If China had the same production levels of the US they would be polluting massively more.
What is your point? Production efficiency may be one thing, but pollution output is a different thing. Maybe they are less efficient... Maybe we are more efficient. That does not undo the REALITY of the actual amount of pollution that is being produced.
I don't think a person with dirt on their hands can point at another person with dirt on theirs and complain about it.
There is a difference between patriotism and indigence. Open your eyes and be real with yourself, your country, the world, and reality.
First off, the US is the greatest polluter in the world. The US does not remain the only sweet special industrialized nation that doesn't pollute or something. Get your arrogant head out of your ass.
Second of all, US growth has not been in more control than in China. Your businesses pollute the globe like any other.
You got an A for patriotism though. Tomorrow you can suck Bush' dick.
USA! Look at your own nuke arsenal. Look who's dropped them on earth. Look at your own warfare around the globe. Look at your own civil rights. Look at your own democracy. Look at your own corruption. And lastly, look at your own god damn pollution.
Instead of just pointing to other nations. Fucking hypocrits.
Or, to put it more maturely: If you would rather tell a punitive authority about your neighbors instead of directly talking to your neighbors about the issue, you may find yourself punished as well.
It's below sea level in one of the most hurricane prone places on earth. Why are rebuilding and living there?
Make it an industrial zone and be done with it. Use the money to permanently relocate the population, not rebuild their soon-to-be blown away homes again.
But my grand daddy was dumb enough to build here! Alls we needs is a new big levy. Big new levy. 3 words.. New. Big. Levy.
Den we rebuilds it! It go'n work this time 'round cuz I know God is watchin over us. ---------- Sarcasm off -----------
It would be foolish to rebuild New Orleans. Nostalgia prevails, unfortunately.
MS windows is not bound to specific hardware. Where did you come up with this? Your license is limited in how many systems it can be on at the same time, but from my experience you are not restricted to stick with the original hardware you installed it on.
I also don't know how much this would hold up in court, but a license agreement that you would be informed of AFTER purchasing the product (OSX off a shelf) would seem, to me, worth its weight in toilet paper. How can you tie someone to an agreement regarding a product they bought, after they bought it? If I sell you a car, then you get in it to drive and there's a letter in the glove compartment that says "I own all your shit now", you'd man up and tell me to GTFO, right?
Jesus fucking Christ, I'm sorry, but how goddamn hard is it to make a machine that can accurately count up to at most a few tens of thousands? The entire world depends on machines that accurately count billions of numbers per second.
There. Is. No. Excuse. For. This. Shit.
Diebold makes ATMs. Probably most of the ATMs you have ever used.... And they work fine.
Makes you wonder.... Diebold can make sure money is counted right, but they cannot make sure your vote is. Or maybe they are, but they like to count it for someone you didn't vote for.
Like you actually were 'smiling' when all those pics from the past were took... lol.
No.. mom, dad, and then you (as a trained adult) all tell their kids and selves to 'SMILE FOR THE CAMERA!" because it looks nicer, because your smile makes that point in time look more pleasant and special than it probably really was.
Don't just assume we're new to self-deception. We've been making ourselves feel better about lesser things for a long long time.
I can't believe this has a score of 3, and 'interesting'.
Surely it is a bit more complex and different than the regular 'electrocution' that Poetmatt suggests. This is more of an ignorant response than any valid observation of what is being discussed.
Before the patriot act, electronic surveillance of a US Person required evidence and congressional oversight due to the importance of the constitution and our bill of rights. These procedures have never been a speedbump to a legitimate investigation.
We are more and more becoming a police state. Wake up people. This is not how an honest government treats its citizens. The word 'warrant' has a definition; a definition that suggests there is legitimate REASON behind a 'warranted' invasion of a citizen's privacy.
Keep in mind, our Democratic Congress apparently doesn't mind rubber-stamping this shit. Even your precious Barack Obama voted for telecom immunity.
Congress is another series of elections all together.
Keep in mind, the Executive branch has relatively EQUAL power to the full Legislative branch, and judicial branch.
That means it is VERY important to care about who is president, and then who he appoints to the supreme court.
Congress, with all those people involved, are the other third of the effective powers. My point? Pointing at partisan or general flaws/concerns in congress, as a response to flaws/concerns over the presidency, is probably a moot point.
We can all make a direct effect on the Executive at the same time, collectively. But when focusing on the legislative; a guy living in northern california isn't about to change the election of congressmen in Utah, is he?
From my understanding, the concept of YouTube is to put your personal audio/video recordings online for people to view.
I understand how they may re-process videos so they stream well (limiting size, etc). And how audio may be re-processed as well to stream easily, which is called Compression (but not the same term as we are discussing).
The fact that YouTube is applying, not a quality/size modifier, but a SOUND modifier, is something to be concerned about. Essentially, the sound you are getting from these videos is not (relatively) the same as it was when it was recorded and uploaded.
I am kind of thinking of a chili cooking contest where all submissions, unknowingly, have a tablespoon of salt or MSG added. Thats not the same as serving less (downsampling).
