In a world where manufacturers have to "warn" us not to iron clothes while wearing them, I wholeheartedly agree. I don't have a problem with people doing things that only injure themselves. Having said that, I really want to implement food stamp reform. I REALLY don't like paying taxes so that people can get handouts that I myself, a frugal man, will not spend my own money on. Why buy $1 worth of soda when I can buy the same amount of water for half a cent. For the price of that 2-litre, I could drink 100 gallons of tap water. Now, if someone is paying for their own food, I don't give a rats ass if they spend $1000 on Twizzlers and beef jerky. It's their money, and they can use it as they see fit. But if I'm paying for it, you better get some damn nutrition.
Your list of potential crimes is insanely stupid and completely unrealistic. What next? Are you going to outlaw all sodas sold in cups 17 oz or larger? That will be the day.
Most likely thing is that even if you got people to be pissed at Verizon and ready to jump ships, no one would pay their ETF to leave. By the time people's contracts ran up, they'll probably have forgotten they were angry at Verizon in the first place.
Sig Hansen has to replace the Northwestern with an Arleigh Burke class destroyer.
Let's be realistic here...While I don't wish harm on any of them, I doubt any of the Captains from Deadliest Catch are going to make it to 2020. You can only smoke 4 packs a day for so many years before your body just quits. The 40 hours working with 4 hours of sleep isn't good for them either.
End of problem. Now about that foot long hot dog that you are eating . . . nine inches should be the limit . ..
First the TSA get's all up in my junk with their body scanners, and now you're telling my wife what she can and can't do to my privates? That's it, I'm moving to Canada. It may be lame there, but at least my privates will be protected.
I'm ashamed to say that Rogers is my congressman. I've even voted for him several times. As much as I'd like to vote for someone who excels in all areas, to bad our choices are normally choosing between an idiot and a half-wit.
Well, in fairness I was comparing plants to average efficiency solar cells. I'm sure the cost differential is equally staggering, but the point was to make a semi-realistic example.
Imagine if you had to provide a business plan to get a college loan. Then imagine if the banks checked your ROI calculations to determine if they were feasible. How many people do you think would get student loans I wonder.
I think the problem is the bigger problem with modern college. The problem is that as more people go, the net result is that the reward for going to college must go down. If only the top 5% of people in the USA could go to college, the average salary for a fresh college graduate would be well over +100k. If 95% of the population went to college, the starting salary would be closer to 25k. It's supply and demand.
What you're forgetting is cost. Let me give you a car analogy. Let's say you have a choice between buying two identical cars. One gets 30 MPG and costs $30k, and the other gets 60 MPG but costs $60k. Let's assume that you drive 15,000 miles a year, and fuel will cost $4 a gallon. You would have to drive the car 450,000 miles before you would break even in costs. That's assuming that everything else is identical in the car.
So how does that relate to plants vs solar panels? How much does a solar panel cost? How much does a plant cost? Get the picture?
The Honda fuel cell car can go 240 miles between fillups. That's nothing breakthrough, but it's far enough. You can also refill it in a few minutes at a hydrogen equipped gas station. I know the technology needs to get better, but the technology to use hydrogen is already here. The problem has always been how to get hydrogen efficiently. These seems to have solved that, hopefully.
How does paying ~30,000 in federal taxes put you in the middle class? According to the calculator I found online, a married couple with no kids would have to make $168,000 a year to pay $30,000 in federal taxes. Lets assume you're single and have zero deductions...you'd still have to make $132000 a year to reach $30k in federal taxes. You sir are not middle class. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-41141728/are-you-middle-class/
1 day DC metrorail pass costs $14, and you still have to pay for bus service if necessary. Even if you wanted to argue that $5 a day was all it cost, you have to remember that's per person. Most cars hold 5 people. Sure, gas costs something, as does parking. I guess it depends on where you're going. I wouldn't want in Manhattan, but I wouldn't want to have to use a bus in a mid-sized city. Most of the places I've traveled to have been smaller towns. I like nature and you don't get too much of that in large cities.
Do you know how many times I've wanted to punch the 5'2" 100 lb girl who decides she needs to sit in the exit row because she wants the extra leg room? Seriously people...I don't care how uncomfortable you think you are on a plane. If you physically can fit your legs in the space of a normal plane seat, you should let someone who needs the extra space have it.
Every plan for a high speed train that I've hard come out of politicians mouths is incredibly stupid. Short distances, cars win. Medium distance, cars win. Long distance, planes win. The only way i would take a high speed train was if I was by myself and I was taking it to an airport. The problem is, even in the 500 mile sweet spot for trains, when you get to your destination, you have no car. So then you have to rely on public transport ($$$), relatives/friends, or rent a car ($$). Even if I didn't have to worry about transport at my destination, If I'm traveling with my wife and kid, we're talking about 3x the cost for the train ticket, and the car cost stays roughly flat.
