Did you even read the article you linked to? Most of those subsidies take the form of things like allowing corporations to deduct expenses from their taxes (much like any other business). One of the supposed subsidies to the oil and gas industry cited in the report is government heating assistance for the poor.
Have you ever driven across kansas or western nebraska? I drive a section of interstate (not in kansas or nebraska) every day that if I drove at the proper time I could easily and comfortably do 100+. The route was carefully planned and timed to avoid construction and heavy traffic, he had rabbits running ahead him to make spot issues. The car was comfortble and safe at those speeds. Illegal, yes, but not as unsafe as people are saying.
I would hope one could do 75 no problem on the interstate, the one I drive the speed limit is 70 and when you hit nebraska it jumps to 75.
Personally my commute is short enough that the risk of expensive tickets isn't worth the short decrease in commute so I don't speed, but if limits were higher I'd comfortably drive them.
I've been wearing a Metawatch for almost 2 years now. I have always worn a watch before and like the added functionality of notifications and data from my phone.
I can get 2-3 days life from the metawatch, but charge it nightly.
If my metawatch died I'd be shopping for another smart watch, probably a metawatch frame, but I'd check out the other options before I bought something.
It's nice to not have to take out my phone all the time to check calls, texts, emails. my watch vibrates and I check it to see if I need to take out the phone and deal with it.
I wish they still made station wagons, all they make are SUV's, minivans, and those stupid crossovers. My daughter has CP and can't climb into those elevated POSs, but I need room in the back for a wheelchair.
I read the laws tesla is lobbying for on their website, it's a rather specific exemption from the dealership law for basically them:
"a manufacturer of only all electric-powered or all battery-powered motor vehicles, or a distributor of only all electric-powered or all battery-powered motor vehicles, that (i) owned and operated a new motor vehicle dealership in the United States on or before March 1, 2013, and (ii) has never sold its line make in the United States through an independent franchised new motor vehicle dealership, may own or operate a dealer or dealership, or act in the capacity of a dealer, at any location within the state and may obtain a dealer general distinguishing number under Section 503.029 of the Transportation Code."
"let's write ourselves an exemption, but slam the door on anyone coming after us"
The cellular and phone networks in the US actually have batteries and generators to power them so people can use them when power is out to report those outages. For the POTS network I think the backup is federally mandated, not sure on the cell network.
This article lead me into the world of reaction wheels and their issues. Thanks/. for the education, though some data was quite hard to find out (the brand/model installed in keppler would have been useful, but I did find out it was likely an Ithaco Space Systems unit).
From what I can find magnetic bearing reaction wheels weren't available in the torque's required by the large keppler telescope (remember it was a while ago).
oddly enough auto glass repair seems to be the opposite, I had to get some windows replaced and the cheapest quote I got was when I said I only had liability and was self-pay.
The problem is there are plenty of cars out there with OnStar, Toyotaâ(TM)s Safety Connect, SYNC, and other wireless systems and guess what bus the OnStar module is plugged into.
Red book (CD Audo) does have copy protection, there is a bit in the subcode you can set to disallow copying. It could probably be argued that any cd drive that can rip audio is in violation because it is ignoring the copy protect bit in the subcode.
At my grocery store my job is taking the items out of the cart and putting them on the conveyor. The store has people that scan/check, pack things into bags, and place them in my car. The only time I use automated checking is if I have only a couple of items. You actually have to pack your own items in bags? I hope that never comes to Iowa.
I'm sure glad they weren't this paranoid when I was a kid. I remember sketching various nuclear weapon designs and discussing them with my physics teacher after class. I suppose it was OK because I didn't have a supply of fissionable material.
I have a couple of CDs that have tracks that sound like old 78RPM records (they are recordings of bands from that era so that's probably the source material). So I have CDs that are 78RPM quality I suppose.
I had a bag of pretzels stolen from my car once, they broke both front door windows (with a nice fist sized granite rock provided by the landscaping in my work parking lot) and took only my bag of pretzels, leaving my cell phone and a $20 bill in the ashtray.
Used to pour a kettle full of boiling water on the carb on our old 9N ford tractor to get it to start on cold winter mornings to plow snow. Learned the trick from my grandfather who used the trick on early tractors and cars.
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Did you even read the article you linked to? Most of those subsidies take the form of things like allowing corporations to deduct expenses from their taxes (much like any other business). One of the supposed subsidies to the oil and gas industry cited in the report is government heating assistance for the poor.
I saw a chart with the US down around 19 per capita, though that data was suspect as it didn't discount international bunkerage consumption.
You can buy a properly signed SSL cert for as little as $9/year (possibly lower), if that is too much then self signed is always available.
