"Cannot get 4 adults plus dog plus ancillaries in a Yaris."
Have multiple vehicles. I don't drive my F350 Ford or 366 big block Chevy truck unless I need to, but liability insurance is cheap and they are paid for.
Multiple vehicles allows selection of the right tool for the job.
You'd be surprised at how those are often managed.
Even in wartime, USAF aircraft maintainers are frequently rotated after twelve-hour shifts because performance deteriorates near that point. Units are manned accordingly. It is also encouraged to rest when not working for greater efficiency. Many deployers prefer that environment as far as work goes because there are few other demands beyond work, eating, and sleeping.
Likewise many Navy vessels are manned for 24/7 ops. They play it smart, with decent chow and lots of coffee available. (Among the first things Kitty Hawk advance teams set up when deployed to Southern Watch land bases were (many) large coffee urns.)
Of course in ground combat etc all bets are off, but the population is young and reasonably physically fit.
Medical tradition is crazy. The idea that anyone in civilian life should be repairing HUMANS after working over twelve hours is stupid.
Rotating shifts REALLY fuck people up. In aircraft maintenance we tried to place people in shifts they preferred to stay on. Swings/Mids were my favorites. All the MPHBs (Military Pointy-Haired Bosses) had gone home by then.
It can't do much to DISCONNECTED SPARE equipment. Magnetic field crossing large powerlines can affect connected gear, but gear is cheap and spares make sense against ordinary threats.
I burn everything I care about to DVD or CD at low speed and make multiple backups anyway, have lots of live CD/DVDs (Linux and PE-ish) to boot from anyway, and a bunch of spare PCs anyway.
For those with storage space, solar panels can charge car and truck batteries which can run your computer off an inverter if the 'puter doesn't draw much. Plenty for notebook use.
All the shit prepared techies have to cope with ordinary power loss plus a bit of forethought should be sufficient.
"While true, it is important to remember that the lower population densities and sprawling suburbs of the USA are an intentional creation of the auto industry, not just an accidental development or a law of nature."
In areas where existing rail was servicing suburbs (such as the Northeast) before autos even existed, rail facilitated "sprawl" very nicely and continues to do so.
Suburban rail makes for a pleasant commute. Been there, done that.
My interest in a museum is the information it conveys, particularly in the case of technology.
Being able to "print" small examples of machines, tools, etc would convey much more than a photograph. One could get the tactile experience not available from observing objects in a glass cabinet.
NG prices vary, but they are often kept artificially high by changes in production rate. This means they will never be "cheap" no matter how much we can ACCESS because EXTRACTING it must be profitable.
Please! The technical "humanity" of enemy soldiers and enemy civilians didn't even slow down attacks in many previous wars. There wasn't much way to sort at a distance. "Collateral damage" used to be much higher before Precision Guided Munitions. A fuck was not given nor considered necessary because granular targeting was usually impractical!
"I envision that in the future, innocent people will be killed and new excuses will be created and they will say it was because their biometrics matched that of the target, or that there was an error in the targeting system, or that they made a hostile gesture at the killing machine that was 'innocently' going about it's business above his house. But never do I expect to see them come straight out and say "We screwed up. Sorry."
In the past, you had to fly hundreds of bombers to (maybe) take out an industrial target like Schweinfurt or Ploesti, and the blasting bystanders wasn't even a consideration. Likewise, huge artillery bombardments were necessary to take out targets we can now shwack with a few fighters loaded with JDAMs.
Even as late as Viet Nam, it took massed B-52s to (sometimes) slow down traffic on the Ho Chi Minh trail or somewhat damage Haiphong Harbor. Now we can pick the specific area on a specific building and hit it from many miles away.
Sure, some innocents will still die. That's war. Invent something that trumps "force" and you can be rid of war. Otherwise, it's messy and tough shit.
New school bombing, see any of the many strike videos on Youtube.
We don't even have the conventional capability to DELIVER WWII levels of explosives any more. Not enough airframes, but no need to carry all the extra ordnance to compensate for misses.
In ancient times, primitive humans would gather frosty beverages and group to listen to and copy albums to reel-to-reel "servers". They passed media between them on "cassettes". Some bands allowed taping at concerts, and fans sneaker-netted cassettes between them.
The consequences of what must be done to obtain illegal, unsafe heroin is the problem.
