Okay, I clicked 3 links away from the original article and didn't find my answer. I understand a "3 strikes law" to be that if you commit a crime of a certain caliber 3 times, you go to jail, regardless of circumstances.
Putting many living things togeter in the same space is what fosters disease. It is why children always come home from school with colds and other things.
It is why factory farms spread the avian flu and the swine flu
Antibiotic abuse is necessary to keep costs down. Factory farms crowd animals together which spreads disease ( i.e. swine flu, avian flue ), so they need antibiotics.
I'm not sure most people would be willing to pay the much higher costs necessary to raise animals.
The upside is that eating less meat is extremely helpful to the environment. For example, if you could get most Americans to avoid meat one day a week it would have the same benefit as removing 100,000 cars from the road. On a personal level, giving up meat for one day a week is more effective at reducing your personal footprint than buying all of your food locally.
There is a global movement for this easy habit. Google on "Meatless Monday".
If you would like to do more than one day you can go to this site to learn all of the benefits and how to get a start:
If he put flash on the iPhone, the iPhone and Apple would have gotten a black eye. Instead Steve Jobs just came off as a quality loving, game playing, control freak. Much better IMO.
Instead, after the debate about Flash that Steve Jobs added volume too and now flash sucking on Android, flash is highlighted twice, as needing to improve.
True, but I happened to think it was witty and that others would find it so. Of course, I am biased.
It is a sad statement about tech culture that it had to be modded down so that other people wouldn't see it and get their panties bunched up. A more mature culture would have simply ignored it if they did not find it funny.
"When hackers crash Windows in the course of developing malware, they'll often accidentally agree to send the virus code straight to Microsoft, according to senior security architect Rocky Heckman.
So, even if someone steals a copy of the exam for them, Microsoft still can't pass the test?:)
It is better to the things that make the most difference rather than doing just more things.
The Union Of Concerned Scientists published this book for consumers, on the top 11 things they could do....all within their reach. The nice thing about this book is that it simplifies things. You can go through that list of 11 things and forget the rest, knowing you are doing the best things.
Another cheap green thing to do that makes a big difference is observing the "Meatless Monday" trend.
I don't remember where, but I read an article stating that going vegetarian just one day a week did more to reduce pollution (and was far cheaper) than being a "locovore" ( eating only locally produced food) all of the time.
We could get a lot of bang......for very FEW bucks just using power strips, replacing incandescent light bulbs, drinking tap water and shopping with resuable backs.
Those things aren't enough, but if you could get large numbers of people doing them......and these things are cheap enough to get people to do them, it would be a huge impact
So, if a person buys their food from bulk bins and reduces their waste further by being into cooking their food from scratch thereby reducing their recyclables to a minimum, does that mean they are going to be forcing the city to routinely pick through their smelly trash for no reward?:)
I'm a life long citizen of the U.S.. I can not agree with, endorse or applaud your opinion more.
I've seen so many of the examples of the rant you answered. "How dare you abuse our poor CEOs, millionaires and billionaires" like the author is their next door neighbor and has a likelihood of being in that position someday.
The cartoon character "Homer Simpson" started off as a satire of the average American. I'm amazed at how many people laugh along, not being outraged of how much art imitates life. Like you wrote, on every objective measure of things most people value ( health care, education, environmental metrics, etc ) the U.S. is never first and is often way down on the list, but "Homer Simpson" honks his horn, flashes his headlights and chants "USA! USA!".
Your answer to the loss of productivity due to goofing off on the web is the same as the answer I've had for years in regards to drug testing. If someone acts inappropriately at work or if someone's productivity is low, fire them for that. Don't violate their freedom and dignity.
I agree. Many people have the attitude that "employee" is just a step above "slave".
I wish I could moderate your post up to a 10.
For years I have not been able to believe how ignorant my fellow Americans are and how often they *energetically* and *obtusely* speak out against their own benefit
I'm guess that, at least with national parks, you have to get some sort of permit to even get inside. During the application process let people know in no uncertain terms that doing patently stupid things or frivolously calling for help will get them a stiff fine.
If it works great.
If not, the park service has nothing to cry about, they just found a new revenue source like the municipalities that station cops to give tickets to people going 30 mph on a 25 mph side street.
"That's what I don't like -- deliberate devolution."
That is what is going on with VOIP, wireless phones and texting replacing conversation over land lines.
Instead of a human voice in real time, you have a typed message. A step backwards.
With VOIP if your power or your computer goes out, you don't have phone service. Not so with a land line.
With VOIP and wireless calling, call quality has gone way, way down. Problem free phone conversations used to be taken for granted.
On the other hand
It is easier to send written information.
