I didn't say keep the door locked from the inside. Only to gain entrance. Thanks for assuming something not implied.
You could add a "BUZZ" sound/bell to people who are leaving to remind them to swipe their card first. IT isn't rocket science, but we try to make things overly complicated because we are geeks.
My point: Regulations do not prevent greed from taking people's money in the long run, it just pushes it away from any ability to actually prosecute for crimes, because "we complied with all regulations" is the mantra of the corporate criminals.
Locked doors. Swipe Card Entrance and choosing which equipment you'll be using. Swipe card to leave. Log time. If that is too hard/complicated then do not prorate the equipment based on usage, but on availability. Every dpt that uses the equipment gets charged a small part of the equipment's costs, including operating and maintenance costs and don't use any logs at all. Sometimes the cost of compliance is more than the actual costs you're looking to recover.
How did all the regulations help the Mortgage Backed Securities from begetting a housing bubble that eventually collapsed? And if you say it was de-regulation you're only partially right, the other side is DNC backed regulations requiring banks to make unsafe loans to people who couldn't afford to pay them back. Guess what happened, the perfect storm of RNC and DNC stupidity and an economy that is still suffering the consequences.
Sometimes, even the government isn't big enough to fix our problems.
Dependable banks require that those running them, and those depositing money into them are not GREEDY BASTARDS, who do stupid things to make a bigger profit. Having a government behind them doesn't fix the problem. Take for example the latest Mortgage Backed Securities, that ended up being nothing but phoney scam to leverage profits, and hence the housing bubble that resulted. Government bailed out the immediate problem, but the real problem was that the fake securities were valued at more than the whole world's GDP, and that has not yet cleared the books. And it will take quite a bit of time to do so.
AND the people who perpetrated this scam are not going to be prosecuted for any crimes.
The point is, even GOVERNMENT isn't big enough to back banks that are greedy. And don't even get me started on the FED. This is why we need to have the corporate death penalty and revoke the corporate charters, rather than bail out the criminals^H^H^H^H^H^H Banks
We have copiers that draw that much. Why are they not "fire hazards" ? I've seen Projectors that draw that much as well, again, not a fire hazard. I've had to have custom wired surge protectors because the fire marshal says you can't use an extension cable between the wall and the surge protector. It caused an actual fire, because it was wired wrong, by an electrician. I've never seen an extension cable cause a fire. Ever.
There are rules in place that cause the very problem they are trying to solve. So, I do have experience in my corner.
The point is, you can have absolute rules or you can use judgement. Each has its own risks. But if you do EVERYTHING by the book, you're probably doing something wrong.
Short sighted Railroads, who decided they were in the "railtoad" business, and not in transportation business. They spurned trucks in the early days of petrol based transportation, seeing them as competition, rather than an alternative means of moving cargo and people. This allowed the buildout of roads to that replaced rails.
Now, it is too late, as the right of ways required to extend rail further is much much harder to come by and very expensive up front.
Then there is the speed aspect of moving cargo / passengers vs Rail. Currently it takes 14 hours to get from where I live to Los Angeles via Rail, and it is once per day. I can drive in 10 (with stops) or I can drive/fly in 6. I can only imagine how long it takes for cargo, which has to be loaded, unloaded at each end, and staged before and after loading before it has to move to the final destination.
Realistically, if your cargo is time dependent delivery, you don't put it on rail. This is fully the problem of the Rail companies, not understanding what business they were in. Now, the understand but it is too late.
I have an inductive hot water pot, it is about as safe as anything possible. You tell me it is a fire hazard, and I'll find a dozen more likely sources in your office.
The only thing that gets hot is the water pot portion. And it is separated from the induction base, which remains coolish. An Incandescent (you remember those?) bulb is hotter.
It depends on what you mean about "happy" about it. IF the US replaced the USD with Cryptocurrency, one that mirrored all the favorable things we love about crypto currency (namely finite number of coins), then Yeah, I would be "happy" about it. It would mean we would get away from Private organizations like the FED from printing money to cause inflation so that we can cover up the theft called "DEBT".
That alone would make me happy. It also means it won't actually happen, can't possibly happen with the two incumbent parties entrenched in fake politics hiding the piss poor policies that keep Americans enslaved under the current two party system we have today.
But then again, I sound like a Loon Conspiracy Theory Guy (which may be the case). But ask yourself this question, what if I am right?
Nobody ever stops and asks the question "why must SOMETHING be done" and then try to figure out what that "SOMETHING" ought to be.
The problem here, is that we have people who no nothing, telling everyone else what to do. This is nothing short of tyranny. I just wonder how many people realize that those that are supposed to represent us, only represent themselves.
