If we weren't drowning in fucking idiots, he'd never have got past the primaries. But we are, and he did.
If you think you are an elite, and that everyone else is an idiot, then you are not and they are not.;-)
P.S. what really happened is that the voters used Trump to punish both parties as well as the established power structure.
Of course, life is not a zero-sum game.
A two player game has four states, not two. The standard response to someone changing it from win-win to win-lose, is to change it to lose-lose and crash everything. The voters are one player, the politicians and powerbrokers are the other player. So be careful how you play.
because the gun carriers still think they are cowboys of a bygone era. virtually all the US cop dramas are rehashed cowboy scenarios where guns are always drawn
Hollywood lies... If you agree not to judge us by the movies made about us, then maybe we will agree not to judge you by the movies made about you (and your's are worse).;-)
Instead we have a government that passed a bill to allow people with mental illness to purchase firearms.
That's just propaganda from the people that want to ban all weapons of any kind, and leave everyone helpless.
The bill, that was rejected, would ban anyone who even visited a psychologist, including decorated soldiers that were required to have a checkup as part of their mustering out. Not good!
There are other laws to prevent the insane from having guns, the problem is that government privacy laws apply to them as well and prevent the situation from being reported. We are working on fixing that, but it must be done carefully.
Lack of salt is far more dangerous than too much, for almost everyone. It can cause blood electrolyte imbalance very quickly, and if it goes too far the temperature stabilization will fail and cause convulsions and death. I keep "Thermotabs" in my med kits
In hot conditions this can happen very fast. I grew up near the coast and spent the summer on the beach. Tourists sometimes dropped out within hours and the rescue squad trucks had to haul them off. That's one reason salted potato chips became popular on beaches, out there you sweat out salt at a terrific rate.
If you are going into those conditions, watch your kids. Look for thirst that takes one sip and can't drink more, or headaches in the sun, or general sickness that starts up quickly. Get them salt and water and shade. And good luck.
So, if it's Bad to charge someone higher prices for food or fuel just because they are rich or stranded, how is it not Bad to Tax people more just because they are rich or stranded??? 8-P
... Or to quote H. L. Mencken "No one in this world, so far as I know (and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me) has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people."...
What people that say such things don't understand, is that they are also one of those "plain people" / Idiots, when they are out of their area of expertise.
If you say that everyone else is stupid, then people hearing you will merly assume that -you- are the one that is stupid. Even if they claim to agree with you!;-)
The tests didn't just show DNA from the cells, they showed DNA from any material in the tissue, or mixed with the tissue. And they did not show how much was from the cells. It could have come from the catsup in the sandwitch! 8-P
Yes they are. What other countries are taxed doesn't matter to us, only what we are taxed and what we get for it.
And don't go saying, that money is imaginary and the government owns all the money anyway. Economics is based on the laws of thermodynamics, and that is not something that humans can change. (No matter how many paper dollars, or equivilent, that they print!)
This is a highly selective narrative; you make it sound like Musk got out his slide rule and personally proved all the experts wrong.
In point of fact what happened was that some experts didn't think it was practical, but Musk hired other experts who disagreed with them and gave them the money to prove that it could be done.
Excellent advice when you have an author looking after your interests who will ensure things work out in the end. But in real life, if you believe that, you should get to work on your perpetual motion machine now.
That has already been done. But as soon as they were shown to work, they were re-defined as not being "perpetual motion" !;-) (Ex: Dean Drives, which now are used for moving heavy machinery, under a different name.)
... Also, I fail to see what the app software has to do with anything. It's the kernel's responsibility to allocate resources and prevent single apps from monopolizing system resources. It's called "preemptive multitasking" and you might want to look it up....
Sorry, but that's not true. Preemptive multitasking is only an emergency measure and only activates after a timeout. If a thread is monopolizing the CPU it will still waste a lot of CPU cycles before it can be preempted, repeatedly, with the result that the system can be almost "brought to it's knees" anyway. The OS can only stop extreme cases, it can't regulate it continuously.
Programs must still be designed as if they were running in co-operative multitasking, i.e., they must call some API that releases the CPU within a reasonable time. Working in event-driven windows or device I/O is usually sufficient, as long as monopolistic "busy-loops" are not being used. Most modern programs are fine.