It is also easier to avoid "facing someone" by sending them a text or an email
You have the ability to communicate by phone in a number of places, not just at home, work or wherever there is a pay phone ( remember those? )
Making long distance calls in the US is now dirt cheap. Such calls used to be the subject of heated arguments after the bill came.
If the iPads get flash, or if the flash enabled clones make it, someone will be typing "remember when you couldn't watch a hulu.com laying down on your couch?", while pointing out some things that were lost with the vanishing of laptops.
The iPad clones will be out soon and some of them will have flash and will not have other restrictions. People will use the clones, Apple will make those other things available to compete or both.
There are only 3 ways I would buy an ebook: 1. I NEED to read it immediately ( rare, if ever ) 2. The content is not available any other way 3. it is significantly cheaper than a real book
Numbers 1 & 2 just are not significant factors and pricing ebooks higher takes away number 3
I think the idea of ebooks, free of charge, but paid for by advertisements has some merit.
I'm not saying I like it or would use it, but it brings up an important point.
Mainstream movie theaters and magazines force advertisements on you, even though you pay for those things. I think that is where a lot of resentment comes from. When it is not excessive, people don't mind broadcast TV with commercials, because the advertisers are paying for your exposure to their ads with free entertainment. People aren't laying out money and then getting spammed.
I think it sends an important idea for advertisers. They realize people don't want to be exposed to ads and that if they want the attention of consumers they have to give them something in return as well as they can't expect the consumers to pay for something they want to avoid in the first place.
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Okay, I clicked 3 links away from the original article and didn't find my answer. I understand a "3 strikes law" to be that if you commit a crime of a certain caliber 3 times, you go to jail, regardless of circumstances.
What does that have to do with the ISPs ?
Learn C. That is only a start and one tiny part, but it is a start.
I wish I could mod this up.
I wish I could mod this up.
Putting many living things togeter in the same space is what fosters disease. It is why children always come home from school with colds and other things.
It is why factory farms spread the avian flu and the swine flu
Antibiotic abuse is necessary to keep costs down. Factory farms crowd animals together which spreads disease ( i.e. swine flu, avian flue ), so they need antibiotics.
I'm not sure most people would be willing to pay the much higher costs necessary to raise animals.
The upside is that eating less meat is extremely helpful to the environment. For example, if you could get most Americans to avoid meat one day a week it would have the same benefit as removing 100,000 cars from the road. On a personal level, giving up meat for one day a week is more effective at reducing your personal footprint than buying all of your food locally.
There is a global movement for this easy habit. Google on "Meatless Monday".
If you would like to do more than one day you can go to this site to learn all of the benefits and how to get a start:
http://wwww.tryveg.com/
I live in the area and I WILL go.
I'm not a fanboy, I don't own Apple products.
It looks like Steve Jobs steered right.
If he put flash on the iPhone, the iPhone and Apple would have gotten a black eye. Instead Steve Jobs just came off as a quality loving, game playing, control freak. Much better IMO.
Instead, after the debate about Flash that Steve Jobs added volume too and now flash sucking on Android, flash is highlighted twice, as needing to improve.
True, but I happened to think it was witty and that others would find it so. Of course, I am biased.
It is a sad statement about tech culture that it had to be modded down so that other people wouldn't see it and get their panties bunched up. A more mature culture would have simply ignored it if they did not find it funny.
Really?
I can't tell you how many times I seen jokes, with no informative content or even a good point, get modded all of the way up to "5".
My light hearted joke was modded down because of a fanboy culture
I see you got modded down too.
I guess there is just too much of a fanboy culture in tech for comments like mine to be seen and taken as a light hearted joke.
"When hackers crash Windows in the course of developing malware, they'll often accidentally agree to send the virus code straight to Microsoft, according to senior security architect Rocky Heckman.
So, even if someone steals a copy of the exam for them, Microsoft still can't pass the test? :)
It is better to the things that make the most difference rather than doing just more things.
The Union Of Concerned Scientists published this book for consumers, on the top 11 things they could do....all within their reach. The nice thing about this book is that it simplifies things. You can go through that list of 11 things and forget the rest, knowing you are doing the best things.
http://www.amazon.com/Consumers-Guide-Effective-Environmental-Choices/dp/060980281X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1282653393&sr=8-1
Another cheap green thing to do that makes a big difference is observing the "Meatless Monday" trend.
I don't remember where, but I read an article stating that going vegetarian just one day a week did more to reduce pollution (and was far cheaper) than being a "locovore" ( eating only locally produced food) all of the time.
Enjoy your burgers, it is just one day a week.
Buy a Brita water pitcher. $20. You don't need to be Dilbert to afford that :)
You don't need a perfect high tech green house.
