Of the 539 members of congress, 209 were business men/women and 200 were lawyers. Just how exactly do you think they're going to vote? Unfortunately it's simple self interest. Lawyers aren't going to make the legal system easier or simpler. And business people aren't going to make their life any more difficult either.
Do you think the Koch brothers gave $7 million to the republican party in 2014 to make it easier for them to be sued? Or Michael Bloomberg $28 million to democrats that same year? The answer is, of course, no. They do this to buy votes for bills they want, or to obstruct ones they don't want passed. Just look at how damn powerful corporations have gotten over the last 50 years. Then ask yourself who's being "totally (and willfully) ignorant".
Has it worked that way in other countries with Loser pays?
I don't know, but that's how it would work in the US. Half, or more, of congress are lawyers to begin with. And to make matters worse, the large corporations practically own all of them. So how do you really believe a law of this nature would end up?
yep, some of us aren't so OCD that coming home to a too hot or cold home is a big deal. we tough it out for 30 minutes instead of turning the AC on remotely of having it run all day. this seems like a millennial product for the younger crowd who are still in their whiny everything must be perfect phase of their lives. us old people in the we're too cheap phase will tough it out and save the cash.
Some of us are old enough to have grown up w/o AC. So waiting a half an hour to cool the house isn't that bad.
Loser pays would tamp down on a lot of people who use the process to punish people.
No, it would just ensure that every large corporation would show up with a team of 50 lawyers to every case. Knowing that you could end up paying each one of them $500/ hour if you lose because your lawyer was having a bad day, or the judge made a mistake. Including the amount of time each would be billing for for case prep and such, it would mean financial ruin from most people if they lose.
Essentially it would be the end of any recourse for people when it comes to large corporations.
Given that there are no rockets flying around this morning, I'll take that as meaning that skynet doesn't exist.. yet.
Perhaps it torrented the Terminator series and decided that it never works out well for itself. Or it's decided to simply save resources and let us destroy ourselves.
The company has partnered with Harman to integrate Microsoft Office 365 into its infotainment systems, bringing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to cars for the first time.
WTF? While the first part of this summary has gotten a lot of attention, I didn't see anyone address the latter part. Just how out of touch is this person? Who in their right mind would be working on a spreadsheet on the infotainment system while driving? This makes about as much sense as integrating Office 365 into a toaster or a swimming pool.
Depending on how large the available rings, male swimmers could carry them *in* their Speedo -- though waving it at or plunking it down on the pos-terminal may be problematic.
Yeah, no kidding. You'd be worrying about more than just the spread of the Zika virus.
Plus the SJW's would be getting all pissed off and we'd need nipple rings for the women, or strap ons, or something.
It is believed that the video was broadcasted as "an attempt to demonstrate North Korea's nuclear threat as a senior DPRK official meets with China this week."
First, "boradcasted [sic]"? Really?
Anyhow, since they're trying to impress China, they should splice in movie clips, like China does. Maybe cut to Kim Jong Un, cut to stock footage of a Minuteman missile launching , back to Kim Jong Un smiling, then the clip from Independence Day when the White House blows up.
I don't understand the delays. Just sell it HIGH right out of the gate.
Make movies something crazy like $60-$80 on opening weekend.
That's already an option, sort of. But these are movie studios. Their idea of "something crazy" is quite different from yours. PRIMA Cinema costs $35K for the machine and $500 per movie.
I wonder how they get a rip before the DVD comes out?
Because theater releases, as well as disk releases are different for different regions/countries. eg. a movie could be released on disk in the EU a couple weeks before it gets released in the US.
I actually own a 2 stroke car, a saab 92 which is a 3 cylinder 2 stroke.
And you just had to go and make me jealous. Those were cool little cars. I know a lot of people didn't like the way they looked, but I always did. I would love to own just about anything from Melkus as well.
I know you specified a 2-stroke. But the discussion was about cars, not motorcycles, lawnmowers, or weedwackers. They're just not practical for a car. The torque range is too limited, they're loud, and have pollution issues. Yes, I know that all of those can be mitigated, mostly. But you're not going to do it with a simple design like you've outlined.
So you technically could do it, but you'd have a terrible car driveability wise that would have terrible acceleration. Sure they are great on a bike. But that's light compared to a car. It's easy to get into the power band on a bike, but a car is a different thing all together.
