Please do not blanket statement all of us like that. There most certainly is a very large contingent of my fellow countrymen who are uninformed and don't wish to be informed. But not all of us. The problem is the ignorant are so much LOUDER than the rest of us.
[offtopic] I looked at your homepage, I have read some of your short stories. ( used to subscribe to Asimov's SF from graduating HS in 77 until about 1990), I have never read one of your novels, I shall have to correct that oversite. (I haven't checked for availability, I hope most are still in print.) Do you have a favorite? A 'swan song' if you will?
Bringing information to people via connecting them globally in the hopes of improving their impoverished state is a far more important part of the story than the details of what tech they may or may not use.
But of course, the details of what tech you use is more important than enlightening someone with access to information that may be life changing. How could I of missed that?
If I had not already commented I would mod this up. I see this comparison all the time like it actually means something.
It appears its only purpose is to foster feelings of guilt by directly comparing wages transposed into another currency without the context of 'what does it buy in their economy.' After all, saying they make 171 KES (Kenyan Shillings) per day just doesn't sound so bad....
Organic is just as bad too, after all, it it was ever alive, its organic.
If you want it to mean yield, put up a yield sign. Confusing the meaning of traffic control signs simply is not a good idea. Traffic control needs to be simple, concise, and readily understandable.
Giving a stop sign double meaning for different traffic only confuses the issue and undoubtedly opens the door to a whole new branch of litigation. How is that a good idea?
Growing up in Washington, we always called a rolling stop a California stop. On the premise that California drivers treated stop signs and speed limits as 'suggestions.' (Washington drivers have always been just as guilty, perhaps we called it that to deflect blame?)
I never heard of an Idaho stop before this article. And I live 30 miles from the Idaho border.
You're correct, I should of stated "most people don't ride when it's 20 degrees F."
I made an incorrect blanket statement, as most such blanket statements tend to be.
But I do live right below you, In Washington State. So while we don't get as much, we do get our share of winter. (and about every 10 years, much more than our share....)
Comparing ID with a short biking season to CA with a year long biking season invalidates their studies in my eyes. I have lived in both places. ID should have a lower rate. They are not comparable.
Also, Stop means Stop. Otherwise change the signs. Double meanings do not add to clarity.
As a driving instructor, I have a hard time with 'treating a stop sign as yield," and yes, I know that colors my opinion.
Also, I think a lot of my opinion springs from the gal I hit last summer who slowed for a stop sign and decided (in her words to the cop) "I thought I could make it." Fortunately I slammed my brakes and the impact was at a relatively slow speed, so no injuries.
I realize the 'idea' is to proceed 'only when clear.' Of course you only notice the stupid ones, not the ones who do it safely.
Most likely, I've simply entered the 'old fogey set in his ways period of life......'
Oh, I read the article. I just don't see treating a stop as a yield is a safe idea. I am a professional driver trainer, so perhaps my opinion is clouded as to their reasoning. And I think it will open a big can of legal worms as an aside. Also the cities are not comparable, which in my opinion, invalidates the data. Idaho is cold in the winter, (I live in Washington State, right next door.) Bakersfield and Sacramento are not. This of course, is just my opinion.
"When he compared recent census data from Boise to Bakersfield and Sacramento, California â€" relatively similar-sized cities with comparable percentages of bikers, topographies, precipitation patterns, and street layouts."
Precipitation patterns? Really? Comparing a city that you can bike in all year to a city that has real winter? You don't ride a bike in Boise in fucking December. They have a lower accident rate in a city that for at least a third of the year is not suitable to ride a bike in, to a city with year round riding weather, and call that a comparison?
Goddamit, I want a million dollar grant to come up with stupidly.
I was a television repairman in another life (before disposable TVs) and the only place that carries enough voltage and amperage to kill you is the high voltage transformer. To discharge, simply attach a ground to a screwdriver, insert under the tube connection point.(the wire from the top of the transformer to the side of the tube, notable for a large round rubber connector.) If there is a charge you hear a snap and it's discharged. If you hear nothing, there was no charge.
