Such a system only works if everyone is forced to only work 10 hours a week.
Perhaps altering the social norms so that this type of behavior (collecting) is unacceptable. We do the opposite now and that seems to be effective for producing a country of people who only want more.
Perhaps create an environment where mastery of an art or skill (something that takes time, not stuff) is highly desired and respected.
In the case of vehicles, my craptacular 2002 Saturn s-series (and my wife's 1996 model) easily gets 36 mpg with an automatic transmission with reasonably proper maintenance. If I watch the lead foot carefully, I can squeeze out around 40-44, especially on extended trips. My friend with the new prius only gets 49-50 on the x-way, although they get in the mid-50's in city driving. My parents and sister with a new Corrolla and Fit get 38ish on the x-way and 30-32 max in the city.
My car has 75k miles on it and my wife's just rolled over 170k miles. They both run great and look good, too (thanks to the stupid plastic body panels). The only goofy thing is that you have to change the oil every 3000 miles. If you do that and basic maintenance, they will run for a solid 300k miles.
Taking into account total energy input, my cars beat a new one hands down. They aren't luxury cars by any means, and don't have all the new fangled gadgets, but they're cheap, won't have to have a new hybrid battery pack at 100k miles and get better fuel economy than most of what is put out nowadays.
I've seen several well done analysis on older cars (and one or two in Mother Earth News... definitely anti-gas guzzler) and when taking into account all of the embodied energy that goes into manufacturing a car, even an old V-8 LTD does better than a new car.
In the summer, though, I try to ride my bike (with 2 kids and whatever else we decide to haul) wherever I can. You'd be surprised what you can do with a good bike trailer and an electric hub kit.
Weellll, my parents live a mile from the factory, I've been in it and there are a lot of dusty sparrows not going anywhere. The place seems pretty idle. I think the things are too danged expensive. They are nicely built, though.
Then the sheeple will realize that their own isn't worth the paper it's printed on. Think about it: If the most powerful government in the world will take dollars as payment for taxes, then dollars must be valuable.
I think you are right, however. I read a study that showed that it would cost less and cause less inflation to rid ourselves of the IRS, etc. and simply print/create the money the government needs.
Great idea... except for the fact that the facilities that you refer to aren't available in SQL. I never said it was the shortest, most efficiant solution. It was just some SQL that I sometimes use that I happened to have lying around.
There are two versions that you can install... One doesn't gather info, but you don't have all of the 'features' either Guess everything's a trade-off...
Would any good sysadmin allow beta (0.4) code on a production box?...
Which brings up another point... If RedHat or any of the other distros want to avoid this type of hype, include only production-quality code in the distro.
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It makes you wonder why they are granted the powers and privileges that they enjoy.
Well, just try to get a lawyer to fight it or a journalist to report on it ... you don't piss in your own well, you know?
Such a system only works if everyone is forced to only work 10 hours a week.
Perhaps altering the social norms so that this type of behavior (collecting) is unacceptable. We do the opposite now and that seems to be effective for producing a country of people who only want more.
Perhaps create an environment where mastery of an art or skill (something that takes time, not stuff) is highly desired and respected.
I'd live there ...
In the case of vehicles, my craptacular 2002 Saturn s-series (and my wife's 1996 model) easily gets 36 mpg with an automatic transmission with reasonably proper maintenance. If I watch the lead foot carefully, I can squeeze out around 40-44, especially on extended trips. My friend with the new prius only gets 49-50 on the x-way, although they get in the mid-50's in city driving. My parents and sister with a new Corrolla and Fit get 38ish on the x-way and 30-32 max in the city.
My car has 75k miles on it and my wife's just rolled over 170k miles. They both run great and look good, too (thanks to the stupid plastic body panels). The only goofy thing is that you have to change the oil every 3000 miles. If you do that and basic maintenance, they will run for a solid 300k miles.
Taking into account total energy input, my cars beat a new one hands down. They aren't luxury cars by any means, and don't have all the new fangled gadgets, but they're cheap, won't have to have a new hybrid battery pack at 100k miles and get better fuel economy than most of what is put out nowadays.
I've seen several well done analysis on older cars (and one or two in Mother Earth News ... definitely anti-gas guzzler) and when taking into account all of the embodied energy that goes into manufacturing a car, even an old V-8 LTD does better than a new car.
In the summer, though, I try to ride my bike (with 2 kids and whatever else we decide to haul) wherever I can. You'd be surprised what you can do with a good bike trailer and an electric hub kit.
I'm just sayin' ...
Weellll, my parents live a mile from the factory, I've been in it and there are a lot of dusty sparrows not going anywhere. The place seems pretty idle. I think the things are too danged expensive. They are nicely built, though.
Hmm ... you folks UU's? Cause you sure sound like it ... we are and split our beliefs in much the same way.
The flaw is that you're trying to figure this out on Slashdot ;)
infinite amount of money ... yep, that for sure ...
Then the sheeple will realize that their own isn't worth the paper it's printed on. Think about it: If the most powerful government in the world will take dollars as payment for taxes, then dollars must be valuable.
... buy some gold or something
I think you are right, however. I read a study that showed that it would cost less and cause less inflation to rid ourselves of the IRS, etc. and simply print/create the money the government needs.
Go figure
Never, never, never shake a prion ...
It's a real easy way to get debian installed on your hard drive.
Boot up, hit Ctrl-Alt-F2, type knx-hdinstall.
Be careful with the ingredients as these are dangerous chemicals.
The alchohol and sodium hydroxide needed to crack the hydrocarbon chains creates sodium methoxide that is toxic to your nervous system.
You probably should wear gloves, wear a respirator, and not get the stuff on your skin.
You are also still responsible for ~$.50 per gallon fuel tax (depending on where you live) that you would normally pay at the pump.
Great idea ... except for the fact that the facilities that you refer to aren't available in SQL. I never said it was the shortest, most efficiant solution. It was just some SQL that I sometimes use that I happened to have lying around.
yeah, 100/5 = 20, not 21 so one consonant has to go for simplicity's sake. This works pretty well on some of the stuff I've worked on.
keep ass? sounds naughty ...
declare @consonants char(20),
@vowels char(5),
@password varchar(255),
@length tinyint -- passed to sp
select @consonants = 'bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwyz',
@vowels = 'aeiou',
@length = 8 -- maximum of 254. any more will overflow
while (@length > 0)
begin
select @password = @password + substring(@consonants, convert(int, ( round (rand()*100/5, 0) )),1)
if (@length > 1)
begin
select @password = @password + substring(@vowels, convert(int, ( round (rand()*100/25, 0) )),1)
end
select @length = @length - 2
end
select @password
Exactly ... Be unique ($diety knows we have enough Ashleys and Hunters), but don't go overboard ...
I agree, but most of the non-techies I know would love to get off what they like to refer to as "Internet Exploder"
yeah but which is which?
We do netflix ... you're around 1-2 seasons behind, but no commercials ...
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It's amazing how much you find yourself waiting for commercials to go to the bathroom and then suddenly realizing "crap! I can just pause it"
Is there a relatively unbiased website that details candidates votes / opinions, etc. ?
There are two versions that you can install ... ...
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One doesn't gather info, but you don't have all of the 'features' either
Guess everything's a trade-off
Back to work
If Deep Crack doesn't work, maybe they could run it through Secret Sphincter!
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Ok, back to work
Would any good sysadmin allow beta (0.4) code on a production box? ...
Which brings up another point ... If RedHat or any of the other distros want to avoid this type of hype, include only production-quality code in the distro.
Porco Rosso