Smack is illegal because it is considered Sinful, and Sin must be punished without respect to actual social damage. The War on Some Drugs is a moral obligation to Jesus (or your Middle Eastern Sky Fairie of choice).
Booze escaped Prohibition after years of spectacularly destructive blowback, but the US is delighted to tolerate the War on Some Drugs, build police empires to continue it, fund the destabilisation of Mexico, and drive Mexicans to immigrate from the country our policies are wrecking. Since the only objective of life is Salvation, terrestrial suffering and consequences are not relevant.
USians talk shit about Muslims enforcing Sharia, but Xtian superstition is barely tamed here and drives extremely expensive and destructive national policy.
"His answer was that there is a culture there of "you're a clever individual if you can get the other fellow to pay for your lunch." For what it's worth..."
A good reason never to support any sort of foreign aid to the buggers, and I don't.
Nice corporate line. My wife had Lyme and went from doctor to doctor before they finally referred her to specialist care which confirmed what she'd already diagnosed!
Doctors are not interchangeable, have a tiny slice of time to work with patients (your auto mechanic has more time per car by far!), and are under constant pressure.
Computer-aided diagnosis can be a huge boon to a public who can't afford medical care or who are under-served by existing options.
There is some hope of changing what the (corrupt) US government does, but none of changing what the coalition of evil known as the United Nations does.
That's the flaw in attempts at "world government", which in reality means loss of sovereignty and that is all.
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"Cannot get 4 adults plus dog plus ancillaries in a Yaris."
Have multiple vehicles. I don't drive my F350 Ford or 366 big block Chevy truck unless I need to, but liability insurance is cheap and they are paid for.
Multiple vehicles allows selection of the right tool for the job.
There is good reason such makes go for very little at dealer auctions because they are horribly expensive to repair.
If they don't fight to BECOME educated, they are stupid.
"Those folks have pretty brutal schedules, too.
You'd be surprised at how those are often managed.
Even in wartime, USAF aircraft maintainers are frequently rotated after twelve-hour shifts because performance deteriorates near that point. Units are manned accordingly. It is also encouraged to rest when not working for greater efficiency. Many deployers prefer that environment as far as work goes because there are few other demands beyond work, eating, and sleeping.
Likewise many Navy vessels are manned for 24/7 ops. They play it smart, with decent chow and lots of coffee available. (Among the first things Kitty Hawk advance teams set up when deployed to Southern Watch land bases were (many) large coffee urns.)
Of course in ground combat etc all bets are off, but the population is young and reasonably physically fit.
Medical tradition is crazy. The idea that anyone in civilian life should be repairing HUMANS after working over twelve hours is stupid.
Rotating shifts REALLY fuck people up. In aircraft maintenance we tried to place people in shifts they preferred to stay on. Swings/Mids were my favorites. All the MPHBs (Military Pointy-Haired Bosses) had gone home by then.
It can't do much to DISCONNECTED SPARE equipment. Magnetic field crossing large powerlines can affect connected gear, but gear is cheap and spares make sense against ordinary threats.
I burn everything I care about to DVD or CD at low speed and make multiple backups anyway, have lots of live CD/DVDs (Linux and PE-ish) to boot from anyway, and a bunch of spare PCs anyway.
For those with storage space, solar panels can charge car and truck batteries which can run your computer off an inverter if the 'puter doesn't draw much. Plenty for notebook use.
All the shit prepared techies have to cope with ordinary power loss plus a bit of forethought should be sufficient.
http://www.debian.org/
I think it's a fork of Ubuntu or something.
"While true, it is important to remember that the lower population densities and sprawling suburbs of the USA are an intentional creation of the auto industry, not just an accidental development or a law of nature."
In areas where existing rail was servicing suburbs (such as the Northeast) before autos even existed, rail facilitated "sprawl" very nicely and continues to do so.
Suburban rail makes for a pleasant commute. Been there, done that.
This shouldn't surprise anyone. Food is a cheap price to pay to keep the Norks from disturbing the good guys.
Invest in all those things to create a granular set of options instead of expecting one type of "solution" to work across the board.
My interest in a museum is the information it conveys, particularly in the case of technology.
Being able to "print" small examples of machines, tools, etc would convey much more than a photograph. One could get the tactile experience not available from observing objects in a glass cabinet.
