Bacteria here on earth can exist in "solid" rock and have been found in mines many kilometers below the surface. There is speculation that organisms like this can seed other planets when the rocks are tossed into space by an asteroid hit.
Note that rock is generally not "solid" and has many small fissures and faults which can allow for limited movement.
"Addy" is what the girls write in. Macho men use the more cryptic "Addr". Unless you are a scheme/LISP programmer and your comments are made with elaborate use of parentheses.
I have a Chrysler with the in-dash trip computer that can track MPG. My wife and I have an overall average difference of about 10% (24MPG vs 22MPG) in the same car. I could maybe get another 5% if I tried, but that would require a lot of discipline, which can be in short supply when ferrying kids back from school.
So I think that a 30% change from changing driving habits may be a bit of a stretch.
Except the government mandated that we all get one free report from each agency per year.
I don't know of any mandatory credit checks anywhere. I have not gotten a credit check since I bought my house over 6 years ago. Please enlighten me.
Why would a freecreditreport.ftc.gov website be more trusted? It can be compromised as easily as a commercial website. Methinks that you are too quick to trust a label.
Dish soap and water can be used to clean electronics as long as they are not powered. Be sure to rinse well with clean water (distilled or reverse osmosis) and dry at an elevated temperature (50C) to be sure that all the water is removed.
I have cleaned up several coffee soaked instruments in this fashion.
Credit reports are handled by corporations, not the government.
Government is using the other TLDs because their consituents were/are largely ignorant of the fact that not all web addresses end in ".com".
Don't go to another third party for entering in your "juicy info". Just have your current institution use the info they already have. This keeps your data in as few hands as possible. If you sweettalk the branch manager, they'll usually run one for you without charging you.
Transferring cells happens much more frequently, and if you have a group of, say, 20-30 people all hopping towers at the same time, it is bound to cause problems. The software and hardware in the towers is more or less expecting smooth and random distribution of incoming requests for service.
The system simply was not designed with this in mind.
Much opposition to H1-B is not xenophobic. In fact, it is quite the opposite. We would rather see people be given full residency so that they are not beholden to a sponsor to remain in the country. With residency, they can ask for fair wages for where they are located instead of negotiating salary from across an ocean. Also, with residency we would actually keep many workers instead of shipping them back when their visas or extensions expire.
H1-B is a way for business to gain a little extra leverage over their employees. The talent is here, companies just do not want to pay to relocate domestic labor. Importing one person from India is much less expensive than relocating a family from California.
Management around here feels the same way, so I make sure that I breate them on a regular basis lest they feel that my coding skills are waning. Not only does it ensure my continued employment, but it is also a stress reduction tool as well. Already I have gotten compliments on my health from our benefits manager, whom I met with to berate and then inquire about upcoming changes to our dental plan.
"Blue Ice" is formed when seals leak and the water freezes and builds up on the fuselage. This continues until aerodynamic forces cause it to fall off. Not a problem on low altitude short flights, but long flights can easily build up a few pounds of ice before it breaks off.
So when the geese hit the engines, more casualties.
The accident rate expressed in passenger-km is a derived value. The accidents happen per plane, not per passenger. So fewer planes means fewer accidents. However, the larger plane has more casualties.
But seeing as how many accidents are caused by human error, having fewer humans involved (pilots flying and controllers managing fewer planes) may reduce the accident rate per plane. This will reduce the number of casualties and bring down the derived passenger-km accident rate.
Florida has sales taxes so we can make the tourists pay for everything. In fact, we are thinking of upping the sales tax (from 6% to around 9%) and decreasing or eliminating property taxes for homeowners.
Florida is pretty nice, tax wise. Reasonable sales tax, no income tax. If we get the property tax eliminated, then homeowners will pocket more money. Renters and businesses will not do so well, however.
You are not understanding the problem. It is not that people are buying toys, it is that the cost of living is increasing while wages are flat.
I started out being able to have my wife stay at home with the kids. But our costs have increased dramatically over the past 5 years and I can no longer afford to keep her at home. Living in Florida has the following downsides...
1) Property taxes and insurance are out of control. While I have a lot of equity now in my house due to increased value, using your house as an ATM is an unwise move. Also, the insured value of my house is about twice what I paid for, because if something happens, it will cost that much to replace it. Taxes have also been on the rise because government needs ever more money to provide services (buy land, build buildings, etc.).