Yes, the X86 processors of the time (8088) had 8 bit memory bus, but ran 16 bit software, using a double-fetch mechanism so it was "transparent". Slightly later processors (8086, 80186, 80286) had a 16 bit memory bus and single-fetch to double the speed, but ran the same software.
The earlier 8 bit processors were 8008 and 8080, the later ones could fetch 16 bit addresses with a double-fetch. This would be early CP/M.
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Banning products, that a significant number of citizens want, is not effective. All it does is provide windfall profits to criminal gangs.
There are even instances of criminals donating money to keep the bans in force! 8-{
If we weren't drowning in fucking idiots, he'd never have got past the primaries. But we are, and he did.
If you think you are an elite, and that everyone else is an idiot, then you are not and they are not. ;-)
P.S. what really happened is that the voters used Trump to punish both parties as well as the established power structure.
Of course, life is not a zero-sum game.
A two player game has four states, not two. The standard response to someone changing it from win-win to win-lose, is to change it to lose-lose and crash everything. The voters are one player, the politicians and powerbrokers are the other player. So be careful how you play.
those places don't have the "wild west" history or an out of date definition of a constitution to claim as a precedence for carrying penis extensions
You should not say things like that, because anyone who knows will know that you are an ID10T.
because the gun carriers still think they are cowboys of a bygone era. virtually all the US cop dramas are rehashed cowboy scenarios where guns are always drawn
Hollywood lies... ;-)
If you agree not to judge us by the movies made about us, then maybe we will agree not to judge you by the movies made about you (and your's are worse).
Instead we have a government that passed a bill to allow people with mental illness to purchase firearms.
That's just propaganda from the people that want to ban all weapons of any kind, and leave everyone helpless.
The bill, that was rejected, would ban anyone who even visited a psychologist, including decorated soldiers that were required to have a checkup as part of their mustering out. Not good!
There are other laws to prevent the insane from having guns, the problem is that government privacy laws apply to them as well and prevent the situation from being reported. We are working on fixing that, but it must be done carefully.
Just for those who don't know the latest spin-buzz:
Legacy Windows - Real Windows programs that actually do useful stuff.
Modern Windows - Some other type of program made for non-existent cellphones that no one buys.
Ok?
... "I guess the S stands for Shit"?
Ah, but that is the selling point, you see, just listen to this wise tale:
In the beginning was the plan, and then the specification;
And the plan was without form, and the specification was void.
And darkness was on the faces of the implementors thereof;
And they spake unto their leader, saying:
"It is a crock of shit, and smells as of a sewer."
And the leader took pity on them, and spoke to the project leader:
"It is a crock of excrement, and none may abide the odor thereof."
And the project leader spake unto his section head, saying:
"It is a container of excrement, and it is very strong, such that none may abide it."
The section head then hurried to his department manager, and informed him thus:
"It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strength."
The department manager carried these words to his general manager, and spoke unto him saying:
"It containeth that which aideth the growth of plants, and it is very strong."
And so it was that the general manager rejoiced and delivered the good news unto the Vice President.
"It promoteth growth, and it is very powerful."
The Vice President rushed to the President's side, and joyously exclaimed:
"This powerful new software product will promote the growth of the company!"
And the President looked upon the product, and saw that it was very good.
(http://foldoc.org/SNAFU%20principle)
True, that. In more companies than one...
Problem: people eat too much and they are lazy ...
Solution: eat smaller portions and exercise
By George, I think you've got it! 8-)
Lack of salt is far more dangerous than too much, for almost everyone. It can cause blood electrolyte imbalance very quickly, and if it goes too far the temperature stabilization will fail and cause convulsions and death. I keep "Thermotabs" in my med kits
In hot conditions this can happen very fast. I grew up near the coast and spent the summer on the beach. Tourists sometimes dropped out within hours and the rescue squad trucks had to haul them off. That's one reason salted potato chips became popular on beaches, out there you sweat out salt at a terrific rate.
If you are going into those conditions, watch your kids. Look for thirst that takes one sip and can't drink more, or headaches in the sun, or general sickness that starts up quickly. Get them salt and water and shade. And good luck.
Capitalism needs a tincture of socialism otherwise its just as bad as Communism just in different ways.
I think the GP was being sarcastic...