If I could take a high speed train to the nearest large airport hub, I could see myself doing that instead of a puddle jumper. Problem is, none of the politicans are talking about integrating high speed train with airplanes.
Since when has Virgin ever made planes? Don't they buy them from Boeing, Airbus, etc? Yes, I know this is an April fools POS article, but why not suggest that Delta is going to start manufacturing submarines. It's more believable. At least Submarines actually exist.
Just pick up a tracphone at Target and activate it at the in-store Starbucks' hotspot. Done and untraceable-to-you, unless "they" want you enough to manually hunt down security footage from one of those two stores.
Who could watch more than 2 minutes of Target security footage without wanting to gouge their eyes out? That place is almost as bad as Walmart.
Seriously though, I was under the impression that they required an ID to buy any SIM or phone with a SIM in the USA. If there is a place that sells SIMS/Phones without requiring an ID, your best bet is to buy the device and then wait a month before using it for your intended crime/activity. Very few places will retain security footage for more than a month. The crappier the store, the less they'll keep the footage. Some of them just have a single tape in that gets recorded over and over and over. Great for when a visible crime comes...much worse for long term surveillance. The problem with using someone else to buy it is that there is still a person that may be able to identify you if forced to.
The trick about communication sterilization is that you have to treat a cell as secure as the least secure thing you use it for. In other words, if you use your phone to call a friend before you use it to call in a bomb threat, you can be sure that your friend is going to get a call/visit from the police asking about who it was that called him. If you just buy this "untraceable" SIM and use it like a normal phone, it wont take very long before your mobile fingerprint will betray you. You need to realize that the only really anonymous way to communicate with people is USPS, and possibly over the internet (if you take the proper precautions).
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In a world where manufacturers have to "warn" us not to iron clothes while wearing them, I wholeheartedly agree. I don't have a problem with people doing things that only injure themselves. Having said that, I really want to implement food stamp reform. I REALLY don't like paying taxes so that people can get handouts that I myself, a frugal man, will not spend my own money on. Why buy $1 worth of soda when I can buy the same amount of water for half a cent. For the price of that 2-litre, I could drink 100 gallons of tap water. Now, if someone is paying for their own food, I don't give a rats ass if they spend $1000 on Twizzlers and beef jerky. It's their money, and they can use it as they see fit. But if I'm paying for it, you better get some damn nutrition.
Your list of potential crimes is insanely stupid and completely unrealistic. What next? Are you going to outlaw all sodas sold in cups 17 oz or larger? That will be the day.
No wonder that guy on the Verizon commercials had such good coverage...He had an FBI van with a femtocell following him around.
Most likely thing is that even if you got people to be pissed at Verizon and ready to jump ships, no one would pay their ETF to leave. By the time people's contracts ran up, they'll probably have forgotten they were angry at Verizon in the first place.
Sig Hansen has to replace the Northwestern with an Arleigh Burke class destroyer.
Let's be realistic here...While I don't wish harm on any of them, I doubt any of the Captains from Deadliest Catch are going to make it to 2020. You can only smoke 4 packs a day for so many years before your body just quits. The 40 hours working with 4 hours of sleep isn't good for them either.
End of problem. Now about that foot long hot dog that you are eating . . . nine inches should be the limit . . .
First the TSA get's all up in my junk with their body scanners, and now you're telling my wife what she can and can't do to my privates? That's it, I'm moving to Canada. It may be lame there, but at least my privates will be protected.
I'm ashamed to say that Rogers is my congressman. I've even voted for him several times. As much as I'd like to vote for someone who excels in all areas, to bad our choices are normally choosing between an idiot and a half-wit.
Well, in fairness I was comparing plants to average efficiency solar cells. I'm sure the cost differential is equally staggering, but the point was to make a semi-realistic example.
Imagine if you had to provide a business plan to get a college loan. Then imagine if the banks checked your ROI calculations to determine if they were feasible. How many people do you think would get student loans I wonder.
I think the problem is the bigger problem with modern college. The problem is that as more people go, the net result is that the reward for going to college must go down. If only the top 5% of people in the USA could go to college, the average salary for a fresh college graduate would be well over +100k. If 95% of the population went to college, the starting salary would be closer to 25k. It's supply and demand.
Pretty much the entire economy since about 2008 has been moving away from this enlightened society you seem to think is still around.
I would argue that this started happening around 1980: Ronald Reagan.
I would argue that this started happening around 1961: JFK. See what I did just there?
