I used a guard rail as a bottle opener once. It worked great, except that after taking a sip of Coke, I realized the neck of the bottle came off with the cap. About one inch broke clean off, leaving a flat surface.
"Jessica Sanford of Federal Way, Wash., a freelance court reporter. She isn’t just any enrollee. As it happens, President Obama once mentioned her by name. She was so thrilled at getting a “gold” level insurance plan for herself and her son for just $169 per month that she had written Obama to thank him. And then he read from her letter and gave her a name-check in his October 21 Rose Garden speech.... Unfortunately, Washington State did finally got back to Sanford about her application. That $452 subsidy we said you’d get? That was a mistake. You actually get zero. So for that gold plan, instead of paying $169 per month, you’d pay $621 per month."
Awww, poor little LIV.
Suck it drones. You served up a shit sandwich, now take a big ass bite and enjoy!
I never understood why... aliens is just bat shit crazy... especially out of the supposed atheist crowd we have here.
I've long wondered the same thing. They insist that life sprang from chemicals in the mud, but then also say aliens don't exist, because it's impossible for it to have happened on another planet. It doesn't make sense.
Wait a minute. They beat Neil Armstrong to the Moon?? Why didn't they tell anyone about that? They could have made a fortune off the merchandising rights, not to mention increased memberships.
I guess they're better explorers than businessmen.
His point is still valid though. Pick a point on the main body of Antarctica, walk west. Eventually you will reach your starting point again. Theoretically, anyway.
It would be like walking across Tamriel, looking for a witch's coven you discovered on a later save. It only works if your angle is perfect.
He was taking crazy risks by being under a car that wasn't properly secured. Jacks fail, use jack stands under the axle. I can't do much more than change a tire and I know that rule.
I agree with that statement, but would like to expand it to all other forms of economic systems as well. Whatever system there is in place, it will be used by humans to get more money/power/toys/etc than others have. It's human nature, and it isn't going to change any time soon.
I love how you think anyone who makes fun of Obama is a Republican..
As for the "teleprompted", is wasn't simply that he used a teleprompter. It was that he couldn't give a coherent speech without it, and he bungled many speeches even with it because he put no mental effort into the activity.
Bush may have invented new words, but at least he was coherent about it.You knew what he meant, which is the point of speaking. I don't agree with Jimmy Carter's policies, but I know he can answer a question with an intelligent and thoughtful response.
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Why? More populous countries have the advantage of actually having enough people to really benefit from, say, mass transit. The economics of scale come into play. And if they work in the wrong direction you can always just divide the area up to scandinavian country sizes chunks that operate separately. What is the reason scandinavian model won't work with more people? And don't give me crap about "US is a huge, densely populaten country. So are scandinavian ones. On top of that they maintain their roads through winter months and pretty much guarantee the availibility of electricity and internet to every place in their countries)
Your problem is that you are wrong. The US is not densely populated. It has densely populated cities, but it has many more towns, suburbs, and villages spread out over a good portion of a continent. Sweden in comparison has one densely populated area that covers the southern end of the country, four more small northern cities, and the rest is sparsely populated farmland or nearly empty mountains. So for a government program to reach most of the population, there is a self-evident layout that would be needed.
Your argument is the same one that is always made; that somehow what works in one particular country in Europe could be implemented in the US, because it is just a matter of scaling to our size. How about you try it in Europe first. Extend Sweden's social services (transit, medical, college, etc) to Eastern Europe, overriding the local inhabitant's wishes as needed, and let us know how it works out. Then maybe we'll think about it over here.
This is only because the people who want big government demanded it pay those companies for their risky behavior. The people who want smaller government, like myself, said "Fuck them, let them starve."
I'm not sure on which side you care to place me for that, but I think it was the more consistent stance.
Also, certain things don't scale well. It's conceivable the system that works so well in Scandinavia won't work in more populous countries.
Oh no, you aren't allowed to make this argument on Slashdot. For some reason, there is a visceral hatred from some people if you point that out.
For what it's worth, Sweden is Europe's 5th largest country, behind Russia, Ukraine, France and Spain, and is larger than California. The bulk of its 10 million people live in the southern third of the country, with a few northern cities dotting the eastern coast, and one inland. So government programs and businesses can serve most of the people quite easily.
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I used a guard rail as a bottle opener once. It worked great, except that after taking a sip of Coke, I realized the neck of the bottle came off with the cap. About one inch broke clean off, leaving a flat surface.
http://www.conservativeintel.com/2013/11/19/single-mom-thanked-obama-for-her-169mo-insurance-then-discovered-it-will-actually-cost-her-621mo/
"Jessica Sanford of Federal Way, Wash., a freelance court reporter. She isn’t just any enrollee. As it happens, President Obama once mentioned her by name. She was so thrilled at getting a “gold” level insurance plan for herself and her son for just $169 per month that she had written Obama to thank him. And then he read from her letter and gave her a name-check in his October 21 Rose Garden speech. ...
