I'm amazed at how hard environmentalists and unions (back in their early days) had to fight against robber barons and corporate scoundrels in the US - a country that prides itself on its Christian faith. They are good and safe ways to do most things but it does drive the cost up. But, in the slightly longer run, it pays for itself in what does NOT have to be done - fewer expensive cleanups, less spent on health coverage, etc.
I suspect that your attack on the Prius is due to a long-refuted article. You can find links to the various counterpoints at answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080115163841AAaTOdb
The Passivhaus concept (if that's the right word for something that have 25000 certified structures worldwide) looks very intriguing. I'm trying to convince a homebuilder friend of mine to consider the concept but he's much more conservative in his thinking than I.
Only 13 of these are in North America but there are many examples in Germany and Scandinavia. There is one in LaFayette, LA so this can be made to work for hot, humid climates.
I've read that lipid peroxidation is one reason to be careful with consumption of fish oils, although it can be mitigates by vitamin E. Another alternative is to consume krill oil which (supposedly) doesn't oxidize like say, cod liver or salmon oil, has an unusual antioxidant called astaxanthin and also contains phospholipids.
Okay, it looks like i have my facts crossed. The Tuskegee Airmen and the Tuskegee syphilis experiments appear to be unrelated. Nevertheless, another serious stain on the American record - willfully withholding treatment from human beings without their knowledge and consent. But, I reserve the right to make jokes about it and please feel free not to laugh.
Everything old is new again. I've come to realize that all the things I've been doing to improve my health aren't very far removed from what my grandmother thought was healthy.
Yes, I was aware of that and many other bad things that the US and other countries have done. Were you aware of the Tuskegee airmen? So much for jokes about soldiers and STDs.
If we stopped making jokes because of bad things that have been done, that would be the end of humour.
In many cases, I would side with the victim over the bank but for an Internet e-mail scam? What rock has he been hiding under for the last 15 years? The 1st thing you should ask is, why me? If this was legit, why wouldn't the person be looking for a reputable professional? For 12% of that kind of money, any number of qualified pros would do the job.
But, I take your point about the large deposit. I doubt my bank would operate like that and I believe that banks here bear the responsibility of fraudulent transactions and cannot penalize the client unless it can be shown that person acted in bad faith.
(followup to my healthy living tips) and DON'T eat tofu. That crap isn't good for you, ESPECIALLY if you're male. You're better off eating meat or find other sources of vegetable protein, say hemp, beans, or salba.
I don't think so. Natural foods in the human diet have always had high levels of antioxidants. Also, it's too early to put much stock in this study - they got some results with genetically modified worms that wasn't repeatable with unmodified ones. The recommendations for healthy living are still the same - eat a variety of foods ( a good mix of colors in fruits and veggies is a good idea ), avoid processed foods when possible, don't smoke, don't eat too much meat, don't stuff yourself, drink adequate amounts of clean water, get some regular strenous exercise and regular sleep, alcohol in moderation
Saturated fat got a bad rap way back when - I believe Ancel Keys was largely responsible. The long-held belief in alternative medicine was that it was hydrogenated fats that were to blame, not naturally saturated ones. Also, too much polyunsaturated isn't supposed to be healthy as they are prone to rancidity, and should not be used for high-temp frying since they'll form toxic compounds much quicker ( such as HNE ). Because baked goods benefit from the use of solid fats, when companies started dropping butter and coconut/palm oil, they started using hydrogenated polyunsaturated oils. That is so mind-blowingly stupid, yet the sheeple keep buying the stuff, thinking they're doing right by themselves and their kids
He stupidly dropped the public option in favor of a more bipartisan bill, despite poll numbers that clearly showed the average Americans were heavily in favor of it and also despite him touting it for months. He just doesn't seem to get it that the crop of Republicans of the last decade aren't just folks with a difference of opinion - they are diametrically against anything that doesn't line up with their agenda and what they think they can sell to the voters (and they're pretty good at selling bullshit)
Well, they would have had to find him first. Of course, there was no shortage of lying whores back then, so, yeah, I guess he would have been screwed, no pun intended.
A programmer I used to work with said that he can write robust code that no-one else can understand. I don't know if it's enough to provide the code to outsiders unless you give them enough info to compile it to working binaries. After all, how else could they be sure that the code you gave them actually produced the running system? And, how many lines of code in Windows anyway? How long would it take to do a satisfactory audit while also keeping the code private, as I'm sure they're obliged to do.
And that was only possible because the telephony and electrical infrastructure was already built. If the Internet needed some other kind of newfangled tech that couldn't work with what was already out there or what was on the near-term roadmap, we wouldn't have the level of residential access we have today.