Compared to an EV, I suppose you could go with your suggestion to eliminate the number of moving parts, but look at what else you loose. Emissions are certainly debatable. But if the power generation gets upgraded to more nuclear, solar and wind, the emissions will continue to decrease over time. Where a car with a 2-stroke engine will continue to get worse as it ages. There are no comparisons when it comes to noise levels. Granted, I love the sound of a wide open ICE, but not when I'm driving my family to the grocery store.
4 pistons, 8 rings, 4 conrods, 1 crank shaft, a couple of bearings and you have a 4 cylinder 2 stroke engine. If you then want to add in 1 slide, 1 butterfly valve, a pulley, cam, cable and float valve and you have your carb. For ignition, none of those parts move so those don't count.
You forgot a few. Camshaft, lifters/lash adjuster (1 lifter per valve), valves (2 or more per cylinder), push rods (one for each valve), timing gears/belts/chain, rocker arms. Then there are all of the bearings, needle rollers, valve seats, valve springs and stems.
Hydraulic lifters can be made of 10 or more parts each. Connecting rods are two pieces that are held together by two bolts to link to the crank. Then you need bearings for where the rod connects to the crank. A pin and clips, as well as a bearing to connect it to the piston head. There are really 5 rings per piston. The two top pressure rings and then a the oil ring which is two rings that are separated by a spacer.
Oil pump, water pump, fuel pump all of which have numerous moving parts. The starter is needed to start the car, along with an alternator to keep it all going and to charge the battery. The accessories are all run of of at serpentine belt and pulleys. Hell, most fuel injectors have close to twenty parts them, and you need one per cylinder.
Flywheel, clutch, throw-out bearing(standard transmission)/ flex plate, torque converter (automatic transmission), transmission. Have you ever rebuilt a transmission? I have. There are a shit load of moving parts in one.
1 slide, 1 butterfly valve, a pulley, cam, cable and float valve and you have your carb
And you've obviously never worked on a carb in your life.
Don't forget the drive shaft, universal joints, differential, half shafts, etc.
EV's don't need any of that stuff. The motor is connected to the wheel. They probably have a CV joint or something connecting the motor, but not much.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a gear-head from way back and do prefer my cars to run of gas (ethanol, or nitromethane). But to claim a vehicle that does so is mechanically simple is just silly.
At least N.K. wouldn't be so sneaky about Windows 10: they'd simply force it on you; no surprises or gimmicks.
MS: "The corner 'X' only means "cancel" on Tuesdays of odd months, blah blah blah..."
In some ways I would kind of prefer the brutal honesty of being told to upgrade at gunpoint in comparison to the sneaky shit that they've been pulling with Windows 10.
Plus you already expect North Korea to be trying to watch your every move and thought. It's not really something that you'd expect from an operating system that you thought you purchased. I'm starting to pine for the days when you owned the OS on your computer, and not the other way around.
I can't say I've been closely following the events of the Brexit, the situation in Greece, or any of the other threats to the EU breaking up. But what is the likelihood of there even being an EU governing body to enforce this by 2020?
Jeez,Corvettes and Camaros.
A serial bad-decision maker, you sure you don't want OnStar?
I've own a Vette now and have had Camaro's as well. If you're looking for performance for cheap (relatively) then there's really not a lot of other choices.
Yeah, I remember that. You had to pop the silver wind-guard off of it, Then turn the valve one way by lifting the red slider each time you turned it back. It was also funny as hell to do that to someones lighter when they left it lying around, or were too drunk/stoned to notice. I'm pretty sure just about everyone I knew, myself included, singed their hair and eyebrows from that at one point or another.
My guess is that the connections are primarily for OnStar and other such services. I can't say I've looked, but don't most cars that come equipped with that have the service for free for the first year and then needs to be paid for after that? If so, I'd guess that the majority of these will be canceled after the first year. Or do those stay connected even if the owner does not renew the service?
Bic lighters have been blamed for several deaths and several injuries over the years too. The link above was in regards specifically to Bic lighters from 1979 to 1984.
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In other words, you're advocating something despite being totally (and willfully) ignorant of how it works in practice.
Um, no. I'm looking at the unfortunate reality. Here's a link with a breakdown of the 2011-2012 congress at the bottom of the page.
Of the 539 members of congress, 209 were business men/women and 200 were lawyers. Just how exactly do you think they're going to vote? Unfortunately it's simple self interest. Lawyers aren't going to make the legal system easier or simpler. And business people aren't going to make their life any more difficult either.
