As soon as most inspections went to a computer hookup instead of an actual "sniffer" in the tailpipe it was bound to happen. Any code can be cracked and a work around found. If someone can write the program someone else can find a way to screw it up.
In the 90's you couldn't even get a student loan for any degree level in Philosophy. Why? The only jobs are for those with a PHD teaching Philosophy at the University level. I learned this when I went back for a business degree. Yet in the idiotic push for the ridiculous "well rounded" education, students are forced to take useless classes like this. Subsidizing classes with no real value in the job market.
Since I live in North Carolina I just have to comment. If anyone thinks the Democrats that controlled the legislature for over 90 of the last 100 years didn't try to gerrymander, they are fools. The fact that they lost the legislature anyway tells any person that actually thinks for themselves that the people aren't buying what they are selling. Even when the districts are drawn to influence the outcome, if the people get fed up, the seat will change anyway. One seat that stayed Democrat was NC 12. A look at the map shows why, this twisted like a run over snake district runs along I85 from Greensboro to Charlotte and has bits of 4 counties. A black Republican woman can't win there (DR Ada Fisher tried at least 4 times). Only a liberal Democrat can possibly win. I doubt if that will change in my lifetime since the courts won't allow it.
I had TV from Time Warner for 7 years. During that time I never once received a bill for the same amount 2 months in a row. Always a few pennies more. Either it is corporate policy to steal a bit from each customer or they don't know how to count. They are really trying to rival AT&T as the most dishonest company in American history.
First thing is: Obama signed a treaty, until it is ratified by the Senate it has no meaning or force of law on anyone or anything in the U. S. A. Number two: The U. S. A. cripples it's economy while China does nothing but make things worse for 15 years, why would anyone think this helps cut pollution in any way? China today puts more pollution in the air in a week than the U. S. A. does in a year. How is this going to make any measurable difference?
Statistics as taught in it's current form (just like economics) came about in the 50's, they were both designed by out of work mathematicians. Now to an unemployed Math PHD in the 50's with the start of the space program and the massive military research programs, how good were these guys? When I took Stat in college I was amazed. Take one set of data and produce two diametrically opposed answers and have them both correct? Sounds like rumor, gossip, and BS to me, not science. No wonder there are lies, damn lies, and statistics!
History shows that more than 80% of windows vulnerabilities are IE based. Only the gullible and foolish would use such an unsecure and worthless piece of crapware. IE has never been good M$ couldn't even give it away when Netscape cost money. Nobody would use it when it was free. M$ had to incorporate it into the OS before they got any real market share.
The Military can't be done by the private sector and if you look at procurement it's anything but efficient. The Park service like any other Govt. agency has bloated administration that does nothing but shuffle endless paperwork. The rangers are the ones doing something worthwhile.
Why would anyone think the Government could run healthcare? Is there any sign of competence or efficiency in Medicare, Medicade, or the VA? All are inefficient and fraud ridden with time wasted by reams of worthless paperwork. There is not one single thing that the Government of the US has ever done more efficiently than the private sector.
There are 2 simple reasons why this isn't being done. 1. Cost for the indentification unit is prohibitive. It would double the cost of the weapon. 2. It has been proven over the years that you can not make something idiot proof. I don't care if it's a weapon or a power tool, some moron will always come along and try something nobody else ever imagined and injure themselves or someone else. Look at all the safety warnings in any instruction manual and realize that someone actually did that.
Teaching people to have a respect for human life would do more to stop these mass killings than anything else. When I was in High School (class of 74) half the vehicles in the student parking lot were pickup trucks with a gun rack in the back window. There was always a rifle and/or a shotgun in the rack. We never had anyone shot at school because we knew the difference between right and wrong.
Why does every windows application programmer think their program is so special or important that it needs to run in the background? The first thing to speed up any computer is to kill all the crappola trying run at start up. A program should run when started and when exited from it should completely shut down and even delete any temp files it created. I did a cleanup on a customers machine once and deleted over 10,000 temp files. That is lazy and stupid programming.
He left the US and renounced his citizenship a year ago. Only now is it news because of the IPO? Schumer is one of the worst for totalitarian Marxism in the senate. He should be tied to a tree upside down and fed Ex-Lax for a month.
There is a reason that AT&T was broken up 25 or so years ago. Those reasons still hold true. They were the worst service and most dishonest company around in the 70's. I have not dealt with them since I was given a choice and never would again. They don't need to buy other companies and become bigger.
