He did manage to spell it right in the subject header...
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The really rich probably have better set ups, but I could potentially have never ending loans right now. See, I dabble in the stock market, and my broker extends a line of credit for me, backed by the stocks I already have, to buy more stocks. It's not strictly for buying stocks though, I still have the option to just withdraw the money and spend it. The amount I can borrow depends on the total value of my stock, so as long as it keeps going up, I can keep taking money out. My loan just gets bigger and bigger, but as long as my stock price is high enough to cover it, I can keep going for ever.
It's not true, but it's still funny. There never was a redneck who shot his buddy when the 911 operator said "let's make sure he's dead" either, but it's still funny.
The term football actually comes from the fact that the players were standing and running around on their feet, rather than riding a horse (as the nobility played polo.) Sometimes I like to call cricket football, but no-one seems to get the reference.
OKCupid did a page about that a little while ago ( I can't find it to link to right now...) Basically, because there are so many fake profiles, guys end up sending a lot of messages that will never get answered. Since so few of them get answered they end up sending more and more messages, and putting less and less thought into each one. Girls on the site then login in to find 100 messages all saying "hey, you're pretty", and decide to quit the site, leading to even more profiles that will never answer your messages.
No it doesn't, they just remember the names of places. The Chaser did a bit where they took a map and rewrote it so that Australia was labelled as either Iran or North Korea, then showed that map to Americans and asked them to located them. They just saw the name, and pointed at it saying "there it is!"
If you are presented with a separate licensing agreement for that part, which includes verbiage along the lines of "if you do not agree to this licence, return to the vendor for a refund" then yes, you should be able to get a refund form Ford.
I think it's part of the geek mind-set, take a completely ridiculous idea, then think about things in the real world that could be different enough to make it happen, then think about what else that would change. It's the same line of thinking that leads to science fiction.
I can't believe that it's real. I followed your link, then read the article on "Biblical Scientific Foreknowledge". My world view doesn't allow for people stupid enough to believe any of that.
Seriously? You have such an entitlement mentality that you think you have some kind of human right to Wikipedia access? Have you never heard the phrase "He who giveth can also taketh away", or some variant of that theme?
As other posters have already stated, just see what a "major inconvenience" it is for you when there's a SOPA claim against Wikipedia and it gets taken down for good.
Looks like everyone else has torn you a new one over factual accuracy, so I'm just going to single out one of your points to rebutt:
3. On the whole, California takes in far more in federal benefits than it pays in federal tax. Unlike your analysis, which excludes broad categories of welfare spending, I look at gross flows of funds.
As neither of you actually provided a source, on what basis are you claiming that Nadaka's analysis does not include "broad categories of welfare spending" and would you please elaborate on what these are. Also, I would be interested to see your analysis which "look[s] at gross flow of funds."
Hydrogen introduces a lot more complications from the methods required to store it. It's mostly centered around the fact that hydrogen is such a small molecule it interferes with the metallic crystal structure of the tank you're using to hold it. Ethanol is similar enough to gasoline that it doesn't require a complete refit.
It takes less energy to drill a gallon of gasoline out of the ground and deliver it to your fuel tank than you gain by burning that fuel in your engine. It takes more energy to grow corn, turn it into ethanol and deliver it to your fuel tank than you gain from burning that ethanol.
If you were using solar powered tractors to grow the corn, and solar powered trucks to move it around it might make sense (just might, it wouldn't necessarily.) Given that most of the energy to produce the ethanol comes from gasoline or diesel, it makes no sense to use ethanol.
You may not agree with them, but they are legal. Microsoft invests in R&D and gets patents. Other companies use the technologies that Microsoft has developed, so they must pay Microsoft for the privilege.
If you disagree with this the correct response is to work to change the system.
Seriously, you didn't even make it to the end of the summary?
Think of countries in the EU like states in the US. If the EU government (federal government) passes laws in relation to its member countries (states), then those states must abide by those laws or risk getting sued.
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He did manage to spell it right in the subject header...
The really rich probably have better set ups, but I could potentially have never ending loans right now. See, I dabble in the stock market, and my broker extends a line of credit for me, backed by the stocks I already have, to buy more stocks. It's not strictly for buying stocks though, I still have the option to just withdraw the money and spend it. The amount I can borrow depends on the total value of my stock, so as long as it keeps going up, I can keep taking money out. My loan just gets bigger and bigger, but as long as my stock price is high enough to cover it, I can keep going for ever.
