Corporations are the very fabric of this great country. What other way do people pool their collective talent to produce products? Would you have each tom, dick and harry each producing his own "computer" (or substitute in any other market good)
Engine size, intake port size, squish ratio... blah blah blah. Why hasn't anyone mentioned throttle extension (and the lead-foot phenomenon)?
You won't burn much gas if the car is at idle.
Therefore propelling your car via the accelerator is why fuel is consumed (at any kind of rate). Watch how people drive sometime. Many floor it to the next red light then jam on their brakes. Few use as little as necessary to maintain flow of traffic / get where they're going.
How many people put their auto into neutral for long hills (or drive stick)?
Or accelerates at the optimum efficiency of the engine (two thirds to full open)?
Or uses depth of focus to determine the length of acceleration?
Or maintains a near empty fuel tank / trunk / backseat to reduce weight?
Or regularly checks their tires to make sure they're inflated to spec?
Or runs an injector cleaner through to ungunk?
Or swaps off winter tires, stat, because they drag like mad?
Or switches off the AC on mild days? Or runs the AC on the interstate (because AC may somtimes be more economical since window airflow increases drag)?
Or doesn't use the cruise because its un-economical?
Or buys gas on sale days?
To address the previous post, why try and modify behavior with a tax? Why not inform them on what they can do to increase efficiency? Taxes only upset the market.
BTW I drive a heavy, gutless, rugged (drivetrain is exceptional for class), dependable vehicle. A '95 Subaru Legacy 2.2L sedan. If only the rear brakes were designed a little better... --
Don't spend more than 10% of the time on the problem. Devote 90% on the Solution
Unable to debate the issues, so you throw out lame insults?
1. Saddam moved them out so we wouldn't find them. If you were a dictator and had Sarin and mustard gas, wouldn't you hide or ship them outside borders if you knew someone was coming to look?
2. Well, we're finding them anyways. WMD exist in Iraq. There used to be more. Ask the people in the mass graves if they were gassed. Or ask the ones with deformities.
Or maybe you'd like to plead for Saddams release so he can go take over an island somewhere and you can go live under him.
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How is freeing a people from a hitler-ish dictator "fooling" them? I'd love to hear your cacamamy answer (at least it'll be entertaining).
Your right, the US does want oil from Iraq. If you'd remember to turn your brain on, you'd realize that guess who would be selling the oil.... the Iraqis. Guess who will profit from the gas-hungry US?? The Iraqis. Rising tides lifts all boats.
Please, take a little time to investigate those beliefs you form. They do, kind of, run your brain.
Lets clear a couple things up
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Ya, Saddam was against some islamic extremist.
An important point here is that there are quite a few groups of people out there that hate the United States and their allies. These groups, these people, are consumed by their hate. They are hate. So it stands to reason, at least some, hate each other.
Still hungry? Iraq is a refuge to terrorists now. Infact, its their staging point. Al-Qaeda associate Zarqawi did a little damage today in Baghdad.
And remember, theres a little difference between map geography and ideology. In the middle east, as we all know, polar opposites sit in close proximity (so don't blame the country of Saudi Arabia). Although I think the kind of policies they institute foster the environment that breeds terrorism and western hate.
Don't take our countries word against Saddam. Putin warned us of Saddam's regime planning (terrorism? This would be a declared war i'd think) attacks against us.
Was he trying to grow a bigger mustache than Hitler? Lets not forget what an evil man he was, and how the media quickly forgets the attrocities and in some cases, covering up for him.CNN Exec Admits Covering Up 'Maniac' Saddam's Atrocities / Access of Evil. READ THIS ARTICLE. Be thankful we are in a country of freedom.
We are only scratching the surface of this demon. Remember, not much was known about the gassing of the Jews until well after it happened (and they didn't have CNN burying it)
I can attest to the destructive nature of IRC. My Race Relations textbook states that IRC is good for minorities because they can talk to everyone else without anything but the substance of the conversation being an issue. I agree partly.
The other part of me remembers when I was 15 and 90% of my "friends" were online. I was good at making online friends, but I couldn't talk to people in the real world at all. Best thing I ever did was kiss those chatrooms goodbye. As with anything, practice a little and socialization becomes easy, and more importantly, fun.
They attempted to blame gun manufacturers, but failed. Its called passing the blame.
New york police and city officials can't control the problem themselves so they attempt to blame someone else and take the eyes off of them.
