"No, I think his reputation is firmly in tact" Intact, yes. "in tact", no as Scaramucci proved he has absolutely none. Just ask Steve "trying to suck his own cock" Bannon.
a minority ALWAYS puts the president in being that the vast majority of the population doesnt vote.
While I would like to see more people voting, it probably wouldn't do much to change the outcome. America's election rules make gerrymandering by either side relatively easy & the only states that matter are swing states with significant numbers of electoral votes. If 100% of eligible voters in non-swing states voted, the only likely difference in the outcome would be the voter head count & demographics.
"The fact that somebody like Trump could even get elected is a death-sentence. The problem isn't the guy in the captain's chair. The problem is all the guys who wanted him in the captain's chair"
This is point I've been making since that orange-tinted fucknut with the Pomeranian on his head descended down the golden escalator. Trump is entitled to be a raging lunatic asshole; that's his right in a free country. The problem is that tens of millions of people chose him over 2 dozen Republicans of varying but largely superior qualifications to be their nominee and over 60 million wanted him as chief exec of the world's most powerful country.
" Do you remember when a slow computer would make your keyboard buffer fill up momentarily and you would have to stop typing until it catches up?" I have that problem all the time with Firefox & Chrome & my PC is far from slow.
"if the infrastructure is in place to provide the large amounts of power to deliver fast-charge"
That's something that a lot of EV proponents overlook - how much power does it take to charge a battery as quickly as you can fill a gas tank - it's a LOT. A 5-min charge from empty to full for a Leaf's 24 kWh battery would be a steady 288 kW; to do the same for Tesla's largest pack, which is 100 kWh would need 1.2 MW!! You're out of your mind if you think there'll be tens or hundreds of thousands of 1-2 MW chargers deployed for public use. For a quick "fill-up" for huge numbers of EVs, it would be better to revisit battery swap strategies.
The Prius has been on sale for 20 years so culmulative sales aren't exactly instructive. I bet Prius sales are falling off a cliff of late because people inclined to buy a Prius have many better vehicles to choose from these days.
Toyota's target sales for the 1st year of their Prius Prime are 20k for USA & 30k for Japan. Tesla's deliveries of the Model 3 could come close to the combined total before the end of 2017 and will almost certainly double it before the start of Q3 2018.
An interesting fact regarding the Prius & the Model S is that almost 16% of Model S buyers up to Spring 2014 were Prius-only drivers, more than either BMW or Mercedes-Benz https://www.wired.com/2014/03/...
I shudder to think of the bloated shit you use day to day that causes you to think 3 seconds ISN'T slow as molasses. That shit adds up. You don't have to value your time, but I value mine.
I get paid for my time. Regardless, I do value the efficient use of it which is why I hibernate my laptop with all the necessary programs running & only do a full reboot before installing patches. I typically run for 10-14 days between reboots.
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"I'm fully aware of the difference between bits and bytes"...... "I've never seen a a "480 Mbps" USB 2 device operate faster than ~50 Mbps"
My old OCZ Rally 2 16GB flash drive writes at 10-13 MBps if the files are larger than 1 megabyte. I used to have a 4GB Turbo version that was twice as quick but it stopped working a couple years ago.
We need to disallow gays in the military also. It's important that our enemies fear our military and they are not afraid of a bunch of girly men.
The US military should make their uniforms as girly as possible. Imagine the humiliation of having your ass handed to you by a bunch of guys in pink taffeta
Huh? The president is the commander in chief, and the military generals are in a real sense "his". This is civilian control of the military. The military is not some 4th branch of government on a par with the legislative and judicial branches.
If Obama had ever said that, Lou Dobbs would have driven a car bomb through the White House gates
"Paint is a much better target than Paint.net, whose startup time is slow as molasses" What kind of underpowered machine are you on? I have a portable version of Paint.NET 4.0 & launching it takes barely 3 seconds for the 1st launch after a reboot and just under 2 for subsequent launches, probably due to its dependency on dotNET 4.x. MS Paint launches in less than one but the loss of the extra 1-2 seconds for the extra capabilities isn't going ruin my life.