NG prices vary, but they are often kept artificially high by changes in production rate. This means they will never be "cheap" no matter how much we can ACCESS because EXTRACTING it must be profitable.
Interesting read:
http://www.rigwelder.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1171
"There's no reason corporations need to be immortal."
Some corporations may beg to differ, and even get government bailouts..
Please! The technical "humanity" of enemy soldiers and enemy civilians didn't even slow down attacks in many previous wars. There wasn't much way to sort at a distance. "Collateral damage" used to be much higher before Precision Guided Munitions. A fuck was not given nor considered necessary because granular targeting was usually impractical!
"I envision that in the future, innocent people will be killed and new excuses will be created and they will say it was because their biometrics matched that of the target, or that there was an error in the targeting system, or that they made a hostile gesture at the killing machine that was 'innocently' going about it's business above his house. But never do I expect to see them come straight out and say "We screwed up. Sorry."
In the past, you had to fly hundreds of bombers to (maybe) take out an industrial target like Schweinfurt or Ploesti, and the blasting bystanders wasn't even a consideration. Likewise, huge artillery bombardments were necessary to take out targets we can now shwack with a few fighters loaded with JDAMs.
Even as late as Viet Nam, it took massed B-52s to (sometimes) slow down traffic on the Ho Chi Minh trail or somewhat damage Haiphong Harbor. Now we can pick the specific area on a specific building and hit it from many miles away.
Sure, some innocents will still die. That's war. Invent something that trumps "force" and you can be rid of war. Otherwise, it's messy and tough shit.
Old school air raid. Most bombs missed the targets:
http://www.thirdreichruins.com/bombing14oct43rg342fh3a22455_1.jpg
New school bombing, see any of the many strike videos on Youtube.
We don't even have the conventional capability to DELIVER WWII levels of explosives any more. Not enough airframes, but no need to carry all the extra ordnance to compensate for misses.
What's old becomes new again.
In ancient times, primitive humans would gather frosty beverages and group to listen to and copy albums to reel-to-reel "servers". They passed media between them on "cassettes". Some bands allowed taping at concerts, and fans sneaker-netted cassettes between them.
Never omit that salient point. It matters.
Citations needed.
Religion opposes Pleasure it does not ration.
"Heroin use does exactly that, diminishes other sorts of pleasure."
Yeah, but think of the great music the rest of us get out of it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiHKi2GKDiA&feature=related
Their choice, and the spectacularly expensive alternative of the War on Some Drugs is far more damaging.
The consequences of what must be done to obtain illegal, unsafe heroin is the problem.
Smack is illegal because it is considered Sinful, and Sin must be punished without respect to actual social damage. The War on Some Drugs is a moral obligation to Jesus (or your Middle Eastern Sky Fairie of choice).
Booze escaped Prohibition after years of spectacularly destructive blowback, but the US is delighted to tolerate the War on Some Drugs, build police empires to continue it, fund the destabilisation of Mexico, and drive Mexicans to immigrate from the country our policies are wrecking. Since the only objective of life is Salvation, terrestrial suffering and consequences are not relevant.
USians talk shit about Muslims enforcing Sharia, but Xtian superstition is barely tamed here and drives extremely expensive and destructive national policy.
Your mechanic gets paid FLAT RATE, based on a flat rate manual which has estimates of time required (I'm a mechanic).
He/she has plenty of incentive to kick out the work quickly, but if a broken car comes back the mechanic is often blamed. Not so the physician!
"His answer was that there is a culture there of "you're a clever individual if you can get the other fellow to pay for your lunch." For what it's worth..."
A good reason never to support any sort of foreign aid to the buggers, and I don't.
"As long as people don't like/trust doctors"
Nice corporate line. My wife had Lyme and went from doctor to doctor before they finally referred her to specialist care which confirmed what she'd already diagnosed!
Doctors are not interchangeable, have a tiny slice of time to work with patients (your auto mechanic has more time per car by far!), and are under constant pressure.
Computer-aided diagnosis can be a huge boon to a public who can't afford medical care or who are under-served by existing options.
There is some hope of changing what the (corrupt) US government does, but none of changing what the coalition of evil known as the United Nations does.
That's the flaw in attempts at "world government", which in reality means loss of sovereignty and that is all.
"Why should they be extradited to the US?"
Because they damaged US computer systems on US soil.