In addition, once this road is crossed -- impeaching for , and every time the president/vp is in office, and a different party has a majority in the senate and house, you'll see an impeachment.
Wasn't that road crossed back in 1998, with far less justification than there is now? Is it your opinion that impeachment ought never be used under any circumstances? If not, when should it be used?
If I walk around with a funny motion in my neck, quacking, swimming, and eating bread given by old ladies in parks, would you call me a duck?
If you were also ten inches tall, had a beak, feathers, wings, and webbed feet, then yes. Perhaps if I caught you and took a blood sample in for DNA testing I'd find out otherwise, but most likely I wouldn't bother to do that.
I'm not sure what your definition of a human is, but mine involves, you know, being a human.
Nice circular definition. What does it mean to "be a human"? Is it strictly a matter of having a DNA sequence that corresponds to the homo sapiens sapiens genome? If so, a toenail clipping could be considered "a human". Clearly there is more to it than that.
What about we all already have access to an Outback, and you want to start putting McDonalds everywhere and pushing people to eat there?
The fear is that the big carriers want to downgrade our current Outback into a McDonalds, then offer a "premium Outback plan" to anyone who wants the old level of service back again. We'd much rather continue with the current setup, it works for us.
If I eat all the cupcakes, then there won't be anymore... Problem solved!
Very true!:^) The question is, will we eat all the cupcakes before or after they cause us a heart attack? (also, what will we eat when all the cupcakes are gone?)
In 50-100 years people will look back and think, "what arrogant fools", what poor uneducated sheeple" to believe that they could affect climate on a global scale.
You seem fairly certain that we can't affect the climate. Why? Because we never did it before? True, but then there were never 6 billion of us before, and we never pumped millenia worth of carbon out of the ground every year before.
You ought to rethink your position, and make sure it isn't just a self-serving delusion whose sole purpose is to make your feel better. The fact that the consensus view of the scientific community (that same scientific community whose other results you happily rely upon every day in every aspect of your life) is otherwise ought to be a wake up call.
I'm sorry, but rasiing gasoline taxes or charging "carbon credits" isn't going to make the ocean waves stop
Just like eating only one cupcake instead of three isn't going to get you to lose the 50 pounds of extra weight you're carrying around. But every change has to start somewhere, and if you use the immensity of the task as an excuse to not do anything, then 50 years from now you're going to have 100 pounds of extra weight to deal with instead of 50.
Just like weaning yourself off unhealthy food, weaning ourselves off of carbon-emitting fuels is going to take a lot of time and effort, without any obvious short-term results. Which is why it's going to take a lot of determination and willpower to see it through. That doesn't mean it isn't necessary or wise to do it.
This is a totally fucked up idea that has no hope of becoming reality. However, certain venture capitalists that have the ears of certain elected officials, retired milirary leaders, and recent political appointees think that this is certainly worthy of (1) government contracts, (2) earmarks in military spending bills, and (3) "grants" from the DOE, Military, and any other government agency that has a large amount of government gave-a-way cash to burn.
I remember back when Americans were known for their "can-do Yankee spirit", and laughed at those tired old cynical Europeans who thought that they had seen it all and it was all bunk. Funny how the roles are becoming reversed, no? I sense the despondency of an empire in decline. (note before you flame: I'm an American myself)
Personally, I think anybody who needs the government to trick them into getting up early is a moron, but morons' opinions may differ...
Perhaps it's not so much needing the government to trick you into getting up earlier, as it is needing the government to trick your boss into opening your place of work an hour earlier.
should turnitin be making a profit off others materials with no recompense for those who supply them with the means to do so?
Ah, but the students are getting some recompense... they benefit in that they no longer have to compete against cheaters. A level playing field is a nice thing to have.
A secure, stable environment. Businesses and consumers spend literally billions of man-hours every year patching and re-installing their Windows systems, trying to keep them secure and usable. Whole departments of extra technicians have to be hired just to keep on top of Windows security. This is money poured down the drain, and if Microsoft can't fix the situation, eventually people are going to go with a solution that can.
If you had $1000 cash in your pocket, would you spend $1 on a pack of your favorite gum?
Perhaps, if I thought that the $1 gum would give me some additional value over the standard $.25 gum. But if they are both equally available on the same shelf, and the only "advantage" of buying the $1 gum was that I would look like an idiot who overpays for gum, then probably not.
Put it this way: If you saw two completely identical packs of gum on the shelf, and one cost twice as much as the other, would you deliberately buy the more expensive pack just because you are rich? If so, then you are rich AND stupid:^)
To a billionaire, that's about what this amounts to. Millionaires don't buy these, billionaires+ do.
Yes, but do they (will they) actually buy them? Or do billionaires really care about having a ridiculously overpriced laptop? (I honestly don't know, since I don't hang around with billionaires very often)
There a detachable diamond acting as the security key for a $1 000 000 laptop.
That's the beauty of the whole thing. After you detach the security key, the million-dollar laptop is now only worth a few thousand! Take that, laptop thieves!
You're assuming, of course, that they are actually going to sell any of these. It may be that even rich people aren't that stupid. (or at least, not more than a handful of them are)
Without any buyers, this story is really nothing more than a web site with a stupid business idea... almost like a return to the dot-com boom:^)
The chicken scenario described removed any curiosity I had about looking into the library further. Why? Because it's very similar to the Java 101 bouncing ball thread demo (one thread per ball) which is used to show why 1 thread per ball doesn't scale to first time would be multi-threaded programmers.
So the chicken demo (allegedly) shows that this guy has solved the thread scaling problem, and because of that you're not interested in it?
Seems like you're not interested in anything but confirming things you already "know".
Apparently some of them die shortly after 100k miles. They (at least the earlier models) were rated at not much more than 100k miles.