I hear you about "organic". I used the term way back among friends, one of whom is a geologist. His comment was "So, everyone who isn't 'organic' is farming rocks?"
That's not 1984; that's called progress. Remember when 28.8 modems were the new hotness? When I got my first DSL connection, over 10 years ago, I was amazed that I could have that kind of connectivity at home. Now, at a bit over twice the speed, it's still great for e-mail and basic surfing but only adequate for everything else.
The point is, "broadband" is a moving target and that target SHOULD be moving upwards.
Think of it this way - if the gov't had a definition for BigHardDisk that was based on the largest available drive in 1999; a not-so-tech-savvy consumer buys one now, then tries to copy all the erm, 1080p tasteful videos that his buddies have. How far do you think he'd get? Wouldn't he feel cheated? As we do more online, transfer speeds MUST get faster; either we continually redefine "broadband" or we come up with new terms every time.
I'm well aware of vehicle to grid; it's one of the features of the Better Place plan that I like. I'm not even talking about strain on the grid either. I fully believe that the grid is capable of meeting the near-term demand for EVs. What I'm targeting here is the (in)ability to charge the "SuperBattery" - even if you could deliver the amount of power required to fill it up in a reasonable time - to charge a battery at the same rate that you pump gas, you'd need a 1.5 - 2.0 MegaWatt line. Charging stations won't be enough - swappable batteries ( Tesla Motors has seen the light with their forthcoming Model S ) and switching stations will be required for the Electric Vehicle future to match the freedom that the gasoline one gave to us. And, the sooner we start building the infrastructure, in earnest, and stop listening to the naysayers, the better.
If, as I fervently hope, batteries like these become available for EVs in the next few years, we still have one big problem - CHARGING them. Gasoline holds about 36 kWh per US Gal - 50% more than the entire 100-mile battery pack of the Nissan Leaf. So, using the LEAF as a guide, a 1000-mile battery would be at least 240 kWh, which would take ONE HUNDRED hours on household current. So, if you're planning a long trip, either you'll need 2 EVs, to plug-in everywhere you go in the week preceding your departure or have battery swap capability and switch stations along your path.
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I'm amazed at how hard environmentalists and unions (back in their early days) had to fight against robber barons and corporate scoundrels in the US - a country that prides itself on its Christian faith. They are good and safe ways to do most things but it does drive the cost up. But, in the slightly longer run, it pays for itself in what does NOT have to be done - fewer expensive cleanups, less spent on health coverage, etc.
I suspect that your attack on the Prius is due to a long-refuted article. You can find links to the various counterpoints at
answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080115163841AAaTOdb
And me without mod points. +2 to you.
The Passivhaus concept (if that's the right word for something that have 25000 certified structures worldwide) looks very intriguing. I'm trying to convince a homebuilder friend of mine to consider the concept but he's much more conservative in his thinking than I.
Only 13 of these are in North America but there are many examples in Germany and Scandinavia. There is one in LaFayette, LA so this can be made to work for hot, humid climates.
I've read that lipid peroxidation is one reason to be careful with consumption of fish oils, although it can be mitigates by vitamin E. Another alternative is to consume krill oil which (supposedly) doesn't oxidize like say, cod liver or salmon oil, has an unusual antioxidant called astaxanthin and also contains phospholipids.
Okay, it looks like i have my facts crossed. The Tuskegee Airmen and the Tuskegee syphilis experiments appear to be unrelated. Nevertheless, another serious stain on the American record - willfully withholding treatment from human beings without their knowledge and consent.
But, I reserve the right to make jokes about it and please feel free not to laugh.
What idiot modded this as Troll. Wise up, dickhead.
Everything old is new again. I've come to realize that all the things I've been doing to improve my health aren't very far removed from what my grandmother thought was healthy.
Yes, I was aware of that and many other bad things that the US and other countries have done. Were you aware of the Tuskegee airmen? So much for jokes about soldiers and STDs.
If we stopped making jokes because of bad things that have been done, that would be the end of humour.
In many cases, I would side with the victim over the bank but for an Internet e-mail scam? What rock has he been hiding under for the last 15 years?
The 1st thing you should ask is, why me? If this was legit, why wouldn't the person be looking for a reputable professional? For 12% of that kind of money, any number of qualified pros would do the job.
But, I take your point about the large deposit. I doubt my bank would operate like that and I believe that banks here bear the responsibility of fraudulent transactions and cannot penalize the client unless it can be shown that person acted in bad faith.
for his sterilization ( and that of his kids, if he has any ). The sooner we get idiots like him out of the gene pool, the better off we'll be.
(followup to my healthy living tips) and DON'T eat tofu. That crap isn't good for you, ESPECIALLY if you're male. You're better off eating meat or find other sources of vegetable protein, say hemp, beans, or salba.