Do you think the Koch brothers gave $7 million to the republican party in 2014 to make it easier for them to be sued? Or Michael Bloomberg $28 million to democrats that same year? The answer is, of course, no. They do this to buy votes for bills they want, or to obstruct ones they don't want passed. Just look at how damn powerful corporations have gotten over the last 50 years. Then ask yourself who's being "totally (and willfully) ignorant".
Has it worked that way in other countries with Loser pays?
I don't know, but that's how it would work in the US. Half, or more, of congress are lawyers to begin with. And to make matters worse, the large corporations practically own all of them. So how do you really believe a law of this nature would end up?
yep, some of us aren't so OCD that coming home to a too hot or cold home is a big deal. we tough it out for 30 minutes instead of turning the AC on remotely of having it run all day. this seems like a millennial product for the younger crowd who are still in their whiny everything must be perfect phase of their lives. us old people in the we're too cheap phase will tough it out and save the cash.
Some of us are old enough to have grown up w/o AC. So waiting a half an hour to cool the house isn't that bad.
Loser pays would tamp down on a lot of people who use the process to punish people.
No, it would just ensure that every large corporation would show up with a team of 50 lawyers to every case. Knowing that you could end up paying each one of them $500/ hour if you lose because your lawyer was having a bad day, or the judge made a mistake. Including the amount of time each would be billing for for case prep and such, it would mean financial ruin from most people if they lose.
Essentially it would be the end of any recourse for people when it comes to large corporations.
Given that there are no rockets flying around this morning, I'll take that as meaning that skynet doesn't exist .. yet.
Perhaps it torrented the Terminator series and decided that it never works out well for itself. Or it's decided to simply save resources and let us destroy ourselves.
The company has partnered with Harman to integrate Microsoft Office 365 into its infotainment systems, bringing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to cars for the first time.
WTF? While the first part of this summary has gotten a lot of attention, I didn't see anyone address the latter part. Just how out of touch is this person? Who in their right mind would be working on a spreadsheet on the infotainment system while driving? This makes about as much sense as integrating Office 365 into a toaster or a swimming pool.
brakes.sys has caused a system error.
Abort, Retry, Fail?
Depending on how large the available rings, male swimmers could carry them *in* their Speedo -- though waving it at or plunking it down on the pos-terminal may be problematic.
Yeah, no kidding. You'd be worrying about more than just the spread of the Zika virus.
Plus the SJW's would be getting all pissed off and we'd need nipple rings for the women, or strap ons, or something.
It is believed that the video was broadcasted as "an attempt to demonstrate North Korea's nuclear threat as a senior DPRK official meets with China this week."
First, "boradcasted [sic]"? Really?
Anyhow, since they're trying to impress China, they should splice in movie clips, like China does. Maybe cut to Kim Jong Un, cut to stock footage of a Minuteman missile launching , back to Kim Jong Un smiling, then the clip from Independence Day when the White House blows up.
I don't understand the delays. Just sell it HIGH right out of the gate. Make movies something crazy like $60-$80 on opening weekend.
That's already an option, sort of. But these are movie studios. Their idea of "something crazy" is quite different from yours. PRIMA Cinema costs $35K for the machine and $500 per movie.
I wonder how they get a rip before the DVD comes out?
Because theater releases, as well as disk releases are different for different regions/countries. eg. a movie could be released on disk in the EU a couple weeks before it gets released in the US.
we cant put as much effort into catching these fraudsters as we put into catching underwear bombers.
But there have been more of the fraudsters caught than the TSA has caught underwear bombers. So at least the effort has been more effective.
I actually own a 2 stroke car, a saab 92 which is a 3 cylinder 2 stroke.
And you just had to go and make me jealous. Those were cool little cars. I know a lot of people didn't like the way they looked, but I always did. I would love to own just about anything from Melkus as well.
I know you specified a 2-stroke. But the discussion was about cars, not motorcycles, lawnmowers, or weedwackers. They're just not practical for a car. The torque range is too limited, they're loud, and have pollution issues. Yes, I know that all of those can be mitigated, mostly. But you're not going to do it with a simple design like you've outlined.
So you technically could do it, but you'd have a terrible car driveability wise that would have terrible acceleration. Sure they are great on a bike. But that's light compared to a car. It's easy to get into the power band on a bike, but a car is a different thing all together.