We could get a lot of bang......for very FEW bucks just using power strips, replacing incandescent light bulbs, drinking tap water and shopping with resuable backs.
Those things aren't enough, but if you could get large numbers of people doing them......and these things are cheap enough to get people to do them, it would be a huge impact
So, if a person buys their food from bulk bins and reduces their waste further by being into cooking their food from scratch thereby reducing their recyclables to a minimum, does that mean they are going to be forcing the city to routinely pick through their smelly trash for no reward? :)
I'm a life long citizen of the U.S.. I can not agree with, endorse or applaud your opinion more.
I've seen so many of the examples of the rant you answered. "How dare you abuse our poor CEOs, millionaires and billionaires" like the author is their next door neighbor and has a likelihood of being in that position someday.
The cartoon character "Homer Simpson" started off as a satire of the average American. I'm amazed at how many people laugh along, not being outraged of how much art imitates life. Like you wrote, on every objective measure of things most people value ( health care, education, environmental metrics, etc ) the U.S. is never first and is often way down on the list, but "Homer Simpson" honks his horn, flashes his headlights and chants "USA! USA!".
Your answer to the loss of productivity due to goofing off on the web is the same as the answer I've had for years in regards to drug testing. If someone acts inappropriately at work or if someone's productivity is low, fire them for that. Don't violate their freedom and dignity.
I agree. Many people have the attitude that "employee" is just a step above "slave".
I wish I could moderate your post up to a 10.
For years I have not been able to believe how ignorant my fellow Americans are and how often they *energetically* and *obtusely* speak out against their own benefit
I'm guess that, at least with national parks, you have to get some sort of permit to even get inside. During the application process let people know in no uncertain terms that doing patently stupid things or frivolously calling for help will get them a stiff fine.
If it works great.
If not, the park service has nothing to cry about, they just found a new revenue source like the municipalities that station cops to give tickets to people going 30 mph on a 25 mph side street.
"That's what I don't like -- deliberate devolution."
That is what is going on with VOIP, wireless phones and texting replacing conversation over land lines.
Instead of a human voice in real time, you have a typed message. A step backwards.
With VOIP if your power or your computer goes out, you don't have phone service. Not so with a land line.
With VOIP and wireless calling, call quality has gone way, way down. Problem free phone conversations used to be taken for granted.
On the other hand
It is easier to send written information.
It is also easier to avoid "facing someone" by sending them a text or an email
You have the ability to communicate by phone in a number of places, not just at home, work or wherever there is a pay phone ( remember those? )
Making long distance calls in the US is now dirt cheap. Such calls used to be the subject of heated arguments after the bill came.
If the iPads get flash, or if the flash enabled clones make it, someone will be typing "remember when you couldn't watch a hulu.com laying down on your couch?", while pointing out some things that were lost with the vanishing of laptops.
The iPad clones will be out soon and some of them will have flash and will not have other restrictions. People will use the clones, Apple will make those other things available to compete or both.
I wasn't aware that Android ran on Linux.
This is wonderful. It is a second example, after the Mac, of people who are totally NOT tech enthusiasts using *nix, using it easily and liking it.
That is a really ignorant thing for them to do.
There are only 3 ways I would buy an ebook:
1. I NEED to read it immediately ( rare, if ever )
2. The content is not available any other way
3. it is significantly cheaper than a real book
Numbers 1 & 2 just are not significant factors and pricing ebooks higher takes away number 3
If you were talking about pre-printing press days you have a point, but I wasn't referring to pre-printing press days.
One reason book sales and profits are limited is cost.
The cheapest of paperbacks starts at about $8 now. Books were known throughout history to be a cheap medium of the people. They are made out of paper.
If the publishers want more sales they can lowering the cost for books.
This is especially true with ebooks where the costs seem to be even lower.
I hate the idea of ebook, but if I can read one for $3 versus $15 for a book I don't care that much about I might consider it.
No need to risk pissing off an already dwindling group -- readers -- by shoving advertisements down their throats.
I think the idea of ebooks, free of charge, but paid for by advertisements has some merit.
I'm not saying I like it or would use it, but it brings up an important point.
Mainstream movie theaters and magazines force advertisements on you, even though you pay for those things. I think that is where a lot of resentment comes from. When it is not excessive, people don't mind broadcast TV with commercials, because the advertisers are paying for your exposure to their ads with free entertainment. People aren't laying out money and then getting spammed.
I think it sends an important idea for advertisers. They realize people don't want to be exposed to ads and that if they want the attention of consumers they have to give them something in return as well as they can't expect the consumers to pay for something they want to avoid in the first place.