How this got modded "informative" and the response got modded "troll" absolutely baffles me. There may be instances where repairs to particular devices are disallowed for safety reasons (or regulations per some ridiculous gov't incentives like Cash for Clunkers), but "arrested for repairing something" is one of the more ludicrous things I've heard all month. Particularly when we're in a discussion about *consumer goods*
I don't disagree about the need for a well educated population and I'm going to backpedal a wee bit on my prior statement. I've just never been comfortable with imposing legal caps on tuition - or any cost for that matter (rent, medical, etc) because it doesn't address the causes of those high costs. I'm not familiar enough with what's going on in colleges to know *why* costs are increasing at an inordinate rate. Are colleges spending more on needless expenses? Are revenue streams they had in the past no longer available? Capping fees doesn't resolve those issues, it just results in colleges tightening across the board. If tuition costs are outpacing inflation, you really need to find out why that is and not simply cap them.
...or reduce the demand for college educations. College enrollment has gone through the roof but most jobs these people are getting out of college do not need that degree.
Cooperation amongst the parties? Surely you jest! The republicans could sponsor a "Free Birkenstocks For Every Child" bill and the Democrats would oppose it simply because it wasn't their idea.
I used the guides on Sheldon's page quite a bit when building that bike. I suppose I misspoke earlier 'cause you're right, the lacing doesn't take very long at all. It's the truing that takes forever... Hours watching TV with the stand and the spoke wrench!
Nobody is saying give them a free pass to shit on people. I'm simply saying give them the benefit of the doubt and don't shit on them first. You know, no sanction to bigotry and all...
A person who has sought a job where they wield a paycheck. Get off your high horse - there's nothing that makes the TSA people special here. It's a shitty job and I imagine most people working it would rather work somewhere else.
As opposed to whose buddies are building those mm wave and backscatter scanners? Everybody's hands are in everybody's pockets. Also, don't forget that airport security had been private before the TSA. I'd argue there was more recourse back then - far easier for private companies to fire employees than it is to fire public employees.
The screener is just a person doing a job. They aren't a tyrant, they aren't a terrorist, and being rude to them personally serves no purpose except to satisfy your urge to be rude.
So, why the hell do you use Google's non-working beta software when you can find released software on the Internet? Why the hell do you give them your personal information to sell to advertisers? It's time for *YOU* to step in and do something about them.
I'm not disagreeing - there is no reason somebody here couldn't choose to live without a car and be perfectly happy. There are plenty of cities in the US where a car is a large expense with little added value. You can't discount the cultural difference though - going car-less sounds like it's a common thing to do there, but here it's a bit bigger psychological barrier outside of those few dense cities. It's not impossible to do, but it takes some more active choices in your lifestyle and where you choose to live.
All this said, while 90% of the time I ride my bicycle or motorbike to work, I would not choose to go without a car.
Well no... I mean, that might be *a* factor, but the primary motivation is that there is more or less a fixed dollar amount of profit on a gallon of gas sold, so the stations make about the same on the sale of a gallon of gas whether the cost is $1 or $4 per gallon. On the flip side, the cost to process that transaction is based on the total cost. So, they are paying 4x as much to Visa but not making 4x as much per gallon of gas.
There's good points on both sides here. Many places in the US (as well as in the EU) are not amenable to walking down the street for whatever business you have to do. My observations in a medium sized US city is that there are a lot of ways we're improving and a lot of ways we're making it worse.
First off, there is a growing trend toward urban living here. People moving into smaller downtown condos or apartments (or in some of the denser old downtown neighborhoods). A handful of the downtown roads - those which are not major through-ways - have been converted from four lane throughways to two lanes with bicycle paths. Slower traffic and far more pedestrian friendly. There is a slowly growing population of bicycle commuters, so the city is adjusting its infrastructure and more importantly drivers are becoming more accustomed to seeing bicycles on the road and know how to deal with it.
