Look, rape is a terrible crime, no doubt about it but you can't let that put it above other crimes. People not reporting it is part of the problem and needs to be addressed some how. I don't know how but that's besides the point. There's very little evidence of it and it can be very hard to prove which I agree is a big part of the problem, but are you trying to deny that fact has been used to peoples advantage? Basically as it stands, if one is so inclined they can get someone accused of rape and it causes a massive problems in a way that accusing them of any other crime doesn't. Even when people are totally exonerated and claims revealed to be false that shit still follows and there are numerous examples of it.
That's the truth. You and your ilk running around claiming we live in a rape culture and no one would ever dare lie about something so serious is what's stupid.
In the end I would say that with rape accusation both parties should be treated equally and fairly until facts have been established and reported. That includes not plastering allegations all over the mainstream media but I guess that's too much to ask?
Right, so a randoms word is good enough for you? Because an anonymous source told me you've been a nonstop sexual harasser and have raped a whole bunch of women and a couple kids.
They might have in the law. but in the media just having rape mentioned in the same sentence of your name is enough. There need to be consequences to that shit. In the same way a lot of companies, individuals whatever refuse to comment of proceeding actions, media should be the same.
I accuse you of murder, people ask where's the body? I accuse you of rape and the lynch mob is ready to go in 5 seconds flat.
Of course if you are accused of something it should be investigated properly by the relevant people just not by the public based on hearsay.
If you want to see the bills you will. I recently had a CT scan, the average global price for this variety anywhere not in the USA (without dye, which is evidently much more expensive) is something like $500. The place billed by insurance for $15,000. My insurance paid the (evidently badly) negotiated price of $7500. I paid $1,500 out of pocket.
I just can't even.
I hope they at least provided some free lube while they fuck you that hard.
If he didn't mean to trivialise rape accusations it is not my failing that OP is either functionally illiterate or unable to grasp the logical implications of his statements. I don't believe he is necessarily either... he meant to write exactly what he wrote.
So basically you're in the crowd that seems to thing a rape allegation is bulletproof and no one should dare question such a horrible thing even though it's been proven and known that a rape allegation is an easy way to get rid of someone and has been used against all kind of people. OP's point was pretty clear and you're basically confirming it.
because in the time it takes for you to plug in and unplug the car a gas will still go farther ?
It takes 2 seconds to plug in, and 2 seconds to unplug, those 4 seconds, spaced long enough apart will get you much more distance than 4 seconds of fueling a gasoline car.
Are you serious? Those four seconds spaced the same amount of time apart as the fuel is running from the pump will get you what, a few miles range? And how is a good charge in 15 min of fast charge comparable to full charge of go juice in less than 5? The argument is an EV might be grand for you but it's not nearly convenient enough yet to replace my car, despite your massive boner for them.
If I get caught out like this a few times a year, I still spend less time waiting for my car to charge than you spend filling your car with gas.
Just because you spend less time wanting to drive while it's charging doesn't negate the fact an EV needs a lot more 'charge time' compared to a regular car for the same distance by an order if magnitude.
Why are you so dumb that you think I have to spend any time waiting for my car to charge?
Why are you so dumb that you think your car either charges in a few seconds which it doesn't or you not being able to drive said car because it's 2 hours into a 10 hour charge cycle isn't the equivalent of you charging it. Fair enough you can go in your house and do whatever while you wait for it to charge but you still have to wait that time regardless whether you're holding the charger or your knob.
Any suggestion that speed isn't a reasonable measure of the performance of commercial airliners is a great big joke. Everyone, and I mean everyone, would rather fly from the USA to Europe in a few hours. They used to be able to, now they can't.
Well then that's their fault for not buying enough tickets to keep the service viable then isn't it. They didn't pack it up because they got bored of it and it certainly wasn't for environmental concerns. If it was profitable enough it would still be running today.
Oh, come on now, let's not be disingenuous here. If I want to travel more than 100 miles in one go, I generally also want to stop for a break at some point during the journey. All I need to do is stop an have a coffee somewhere, and there's 20 minutes used up; plenty of time for a decent amount of supercharging.
So basically you're assuming there's a supercharger within 50-75 miles in any direction. When that's true there will be a lot more people in EVs. Still quite far between chargers though assuming you set off with a full charge and don't have to divert for any reason.
Another thing to consider is the life time perfomance of the batteries/motor. A lot of people just aren't in the market for new cars and buy used, how will an EV fare after 5-10+ years of use? Is it second hand or scrap heap time?
The oil industry and fossil car industries are desperate that people not realise how convenient it is to have a charger in your garage.
How much does that cost to set up though? Genuinely interested, not trying to be sarcastic. And what do you do if you need to go places in the evening/night or make an unexpected journey?
BTW, IIRC, there are now places where "super-charges" can be done in 20-30 minutes.
And where those are everywhere the electric car will be for everyone.
