Yearly out of pocket is about the same, but when it comes to value, well - Netflix doesn't sell me a subscription, then tell me I have to pay-per-view if I want to watch anything decent or new.
If you can't artificially dampen the quake, the next most viable method would be to surround vulnerable locations with possible countersignal generators and turn on those that would interfere favorably for the protected area. This may have dramatic and destructive side-effects elsewhere...
Like how 2 raindrops in a puddle can cancel the waves of a third in the middle, but send waves of their own radiating outward from their own epicenters.
your statement sums up the tea party. The government is spending money on stuff I don't understand, therefore waste.
Then explain it.
If, after you've explained the topic in an understandable and non-biased manner, the person in question maintains their previous mentality, then it's appropriate to be a dick about it.
But not before. "Catch more flies with honey," and whatnot.
With the advent of LED light bulbs, I don't know why things haven't been made more modular. They could easily make individual LEDs (or small groups of them) within the bulb replaceable, and allow the AC/DC converter, as well as any other circuitry replaceable without requiring that the entire bulb be replaced every time a single component dies.
Devil's Advocate: Yea, but then you could actually fix the thing (with parts you bought from someone else), instead of dropping another $X on a brand new unit. Where's the marketability of that?
This was the basis for a Stephen King story in 1978, "The Stand".
Been a while since I read that one - did he actually go into detail about the origin of the plague, or just leave it at "plague killed most everyone?"
Considering the source, I wouldn't be surprised if he described not only the origin of the plague, but it's shape, texture, coloration, as well as the design of the lab it escaped from, the type of lighting there, what sort of fabric the scientists wore...
Patent No. 8,687,299 has been granted to Apple today for 'Bayonet attachment mechanisms,' i.e. a bayonet mount that is able to securely attach lenses to an iOS device, such as an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad.
Great.
Stick a black synthetic stock and a large capacity SD card on that bad boy, and Diane Feinstein will demand it be banned.
I don't care, this is a good idea. I installed a dash cam in my car. It's just a HD webcam hooked up to a board computer that runs a C++ daemon using the OpenCV libraries but I have already captured some rather spectacular footage. Including a car that had gone off the road in icy conditions, there was a light post which the car had sheared off it's mounting resting on the car's roof (I arrived at the scene post facto). A couple of days ago I captured another bit off scary footage when I had to drive onto the shoulder of the road to avoid a frontal collision with a guy who decided it was a good idea to overhaul three other cars on blind turn in the road. If this keeps up I'll set up a YouTube channel and a website that uses the footage as a library of examples for student drivers of how not to drive.
Maybe when you are poor (=ethnic) you can't afford as many lessons before trying the test, hence a higher fail rate.
Dunno about that, I had precisely zero paid lessons before taking my test, and passed without issue (although, to this day I still suck at parallel parking).
Full disclosure - I did spend a year practicing by driving dad's old farm truck around the yard before taking the test.
For some reason I've lost the previous message. These districts represent high self-made middle class - not the uber-rich people. And high middle class is indeed more Democratic-leaning, because they generally understand that government help is necessary to make poor people lives bearable and give poor children a chance.
Sounds like cognitive dissonance to me - if the "uber-rich" don't live in the 10 richest Congressional districts, where do they live? Canada?
In fact, 8 of the 10 richest Congressional districts are long-time Democratic strongholds.
From the article:
...in Congress, the wealthiest among us are more likely to be represented by a Democrat than a Republican. Of the 10 richest House districts, only two have Republican congressmen. Democrats claim the top six, sprinkled along the East and West coasts. Most are in overwhelmingly Democratic states like New York and California.
The richest: New York's 12th Congressional District, which includes Manhattan's Upper East Side, as well as parts of Queens and Brooklyn. Democrat Carolyn Maloney is in her 11th term representing the district.
How is it NOT like indentured servitude if your employer's competitors have all agreed with your employer that you're not allowed to work for them, that you have to stay with your current employer?
You mean, aside the fact that you're not working for free to pay off a previous debt?
Think of it this way - if you don't want have your income "limited" at six figures because your employer has a "gentleman's agreement" with some of their local competitors, you're always welcome to walk out that door and go apply at McDonald's.
I'd avoid bitching about how your former 6-figure job was "slavery" to your new minimum wage co-workers, in that case.