I don't think so. Natural foods in the human diet have always had high levels of antioxidants. Also, it's too early to put much stock in this study - they got some results with genetically modified worms that wasn't repeatable with unmodified ones.
The recommendations for healthy living are still the same - eat a variety of foods ( a good mix of colors in fruits and veggies is a good idea ), avoid processed foods when possible, don't smoke, don't eat too much meat, don't stuff yourself, drink adequate amounts of clean water, get some regular strenous exercise and regular sleep, alcohol in moderation
Saturated fat got a bad rap way back when - I believe Ancel Keys was largely responsible. The long-held belief in alternative medicine was that it was hydrogenated fats that were to blame, not naturally saturated ones. Also, too much polyunsaturated isn't supposed to be healthy as they are prone to rancidity, and should not be used for high-temp frying since they'll form toxic compounds much quicker ( such as HNE ).
Because baked goods benefit from the use of solid fats, when companies started dropping butter and coconut/palm oil, they started using hydrogenated polyunsaturated oils.
That is so mind-blowingly stupid, yet the sheeple keep buying the stuff, thinking they're doing right by themselves and their kids
He stupidly dropped the public option in favor of a more bipartisan bill, despite poll numbers that clearly showed the average Americans were heavily in favor of it and also despite him touting it for months.
He just doesn't seem to get it that the crop of Republicans of the last decade aren't just folks with a difference of opinion - they are diametrically against anything that doesn't line up with their agenda and what they think they can sell to the voters (and they're pretty good at selling bullshit)
See the various meanings (and word origin) here: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/redaction
Well, they would have had to find him first. Of course, there was no shortage of lying whores back then, so, yeah, I guess he would have been screwed, no pun intended.
A programmer I used to work with said that he can write robust code that no-one else can understand. I don't know if it's enough to provide the code to outsiders unless you give them enough info to compile it to working binaries.
After all, how else could they be sure that the code you gave them actually produced the running system?
And, how many lines of code in Windows anyway? How long would it take to do a satisfactory audit while also keeping the code private, as I'm sure they're obliged to do.
If it's true that OpenBSD was compromised, how do we know that all the major OSes are safe?
And that was only possible because the telephony and electrical infrastructure was already built. If the Internet needed some other kind of newfangled tech that couldn't work with what was already out there or what was on the near-term roadmap, we wouldn't have the level of residential access we have today.
I hear you about "organic". I used the term way back among friends, one of whom is a geologist.
His comment was "So, everyone who isn't 'organic' is farming rocks?"
Okay, let's look at that definition.
Hmm, it all seems to hinge on "wide" and "many".
What are the technical definitions of those terms?
That's not 1984; that's called progress. Remember when 28.8 modems were the new hotness? When I got my first DSL connection, over 10 years ago, I was amazed that I could have that kind of connectivity at home. Now, at a bit over twice the speed, it's still great for e-mail and basic surfing but only adequate for everything else.
The point is, "broadband" is a moving target and that target SHOULD be moving upwards.
Think of it this way - if the gov't had a definition for BigHardDisk that was based on the largest available drive in 1999; a not-so-tech-savvy consumer buys one now, then tries to copy all the erm, 1080p tasteful videos that his buddies have. How far do you think he'd get? Wouldn't he feel cheated?
As we do more online, transfer speeds MUST get faster; either we continually redefine "broadband" or we come up with new terms every time.
I prefer Asian eggplant, especially when prepared as Thai Basil Eggplant; I have it every week
I'm well aware of vehicle to grid; it's one of the features of the Better Place plan that I like. I'm not even talking about strain on the grid either. I fully believe that the grid is capable of meeting the near-term demand for EVs. What I'm targeting here is the (in)ability to charge the "SuperBattery" - even if you could deliver the amount of power required to fill it up in a reasonable time - to charge a battery at the same rate that you pump gas, you'd need a 1.5 - 2.0 MegaWatt line.
Charging stations won't be enough - swappable batteries ( Tesla Motors has seen the light with their forthcoming Model S ) and switching stations will be required for the Electric Vehicle future to match the freedom that the gasoline one gave to us. And, the sooner we start building the infrastructure, in earnest, and stop listening to the naysayers, the better.
If, as I fervently hope, batteries like these become available for EVs in the next few years, we still have one big problem - CHARGING them. Gasoline holds about 36 kWh per US Gal - 50% more than the entire 100-mile battery pack of the Nissan Leaf. So, using the LEAF as a guide, a 1000-mile battery would be at least 240 kWh, which would take ONE HUNDRED hours on household current.
So, if you're planning a long trip, either you'll need 2 EVs, to plug-in everywhere you go in the week preceding your departure or have battery swap capability and switch stations along
your path.