I am going out on a limb here. I say mother earth has killed more people than any gun company ever has. Any time anyone has ever fallen to their death, who was there to cause it? Mother earth and her large gravitational mass and hard rock surface. Who has created large hurricanes and wiped out entire villages? The legal briefs are in the mail. I demand recompense.
You seem to have meandered a bit. Let me simplify your argument. You say expressing opinions is influence and having (many) dollars gives you an audience.
Remember- you have a right to free speech, but no right to be heard.
My argument here borrows from NLP, but also is my own opinion. I don't think most top executives minds are changed by anyone stating their opinion. Humans don't usually make opinion changing thoughts when others state how things are. What causes people to question their long held beliefs are intelligently phrased questions pertaining to why and how something is. Rapport is important and without it people won't follow your thoughts. But I think thats where it ends, following. In order to create new neural pathways, questions must arise. All else is just lip service.
Having friends in high places is nice, but when people go to check the box, its usually only in THEIR best interest.
It is possible this is all coming out my rectum though;-)
In order to influence policy (I assume that's what you're talking about, as govt is nothing but documents and agents) the agent of the government being influenced must weigh the change in policy against his/her own morals. If morals triumphs, policy will not be affected. If the money we're discussing wins, well... you'll always have slashdot to bitch to.
Recall we have laws against bribery. Enforcement on the other hand...
I am not impressed. I get 38/30 mpg in my '91 camry. 11 Years and 130,000 miles older, not even mentioning my car was totaled and rebuilt (not the engine)... Yet you only get 6 mpg better than me? I have to add a quart of oil every tank of gas. My car weighs a lot, handles poor, and I drive it hard... Yet you only get 6pmg better than me?
I say my car is 11 years old, but the design was actually engineered in the mid 80's. Yet you only get 6mpg better than me.
If this is the case with hybrids then they are doomed. Nobody wants an underperforming car that gets slightly better fuel economy.
I have to ask, why look into alternative fuel solutions? Our economy has engineered itself around gasoline, and has done a pretty good job doing it. We have finely tuned gasoline engines, excellent ways of getting the gas to the consumer, and ingenius ways of getting the oil needed to refine. The free market is our best tool for advancement of transportation.
If there was a better way of doing what we're doing... we'd be doing it. Once technology advances to a state that alternative fuel sources become cost effective for both the consumer and in sales, we will see them.
Never underestimate the power of the free market.
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California homicide rate = 6.6 Vermont homicide rate = 2.2
In fact, the USPS has been known to photograph the outside of the envelopes for DECADES of people they want to learn more about, but don't have a warrant for just yet...
They photograph many many envelopes, but not for the reasons you believe. The way their automation works (letter sorting), letters that are not presorted are put through an OCR. They are either immediately sprayed with a bar code if the OCR can decode it, or a picture is taken and sent to computers to be docoded.
Shredded mail? How often does that really happen, I mean really... I used to work at the post office, so I know exactly how mail gets ruined (mail jams on the infeed belt on the DBCS), and it is rare considering the volume of mail sent.
We would routinely process 150,000 pieces of mail in an evening, of which three or four pieces of mail got trashed. If it helps, a lot more third class (bulk mail) gets eaten by the machines than first.
Regarding the post office as a monopoly... You really have nothing to complain about. Try sending a letter across a country for $.34 any other way.
The only real incentive for the post office to make a profit is that the profit goes back to the employees. But the post office doesn't really want to improve their position. They are not competing against FedEx and UPS, they are merely complementing them. The USPS could never handle the volume of packages that would be generated should UPS or FedEx go out of business. Heck, FedEx carries a portion of USPS's express mail.
This problem just screams Scheme. Throw the code through a parser function that puts the code into syntax tree, call a helper function that counts the number of similar tree segments (using recursion to count from certain subtree segs).
The parser could store the variables in lexical addressing so as not to get fooled by "Find...Replace-all."
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Corporatism is slowly taking over the USA
And you use no goods made by corporations?
Corporations are the very fabric of this great country. What other way do people pool their collective talent to produce products? Would you have each tom, dick and harry each producing his own "computer" (or substitute in any other market good)
I hate this french law.
Do I need a lawyer?
Engine size, intake port size, squish ratio... blah blah blah. Why hasn't anyone mentioned throttle extension (and the lead-foot phenomenon)?
You won't burn much gas if the car is at idle.
Therefore propelling your car via the accelerator is why fuel is consumed (at any kind of rate). Watch how people drive sometime. Many floor it to the next red light then jam on their brakes. Few use as little as necessary to maintain flow of traffic / get where they're going.
How many people put their auto into neutral for long hills (or drive stick)?