We find that alcohol consumption fell sharply at the beginning of Prohibition, to approximately 30 percent of its pre-Prohibition level. During the next several years, however, alcohol consumption increased sharply, to about 60-70 percent of its pre-prohibition level. The level of consumption was virtually the same immediately after Prohibition as during the latter part of Prohibition, although consumption increased to approximately its pre-Prohibition level during the subsequent decade.
That record stands even when people aren't asked at all about their alcohol use. Rather, cirrhosis rates can be measured, and show a similar trend.
All that tells me is that the initial smash-up of bars and liquor distributors was temporarily successful at eliminating the immediate supply, but completely ineffective at lowering the actual consumption rate after supply chains were re-established.
Also, it tells me nothing about geekoid's claim that Prohibition "substantially reduce[d] domestic violence."
"Criminalizing booze and drugs never slowed down usage" wrong. Booze consumption drop to very lo rates, AND it did exactly what it set out to do, substantially reduce domestic violence.
And I presume you have empirical data to back that claim, yes?
Data that takes into account the fact that when something is made illegal, many people who use it stop admitting to that fact, correct?
Or are we to take your word for it? Because I'm not very good at doing that.
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(Which just increased its yearly price)
Which is how much more than Netflix?
Yearly out of pocket is about the same, but when it comes to value, well - Netflix doesn't sell me a subscription, then tell me I have to pay-per-view if I want to watch anything decent or new.
the only adventure left is to destroy society.
For some reason, when I read your title+post, I heard it in Don LaFontaine's voice, may he rest in peace.
If you can't artificially dampen the quake, the next most viable method would be to surround vulnerable locations with possible countersignal generators and turn on those that would interfere favorably for the protected area. This may have dramatic and destructive side-effects elsewhere...
Like how 2 raindrops in a puddle can cancel the waves of a third in the middle, but send waves of their own radiating outward from their own epicenters.
your statement sums up the tea party.
The government is spending money on stuff I don't understand, therefore waste.
To a teabagger, "stuff I don't understand" is almost everything except huntin' and killin'.
https://xkcd.com/1339/
your statement sums up the tea party.
The government is spending money on stuff I don't understand, therefore waste.
Then explain it.
If, after you've explained the topic in an understandable and non-biased manner, the person in question maintains their previous mentality, then it's appropriate to be a dick about it.
But not before. "Catch more flies with honey," and whatnot.
If they're Bluetooth based, I wouldn't be worried about random hackers.
No, you just have to worry about the targeted hackers who are taking over your WiFi enabled appliances as they prepare to storm your house.
Here:
Leviton Gray Tamper Resistant Locking INDUSTRIAL Wall Light Switch Keyed 4-Way - $10
You're welcome.
With the advent of LED light bulbs, I don't know why things haven't been made more modular. They could easily make individual LEDs (or small groups of them) within the bulb replaceable, and allow the AC/DC converter, as well as any other circuitry replaceable without requiring that the entire bulb be replaced every time a single component dies.
Devil's Advocate:
Yea, but then you could actually fix the thing (with parts you bought from someone else), instead of dropping another $X on a brand new unit. Where's the marketability of that?
I think the answer he was looking for was "light switch".
That's a pretty bright idea.
Especially coming from such a dim bulb.
This was the basis for a Stephen King story in 1978, "The Stand".
Been a while since I read that one - did he actually go into detail about the origin of the plague, or just leave it at "plague killed most everyone?"
Considering the source, I wouldn't be surprised if he described not only the origin of the plague, but it's shape, texture, coloration, as well as the design of the lab it escaped from, the type of lighting there, what sort of fabric the scientists wore...
Patent No. 8,687,299 has been granted to Apple today for 'Bayonet attachment mechanisms,' i.e. a bayonet mount that is able to securely attach lenses to an iOS device, such as an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad.
Great.
Stick a black synthetic stock and a large capacity SD card on that bad boy, and Diane Feinstein will demand it be banned.
Where's the flood of April First stories? Do I have the date wrong? Is the lack of them the joke? Am I not getting the jokes?
Maybe that's the prank.
I heard an official on the radio state is was 'only' a couple hundred dollars more on the price of a car. F*** you, poor people!
Well obviously, the government doesn't believe poor people should be buying brand new cars.
I can see exactly what is on the ground behind the rear of my vehicle.
