Add some digits which would identify them as post 200x. Systems which are not upgraded to accept these digits but which can have two vehicles per number should still have operators intelligent enough to figure out which of (come on, seriously, at MOST two) vehicles they are looking for.
Use cruise control and keep it a little lower (about 70) and you'll get a few MPG more than that. I'm not sure why, but the fuel economy drops precipitously as you go over 70 or so, more so than in most cars. (The aerodynamics aren't THAT bad...)
You know, those inexplicable, irrational, and unfair restrictions DO keep the language mutually intelligible.
Perhaps that's why it is now and has usually been the english spoken more by the wealthier segments of the english-speaking population that has been considered "proper." It's good for business to be able to understand each other.
That is essentially what the pattern of guys at DLI (defense language institute, aka desperate love institute) hooking up with mormons and converting amounts to.
Of course, who is really the bad guy in that situation? That:s not so clear-cut.
What if you could make new episodes of the original Star Trek, with the same characters, worse acting (believe it or not), better special effects, and lower resolution?
You would never, ever breed.
You might forget for a while having been beaten up for your lunch money as a kid.
You get to wear for a little while, clothes more fashionable than anything else you ever wear. (Them ST uniforms is sharp!)
I thought the whole point of having an Army Corps Of Engineers was so that when technical skills were needed in a war zone, the Army would be able to provide them.
The problem with that arrangement is that if there are profits to be made from the teat of the US taxpayer (or local oil money), the Corps of Engineers cannot provide them.
Hatch is a conservative Mormon who has denounced pornography in the past and who suggested last year that copyright holders should be allowed to remotely destroy the computers of music pirates.
This on top of Disney (I am convinced the adult audience for the diarrhea that Disney has been pumping out are all mormons), and the use of sex to get the desperate to convert (and yes, they do do that). They're like one rung above Christian Scientists, and two above Scientologists on the "I want to smash this guy's head into a cinder block wall" scale.
At least they're turning into another Catholic church...where you have the insane believers and the emotionally damaged former believers (born into the church, usually) who are actually tolerable.
Modern technology could improve the precision. Put a gps device (something like this ought not be too expensive in that kind of volume.) in it which would cause it to drop when it reaches a certain region. Calculate where the winds will take it depending where you release it.
Or do it on the really cheap and have some sort of string or something which would weaken over time and cause the payload to drop, after roughly the right amount of time.
At the very least you could VASTLY increase the number of balloons which made it to North America.
I would not be surprised if you could pick your target within 100 miles, if you were really careful.
Considering the low cost and low risk of this approach, it could very well be worthwhile.
Try this on for size: a chemical laden balloon launched from a suburban area, carried by the prevailing winds into downtown until it smacks into a building, or some timer set to go off at roughly the right time (what, an hour or so), drops the payload. During a major event, of course. (New Year's in a major city. You could do it at night.) You could do this and not even come close to being caught. You'd probably have to release a few to hit the crowds with just one, though, even if you had figured out where it would go.
I heard about this in my world history classes in high school and college, in my Japanese history class (well no shit I'd hear about it there), and on several occasions since, and I've never once gone actively looking for this information.
I think it's more well-known than most minor elements of WWII.
I make translations to hone my skills and for my own personal entertainment...I only translate the stuff I like the best, and which is too dense to understand by just reading it without thoroughly understanding every last word.
I have done thus far: Eden (Hiroki Endo) 1-6 Blame (Tsutomu Nihei) 1-10 Cyborg Kuro-chan (fuck if I remember the guys name offhand) vol 1 Shin Amhaengeosa (korean, also can't remember the author's name offhand) vol 1-2
If other people enjoy what I've done (I've posted them various places, some are online on translation pages, but my pages are down now), fine, but I do it for my own purposes.
Uhhh...that was the farthest thing from my mind when playing Panzer Dragoon.
Panzer Dragoon was pretty much a full-on rip-off of Nausicaa, visually, and in large part thematically. Christ, comparing Panzer Dragoon to Neverending Story is kind of like comparing Predator to ET.
Albert Einstein was an INTP, and he wasn't understood until much later in his life (and even more so after his death.).
How the hell do you assume that? He was dead way before this crap was ever invented.
MBTI has a fundamental flaw: it requires yes-no answers for questions which do not have yes-no answers.
You're getting meaningless data, so your results will be equally meaningless.
MBTI is astrology for educated people, but no more valid. You might as well say "Albert Einstein had the same blood type as me, and we're SOOOO alike!"
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Replace the Barry Manilow CD with any of these (But most especially Chris Burke)
Then you not only defeat their equipment, you defeat their will to live.
Add some digits which would identify them as post 200x. Systems which are not upgraded to accept these digits but which can have two vehicles per number should still have operators intelligent enough to figure out which of (come on, seriously, at MOST two) vehicles they are looking for.
Use cruise control and keep it a little lower (about 70) and you'll get a few MPG more than that. I'm not sure why, but the fuel economy drops precipitously as you go over 70 or so, more so than in most cars. (The aerodynamics aren't THAT bad...)
EPA: 17 city, 25 highway
Typical: about 17 city, 26 highway
Worst city: 16
Best highway: 28
Who thinks "oh, that would be great gift! It's like cash, except you can only spend it one place! What a wonderful gift that is!" (AND it expires...?)