2) Education - Florida has some of the worst schools in the country, so private schools are pretty much your only option if you value your kids education.
3) Retirement - Seeing how costs are rising, I have no choice but to increase my savings to be able to live decently (read not in government assisted housing) in twenty years when I retire. Costs will keep going up, and unless wages advance to keep pace (unlikely), many people will find that what they saved is inadequate.
My newest car is a 2000 Ford Focus. All my cars are paid for (no 50k+SUV). We buy used cars for cash because the cost to repair used cars is much less than a new car payment. I have a modest house (1800 sq feet) in a decent neighborhood. Nothing fancy. With the wife working a few days, we can have a decent life. Without her income, I would be working paycheck to paycheck and not saving for the future. This is with a decent steady job.
So don't be so quick to blame selfish, greedy parents because they both work.
Of course, if Christianity is wrong, then all bets are off and maybe the Mayans do know when Jesus is coming. But then we have a Paradox.
The mayans do not know of Jesus, therefore no paradox.
Possibility Matrix. 0-Both are right - Mayans without knowledge of Jesus predict the end of the world. Christians predict the end of the world, which includes Jesus v2.0. 1-Christians right, Mayans wrong - Lots of "I told you so"s bantered about. 2-Christians wrong, Mayans right - Fewer "I told you so"s bantered about. 3-Both wrong - Life goes on as normal and some people begin to realize that prophecy is inherently unreliable.
Another possibility is that people cause the end of the world themselves and spin that as their prophecy coming true.
This is not a technology problem. It is a problem of figuring out who gets to set the porn bit. Since the internet is international no one jurisdiction can assert authority. For your meatspace analogy, it would be like you lighting up a joint, and then telling the LA police to piss off because it is legal in Amsterdam.
What exactly is the scientific merit of sending man to the moon/mars? Is there any useful research that can't be done at one hundredth of the cost by robots at either of these locations? Learning how to live in space. The only way to get there is to take the first steps. The first steps are always expensive.
Other than proving that it is possible, what is the point of sending man into space? The point of sending man into space is to allow mankind to survive an Earthly catastrophe.
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What we need is the return of BigTrax! A programmable set of construction toys (trucks, cranes, tranes, boats, etc) would have my kids enthralled (right now they can spend hours playing with Legos).
There's plenty of good stuff out there. But there's a lot missing, too.
All those ideas have merit and should be voluntary. Politicians always tell you the upside ("we can save your life!") but rarely reflect on the negative consequences (government credit checks as a part of the national survellance system). So many problems in our country come from the fact that everybody is forced to participate in a flawed scheme. If it were all voluntary, the bad schemes would die naturally and the better ones would be adopted. As soon as government mandates something, it lasts forever, no matter how bad the idea is (Social Security, Medicare, DMCA, etc).
They will often preach privacy without understanding that true privacy means that nobody even posseses my information without my consent, not even the government. If a company has all of your information and you are relying on a "privacy policy", then your privacy is just an illusion.
Centralized information is the easiest to misuse. I am not against bank accounts, credit cards, etc. I am against having to have one single government issued number in order do do anything. Particularly when that number is attached to you for life and cannot be changed. Just because I already have to deal with having a Social Security number (de-facto national ID in the U.S.) does not mean that I should put up with more government mandated ID schemes.
My perfect world...
I should be able to go to a credit agency and apply for a credit ID. I can provide as much or as little information about myself. If I provide little information, I would have a low credit score until I proved my creditworthiness. If I provide more information, I can get a better score. The point is it is my choice. And when someone hijacks my credit ID, I call the credit agnecy and cancel the account.
Businesses would use your score much as they do now. People with good records would get better deals. People with low scores would pay more. But the most important thing is that businesses would not be making the assumption that I am who I say I am. They would be more careful in how they do business.
This illustrates the weakness of having a 1 ID system. The system is set up to trust it, and if you can forge or steal that one ID, you can cause a lot of damage to people and business.
Same with medical information. I should be able to sign up for a medical ID from a service company and provide what information I choose. But when the government starts forcing its use and linking medical information to credit information all under one National ID, you have to wonder why.
Another way of looking at it is - If it is such a good idea, then everyone will choose to participate. Otherwise, let it die.
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Go ahead, you open your helmet first ;-).
Bacteria here on earth can exist in "solid" rock and have been found in mines many kilometers below the surface. There is speculation that organisms like this can seed other planets when the rocks are tossed into space by an asteroid hit.