Really? I didn't know European/Asian or wheresoever else's media only reports butterflies and unicorns for India?
Your judgement of America is as unfounded, biased and inaccurate as the media attempts to make my judgement of your country. The only difference. I know it's bullshit.
Blanket statements like that are almost always false and reek of the bigotry you're complaining about.
It could be even simpler, Pay deposit on computer A, use, deduct charge from deposit based on time spent on the computer. Or simply pay an hourly charge in advance and manually notify customers when their time is expired.
No additional equipment required, as a bonus, less maintenance on the computers...no HDD means no virus problem. Plus the computers themselves should be less expensive to purchase.
Oh absolutely. Stability is indeed a major issue for them to overcome. And of course you're correct, it does not matter what label that government comes under, just that it is stable and not seen as a threat to the rest of the globe. If your leaders are psychopaths, you're not going to attract industry.
It is rather amusing thinking of the most populated country on earth as having labor shortages. I understand why, it's just an amusing thought.
"That's because of the news cycle, or your news sources. "If it bleeds, it leads"."
Such a good point. I admit, this was my view of Africa before I met a couple of real Africans. One from Liberia, another from Somalia. They both paint very different pictures of the Dark Continent.
Fungbey, my friend from Liberia, paints a modern picture, tarnished only by the civil war that ended in (I think) 2003. The country is nearly indistinguishable from any western country, but much poorer. Education is very valued and easy to obtain and for many emigrating to the west they're education is the only thing they bring with them. Yes, they have a lot more problems and poverty than most of the west, but it is nowhere near what you see on the news, which focuses on the problematic interior, where warlords are still the problem .
Kannah, my friend from Somalia, paints a picture of abject poverty, corruption, and pretty much everything you see bad about Africa. You almost never see Fungbeys Africa in the news. Except for the civil war, Liberia is just too normal and boring to be interesting.
For the worst of Africa, yeah, no electricity, internet, food shortages, etc, the PC is a no starter. But a lot of Africans live in modern Africa. Ignored by the mainstream news until something bad happens.
And I personally think Africa will become the next China, just as China replaced S. Korea, that replaced Japan and so on for cheap labor. I see it as a good thing. This cycle has left all of those countries better off than before.
But I understand why so many have the same incorrect view of Africa that I did. No one reports on Africa's good points, or Europe's, or America's. All any of us hear are the bad parts of other cultures. You have to search for anything beyond sensationalism.
"After an initial flurry of interest in Oklo, mining continued and the natural reactors--surely among the most extraordinary natural phenomena on the planet-- have all been mined out."
Thanks for letting me know. Not certain what I did wrong. So here are the specs: AMD FX-8320 3.5 GHz 8-core Zalman 92mm Performa CPU Cooler Asus M5A97 LE r2.0 ATX MB G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB (2x4) 1866MHz DDR3 Memory Sapphire Radeon r9 270x Video card Sentry ATX mid tower case Zalman 600w Bronze ATX PSU Win8.1 TP-link USB wi-fi adapter
$812 USD. Quiet and runs very cool (32C idle mid 60C running maxed out) You can hear the fans but they are still far under the game soundtrack, but it is much quieter and cooler than my old 'desktop replacement' laptop was.)
I built this (with a couple of sales at the time) for $812 one month ago. I supplied previous peripherals like a 32" LG 720p HDTV for the monitor as well as a MS wireless KB and Logitech M570 wireless trackball along with several types of gaming controllers.
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Castaway, (1986, not the FedEx commercial) was a better love story than Twilight.
Come to think of it, so was Tom Hanks FedEx commercial....Wilson!!!!
"hard for Americans to understand"
Please do not blanket statement all of us like that. There most certainly is a very large contingent of my fellow countrymen who are uninformed and don't wish to be informed. But not all of us. The problem is the ignorant are so much LOUDER than the rest of us.