Care to cite a source? Or are you just guessing, or confusing the batteries' warranty limit with their actual lifespan?
And what happens to those toxic contents once the battery is replaced in the car?
They get recycled into new batteries. Batteries are one of the more easily recycled everyday objects, and for batteries this size there is a very strong economic incentive to recycle them.
If I can run over you (and look cool doing it) with my vehicle, I AM MORALLY SUPERIOR TO YOU.
True... of course it should be noted that a black Prius is the ideal vehicle for running people over, since you can sneak up on them at night with your lights off and they'll never see or hear you coming.
Whether or not you'll look cool doing it is open to debate...
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Wasn't that road crossed back in 1998, with far less justification than there is now? Is it your opinion that impeachment ought never be used under any circumstances? If not, when should it be used?
We need a 3rd party...
Agreed... in fact, we ought to have several. Unfortunately, until a few procedural issues (like the spoiler problem and the media lockout of 3rd party candidates from Presidential debates) are solved, it isn't going to happen, no matter how much we need it.
Not to mention the human ability to totally miss the point of an article.
If you were also ten inches tall, had a beak, feathers, wings, and webbed feet, then yes. Perhaps if I caught you and took a blood sample in for DNA testing I'd find out otherwise, but most likely I wouldn't bother to do that.
I'm not sure what your definition of a human is, but mine involves, you know, being a human.
Nice circular definition. What does it mean to "be a human"? Is it strictly a matter of having a DNA sequence that corresponds to the homo sapiens sapiens genome? If so, a toenail clipping could be considered "a human". Clearly there is more to it than that.
The fear is that the big carriers want to downgrade our current Outback into a McDonalds, then offer a "premium Outback plan" to anyone who wants the old level of service back again. We'd much rather continue with the current setup, it works for us.
If that's what is required, then yes.
You think you're scared now, just wait until the alien patent lawyers show up
Very true!
You seem fairly certain that we can't affect the climate. Why? Because we never did it before? True, but then there were never 6 billion of us before, and we never pumped millenia worth of carbon out of the ground every year before.
You ought to rethink your position, and make sure it isn't just a self-serving delusion whose sole purpose is to make your feel better. The fact that the consensus view of the scientific community (that same scientific community whose other results you happily rely upon every day in every aspect of your life) is otherwise ought to be a wake up call.
Just like eating only one cupcake instead of three isn't going to get you to lose the 50 pounds of extra weight you're carrying around. But every change has to start somewhere, and if you use the immensity of the task as an excuse to not do anything, then 50 years from now you're going to have 100 pounds of extra weight to deal with instead of 50.
Just like weaning yourself off unhealthy food, weaning ourselves off of carbon-emitting fuels is going to take a lot of time and effort, without any obvious short-term results. Which is why it's going to take a lot of determination and willpower to see it through. That doesn't mean it isn't necessary or wise to do it.
I remember back when Americans were known for their "can-do Yankee spirit", and laughed at those tired old cynical Europeans who thought that they had seen it all and it was all bunk. Funny how the roles are becoming reversed, no? I sense the despondency of an empire in decline. (note before you flame: I'm an American myself)
Not to mention all altitudes below 10km that would have tethers hanging down through them...
But of course this problem has already been solved -- you just mark the affected areas as "no fly zones" on the air navigation maps.
vi, baby!
Works well, works everywhere!
Perhaps it's not so much needing the government to trick you into getting up earlier, as it is needing the government to trick your boss into opening your place of work an hour earlier.
Ah, but the students are getting some recompense
Finally I'll be able to realize my dream of emailing myself the exact value of Pi!
Why not? It worked for Luke...
Lego Star Wars: the number one benchmark for enterprise-ready servers!
A secure, stable environment. Businesses and consumers spend literally billions of man-hours every year patching and re-installing their Windows systems, trying to keep them secure and usable. Whole departments of extra technicians have to be hired just to keep on top of Windows security. This is money poured down the drain, and if Microsoft can't fix the situation, eventually people are going to go with a solution that can.
Perhaps, if I thought that the $1 gum would give me some additional value over the standard $.25 gum. But if they are both equally available on the same shelf, and the only "advantage" of buying the $1 gum was that I would look like an idiot who overpays for gum, then probably not.
Put it this way: If you saw two completely identical packs of gum on the shelf, and one cost twice as much as the other, would you deliberately buy the more expensive pack just because you are rich? If so, then you are rich AND stupid
To a billionaire, that's about what this amounts to. Millionaires don't buy these, billionaires+ do.
Yes, but do they (will they) actually buy them? Or do billionaires really care about having a ridiculously overpriced laptop? (I honestly don't know, since I don't hang around with billionaires very often)
That's the beauty of the whole thing. After you detach the security key, the million-dollar laptop is now only worth a few thousand! Take that, laptop thieves!
Without any buyers, this story is really nothing more than a web site with a stupid business idea... almost like a return to the dot-com boom
Hmm.... web browsing, email, word processing, maybe the occasional game of Solitaire or Minesweeper?
Seriously, what "practical" use could a $1,000,000 laptop possibly have? It's impractical almost by definition.
So the chicken demo (allegedly) shows that this guy has solved the thread scaling problem, and because of that you're not interested in it?
Seems like you're not interested in anything but confirming things you already "know".
Care to cite a source? Or are you just guessing, or confusing the batteries' warranty limit with their actual lifespan?
And what happens to those toxic contents once the battery is replaced in the car?
They get recycled into new batteries. Batteries are one of the more easily recycled everyday objects, and for batteries this size there is a very strong economic incentive to recycle them.
True... of course it should be noted that a black Prius is the ideal vehicle for running people over, since you can sneak up on them at night with your lights off and they'll never see or hear you coming.
Whether or not you'll look cool doing it is open to debate...