Yes, you can see the ground behind the rear of the vehicle. You can't see the side impact about to happen as you stare at the monitor in front of you.
Which is why such technology should be used to supplement good driving practices, not replace them.
It's April 1st. You're not fooling anyone.
I don't care, this is a good idea. I installed a dash cam in my car. It's just a HD webcam hooked up to a board computer that runs a C++ daemon using the OpenCV libraries but I have already captured some rather spectacular footage. Including a car that had gone off the road in icy conditions, there was a light post which the car had sheared off it's mounting resting on the car's roof (I arrived at the scene post facto). A couple of days ago I captured another bit off scary footage when I had to drive onto the shoulder of the road to avoid a frontal collision with a guy who decided it was a good idea to overhaul three other cars on blind turn in the road. If this keeps up I'll set up a YouTube channel and a website that uses the footage as a library of examples for student drivers of how not to drive.
*click*
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Maybe when you are poor (=ethnic) you can't afford as many lessons before trying the test, hence a higher fail rate.
Dunno about that, I had precisely zero paid lessons before taking my test, and passed without issue (although, to this day I still suck at parallel parking).
Full disclosure - I did spend a year practicing by driving dad's old farm truck around the yard before taking the test.
Why must they live in the richest Congressional districts?
Perhaps because "richest districts" in this context means "districts with the highest per-capita income."
Which has nothing to do with your opinions regarding who the "middle class" votes for, and why.
For some reason I've lost the previous message. These districts represent high self-made middle class - not the uber-rich people. And high middle class is indeed more Democratic-leaning, because they generally understand that government help is necessary to make poor people lives bearable and give poor children a chance.
Sounds like cognitive dissonance to me - if the "uber-rich" don't live in the 10 richest Congressional districts, where do they live? Canada?
We're talking about uber-rich rich, the ones that have hundreds of millions in the bank - THEY are mostly Republican.
Not true.
In fact, 8 of the 10 richest Congressional districts are long-time Democratic strongholds.
From the article:
let's offshore the board!
I am so suggesting that at the next shareholder's meeting...
How is it NOT like indentured servitude if your employer's competitors have all agreed with your employer that you're not allowed to work for them, that you have to stay with your current employer?
You mean, aside the fact that you're not working for free to pay off a previous debt?
Think of it this way - if you don't want have your income "limited" at six figures because your employer has a "gentleman's agreement" with some of their local competitors, you're always welcome to walk out that door and go apply at McDonald's.
I'd avoid bitching about how your former 6-figure job was "slavery" to your new minimum wage co-workers, in that case.
I have a kill-switch, right now, and I have control over it.
Right - exactly why you should find the idea of a universal, legally-mandated kill switch you do not have control over to be onerous.
Why should carriers and the government have a key to your kingdom, in addition to the one you yourself possess?
Yes.
We find that alcohol consumption fell sharply at the beginning of Prohibition, to approximately 30 percent of its pre-Prohibition level. During the next several years, however, alcohol consumption increased sharply, to about 60-70 percent of its pre-prohibition level. The level of consumption was virtually the same immediately after Prohibition as during the latter part of Prohibition, although consumption increased to approximately its pre-Prohibition level during the subsequent decade.
That record stands even when people aren't asked at all about their alcohol use. Rather, cirrhosis rates can be measured, and show a similar trend.
All that tells me is that the initial smash-up of bars and liquor distributors was temporarily successful at eliminating the immediate supply, but completely ineffective at lowering the actual consumption rate after supply chains were re-established.
Also, it tells me nothing about geekoid's claim that Prohibition "substantially reduce[d] domestic violence."
The "secure" is just a personal preference. Although, theoretically, so long as I don't give anyone my Dropbox account info...
And, of course, Dropbox isn't self-hosted.
But I can set it up on almost any computer with a simple installer, and configuring my devices was a breeze.
I suppose I don't understand what, precisely, you mean by "that" in your first sentence.
"Criminalizing booze and drugs never slowed down usage"
wrong. Booze consumption drop to very lo rates, AND it did exactly what it set out to do, substantially reduce domestic violence.
And I presume you have empirical data to back that claim, yes?
Data that takes into account the fact that when something is made illegal, many people who use it stop admitting to that fact, correct?
Or are we to take your word for it? Because I'm not very good at doing that.