Or accelerates at the optimum efficiency of the engine (two thirds to full open)?
Or uses depth of focus to determine the length of acceleration?
Or maintains a near empty fuel tank / trunk / backseat to reduce weight?
Or regularly checks their tires to make sure they're inflated to spec?
Or runs an injector cleaner through to ungunk?
Or swaps off winter tires, stat, because they drag like mad?
Or switches off the AC on mild days? Or runs the AC on the interstate (because AC may somtimes be more economical since window airflow increases drag)?
Or doesn't use the cruise because its un-economical?
Or buys gas on sale days?
To address the previous post, why try and modify behavior with a tax? Why not inform them on what they can do to increase efficiency? Taxes only upset the market.
BTW I drive a heavy, gutless, rugged (drivetrain is exceptional for class), dependable vehicle. A '95 Subaru Legacy 2.2L sedan. If only the rear brakes were designed a little better...
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Don't spend more than 10% of the time on the problem. Devote 90% on the Solution
Unable to debate the issues, so you throw out lame insults?
1. Saddam moved them out so we wouldn't find them. If you were a dictator and had Sarin and mustard gas, wouldn't you hide or ship them outside borders if you knew someone was coming to look?
2. Well, we're finding them anyways. WMD exist in Iraq. There used to be more. Ask the people in the mass graves if they were gassed. Or ask the ones with deformities.
Or maybe you'd like to plead for Saddams release so he can go take over an island somewhere and you can go live under him.
How is freeing a people from a hitler-ish dictator "fooling" them? I'd love to hear your cacamamy answer (at least it'll be entertaining).
Your right, the US does want oil from Iraq. If you'd remember to turn your brain on, you'd realize that guess who would be selling the oil.... the Iraqis. Guess who will profit from the gas-hungry US?? The Iraqis. Rising tides lifts all boats.
Please, take a little time to investigate those beliefs you form. They do, kind of, run your brain.
An important point here is that there are quite a few groups of people out there that hate the United States and their allies. These groups, these people, are consumed by their hate. They are hate. So it stands to reason, at least some, hate each other.
Proof of the Al-Qaeda / Saddam relationship.
Still hungry? Iraq is a refuge to terrorists now. Infact, its their staging point. Al-Qaeda associate Zarqawi did a little damage today in Baghdad.
And remember, theres a little difference between map geography and ideology. In the middle east, as we all know, polar opposites sit in close proximity (so don't blame the country of Saudi Arabia). Although I think the kind of policies they institute foster the environment that breeds terrorism and western hate.
Don't take our countries word against Saddam. Putin warned us of Saddam's regime planning (terrorism? This would be a declared war i'd think) attacks against us.
Was he trying to grow a bigger mustache than Hitler? Lets not forget what an evil man he was, and how the media quickly forgets the attrocities and in some cases, covering up for him.CNN Exec Admits Covering Up 'Maniac' Saddam's Atrocities / Access of Evil. READ THIS ARTICLE. Be thankful we are in a country of freedom.
We are only scratching the surface of this demon. Remember, not much was known about the gassing of the Jews until well after it happened (and they didn't have CNN burying it)
I can attest to the destructive nature of IRC. My Race Relations textbook states that IRC is good for minorities because they can talk to everyone else without anything but the substance of the conversation being an issue. I agree partly.
The other part of me remembers when I was 15 and 90% of my "friends" were online. I was good at making online friends, but I couldn't talk to people in the real world at all. Best thing I ever did was kiss those chatrooms goodbye. As with anything, practice a little and socialization becomes easy, and more importantly, fun.
Its easy to buy a pc without an os. Just buy a barebones system (& complete), or assemble the components yourself.
And Dell doesn't get a cut either.
(Not to mention you get decent components for once)
New york police and city officials can't control the problem themselves so they attempt to blame someone else and take the eyes off of them.
I am going out on a limb here. I say mother earth has killed more people than any gun company ever has. Any time anyone has ever fallen to their death, who was there to cause it? Mother earth and her large gravitational mass and hard rock surface. Who has created large hurricanes and wiped out entire villages? The legal briefs are in the mail. I demand recompense.
Unless the power being used in the cars was produced by a nuclear reactor (or other clean source), we are just passing the pollution up the chain.
BS. The infrastructure is regulated, not the content.
You don't want goverment meddling in consumer choice. Its debatable whether fcc should exist (in its current state).
At least a drug dealer makes you feel good for a short while.