Yeah, until you realize that not everyone fits into the new supersubcompact 2 door Speck. I'm 6'5" and I don't fit in my mom's Honda Accord because my head is in the roof. My commute is 8 minutes, and I use a tank and a half each month. The car gets 25 MPG fully loaded with people and luggage when I travel, and fits everyone well.
If you want "Excess" take a look at Hummer or any number of truck based SUVs. Don't mess with my car.
I have a Mercury Grand Marquis that I paid 1700 for two years ago, bought tires and serpentine belt for. It has 90K miles on it now. I recently replaced the brakes myself (simple job). In total, I've spent less than $2500 for two years of driving (plus gass). Nice ride, mechanically sound engine/tranny but it does have its issues with the automatic windows. It is a very nice ride.
My last vehicle was bought brand new for about $20k, lasted 20 years before it just fell apart. I put in about $2000 on that vehicle over its life outside of oil changes/tires/batter etc.
That being said, I'll never buy a new car again, and will buy cars that are mechanically sound towards the end of their lifes. If I get two years, and sell them for any value at all, I'm way ahead of people who like new car smells and get stuck in forever paying for vehicles. In fact, I'm looking right now for my next $2-3K car. I'm patient and am willing to wait to find the "right one".:-D Yeah, I'm tight.
the only question left will be market acceptance of a mainstream electric car
No, I do not think that is even an unanswered question at this point. The biggest question I have is, will there be a STANDARD connector for quick charging batteries so that after driving 200 miles, can we re-charge the batteries in a few minutes no matter what brand of car we're driving?
Right now, the ONLY thing that is preventing me from getting a Tesla is that I have to travel longer than 500 miles a few times a year, and renting a car for a week, three times a year is too expensive an option.
However, I do see the possibility of all this changing how we travel. Especially if the Autonomous automobile becomes a reality. This would allow people to travel by train / airplane and "rent" a vehicle only for getting to / from transportation hubs and local travel.
Let me just state up front, I think the new versions of the GPL are becoming exactly what the GPL was originally used to protect agains, another intrusive EULA, restricting usage because someone doesn't like that usage. I personally use BSD style licensing, because I create for others to use, and I am not concerned with how they use it. My source is open, free, to use as you (end user / repackager / thief) see fit. By keeping my source pure, at my point, forks become the one-offs that are abandoned, while mine remains (i've already seen this). I truly believe that what goes around, comes around.
My question is, when does "free" stop being free? My reading of the GPL3 is such that it is placing restrictions on use, simply because of how it is being used, not because of anything else. Using GPL 2, or better yet, BSD, one is not restricting its use, and isn't that better for everyone? Restricting use, is not "free" in my definition of "free".
On the other hand, I admire your zealotry. People like you(and me??) drive the conversations we need to have, even if we disagree.
Actually, FB is nice for casual contact with people I grew up with, and family. Informal and often child like. I have and use FB, but it is limited. People I have common interests in, but aren't "friends" per se are much better over on Google+. Just my opinion.
Google+ isn't failing. Not by a long shot. It has features FB wishes it had. The issue with G+ that most people have, is that it isn't for announcing your latest bowel movement of Beibergasm of the day. Let the kiddies play on Facebook and twitter.
The difference is what is "base" education, versus what is extended education. We expect our society to have a minimum level of education, K-12. After that, it is not required. UNLESS you are demanding EVERYONE actually attend school until they get a AA, BS/BA.
K-12 is mandatory, while College is not.
And in your case, you should sue your schools for not giving you basic critical thinking skills.
How can one discern between counterfeit and real, when both are coming off the same assembly line in China?
This is what is called "third shift" products, where the first two shifts make XYZ product for ABC corp, and the third shift makes XYZ Counterfeit for black market.
So, Microsoft forks Android, makes it proprietary, and that does what for Android? Exactly?
Here's a hint, it leaves Android completely free and open, and only locks Microsoft's brain dead locked up version to... Microsoft. I could care less if Microsoft makes a fork proprietary, or not. Or anyone else for that matter. This is what FREE and OPEN really mean. Locking people into your own version serves only you, and smart people will avoid your version, and stay with the free non-copyleft versions.
In summary, if you fork Android, make it proprietary, and think you'll survive long term, you're stupid. Even if your proprietary is vastly superior in function.
But if the "average" is trending down, then trying to be below "average" usage will become increasingly harder. To the point, where such mechanisms to control water usage becomes worthless, and people stop trying, and then... the trend has a "disturbing spike upwards" when people stop caring and those "in charge" put out urgent PSA that clang the alarm bells and causes panic!
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I didn't say keep the door locked from the inside. Only to gain entrance. Thanks for assuming something not implied.
You could add a "BUZZ" sound/bell to people who are leaving to remind them to swipe their card first. IT isn't rocket science, but we try to make things overly complicated because we are geeks.
KISS works.
