The source of the E. coli is more likely to be migrant farm workers who are not allowed bathroom breaks during harvest. State regs since the 90s require bathroom facilities, but they're often dirty, far away, and using them is frowned on by foremen on a tight schedule.
Possible, but not likely. The real reason is bands of wild hogs in the fields. -Much- bigger problem. Look it up... 8-)
... WTF does that even have to do with whether it is expensive or not? So by your logic, if I tried to sell you a single can of coca-cola for $14.99, you'd say that's not expensive since you can make more than that by picking up two aluminum soda cans each day for a year?
It would all depend on how bad you wanted that coca-cola, at that time and that place! 8-)
I paid $5.00 for a coca-cola, once, and it was well worth it...
When you deal with someone, you have to talk their language (or at least agree on a common language). Just because they talk "english" does not mean they talk the same language as you! If you deal with a corporation, then you have to talk "corporation language". And corporations don't understand the word "donation". The other posts are right, sell your help as "consulting" and they will understand. 8-)
All these objections sound like the 1960's, when people were asking why anyone would want a personal computer or a car phone (2ft square in the trunk of the car). Obviously they were not actually good for anything and never would be!
I read science fiction and had some idea, so you geeks should now, too.
Sure, I wasn't ready for a carry-around phone at that time. Lugging it around on my back did not sound good. And the home computers did not even have a screen and keyboard. But you would be amazed how fast they had some that were practical, if a bit pricey.
By the time these people are ready to go, there will probably be people there to buy what they make. Today doesn't matter for that, they aren't ready to start yet anyway. And whatever you think the world is like, the only thing you know about the future is that it will be different (mostly). I know, I've seen it change already... 8-)
If you think the Keystone pipeline is Bad, consider a few thousand tons of some mined material from the moon coming into the atmosphere at ~17,000 mph.
(sarcasm)What could go wrong?(/sarcasm)
Thanks for the "sarcasm" tags. They actually do help! 8-)
... The Founders strongly opposed the idea of private armies, and in fact when people tried to set up their own military force outside of the Militia they were found guilty of treason and shut down by the army....
Actually, you have it backwards. The Founders strongly opposed the idea of a government Standing Army. There was only an army during the war, it was disbanded afterward. There was -only- supposed to be civilian militia, no Army. They did keep a Navy because they had to maintain the ships, I think.
They did make a standing army later, I think maybe 1812 but it might not have been until the Civil War.
Except that nobody actually collects those stats. CDC is expressly forbidden from studying gun death epidemiology. Well, truth has always been the enemy of conservatives.
That was because one or more of the CDC reserchers was caught lying about the data. look it up...
... To actually contradict my case you'll have to prove one of several very difficult things: Conditional clauses don't exist; This particular clause cannot (for some grammatical reason) be conditional; etc.
That argument may be plausable by the syntax, but is not Historically correct. Read the debates they had.
By the way, the words "well regulated", in this context, means regular or using the same ammunition, parts and uniform clothing. For ease of supply. It has nothing to do with laws, it means the civilian militia needs to have military equipment available.
Quote>... Even a well constructed sling shot can kill people or take out an eye, which is why we tend not to give them to young children to play with any more....
I really don't think even -that- CNC machine is that easy to set up.
I had a slingshot when I was a kid. It was quite capable of killing a squirrel, outright. Funny how, after I had that, the 1 or 2 bullies in the area didn't bother me any more. But I seldon shot at anything alive, and never at people. I never heard of anyone else shooting at people, either.
Kids did get hurt on bicycles, though. Did you know there was a movement to ban all bicycles? If you have a bicycle, can you imagine it being illegal, even for adults? Do you want to live in that kind of world?
Could it be, that the kids who never had slingshots or cap guns or bow and arrow, are the ones who wave around guns like toys, if they get hold of one?
I built my 2 AR-15 rifles, this stuff isn't rocket science - but it's probably a little to advanced for any liberal journalist.
I find it curious that people want to make gun ownership a liberal vs. conservative issue.....
I think the line is more about journalists than liberals. 8-) But that is true, gun ownwership is not a liberal vs conservative issue. Gun owners that complain about all liberals might be yelling at people that are on their side, at least on this issue.
Gun "control", and other things, are issues about "control" of the population vs freedom. Unfortunatly, the politicians seem to divide up the issues without reguard to which side is for freedom, as though they just drew straws. Liberals for freedom on one issue, conservatives for freedom on another issue...
Maybe it is just that people are for freedom on things that know about and for control on things they -don't- know about?
To quote a line from the NRA, "Vote for Freedom first."
What makes you, or the man, think that -he- is safe there?
If you want to be (reasonably) safe, don't go in unsafe places. And, learn safe and accurate Gun Handling. 8-) Most people walk around in a dream world where no bad thing can happen. Most of the time they get away with it, but it's not real.
On the other hand, real criminals are (usually) few and rare. Most people are polite and helpful, except maybe in the big cities. If your friends are rude and rough with you, maybe they -are- criminals. Don't stay around people you don't like, it's not worth the trouble. There are plenty of others...
"Suicide does not end the chances of life getting worse". Well yes, it rather does....
