Corporate self-regulation doesn't have a great track record and for the really big guys, only the feds are able to (or used to be able to) hold their feet to the fire.
Nevertheless, it's unbelievable that after 50 years of nuke plants, we've not moved on to more efficient plants or don't do reprocessing on a mass scale.
It's rank stupidity to rip up the earth to extract a fairly rare substance for 5% of its potential and then have to find safe methods to store the 95% for 10,000 years.
It's renewables, not "renewables". You're making an implication that what is commonly called renewable energy is not - that's flat-out wrong. Their primary weaknesses are that they are intermittent and relatively diffuse.
Neither of those has anything to do with the fact that they are "renewable". Understood?
Not sure if that comparison is fair or not, but Warehouse 13 is more enjoyable than Fringe. If it wasn't for John Noble, there'd be no one worth watching on that waste of electrons. (That said, Eddie McClintock's character is annoying as hell)
And not to knock a hot Aussie actress because I sure love the lot of them but Anna Torv needs to go back to drama school. Let's get Yvonne Strahovski to take over the lead role although Chuck just wouldn't be the same without her.
Those practices clearly need to be changed - I expect my mail to arrive intact.And I expect proper service from any corporation, public or private, monopoly or not and those that don't measure up will hear from me or will lose my business. But what does that have to do with fully funding 75 yrs of pensions in advance?
I can't say if what you claim is true but they have been shrinking the workforce for a long time, dropping 200,000 employees - 25% of the full-time workforce - in the last decade alone.
http://about.usps.com/future-postal-service/postalfacts-2011.pdf , see pg 6
Having a fairly strong viewpoint doesn't mean you're right, but it might mean that you've closed off your mind to further evidence.
Yes, I did read and apply it - "AT ALL TIMES, and particularly after an engagement, PARTIES to the conflict shall, WITHOUT DELAY, take all possible measures to search for and collect the wounded and sick, to protect them against pillage and ill-treatment, to ensure their adequate care, and to search for the dead and prevent their being despoiled."
It does NOT say that only the winning side has the right save the wounded; no-one in the van was armed, their only concern was recovering the wounded man.
Are soldiers incapable of judgment?
But even some who don't support Wikileaks disagree with the military's actions in this incident - here's one from someone who claims to have been in a position to affirm or deny requests to open fire and fought in Iraq: http://blog.ajmartinez.com/2010/04/05/wikileaks-collateral-murder/
A "legal" international military engagement is not a license for live target practice by the armed forces of a purportedly civilized nation.
The conversation between the pilots and the base clearly indicates that there are no US personnel within easy range of a small bunch of men, only 2 of which appear to be armed.
The helicopter is itself in no danger from these men - who were clustered in a circle all facing inward when the firing began. That's a pretty weak battle formation -were they planning a mass suicide?
The delay between the sound of the chopper's guns and the bullets' impacts is nearly 2 seconds, which, according to the postings I've seen by guys with combat experience puts the chopper a mile out ( which seems to be standard procedure ) and well out of range of AK-47s and even RPGs.
But, while the first set of firing could potentially be excused as there were individuals with weapons, you would really have to burn any "objectivity" out of your eye to defend the firing on the van. I'd be curious to read your explanation as to how that bit of slaughter was warranted.
Before you reply, might i trouble you to read http://www.hrweb.org/legal/geneva1.html#Article 15 ?
For starters, there is the "Collateral Murder" video they released - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXPrfnU3G0 ; this was after Reuters, who lost 2 reporters in the shelling, were unsatisfied with the "investigation" that concluded it was a legal engagement of war and requested the video from the lead chopper, which was denied.
Trust a conservative to not check facts. How lazy can you be? Hmm, let's see. Those crazy Canucks have this thing called elections. Wonder how that played out?
Typing "canada elec.." in Wikipedia led me to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_elections_2011; about 15 sec of scanning and I found a link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_federal_election,_2011 and the handy synopsis on the right of the top of the article shows the Conservative Party got a hair under 40% of a voter turnout of 61%.
