going to trust the "internal review" of a company that has already proved it has a corporate culture as trustworthy and reliable as Kevin Spacey in a roomful of naked teenage boys.
"I do not see Apple or Google offering free support and upgrades for 10 years on devices."
Just because some frickin' felon doesn't charge money for hanging up his bag of dogshit on the tree in my front yard every so often, that doesn't mean I'm getting a bargain.
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Sorry, but the comparison is apples to apples, and airports to airports. Thanks, though, for showing me an excellent example of "No True Scotsman".
If there's a problem, it's that the US government handed over billions of taxpayer dollars to private corporations for scanners that don't do the job. They might be great at showing people naked, but, as proved conclusively in a number of videos, they don't provide a lot of actual security.
So why does Israel, which has the best airport security on the planet, not privatize?
And it's only Libertarian idiots who ignore the real-world fact that not one of the private sector captains of finance who delivered the world into a catastrophic recession lost their job. They got bonuses.
So the same people who brought us the F-35, Trailer Queen of Battle, are now getting even more billions of taxpayer dollars to build a fighter-borne laser?
Unless it can shoot down the enemy from inside a repair facility, I don't see much hope for this project.
Stick the hand in a microwave for a minute or two, and it will probably work just fine.
You're either very badly mistaken or flat-out dishonest. Most of the studies in the 1970's predicted warming. The few that didn't have been discredited or retracted.
Read and learn:
https://skepticalscience.com/ice-age-predictions-in-1970s-intermediate.htm
I believe I'll join you in that exercise, my friend. Trumptards and other mouth-breathers who spend mod points here won't have them to spend on real science somewhere else.
The thing is, it's not even trolling to point out that these right wing ultra-conservatives cheapen and demean every site they visit. But in that brief, shining moment when decent people have given up and gone elsewhere, they still have the spurious legitimacy still clinging to the site.
It never lasts, of course. Before long, decent people understand the site has become just another bastion of anti-science, anti-technology conservative fucktardery.
These scumbags got hold of a bunch of tickets to a charity concert and sold them at a huge markup. None of that money went to charity, of course.
Let me guess: you've also noticed mod points are few and far between when a lot of your comments call out trumptards and GW deniers.
There's a real danger this site is going to join a lot of others in the conservative echo chamber, even as it clings desperately to its reputation as a place tech people can go for a little light reading and a laugh.
Conservatives know they're mostly not that bright. So if they can get hold of a place like this, at least they can pretend for a while.
You make an excellent point.
Love your sig!
"Human Mini-Brains Growing Inside Rat Bodies Are Starting To Integrate"
Big deal. So they've invented vat-grown lawyers.
Most PC owners have these things called "screwdrivers".
I have never used anything but Logitech's "Marble Mouse" trackball since it first came on the market decades ago. Well, it seems the 64-bit drivers don't offer all the functionality of older ones. I tried contacting them about it, and was basically told to get lost.
It looks like my experience with them was just an early indicator of what was to come. Logitech has chosen a customer service model, and it's not one I want to be part of. So when the time came a couple of months ago to replace my main computer's sound system, I walked right past the Logitech options. My next trackball will probably be a Kensington.
Based on what I'm reading here, it looks like I made the right choice. I might not be a major corporation, but every device in my house (at the moment) has a Logitech pointing device attached to it. Two of them have Logitech keyboards. One has a Logitech sound system. I was a long-term loyal customer who would never have felt the need to look elsewhere.
That was then. This is now.
Logitech is dead to me.
If you want to cut down on the number of blood-sucking parasites in your area, the answer is simple: quit electing them.
This is very much like the kind of attack former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to conduct on Canadian scientists...shut down projects that featured decades of uninterrupted data collection and muzzle the scientists themselves. Any break in the continuity of data collection can seriously compromise the value of the data.
American scientists stepped up to the plate when Harper muzzled Canadian scientists. I think it's time we Canadians returned the favour. I will 100% buck up if there's a crowdfunding effort to get one or more replacement satellites into orbit while there's still time to keep the data flowing. Additionally, I'll lobby my friends, business contacts and political contacts to kick in.
One of the factors leading to Harper's defeat in the last election was his attack on science. Canadians, even a lot of fairly conservative Canadians, hated him for it.
When you're powerful enough and rich enough to bribe the people writing the rules, there is no such thing as cheating.
And when the society you're parasitizing eventually collapses because the tax-maintained infrastructure rots out, you just move on to the next one.
TFA mentions that Donald Trump's close friend and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross "stands to benefit from the operations of a Russian company run by Putin's family and close allies, some of whom are under US sanctions."
The link it provides is also pretty damning: https://www.theguardian.com/ne...
I suspect real Americans take a dim view of a high administration official who maintains financial ties to companies being sanctioned by the US government.
From TFA: "Ross, a billionaire and close friend of Trump, retained holdings in Navigator after taking office this year. The relationship means he stands to benefit from the operations of a Russian company run by Putin's family and close allies, some of whom are under US sanctions.
Of course the Commerce Secretary wouldn't have much say in trade regulations, would he?
Well, if nothing else, the speed with which China meets its objectives will serve to highlight the strength of its outstanding corporate espionage sector.
So tell us again, please, how Hillary Clinton ties into a story documenting Russia's financial strings on current high-ranking members of the US government.
We'll wait...
Good question. One they've answered to their own satisfaction, I guess.
It's cheaper. Did we mention that? It's 'way cheaper.
All your judges are belong to us!
So they "reviewed" 55,000 documents. At just one minute per document, that works out to about 920 man hours of work just to look at them all, much less to understand them.
And yeah, I'm going to trust the "internal review" of a company that has already proved it has a corporate culture as trustworthy and reliable as Kevin Spacey in a roomful of naked teenage boys.
"I do not see Apple or Google offering free support and upgrades for 10 years on devices."
Just because some frickin' felon doesn't charge money for hanging up his bag of dogshit on the tree in my front yard every so often, that doesn't mean I'm getting a bargain.