Note that rock is generally not "solid" and has many small fissures and faults which can allow for limited movement.
"Addy" is what the girls write in. Macho men use the more cryptic "Addr". Unless you are a scheme/LISP programmer and your comments are made with elaborate use of parentheses.
I have a Chrysler with the in-dash trip computer that can track MPG. My wife and I have an overall average difference of about 10% (24MPG vs 22MPG) in the same car. I could maybe get another 5% if I tried, but that would require a lot of discipline, which can be in short supply when ferrying kids back from school.
So I think that a 30% change from changing driving habits may be a bit of a stretch.
Except the government mandated that we all get one free report from each agency per year.
I don't know of any mandatory credit checks anywhere. I have not gotten a credit check since I bought my house over 6 years ago. Please enlighten me.
Why would a freecreditreport.ftc.gov website be more trusted? It can be compromised as easily as a commercial website. Methinks that you are too quick to trust a label.
Dish soap and water can be used to clean electronics as long as they are not powered. Be sure to rinse well with clean water (distilled or reverse osmosis) and dry at an elevated temperature (50C) to be sure that all the water is removed.
I have cleaned up several coffee soaked instruments in this fashion.
Credit reports are handled by corporations, not the government.
Government is using the other TLDs because their consituents were/are largely ignorant of the fact that not all web addresses end in ".com".
Don't go to another third party for entering in your "juicy info". Just have your current institution use the info they already have. This keeps your data in as few hands as possible. If you sweettalk the branch manager, they'll usually run one for you without charging you.
Transferring cells happens much more frequently, and if you have a group of, say, 20-30 people all hopping towers at the same time, it is bound to cause problems. The software and hardware in the towers is more or less expecting smooth and random distribution of incoming requests for service.
The system simply was not designed with this in mind.
Much opposition to H1-B is not xenophobic. In fact, it is quite the opposite. We would rather see people be given full residency so that they are not beholden to a sponsor to remain in the country. With residency, they can ask for fair wages for where they are located instead of negotiating salary from across an ocean. Also, with residency we would actually keep many workers instead of shipping them back when their visas or extensions expire.
H1-B is a way for business to gain a little extra leverage over their employees. The talent is here, companies just do not want to pay to relocate domestic labor. Importing one person from India is much less expensive than relocating a family from California.
Management around here feels the same way, so I make sure that I breate them on a regular basis lest they feel that my coding skills are waning. Not only does it ensure my continued employment, but it is also a stress reduction tool as well. Already I have gotten compliments on my health from our benefits manager, whom I met with to berate and then inquire about upcoming changes to our dental plan.
Just charge $1.05 for shipping and handling.
"Blue Ice" is formed when seals leak and the water freezes and builds up on the fuselage. This continues until aerodynamic forces cause it to fall off. Not a problem on low altitude short flights, but long flights can easily build up a few pounds of ice before it breaks off.
They would just be "ors" then.
So when the geese hit the engines, more casualties.
The accident rate expressed in passenger-km is a derived value. The accidents happen per plane, not per passenger. So fewer planes means fewer accidents. However, the larger plane has more casualties.
But seeing as how many accidents are caused by human error, having fewer humans involved (pilots flying and controllers managing fewer planes) may reduce the accident rate per plane. This will reduce the number of casualties and bring down the derived passenger-km accident rate.
Florida has sales taxes so we can make the tourists pay for everything. In fact, we are thinking of upping the sales tax (from 6% to around 9%) and decreasing or eliminating property taxes for homeowners.
Florida is pretty nice, tax wise. Reasonable sales tax, no income tax. If we get the property tax eliminated, then homeowners will pocket more money. Renters and businesses will not do so well, however.
You are not understanding the problem. It is not that people are buying toys, it is that the cost of living is increasing while wages are flat.
I started out being able to have my wife stay at home with the kids. But our costs have increased dramatically over the past 5 years and I can no longer afford to keep her at home. Living in Florida has the following downsides...
1) Property taxes and insurance are out of control. While I have a lot of equity now in my house due to increased value, using your house as an ATM is an unwise move. Also, the insured value of my house is about twice what I paid for, because if something happens, it will cost that much to replace it. Taxes have also been on the rise because government needs ever more money to provide services (buy land, build buildings, etc.).