That this is even an issue highlights how stupid people are.
If you're going to give a gift certificate, you're better off giving cash. It sucks less and doesn't make you look like a retard.
The second I can easily record everything I see, I will do it. (I like my glasses slim, though, so it will be a while.)
What you're saying is that we have the right to "backup" what we take in with our eyes? That's breaking copyright.
What happens when there are cyborgs walking around recording everything they see?
"His memory is admissible in court"
You know, those inexplicable, irrational, and unfair restrictions DO keep the language mutually intelligible.
Perhaps that's why it is now and has usually been the english spoken more by the wealthier segments of the english-speaking population that has been considered "proper." It's good for business to be able to understand each other.
That is essentially what the pattern of guys at DLI (defense language institute, aka desperate love institute) hooking up with mormons and converting amounts to.
Of course, who is really the bad guy in that situation? That:s not so clear-cut.
What if you could make new episodes of the original Star Trek, with the same characters, worse acting (believe it or not), better special effects, and lower resolution?
You would never, ever breed.
You might forget for a while having been beaten up for your lunch money as a kid.
You get to wear for a little while, clothes more fashionable than anything else you ever wear. (Them ST uniforms is sharp!)
Or THIS could happen
I thought the whole point of having an Army Corps Of Engineers was so that when technical skills were needed in a war zone, the Army would be able to provide them.
The problem with that arrangement is that if there are profits to be made from the teat of the US taxpayer (or local oil money), the Corps of Engineers cannot provide them.
Hatch is a conservative Mormon who has denounced pornography in the past and who suggested last year that copyright holders should be allowed to remotely destroy the computers of music pirates.
This on top of Disney (I am convinced the adult audience for the diarrhea that Disney has been pumping out are all mormons), and the use of sex to get the desperate to convert (and yes, they do do that). They're like one rung above Christian Scientists, and two above Scientologists on the "I want to smash this guy's head into a cinder block wall" scale.
At least they're turning into another Catholic church...where you have the insane believers and the emotionally damaged former believers (born into the church, usually) who are actually tolerable.
Oh yeah, and -3 Flamebait seems appropriate.
That didn't display the US flag? Uh....why the hell would that result in an investigation?
I really want to hear this story.
You know, you're right. But I'd make sure it spread flames while we're at it. And (nice and lightweight) aluminum carpet staples.
Because it would offer an even lower chance of getting caught.
Hey, if you don't care about getting caught, you can do just about anything.
Modern technology could improve the precision. Put a gps device (something like this ought not be too expensive in that kind of volume.) in it which would cause it to drop when it reaches a certain region. Calculate where the winds will take it depending where you release it.
Or do it on the really cheap and have some sort of string or something which would weaken over time and cause the payload to drop, after roughly the right amount of time.
At the very least you could VASTLY increase the number of balloons which made it to North America.
I would not be surprised if you could pick your target within 100 miles, if you were really careful.
Considering the low cost and low risk of this approach, it could very well be worthwhile.
Try this on for size: a chemical laden balloon launched from a suburban area, carried by the prevailing winds into downtown until it smacks into a building, or some timer set to go off at roughly the right time (what, an hour or so), drops the payload. During a major event, of course. (New Year's in a major city. You could do it at night.) You could do this and not even come close to being caught. You'd probably have to release a few to hit the crowds with just one, though, even if you had figured out where it would go.
I heard about this in my world history classes in high school and college, in my Japanese history class (well no shit I'd hear about it there), and on several occasions since, and I've never once gone actively looking for this information.
I think it's more well-known than most minor elements of WWII.
In an MMORPG, compressing models down farther than otherwise possible you could have players download new models for new content quicker.
I buy most of my comics used. Almost never more than 300 yen, about half the time only 100, unless it's something that is almost never seen used.
I make translations to hone my skills and for my own personal entertainment...I only translate the stuff I like the best, and which is too dense to understand by just reading it without thoroughly understanding every last word.
I have done thus far:
Eden (Hiroki Endo) 1-6
Blame (Tsutomu Nihei) 1-10
Cyborg Kuro-chan (fuck if I remember the guys name offhand) vol 1
Shin Amhaengeosa (korean, also can't remember the author's name offhand) vol 1-2
If other people enjoy what I've done (I've posted them various places, some are online on translation pages, but my pages are down now), fine, but I do it for my own purposes.
POV's license sounds like pinko talk to me.
Is that a PC-Engine reference?
Was THAT typing system around when Einstein was alive?
I'm pretty sure the answer is no.
But if I'm wrong, correct me. (With some sort of reference.)
Uhhh...that was the farthest thing from my mind when playing Panzer Dragoon.
Panzer Dragoon was pretty much a full-on rip-off of Nausicaa, visually, and in large part thematically. Christ, comparing Panzer Dragoon to Neverending Story is kind of like comparing Predator to ET.
Albert Einstein was an INTP, and he wasn't understood until much later in his life (and even more so after his death.).
How the hell do you assume that? He was dead way before this crap was ever invented.
MBTI has a fundamental flaw: it requires yes-no answers for questions which do not have yes-no answers.
You're getting meaningless data, so your results will be equally meaningless.
MBTI is astrology for educated people, but no more valid. You might as well say "Albert Einstein had the same blood type as me, and we're SOOOO alike!"