Oh, I agree! But coastals like those in SF usually consider anything more than 50 miles from one coast or the other as "flyover".
*shrug* I grew up a 15 minute bike ride from the SF Bay and don't consider anything west of Denver or east of Atlanta to be flyover country. To each their own.
I understand that simple answers like "US is the only country that taxes foreign income" sound like great words to bitch about without knowing reality... let's get some details in here to actually have an adult discussion.
Look for a job in Bermuda, then. There is (for all practical purposes) no income tax (though there is up to a ~22.5% duty on certain imported items) and salaries are typically MUCH higher than the US. China actually has a lower income tax rate than the US. I know a lot of teachers who work in China because they can double their incomes or more. If you're an entry level teacher, working in China is a great way to save money. If you're a US ex-pat engineer, you'll likely be paying higher taxes in China due to the US tax. I'm aware of the rules and that they have exceptions on all or part of a person's salary (I think it's up to $109k these days), but the US tax on foreign income while living abroad is still silly. Look at the mayor of London in around 2015ish. He had been born in the US to UK citizens. Was granted dual citizenship. The US told him that he would be arrested upon entry into the US for tax evasion because he sold a property he owned in the UK long after he and his parents had returned to his native land. I do not believe (though I may be recalling incorrectly) that he ever lived in the US as an adult. How is that remotely fair? He probably had no idea that he needed to renounce his US citizenship to avoid a legal liability just because his parents were in NYC when he was born. It's absolutely insane. So go ahead and keep on thinking you're being an adult about all of this but we're absolutely backwards in this regard and we deserve the ridicule for it. Other than to avoid foreign tax liability, there is no reason that anyone would ever need to renounce citizenship. I believe there are a few countries in this world that treats citizens more harshly than foreigners in civil matters, but that is pretty rare. Can you provide any examples of why someone would want to renounce their citizenship?
As for not paying taxes... reprecussions are similar to others. Except in many countries, the government can come after your family's assets (children & wife) not just yours. Almost all other countries have a higher inflation than the dollar or peg their currency so they are "stealing" more. Not to mention there are countries where the government will actually give your land to someone else in your extended absence.
The supreme court has ruled that a person is liable for half of the tax debt incurred by their spouse in a community property state unless the IRS grants the spouse an "Innocent Spouse" waiver. So that depends entirely on what state you live in. If you have any sort of estate when you die, the IRS will take that money from your children and spouse whether you like it or not.
Also keep in mind that the US maintains and protects the vast majority of the trade lanes in the world. So if you have any significant foreign income, you are directly benefiting from this while paying very little for it.
The US pays that money whether I am a tax paying citizen, a foreigner, retired, dead, or disabled. Nobody asked the US to do that and the US does that to protect its own economic, political, and military influence. While I am not disagreeing with the practice of keeping the oceans safe and open, I do not see how this argument is remotely valid.
He says he'll go up 3/8ths of a mile, that's just under 2,000ft. A commercial airline flight goes higher than that, as well as some cheap high altitude balloons. Of course the point of this isn't to prove anything except that this is a publicity stunt.
I believe he got quite a bit of money in donations, in addition to the publicity stunt. Win-win?
Yes. You notice your Sun at sunset and sunrise is pretty powerful? Well, here in winterful northern latitudes, it is the opposite, but has already about a month of strengthening since winter solstice.
That shouldn't happen on the globe. There is no explanation for it.
Pythagoras has a bridge in Greece he'd love to sell you.
So unless you can cite something specific, I still do not believe you understand as much as you think you do.
A quick google search indicates that some cars DO have a limp mode when transmission damage can occur. But not for any of the failures you mentioned. The transmission failing can be a safety issue for a variety of reasons.
They are electro-hydraulic with adjustable sensitivity and tied into the ECU. When they first came out they were powered by the engine (which gave the driver some great feedback on when their accessory belt breaks). They haven't been setup like that for many years instead as a self contained and powered unit.
You know a bit about the mechanics of a car, but you seem to know little of the modern electronics in them, and aside from your incorrect statement that the computer doesn't govern the engine speed during failure everything else backed up what I was saying: None of those failures are a safety issue. Despite what you think the people who designed these systems actually thought about the failure modes.
What car actually governs the speed during a failure? They disable certain systems, such as stability control, traction control, cruise control, etc, but it would be a huge safety hazard to have someone's speed hampered for no reason other than a potential sensor failure. The point of the light is to get you to pull over and assess the situation when it is safe to do so. I'm also aware of the fact that stability control and things like that require that the sensitivity of the steering to be dynamic but they're still hydraulic systems and not electric.