Unfortunately, Washington State did finally got back to Sanford about her application. That $452 subsidy we said you’d get? That was a mistake. You actually get zero. So for that gold plan, instead of paying $169 per month, you’d pay $621 per month."
Awww, poor little LIV.
Suck it drones. You served up a shit sandwich, now take a big ass bite and enjoy!
That has nothing to do with prime numbers, idiot.
Aliens do exist. Far far away. But they can't visit us. (Distance!) Huge difference.
Why is that the assumption?
You don't think that in a million years, our descendents couldn't figure out how to travel between the stars?
But as for my original point, I hear it far more often than your statement.
I never understood why ... aliens is just bat shit crazy... especially out of the supposed atheist crowd we have here.
I've long wondered the same thing. They insist that life sprang from chemicals in the mud, but then also say aliens don't exist, because it's impossible for it to have happened on another planet. It doesn't make sense.
For the same reason there's one in Hawai'i.
Throw a few dramatic pauses in there and you have it!
Wait a minute. They beat Neil Armstrong to the Moon?? Why didn't they tell anyone about that? They could have made a fortune off the merchandising rights, not to mention increased memberships.
I guess they're better explorers than businessmen.
Why would William Shatner be calling for Madeline Kahn?
His point is still valid though. Pick a point on the main body of Antarctica, walk west. Eventually you will reach your starting point again. Theoretically, anyway.
It would be like walking across Tamriel, looking for a witch's coven you discovered on a later save. It only works if your angle is perfect.
He was taking crazy risks by being under a car that wasn't properly secured. Jacks fail, use jack stands under the axle. I can't do much more than change a tire and I know that rule.
did these include downgrading to a xbox one?
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You forgot to say ", reporting for duty."
Wait a sec. They need a separate patent to send more balloons, when there are already patented balloons in place?
I agree with that statement, but would like to expand it to all other forms of economic systems as well. Whatever system there is in place, it will be used by humans to get more money/power/toys/etc than others have. It's human nature, and it isn't going to change any time soon.
No, not everyone. Just the ill-informed.
I love how you think anyone who makes fun of Obama is a Republican..
As for the "teleprompted", is wasn't simply that he used a teleprompter. It was that he couldn't give a coherent speech without it, and he bungled many speeches even with it because he put no mental effort into the activity.
Bush may have invented new words, but at least he was coherent about it.You knew what he meant, which is the point of speaking. I don't agree with Jimmy Carter's policies, but I know he can answer a question with an intelligent and thoughtful response.
And that's going to be found in Loch Ness in Scotland.
Does it count if I say "one thousand" between each number?
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Why? More populous countries have the advantage of actually having enough people to really benefit from, say, mass transit. The economics of scale come into play. And if they work in the wrong direction you can always just divide the area up to scandinavian country sizes chunks that operate separately. What is the reason scandinavian model won't work with more people? And don't give me crap about "US is a huge, densely populaten country. So are scandinavian ones. On top of that they maintain their roads through winter months and pretty much guarantee the availibility of electricity and internet to every place in their countries)
Your problem is that you are wrong. The US is not densely populated. It has densely populated cities, but it has many more towns, suburbs, and villages spread out over a good portion of a continent. Sweden in comparison has one densely populated area that covers the southern end of the country, four more small northern cities, and the rest is sparsely populated farmland or nearly empty mountains. So for a government program to reach most of the population, there is a self-evident layout that would be needed.
Your argument is the same one that is always made; that somehow what works in one particular country in Europe could be implemented in the US, because it is just a matter of scaling to our size. How about you try it in Europe first. Extend Sweden's social services (transit, medical, college, etc) to Eastern Europe, overriding the local inhabitant's wishes as needed, and let us know how it works out. Then maybe we'll think about it over here.
This is only because the people who want big government demanded it pay those companies for their risky behavior. The people who want smaller government, like myself, said "Fuck them, let them starve."
I'm not sure on which side you care to place me for that, but I think it was the more consistent stance.
Also, certain things don't scale well. It's conceivable the system that works so well in Scandinavia won't work in more populous countries.
Oh no, you aren't allowed to make this argument on Slashdot. For some reason, there is a visceral hatred from some people if you point that out.
For what it's worth, Sweden is Europe's 5th largest country, behind Russia, Ukraine, France and Spain, and is larger than California. The bulk of its 10 million people live in the southern third of the country, with a few northern cities dotting the eastern coast, and one inland. So government programs and businesses can serve most of the people quite easily.
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