Instead of going after the actual spammers why not fine the companies that hire them. If a Bank (Orchard Bank leaps to mind) hires an advertising company to push credit cards, fine the bank if their agent uses SPAM as a marketing tool. Pretty soon any reputable company will not allow their name to be tied to SPAM and anything left will be all scams.
Standard tracks can't handle the speed. The biggest part of the cost is building a new dedicated track with no road crossings, elevated for a large part of the route. If Amtrak is any indication plan on the price being at least 4X what is proposed and it would be a miracle if it exceeds 100 MPH. Govt. control is the most expensive and least efficient way to do anything.
Newsflash, the electorate is more worried about the socialist policies of this administration. We don't want and will never accept a Marxist Govt. in the U.S. The so called health care bill was about control not health care. Now we get to pay another tax if we sell a house? WTF does that have to do with making health care cheaper? Just more money for the Thundering Herd of Dumbass formerly known as Congress to waste. Spendulous created no jobs and the debt is killing jobs. Failed policies are not the way to win an election and Marxist/socialism has failed every time it has been tried.
The Demonrats want their power and can't believe the voter won't agree. In New Bern, NC a woman tried to vote a straight R ticket and all the D's got checked, she cleared it and tried again, same result. Two more tries with poll workers in attendance, same thing, finally on the 5th try it recorded correctly. The people trying to rig this election should be tied to a tree, upside down, and fed Ex-Lax for a month!
I have not bought a quart of Quaker State oil since 1985 when they did the blaring commercials. I have not and will not buy any product advertised this way. If they want my money they can act civilized not like screaming lunatics.
How about being able to turn off Google Instant? Of course there is a button under preferences to do that but it doesn't work. That way Google can still try to force their paid for crap on people. Having a false feature is a fraudulent act. Wonder when they get sued?
I use Google less and less. Mostly type where I need to go by url now. The "instant" crap is never close to what I want and just a way for Google to show who paid the biggest bribe.
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As soon as most inspections went to a computer hookup instead of an actual "sniffer" in the tailpipe it was bound to happen. Any code can be cracked and a work around found. If someone can write the program someone else can find a way to screw it up.
Since they have a virtual Quarterback, it makes sense. If they had a real one...
In the 90's you couldn't even get a student loan for any degree level in Philosophy. Why? The only jobs are for those with a PHD teaching Philosophy at the University level. I learned this when I went back for a business degree. Yet in the idiotic push for the ridiculous "well rounded" education, students are forced to take useless classes like this. Subsidizing classes with no real value in the job market.
Since I live in North Carolina I just have to comment. If anyone thinks the Democrats that controlled the legislature for over 90 of the last 100 years didn't try to gerrymander, they are fools. The fact that they lost the legislature anyway tells any person that actually thinks for themselves that the people aren't buying what they are selling. Even when the districts are drawn to influence the outcome, if the people get fed up, the seat will change anyway. One seat that stayed Democrat was NC 12. A look at the map shows why, this twisted like a run over snake district runs along I85 from Greensboro to Charlotte and has bits of 4 counties. A black Republican woman can't win there (DR Ada Fisher tried at least 4 times). Only a liberal Democrat can possibly win. I doubt if that will change in my lifetime since the courts won't allow it.
I had TV from Time Warner for 7 years. During that time I never once received a bill for the same amount 2 months in a row. Always a few pennies more. Either it is corporate policy to steal a bit from each customer or they don't know how to count. They are really trying to rival AT&T as the most dishonest company in American history.
First thing is: Obama signed a treaty, until it is ratified by the Senate it has no meaning or force of law on anyone or anything in the U. S. A. Number two: The U. S. A. cripples it's economy while China does nothing but make things worse for 15 years, why would anyone think this helps cut pollution in any way? China today puts more pollution in the air in a week than the U. S. A. does in a year. How is this going to make any measurable difference?
Statistics as taught in it's current form (just like economics) came about in the 50's, they were both designed by out of work mathematicians. Now to an unemployed Math PHD in the 50's with the start of the space program and the massive military research programs, how good were these guys? When I took Stat in college I was amazed. Take one set of data and produce two diametrically opposed answers and have them both correct? Sounds like rumor, gossip, and BS to me, not science.
No wonder there are lies, damn lies, and statistics!
History shows that more than 80% of windows vulnerabilities are IE based. Only the gullible and foolish would use such an unsecure and worthless piece of crapware. IE has never been good M$ couldn't even give it away when Netscape cost money. Nobody would use it when it was free. M$ had to incorporate it into the OS before they got any real market share.
