Is it still cheaper when you account for the pollution created by burning the natural gas, and having to deal with rising oceans, etc., due to the pollution?
But the only reason to buy a stock is if you believe that someone will buy that stock from you in the future for more than you paid for it.
Yes, that is a _major_ reason.
You also can earn dividends, however. If you think that the stock price will _at least_ be stable, you can earn at least several percent on dividends, vs 1% or so on CDs. Yes, you are risking your principal, but you're also earning more than you can otherwise.. If the stock goes up, you benefit there too (when you sell).
Well, I can empirically prove that I'm quite certainly not smarter than Einstein. I did not present a paradigm shifting theory in any field of studies, I did not change my field of studies inside out
For someone so smart....
You're making an invalid leap to think that just because someone is smarter than Einstein, they would HAVE to accomplish more than Einstein. Why can't someone be smart & lazy simultaneously?
Republicans and "right wingers" are supposedly pro law enforcement, but they're all cheering for this guy. I think he should pay his decades long tax evasion and go to jail... (I am registered R, BTW.)
The article, and summary, says that they're trying to fight *INCENTIVES* for solar energy.
I am against *incentives* for solar energy (and coal, and oil, and corn, and everything else(*)). So, while I think this is a "relatively" scummy thing, overall it's a good thing... getting rid of subsidies in general.
(*) Yes, I got an electric car tax rebate. If I install solar within the next few years, I may get a solar rebate too. Does that make me a hypocrite? You could argue so, but even Ron Paul has said he takes all tax deductions that he's allowed to. So while I admit there are still probably grey areas, one can play by the existing rules while still trying to get the rules (even the ones that benefit oneself) changed.
If you get rid of the ignition key, I just wish it wouldn't be something with yet another battery to eventually replace.
I realize, this is ironic, in that I have an electric car. Having a keyfob, that I thought was going bad after only a few months (and completely started working again without me changing the battery, opening it up, etc.. it's been weeks since it seemed to be flaking out), with a battery in it that I have to replace, esp an annoying flat watch battery... is a pain. If everything took AA or AAA, or had a manual
Yes, other things on my car are "too electric" too.. the back window, door locks *that I can only lock with the keyfob* from the outside.. Overall, I really like the car, but this over-mechanising of things can be a pain.
There are certainly people who have too much data to keep online - it's just that the percentage is ever-shrinking. It used to be that 90% of computer users needed a tape drive (hey, I even had a QIC-80 when I was in high school) but today it's probably less than 2% and that number keeps shrinking.
I don't understand that logic.
I would think exactly the opposite is true -- with people having much more data (yes, mostly media collections), having a "cheap" way to back it up would be very good. I put that in quotes, since I too realized the drive & tapes aren't cheap. (A RAID array isn't cheap either though..)
Basically, a way to easily back up the media collection. I thought tape drives were that, but apparently they aren't.
Term limits is yet another limitation of free speech.
Why shouldn't I be able to vote for whoever I want to for an office?
Why do you purposely want to hire someone with LESS experience? I'll take the "heart surgeon" who's never done it over the one with 12 years of experience. Great.
You say that like it's a bad thing. Of course it's speech. Ever heard of the phrase "put your money where your mouth is"?
There should be _no_ limits to the amount of money that can be given to a politician (or indirectly, through another group, to a politician). The only limit, BECAUSE it can affect the politicians in ways that the constituents otherwise wouldn't know about, is that ALL donors, $.01 or $1 billion, should have their names publicized.
If we know Marlboro gave $10 million to a candidate, we can make reasonable educated guesses about how they might vote.
I think he really meant "games that were popular with the mainstream Japanese [country] culture compared with the tastes of people that live in other countries" (and probably meant the USA specifically).. Rather than literally meaning the term Japanese to mean anybody of Japanese descent, regardless of where they live.
My smart electric is an expensive toy? About $26500 out the door, but I got $10K back in federal tax rebate (not deduction) and state rebate (not actually a tax rebate, a separate project that simply sent me a check).
Even without those, it's great not having to go to gas stations, or do oil changes, etc. Plus, I happen to get free charging at work, but I'd buy it even without that.
Though even 38 miles would fulfill most people's needs per day.
My smart electric has 107 MPGe, and the estimated range usually shows 62 or 63 miles when it's fully charged, but based upon my actual driving, it underestimates things (e.g. I go 20 miles, it really only takes around 15 miles off of the estimated range.. and that's freeway driving).
I also forgot PaperKarma, the iPad app that lets you take pictures of your junk mail and they'll unsubscribe for you.
Currently, about the only regular junk mail I get that I don't want (some of the weekly ads are ok) is addressed to people who previously lived in the house I bought. Apparently I can unsubscribe them via dmachoice.org too, but I haven't tried that yet.
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If one wants to do the hokey control-a-cable-box-via IR, I don't doubt that current cable boxes "still" have composite outputs.
I know my current Tivo has component & composite outputs, and I use them. (I also use the HDMI output of course.)
Even if man made global warming isn't true (but all the science says it is), why pollute? It raises health costs too.
Fusion research? That's been going on for how many decades?
Why not use solar in addition to the rest of the energy providers?
Is it still cheaper when you account for the pollution created by burning the natural gas, and having to deal with rising oceans, etc., due to the pollution?
