I have more than just a tendency to agree. People want to gamble, let them. Make prostitution legal too and marijuana. What do we have instead? The Governor in NY wants to tax soda. They can have my Pepsi when they pry it out of my cold dead hand.
"This is about replacing one weapons system with another, not about using either weapon in any particular war. We have such a horror of using nuclear weapons that we're always looking for ways not to use them
And rightly so. I imagine that the blast radius of those "tungsten rods" to be a lot smaller than even a tactical nuke.
"Shall I have feelings, or should I pretend to be cool? Will I seem hopelessly square if I find “Kick-Ass” morally reprehensible and will I appear to have missed the point? Let's say you're a big fan of the original comic book, and you think the movie does it justice. You know what? You inhabit a world I am so very not interested in. A movie camera makes a record of whatever is placed in front of it, and in this case, it shows deadly carnage dished out by an 11-year-old girl, after which an adult man brutally hammers her to within an inch of her life
Maybe, just maybe he should pretend, not only to be cool, but relevant to modern life
India isn't the only place this happens. I have a friend who lives in a city in central Mexico and despite the average annual income of US$ 500/month you just can't find someone to work and if you do you're charged an exorbitant rate because you're a Gringo, and before they start they ask for bribes up front.
She rides a scooter around town and it kept getting knocked over/vandalized because she parks in the street by her home. When she heard a parking space was available(behind locked doors) she sent a Mexican friend to inquire about it because when she did the rent was triple what was normal.
Objects located at an subjective infinity would have no problem at all.
Back in the day, when Sharper Image was an actual company, I tried to peddle something like this using only one screen and a DVD player. They wouldn't buy it, the stupid gits.
That's one of the most ridiculous hypotheses I've ever read. Sure, it is possible, Sure, everything we know about aliens is based on speculations that don't go against our knowledge. But most speculations at least seem plausible and match the only example of an advanced civilization we know of.
Yes it's kind of dumb
Who here doesn't think a TNG-style Holodeck would lead to the downfall of our civilization?
I don't know about that either. I'm sure some would enter and just never come out, just as there are idiots who spend 16 hours a day playing "Second Life", only stopping because the they fall asleep over the keyboard.
since as far as WE know the speed of light is the limiting factor to travel and communications, Maybe we're not playing the same game they are, or not even in the same ballpark. We're listening for radio communications and maybe they're using something else
I hate to tell you this, but it's usually not financially great for the person who wins either. The prize hardly ever covers the development costs. From a purely "let's start a team to win the prize" standpoint its a really dumb idea. Now, if you have a clue, you'll be wondering why *anyone* enters the competition. For the answer to that question, read the article
I know it's an alien idea in American culture, but there's a bit of "long range planning" about it. The X Prize get's people thinking about the future, and not just the future of tomorrow or the next day
The Ansari X Prize was won (Burt Rutan) but they haven't made any money at it, whereas the Space ship X also a competitor is making money on launching foir hire objects into LEO.
He does stretch a little on Obama, but I think that he does skewer him because he has to show fairness and do it to everyone.
Everything else he does though, has the undeniable ring of truth to it. When he caught FOX with it's pants down about children being indoctrinated in "The Cult of Obama" he was right on, as he is with just about everything else he does.
He backs up everything he reports with fact. Every politician who flips on an issue, he has the old clip where he says one thing and another when he says something new and different. The only political viewpoint he does seem to push is being "Fair and Balanced":)
From Wikipedia
"Chevrolet introduced a mechanical fuel injection option, made by General Motors' Rochester Products division, for its 283 V8 engine in 1956 (1957 US model year). This system directed the inducted engine air across a "spoon shaped" plunger that moved in proportion to the air volume. The plunger connected to the fuel metering system which mechanically dispensed fuel to the cylinders via distribution tubes. This system was not a "pulse" or intermittent injection, but rather a constant flow system, metering fuel to all cylinders simultaneously from a central "spider" of injection lines. The fuel meter adjusted the amount of flow according to engine speed and load, and included a fuel reservoir, which was similar to a carburetor's float chamber. With its own high-pressure fuel pump driven by a cable from the distributor to the fuel meter, the system supplied the necessary pressure for injection. This was "port" injection, however, in which the injectors are located in the intake manifold, very near the intake valve. (Direct fuel injection is a fairly recent innovation for automobile engines. As recent as 1954 in the aforementioned Mercedes-Benz 300SL or the Gutbrod in 1953) The highest performance version of the fuel injected engine was rated at 283 bhp (211.0 kW) from 283 cubic inches(Chevrolet achieved this in 1957). This made it among the early production engines in history to exceed 1 hp/in (45.5 kW/L), after Chrysler's Hemi engine and a number of others. General Motors' fuel injected engine - usually referred to as the "fuelie" - was optional on the Corvette for the 1957 model year.
I;m a child of the 60s and my 1st car was a Camaro Z28. My friends all had muscle cars: Corvettes, GTOs and Roadrunners. As the 70's and 80s rolled around and performance cars died because of government regulations, we all thought that we'll never see times like that again.
Well, we're in a new century and we have performance cars up the wazoo. Everything from 4 cylinder buzz bombs to V6s and V8s that will out perform anything we had back then, and not just in a straight line. They actually can go around corners. Compared to the old muscle cars they sip fuel also.
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Some? Some? Does anyone take him seriously anymore?
I have more than just a tendency to agree. People want to gamble, let them. Make prostitution legal too and marijuana. What do we have instead? The Governor in NY wants to tax soda. They can have my Pepsi when they pry it out of my cold dead hand.
