Where do you get that AdvoKit is a tool to make money? AdvoKit is tool to keep track of voter records and volunteers. AdvoKit can be used to find lists of voters in your area and to record results after those voters have been contacted. (ie, did they like my candididate, do they want a yard sign, do they want to volunteer, etc). It also keeps track of the volunteers so you can manage your campaign.
Advokit and other packages are designed just for this. Advokit is basically a voter database. You load all of the voters into the database. The campaign folks can they say "print out a list of all voters on my block." You then go door to door, then later record your results back into the database (person A is a supporter, person be wants to volunteer, person see wants some more info etc..). It also helps people phonebank. A volunteer at his house can pull up a list of people to call, then record how the phone call went.
Just out of curiosity who did you support during the primaries? How many political meetings did you attend? When you went door to door working for a candidate, what did you say?
To tell truth though I havn't seen any politician that I like. There are thousands of people that run for all kinds of office. You are telling me that you have never seen one you like? Are you just looking for someone that parrots your views 100%? T
I really want to contribute to a better world, but I don't see how I can. It is easy to contribute to a better world. But you have to get off your ass to do it.
I've made a commitment with some of my friends that we will not vote for the lesser of 2 evils. This is a bullshit line. You should vote for whoever you think will help the country the most. If you think Bush is a dumbfuck who is leading us to hell, then vote for Kerry. Not because he is the lessor of two evils, but because he is better for the country. If you think Kerry would take us down the wrong path then vote for Bush. If you think they BOTH will do bad things for the country then vote third party.
Whining about the lessor of two evils is just an easy way to cop out of thinking for yourself.
Either you are misinformed or you just like to spread FUD. According to the Department of EnergyStudies have shown that, depending on the type of PV technology, the clean energy payback of a PV system ranges from one to four years.
As for ethanol, I will raise you Cornell study with this one from the USDA which seems to say that ethanol is energy positive.
I'd also add in that if you (in the general) are receiving federal handouts you should not be able to vote.
I went to a publicly funded state University, that I am sure has recieved some federal funding. Does that mean I should not vote? I also took the highway on the way to work. Damn, it was partly paid for with federal handouts. Guess us commuters shouldn't vote either.
Ok, how about these:
here,
here and here.
All three give different numbers but state that EVs have less overall pollution. Two of the articles state that EVs in California would be particulary helpful because California has cleaner power generation.
According to this site, electric cars produce less emissions even when you count the power plant emissions.
In a study conducted by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, EVs were significantly cleaner over the course of 100,000 miles than ICE cars. The electricity generation process produces less than 100 pounds of pollutants for EVs compared to 3000 pounds for ICE vehicles. (See Table 3)
Engine Type CO ROG NOx Total
Gasoline 2574 262 172 3008 lb.
Diesel 216 73 246 835 lb.
Electric 9 5 61 75 lb.
The problem is the FLORIDA supreme court said the re count was following floridas law. Who should know florida law better, the US Supreme Court or the Florida Supreme Court.
I have never seen any evidence that civilian nuclear power leads to proliferation, but it seems to be a given for the anti-nuke types.
Many (maybe most) experts agree that Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace Iniative helped spread nuclear weapons. It was meant to help other nations learn to use nuclear power for civilian purposes, buy many say that it helped train foreign scientist that would go on to develop nuclear weapons.
NPR had a really good story on it
They assume we dump all the nuclear waste into the nation's beer supply
Nobody thinks that. They do think it is inevitable that leaks will occur. It is also well documented that leaks HAVE occurred.
hanford, frankfurt, and of course chernoble.
It's like comparing against an oil economy where it's assumed that 99% of the oil is dumped raw into the ocean.
This I agree with. Lovelock may have a point that that fossil fuel would kill more than nuclear fuel. But just dismissing all of the down sides of nuclear power doesn't help your cause. Instead of arguing that nuclear power is totally safe, the better arguement is that it is safer than fossil fuels.
Why would it not be successful? The article said he had evidence showing that the seeds blew into his crop from another farm. The value of his crop is damaged because of it. It is no different than if the other farm let their cows loose and they trampled his crops or if the other farm had spilt some waste onto his fields. Those kinds of suits happen all the time and farmers usually win.