Sarcasm does not make it across the Internet. Don't use it unless you want people to think you are a fool... ;-)
So, if it's Bad to charge someone higher prices for food or fuel just because they are rich or stranded, how is it not Bad to Tax people more just because they are rich or stranded??? 8-P
... Or to quote H. L. Mencken "No one in this world, so far as I know (and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me) has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people." ...
What people that say such things don't understand, is that they are also one of those "plain people" / Idiots, when they are out of their area of expertise.
If you say that everyone else is stupid, then people hearing you will merly assume that -you- are the one that is stupid. Even if they claim to agree with you! ;-)
You mean people (and companies) are allowed to decide what they want to trade for stuff, instead of having all fixed prices??
Horrendous! 8-o
I bet it won't last long! At least not much longer than six thousand years or so... ;-)
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Fortran II, WatFor (teaching version), BASIC, 8080 and PDP_11 Assembly language, C, Pascal, Modula-2, Clarion.
The tests didn't just show DNA from the cells, they showed DNA from any material in the tissue, or mixed with the tissue. And they did not show how much was from the cells. It could have come from the catsup in the sandwitch! 8-P
We all know that airlines overbook planes.
But still, selling a plane seat to two people is like selling a house to two families, It's criminal fraud and somebody should be locked up!
Yes they are. What other countries are taxed doesn't matter to us, only what we are taxed and what we get for it.
And don't go saying, that money is imaginary and the government owns all the money anyway.
Economics is based on the laws of thermodynamics, and that is not something that humans can change.
(No matter how many paper dollars, or equivilent, that they print!)
SpaceX works its employees in permacrunch mode for less than market wages. That's why.
Of course, they are doing work that many Engineers would Pay to do. And maybe they did, by buying stock. 8-)
This is a highly selective narrative; you make it sound like Musk got out his slide rule and personally proved all the experts wrong.
In point of fact what happened was that some experts didn't think it was practical, but Musk hired other experts who disagreed with them and gave them the money to prove that it could be done.
This is true, too.
Excellent advice when you have an author looking after your interests who will ensure things work out in the end. But in real life, if you believe that, you should get to work on your perpetual motion machine now.
That has already been done. But as soon as they were shown to work, they were re-defined as not being "perpetual motion" ! ;-)
(Ex: Dean Drives, which now are used for moving heavy machinery, under a different name.)
From Robert A. Heinlein, Excerpts from the Notebooks of Lazarus Long
Good thing that Elon Musk listens to experts. I believe those experts are telling him that he can't go to Mars.
After so many years of reading science fiction it's nice to see some of it becoming science fact. Please keep pushing ahead Elon.
Actually, that was science fact long before Heinlein wrote it. He was not only a writer, you know... ;-)
I know that. My point is that it's based on a wish-fulfillment fantasy. There's a word for people who apply that kind of thinking in real life.
Yes, "very successful" instead of just moderatly successful.
"If Engineers built buildings the way (Microsoft) Programmers write programs, the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization!"
... Also, I fail to see what the app software has to do with anything. It's the kernel's responsibility to allocate resources and prevent single apps from monopolizing system resources. It's called "preemptive multitasking" and you might want to look it up. ...
Sorry, but that's not true. Preemptive multitasking is only an emergency measure and only activates after a timeout. If a thread is monopolizing the CPU it will still waste a lot of CPU cycles before it can be preempted, repeatedly, with the result that the system can be almost "brought to it's knees" anyway. The OS can only stop extreme cases, it can't regulate it continuously.
Programs must still be designed as if they were running in co-operative multitasking, i.e., they must call some API that releases the CPU within a reasonable time. Working in event-driven windows or device I/O is usually sufficient, as long as monopolistic "busy-loops" are not being used. Most modern programs are fine.
P.S., Yes they lied to you... ;-)
Windows 3.1 was 16 bit.
Yes, the X86 processors of the time (8088) had 8 bit memory bus, but ran 16 bit software, using a double-fetch mechanism so it was "transparent". Slightly later processors (8086, 80186, 80286) had a 16 bit memory bus and single-fetch to double the speed, but ran the same software.
The earlier 8 bit processors were 8008 and 8080, the later ones could fetch 16 bit addresses with a double-fetch. This would be early CP/M.
HTH.