If the tax-hating, gun-loving, Bible-thumpin' had things their way, Somalia is but a taste of what that paradise will be. A lot of them are preppin' for the apocalypse and ready to bring it on. Just so I can keep an eye on what the extremists are up to, I have subscriptions to a number of newsletters from the fringes. There seem to be no shortage of places to buy powdered eggs & milk, an astonishing variety of lethal weapons & many book-length expositions on how Barack & Hillary sold their souls to the Devil to bring evil down on America.
- the only 'explaining' they 'have to do' is so that others can also try and do the same. AFAIC income and wealth taxes are robbery, armed robbery regardless if it is 100%, 50% or 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000001%
Somalia was tax-free for almost a 1/4 century; you should have emigrated. If nothing else you'd have a much greater appreciation of both the value of taxation & what "armed robbery" is really like.
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Gerrymandering only affect the national level at the House. Senate and President cannot be gerrymandered
True. That's where voter suppression, er, I mean millions of illegal Mexican voters, comes in.
"If you put several man-years into developing an algorithm, then it should be patentable"
You could merely be slow & lazy. No patent for you.
"No, I think his reputation is firmly in tact"
Intact, yes. "in tact", no as Scaramucci proved he has absolutely none.
Just ask Steve "trying to suck his own cock" Bannon.
"Trumps handshake thing was a bit extreme"
When Trump met Putin, he shook his hand pretty much like a normal human would.
I guess he knew better than to arm wrestle the boss.
a minority ALWAYS puts the president in being that the vast majority of the population doesnt vote.
While I would like to see more people voting, it probably wouldn't do much to change the outcome.
America's election rules make gerrymandering by either side relatively easy & the only states that matter are swing states with significant numbers of electoral votes. If 100% of eligible voters in non-swing states voted, the only likely difference in the outcome would be the voter head count & demographics.
"The fact that somebody like Trump could even get elected is a death-sentence. The problem isn't the guy in the captain's chair. The problem is all the guys who wanted him in the captain's chair"
This is point I've been making since that orange-tinted fucknut with the Pomeranian on his head descended down the golden escalator. Trump is entitled to be a raging lunatic asshole; that's his right in a free country.
The problem is that tens of millions of people chose him over 2 dozen Republicans of varying but largely superior qualifications to be their nominee and over 60 million wanted him as chief exec of the world's most powerful country.
"All Trump has to do is actually prosecute Hillary"
Prosecute her for what? Losing the election?
Shit, did I just get whooshed?
Don't worry.
The drowned don't suffer any longer.
What is dead may never die
" Do you remember when a slow computer would make your keyboard buffer fill up momentarily and you would have to stop typing until it catches up?"
I have that problem all the time with Firefox & Chrome & my PC is far from slow.
The united states did not have an income tax until July 1, 1862.
How did we ever make it so far without income taxes?
Hint: What was the biggest, most noteworthy event in America during that time?
"if the infrastructure is in place to provide the large amounts of power to deliver fast-charge"
That's something that a lot of EV proponents overlook - how much power does it take to charge a battery as quickly as you can fill a gas tank - it's a LOT. A 5-min charge from empty to full for a Leaf's 24 kWh battery would be a steady 288 kW; to do the same for Tesla's largest pack, which is 100 kWh would need 1.2 MW!!
You're out of your mind if you think there'll be tens or hundreds of thousands of 1-2 MW chargers deployed for public use.
For a quick "fill-up" for huge numbers of EVs, it would be better to revisit battery swap strategies.
The Prius has been on sale for 20 years so culmulative sales aren't exactly instructive. I bet Prius sales are falling off a cliff of late because people inclined to buy a Prius have many better vehicles to choose from these days.
Toyota's target sales for the 1st year of their Prius Prime are 20k for USA & 30k for Japan.