As for the fuel injector, the car does not die even if you completely remove power from the ignition or the fuel injector for a single cylinder. Depending on the engine, you can potentially lose combustion in multiple cylinders. At worst it causes poor performance and fuel economy and can, as I stated, cause permanent damage to the engine in the right circumstances. At best, you have the ECU intentionally disabling fuel / ignition to create something like Ford EcoBoost. Why would you put someone in "limp" mode in a potentially dangerous situation due to something that can, as I mentioned before, be caused by a simple sensor failure? You turn the light on and, if the problem is real, engine performance degrades. I am quite familiar with the electronics in vehicles, I have personally sat down with Ford to discuss ways to leverage their OBD systems, and cellular modems to increase service revenue for dealerships. And again, I know of know manufacturer who does what you say, or who would have any reason to implement such a failure mode because, as you say, they are not safety issues to begin with. Even if your airbag fails diagnostics, it does not prevent you from driving the vehicle. So unless you can cite something specific, I still do not believe you understand as much as you think you do.
With places like Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park, I would hardly consider Utah to be a flyover state! But I suppose everyone has their own sense of what is worth visiting.
Me thinks you don't know much about how a car actually works.
You do no such thing. Despite what you think cars are actually quite well designed to deal with these issues and they actually happen very frequently without any kind of class action lawsuit.
- ABS shorts out? Well that's why it's an active monitored system and why it has a red light on the dash. Same with every other safety system in the car.
- Brakes? You don't need electronics for breaks, just a functioning engine, and even if the engine fails you often have several decent pumps of the pedal before the hydraulics fail on you so you can still come to a stop. Individual brakes fail often enough, but you're still able to stop the car when you're down a couple.
There is a master cylinder in the braking system that provides power to the brakes. The engine uses vacuum to provide power brakes that multiply the effect of the master cylinder. The only time you end up with "just a couple of pumps" Is if the system has a hydraulic leak which, by its nature, means that you'd have to use the pumps to continue to apply pressure. ABS just allows the pressure to be adjusted per wheel. When ABS fails, your car brakes just as it normally would have - the pressure goes to the calipers on all 4 wheels (if you have disc brakes). Otherwise, it hits the drum if you have those god-awful things.
- As for all the sensitive systems that are required for a running car, that's what limp mode is for and that's what your hazards are for. O2 sensor fails, airflow sensor fails? Your car will gently slow down to something like 40 allowing you to get off the road and in worst case (as happened to us) drive painfully slowly to a garage.
if a Mass-airflow sensor or O2 sensor fails then the car fails to correctly adjust the air/fuel ratio. It can result in the engine overheating and can cause long-term damage to the system. It can also cause poor idle, poor acceleration, etc. But it does not cause the car to gently slow down to any specific speed. That's just nonsense. It may have difficulty reaching or maintaining a specific speed, but the computer does not artificially govern your vehicle.
- Fuel injectors failing is a more serious one, but again your car dies gracefully, it doesn't just slam on the emergency brake and cause a pile up on the highway.
A fuel injector failure (or your engine running too hot) can actually destroy your engine. If it causes that cylinder to get too hot, a valve can cook off and burn through the piston head. That's a very expensive repair and NOT ideal. But if a single injector fails, you'll probably just get a check-engine light indicating that you're missing on a specific cylinder. Most modern cars have two different ways to warn of this failure. One that is not serious, and one that can result in the burnt valve previously mentioned. I've burnt a valve before, it'll literally cost you thousands. In my case, it was caused by an improper repair at a licensed and insured shopt and cost me nothing.
About one of the most dangerous things that can happen in a car is power steering failing just as you're about to enter a turn. That can really mess with drivers, but it can be overpowered with a bit of muscle (annoying on my car since the power steering is electric).
Power steering is almost always hydraulic. Why would you want it to be electric on anything except an electric engine? A hydraulic system will give you much better efficiency.
The US is one of the few countries in the world where taxes are entirely voluntary. YES, you heard that right. People here don't know what forced taxation is nor what taking under threat of violence is; so they whine about what they think it is.
You're Wesley Snipe's accountant, aren't you?
Every American can increase their exemptions to the point where you pay no taxes. You can also lie on your tax returns to keep your money. Is this legal, no. If you are going to earn money off the system, you have to pay the system. You are welcome to pay as absolutely little as the book say, no penny less.
You could cheat the tax system in any country, if you so chose. But of course, you end up in jail in every country I've ever heard of, assuming you get caught.
You are welcome to forfeit your citizenship and move to another country. That will absolve you of your US tax responsibility. Not many countries have this ability.
Only the US really requires this ability, let's be honest.
Heck, you can even earn your salary in another country, keep your citizenship, and avoid much of the taxes.