My point: Regulations do not prevent greed from taking people's money in the long run, it just pushes it away from any ability to actually prosecute for crimes, because "we complied with all regulations" is the mantra of the corporate criminals.
Locked doors. Swipe Card Entrance and choosing which equipment you'll be using. Swipe card to leave. Log time. If that is too hard/complicated then do not prorate the equipment based on usage, but on availability. Every dpt that uses the equipment gets charged a small part of the equipment's costs, including operating and maintenance costs and don't use any logs at all. Sometimes the cost of compliance is more than the actual costs you're looking to recover.
It isn't rocket science.
How did all the regulations help the Mortgage Backed Securities from begetting a housing bubble that eventually collapsed? And if you say it was de-regulation you're only partially right, the other side is DNC backed regulations requiring banks to make unsafe loans to people who couldn't afford to pay them back. Guess what happened, the perfect storm of RNC and DNC stupidity and an economy that is still suffering the consequences.
Sometimes, even the government isn't big enough to fix our problems.
Dependable banks require that those running them, and those depositing money into them are not GREEDY BASTARDS, who do stupid things to make a bigger profit. Having a government behind them doesn't fix the problem. Take for example the latest Mortgage Backed Securities, that ended up being nothing but phoney scam to leverage profits, and hence the housing bubble that resulted. Government bailed out the immediate problem, but the real problem was that the fake securities were valued at more than the whole world's GDP, and that has not yet cleared the books. And it will take quite a bit of time to do so.
AND the people who perpetrated this scam are not going to be prosecuted for any crimes.
The point is, even GOVERNMENT isn't big enough to back banks that are greedy. And don't even get me started on the FED. This is why we need to have the corporate death penalty and revoke the corporate charters, rather than bail out the criminals^H^H^H^H^H^H Banks
We have copiers that draw that much. Why are they not "fire hazards" ? I've seen Projectors that draw that much as well, again, not a fire hazard. I've had to have custom wired surge protectors because the fire marshal says you can't use an extension cable between the wall and the surge protector. It caused an actual fire, because it was wired wrong, by an electrician. I've never seen an extension cable cause a fire. Ever.
There are rules in place that cause the very problem they are trying to solve. So, I do have experience in my corner.
The point is, you can have absolute rules or you can use judgement. Each has its own risks. But if you do EVERYTHING by the book, you're probably doing something wrong.
Short sighted Railroads, who decided they were in the "railtoad" business, and not in transportation business. They spurned trucks in the early days of petrol based transportation, seeing them as competition, rather than an alternative means of moving cargo and people. This allowed the buildout of roads to that replaced rails.
Now, it is too late, as the right of ways required to extend rail further is much much harder to come by and very expensive up front.
Then there is the speed aspect of moving cargo / passengers vs Rail. Currently it takes 14 hours to get from where I live to Los Angeles via Rail, and it is once per day. I can drive in 10 (with stops) or I can drive/fly in 6. I can only imagine how long it takes for cargo, which has to be loaded, unloaded at each end, and staged before and after loading before it has to move to the final destination.
Realistically, if your cargo is time dependent delivery, you don't put it on rail. This is fully the problem of the Rail companies, not understanding what business they were in. Now, the understand but it is too late.
I have an inductive hot water pot, it is about as safe as anything possible. You tell me it is a fire hazard, and I'll find a dozen more likely sources in your office.
The only thing that gets hot is the water pot portion. And it is separated from the induction base, which remains coolish. An Incandescent (you remember those?) bulb is hotter.
It depends on what you mean about "happy" about it. IF the US replaced the USD with Cryptocurrency, one that mirrored all the favorable things we love about crypto currency (namely finite number of coins), then Yeah, I would be "happy" about it. It would mean we would get away from Private organizations like the FED from printing money to cause inflation so that we can cover up the theft called "DEBT".
That alone would make me happy. It also means it won't actually happen, can't possibly happen with the two incumbent parties entrenched in fake politics hiding the piss poor policies that keep Americans enslaved under the current two party system we have today.
But then again, I sound like a Loon Conspiracy Theory Guy (which may be the case). But ask yourself this question, what if I am right?
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SOMETHING must be done.
This is SOMETHING.
Therefore, it must be done!
Nobody ever stops and asks the question "why must SOMETHING be done" and then try to figure out what that "SOMETHING" ought to be.
The problem here, is that we have people who no nothing, telling everyone else what to do. This is nothing short of tyranny. I just wonder how many people realize that those that are supposed to represent us, only represent themselves.
Yeah, until you realize that not everyone fits into the new supersubcompact 2 door Speck. I'm 6'5" and I don't fit in my mom's Honda Accord because my head is in the roof. My commute is 8 minutes, and I use a tank and a half each month. The car gets 25 MPG fully loaded with people and luggage when I travel, and fits everyone well.