You don't actually know that. There is a small but non-zero chance that it -does- make things worse! I would not recommend taking the chance, if you end up seeing lots of flames and melted sulphur, there is no way back. At least no one showed up here afterwards...
Also note that the statistics said by the "Gun Banners" are rather suspect, since several of them have said in public that is is necessary to lie about the data in order to convince people of their claims. 8-{
And of course, most of thir claims have been disproved many years ago, but they continue to claim them anyway...
If someone shoots at you, don't bother finding out who it was, just start shooting random people.
You have a good point, it all depends on how accurate your targeting is. If you can hit the assailant and not hit bystanders, then it is good. If you are not so sure, then best to hold your fire until you can manuver to get a better sight picture.
No one has mentioned how good the targeting for the Cyber team is, but it is probably secret.
... Even if published research checks all the boxes they're demanding, they can grind it to a halt by forcing everyone involved to verify the case....
All of that happens now... And if there is only one report on a subject, then it is too early to make laws. Keeping in mind, that the US government is designed to -prevent- laws being made too fast or too often.
look at it this way... if the repubs are pushing a bill, then it must be for a nefarious purpose even if it seems logical on its face. once you realize this and start looking at people's motivations, you'll understand. follow the money!
Um... If you can't prove it, then you don't really -know- it.
I can't prove that the big corporations are pushing the idea of human-caused global warming because they think they could sell more fossile fuel in an ice age. But, how would you like laws and regulations to be made on that basis, anyway???
Many of his books also featured communal living, with many people living together and freely sharing resources, and even sharing sexual partners. Usually this was not part of the main plot, but just happened to be the way the characters were living.
That was during the 60's and 70's, it was considered Liberal and Progressive. And Innovative. Also, it made good publicity, in the sense that there is no such thing as bad publicity for a productuion.
Try The Door into Summer. 30 year old engineer arranges for an 11/12 year old girl scout to fall in love with him, skirts the issue with some time travel shenanigans.
In Time Enough For Love, Lazarus Long adopts a young girl so he can raise and marry her later. Not, in fact, the only time his Lazarus Long character was involved with an underage female.
If you wait until they are of "legal age", I don't think that is pedophilia.
It can intensify genetic defects and cause diseases such as hemophilia (unstoppable bleading). But in those books the people have the technology to fix that.
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The source of the E. coli is more likely to be migrant farm workers who are not allowed bathroom breaks during harvest. State regs since the 90s require bathroom facilities, but they're often dirty, far away, and using them is frowned on by foremen on a tight schedule.
Possible, but not likely. The real reason is bands of wild hogs in the fields. -Much- bigger problem. Look it up... 8-)
Refrigerators don't pump the air, they pump the heat energy.
Which one he was referring to, your guess is as good as mine...
Riding in a vehicle, where the one in control is not themselves in the vehicle with you, is probably not the best decision you could make. 8-)
"Anything that is not prohibited, is mantatory."
Some people think they are qualified to run the world...
They are wrong.
The language has changed since 1999. I think the word you are looking for is "lurking". 8-)
... WTF does that even have to do with whether it is expensive or not? So by your logic, if I tried to sell you a single can of coca-cola for $14.99, you'd say that's not expensive since you can make more than that by picking up two aluminum soda cans each day for a year?
It would all depend on how bad you wanted that coca-cola, at that time and that place! 8-)
I paid $5.00 for a coca-cola, once, and it was well worth it...
When you deal with someone, you have to talk their language (or at least agree on a common language). Just because they talk "english" does not mean they talk the same language as you!
If you deal with a corporation, then you have to talk "corporation language". And corporations don't understand the word "donation".
The other posts are right, sell your help as "consulting" and they will understand. 8-)
All these objections sound like the 1960's, when people were asking why anyone would want a personal computer or a car phone (2ft square in the trunk of the car). Obviously they were not actually good for anything and never would be!
I read science fiction and had some idea, so you geeks should now, too.
Sure, I wasn't ready for a carry-around phone at that time. Lugging it around on my back did not sound good. And the home computers did not even have a screen and keyboard. But you would be amazed how fast they had some that were practical, if a bit pricey.
By the time these people are ready to go, there will probably be people there to buy what they make. Today doesn't matter for that, they aren't ready to start yet anyway. And whatever you think the world is like, the only thing you know about the future is that it will be different (mostly). I know, I've seen it change already... 8-)
If you think the Keystone pipeline is Bad, consider a few thousand tons of some mined material from the moon coming into the atmosphere at ~17,000 mph.
(sarcasm)What could go wrong?(/sarcasm)
Thanks for the "sarcasm" tags. They actually do help! 8-)
... The Founders strongly opposed the idea of private armies, and in fact when people tried to set up their own military force outside of the Militia they were found guilty of treason and shut down by the army. ...
Actually, you have it backwards. The Founders strongly opposed the idea of a government Standing Army. There was only an army during the war, it was disbanded afterward. There was -only- supposed to be civilian militia, no Army. They did keep a Navy because they had to maintain the ships, I think.
They did make a standing army later, I think maybe 1812 but it might not have been until the Civil War.