Quick google search http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Poets_Society
I'm sure the fact that they're trying to use the superchargers to hawk their +$60,000 cars has nothing to do with their giving away energy.
What you're forgetting is cost. Let me give you a car analogy. Let's say you have a choice between buying two identical cars. One gets 30 MPG and costs $30k, and the other gets 60 MPG but costs $60k. Let's assume that you drive 15,000 miles a year, and fuel will cost $4 a gallon. You would have to drive the car 450,000 miles before you would break even in costs. That's assuming that everything else is identical in the car.
So how does that relate to plants vs solar panels? How much does a solar panel cost? How much does a plant cost? Get the picture?
Forgot to post a link to the Honda FXC Clarity http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/refueling.aspx
The Honda fuel cell car can go 240 miles between fillups. That's nothing breakthrough, but it's far enough. You can also refill it in a few minutes at a hydrogen equipped gas station. I know the technology needs to get better, but the technology to use hydrogen is already here. The problem has always been how to get hydrogen efficiently. These seems to have solved that, hopefully.
How does paying ~30,000 in federal taxes put you in the middle class? According to the calculator I found online, a married couple with no kids would have to make $168,000 a year to pay $30,000 in federal taxes. Lets assume you're single and have zero deductions...you'd still have to make $132000 a year to reach $30k in federal taxes. You sir are not middle class. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-41141728/are-you-middle-class/
the real job is to work the job, and to keep taking money for doing whatever it is hasn't gotten them fired yet.
What? You expect government works to work their jobs? LOL. You must not get out much.
1 day DC metrorail pass costs $14, and you still have to pay for bus service if necessary. Even if you wanted to argue that $5 a day was all it cost, you have to remember that's per person. Most cars hold 5 people. Sure, gas costs something, as does parking. I guess it depends on where you're going. I wouldn't want in Manhattan, but I wouldn't want to have to use a bus in a mid-sized city. Most of the places I've traveled to have been smaller towns. I like nature and you don't get too much of that in large cities.
Do you know how many times I've wanted to punch the 5'2" 100 lb girl who decides she needs to sit in the exit row because she wants the extra leg room? Seriously people...I don't care how uncomfortable you think you are on a plane. If you physically can fit your legs in the space of a normal plane seat, you should let someone who needs the extra space have it.
Every plan for a high speed train that I've hard come out of politicians mouths is incredibly stupid. Short distances, cars win. Medium distance, cars win. Long distance, planes win. The only way i would take a high speed train was if I was by myself and I was taking it to an airport. The problem is, even in the 500 mile sweet spot for trains, when you get to your destination, you have no car. So then you have to rely on public transport ($$$), relatives/friends, or rent a car ($$). Even if I didn't have to worry about transport at my destination, If I'm traveling with my wife and kid, we're talking about 3x the cost for the train ticket, and the car cost stays roughly flat.
If I could take a high speed train to the nearest large airport hub, I could see myself doing that instead of a puddle jumper. Problem is, none of the politicans are talking about integrating high speed train with airplanes.
Since when has Virgin ever made planes? Don't they buy them from Boeing, Airbus, etc? Yes, I know this is an April fools POS article, but why not suggest that Delta is going to start manufacturing submarines. It's more believable. At least Submarines actually exist.
The first post wasn't funny. The rest have been horrid.
Just pick up a tracphone at Target and activate it at the in-store Starbucks' hotspot. Done and untraceable-to-you, unless "they" want you enough to manually hunt down security footage from one of those two stores.
Who could watch more than 2 minutes of Target security footage without wanting to gouge their eyes out? That place is almost as bad as Walmart. Seriously though, I was under the impression that they required an ID to buy any SIM or phone with a SIM in the USA. If there is a place that sells SIMS/Phones without requiring an ID, your best bet is to buy the device and then wait a month before using it for your intended crime/activity. Very few places will retain security footage for more than a month. The crappier the store, the less they'll keep the footage. Some of them just have a single tape in that gets recorded over and over and over. Great for when a visible crime comes...much worse for long term surveillance. The problem with using someone else to buy it is that there is still a person that may be able to identify you if forced to. The trick about communication sterilization is that you have to treat a cell as secure as the least secure thing you use it for. In other words, if you use your phone to call a friend before you use it to call in a bomb threat, you can be sure that your friend is going to get a call/visit from the police asking about who it was that called him. If you just buy this "untraceable" SIM and use it like a normal phone, it wont take very long before your mobile fingerprint will betray you. You need to realize that the only really anonymous way to communicate with people is USPS, and possibly over the internet (if you take the proper precautions).
How do I remove the battery from my iPhone???? PLEASE HELP ME! They are afters me!