[offtopic]
I looked at your homepage, I have read some of your short stories. ( used to subscribe to Asimov's SF from graduating HS in 77 until about 1990),
I have never read one of your novels, I shall have to correct that oversite. (I haven't checked for availability, I hope most are still in print.) Do you have a favorite? A 'swan song' if you will?
Yes, I was.
Bringing information to people via connecting them globally in the hopes of improving their impoverished state is a far more important part of the story than the details of what tech they may or may not use.
But of course, the details of what tech you use is more important than enlightening someone with access to information that may be life changing. How could I of missed that?
If I had not already commented I would mod this up. I see this comparison all the time like it actually means something.
It appears its only purpose is to foster feelings of guilt by directly comparing wages transposed into another currency without the context of 'what does it buy in their economy.' After all, saying they make 171 KES (Kenyan Shillings) per day just doesn't sound so bad....
Organic is just as bad too, after all, it it was ever alive, its organic.
It's better than yours.
Simply put. Stop means Stop.,
If you want it to mean yield, put up a yield sign.
Confusing the meaning of traffic control signs simply is not a good idea. Traffic control needs to be simple, concise, and readily understandable.
Giving a stop sign double meaning for different traffic only confuses the issue and undoubtedly opens the door to a whole new branch of litigation. How is that a good idea?
Growing up in Washington, we always called a rolling stop a California stop. On the premise that California drivers treated stop signs and speed limits as 'suggestions.' (Washington drivers have always been just as guilty, perhaps we called it that to deflect blame?)
I never heard of an Idaho stop before this article. And I live 30 miles from the Idaho border.
You're correct, I should of stated "most people don't ride when it's 20 degrees F."
I made an incorrect blanket statement, as most such blanket statements tend to be.
But I do live right below you, In Washington State. So while we don't get as much, we do get our share of winter. (and about every 10 years, much more than our share....)
Comparing ID with a short biking season to CA with a year long biking season invalidates their studies in my eyes. I have lived in both places. ID should have a lower rate. They are not comparable.
Also, Stop means Stop. Otherwise change the signs. Double meanings do not add to clarity.
Yes, when I lived in Santa Clara, I did.
As a driving instructor, I have a hard time with 'treating a stop sign as yield," and yes, I know that colors my opinion.
Also, I think a lot of my opinion springs from the gal I hit last summer who slowed for a stop sign and decided (in her words to the cop) "I thought I could make it."
Fortunately I slammed my brakes and the impact was at a relatively slow speed, so no injuries.
I realize the 'idea' is to proceed 'only when clear.' Of course you only notice the stupid ones, not the ones who do it safely.
Most likely, I've simply entered the 'old fogey set in his ways period of life......'
Boise should be safer. You don't ride in 20 degree F weather. The riding season is much shorter.
Oh, I read the article. I just don't see treating a stop as a yield is a safe idea. I am a professional driver trainer, so perhaps my opinion is clouded as to their reasoning. And I think it will open a big can of legal worms as an aside.
Also the cities are not comparable, which in my opinion, invalidates the data.
Idaho is cold in the winter, (I live in Washington State, right next door.) Bakersfield and Sacramento are not.
This of course, is just my opinion.
"When he compared recent census data from Boise to Bakersfield and Sacramento, California â€" relatively similar-sized cities with comparable percentages of bikers, topographies, precipitation patterns, and street layouts."
Precipitation patterns? Really? Comparing a city that you can bike in all year to a city that has real winter? You don't ride a bike in Boise in fucking December. They have a lower accident rate in a city that for at least a third of the year is not suitable to ride a bike in, to a city with year round riding weather, and call that a comparison?
Goddamit, I want a million dollar grant to come up with stupidly.
.....rolling through a stop sign in front of my car than if he stopped.....
Sure, that makes perfect sense.
No more drugs for you.
I was a television repairman in another life (before disposable TVs) and the only place that carries enough voltage and amperage to kill you is the high voltage transformer. To discharge, simply attach a ground to a screwdriver, insert under the tube connection point.(the wire from the top of the transformer to the side of the tube, notable for a large round rubber connector.) If there is a charge you hear a snap and it's discharged. If you hear nothing, there was no charge.