On the flip side, we still have the "big box" stores (like Wal Mart). The kind that you go to for *everything*. They're huge so by their nature they won't be on every corner. People no longer walk to the corner store to pick up what they need for the day, they make weekly trips to pick up everything. Hard to carry on public transport, hard to put on a bicycle, discouraging putting the infrastructure in place. This ultimately is what kills the suburbs and forces the car-centric society - the dearth of neighborhood shops. We got too lazy to walk a few blocks to them, so they closed up and now we drive a few miles to the big box store.
Hah, was about to respond to say this exact thing. Glad I didn't bother. This is correct - need to be careful not to assume zero power draw while sitting in stop and go traffic. Sure, you'll go quite a bit further at slow speeds not having to fight wind resistance, but don't ignore the power draw for climate control, stereos, and other accessories.
...Unless of course they say they have a particular degree. Then a bit of due diligence on the part of the hiring entity might be in order. Really, I'm right there with you: A person can be damn good at a job without needing a piece of paper that says so. But, they shouldn't be writing down degrees they haven't actually achieved.
I'm told by the British chap at work that "extra cold" is for the damn yanks. In his words "You yanks wouldn't need to keep your beer so bloody cold if it didn't taste so bad!"
That's a bug in how the simulator works. It simply paints all areas of the map at or below that elevation, so if you set it to 1m, it finds all areas below 1m above sea level and fills them in. This includes Death Valley, the Netherlands, the Caspian Sea, and many other locations. In reality these locations wouldn't flood like this (well... maybe the Netherlands, if it happened fast enough)
A third party is never a wasted vote - it's a vote to change the status quo. What baffles me is how much people dislike the Dems and Reps, but continue to vote for them because they dislike the *other* party that much more. Really, it doesn't matter if a Dem or Rep wins the white house, we've seen through the last two presidencies that there is little appreciable difference. Romney vs Obama? Two suits with the same basic ideas on how the federal government should work. It *doesn't matter* which of those wins, so I don't mind voting a third party that actually represents some sort of change.
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You should really stop breaking your neighbor's wrenches!!
How this got modded "informative" and the response got modded "troll" absolutely baffles me. There may be instances where repairs to particular devices are disallowed for safety reasons (or regulations per some ridiculous gov't incentives like Cash for Clunkers), but "arrested for repairing something" is one of the more ludicrous things I've heard all month. Particularly when we're in a discussion about *consumer goods*
If I'm wrong, I'd love to see some examples.
I kind of liked your first way of saying it more...
Genius my friend, pure genius.
I don't disagree about the need for a well educated population and I'm going to backpedal a wee bit on my prior statement. I've just never been comfortable with imposing legal caps on tuition - or any cost for that matter (rent, medical, etc) because it doesn't address the causes of those high costs. I'm not familiar enough with what's going on in colleges to know *why* costs are increasing at an inordinate rate. Are colleges spending more on needless expenses? Are revenue streams they had in the past no longer available? Capping fees doesn't resolve those issues, it just results in colleges tightening across the board. If tuition costs are outpacing inflation, you really need to find out why that is and not simply cap them.
...or reduce the demand for college educations. College enrollment has gone through the roof but most jobs these people are getting out of college do not need that degree.
Cooperation amongst the parties? Surely you jest! The republicans could sponsor a "Free Birkenstocks For Every Child" bill and the Democrats would oppose it simply because it wasn't their idea.
I used the guides on Sheldon's page quite a bit when building that bike. I suppose I misspoke earlier 'cause you're right, the lacing doesn't take very long at all. It's the truing that takes forever... Hours watching TV with the stand and the spoke wrench!
Nobody is saying give them a free pass to shit on people. I'm simply saying give them the benefit of the doubt and don't shit on them first. You know, no sanction to bigotry and all...
A person who has sought a job where they wield a paycheck. Get off your high horse - there's nothing that makes the TSA people special here. It's a shitty job and I imagine most people working it would rather work somewhere else.
It probably is in the handbook, but that takes soooo much more effort to do things *right*
As opposed to whose buddies are building those mm wave and backscatter scanners? Everybody's hands are in everybody's pockets. Also, don't forget that airport security had been private before the TSA. I'd argue there was more recourse back then - far easier for private companies to fire employees than it is to fire public employees.
The screener is just a person doing a job. They aren't a tyrant, they aren't a terrorist, and being rude to them personally serves no purpose except to satisfy your urge to be rude.