You make it sound like the US Government are saints for doing this. You realize that there are approximately 2 countries in the world that require you to pay income tax on earnings abroad? And I say approximately because I can't say that the number hasn't decreased to 1 or increased to 3. Basically no other country in the world treats ex-pats the way the US does.
As for not supporting foreign wars or municipal boondoggles; no you did. Welcome to Democracy or semi-Democracy. Its a compromise based system, meaning no one is happy with the result. The parts of the deal you don't like... you are still responsible for. You don't have dictators in this country, you don't have royal families, it isn't a colony or some territory; its a system run by representatives of the citizenship. SO each and everyone (including myself) are responsible for the good and the bad.... contrary to what both political parties what you to think. There is no one else to blame or take credit for but ourselves.
They often have the same rules and regulations. This makes it easier for aircraft and pilots to get the appropriate paperwork to fly in other markets. If anything the European organizations can be a bit stricter than the FAA about some things.
You're trolling but this is fun, and I'm waiting for a build to finish, so I'll bite.
My flyover state has fresh air,.., lots of great skiing, hiking,
Just stop right there you heathen. No flyover state has great skiing, or even good skiing. Everyone knows that Colorado and Utah have the best skiing in the US. California has pretty decent skiing. Washington also has okay skiing. Name one other state besides Colorado or Utah that has great skiing and I'll call you a liar.
RUN THEM OVER.
You'll be fine. They'll learn a valuable lesson about obeying traffic signals.
And you'll still be at fault. Unless the law has changed in California, the law only requires pedestrians to cross in a crosswalk. It does not even require that they have a signal, or that they be crossing in the same direction as the flow of traffic that has right of way. They literally just need to be in the crosswalk.
PS: I have never used Apple products myself (and bear in mind that I am a programmer who has developed software under many different conditions with caring too much about specific environments, but who happen to have never dealt with Apple-related anything!), apparently they only have 8% of desktop market share and, although there is a relevant number of Apple-related articles here lately, the Slashdot crowd seems to be mostly focused on Linux (or even Windows before Apple). Why even mentioning Apple under a priori so Apple-unfriendly conditions? Please, don't take this comment bad, I am just highlighting an issue which I found quite curious.
I mentioned Apple because, to my knowledge, they are the only manufacturer that automatically pushes BIOS updates down to any machine. If you custom built the hardware and are running Ubuntu, you do not have to worry about automatically getting the microcode update from Intel.
If my brand new computer gets damaged in any way because of this, I would be quite upset. Actually, if I could choose, I wouldn't even install the patch. I understand that hardware vendors have to account for any the possible scenario (mainly after having got so much advertisement!), but seriously doubt that anything of this will ever affect me.
This is a microcode update and, therefore, will not happen on your machine unless you update your bios. Of course, Apple includes UEFI updates in their releases so, you may or may not have the option to withhold this patch
Since it's a lot harder to mess with the software, yes they are.
You don't have to mess with software. A lot of games these days use one of the players as host. Usually being host confers all kinds of advantages to that team. You can manipulate who the host is. The latest CoD (WW2) seems to give preference to people with shitty network connections, however. You can just stream netflix on a bunch of computers until you're down to 1 bar and then run around shooting everyone while they see you teleporting across the map. You can also modify saved game data to exploit bugs in a game when it reads your profile. That was a pretty common exploit years ago, I don't know how common it is. So yes, cheaters still exist on consoles.
If you ask me, the latest CoD game is a pile of shit anyway. I have gigabit ethernet and often get stuck with host. With the exact same lobby (no change in players), I can see myself going from 1st or 2nd on the team to last place once I have host. From a positive 2.0ish KDR to less than 0.3 when I am host. I only play hardcore and can open up on someone pointblank with 15 rounds into their back while they turn around and one shot me. I can tell that I am host because host is blessed with the ability to hear everything that anyone says in the game (on either team). So determining that you're host is quite trivial.
Are you saying that all of the LAPD's marked vehicles are used for this type of driving? I had not considered that possibility (because it is untrue).
For the LAPD, they probably have some extra marked vehicles to cover maintenance, accidents, and other issues that cause extended downtime. However, I doubt that LAPD has a large surplus of marked vehicles They've been running a large police force for a long time and likely know exactly what percentage of spare vehicles they need to keep. If you were referring to unmarked vehicles then, yes, I would say you're right. They probably don't run all of those 24/7. LAPD does not allow their patrol officers use of their vehicle outside of their normal patrol shift.
Women who sleep around are dirty. They are not desirable mates and they spread disease. Men default to dirty and disease spreaders. That is why the gay community is so plagued by STDs. Having veto power means taking responsibility. That's just the way things have always been.