"This is about replacing one weapons system with another, not about using either weapon in any particular war. We have such a horror of using nuclear weapons that we're always looking for ways not to use them
And rightly so. I imagine that the blast radius of those "tungsten rods" to be a lot smaller than even a tactical nuke.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irQf50m5Jvw
On another note, I'm saddened that my hero has become a media whore.
Redundant. Same discussion we had back in university while smoking herb
"Shall I have feelings, or should I pretend to be cool? Will I seem hopelessly square if I find “Kick-Ass” morally reprehensible and will I appear to have missed the point? Let's say you're a big fan of the original comic book, and you think the movie does it justice. You know what? You inhabit a world I am so very not interested in. A movie camera makes a record of whatever is placed in front of it, and in this case, it shows deadly carnage dished out by an 11-year-old girl, after which an adult man brutally hammers her to within an inch of her life
Maybe, just maybe he should pretend, not only to be cool, but relevant to modern life
+ 1 common sense
Their meat would be kind of tough from all the exercise
She rides a scooter around town and it kept getting knocked over/vandalized because she parks in the street by her home. When she heard a parking space was available(behind locked doors) she sent a Mexican friend to inquire about it because when she did the rent was triple what was normal.
"to con someone they have to have a bit of larceny in their soul"
600 different meals cooked by robot.
It's what's for dinner
s e f x
F U N E M?
s e f m
OK M N X
Do, or do not. There is no try
Back in the day, when Sharper Image was an actual company, I tried to peddle something like this using only one screen and a DVD player. They wouldn't buy it, the stupid gits.
That's one of the most ridiculous hypotheses I've ever read. Sure, it is possible, Sure, everything we know about aliens is based on speculations that don't go against our knowledge. But most speculations at least seem plausible and match the only example of an advanced civilization we know of.
Yes it's kind of dumb
Who here doesn't think a TNG-style Holodeck would lead to the downfall of our civilization?
I don't know about that either. I'm sure some would enter and just never come out, just as there are idiots who spend 16 hours a day playing "Second Life", only stopping because the they fall asleep over the keyboard.
since as far as WE know the speed of light is the limiting factor to travel and communications, Maybe we're not playing the same game they are, or not even in the same ballpark. We're listening for radio communications and maybe they're using something else
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansible
I hate to tell you this, but it's usually not financially great for the person who wins either. The prize hardly ever covers the development costs. From a purely "let's start a team to win the prize" standpoint its a really dumb idea. Now, if you have a clue, you'll be wondering why *anyone* enters the competition. For the answer to that question, read the article
I know it's an alien idea in American culture, but there's a bit of "long range planning" about it. The X Prize get's people thinking about the future, and not just the future of tomorrow or the next day
The Ansari X Prize was won (Burt Rutan) but they haven't made any money at it, whereas the Space ship X also a competitor is making money on launching foir hire objects into LEO.
Everything else he does though, has the undeniable ring of truth to it. When he caught FOX with it's pants down about children being indoctrinated in "The Cult of Obama" he was right on, as he is with just about everything else he does.
He backs up everything he reports with fact. Every politician who flips on an issue, he has the old clip where he says one thing and another when he says something new and different. The only political viewpoint he does seem to push is being "Fair and Balanced" :)
WWSJD?
Where have you been, under a rock?
Everything happened. Windows Mobile, RIM, even Linux, then smart phones of every stripe That's what happened.
I started out with a Palm OS device, made by Handspring, went to a couple of Sony devices and saw the writing on the wall and went to a Pocket PC.
Now I have an IPhone. Easy to use, does what I want, no damn graffiti. That's what happened to palm.
From Wikipedia "Chevrolet introduced a mechanical fuel injection option, made by General Motors' Rochester Products division, for its 283 V8 engine in 1956 (1957 US model year). This system directed the inducted engine air across a "spoon shaped" plunger that moved in proportion to the air volume. The plunger connected to the fuel metering system which mechanically dispensed fuel to the cylinders via distribution tubes. This system was not a "pulse" or intermittent injection, but rather a constant flow system, metering fuel to all cylinders simultaneously from a central "spider" of injection lines. The fuel meter adjusted the amount of flow according to engine speed and load, and included a fuel reservoir, which was similar to a carburetor's float chamber. With its own high-pressure fuel pump driven by a cable from the distributor to the fuel meter, the system supplied the necessary pressure for injection. This was "port" injection, however, in which the injectors are located in the intake manifold, very near the intake valve. (Direct fuel injection is a fairly recent innovation for automobile engines. As recent as 1954 in the aforementioned Mercedes-Benz 300SL or the Gutbrod in 1953) The highest performance version of the fuel injected engine was rated at 283 bhp (211.0 kW) from 283 cubic inches(Chevrolet achieved this in 1957). This made it among the early production engines in history to exceed 1 hp/in (45.5 kW/L), after Chrysler's Hemi engine and a number of others. General Motors' fuel injected engine - usually referred to as the "fuelie" - was optional on the Corvette for the 1957 model year.
How come all the cool stuff comes from the West coast? I would like to see one of these in NY.
Chevrolet had fuel injection for Corvettes and Impala sedans and coupes since 1958
Well, we're in a new century and we have performance cars up the wazoo. Everything from 4 cylinder buzz bombs to V6s and V8s that will out perform anything we had back then, and not just in a straight line. They actually can go around corners. Compared to the old muscle cars they sip fuel also.