Umm, many airports in the U.S. are run by pseudo-governmental agencies, or even the local government. Even if they were to be maintained by a private business, it is a government afforded monopoly of a public good/service (air space, EM spectrum), and therefore encumbered with serving the greater good. A trite "no shirt, no shoes, no service" is an invalid defense.
Bullshit. So in your eyes it'd be fine for a cop to harrass someone walking down the street with a shirt proclaiming "FUCK PIGS"? How so? Leave the poor bestiality evangelist alone you insensitive clod.
Your entire assumption is based on the flawed premise of a binary state. A quick search came up with this where 60% of Americans were affiliated with D/R in '03. This does not mean that the other 40% are "undecided." Ever heard of the Green Party? Or Libertarians? What about the Prohibition Party? (Yes they are still around) As Shakespeare put it: There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in your philosophy.
Greetings Brother, I see you're enjoying the Kool-Aid.
There are different kinds of "original research": scientific findings, hypotheses pulled from the ether, synthesis of existing and "new" content. When a specialist can contribute to an obviously desired, pre-existing entry which was originally just copy and pasted marketing drivel or referenced articles containing factual errors why should this information be disqualified? Relevant information should be incorporated whenceever it is available. Wikipedia's power is not in letting a million monkeys recreate Encarta, it is in allowing monkeys with information not included in Encarta the ability and means to share it *in a structured manner*. It's important to be more exhaustive, because besides the minor "I can look up WWII for free, instead of buying an encyclopedia, or trekking to the library" the major utility of such a resource is the ability to include everything under the sun (vis. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).
Yes, you describe a major flaw with wikipedia dogma. I've encountered a similar problem (via a known puppeteer) with the Green Map entry. You can't be *too* much more useful or exhaustive than Britannica if you inisist only re-regurgitating information.
Robert L. Forward's "Timemaster" deals with confined time travel like that. You make two ends of a wormhole and carry them to wherever you want. It obviously takes a very long time at ~cee to do this. Your wormhole is now a fixed-length (space-)time machine on the order of how much time you spent transporting the ends.
Indeed, in my experiences in both Belgium ('95) and France ('05) bastard is very much a deragatory term. Perhaps he means in English. In English bastard can be used in a familiar sense, though even in the familial sense the "target" is not the father.
I emailed officials from my former high school and got a reply a wekk later. My senators and representative answer maybe half of my messages with a mass message after 3 weeks or so.
It probably depends on the market but in my experience it is not that common. I just conducted a study of rents in Massachusetts (approx. 700 samples), and rents with utilities (other than sewer and water) are in the minority by far. Of those that do include any utilities, typically only heat is included. I also came across an economicis paper--which I can try to dig up again if interested--about the paradox of landlord- pays utilities, which also seemed to imply that while it exists it's not *that* common. One factor which is believed to contribute to included utilities is a lack of per-unit metering in older multi-unit housing.
You misunderstand me. White LEDs are certainly available as drop/screw-in replacements for conventional bulbs (just check your favorite personal data-mining warehouse), and they certainly have a very long life... my point was that they've not been adequate with respect to efficiency (lumens per watt) which is the main selling point of CFLs.
Yes, the 13W, 800 lumen (equiv. to light output of a 60W incandescent) bulbs I mentioned are from Sylvania and are about the size of the larger decorative flame shaped bulbs (but untapered). Also note that if the appearance of the twisty tube offends you (when used in a ceiling fan for instance), there are CFLs with a transluscent opaque housing to hide it. The housing can help diffuse the light even more, but does make the bulb bulkier (they're often shaped like a "normal" bulb") and obviously impacts efficiency.
You can get a hint at the variety of bulbs offered here but may have to flip through a few pages. Also note that the price you pay for a CFL at a local brick and mortar should be cheaper due to (p)rebates by your utility; promoting efficiency is cheaper for them than building a new power plant.
Nevertheless, the properties (diffuse vs. directed) make LEDs a poor general replacement for CFLs. They are excellent for task lighting though, and have the interesting ability to fail gradually; "bulbs" contain multiple LEDs and they may not all fail at once.
And you've failed to consider that not everyone is self-centered. Futhermore, fixtures are a non-issue with CFL. As for utilities included housing well a) it's not that common b) you still pay for (part of) the utilities c) there's nothing preventing the landlord from installing efficient fixtures, bulbs and appliances.
>They're sold at Wal-Mart. What?! So you don't buy condoms, Pepsi or toilet paper either? It's not like CFL aren't sold anywhere else on this planet. Hell, I picked up a few more at both CVS and the grocery store; $2 for two 13W bulbs.
As for your latter concern/question, umm most plants are light on the sucrose and that's the reason there's so much buzz about cellulosic ethanol production methods.
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So what's your point, other than the fact that it's mistranslated literally as "a giant's leap"?
Umm, many airports in the U.S. are run by pseudo-governmental agencies, or even the
local government. Even if they were to be maintained by a private business, it is a
government afforded monopoly of a public good/service (air space, EM spectrum), and
therefore encumbered with serving the greater good. A trite "no shirt, no shoes, no
service" is an invalid defense.
Bullshit. So in your eyes it'd be fine for a cop to harrass someone walking down the
street with a shirt proclaiming "FUCK PIGS"? How so? Leave the poor bestiality
evangelist alone you insensitive clod.