Totally true. A woman who is raped can choose not to get an STD or to get pregnant. If that's what they really want, they'll control that with their mind. They always have complete control over their body and what happens to it. And people who have pre-existing conditions are sinners and are going to burn in hell. Oh yeah, and football is the devil.
while IT support roles don't require a college degree, they do require prior experience.
At one time, companies would actually do on-the-job training to fill these kinds of positions. The employee was grateful for the opportunity and would stick with the company. The company would realize the investment they had made in the employee and keep them around. After decades of down-sizing, out-sourcing and job-hopping; I guess there's not enough trust on either side for that to work now.
I'm about to go to a meeting with a company that does still offer on the job training. And they'll cover the cost any additional training you want to seek out as long as you actually receive the training off the clock.
I recently flew from Beijing to SFO. About 3 days before departure only ~30% of the seats on the plane had been assigned. I thought that meant a very luxurious flight home. Either most of those people bought tickets that did not let you pick a seat, or that route is so busy that they knew they'd pick up a ton of last minute business travelers. They ended up offering vouchers for people to stay in Beijing an extra day. I think the days of (mostly) empty planes are long gone.
Yeah that's what I figured. Scheduling has definitely improved on the airline's end. Not as comfortable for passengers when basically every flight is full and they're trying to cram every last seat in to make more money. But tickets are much less expensive now so I guess I can't complain.
So in this vid (from 2013?) I saw the other day, Airbus CEO was saying that China (especially) and India (partially) was going to fuel the demand for massive numbers of passengers per plane. This was going to be the sell for the 380.
Didn't happen.
Same with the 747. Juan Trippe's bet never did quite pay off. He had bet that 747s stuffed to the gills with passengers was the future. Instead, most flew at 50% if not under. I've flown plenty in 747, the only one I've been in that was packed was a meat flight (military charter) from PHL to MHZ in 1990.
Instead, the twins won the sky, and it happened well before the 777. The 777 was the last nail in the 747's coffin.
I'm still glad I got to fly in it, and watch them land and take off so much. Always the highlight of a visit to any airport, challenged only in coolness by some old piston liner like a dc-3, 6, 7 or insane.mil hardware.
How many 747s have you flown on? I've flown on it maybe half a dozen times and it has always been full. I did once fly on a 777 that was almost completely empty, but those are usually full also. In fact, with the way pricing and flight schedules are lately, I feel like it has been a long time since I have been on a plane that was less than 90% capacity. I did once have the luxury of flying on a 737 with just one other passenger.
IMHO The A380 works pretty well servicing flights into or out of Australia. I think It's pretty much the ideal case for the plane right now. Lots of people wanting to travel half way around the world, with varied destinations. Routes that no plane can yet do in a single hop, with enough demand to fill each plane. So fill a few A380's going to other travel hubs, and swap there for another large plane.
But for the northern hemisphere, there's enough demand for single hop flights between regional airports, and a few choices for planes that can fly those routes efficiently. Plus smaller airports are much cheaper to fly into and out of. Bigger is not always better.
The A380 works great for Emirates because they want to fly everyone into their country, making it an important international hub. So they can have these huge planes flying people in and out, 500 at a time, because these people have to travel around the world and need to take two flights no matter what. What US airlines have found, however, is that it's a heck of a lot cheaper to fly back and forth between regional airports than to have a hub and spoke model because congestion at one regional airline only affects flights back and forth between that airport. If your hub goes down for whatever reason, your entire flight schedule is thrown into jeopardy. If you look at schedules, you'll see that UAL has planes that do nothing but fly between SFO and ATL all day, or IAH and ORD all day. Delta has routes between AUS and ATL all day long, etc. These planes do nothing else. They continue to make revenue as long as those two airports do not experience delays. If DXB has delays, all of Emirate's flights will be delayed. They all go through Dubai.
a 1050 is going for $200. A 1060 6gb for $500. To put that in context, I bought my bro a 1060 6gb for $230 on sale about 2 years ago. Until the crypto currency boom ends I think the high price of video cards will scare off new gamers unless they're really, really hardcore.
Where are you doing your shopping at? YOu should be able to get a 1080 GTX TI for $500.
Sorry, no, that's the regular 1080 GTX, not the TI. The TI will run you an extra $100-200
a 1050 is going for $200. A 1060 6gb for $500. To put that in context, I bought my bro a 1060 6gb for $230 on sale about 2 years ago. Until the crypto currency boom ends I think the high price of video cards will scare off new gamers unless they're really, really hardcore.
Where are you doing your shopping at? YOu should be able to get a 1080 GTX TI for $500.
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Oh, I agree! But coastals like those in SF usually consider anything more than 50 miles from one coast or the other as "flyover".
*shrug* I grew up a 15 minute bike ride from the SF Bay and don't consider anything west of Denver or east of Atlanta to be flyover country. To each their own.