Yes, life will go on and we will adapt but a lot of us will find life to be even nastier, more brutish and much shorter than it is now. The human race is not going to die out but I think a lot of the progress of the 20th century will be reversed, especially in the area of international cooperation.
And, if the very worst predictions do start to come through, I wouldn't rule out another World War.
You're wrong about inflammable and flammable. While inflammable is older, dating back to the late 16th century, flammable is almost 2 centuries old, well in advance of either Yoda, Slashdotters, or Fleshlights ( I hope I got the order of origination right for those last 3 ).
But, soft, for the common speech doth truly amend as the seasons turn. Else why wouldst it be that in uncounted years hence our distant progeny not speakest as ye and me?
Oops, typo - here's the corrected text:
If you agree to what I proposed before, with the exception of CA, then I agree. Every other state gets their tax / handout ratio flipped for 10 years and CA has to sort out their own problems withOUT Fed help.
If you agree to what I proposed before, with the exception of CA, then I agree. Every other state gets their tax / handout ratio flipped for 10 years and CA has to sort out their own problems with Fed help.
Deal?
At this very moment, there are thousands transmitting "I hate science" and "Math is hard" on their pocket communication devices. If clay tablets were good enough for the Egyptians, an advanced civilization of their day, what more do we need?
Which is exactly the sort of response to be expected from those who've benefited from the largesse of others.
The phrase for that is "sense of entitlement".
I'm in support of fiscal restraint but perhaps the states that support the old farts who've made it their rallying cry and hold every action of Congress hostage to it should LEAD by EXAMPLE.
It's about payback - let the ones who've been benefiting off the back of others return the money, even if it takes years. Somehow, this is a concept that the USA no longer understands. Must be too many Wall St ballsuckers in Congress.
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So how long before we reach peak lava?
Corporate self-regulation doesn't have a great track record and for the really big guys, only the feds are able to (or used to be able to) hold their feet to the fire.
Nevertheless, it's unbelievable that after 50 years of nuke plants, we've not moved on to more efficient plants or don't do reprocessing on a mass scale. It's rank stupidity to rip up the earth to extract a fairly rare substance for 5% of its potential and then have to find safe methods to store the 95% for 10,000 years.
It's renewables, not "renewables". You're making an implication that what is commonly called renewable energy is not - that's flat-out wrong. Their primary weaknesses are that they are intermittent and relatively diffuse. Neither of those has anything to do with the fact that they are "renewable". Understood?
Not sure if that comparison is fair or not, but Warehouse 13 is more enjoyable than Fringe. If it wasn't for John Noble, there'd be no one worth watching on that waste of electrons. (That said, Eddie McClintock's character is annoying as hell) And not to knock a hot Aussie actress because I sure love the lot of them but Anna Torv needs to go back to drama school. Let's get Yvonne Strahovski to take over the lead role although Chuck just wouldn't be the same without her.
Those practices clearly need to be changed - I expect my mail to arrive intact.And I expect proper service from any corporation, public or private, monopoly or not and those that don't measure up will hear from me or will lose my business. But what does that have to do with fully funding 75 yrs of pensions in advance?
I can't say if what you claim is true but they have been shrinking the workforce for a long time, dropping 200,000 employees - 25% of the full-time workforce - in the last decade alone. http://about.usps.com/future-postal-service/postalfacts-2011.pdf , see pg 6
Having a fairly strong viewpoint doesn't mean you're right, but it might mean that you've closed off your mind to further evidence.
Yes, I did read and apply it - "AT ALL TIMES, and particularly after an engagement, PARTIES to the conflict shall, WITHOUT DELAY, take all possible measures to search for and collect the wounded and sick, to protect them against pillage and ill-treatment, to ensure their adequate care, and to search for the dead and prevent their being despoiled." It does NOT say that only the winning side has the right save the wounded; no-one in the van was armed, their only concern was recovering the wounded man. Are soldiers incapable of judgment?
