"almost all stations are "fill, then pay" and almost none at all have pre-payment."
That's idiotic and has no benefit. The majority of pumps in the US now have card readers and this even allows gas stations to dispense fuel when their parent store is closed.
There's more money to be made faster by having card readers at the pump since it frees "fuel only" customers from waiting for a clerk.
"In the UK a trailer must bear the same number as the vehicle towing it."
That wouldn't fly in the US, where it is very common for a person to own multiple trailers, cars, and trucks even for non-commercial use. Being able to swap trailers and towing vehicles is quite handy.
There is no logical reason to tie a trailer tag to a car rather than the owner, and since tags exist as a "tax stamp" some States don't require them for trailers under certain gross vehicle weights.
There is nothing intrinsic to prostitution requiring pimps.
For your consideration: The Mafia had its hooks into meatpacking, garment, construction, toxic waste disposal, restaurants, and other LEGAL businesses.
The way to keep "thugs" out is by enforcing the law, not "giving up" because some areas of human activity are presumed to be the domain of "thugs".
No, not "surrender", but an actual technological possibility?
The "Kent State" method where lethal weapons completely fail to intimidate and don't have a "non-lethal" mode is a bad idea for those reasons, so we have less-lethal tech from batons and shields to more complex systems.
People decry less-lethal tech but they would decry lethal tech and decry any method of riot disruption.
You are tasked to impose an outcome on rioters. The situation is similar to the LA riots, where lives and property of innoncents are in danger. What do you do?
I served 1981-2007 and saw the changes first hand. The military will stay full with or without religious fanatics.
I owe no religion respect. I respect willingness to fight, but the military climate before it began to fill with Evangelicals was much more to my liking.
"Too bad there's nothing to compare to Subic Bay in the Mideast for R n' R."
We once defended people who liked to party and fuck. Now our opponents AND clients are religious fanatics who BOTH hate "freedom". The military has now also gone "corporate" (and been infested with Bible Thumpers) such that the old "work hard, fight hard, play hard" attitudes are muted.
Maybe letting homosexuals serve openly will chase off some of the religionists. It should improve Sub Sailor recruiting! (I kid! I kid!)
"It's a pathological desire to undermine anything that is believed by anyone. It's not healthy distrust, it's a creepy, nonsensical obsession with being the one, unique snowflake who sees things how they "really are"."
This also explains religion, where one is exalted by special insight. Of course both are absurd, with WTC conspiracy theories being far more plausible than Sky Fairies.
Christianity REQUIRES America suicide for Tel Aviv if necessary.
Christian superstitious Jew-worship is the problem. Too bad we can't take all who believe in Middle Eastern superstitions and let them fight it out IN the Middle East, then kill the survivors.
I wasn't outraged at deploying to Oil War 1. Anyone who serves thinking they are defending the US instead of playing Smedley Butler is nuts. That's what most wars anywhere are for, not moralist crusades. So what?
Our casualties are tiny, our forces are well-paid volunteers (who can volunteer back to the block by not re-upping), and we can stay at war as long as funding holds up. Yes, really.
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"almost all stations are "fill, then pay" and almost none at all have pre-payment."
That's idiotic and has no benefit. The majority of pumps in the US now have card readers and this even allows gas stations to dispense fuel when their parent store is closed.
There's more money to be made faster by having card readers at the pump since it frees "fuel only" customers from waiting for a clerk.
"In the UK a trailer must bear the same number as the vehicle towing it."
That wouldn't fly in the US, where it is very common for a person to own multiple trailers, cars, and trucks even for non-commercial use. Being able to swap trailers and towing vehicles is quite handy.
There is no logical reason to tie a trailer tag to a car rather than the owner, and since tags exist as a "tax stamp" some States don't require them for trailers under certain gross vehicle weights.
The cultures are different, and the US crimes rate varies greatly by the racial and ethnic makeup of each region.
The best-armed areas are frequently the most peaceful. They also share a certain demographic similarity....