Kennedy ne Kerry you illiterate dipshit.
Have at. Personally, I just ordered this one.
I think the point here is that it's been reported by an otherwise reputable news agency.
Your entire assumption is based on the flawed premise of a binary state.
A quick search came up with this where 60% of Americans were
affiliated with D/R in '03. This does not mean that the other 40% are "undecided."
Ever heard of the Green Party? Or Libertarians? What about the Prohibition Party?
(Yes they are still around) As Shakespeare put it: There are more things in heaven
and earth than are dreamed of in your philosophy.
Greetings Brother, I see you're enjoying the Kool-Aid.
There are different kinds of "original research": scientific findings, hypotheses
pulled from the ether, synthesis of existing and "new" content. When a specialist
can contribute to an obviously desired, pre-existing entry which was originally just
copy and pasted marketing drivel or referenced articles containing factual errors why
should this information be disqualified? Relevant information should be incorporated
whenceever it is available. Wikipedia's power is not in letting a million monkeys
recreate Encarta, it is in allowing monkeys with information not included in Encarta
the ability and means to share it *in a structured manner*. It's important to be more
exhaustive, because besides the minor "I can look up WWII for free, instead of buying
an encyclopedia, or trekking to the library" the major utility of such a resource is
the ability to include everything under the sun (vis. Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy).
Yes, you describe a major flaw with wikipedia dogma. I've encountered a similar
problem (via a known puppeteer) with the Green Map entry. You can't be *too* much
more useful or exhaustive than Britannica if you inisist only re-regurgitating
information.
Right, I wasn't calling you Chicken Little specifcally, but thought that the perceptions of the two matters provided a nice contrast.
Interesting, and what's your (or anyone else freaking out about this) stance on say...
global warming?
Robert L. Forward's "Timemaster" deals with confined time travel like that.
You make two ends of a wormhole and carry them to wherever you want. It
obviously takes a very long time at ~cee to do this. Your wormhole is now
a fixed-length (space-)time machine on the order of how much time you spent
transporting the ends.
You're a moron, the relationship you describe is called an acquaintance.
Credit where credit is due: flash crowd.
Indeed, in my experiences in both Belgium ('95) and France ('05) bastard is very much a deragatory term. Perhaps he means in English. In English bastard can be used in a familiar sense, though even in the familial sense the "target" is not the father.
I emailed officials from my former high school and got a reply a wekk later.
My senators and representative answer maybe half of my messages with a mass
message after 3 weeks or so.
It probably depends on the market but in my experience it is not that common. I just conducted a study
of rents in Massachusetts (approx. 700 samples), and rents with utilities (other than sewer and water)
are in the minority by far. Of those that do include any utilities, typically only heat is included.
I also came across an economicis paper--which I can try to dig up again if interested--about the paradox
of landlord- pays utilities, which also seemed to imply that while it exists it's not *that* common.
One factor which is believed to contribute to included utilities is a lack of per-unit metering in
older multi-unit housing.
You misunderstand me. White LEDs are certainly available as drop/screw-in replacements
for conventional bulbs (just check your favorite personal data-mining warehouse), and
they certainly have a very long life... my point was that they've not been adequate
with respect to efficiency (lumens per watt) which is the main selling point of CFLs.
s/opaque//
Yes, the 13W, 800 lumen (equiv. to light output of a 60W incandescent) bulbs I mentioned
are from Sylvania and are about the size of the larger decorative flame shaped bulbs
(but untapered). Also note that if the appearance of the twisty tube offends you (when
used in a ceiling fan for instance), there are CFLs with a transluscent opaque housing
to hide it. The housing can help diffuse the light even more, but does make the bulb
bulkier (they're often shaped like a "normal" bulb") and obviously impacts efficiency.
You can get a hint at the variety of bulbs offered here but may have to flip
through a few pages. Also note that the price you pay for a CFL at a local brick and
mortar should be cheaper due to (p)rebates by your utility; promoting efficiency is
cheaper for them than building a new power plant.
Actually no, LEDs aren't there yet.
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Slightly older, but bog standard white LEDs
http://www.otherpower.com/otherpower_lighting.htm
Until recently state of the art still could not compete, it was only earlier
this year that a superior effeciency was announced.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED#Operational_para
Nevertheless, the properties (diffuse vs. directed) make LEDs a poor general
replacement for CFLs. They are excellent for task lighting though, and have
the interesting ability to fail gradually; "bulbs" contain multiple LEDs and
they may not all fail at once.
And you've failed to consider that not everyone is self-centered.
Futhermore, fixtures are a non-issue with CFL. As for utilities
included housing well a) it's not that common b) you still pay for
(part of) the utilities c) there's nothing preventing the landlord
from installing efficient fixtures, bulbs and appliances.
>They're sold at Wal-Mart.
What?! So you don't buy condoms, Pepsi or toilet paper either?
It's not like CFL aren't sold anywhere else on this planet. Hell,
I picked up a few more at both CVS and the grocery store; $2 for
two 13W bulbs.
It's being done, one example is the study at MIT's cogen plant using algae scrubbers1 1/1718256
on the exhaust for use in biofuels: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/
As for your latter concern/question, umm most plants are light on the sucrose and
that's the reason there's so much buzz about cellulosic ethanol production methods.
Solids don't fuse, and those planets anywhere near the fusion threshold aren't solid.