Except that nobody actually collects those stats. CDC is expressly forbidden from studying gun death epidemiology. Well, truth has always been the enemy of conservatives.
That was because one or more of the CDC reserchers was caught lying about the data. look it up...
... To actually contradict my case you'll have to prove one of several very difficult things: Conditional clauses don't exist; This particular clause cannot (for some grammatical reason) be conditional; etc.
That argument may be plausable by the syntax, but is not Historically correct. Read the debates they had.
By the way, the words "well regulated", in this context, means regular or using the same ammunition, parts and uniform clothing. For ease of supply. It has nothing to do with laws, it means the civilian militia needs to have military equipment available.
Quote>... Even a well constructed sling shot can kill people or take out an eye, which is why we tend not to give them to young children to play with any more. ...
I really don't think even -that- CNC machine is that easy to set up.
I had a slingshot when I was a kid. It was quite capable of killing a squirrel, outright. Funny how, after I had that, the 1 or 2 bullies in the area didn't bother me any more. But I seldon shot at anything alive, and never at people. I never heard of anyone else shooting at people, either.
Kids did get hurt on bicycles, though. Did you know there was a movement to ban all bicycles? If you have a bicycle, can you imagine it being illegal, even for adults? Do you want to live in that kind of world?
Could it be, that the kids who never had slingshots or cap guns or bow and arrow, are the ones who wave around guns like toys, if they get hold of one?
I built my 2 AR-15 rifles, this stuff isn't rocket science - but it's probably a little to advanced for any liberal journalist.
I find it curious that people want to make gun ownership a liberal vs. conservative issue. ....
I think the line is more about journalists than liberals. 8-)
But that is true, gun ownwership is not a liberal vs conservative issue. Gun owners that complain about all liberals might be yelling at people that are on their side, at least on this issue.
Gun "control", and other things, are issues about "control" of the population vs freedom. Unfortunatly, the politicians seem to divide up the issues without reguard to which side is for freedom, as though they just drew straws. Liberals for freedom on one issue, conservatives for freedom on another issue...
Maybe it is just that people are for freedom on things that know about and for control on things they -don't- know about?
To quote a line from the NRA, "Vote for Freedom first."
What makes you, or the man, think that -he- is safe there?
If you want to be (reasonably) safe, don't go in unsafe places. And, learn safe and accurate Gun Handling. 8-)
Most people walk around in a dream world where no bad thing can happen. Most of the time they get away with it, but it's not real.
On the other hand, real criminals are (usually) few and rare. Most people are polite and helpful, except maybe in the big cities. If your friends are rude and rough with you, maybe they -are- criminals. Don't stay around people you don't like, it's not worth the trouble. There are plenty of others...
"Suicide does not end the chances of life getting worse". Well yes, it rather does. ...
You don't actually know that. There is a small but non-zero chance that it -does- make things worse! I would not recommend taking the chance, if you end up seeing lots of flames and melted sulphur, there is no way back. At least no one showed up here afterwards...
Also note that the statistics said by the "Gun Banners" are rather suspect, since several of them have said in public that is is necessary to lie about the data in order to convince people of their claims. 8-{
And of course, most of thir claims have been disproved many years ago, but they continue to claim them anyway...
If someone shoots at you, don't bother finding out who it was, just start shooting random people.
You have a good point, it all depends on how accurate your targeting is. If you can hit the assailant and not hit bystanders, then it is good. If you are not so sure, then best to hold your fire until you can manuver to get a better sight picture.
No one has mentioned how good the targeting for the Cyber team is, but it is probably secret.
... Even if published research checks all the boxes they're demanding, they can grind it to a halt by forcing everyone involved to verify the case. ...
All of that happens now...
And if there is only one report on a subject, then it is too early to make laws.
Keeping in mind, that the US government is designed to -prevent- laws being made too fast or too often.
look at it this way... if the repubs are pushing a bill, then it must be for a nefarious purpose even if it seems logical on its face. once you realize this and start looking at people's motivations, you'll understand. follow the money!
And the same for the Dems, of course...
Um... If you can't prove it, then you don't really -know- it.
I can't prove that the big corporations are pushing the idea of human-caused global warming because they think they could sell more fossile fuel in an ice age. But, how would you like laws and regulations to be made on that basis, anyway???
Many of his books also featured communal living, with many people living together and freely sharing resources, and even sharing sexual partners. Usually this was not part of the main plot, but just happened to be the way the characters were living.
That was during the 60's and 70's, it was considered Liberal and Progressive. And Innovative. Also, it made good publicity, in the sense that there is no such thing as bad publicity for a productuion.
Try The Door into Summer. 30 year old engineer arranges for an 11/12 year old girl scout to fall in love with him, skirts the issue with some time travel shenanigans.
In Time Enough For Love, Lazarus Long adopts a young girl so he can raise and marry her later. Not, in fact, the only time his Lazarus Long character was involved with an underage female.
If you wait until they are of "legal age", I don't think that is pedophilia.
What's wrong with incest?
It can intensify genetic defects and cause diseases such as hemophilia (unstoppable bleading).
But in those books the people have the technology to fix that.
A satire generally has a different title. In other words, they lied...