I'm with the other response (I am still laughing every time I look up), but I have a question: does it have to be goose? Seriously, man, you have a future in stand-up. Good timing.
[...] to augment the security of any mode of transportation at any location within the United States.
Sounds an awful lot like "mission creep" to me. Wasn't the issue initially protecting the homeland from foreign invaders? Do they usually arrive on the Boston subway?
Yes, I registered Republican recently in order to vote in the primary for Ron Paul. As for Obama, "Hoped you'd change it..." Ron Paul has been consistent in his views and voting record.
Until they do, legislation will continue to be lopsided in favour of the companies who are lobbying.
This is rather sad, isn't it? "If you don't pay the right bribes, your 'nice looking company' may not be protected." Instead, I would prefer no new laws be passed, and existing ones be examined for continued relevance. (Yes, I know, unicorns and such...)
People get into piracy for the free stuff. Then they turn political. It isn't the first time a movement for reform had its origins in criminal activity.
Yeah, and it isn't the first time a movement aligned with physics, either.
To the parent poster: Thank you for existing! At least there are a tiny handful of us who aren't suffering from this Stockholm affliction, and even if we are less than 1% of the population, it gladdens me to see there are still at least a few left.
Judging from recent events, I'd say we're more like 99%; we just need to be able to communicate with each other. Oh.
Honestly, I do not mean this as a troll. Having spent enough time on this site, seeing "NDAA" reminds me of "GNAA". I raised my threshold years ago so I would no longer see those posts -- and now my daily news is reminding me of Slashdot, years past.
Smoking a naturally grown plant is Pursuit of Happiness. They took that away long ago, and nobody brought guns out. I applaud your words, I really do, but I do not know that it's possible to revolt successfully. The weapons that the citizenry is allowed are like mosquitos next to the tanks and bombs the military has. Leaving this country for my own safety is seeming more and more prudent.
Your question reminds me of the old joke about the guy asking the lady in a bar, "Would you sleep with me for a billion dollars?" to which she says "Yes"; then he asks "For a hundred?" and she responds "What kind of lady do you think I am?"; his answer: "We've already determined that. Now we're negotiating the price."
Agreed. I especially loved the parentheses at the end of the article:
Unfortunately the battery-farm style worker efficiency overheads still cost â1,000 per square metre, but the Fraunhofer boffins expect this to come down (presumably because they have installed early sets in the plant fabricating the tiles)
(By the way, that a with a hat before the 1000 is a Euro symbol in the article...)
A gun can be used as a hammer, and a rock can be used as a hammer.
But we still typically use a hammer as a hammer.
Just don't use Mt. Dew as a hammer! (Protip: the edge of the bottom works great; the side of the can, you only get one strike before it's sticky everywhere.)
For what it's worth, if your credit card numbers got out there, I would say "tough luck." I'd prefer that they didn't get out because of how some people act, and it's not the speech that I think is bad, but people doing things that I think are bad.
I agree; furthermore, the thing that I think is bad is the system that was created with a single-factor method of emptying one's bank account.
The one nice thing is that such a war would get us off of imported oil PDQ. Basically, we would push electric and natural gas vehicles very quickly. Likewise, Canada's pipeline would be sped up.
The thing that gets me? All the efforts from the US automotive industry to bury high-efficiency technology, has possibly doomed us to be a non-star-faring, dying-as-we-run-out-of-oil species and planet. That's particularly tragic; especially because the sun won't explode again -- this section of the galaxy is (potentially) doomed.
I doubt that those agreements have clauses in them that say things like "We retain the right to fail to provide you with these contracted-for services while we participate in a political protest." Lots of moving parts involved, here.
Which is why I find it all the more amazing that this idea is even being floated. Kudos to them, even if they don't actually make it happen; they've made some noise. Tell your friends, relatives, neighbors.
I would advise you to find a small company that doesn't specialize in web/software development. If they don't specialize in web/software development their standards won't be too high and the pressure will not be there because they don't have an understanding of how things normally work.