I understand that simple answers like "US is the only country that taxes foreign income" sound like great words to bitch about without knowing reality... let's get some details in here to actually have an adult discussion.
Look for a job in Bermuda, then. There is (for all practical purposes) no income tax (though there is up to a ~22.5% duty on certain imported items) and salaries are typically MUCH higher than the US. China actually has a lower income tax rate than the US. I know a lot of teachers who work in China because they can double their incomes or more. If you're an entry level teacher, working in China is a great way to save money. If you're a US ex-pat engineer, you'll likely be paying higher taxes in China due to the US tax. I'm aware of the rules and that they have exceptions on all or part of a person's salary (I think it's up to $109k these days), but the US tax on foreign income while living abroad is still silly. Look at the mayor of London in around 2015ish. He had been born in the US to UK citizens. Was granted dual citizenship. The US told him that he would be arrested upon entry into the US for tax evasion because he sold a property he owned in the UK long after he and his parents had returned to his native land. I do not believe (though I may be recalling incorrectly) that he ever lived in the US as an adult. How is that remotely fair? He probably had no idea that he needed to renounce his US citizenship to avoid a legal liability just because his parents were in NYC when he was born. It's absolutely insane. So go ahead and keep on thinking you're being an adult about all of this but we're absolutely backwards in this regard and we deserve the ridicule for it. Other than to avoid foreign tax liability, there is no reason that anyone would ever need to renounce citizenship. I believe there are a few countries in this world that treats citizens more harshly than foreigners in civil matters, but that is pretty rare. Can you provide any examples of why someone would want to renounce their citizenship?
As for not paying taxes... reprecussions are similar to others. Except in many countries, the government can come after your family's assets (children & wife) not just yours. Almost all other countries have a higher inflation than the dollar or peg their currency so they are "stealing" more. Not to mention there are countries where the government will actually give your land to someone else in your extended absence.
The supreme court has ruled that a person is liable for half of the tax debt incurred by their spouse in a community property state unless the IRS grants the spouse an "Innocent Spouse" waiver. So that depends entirely on what state you live in. If you have any sort of estate when you die, the IRS will take that money from your children and spouse whether you like it or not.
Also keep in mind that the US maintains and protects the vast majority of the trade lanes in the world. So if you have any significant foreign income, you are directly benefiting from this while paying very little for it.
The US pays that money whether I am a tax paying citizen, a foreigner, retired, dead, or disabled. Nobody asked the US to do that and the US does that to protect its own economic, political, and military influence. While I am not disagreeing with the practice of keeping the oceans safe and open, I do not see how this argument is remotely valid.
He says he'll go up 3/8ths of a mile, that's just under 2,000ft. A commercial airline flight goes higher than that, as well as some cheap high altitude balloons. Of course the point of this isn't to prove anything except that this is a publicity stunt.
I believe he got quite a bit of money in donations, in addition to the publicity stunt. Win-win?
Yes. You notice your Sun at sunset and sunrise is pretty powerful? Well, here in winterful northern latitudes, it is the opposite, but has already about a month of strengthening since winter solstice.
That shouldn't happen on the globe. There is no explanation for it.
Pythagoras has a bridge in Greece he'd love to sell you.
90% of flat-hearters are trolls.
9% are ten-year-old kids who believe anything they see on youtube.
The one percent remaining are con-artists trying to make a buck, and succeeding.
Geez. I need to start fleecing 10 year old children, too. Sounds quite lucrative. I didn't realize they had so much pocket money.
So unless you can cite something specific, I still do not believe you understand as much as you think you do.
A quick google search indicates that some cars DO have a limp mode when transmission damage can occur. But not for any of the failures you mentioned. The transmission failing can be a safety issue for a variety of reasons.
They are electro-hydraulic with adjustable sensitivity and tied into the ECU. When they first came out they were powered by the engine (which gave the driver some great feedback on when their accessory belt breaks). They haven't been setup like that for many years instead as a self contained and powered unit.
You know a bit about the mechanics of a car, but you seem to know little of the modern electronics in them, and aside from your incorrect statement that the computer doesn't govern the engine speed during failure everything else backed up what I was saying: None of those failures are a safety issue. Despite what you think the people who designed these systems actually thought about the failure modes.
What car actually governs the speed during a failure? They disable certain systems, such as stability control, traction control, cruise control, etc, but it would be a huge safety hazard to have someone's speed hampered for no reason other than a potential sensor failure. The point of the light is to get you to pull over and assess the situation when it is safe to do so. I'm also aware of the fact that stability control and things like that require that the sensitivity of the steering to be dynamic but they're still hydraulic systems and not electric.