A lot of them are. My university's wages Assuming of course you include associate and assistant 'profs'
You seem to have meandered a bit. Let me simplify your argument. You say expressing opinions is influence and having (many) dollars gives you an audience.
;-)
Remember- you have a right to free speech, but no right to be heard.
My argument here borrows from NLP, but also is my own opinion. I don't think most top executives minds are changed by anyone stating their opinion. Humans don't usually make opinion changing thoughts when others state how things are. What causes people to question their long held beliefs are intelligently phrased questions pertaining to why and how something is. Rapport is important and without it people won't follow your thoughts. But I think thats where it ends, following. In order to create new neural pathways, questions must arise. All else is just lip service.
Having friends in high places is nice, but when people go to check the box, its usually only in THEIR best interest.
It is possible this is all coming out my rectum though
Money doesn't always win. Remember, both sides of an issue usually have big pockets.
... Or post something stupid. Oh the irony
I have a really good joke for you lone_marauder.
What does Moveon.com and Al Gore have in common?
Al Gore probably didn't get any for a month after he lost.
I hope you know what that means. Perhaps we should phone big guys Mr. Webster and Mr. Merriam.
Ahem.
Dollars != Influence.
In order to influence policy (I assume that's what you're talking about, as govt is nothing but documents and agents) the agent of the government being influenced must weigh the change in policy against his/her own morals. If morals triumphs, policy will not be affected. If the money we're discussing wins, well... you'll always have slashdot to bitch to.
Recall we have laws against bribery. Enforcement on the other hand...
All i'm going to say is - why should a US court decision reflect or change the way the rest of the world looks at the GPL or SCOs 'invalid' claims?
International law is US law, at least according to Ruth Ginsberg.
"Our island or lone ranger mentality is beginning to change," Ginsburg says.
Consider this. Two citations from other countries laws-- First race upheld in the admissions process, and more recently during the texas sodomy case.
Can anyone see any problems with this?
I am not impressed. I get 38/30 mpg in my '91 camry. 11 Years and 130,000 miles older, not even mentioning my car was totaled and rebuilt (not the engine)... Yet you only get 6 mpg better than me? I have to add a quart of oil every tank of gas. My car weighs a lot, handles poor, and I drive it hard... Yet you only get 6pmg better than me?
I say my car is 11 years old, but the design was actually engineered in the mid 80's. Yet you only get 6mpg better than me.
If this is the case with hybrids then they are doomed. Nobody wants an underperforming car that gets slightly better fuel economy.
I have to ask, why look into alternative fuel solutions? Our economy has engineered itself around gasoline, and has done a pretty good job doing it. We have finely tuned gasoline engines, excellent ways of getting the gas to the consumer, and ingenius ways of getting the oil needed to refine. The free market is our best tool for advancement of transportation.
If there was a better way of doing what we're doing... we'd be doing it. Once technology advances to a state that alternative fuel sources become cost effective for both the consumer and in sales, we will see them.
Never underestimate the power of the free market.
California homicide rate = 6.6
Vermont homicide rate = 2.2
source
Facts:
- Vermont has no gun laws (well just a couple).
- California has the most restrictive gun laws in the country.
I'll let the stats speak for itself.
In fact, the USPS has been known to photograph the outside of the envelopes for DECADES of people they want to learn more about, but don't have a warrant for just yet...
They photograph many many envelopes, but not for the reasons you believe. The way their automation works (letter sorting), letters that are not presorted are put through an OCR. They are either immediately sprayed with a bar code if the OCR can decode it, or a picture is taken and sent to computers to be docoded.
Shredded mail? How often does that really happen, I mean really... I used to work at the post office, so I know exactly how mail gets ruined (mail jams on the infeed belt on the DBCS), and it is rare considering the volume of mail sent.
We would routinely process 150,000 pieces of mail in an evening, of which three or four pieces of mail got trashed. If it helps, a lot more third class (bulk mail) gets eaten by the machines than first.
Regarding the post office as a monopoly... You really have nothing to complain about. Try sending a letter across a country for $.34 any other way.
The only real incentive for the post office to make a profit is that the profit goes back to the employees. But the post office doesn't really want to improve their position. They are not competing against FedEx and UPS, they are merely complementing them. The USPS could never handle the volume of packages that would be generated should UPS or FedEx go out of business. Heck, FedEx carries a portion of USPS's express mail.
This problem just screams Scheme. Throw the code through a parser function that puts the code into syntax tree, call a helper function that counts the number of similar tree segments (using recursion to count from certain subtree segs).
The parser could store the variables in lexical addressing so as not to get fooled by "Find...Replace-all."