The problem isn't "collective bargaining in the US", it's lack of collective bargaining elsewhere.
There is nothing intrinsic to prostitution requiring pimps.
For your consideration:
The Mafia had its hooks into meatpacking, garment, construction, toxic waste disposal, restaurants, and other LEGAL businesses.
The way to keep "thugs" out is by enforcing the law, not "giving up" because some areas of human activity are presumed to be the domain of "thugs".
An alternate management style is to reduce expenses, show a profit, bolt out the door, then leave the mess to others.
HP comes to mind...
"are working on" = "available for use".
It doesn't matter what you do. There is no profit incentive to "loyalty" in many jobs. Your labor is worth what someone will pay you for it.
No, not "surrender", but an actual technological possibility?
The "Kent State" method where lethal weapons completely fail to intimidate and don't have a "non-lethal" mode is a bad idea for those reasons, so we have less-lethal tech from batons and shields to more complex systems.
People decry less-lethal tech but they would decry lethal tech and decry any method of riot disruption.
You are tasked to impose an outcome on rioters. The situation is similar to the LA riots, where lives and property of innoncents are in danger. What do you do?
I served 1981-2007 and saw the changes first hand. The military will stay full with or without religious fanatics.
I owe no religion respect. I respect willingness to fight, but the military climate before it began to fill with Evangelicals was much more to my liking.
They'd greatly weaken the hull just where you wouldn't want a torpedo hit.
"Too bad there's nothing to compare to Subic Bay in the Mideast for R n' R."
We once defended people who liked to party and fuck. Now our opponents AND clients are religious fanatics who BOTH hate "freedom".
The military has now also gone "corporate" (and been infested with Bible Thumpers) such that the old "work hard, fight hard, play hard" attitudes are muted.
Maybe letting homosexuals serve openly will chase off some of the religionists. It should improve Sub Sailor recruiting! (I kid! I kid!)
"It's a pathological desire to undermine anything that is believed by anyone. It's not healthy distrust, it's a creepy, nonsensical obsession with being the one, unique snowflake who sees things how they "really are"."
This also explains religion, where one is exalted by special insight.
Of course both are absurd, with WTC conspiracy theories being far more plausible than Sky Fairies.
The systems and aircraft which will NOT be scrapped with the hull are far from expendable. Loss of face would also be a factor.
If those are the actual effects _on_you_, I strongly recommend suicide as you are wasting useful oxygen.
Wake me when Iranians butcher their Mullah slavemasters and burn their mosques.
Christianity REQUIRES America suicide for Tel Aviv if necessary.
Christian superstitious Jew-worship is the problem. Too bad we can't take all who believe in Middle Eastern superstitions and let them fight it out IN the Middle East, then kill the survivors.
I wasn't outraged at deploying to Oil War 1. Anyone who serves thinking they are defending the US instead of playing Smedley Butler is nuts. That's what most wars anywhere are for, not moralist crusades. So what?
Our casualties are tiny, our forces are well-paid volunteers (who can volunteer back to the block by not re-upping), and we can stay at war as long as funding holds up. Yes, really.
"and the US army isn't ready for it either"
It's had twenty-plus YEARS Middle Eastern combat experience, is finished with Iraq, and nation-state war is different from "nation building".
The lesson is not to build nations, but to defeat your opponents then sign a peace treaty (remember those???).
They are, however, infected with the Arab-centric superstition called "Islam" which informs their every action and political worldview.
Leary addressed "set and settting", and the settings chosen by Native Americans for their various psychedelic experiences are instructive.
"Now it is a competition between Germany and Japan to innovate the non-nuclear market with their new technologies."
Germany will have to buy a good bit of nuclear power from the French.
Yay for innovation!
"Americans have killed more Americans than any terrorists have in the history of the United States."
And that's just a year's worth of medical mistakes.
"My question is this: how much more will games have to cost to support the development to this level of detail?"
My hope is that porn will do it first.
As opposed to a human firefighter, who merely smells nasty when burning...