As for the fuel injector, the car does not die even if you completely remove power from the ignition or the fuel injector for a single cylinder. Depending on the engine, you can potentially lose combustion in multiple cylinders. At worst it causes poor performance and fuel economy and can, as I stated, cause permanent damage to the engine in the right circumstances. At best, you have the ECU intentionally disabling fuel / ignition to create something like Ford EcoBoost. Why would you put someone in "limp" mode in a potentially dangerous situation due to something that can, as I mentioned before, be caused by a simple sensor failure? You turn the light on and, if the problem is real, engine performance degrades. I am quite familiar with the electronics in vehicles, I have personally sat down with Ford to discuss ways to leverage their OBD systems, and cellular modems to increase service revenue for dealerships. And again, I know of know manufacturer who does what you say, or who would have any reason to implement such a failure mode because, as you say, they are not safety issues to begin with. Even if your airbag fails diagnostics, it does not prevent you from driving the vehicle. So unless you can cite something specific, I still do not believe you understand as much as you think you do.
I live in Utah :-)
With places like Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park, I would hardly consider Utah to be a flyover state! But I suppose everyone has their own sense of what is worth visiting.
Me thinks you don't know much about how a car actually works.
You do no such thing. Despite what you think cars are actually quite well designed to deal with these issues and they actually happen very frequently without any kind of class action lawsuit.
- ABS shorts out? Well that's why it's an active monitored system and why it has a red light on the dash. Same with every other safety system in the car. - Brakes? You don't need electronics for breaks, just a functioning engine, and even if the engine fails you often have several decent pumps of the pedal before the hydraulics fail on you so you can still come to a stop. Individual brakes fail often enough, but you're still able to stop the car when you're down a couple.
There is a master cylinder in the braking system that provides power to the brakes. The engine uses vacuum to provide power brakes that multiply the effect of the master cylinder. The only time you end up with "just a couple of pumps" Is if the system has a hydraulic leak which, by its nature, means that you'd have to use the pumps to continue to apply pressure. ABS just allows the pressure to be adjusted per wheel. When ABS fails, your car brakes just as it normally would have - the pressure goes to the calipers on all 4 wheels (if you have disc brakes). Otherwise, it hits the drum if you have those god-awful things.
- As for all the sensitive systems that are required for a running car, that's what limp mode is for and that's what your hazards are for. O2 sensor fails, airflow sensor fails? Your car will gently slow down to something like 40 allowing you to get off the road and in worst case (as happened to us) drive painfully slowly to a garage.
if a Mass-airflow sensor or O2 sensor fails then the car fails to correctly adjust the air/fuel ratio. It can result in the engine overheating and can cause long-term damage to the system. It can also cause poor idle, poor acceleration, etc. But it does not cause the car to gently slow down to any specific speed. That's just nonsense. It may have difficulty reaching or maintaining a specific speed, but the computer does not artificially govern your vehicle.
- Fuel injectors failing is a more serious one, but again your car dies gracefully, it doesn't just slam on the emergency brake and cause a pile up on the highway.
A fuel injector failure (or your engine running too hot) can actually destroy your engine. If it causes that cylinder to get too hot, a valve can cook off and burn through the piston head. That's a very expensive repair and NOT ideal. But if a single injector fails, you'll probably just get a check-engine light indicating that you're missing on a specific cylinder. Most modern cars have two different ways to warn of this failure. One that is not serious, and one that can result in the burnt valve previously mentioned. I've burnt a valve before, it'll literally cost you thousands. In my case, it was caused by an improper repair at a licensed and insured shopt and cost me nothing.
About one of the most dangerous things that can happen in a car is power steering failing just as you're about to enter a turn. That can really mess with drivers, but it can be overpowered with a bit of muscle (annoying on my car since the power steering is electric).
Power steering is almost always hydraulic. Why would you want it to be electric on anything except an electric engine? A hydraulic system will give you much better efficiency.
The US is one of the few countries in the world where taxes are entirely voluntary. YES, you heard that right. People here don't know what forced taxation is nor what taking under threat of violence is; so they whine about what they think it is.
You're Wesley Snipe's accountant, aren't you?
Every American can increase their exemptions to the point where you pay no taxes. You can also lie on your tax returns to keep your money. Is this legal, no. If you are going to earn money off the system, you have to pay the system. You are welcome to pay as absolutely little as the book say, no penny less.
You could cheat the tax system in any country, if you so chose. But of course, you end up in jail in every country I've ever heard of, assuming you get caught.
You are welcome to forfeit your citizenship and move to another country. That will absolve you of your US tax responsibility. Not many countries have this ability.
Only the US really requires this ability, let's be honest.