Wherever he was living before would seem to be the obvious choice...
It's not true, but it's still funny. There never was a redneck who shot his buddy when the 911 operator said "let's make sure he's dead" either, but it's still funny.
Don't even have to RTFA, just RTFS:
(The study includes a broader swath of languages/nationalities, but that's a start.)
A "rate of speed" is more often referred to as acceleration or deceleration.
The term football actually comes from the fact that the players were standing and running around on their feet, rather than riding a horse (as the nobility played polo.) Sometimes I like to call cricket football, but no-one seems to get the reference.
Someone else did however manage to find it for me: http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2660507&cid=38966283
OKCupid did a page about that a little while ago ( I can't find it to link to right now...) Basically, because there are so many fake profiles, guys end up sending a lot of messages that will never get answered. Since so few of them get answered they end up sending more and more messages, and putting less and less thought into each one. Girls on the site then login in to find 100 messages all saying "hey, you're pretty", and decide to quit the site, leading to even more profiles that will never answer your messages.
I just moved in with a girl I met on Craigslist, so yeah, you don't always need to go the the right site.
No it doesn't, they just remember the names of places. The Chaser did a bit where they took a map and rewrote it so that Australia was labelled as either Iran or North Korea, then showed that map to Americans and asked them to located them. They just saw the name, and pointed at it saying "there it is!"
Who's John McCain?
If you are presented with a separate licensing agreement for that part, which includes verbiage along the lines of "if you do not agree to this licence, return to the vendor for a refund" then yes, you should be able to get a refund form Ford.
I think it's part of the geek mind-set, take a completely ridiculous idea, then think about things in the real world that could be different enough to make it happen, then think about what else that would change. It's the same line of thinking that leads to science fiction.
I can't believe that it's real. I followed your link, then read the article on "Biblical Scientific Foreknowledge". My world view doesn't allow for people stupid enough to believe any of that.
Seriously? You have such an entitlement mentality that you think you have some kind of human right to Wikipedia access? Have you never heard the phrase "He who giveth can also taketh away", or some variant of that theme?
As other posters have already stated, just see what a "major inconvenience" it is for you when there's a SOPA claim against Wikipedia and it gets taken down for good.
With modern cracking techniques that doesn't really make a difference. You can produce gasoline from most of the fractions now.
Looks like everyone else has torn you a new one over factual accuracy, so I'm just going to single out one of your points to rebutt:
3. On the whole, California takes in far more in federal benefits than it pays in federal tax. Unlike your analysis, which excludes broad categories of welfare spending, I look at gross flows of funds.
As neither of you actually provided a source, on what basis are you claiming that Nadaka's analysis does not include "broad categories of welfare spending" and would you please elaborate on what these are. Also, I would be interested to see your analysis which "look[s] at gross flow of funds."
Hydrogen introduces a lot more complications from the methods required to store it. It's mostly centered around the fact that hydrogen is such a small molecule it interferes with the metallic crystal structure of the tank you're using to hold it. Ethanol is similar enough to gasoline that it doesn't require a complete refit.
That's just semantics.
It takes less energy to drill a gallon of gasoline out of the ground and deliver it to your fuel tank than you gain by burning that fuel in your engine. It takes more energy to grow corn, turn it into ethanol and deliver it to your fuel tank than you gain from burning that ethanol.
If you were using solar powered tractors to grow the corn, and solar powered trucks to move it around it might make sense (just might, it wouldn't necessarily.) Given that most of the energy to produce the ethanol comes from gasoline or diesel, it makes no sense to use ethanol.
Seriously, wtf is grub on?
through these illegal means
You may not agree with them, but they are legal. Microsoft invests in R&D and gets patents. Other companies use the technologies that Microsoft has developed, so they must pay Microsoft for the privilege.
If you disagree with this the correct response is to work to change the system.
I like the news-at-a-glance. So much so that I still have Yahoo as my homepage. Of course I use Google when I want to search, but Yahoo's still cool.
I think we need the term self-sustaining somewhere in the definition.
Seriously, you didn't even make it to the end of the summary?
Think of countries in the EU like states in the US. If the EU government (federal government) passes laws in relation to its member countries (states), then those states must abide by those laws or risk getting sued.