It's all well and good for people living a built up area with enough demand and infrastructure to make an EV viable but a lot of people don't. And also don't want to limited by shitty range/long charge or have to setup all that extra kit at home. How long it does it take to do a full charge vs time to deplete that charge and how much does that electricity cost you? Obviously it depends on a bunch of factors but the ratio is way too close to one for most people not in the position you necessarily are.
but how far can you drive on a 10 minute charge. im pretty sure the person spending 10 minutes to fill a tank can go 2 or 3x's the distance you can on a full nights charge.
In a few seconds of my time, I can charge my Leaf sufficiently for my next two days' needs. That's all that matters.
Only very occasionally do I need to travel more distance than provided by an overnight charge. I can also charge at work. Again, very little of my time is spent charging.
It might only take a few seconds for you to physically plug the car in and fair enough you don't have to stand next to it while it charges but until it does charge that car is essentially out of action and you're stuck within walking distance of it. That's the point, not the time you psychically spend handling the nozzle of whatever kind.
Okay, troll.
You know nothing about me, you have no ability to know anything about me.
No point in spooling out your content-free nonsense.
Enjoy.
Well, we know your first post doesn't really make any sense. We know you like to just say the secular left and leave it at that as if it's supposed to mean something and we know you seem to think other people think they have physic powers when no such claims were made or even insinuated and we know you discard concern for your wellbeing with thinly veiled contempt. Based on that I'd agree that you might not quite be right in the head and could do with some professional advice. Unless they are part of the secular left and just decide random things, eh?
"meaning it could someday be considered for the world's first interstellar mission."
This is the longest timescale for 'someday' ever. Not going to happen in the lifetime of any descendent we can imagine.
If there was anyone on that planet, we could talk to them for sure. But no visiting is going to happen before humans cease to be creatures we recognise as the same as us.
Think how long it took to go from first powered flight to landing on the moon. Think were we might be in the next 100-500 years. If you think its basically the same place we are now then you can fuck off with that attitude because you're part of the problem. We already know how we can get up a decent-ish fraction of the speed of light to get there is a reasonable time, there's just the problems of stopping and what to do when we get there and, well, building a ship and all that but all it's waiting for is someone to want it bad enough to work out the problems properly.
but again we know from experience that given a few million years our ape cousins will evolve to replace us
How do we know that? Bonobos and chimps are just as evolved as we are.
Something about us thinking we're more evolved because they just muck about in the trees having fun and them thinking they're more evolved for exactly the same reason.
I am afraid that I have never been persuaded by "civilisation will destroy itself" arguments, because (a) they have a poor definition of "destroy" and (b) options for further evolution don't seem to be well considered.
Exactly, human civilisations have come and gone multiple times yet humans keep on trucking
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Look, rape is a terrible crime, no doubt about it but you can't let that put it above other crimes. People not reporting it is part of the problem and needs to be addressed some how. I don't know how but that's besides the point. There's very little evidence of it and it can be very hard to prove which I agree is a big part of the problem, but are you trying to deny that fact has been used to peoples advantage? Basically as it stands, if one is so inclined they can get someone accused of rape and it causes a massive problems in a way that accusing them of any other crime doesn't. Even when people are totally exonerated and claims revealed to be false that shit still follows and there are numerous examples of it.
That's the truth. You and your ilk running around claiming we live in a rape culture and no one would ever dare lie about something so serious is what's stupid.
In the end I would say that with rape accusation both parties should be treated equally and fairly until facts have been established and reported. That includes not plastering allegations all over the mainstream media but I guess that's too much to ask?
Right, so a randoms word is good enough for you? Because an anonymous source told me you've been a nonstop sexual harasser and have raped a whole bunch of women and a couple kids.
They might have in the law. but in the media just having rape mentioned in the same sentence of your name is enough. There need to be consequences to that shit. In the same way a lot of companies, individuals whatever refuse to comment of proceeding actions, media should be the same.
I accuse you of murder, people ask where's the body? I accuse you of rape and the lynch mob is ready to go in 5 seconds flat.
Of course if you are accused of something it should be investigated properly by the relevant people just not by the public based on hearsay.
It's probably less risky to steal an actual DVD at this point. Hell, target the guys at the market selling the bootlegs. They won't call the cops.
Probably, that way only the actual store loses, the **IAA/hollywood/whoever have already been paid so they don't give a shit.
If you're in a life and death case with starving kids, maybe 'art' isn't the best way to go about feeding them.
If you want to see the bills you will. I recently had a CT scan, the average global price for this variety anywhere not in the USA (without dye, which is evidently much more expensive) is something like $500. The place billed by insurance for $15,000. My insurance paid the (evidently badly) negotiated price of $7500. I paid $1,500 out of pocket.
I just can't even.
I hope they at least provided some free lube while they fuck you that hard.
What is your solution? Don't allow people to make rape allegations? I don't think that is either fair or possible.
Treat it like any other allegation. Innocent until proven guilty and all that.
Nice word twisting.
If he didn't mean to trivialise rape accusations it is not my failing that OP is either functionally illiterate or unable to grasp the logical implications of his statements. I don't believe he is necessarily either ... he meant to write exactly what he wrote.