2) Education - Florida has some of the worst schools in the country, so private schools are pretty much your only option if you value your kids education.
3) Retirement - Seeing how costs are rising, I have no choice but to increase my savings to be able to live decently (read not in government assisted housing) in twenty years when I retire. Costs will keep going up, and unless wages advance to keep pace (unlikely), many people will find that what they saved is inadequate.
My newest car is a 2000 Ford Focus. All my cars are paid for (no 50k+SUV). We buy used cars for cash because the cost to repair used cars is much less than a new car payment. I have a modest house (1800 sq feet) in a decent neighborhood. Nothing fancy. With the wife working a few days, we can have a decent life. Without her income, I would be working paycheck to paycheck and not saving for the future. This is with a decent steady job.
So don't be so quick to blame selfish, greedy parents because they both work.
Of course, if Christianity is wrong, then all bets are off and maybe the Mayans do know when Jesus is coming. But then we have a Paradox.
The mayans do not know of Jesus, therefore no paradox.
Possibility Matrix.
0-Both are right - Mayans without knowledge of Jesus predict the end of the world. Christians predict the end of the world, which includes Jesus v2.0.
1-Christians right, Mayans wrong - Lots of "I told you so"s bantered about.
2-Christians wrong, Mayans right - Fewer "I told you so"s bantered about.
3-Both wrong - Life goes on as normal and some people begin to realize that prophecy is inherently unreliable.
Another possibility is that people cause the end of the world themselves and spin that as their prophecy coming true.
This is not a technology problem. It is a problem of figuring out who gets to set the porn bit. Since the internet is international no one jurisdiction can assert authority. For your meatspace analogy, it would be like you lighting up a joint, and then telling the LA police to piss off because it is legal in Amsterdam.
What exactly is the scientific merit of sending man to the moon/mars? Is there any useful research that can't be done at one hundredth of the cost by robots at either of these locations?
Learning how to live in space. The only way to get there is to take the first steps. The first steps are always expensive.
Other than proving that it is possible, what is the point of sending man into space?
The point of sending man into space is to allow mankind to survive an Earthly catastrophe.
How do you ground the ground?
Harmonics, my dear friend. Harmonics.
Or Giant Bees.
What we need is the return of BigTrax! A programmable set of construction toys (trucks, cranes, tranes, boats, etc) would have my kids enthralled (right now they can spend hours playing with Legos).
There's plenty of good stuff out there. But there's a lot missing, too.
Liberals are not the only uninformed ones. There is ignorance on both sides of the aisle.
All those ideas have merit and should be voluntary. Politicians always tell you the upside ("we can save your life!") but rarely reflect on the negative consequences (government credit checks as a part of the national survellance system). So many problems in our country come from the fact that everybody is forced to participate in a flawed scheme. If it were all voluntary, the bad schemes would die naturally and the better ones would be adopted. As soon as government mandates something, it lasts forever, no matter how bad the idea is (Social Security, Medicare, DMCA, etc).
They will often preach privacy without understanding that true privacy means that nobody even posseses my information without my consent, not even the government. If a company has all of your information and you are relying on a "privacy policy", then your privacy is just an illusion.
Centralized information is the easiest to misuse. I am not against bank accounts, credit cards, etc. I am against having to have one single government issued number in order do do anything. Particularly when that number is attached to you for life and cannot be changed. Just because I already have to deal with having a Social Security number (de-facto national ID in the U.S.) does not mean that I should put up with more government mandated ID schemes.
My perfect world...
I should be able to go to a credit agency and apply for a credit ID. I can provide as much or as little information about myself. If I provide little information, I would have a low credit score until I proved my creditworthiness. If I provide more information, I can get a better score. The point is it is my choice. And when someone hijacks my credit ID, I call the credit agnecy and cancel the account.
Businesses would use your score much as they do now. People with good records would get better deals. People with low scores would pay more. But the most important thing is that businesses would not be making the assumption that I am who I say I am. They would be more careful in how they do business.
This illustrates the weakness of having a 1 ID system. The system is set up to trust it, and if you can forge or steal that one ID, you can cause a lot of damage to people and business.
Same with medical information. I should be able to sign up for a medical ID from a service company and provide what information I choose. But when the government starts forcing its use and linking medical information to credit information all under one National ID, you have to wonder why.
Another way of looking at it is - If it is such a good idea, then everyone will choose to participate. Otherwise, let it die.