Completely disagree. Current employer is a web/software development company. Standards are not high, and (country) Indians are being over-promoted because their peer group will think they're underperforming if they aren't rewarded as if they're overperforming (even if they truly are underperforming, or worse, costing the company money, i.e., for many of them, it would be better simply if they were not here, and were not replaced), and there is a ton of pressure because the Indians are not professionals and break things, constantly, and non-Indians are expected to work overtime to fix their mistakes. Some time in this environment will definitely prepare you -- but I don't recommend it.
It took millennia (billenia?) to fall, if you count the time involved gathering matter together, exploding it to make heavier elements (twice), then gathering it together again and having two planets collide to form our moon, the basis of life on this planet. So, you're also off by several orders of magnitude, if you wish to be adequately pedantic. Or, you could say it fell in a microsecond, that being the last decision the ruler made to doom it.
I haven't gotten to that point yet, because of the extra steps involved. I just go to the address bar (generally after a Ctrl+T, meaning no additional step; using Google Chrome) and type "wiki something" where 'something' is what I was interested in, and the first link is to Wikipedia and I click it. That's the pattern >99% of the time.
Former wife used to badger me with "what, are you notifying the ghosts that you're turning?" No, (expletive deleted), I am ensuring that this pattern is repeated every time I change lanes, regardless of whether there is anyone to receive the communication. That way, I won't end up driving like my dad.
There is a truck on your right about to go through the intersection and it has its emergency flashers on but by glancing at it you only see the right hand turn signal on so you proceed and than run to avoid getting hit.
Perhaps the "turn signal" should not be conflated with the "emergency hazards"? (Potential patent.)
It might be dangerous to turn your signal on but it is just a dangerous to forget to turn them off so if there are no cars that could use my signal than I will not turn it on.
Perhaps there could be a 30-second shutoff timer for the turn signal? (Potential patent.)
(I too have driven in Boston, and agree that using one's signals just means the other driver(s) will fill the gap... Not that it has changed my behavior for the negative; now, I just choose not to enter that gap, when driving in Boston: I get there slower, and in one piece.)
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I'm with the other response (I am still laughing every time I look up), but I have a question: does it have to be goose? Seriously, man, you have a future in stand-up. Good timing.
[...] to augment the security of any mode of transportation at any location within the United States.
Sounds an awful lot like "mission creep" to me. Wasn't the issue initially protecting the homeland from foreign invaders? Do they usually arrive on the Boston subway?
Yes, I registered Republican recently in order to vote in the primary for Ron Paul. As for Obama, "Hoped you'd change it..." Ron Paul has been consistent in his views and voting record.
Reportedly 1% in Boston area.
Thanks!
Until they do, legislation will continue to be lopsided in favour of the companies who are lobbying.
This is rather sad, isn't it? "If you don't pay the right bribes, your 'nice looking company' may not be protected." Instead, I would prefer no new laws be passed, and existing ones be examined for continued relevance. (Yes, I know, unicorns and such...)
People get into piracy for the free stuff. Then they turn political. It isn't the first time a movement for reform had its origins in criminal activity.
Yeah, and it isn't the first time a movement aligned with physics, either.
Exactly, as Harvey Silverglate warned us about in his book "Three Felonies a Day"
To the parent poster: Thank you for existing! At least there are a tiny handful of us who aren't suffering from this Stockholm affliction, and even if we are less than 1% of the population, it gladdens me to see there are still at least a few left.
Judging from recent events, I'd say we're more like 99%; we just need to be able to communicate with each other. Oh.
Honestly, I do not mean this as a troll. Having spent enough time on this site, seeing "NDAA" reminds me of "GNAA". I raised my threshold years ago so I would no longer see those posts -- and now my daily news is reminding me of Slashdot, years past.
I completely agree with you.
As already mentioned, it's good to know the principles of the actors involved.
Smoking a naturally grown plant is Pursuit of Happiness. They took that away long ago, and nobody brought guns out. I applaud your words, I really do, but I do not know that it's possible to revolt successfully. The weapons that the citizenry is allowed are like mosquitos next to the tanks and bombs the military has. Leaving this country for my own safety is seeming more and more prudent.
I wouldn't.