If you want "Excess" take a look at Hummer or any number of truck based SUVs. Don't mess with my car.
I have a Mercury Grand Marquis that I paid 1700 for two years ago, bought tires and serpentine belt for. It has 90K miles on it now. I recently replaced the brakes myself (simple job). In total, I've spent less than $2500 for two years of driving (plus gass). Nice ride, mechanically sound engine/tranny but it does have its issues with the automatic windows. It is a very nice ride.
My last vehicle was bought brand new for about $20k, lasted 20 years before it just fell apart. I put in about $2000 on that vehicle over its life outside of oil changes/tires/batter etc.
That being said, I'll never buy a new car again, and will buy cars that are mechanically sound towards the end of their lifes. If I get two years, and sell them for any value at all, I'm way ahead of people who like new car smells and get stuck in forever paying for vehicles. In fact, I'm looking right now for my next $2-3K car. I'm patient and am willing to wait to find the "right one". :-D Yeah, I'm tight.
Battery Swap stations solve nothing, unless there is a universal battery standard format, usable in all cars, not just Tesla.
We wouldn't accept Ford making ICE cars that can only use Ford Fuel from Ford Fueling Stations, why is this acceptable for Electric Cars?
the only question left will be market acceptance of a mainstream electric car
No, I do not think that is even an unanswered question at this point. The biggest question I have is, will there be a STANDARD connector for quick charging batteries so that after driving 200 miles, can we re-charge the batteries in a few minutes no matter what brand of car we're driving?
Right now, the ONLY thing that is preventing me from getting a Tesla is that I have to travel longer than 500 miles a few times a year, and renting a car for a week, three times a year is too expensive an option.
However, I do see the possibility of all this changing how we travel. Especially if the Autonomous automobile becomes a reality. This would allow people to travel by train / airplane and "rent" a vehicle only for getting to / from transportation hubs and local travel.
Let me just state up front, I think the new versions of the GPL are becoming exactly what the GPL was originally used to protect agains, another intrusive EULA, restricting usage because someone doesn't like that usage. I personally use BSD style licensing, because I create for others to use, and I am not concerned with how they use it. My source is open, free, to use as you (end user / repackager / thief) see fit. By keeping my source pure, at my point, forks become the one-offs that are abandoned, while mine remains (i've already seen this). I truly believe that what goes around, comes around.
My question is, when does "free" stop being free? My reading of the GPL3 is such that it is placing restrictions on use, simply because of how it is being used, not because of anything else. Using GPL 2, or better yet, BSD, one is not restricting its use, and isn't that better for everyone? Restricting use, is not "free" in my definition of "free".
On the other hand, I admire your zealotry. People like you(and me??) drive the conversations we need to have, even if we disagree.
360 Million active users ..... yup "no users"
Actually, FB is nice for casual contact with people I grew up with, and family. Informal and often child like. I have and use FB, but it is limited. People I have common interests in, but aren't "friends" per se are much better over on Google+. Just my opinion.
Google+ isn't failing. Not by a long shot. It has features FB wishes it had. The issue with G+ that most people have, is that it isn't for announcing your latest bowel movement of Beibergasm of the day. Let the kiddies play on Facebook and twitter.
The difference is what is "base" education, versus what is extended education. We expect our society to have a minimum level of education, K-12. After that, it is not required. UNLESS you are demanding EVERYONE actually attend school until they get a AA, BS/BA.
K-12 is mandatory, while College is not.
And in your case, you should sue your schools for not giving you basic critical thinking skills.
One cannot win when the rules resemble CalvinBall. The game is rigged.
BINGO!
How can one discern between counterfeit and real, when both are coming off the same assembly line in China?
This is what is called "third shift" products, where the first two shifts make XYZ product for ABC corp, and the third shift makes XYZ Counterfeit for black market.
So, Microsoft forks Android, makes it proprietary, and that does what for Android? Exactly?
Here's a hint, it leaves Android completely free and open, and only locks Microsoft's brain dead locked up version to ... Microsoft. I could care less if Microsoft makes a fork proprietary, or not. Or anyone else for that matter. This is what FREE and OPEN really mean. Locking people into your own version serves only you, and smart people will avoid your version, and stay with the free non-copyleft versions.
In summary, if you fork Android, make it proprietary, and think you'll survive long term, you're stupid. Even if your proprietary is vastly superior in function.
Join the Resistance! Enlightened seeks to enslave us to the .... wait this isn't an Ingress thread is it?
But if the "average" is trending down, then trying to be below "average" usage will become increasingly harder. To the point, where such mechanisms to control water usage becomes worthless, and people stop trying, and then ... the trend has a "disturbing spike upwards" when people stop caring and those "in charge" put out urgent PSA that clang the alarm bells and causes panic!