Heck, you can even earn your salary in another country, keep your citizenship, and avoid much of the taxes.
You make it sound like the US Government are saints for doing this. You realize that there are approximately 2 countries in the world that require you to pay income tax on earnings abroad? And I say approximately because I can't say that the number hasn't decreased to 1 or increased to 3. Basically no other country in the world treats ex-pats the way the US does.
As for not supporting foreign wars or municipal boondoggles; no you did. Welcome to Democracy or semi-Democracy. Its a compromise based system, meaning no one is happy with the result. The parts of the deal you don't like... you are still responsible for. You don't have dictators in this country, you don't have royal families, it isn't a colony or some territory; its a system run by representatives of the citizenship. SO each and everyone (including myself) are responsible for the good and the bad.... contrary to what both political parties what you to think. There is no one else to blame or take credit for but ourselves.
Well at least part of your post is accurate.
in Norway
So, nothing to do with FAA, apparently.
They often have the same rules and regulations. This makes it easier for aircraft and pilots to get the appropriate paperwork to fly in other markets. If anything the European organizations can be a bit stricter than the FAA about some things.
You're trolling but this is fun, and I'm waiting for a build to finish, so I'll bite.
My flyover state has fresh air, .., lots of great skiing, hiking,
Just stop right there you heathen. No flyover state has great skiing, or even good skiing. Everyone knows that Colorado and Utah have the best skiing in the US. California has pretty decent skiing. Washington also has okay skiing. Name one other state besides Colorado or Utah that has great skiing and I'll call you a liar.
RUN THEM OVER. You'll be fine. They'll learn a valuable lesson about obeying traffic signals.
And you'll still be at fault. Unless the law has changed in California, the law only requires pedestrians to cross in a crosswalk. It does not even require that they have a signal, or that they be crossing in the same direction as the flow of traffic that has right of way. They literally just need to be in the crosswalk.
PS: I have never used Apple products myself (and bear in mind that I am a programmer who has developed software under many different conditions with caring too much about specific environments, but who happen to have never dealt with Apple-related anything!), apparently they only have 8% of desktop market share and, although there is a relevant number of Apple-related articles here lately, the Slashdot crowd seems to be mostly focused on Linux (or even Windows before Apple). Why even mentioning Apple under a priori so Apple-unfriendly conditions? Please, don't take this comment bad, I am just highlighting an issue which I found quite curious.
I mentioned Apple because, to my knowledge, they are the only manufacturer that automatically pushes BIOS updates down to any machine. If you custom built the hardware and are running Ubuntu, you do not have to worry about automatically getting the microcode update from Intel.
If my brand new computer gets damaged in any way because of this, I would be quite upset. Actually, if I could choose, I wouldn't even install the patch. I understand that hardware vendors have to account for any the possible scenario (mainly after having got so much advertisement!), but seriously doubt that anything of this will ever affect me.
This is a microcode update and, therefore, will not happen on your machine unless you update your bios. Of course, Apple includes UEFI updates in their releases so, you may or may not have the option to withhold this patch
Are they inherently less prone to cheaters?
Since it's a lot harder to mess with the software, yes they are.
You don't have to mess with software. A lot of games these days use one of the players as host. Usually being host confers all kinds of advantages to that team. You can manipulate who the host is. The latest CoD (WW2) seems to give preference to people with shitty network connections, however. You can just stream netflix on a bunch of computers until you're down to 1 bar and then run around shooting everyone while they see you teleporting across the map. You can also modify saved game data to exploit bugs in a game when it reads your profile. That was a pretty common exploit years ago, I don't know how common it is. So yes, cheaters still exist on consoles.
If you ask me, the latest CoD game is a pile of shit anyway. I have gigabit ethernet and often get stuck with host. With the exact same lobby (no change in players), I can see myself going from 1st or 2nd on the team to last place once I have host. From a positive 2.0ish KDR to less than 0.3 when I am host. I only play hardcore and can open up on someone pointblank with 15 rounds into their back while they turn around and one shot me. I can tell that I am host because host is blessed with the ability to hear everything that anyone says in the game (on either team). So determining that you're host is quite trivial.
Are you saying that all of the LAPD's marked vehicles are used for this type of driving? I had not considered that possibility (because it is untrue).
For the LAPD, they probably have some extra marked vehicles to cover maintenance, accidents, and other issues that cause extended downtime. However, I doubt that LAPD has a large surplus of marked vehicles They've been running a large police force for a long time and likely know exactly what percentage of spare vehicles they need to keep. If you were referring to unmarked vehicles then, yes, I would say you're right. They probably don't run all of those 24/7. LAPD does not allow their patrol officers use of their vehicle outside of their normal patrol shift.