The Military can't be done by the private sector and if you look at procurement it's anything but efficient. The Park service like any other Govt. agency has bloated administration that does nothing but shuffle endless paperwork. The rangers are the ones doing something worthwhile.
Why would anyone think the Government could run healthcare? Is there any sign of competence or efficiency in Medicare, Medicade, or the VA? All are inefficient and fraud ridden with time wasted by reams of worthless paperwork. There is not one single thing that the Government of the US has ever done more efficiently than the private sector.
There are 2 simple reasons why this isn't being done.
1. Cost for the indentification unit is prohibitive. It would double the cost of the weapon.
2. It has been proven over the years that you can not make something idiot proof. I don't care if it's a weapon or a power tool, some moron will always come along and try something nobody else ever imagined and injure themselves or someone else. Look at all the safety warnings in any instruction manual and realize that someone actually did that.
Teaching people to have a respect for human life would do more to stop these mass killings than anything else. When I was in High School (class of 74) half the vehicles in the student parking lot were pickup trucks with a gun rack in the back window. There was always a rifle and/or a shotgun in the rack. We never had anyone shot at school because we knew the difference between right and wrong.
Why does every windows application programmer think their program is so special or important that it needs to run in the background? The first thing to speed up any computer is to kill all the crappola trying run at start up. A program should run when started and when exited from it should completely shut down and even delete any temp files it created. I did a cleanup on a customers machine once and deleted over 10,000 temp files. That is lazy and stupid programming.
One, Justice Roberts took something that was not written as a tax, only defended as one, and changed the legislation.
Two, Justice Roberts confirmed that every time Pelosi, Reid, and Obama claim something isn't a tax, they are liars. Which most of us already knew.
He left the US and renounced his citizenship a year ago. Only now is it news because of the IPO? Schumer is one of the worst for totalitarian Marxism in the senate. He should be tied to a tree upside down and fed Ex-Lax for a month.
There is a reason that AT&T was broken up 25 or so years ago. Those reasons still hold true. They were the worst service and most dishonest company around in the 70's. I have not dealt with them since I was given a choice and never would again. They don't need to buy other companies and become bigger.
Instead of going after the actual spammers why not fine the companies that hire them. If a Bank (Orchard Bank leaps to mind) hires an advertising company to push credit cards, fine the bank if their agent uses SPAM as a marketing tool. Pretty soon any reputable company will not allow their name to be tied to SPAM and anything left will be all scams.
Standard tracks can't handle the speed. The biggest part of the cost is building a new dedicated track with no road crossings, elevated for a large part of the route. If Amtrak is any indication plan on the price being at least 4X what is proposed and it would be a miracle if it exceeds 100 MPH. Govt. control is the most expensive and least efficient way to do anything.
Newsflash, the electorate is more worried about the socialist policies of this administration. We don't want and will never accept a Marxist Govt. in the U.S.
The so called health care bill was about control not health care. Now we get to pay another tax if we sell a house? WTF does that have to do with making health care cheaper? Just more money for the Thundering Herd of Dumbass formerly known as Congress to waste.
Spendulous created no jobs and the debt is killing jobs.
Failed policies are not the way to win an election and Marxist/socialism has failed every time it has been tried.
The Demonrats want their power and can't believe the voter won't agree. In New Bern, NC a woman tried to vote a straight R ticket and all the D's got checked, she cleared it and tried again, same result. Two more tries with poll workers in attendance, same thing, finally on the 5th try it recorded correctly. The people trying to rig this election should be tied to a tree, upside down, and fed Ex-Lax for a month!
The one that are annoyingly loud lose my business. Everybody has their own tolerance level.
I have not bought a quart of Quaker State oil since 1985 when they did the blaring commercials. I have not and will not buy any product advertised this way. If they want my money they can act civilized not like screaming lunatics.
How about being able to turn off Google Instant?
Of course there is a button under preferences to do that but it doesn't work. That way Google can still try to force their paid for crap on people. Having a false feature is a fraudulent act. Wonder when they get sued?
I use Google less and less. Mostly type where I need to go by url now. The "instant" crap is never close to what I want and just a way for Google to show who paid the biggest bribe.
Kind of like the chances of building an unsinkable ship.
Sounds like the people who designed the Titanic.
There used to be a "Doubleclick" opt-out cookie that they honored. I wonder if it still works since the Google takeover?