In theory this case could hurt Monsanto. If the liability of seeds polluting a neighbors field becomes so high. Farmers will just quit using the patented seeds.
f anything, the burden should be placed on the farmers using the licensed seeds to control their plants
I would guess that Schmeiser could sue the other farm that let the seeds blow onto his crops. The "pollution" of his fields caused him an economic damage. He cant use the seeds now because he is not licensed. In Texas,Kansas etc farmers get paid if an oil line spills onto their crop, I don't see how "seed pollution" should be any different.
It may be horribly inconvenient to be hassled with an investigation, but if people do their jobs (with gov't folks, sometimes that's all you can hope for!) then clearing your name shouldn't be too bad.
Yep, they will only stick a few flouresent light tubes up your ass, make get naked in a pyramid, masturbate in front of people, attack you with dogs, put a sack over your head and threaten to electrocute you. Yep, clearing your name shouldn't be too bad./P
What Valenti's basically saying is, 'we've always said that if you want to watch a DVD, you have to use a licensed player.
I am looking at a DVD right now. Nowhere does it say "this can be played in AUTHORIZED players only."
If we say 'we'll sell this to you, if you agree to use a licensed player,' and you buy it, and turn around and use an unlicensed player, you're the bad guy. Where does it say on the DVD packagine that you can't use a DVD on an unlicensed player? I have never seen that (but I haven't looked for it either until now).
Nothing like taking something that just works and replacing
Where did you get the idea that old style parking meters "just work." Many are based on a wind up mechanism for the timing. They are notorously inaccurate. There is a reason people switched from wind up watches to digital watches.
but breaks down in, say, 5 years, leaving it unrepairable
You're forgeting that new cars have MUCH better quality. I had to work on my 1970 GMS pickup all the time. My 1996 Buick has 155K and has only been in the shop twice. The newer car does cost more to fix, but it breaks down way less often.
I did contracting work for the USDA for a while. There were a lot of bad government employees, but I thought most were pretty good. The real problem was the independent contract companies (like the one I worked for). They were only interested in billing hours, not in quality of work. The goverment depended on these companies to give them good advice. That advice usually slanted to what every would bill the most hours.
NASA's plan for if they DID find life
on
Methane on Mars?
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· Score: 2, Interesting
Doesn't NASA have a plan for about any contigency? Anyone know what there plan is if they DO find life on Mars? Do they go public? Do they only tell the president?
Going to the far fetched. What are the odds that NASA had some time of plan (at least on paper) on how to handle seeing an ET with the rovers?
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Where do you get that AdvoKit is a tool to make money? AdvoKit is tool to keep track of voter records and volunteers. AdvoKit can be used to find lists of voters in your area and to record results after those voters have been contacted. (ie, did they like my candididate, do they want a yard sign, do they want to volunteer, etc). It also keeps track of the volunteers so you can manage your campaign.
Advokit and other packages are designed just for this. Advokit is basically a voter database. You load all of the voters into the database. The campaign folks can they say "print out a list of all voters on my block." You then go door to door, then later record your results back into the database (person A is a supporter, person be wants to volunteer, person see wants some more info etc..). It also helps people phonebank. A volunteer at his house can pull up a list of people to call, then record how the phone call went.
Just out of curiosity who did you support during the primaries? How many political meetings did you attend? When you went door to door working for a candidate, what did you say?
To tell truth though I havn't seen any politician that I like. There are thousands of people that run for all kinds of office. You are telling me that you have never seen one you like? Are you just looking for someone that parrots your views 100%? T
I really want to contribute to a better world, but I don't see how I can. It is easy to contribute to a better world. But you have to get off your ass to do it.
I've made a commitment with some of my friends that we will not vote for the lesser of 2 evils.
This is a bullshit line. You should vote for whoever you think will help the country the most. If you think Bush is a dumbfuck who is leading us to hell, then vote for Kerry. Not because he is the lessor of two evils, but because he is better for the country. If you think Kerry would take us down the wrong path then vote for Bush. If you think they BOTH will do bad things for the country then vote third party.
Whining about the lessor of two evils is just an easy way to cop out of thinking for yourself.
As for ethanol, I will raise you Cornell study with this one from the USDA which seems to say that ethanol is energy positive.
good answer. wish I had some mod points to give you.
I went to a publicly funded state University, that I am sure has recieved some federal funding. Does that mean I should not vote? I also took the highway on the way to work. Damn, it was partly paid for with federal handouts. Guess us commuters shouldn't vote either.