Tesla's deliveries of the Model 3 could come close to the combined total before the end of 2017 and will almost certainly double it before the start of Q3 2018.
An interesting fact regarding the Prius & the Model S is that almost 16% of Model S buyers up to Spring 2014 were Prius-only drivers, more than either BMW or Mercedes-Benz
https://www.wired.com/2014/03/...
The molten salt battery was supposed to be the next big battery technology, until people realised you had to keep them at ~300C or they stop working.
Sumitomo claimed to be close to a commercial low-temp molten salt battery but it's now several years late & they've been quiet since 2014
I shudder to think of the bloated shit you use day to day that causes you to think 3 seconds ISN'T slow as molasses. That shit adds up. You don't have to value your time, but I value mine.
I get paid for my time. Regardless, I do value the efficient use of it which is why I hibernate my laptop with all the necessary programs running & only do a full reboot before installing patches. I typically run for 10-14 days between reboots.
Existing cables...with new wires.
How exactly is this supposed to work?
Think of it like adding RAM. Just pop open your existing cables & add new conductors.
Sounds like a real bargain compared to their 16m HDMI cable that's retailing for $14,000
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3.4 out of 5 stars 149 customer reviews | 21 answered questions
Price: $13,499.75 + $3.99 shipping
Only 10 left in stock - order soon.
Ships from and sold by Electronics Expo.
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Low Jitter, Low Distortion Audio
Signal Conductors Controlled for Digital Audio Direction
Dielectric-Bias System (DBS US Pat # 7,126,055) Significantly Improves Audio Performance
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Compare with similar items
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"I'm fully aware of the difference between bits and bytes" ......
"I've never seen a a "480 Mbps" USB 2 device operate faster than ~50 Mbps"
My old OCZ Rally 2 16GB flash drive writes at 10-13 MBps if the files are larger than 1 megabyte.
I used to have a 4GB Turbo version that was twice as quick but it stopped working a couple years ago.
Amen!
We need to disallow gays in the military also. It's important that our enemies fear our military and they are not afraid of a bunch of girly men.
The US military should make their uniforms as girly as possible. Imagine the humiliation of having your ass handed to you by a bunch of guys in pink taffeta
Full body shiver.
Huh? The president is the commander in chief, and the military generals are in a real sense "his". This is civilian control of the military. The military is not some 4th branch of government on a par with the legislative and judicial branches.
If Obama had ever said that, Lou Dobbs would have driven a car bomb through the White House gates
Nahh, it's OK, just think of it as "mit meinen Generalen".
Oh.
More like "s moimi generalami"
"Paint is a much better target than Paint.net, whose startup time is slow as molasses"
What kind of underpowered machine are you on?
I have a portable version of Paint.NET 4.0 & launching it takes barely 3 seconds for the 1st launch after a reboot and just under 2 for subsequent launches, probably due to its dependency on dotNET 4.x.
MS Paint launches in less than one but the loss of the extra 1-2 seconds for the extra capabilities isn't going ruin my life.
If the tax-hating, gun-loving, Bible-thumpin' had things their way, Somalia is but a taste of what that paradise will be.
A lot of them are preppin' for the apocalypse and ready to bring it on. Just so I can keep an eye on what the extremists are up to, I have subscriptions to a number of newsletters from the fringes.
There seem to be no shortage of places to buy powdered eggs & milk, an astonishing variety of lethal weapons & many book-length expositions on how Barack & Hillary sold their souls to the Devil to bring evil down on America.
- the only 'explaining' they 'have to do' is so that others can also try and do the same. AFAIC income and wealth taxes are robbery, armed robbery regardless if it is 100%, 50% or 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000001%
Somalia was tax-free for almost a 1/4 century; you should have emigrated.
If nothing else you'd have a much greater appreciation of both the value of taxation & what "armed robbery" is really like.
Fuck em. They missed their chance.
Now stop whining over it ya pansy!
like the South over losing the Civil War? When are they going to "assimilate" into America?
And here's proof
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...