YouTube should recognize this problem and do the right thing by removing the limiter/compressor and letting the audio remain as natural as it was when it was recorded. Or they could call it SomeWhatYouTube.com....
*** I kinda wish the author of this one had made more clear the difference between compressing audio file size (like making an mp3) and compressing audio with digital/analog tools/gear for the purposes of making softer sounds louder. The terminology may confuse people who are not sound-boys.
I agree. I cannot believe that people would even consider invading such an important right to personal privacy OVER GODDAMNED MONEY.
This is what happens when money becomes the focus of life. People forget that Steve Jobs is a person. They see him as a robot that makes them money and they don't even give a shit about how he may feel if he's forced to disclose personal medical crap so they can save their financial asses. Sad that people would start dumping their investments in a company just because the CEO died too.
The person who wrote that article needs to have his ca/house broken into, identity stolen (credit destroyed), and all personal issues/secrets revealed on national television while he is forced to stand there in g-string underwear.
Piece of shit materialistic garbage. Things, money, things, money, things, money... Just die, so us human beings don't have to hear about all this money-based bullshit anymore.
Here in Bloomington, Indiana, we have a huge number of limestone blocks that were left over from building larger blocks.
check the owner of those left over blocks...maybe he's funding the 'research' in the article.
lol. add lime... lol. add lime!! lol.. Reminds me of 2005 when Bush said "We're investing $2 Billion into COAL!"
We are smarter than this, people. We already have the technology and resources to do what is right. We need to demand our government respects our wishes.
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You're an idiot then (see posts below).
If China had the same production levels of the US they would be polluting massively more.
What is your point? Production efficiency may be one thing, but pollution output is a different thing. Maybe they are less efficient... Maybe we are more efficient. That does not undo the REALITY of the actual amount of pollution that is being produced.
I don't think a person with dirt on their hands can point at another person with dirt on theirs and complain about it.
There is a difference between patriotism and indigence. Open your eyes and be real with yourself, your country, the world, and reality.
Lawyers do not get involved unless they are invited, but, there is always a lawyer who will take any stupid case that some idiot brings to their door.
.. No... you're wrong. They are completely to blame, along with the judicial system that permits their heinous exploits.
First off, the US is the greatest polluter in the world. The US does not remain the only sweet special industrialized nation that doesn't pollute or something. Get your arrogant head out of your ass.
Second of all, US growth has not been in more control than in China. Your businesses pollute the globe like any other.
You got an A for patriotism though. Tomorrow you can suck Bush' dick.
USA! Look at your own nuke arsenal. Look who's dropped them on earth. Look at your own warfare around the globe. Look at your own civil rights. Look at your own democracy. Look at your own corruption. And lastly, look at your own god damn pollution.
Instead of just pointing to other nations. Fucking hypocrits.
I'm an American and I fully agree with your post.
Your post should read: ....China, the United States, and other developing countries....
Look it up. We're some dirty filthy consumers.
They're learning the art of capitalism from the best.
Unsafe cost-cutting isn't just a Chinese thing, you know.
Not only that, its not like we are polluting much less.
We point fingers when the MAJORITY of the world should be pointing at CHINA AND USA.
Quit Snitchin'.
Or, to put it more maturely: If you would rather tell a punitive authority about your neighbors instead of directly talking to your neighbors about the issue, you may find yourself punished as well.
I have a musical reply to your post. Very well made post.
Enjoy the track I produced:
Copyright: Cody Kime
MCs: Zach Lehner and Steamer Nelson
http://www.liquidmathematics.com/audio/SOUL-Vocal.mp3
It's below sea level in one of the most hurricane prone places on earth. Why are rebuilding and living there?
Make it an industrial zone and be done with it. Use the money to permanently relocate the population, not rebuild their soon-to-be blown away homes again.
But my grand daddy was dumb enough to build here! Alls we needs is a new big levy. Big new levy. 3 words.. New. Big. Levy.
Den we rebuilds it! It go'n work this time 'round cuz I know God is watchin over us.
----------
Sarcasm off
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It would be foolish to rebuild New Orleans. Nostalgia prevails, unfortunately.
Not true. I actually own an OEM copy of XP Pro. Microsoft has allowed the installation onto differing hardware on several occasions from this copy.
Furthermore, when I bought it, neither MS nor the store I got the OEM copy from had ANY idea what my initial hardware ever would be.
Move the room to Antarctica, turn off the heat.
Lol I was going to say "Take the walls off the building and pay a guard with a gun to keep people away" ...could be cost effective if its a big place.
MS windows is not bound to specific hardware. Where did you come up with this? Your license is limited in how many systems it can be on at the same time, but from my experience you are not restricted to stick with the original hardware you installed it on.
I also don't know how much this would hold up in court, but a license agreement that you would be informed of AFTER purchasing the product (OSX off a shelf) would seem, to me, worth its weight in toilet paper. How can you tie someone to an agreement regarding a product they bought, after they bought it? If I sell you a car, then you get in it to drive and there's a letter in the glove compartment that says "I own all your shit now", you'd man up and tell me to GTFO, right?