Works like a charm.
" Running an OS off a USB stick is not exactly novel - it's been done for years"
If this is what you think the article is about, you have completely missed the point.
Really? I didn't know European/Asian or wheresoever else's media only reports butterflies and unicorns for India?
Your judgement of America is as unfounded, biased and inaccurate as the media attempts to make my judgement of your country. The only difference. I know it's bullshit.
Blanket statements like that are almost always false and reek of the bigotry you're complaining about.
Time for a mirror.
It could be even simpler, Pay deposit on computer A, use, deduct charge from deposit based on time spent on the computer.
Or simply pay an hourly charge in advance and manually notify customers when their time is expired.
No additional equipment required, as a bonus, less maintenance on the computers...no HDD means no virus problem. Plus the computers themselves should be less expensive to purchase.
Oh absolutely. Stability is indeed a major issue for them to overcome. And of course you're correct, it does not matter what label that government comes under, just that it is stable and not seen as a threat to the rest of the globe. If your leaders are psychopaths, you're not going to attract industry.
It is rather amusing thinking of the most populated country on earth as having labor shortages. I understand why, it's just an amusing thought.
"That's because of the news cycle, or your news sources. "If it bleeds, it leads"."
Such a good point. I admit, this was my view of Africa before I met a couple of real Africans. One from Liberia, another from Somalia.
They both paint very different pictures of the Dark Continent.
Fungbey, my friend from Liberia, paints a modern picture, tarnished only by the civil war that ended in (I think) 2003. The country is nearly indistinguishable from any western country, but much poorer. Education is very valued and easy to obtain and for many emigrating to the west they're education is the only thing they bring with them. Yes, they have a lot more problems and poverty than most of the west, but it is nowhere near what you see on the news, which focuses on the problematic interior, where warlords are still the problem .
Kannah, my friend from Somalia, paints a picture of abject poverty, corruption, and pretty much everything you see bad about Africa.
You almost never see Fungbeys Africa in the news. Except for the civil war, Liberia is just too normal and boring to be interesting.
For the worst of Africa, yeah, no electricity, internet, food shortages, etc, the PC is a no starter. But a lot of Africans live in modern Africa. Ignored by the mainstream news until something bad happens.
And I personally think Africa will become the next China, just as China replaced S. Korea, that replaced Japan and so on for cheap labor.
I see it as a good thing. This cycle has left all of those countries better off than before.
But I understand why so many have the same incorrect view of Africa that I did. No one reports on Africa's good points, or Europe's, or America's. All any of us hear are the bad parts of other cultures. You have to search for anything beyond sensationalism.
My mother was 15 when she married my dad, 25.
1956. Perfectly legal.
Today he would be prosecuted as a sex criminal.
"After an initial flurry of interest in Oklo, mining continued and the natural reactors--surely among the most extraordinary natural phenomena on the planet-- have all been mined out."
That this story is 42 years late?
Thanks for letting me know. Not certain what I did wrong.
So here are the specs:
AMD FX-8320 3.5 GHz 8-core
Zalman 92mm Performa CPU Cooler
Asus M5A97 LE r2.0 ATX MB
G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB (2x4) 1866MHz DDR3 Memory
Sapphire Radeon r9 270x Video card
Sentry ATX mid tower case
Zalman 600w Bronze ATX PSU
Win8.1
TP-link USB wi-fi adapter
$812 USD. Quiet and runs very cool (32C idle mid 60C running maxed out) You can hear the fans but they are still far under the game soundtrack, but it is much quieter and cooler than my old 'desktop replacement' laptop was.)
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I built this (with a couple of sales at the time) for $812 one month ago.
I supplied previous peripherals like a 32" LG 720p HDTV for the monitor as well as a MS wireless KB and Logitech M570 wireless trackball along with several types of gaming controllers.
For a budget gaming build, it kicks ass.
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