Listen to a CD of music made before 2005 then... Most of my music is.
(But we're both just being "the kids these days" people.)
Yes, that is a _major_ reason.
You also can earn dividends, however. If you think that the stock price will _at least_ be stable, you can earn at least several percent on dividends, vs 1% or so on CDs. Yes, you are risking your principal, but you're also earning more than you can otherwise.. If the stock goes up, you benefit there too (when you sell).
For someone so smart....
You're making an invalid leap to think that just because someone is smarter than Einstein, they would HAVE to accomplish more than Einstein. Why can't someone be smart & lazy simultaneously?
I thought that at first, but for most cars, it seems almost impossible to do parallel parking head-in..
I see lots of people back into regular parking lot spots, so I thought he meant that.
The *vast* majority of people park in parking spots head first.. It's *really* annoying when people back into them.
Yeah, I totally don't get it.
Republicans and "right wingers" are supposedly pro law enforcement, but they're all cheering for this guy. I think he should pay his decades long tax evasion and go to jail... (I am registered R, BTW.)
The article, and summary, says that they're trying to fight *INCENTIVES* for solar energy.
I am against *incentives* for solar energy (and coal, and oil, and corn, and everything else(*)). So, while I think this is a "relatively" scummy thing, overall it's a good thing... getting rid of subsidies in general.
(*) Yes, I got an electric car tax rebate. If I install solar within the next few years, I may get a solar rebate too. Does that make me a hypocrite? You could argue so, but even Ron Paul has said he takes all tax deductions that he's allowed to. So while I admit there are still probably grey areas, one can play by the existing rules while still trying to get the rules (even the ones that benefit oneself) changed.
"essential tie"? There is a tie or not a tie.
What you're saying is that someone should not be allowed to win by 1 vote.
Only if the cost of that burned fuel is more than the value of the fuel extracted.
There are tons of tanker trucks that run on oil-derived fuels that are transporting oil-derived fuels.
If you get rid of the ignition key, I just wish it wouldn't be something with yet another battery to eventually replace.
I realize, this is ironic, in that I have an electric car. Having a keyfob, that I thought was going bad after only a few months (and completely started working again without me changing the battery, opening it up, etc.. it's been weeks since it seemed to be flaking out), with a battery in it that I have to replace, esp an annoying flat watch battery... is a pain. If everything took AA or AAA, or had a manual
Yes, other things on my car are "too electric" too.. the back window, door locks *that I can only lock with the keyfob* from the outside.. Overall, I really like the car, but this over-mechanising of things can be a pain.
I don't understand that logic.
I would think exactly the opposite is true -- with people having much more data (yes, mostly media collections), having a "cheap" way to back it up would be very good. I put that in quotes, since I too realized the drive & tapes aren't cheap. (A RAID array isn't cheap either though..)
Basically, a way to easily back up the media collection. I thought tape drives were that, but apparently they aren't.
After we conquered them. How does one conquer a bunch of radicals, in various separate countries, instead of a single country?
Wow, 3 years ago already?
May 1 should be a national holiday.
Term limits is yet another limitation of free speech.
Why shouldn't I be able to vote for whoever I want to for an office?
Why do you purposely want to hire someone with LESS experience? I'll take the "heart surgeon" who's never done it over the one with 12 years of experience. Great.
You say that like it's a bad thing. Of course it's speech. Ever heard of the phrase "put your money where your mouth is"?
There should be _no_ limits to the amount of money that can be given to a politician (or indirectly, through another group, to a politician). The only limit, BECAUSE it can affect the politicians in ways that the constituents otherwise wouldn't know about, is that ALL donors, $.01 or $1 billion, should have their names publicized.
If we know Marlboro gave $10 million to a candidate, we can make reasonable educated guesses about how they might vote.
BTW, the wikipedia article talks about monthly story driven updates (you say a new chapter every other month). Not sure which is right.
I think he really meant "games that were popular with the mainstream Japanese [country] culture compared with the tastes of people that live in other countries" (and probably meant the USA specifically).. Rather than literally meaning the term Japanese to mean anybody of Japanese descent, regardless of where they live.
People don't calculate total costs, period.
My smart electric is an expensive toy? About $26500 out the door, but I got $10K back in federal tax rebate (not deduction) and state rebate (not actually a tax rebate, a separate project that simply sent me a check).
Even without those, it's great not having to go to gas stations, or do oil changes, etc. Plus, I happen to get free charging at work, but I'd buy it even without that.
Though even 38 miles would fulfill most people's needs per day.
My smart electric has 107 MPGe, and the estimated range usually shows 62 or 63 miles when it's fully charged, but based upon my actual driving, it underestimates things (e.g. I go 20 miles, it really only takes around 15 miles off of the estimated range.. and that's freeway driving).
Umm, didn't Superman I from 1978 do that?
(Heck, you could probably make the argument that the Batman movie in the 1960s did too.)
I also forgot PaperKarma, the iPad app that lets you take pictures of your junk mail and they'll unsubscribe for you.
Currently, about the only regular junk mail I get that I don't want (some of the weekly ads are ok) is addressed to people who previously lived in the house I bought. Apparently I can unsubscribe them via dmachoice.org too, but I haven't tried that yet.