You can say that about nearly every job out there.
Doesn't mean that some effort shouldn't be made to evaluate workers and eliminate poor performers. Its clear that all systems aren't perfect, but no system at all is far, far worse.
Absolutely every taxi driver/owner here in Madrid has a Prius. You'd think the savings must be substantial, as the change happened practically overnight. I'm pretty much considering buying one when/if I buy my first car. Thousands of taxi drivers can't possibly be wrong...
Gas prices in Europe are substantially higher than in the US. In Spain, IIRC, it is approximately double the US gas prices.
If you take into account the increased lifespan the rider gets because of more exercise and the amount of CO2 he would generate for that time period due to his need of food, shelter and fuel during the increased lifespan, you come out with more CO2 than if you let the rider die an early death.
Studies have shown this. The only way to make bikes come out ahead is to mandate that the rider not wear a helmet.
I don't think any object that no human being can visit in their lifetime without defying the laws of physics can be truly said to be "nearby".
You *can* visit it in your lifetime without violating the laws of physics, its just that you cannot visit it in the lifetime of the people observing you from Earth.
How bout sending an unmanned daughter ship to rapidly slow down (high G forces), look around, pick up some needed minerals, and then rapidly speed up to catch the mothership? Granted, this might not make sense given today's technology, but maybe with ramscoops / fusion / who knows what rockets, this could work?
Thailand doesn't suffer from lack of intelligence (well, at least not more than other places).
It suffers massively from a culture of vote-buying. One thing superior about Thailand's system is that even though political parties are powerful, it is possible for a non-major party to get seats and eventually rise to prominence, unlike in the US where it is completely impossible.
Theoretically, wealth taxes are one of the most progressive taxes out there which also give the best economic incentives for growth. Income taxes discourage earning money, sales taxes discourage consumption, capital gains taxes distort / discourage investment. Wealth taxes encourage people to make the best return from their assets, and if they can't do it, sell it to someone who can.
It doesn't work for three reasons:
a) The *truly* wealthy get hurt the most by far. The ruling class will not let anything like this to happen. Other posters moaned about this hurting the middle class is a load of baloney. A small wealth tax would allow for a significant reduction in income taxes, sales taxes, or deficits. b) Unless all jurisdictions do it, liquid capital will just move elsewhere (which is probably why wealth taxes are only widely used for real estate). c) Some assets are hard to value. There are ways of doing this, but they are all ugly.
Not only that, but the pure fact that he realizes that what he's been doing isn't exactly the same as what you'd do in a regular job means that after few months at a "real job", he would be well on his way on being an "engineer".
Well, why don't you tell us how much different he was from Bush (who was easily the worst president in my lifetime)?
Other than the healthcare bill (which IMO fell short, but was better than nothing), everything he did, Bush would have done the same. Guantanamo is still open. TSA is gaining power, no bankers are in handcuffs, bailouts continued / expanded, the list goes on and on. He's just as beholden to the large corporations, if not more beholden.
I didn't know signing the petition was that much energy. You can do both.
And getting rid of Dems & Reps via elections, you need to start local before moving up to the presidential level. No matter how popular Teddy Roosevelt was, with a proven track record as a president, even *he* couldn't win as a 3rd party candidate.
It's a shame, because Microsoft and its licensees are missing out on so much potential revenue. Your idea would be well-suited to those minigames between stages where both players have to hammer both buttons as fast as they can, and the first one to inflate the balloon or destroy the car won. Except, instead of pressing the buttons, you're jacking off. Against another man, who is standing right next to you. That would be a cool arcade.
There is an SNL episode about that (Wii, not Kinect, though)
Depending on your distribution, there can be more than half the people having below average intelligence. Take for an extreme example of everyone having exactly the same intelligence, except for one guy not knowing his statistics. At that point, nearly everyone is above average.
Using the same analogy... you can do that, and it might be the right thing in a recession, but if you keep doing that over and over, you will gain speed and make it that much more difficult and fatal when the next skid happens.
As a side note, the big hub-bub about dark energy is that it appears (based on current observations) that our universe may be entering a second inflationary period.
And the Mayans knew all along that it would happen in the year 2012.
Q. What is View Client with Local Mode? A. View Client with Local mode allows VMware View virtual desktops to be moved between the datacenter and physical desktop devices with security policies intact. Virtual desktops may be “checked out” onto a physical device such as a laptop enabling users to work when they are not connected to the network. Changes to the desktop are then “checked in” to the datacenter to intelligently synchronize the desktop when the user goes back online. View Client with Local Mode allows users to run their virtual desktop while offline or simply take advantage of local endpoint device resources to ensure the best virtual desktop user experience.
Not to be pedantic, but telegraph operators did drop dead during the Carrington Flare, if only because they were more or less attached to massive "antennas." Moreover, the usual threat of solar storms is not radiation to people, but to the radio equipment that makes modern life possible. This one should only graze the
One should hope that bqt421 wasn't attached to massive "antennas" while posting this message.
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You can say that about nearly every job out there.
Doesn't mean that some effort shouldn't be made to evaluate workers and eliminate poor performers. Its clear that all systems aren't perfect, but no system at all is far, far worse.
Absolutely every taxi driver/owner here in Madrid has a Prius. You'd think the savings must be substantial, as the change happened practically overnight. I'm pretty much considering buying one when/if I buy my first car. Thousands of taxi drivers can't possibly be wrong...