Your question reminds me of the old joke about the guy asking the lady in a bar, "Would you sleep with me for a billion dollars?" to which she says "Yes"; then he asks "For a hundred?" and she responds "What kind of lady do you think I am?"; his answer: "We've already determined that. Now we're negotiating the price."
Unfortunately the battery-farm style worker efficiency overheads still cost â1,000 per square metre, but the Fraunhofer boffins expect this to come down (presumably because they have installed early sets in the plant fabricating the tiles)
(By the way, that a with a hat before the 1000 is a Euro symbol in the article...)
A gun can be used as a hammer, and a rock can be used as a hammer.
But we still typically use a hammer as a hammer.
Just don't use Mt. Dew as a hammer! (Protip: the edge of the bottom works great; the side of the can, you only get one strike before it's sticky everywhere.)
For what it's worth, if your credit card numbers got out there, I would say "tough luck." I'd prefer that they didn't get out because of how some people act, and it's not the speech that I think is bad, but people doing things that I think are bad.
I agree; furthermore, the thing that I think is bad is the system that was created with a single-factor method of emptying one's bank account.
The one nice thing is that such a war would get us off of imported oil PDQ. Basically, we would push electric and natural gas vehicles very quickly. Likewise, Canada's pipeline would be sped up.
The thing that gets me? All the efforts from the US automotive industry to bury high-efficiency technology, has possibly doomed us to be a non-star-faring, dying-as-we-run-out-of-oil species and planet. That's particularly tragic; especially because the sun won't explode again -- this section of the galaxy is (potentially) doomed.
I doubt that those agreements have clauses in them that say things like "We retain the right to fail to provide you with these contracted-for services while we participate in a political protest." Lots of moving parts involved, here.
Which is why I find it all the more amazing that this idea is even being floated. Kudos to them, even if they don't actually make it happen; they've made some noise. Tell your friends, relatives, neighbors.
Agreed; I tagged "doit".
I would advise you to find a small company that doesn't specialize in web/software development. If they don't specialize in web/software development their standards won't be too high and the pressure will not be there because they don't have an understanding of how things normally work.
Completely disagree. Current employer is a web/software development company. Standards are not high, and (country) Indians are being over-promoted because their peer group will think they're underperforming if they aren't rewarded as if they're overperforming (even if they truly are underperforming, or worse, costing the company money, i.e., for many of them, it would be better simply if they were not here, and were not replaced), and there is a ton of pressure because the Indians are not professionals and break things, constantly, and non-Indians are expected to work overtime to fix their mistakes. Some time in this environment will definitely prepare you -- but I don't recommend it.
Bullocks. Rome took centuries to fall.
It took millennia (billenia?) to fall, if you count the time involved gathering matter together, exploding it to make heavier elements (twice), then gathering it together again and having two planets collide to form our moon, the basis of life on this planet. So, you're also off by several orders of magnitude, if you wish to be adequately pedantic. Or, you could say it fell in a microsecond, that being the last decision the ruler made to doom it.
I haven't gotten to that point yet, because of the extra steps involved. I just go to the address bar (generally after a Ctrl+T, meaning no additional step; using Google Chrome) and type "wiki something" where 'something' is what I was interested in, and the first link is to Wikipedia and I click it. That's the pattern >99% of the time.
You should post a perfect policy that no one will ever argue with.
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law."
Former wife used to badger me with "what, are you notifying the ghosts that you're turning?" No, (expletive deleted), I am ensuring that this pattern is repeated every time I change lanes, regardless of whether there is anyone to receive the communication. That way, I won't end up driving like my dad.
There is a truck on your right about to go through the intersection and it has its emergency flashers on but by glancing at it you only see the right hand turn signal on so you proceed and than run to avoid getting hit.
Perhaps the "turn signal" should not be conflated with the "emergency hazards"? (Potential patent.)
It might be dangerous to turn your signal on but it is just a dangerous to forget to turn them off so if there are no cars that could use my signal than I will not turn it on.
Perhaps there could be a 30-second shutoff timer for the turn signal? (Potential patent.)
(I too have driven in Boston, and agree that using one's signals just means the other driver(s) will fill the gap... Not that it has changed my behavior for the negative; now, I just choose not to enter that gap, when driving in Boston: I get there slower, and in one piece.)