You cannot install an upgrade copy of windows without an older copy to 'upgrade' from. It is a requirement.
AFAIK the OSX allows you to install it without that requirement.
Seems more like apple wants the best of both worlds and will soon be wondering how it all came to an end.
because you are tying in what YOU use the webcam for and then imagining using it for a 24/7 correlative webcam experience involving your parents...
could be pretty dirty.
do it from both ends and view at each side.
webcam video streaming has been available for years.
Yeah, but the Bush voters wouldn't have known what to do. Literacy is down 10% among the ignorant. lol.
These voting machines might "lose votes"?
Jesus fucking Christ, I'm sorry, but how goddamn hard is it to make a machine that can accurately count up to at most a few tens of thousands? The entire world depends on machines that accurately count billions of numbers per second.
There. Is. No. Excuse. For. This. Shit.
Diebold makes ATMs. Probably most of the ATMs you have ever used.... And they work fine.
Makes you wonder.... Diebold can make sure money is counted right, but they cannot make sure your vote is. Or maybe they are, but they like to count it for someone you didn't vote for.
Like you actually were 'smiling' when all those pics from the past were took... lol.
No.. mom, dad, and then you (as a trained adult) all tell their kids and selves to 'SMILE FOR THE CAMERA!" because it looks nicer, because your smile makes that point in time look more pleasant and special than it probably really was.
Don't just assume we're new to self-deception. We've been making ourselves feel better about lesser things for a long long time.
I can't believe this has a score of 3, and 'interesting'.
Surely it is a bit more complex and different than the regular 'electrocution' that Poetmatt suggests. This is more of an ignorant response than any valid observation of what is being discussed.
mod it down. the post is 'funny' at best.
Before the patriot act, electronic surveillance of a US Person required evidence and congressional oversight due to the importance of the constitution and our bill of rights. These procedures have never been a speedbump to a legitimate investigation.
We are more and more becoming a police state. Wake up people. This is not how an honest government treats its citizens. The word 'warrant' has a definition; a definition that suggests there is legitimate REASON behind a 'warranted' invasion of a citizen's privacy.
No warrant = no reason.
Keep in mind, our Democratic Congress apparently doesn't mind rubber-stamping this shit. Even your precious Barack Obama voted for telecom immunity.
Congress is another series of elections all together.
Keep in mind, the Executive branch has relatively EQUAL power to the full Legislative branch, and judicial branch.
That means it is VERY important to care about who is president, and then who he appoints to the supreme court.
Congress, with all those people involved, are the other third of the effective powers. My point? Pointing at partisan or general flaws/concerns in congress, as a response to flaws/concerns over the presidency, is probably a moot point.
We can all make a direct effect on the Executive at the same time, collectively. But when focusing on the legislative; a guy living in northern california isn't about to change the election of congressmen in Utah, is he?
what the fuck
(mod this '+5:insightful'. this should be the only response.)
From my understanding, the concept of YouTube is to put your personal audio/video recordings online for people to view.
I understand how they may re-process videos so they stream well (limiting size, etc). And how audio may be re-processed as well to stream easily, which is called Compression (but not the same term as we are discussing).
The fact that YouTube is applying, not a quality/size modifier, but a SOUND modifier, is something to be concerned about. Essentially, the sound you are getting from these videos is not (relatively) the same as it was when it was recorded and uploaded.
I am kind of thinking of a chili cooking contest where all submissions, unknowingly, have a tablespoon of salt or MSG added. Thats not the same as serving less (downsampling).
YouTube should recognize this problem and do the right thing by removing the limiter/compressor and letting the audio remain as natural as it was when it was recorded. Or they could call it SomeWhatYouTube.com....
*** I kinda wish the author of this one had made more clear the difference between compressing audio file size (like making an mp3) and compressing audio with digital/analog tools/gear for the purposes of making softer sounds louder. The terminology may confuse people who are not sound-boys.
I'm not sure I know what is or isn't owed to the public in the way of medical disclosure...."
Let me make it simple: NOTHING.
I agree. I cannot believe that people would even consider invading such an important right to personal privacy OVER GODDAMNED MONEY.
This is what happens when money becomes the focus of life. People forget that Steve Jobs is a person. They see him as a robot that makes them money and they don't even give a shit about how he may feel if he's forced to disclose personal medical crap so they can save their financial asses. Sad that people would start dumping their investments in a company just because the CEO died too.
The person who wrote that article needs to have his ca/house broken into, identity stolen (credit destroyed), and all personal issues/secrets revealed on national television while he is forced to stand there in g-string underwear.
Piece of shit materialistic garbage. Things, money, things, money, things, money... Just die, so us human beings don't have to hear about all this money-based bullshit anymore.
Here in Bloomington, Indiana, we have a huge number of limestone blocks that were left over from building larger blocks.
check the owner of those left over blocks.. .maybe he's funding the 'research' in the article.
lol. add lime... lol. add lime!! lol.. Reminds me of 2005 when Bush said "We're investing $2 Billion into COAL!"
We are smarter than this, people. We already have the technology and resources to do what is right. We need to demand our government respects our wishes.