Compared to an EV, I suppose you could go with your suggestion to eliminate the number of moving parts, but look at what else you loose. Emissions are certainly debatable. But if the power generation gets upgraded to more nuclear, solar and wind, the emissions will continue to decrease over time. Where a car with a 2-stroke engine will continue to get worse as it ages. There are no comparisons when it comes to noise levels. Granted, I love the sound of a wide open ICE, but not when I'm driving my family to the grocery store.
4 pistons, 8 rings, 4 conrods, 1 crank shaft, a couple of bearings and you have a 4 cylinder 2 stroke engine. If you then want to add in 1 slide, 1 butterfly valve, a pulley, cam, cable and float valve and you have your carb. For ignition, none of those parts move so those don't count.
You forgot a few. Camshaft, lifters/lash adjuster (1 lifter per valve), valves (2 or more per cylinder), push rods (one for each valve), timing gears/belts/chain, rocker arms. Then there are all of the bearings, needle rollers, valve seats, valve springs and stems.
Hydraulic lifters can be made of 10 or more parts each. Connecting rods are two pieces that are held together by two bolts to link to the crank. Then you need bearings for where the rod connects to the crank. A pin and clips, as well as a bearing to connect it to the piston head. There are really 5 rings per piston. The two top pressure rings and then a the oil ring which is two rings that are separated by a spacer.
Oil pump, water pump, fuel pump all of which have numerous moving parts. The starter is needed to start the car, along with an alternator to keep it all going and to charge the battery. The accessories are all run of of at serpentine belt and pulleys. Hell, most fuel injectors have close to twenty parts them, and you need one per cylinder.
Flywheel, clutch, throw-out bearing(standard transmission)/ flex plate, torque converter (automatic transmission), transmission. Have you ever rebuilt a transmission? I have. There are a shit load of moving parts in one.
1 slide, 1 butterfly valve, a pulley, cam, cable and float valve and you have your carb
And you've obviously never worked on a carb in your life.
Don't forget the drive shaft, universal joints, differential, half shafts, etc.
EV's don't need any of that stuff. The motor is connected to the wheel. They probably have a CV joint or something connecting the motor, but not much.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a gear-head from way back and do prefer my cars to run of gas (ethanol, or nitromethane). But to claim a vehicle that does so is mechanically simple is just silly.
At least N.K. wouldn't be so sneaky about Windows 10: they'd simply force it on you; no surprises or gimmicks.
MS: "The corner 'X' only means "cancel" on Tuesdays of odd months, blah blah blah..."
In some ways I would kind of prefer the brutal honesty of being told to upgrade at gunpoint in comparison to the sneaky shit that they've been pulling with Windows 10.
Plus you already expect North Korea to be trying to watch your every move and thought. It's not really something that you'd expect from an operating system that you thought you purchased. I'm starting to pine for the days when you owned the OS on your computer, and not the other way around.
I can't say I've been closely following the events of the Brexit, the situation in Greece, or any of the other threats to the EU breaking up. But what is the likelihood of there even being an EU governing body to enforce this by 2020?
why not really go off the deep end?
How about build the entire plane out of the same material that's used to make the flight recorders. They seem to hold up pretty well in a crash.
Jeez,Corvettes and Camaros. A serial bad-decision maker, you sure you don't want OnStar?
I've own a Vette now and have had Camaro's as well. If you're looking for performance for cheap (relatively) then there's really not a lot of other choices.
Yeah, I remember that. You had to pop the silver wind-guard off of it, Then turn the valve one way by lifting the red slider each time you turned it back. It was also funny as hell to do that to someones lighter when they left it lying around, or were too drunk/stoned to notice. I'm pretty sure just about everyone I knew, myself included, singed their hair and eyebrows from that at one point or another.
My guess is that the connections are primarily for OnStar and other such services. I can't say I've looked, but don't most cars that come equipped with that have the service for free for the first year and then needs to be paid for after that? If so, I'd guess that the majority of these will be canceled after the first year. Or do those stay connected even if the owner does not renew the service?
Bic lighters have been blamed for several deaths and several injuries over the years too. The link above was in regards specifically to Bic lighters from 1979 to 1984.
Oh don't worry, Hillary will just email them to a more responsible person.
I heard Bill Clinton will hang on to them for her.
That file 'is written in assembly language code -- a low-level computer code that is difficult to write and maintain
Maybe I'm getting old, but did assembly really need to be explained?
OK, so here I am on the Yellow Brick road - heading to Shangra-La, when I come across Gawker. What do I do, kill it with the Vorpal Sword?
Don't be silly. You nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.