James
Have you ever driven across kansas or western nebraska? I drive a section of interstate (not in kansas or nebraska) every day that if I drove at the proper time I could easily and comfortably do 100+. The route was carefully planned and timed to avoid construction and heavy traffic, he had rabbits running ahead him to make spot issues. The car was comfortble and safe at those speeds. Illegal, yes, but not as unsafe as people are saying.
I would hope one could do 75 no problem on the interstate, the one I drive the speed limit is 70 and when you hit nebraska it jumps to 75.
Personally my commute is short enough that the risk of expensive tickets isn't worth the short decrease in commute so I don't speed, but if limits were higher I'd comfortably drive them.
I've been wearing a Metawatch for almost 2 years now. I have always worn a watch before and like the added functionality of notifications and data from my phone.
I can get 2-3 days life from the metawatch, but charge it nightly.
If my metawatch died I'd be shopping for another smart watch, probably a metawatch frame, but I'd check out the other options before I bought something.
It's nice to not have to take out my phone all the time to check calls, texts, emails. my watch vibrates and I check it to see if I need to take out the phone and deal with it.
I wish they still made station wagons, all they make are SUV's, minivans, and those stupid crossovers. My daughter has CP and can't climb into those elevated POSs, but I need room in the back for a wheelchair.
I read the laws tesla is lobbying for on their website, it's a rather specific exemption from the dealership law for basically them:
"a manufacturer of only all electric-powered or all battery-powered motor vehicles, or a distributor of only all electric-powered or all battery-powered motor vehicles, that (i) owned and operated a new motor vehicle dealership in the United States on or before March 1, 2013, and (ii) has never sold its line make in the United States through an independent franchised new motor vehicle dealership, may own or operate a dealer or dealership, or act in the capacity of a dealer, at any location within the state and may obtain a dealer general distinguishing number under Section 503.029 of the Transportation Code."
"let's write ourselves an exemption, but slam the door on anyone coming after us"
The cellular and phone networks in the US actually have batteries and generators to power them so people can use them when power is out to report those outages. For the POTS network I think the backup is federally mandated, not sure on the cell network.
This article lead me into the world of reaction wheels and their issues. Thanks /. for the education, though some data was quite hard to find out (the brand/model installed in keppler would have been useful, but I did find out it was likely an Ithaco Space Systems unit).
From what I can find magnetic bearing reaction wheels weren't available in the torque's required by the large keppler telescope (remember it was a while ago).
oddly enough auto glass repair seems to be the opposite, I had to get some windows replaced and the cheapest quote I got was when I said I only had liability and was self-pay.
James
The problem is there are plenty of cars out there with OnStar, Toyotaâ(TM)s Safety Connect, SYNC, and other wireless systems and guess what bus the OnStar module is plugged into.
Most android apps are compiled for dalvik and don't care what processor is running dalvik.
Relocate somewhere that coders are cheaper and hire who you want. Or hire someone and let them work remote.
Red book (CD Audo) does have copy protection, there is a bit in the subcode you can set to disallow copying. It could probably be argued that any cd drive that can rip audio is in violation because it is ignoring the copy protect bit in the subcode.
At my grocery store my job is taking the items out of the cart and putting them on the conveyor. The store has people that scan/check, pack things into bags, and place them in my car. The only time I use automated checking is if I have only a couple of items. You actually have to pack your own items in bags? I hope that never comes to Iowa.
Or look at the MetaWatch (the guys the pebble stole their idea from)
more likely she used Open Office at home before being exposed to the new MS Office with it's ribbon interface and can't find anything.
My daughter has been complaining all week that she is forced to use MS Office at school, she much prefers open office.
I'm sure glad they weren't this paranoid when I was a kid. I remember sketching various nuclear weapon designs and discussing them with my physics teacher after class. I suppose it was OK because I didn't have a supply of fissionable material.
I have a couple of CDs that have tracks that sound like old 78RPM records (they are recordings of bands from that era so that's probably the source material). So I have CDs that are 78RPM quality I suppose.
"Microsoft shares shot up 0.87 percent in after-hours trading, the most of any Dow Jones industrial average component."
then at the bottom
"Shares of Microsoft edged up 0.87 percent to $24.40 in afterhours trade from a regular-session close of $24.19."
Did it edge or shoot?
"Then Linux got ported into intel" and all this time I thought it was written originally on the 386.
I had a bag of pretzels stolen from my car once, they broke both front door windows (with a nice fist sized granite rock provided by the landscaping in my work parking lot) and took only my bag of pretzels, leaving my cell phone and a $20 bill in the ashtray.
I immediately thought of the "Braling Economy Casket" from the Ray Bradbury story.
James
Used to pour a kettle full of boiling water on the carb on our old 9N ford tractor to get it to start on cold winter mornings to plow snow. Learned the trick from my grandfather who used the trick on early tractors and cars.
James