Gas prices in Europe are substantially higher than in the US. In Spain, IIRC, it is approximately double the US gas prices.
Bikes are definitely not green.
If you take into account the increased lifespan the rider gets because of more exercise and the amount of CO2 he would generate for that time period due to his need of food, shelter and fuel during the increased lifespan, you come out with more CO2 than if you let the rider die an early death.
Studies have shown this. The only way to make bikes come out ahead is to mandate that the rider not wear a helmet.
I don't think any object that no human being can visit in their lifetime without defying the laws of physics can be truly said to be "nearby".
You *can* visit it in your lifetime without violating the laws of physics, its just that you cannot visit it in the lifetime of the people observing you from Earth.
F1 engine development started in 1856 for example.
Now that's what I call planning ahead.
How bout sending an unmanned daughter ship to rapidly slow down (high G forces), look around, pick up some needed minerals, and then rapidly speed up to catch the mothership? Granted, this might not make sense given today's technology, but maybe with ramscoops / fusion / who knows what rockets, this could work?
You have to think outside the spaceship.
Thailand doesn't suffer from lack of intelligence (well, at least not more than other places).
It suffers massively from a culture of vote-buying. One thing superior about Thailand's system is that even though political parties are powerful, it is possible for a non-major party to get seats and eventually rise to prominence, unlike in the US where it is completely impossible.
You know, there is never just one cockroach...
Theoretically, wealth taxes are one of the most progressive taxes out there which also give the best economic incentives for growth. Income taxes discourage earning money, sales taxes discourage consumption, capital gains taxes distort / discourage investment. Wealth taxes encourage people to make the best return from their assets, and if they can't do it, sell it to someone who can.
It doesn't work for three reasons:
a) The *truly* wealthy get hurt the most by far. The ruling class will not let anything like this to happen. Other posters moaned about this hurting the middle class is a load of baloney. A small wealth tax would allow for a significant reduction in income taxes, sales taxes, or deficits.
b) Unless all jurisdictions do it, liquid capital will just move elsewhere (which is probably why wealth taxes are only widely used for real estate).
c) Some assets are hard to value. There are ways of doing this, but they are all ugly.
Not only that, but the pure fact that he realizes that what he's been doing isn't exactly the same as what you'd do in a regular job means that after few months at a "real job", he would be well on his way on being an "engineer".
Well, why don't you tell us how much different he was from Bush (who was easily the worst president in my lifetime)?
Other than the healthcare bill (which IMO fell short, but was better than nothing), everything he did, Bush would have done the same. Guantanamo is still open. TSA is gaining power, no bankers are in handcuffs, bailouts continued / expanded, the list goes on and on. He's just as beholden to the large corporations, if not more beholden.
Channel stuffing.
(Yes, I know Zerohedge is a sensationalist site).
I didn't know signing the petition was that much energy. You can do both.
And getting rid of Dems & Reps via elections, you need to start local before moving up to the presidential level. No matter how popular Teddy Roosevelt was, with a proven track record as a president, even *he* couldn't win as a 3rd party candidate.
It's a shame, because Microsoft and its licensees are missing out on so much potential revenue. Your idea would be well-suited to those minigames between stages where both players have to hammer both buttons as fast as they can, and the first one to inflate the balloon or destroy the car won. Except, instead of pressing the buttons, you're jacking off. Against another man, who is standing right next to you. That would be a cool arcade.
There is an SNL episode about that (Wii, not Kinect, though)
Sorry, half of everyone is "above the median".
Depending on your distribution, there can be more than half the people having below average intelligence. Take for an extreme example of everyone having exactly the same intelligence, except for one guy not knowing his statistics. At that point, nearly everyone is above average.
Using the same analogy... you can do that, and it might be the right thing in a recession, but if you keep doing that over and over, you will gain speed and make it that much more difficult and fatal when the next skid happens.
If it was an iPhone 4S, it would have given new meaning to the phrase "Talk to the hand".
No, there would be no GNU OS without Linus.
Huh? What about Emacs?
A little late... he shot Alexander Hamilton two centuries ago.
As a side note, the big hub-bub about dark energy is that it appears (based on current observations) that our universe may be entering a second inflationary period.
And the Mayans knew all along that it would happen in the year 2012.
How can the PHB work on the plane?
VMware View at least allows you to check out virtual machines onto your local machine:
VMware View FAQ
Q. What is View Client with Local Mode?
A. View Client with Local mode allows VMware View virtual desktops to be moved between the datacenter and physical desktop devices with security policies intact. Virtual desktops may be “checked out” onto a physical device such as a laptop enabling users to work when they are not connected to the network. Changes to the desktop are then “checked in” to the datacenter to intelligently synchronize the desktop when the user goes back online. View Client with Local Mode allows users to run their virtual desktop while offline or simply take advantage of local endpoint device resources to ensure the best virtual desktop user experience.
That just sounds dirty...
Er, if they change course, we'd be calling in Will Smith and order a couple MacBooks.
Not to be pedantic, but telegraph operators did drop dead during the Carrington Flare, if only because they were more or less attached to massive "antennas."
Moreover, the usual threat of solar storms is not radiation to people, but to the radio equipment that makes modern life possible. This one should only graze the
One should hope that bqt421 wasn't attached to massive "antennas" while posting this message.
Oracle sequences don't. If you wrap around and use CYCLE in your sequences, it can re-use the same number.
With large enough ID spaces (UUIDs, even just plain 64-bit), this may not be an issue, depending on your app.