I do just fine protecting my children without the state getting involved.
Anyone know how well slashdot does with micropayments?
Ok, how about these: here, here and here.
All three give different numbers but state that EVs have less overall pollution. Two of the articles state that EVs in California would be particulary helpful because California has cleaner power generation.
According to this site, electric cars produce less emissions even when you count the power plant emissions.
In a study conducted by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, EVs were significantly cleaner over the course of 100,000 miles than ICE cars. The electricity generation process produces less than 100 pounds of pollutants for EVs compared to 3000 pounds for ICE vehicles. (See Table 3)
Engine Type CO ROG NOx Total
Gasoline 2574 262 172 3008 lb.
Diesel 216 73 246 835 lb. Electric 9 5 61 75 lb.
The problem is the FLORIDA supreme court said the re count was following floridas law. Who should know florida law better, the US Supreme Court or the Florida Supreme Court.
most of the oil that is recylced is used in animal feed. Many small restruants dont get paid for their oil because they don't have the volume.
Many (maybe most) experts agree that Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace Iniative helped spread nuclear weapons. It was meant to help other nations learn to use nuclear power for civilian purposes, buy many say that it helped train foreign scientist that would go on to develop nuclear weapons. NPR had a really good story on it
They assume we dump all the nuclear waste into the nation's beer supply
Nobody thinks that. They do think it is inevitable that leaks will occur. It is also well documented that leaks HAVE occurred. hanford, frankfurt, and of course chernoble.
It's like comparing against an oil economy where it's assumed that 99% of the oil is dumped raw into the ocean.
This I agree with. Lovelock may have a point that that fossil fuel would kill more than nuclear fuel. But just dismissing all of the down sides of nuclear power doesn't help your cause. Instead of arguing that nuclear power is totally safe, the better arguement is that it is safer than fossil fuels.
Why would it not be successful? The article said he had evidence showing that the seeds blew into his crop from another farm. The value of his crop is damaged because of it. It is no different than if the other farm let their cows loose and they trampled his crops or if the other farm had spilt some waste onto his fields. Those kinds of suits happen all the time and farmers usually win.
In theory this case could hurt Monsanto. If the liability of seeds polluting a neighbors field becomes so high. Farmers will just quit using the patented seeds.
I would guess that Schmeiser could sue the other farm that let the seeds blow onto his crops. The "pollution" of his fields caused him an economic damage. He cant use the seeds now because he is not licensed. In Texas,Kansas etc farmers get paid if an oil line spills onto their crop, I don't see how "seed pollution" should be any different.
Yep, they will only stick a few flouresent light tubes up your ass, make get naked in a pyramid, masturbate in front of people, attack you with dogs, put a sack over your head and threaten to electrocute you. Yep, clearing your name shouldn't be too bad./P
A US court said that lindows was fine.
According to what law? I hope you are correct, but could you give us site to back you claim up?
Maybe I have region free DVD. I am guesing the licensing problems only apply to region encoded dvds?
I am looking at a DVD right now. Nowhere does it say "this can be played in AUTHORIZED players only."
If we say 'we'll sell this to you, if you agree to use a licensed player,' and you buy it, and turn around and use an unlicensed player, you're the bad guy. Where does it say on the DVD packagine that you can't use a DVD on an unlicensed player? I have never seen that (but I haven't looked for it either until now).
Accroding to this usda research, producing ethanol is energy positive. What proof do you have that it is not?
Where did you get the idea that old style parking meters "just work." Many are based on a wind up mechanism for the timing. They are notorously inaccurate. There is a reason people switched from wind up watches to digital watches.
You're forgeting that new cars have MUCH better quality. I had to work on my 1970 GMS pickup all the time. My 1996 Buick has 155K and has only been in the shop twice. The newer car does cost more to fix, but it breaks down way less often.
I did contracting work for the USDA for a while. There were a lot of bad government employees, but I thought most were pretty good. The real problem was the independent contract companies (like the one I worked for). They were only interested in billing hours, not in quality of work. The goverment depended on these companies to give them good advice. That advice usually slanted to what every would bill the most hours.
Doesn't NASA have a plan for about any contigency? Anyone know what there plan is if they DO find life on Mars? Do they go public? Do they only tell the president? Going to the far fetched. What are the odds that NASA had some time of plan (at least on paper) on how to handle seeing an ET with the rovers?