Never question the fan boy!
Yup - laced my own wheels once. Now I can say I did it and never want to do it again! It takes way too long even with the fancy wheel stand....
For what it's worth, a $400 bike *is* quite cheap.
However it's also the sweet starting spot for buying a good quality bike that will last you a long damn time.
So, why the hell do you use Google's non-working beta software when you can find released software on the Internet? Why the hell do you give them your personal information to sell to advertisers? It's time for *YOU* to step in and do something about them.
Good God man, nobody is forcing Google on you.
I'm not disagreeing - there is no reason somebody here couldn't choose to live without a car and be perfectly happy. There are plenty of cities in the US where a car is a large expense with little added value. You can't discount the cultural difference though - going car-less sounds like it's a common thing to do there, but here it's a bit bigger psychological barrier outside of those few dense cities. It's not impossible to do, but it takes some more active choices in your lifestyle and where you choose to live.
All this said, while 90% of the time I ride my bicycle or motorbike to work, I would not choose to go without a car.
Well no... I mean, that might be *a* factor, but the primary motivation is that there is more or less a fixed dollar amount of profit on a gallon of gas sold, so the stations make about the same on the sale of a gallon of gas whether the cost is $1 or $4 per gallon. On the flip side, the cost to process that transaction is based on the total cost. So, they are paying 4x as much to Visa but not making 4x as much per gallon of gas.
There's good points on both sides here. Many places in the US (as well as in the EU) are not amenable to walking down the street for whatever business you have to do. My observations in a medium sized US city is that there are a lot of ways we're improving and a lot of ways we're making it worse.
First off, there is a growing trend toward urban living here. People moving into smaller downtown condos or apartments (or in some of the denser old downtown neighborhoods). A handful of the downtown roads - those which are not major through-ways - have been converted from four lane throughways to two lanes with bicycle paths. Slower traffic and far more pedestrian friendly. There is a slowly growing population of bicycle commuters, so the city is adjusting its infrastructure and more importantly drivers are becoming more accustomed to seeing bicycles on the road and know how to deal with it.
On the flip side, we still have the "big box" stores (like Wal Mart). The kind that you go to for *everything*. They're huge so by their nature they won't be on every corner. People no longer walk to the corner store to pick up what they need for the day, they make weekly trips to pick up everything. Hard to carry on public transport, hard to put on a bicycle, discouraging putting the infrastructure in place. This ultimately is what kills the suburbs and forces the car-centric society - the dearth of neighborhood shops. We got too lazy to walk a few blocks to them, so they closed up and now we drive a few miles to the big box store.
Hah, was about to respond to say this exact thing. Glad I didn't bother. This is correct - need to be careful not to assume zero power draw while sitting in stop and go traffic. Sure, you'll go quite a bit further at slow speeds not having to fight wind resistance, but don't ignore the power draw for climate control, stereos, and other accessories.
...Unless of course they say they have a particular degree. Then a bit of due diligence on the part of the hiring entity might be in order. Really, I'm right there with you: A person can be damn good at a job without needing a piece of paper that says so. But, they shouldn't be writing down degrees they haven't actually achieved.
I'm told by the British chap at work that "extra cold" is for the damn yanks. In his words "You yanks wouldn't need to keep your beer so bloody cold if it didn't taste so bad!"
That's a bug in how the simulator works. It simply paints all areas of the map at or below that elevation, so if you set it to 1m, it finds all areas below 1m above sea level and fills them in. This includes Death Valley, the Netherlands, the Caspian Sea, and many other locations. In reality these locations wouldn't flood like this (well... maybe the Netherlands, if it happened fast enough)
A third party is never a wasted vote - it's a vote to change the status quo. What baffles me is how much people dislike the Dems and Reps, but continue to vote for them because they dislike the *other* party that much more. Really, it doesn't matter if a Dem or Rep wins the white house, we've seen through the last two presidencies that there is little appreciable difference. Romney vs Obama? Two suits with the same basic ideas on how the federal government should work. It *doesn't matter* which of those wins, so I don't mind voting a third party that actually represents some sort of change.