Women who sleep around are dirty. They are not desirable mates and they spread disease. Men default to dirty and disease spreaders. That is why the gay community is so plagued by STDs. Having veto power means taking responsibility. That's just the way things have always been.
Totally true. A woman who is raped can choose not to get an STD or to get pregnant. If that's what they really want, they'll control that with their mind. They always have complete control over their body and what happens to it. And people who have pre-existing conditions are sinners and are going to burn in hell. Oh yeah, and football is the devil.
At one time, companies would actually do on-the-job training to fill these kinds of positions. The employee was grateful for the opportunity and would stick with the company. The company would realize the investment they had made in the employee and keep them around. After decades of down-sizing, out-sourcing and job-hopping; I guess there's not enough trust on either side for that to work now.
I'm about to go to a meeting with a company that does still offer on the job training. And they'll cover the cost any additional training you want to seek out as long as you actually receive the training off the clock.
I recently flew from Beijing to SFO. About 3 days before departure only ~30% of the seats on the plane had been assigned. I thought that meant a very luxurious flight home. Either most of those people bought tickets that did not let you pick a seat, or that route is so busy that they knew they'd pick up a ton of last minute business travelers. They ended up offering vouchers for people to stay in Beijing an extra day. I think the days of (mostly) empty planes are long gone.
Yeah that's what I figured. Scheduling has definitely improved on the airline's end. Not as comfortable for passengers when basically every flight is full and they're trying to cram every last seat in to make more money. But tickets are much less expensive now so I guess I can't complain.
So in this vid (from 2013?) I saw the other day, Airbus CEO was saying that China (especially) and India (partially) was going to fuel the demand for massive numbers of passengers per plane. This was going to be the sell for the 380.
Didn't happen.
Same with the 747. Juan Trippe's bet never did quite pay off. He had bet that 747s stuffed to the gills with passengers was the future. Instead, most flew at 50% if not under. I've flown plenty in 747, the only one I've been in that was packed was a meat flight (military charter) from PHL to MHZ in 1990.
Instead, the twins won the sky, and it happened well before the 777. The 777 was the last nail in the 747's coffin.
I'm still glad I got to fly in it, and watch them land and take off so much. Always the highlight of a visit to any airport, challenged only in coolness by some old piston liner like a dc-3, 6, 7 or insane .mil hardware.
How many 747s have you flown on? I've flown on it maybe half a dozen times and it has always been full. I did once fly on a 777 that was almost completely empty, but those are usually full also. In fact, with the way pricing and flight schedules are lately, I feel like it has been a long time since I have been on a plane that was less than 90% capacity. I did once have the luxury of flying on a 737 with just one other passenger.
IMHO The A380 works pretty well servicing flights into or out of Australia. I think It's pretty much the ideal case for the plane right now. Lots of people wanting to travel half way around the world, with varied destinations. Routes that no plane can yet do in a single hop, with enough demand to fill each plane. So fill a few A380's going to other travel hubs, and swap there for another large plane.
But for the northern hemisphere, there's enough demand for single hop flights between regional airports, and a few choices for planes that can fly those routes efficiently. Plus smaller airports are much cheaper to fly into and out of. Bigger is not always better.
The A380 works great for Emirates because they want to fly everyone into their country, making it an important international hub. So they can have these huge planes flying people in and out, 500 at a time, because these people have to travel around the world and need to take two flights no matter what. What US airlines have found, however, is that it's a heck of a lot cheaper to fly back and forth between regional airports than to have a hub and spoke model because congestion at one regional airline only affects flights back and forth between that airport. If your hub goes down for whatever reason, your entire flight schedule is thrown into jeopardy. If you look at schedules, you'll see that UAL has planes that do nothing but fly between SFO and ATL all day, or IAH and ORD all day. Delta has routes between AUS and ATL all day long, etc. These planes do nothing else. They continue to make revenue as long as those two airports do not experience delays. If DXB has delays, all of Emirate's flights will be delayed. They all go through Dubai.
a 1050 is going for $200. A 1060 6gb for $500. To put that in context, I bought my bro a 1060 6gb for $230 on sale about 2 years ago. Until the crypto currency boom ends I think the high price of video cards will scare off new gamers unless they're really, really hardcore.
Where are you doing your shopping at? YOu should be able to get a 1080 GTX TI for $500.
Sorry, no, that's the regular 1080 GTX, not the TI. The TI will run you an extra $100-200
a 1050 is going for $200. A 1060 6gb for $500. To put that in context, I bought my bro a 1060 6gb for $230 on sale about 2 years ago. Until the crypto currency boom ends I think the high price of video cards will scare off new gamers unless they're really, really hardcore.
Where are you doing your shopping at? YOu should be able to get a 1080 GTX TI for $500.