But even some who don't support Wikileaks disagree with the military's actions in this incident - here's one from someone who claims to have been in a position to affirm or deny requests to open fire and fought in Iraq: http://blog.ajmartinez.com/2010/04/05/wikileaks-collateral-murder/
A "legal" international military engagement is not a license for live target practice by the armed forces of a purportedly civilized nation.
The conversation between the pilots and the base clearly indicates that there are no US personnel within easy range of a small bunch of men, only 2 of which appear to be armed. The helicopter is itself in no danger from these men - who were clustered in a circle all facing inward when the firing began. That's a pretty weak battle formation -were they planning a mass suicide? The delay between the sound of the chopper's guns and the bullets' impacts is nearly 2 seconds, which, according to the postings I've seen by guys with combat experience puts the chopper a mile out ( which seems to be standard procedure ) and well out of range of AK-47s and even RPGs. But, while the first set of firing could potentially be excused as there were individuals with weapons, you would really have to burn any "objectivity" out of your eye to defend the firing on the van. I'd be curious to read your explanation as to how that bit of slaughter was warranted. Before you reply, might i trouble you to read http://www.hrweb.org/legal/geneva1.html#Article 15 ?
For starters, there is the "Collateral Murder" video they released - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXPrfnU3G0 ; this was after Reuters, who lost 2 reporters in the shelling, were unsatisfied with the "investigation" that concluded it was a legal engagement of war and requested the video from the lead chopper, which was denied.
I guess I can't expect maturity from high-numbered UIDs.
Grow up, retard; the goatse shit is old - much older than you'll ever be.
Trust a conservative to not check facts. How lazy can you be? Hmm, let's see. Those crazy Canucks have this thing called elections. Wonder how that played out? Typing "canada elec.." in Wikipedia led me to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_elections_2011; about 15 sec of scanning and I found a link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_federal_election,_2011 and the handy synopsis on the right of the top of the article shows the Conservative Party got a hair under 40% of a voter turnout of 61%.
Yes, life will go on and we will adapt but a lot of us will find life to be even nastier, more brutish and much shorter than it is now. The human race is not going to die out but I think a lot of the progress of the 20th century will be reversed, especially in the area of international cooperation. And, if the very worst predictions do start to come through, I wouldn't rule out another World War.
You're wrong about inflammable and flammable. While inflammable is older, dating back to the late 16th century, flammable is almost 2 centuries old, well in advance of either Yoda, Slashdotters, or Fleshlights ( I hope I got the order of origination right for those last 3 ).
But, soft, for the common speech doth truly amend as the seasons turn. Else why wouldst it be that in uncounted years hence our distant progeny not speakest as ye and me?
The geek? Don't you mean, the foreigner?
Oops, typo - here's the corrected text: If you agree to what I proposed before, with the exception of CA, then I agree. Every other state gets their tax / handout ratio flipped for 10 years and CA has to sort out their own problems withOUT Fed help.
Deal?
If you agree to what I proposed before, with the exception of CA, then I agree. Every other state gets their tax / handout ratio flipped for 10 years and CA has to sort out their own problems with Fed help. Deal?
I knew at least some of my Slashdot kindred would get it but it hasn't been modded Funny yet.
Well you could have helped him out by spelling "flu" correctly. :-)
If some government has already created this ultimate killer bug then further research would just be superfluous.
At this very moment, there are thousands transmitting "I hate science" and "Math is hard" on their pocket communication devices. If clay tablets were good enough for the Egyptians, an advanced civilization of their day, what more do we need?
Which is exactly the sort of response to be expected from those who've benefited from the largesse of others. The phrase for that is "sense of entitlement". I'm in support of fiscal restraint but perhaps the states that support the old farts who've made it their rallying cry and hold every action of Congress hostage to it should LEAD by EXAMPLE.
It's about payback - let the ones who've been benefiting off the back of others return the money, even if it takes years. Somehow, this is a concept that the USA no longer understands. Must be too many Wall St ballsuckers in Congress.
Actually, I have; way back, but not since the founding of Quixtar.