So basically you're in the crowd that seems to thing a rape allegation is bulletproof and no one should dare question such a horrible thing even though it's been proven and known that a rape allegation is an easy way to get rid of someone and has been used against all kind of people. OP's point was pretty clear and you're basically confirming it.
because in the time it takes for you to plug in and unplug the car a gas will still go farther ?
It takes 2 seconds to plug in, and 2 seconds to unplug, those 4 seconds, spaced long enough apart will get you much more distance than 4 seconds of fueling a gasoline car.
Are you serious? Those four seconds spaced the same amount of time apart as the fuel is running from the pump will get you what, a few miles range? And how is a good charge in 15 min of fast charge comparable to full charge of go juice in less than 5? The argument is an EV might be grand for you but it's not nearly convenient enough yet to replace my car, despite your massive boner for them.
If I get caught out like this a few times a year, I still spend less time waiting for my car to charge than you spend filling your car with gas.
Just because you spend less time wanting to drive while it's charging doesn't negate the fact an EV needs a lot more 'charge time' compared to a regular car for the same distance by an order if magnitude.
Why are you so dumb that you think I have to spend any time waiting for my car to charge?
Why are you so dumb that you think your car either charges in a few seconds which it doesn't or you not being able to drive said car because it's 2 hours into a 10 hour charge cycle isn't the equivalent of you charging it. Fair enough you can go in your house and do whatever while you wait for it to charge but you still have to wait that time regardless whether you're holding the charger or your knob.
Any suggestion that speed isn't a reasonable measure of the performance of commercial airliners is a great big joke. Everyone, and I mean everyone, would rather fly from the USA to Europe in a few hours. They used to be able to, now they can't.
Well then that's their fault for not buying enough tickets to keep the service viable then isn't it. They didn't pack it up because they got bored of it and it certainly wasn't for environmental concerns. If it was profitable enough it would still be running today.
Oh, come on now, let's not be disingenuous here. If I want to travel more than 100 miles in one go, I generally also want to stop for a break at some point during the journey. All I need to do is stop an have a coffee somewhere, and there's 20 minutes used up; plenty of time for a decent amount of supercharging.
So basically you're assuming there's a supercharger within 50-75 miles in any direction. When that's true there will be a lot more people in EVs. Still quite far between chargers though assuming you set off with a full charge and don't have to divert for any reason.
Another thing to consider is the life time perfomance of the batteries/motor. A lot of people just aren't in the market for new cars and buy used, how will an EV fare after 5-10+ years of use? Is it second hand or scrap heap time?
The oil industry and fossil car industries are desperate that people not realise how convenient it is to have a charger in your garage.
How much does that cost to set up though? Genuinely interested, not trying to be sarcastic. And what do you do if you need to go places in the evening/night or make an unexpected journey?
BTW, IIRC, there are now places where "super-charges" can be done in 20-30 minutes.
And where those are everywhere the electric car will be for everyone.
It's all well and good for people living a built up area with enough demand and infrastructure to make an EV viable but a lot of people don't. And also don't want to limited by shitty range/long charge or have to setup all that extra kit at home. How long it does it take to do a full charge vs time to deplete that charge and how much does that electricity cost you? Obviously it depends on a bunch of factors but the ratio is way too close to one for most people not in the position you necessarily are.
In a few seconds of my time, I can charge my Leaf sufficiently for my next two days' needs. That's all that matters.
Only very occasionally do I need to travel more distance than provided by an overnight charge. I can also charge at work. Again, very little of my time is spent charging.
It might only take a few seconds for you to physically plug the car in and fair enough you don't have to stand next to it while it charges but until it does charge that car is essentially out of action and you're stuck within walking distance of it. That's the point, not the time you psychically spend handling the nozzle of whatever kind.
Okay, troll. You know nothing about me, you have no ability to know anything about me. No point in spooling out your content-free nonsense. Enjoy.
Well, we know your first post doesn't really make any sense. We know you like to just say the secular left and leave it at that as if it's supposed to mean something and we know you seem to think other people think they have physic powers when no such claims were made or even insinuated and we know you discard concern for your wellbeing with thinly veiled contempt. Based on that I'd agree that you might not quite be right in the head and could do with some professional advice. Unless they are part of the secular left and just decide random things, eh?
"meaning it could someday be considered for the world's first interstellar mission."
This is the longest timescale for 'someday' ever. Not going to happen in the lifetime of any descendent we can imagine.
If there was anyone on that planet, we could talk to them for sure. But no visiting is going to happen before humans cease to be creatures we recognise as the same as us.
Think how long it took to go from first powered flight to landing on the moon. Think were we might be in the next 100-500 years. If you think its basically the same place we are now then you can fuck off with that attitude because you're part of the problem. We already know how we can get up a decent-ish fraction of the speed of light to get there is a reasonable time, there's just the problems of stopping and what to do when we get there and, well, building a ship and all that but all it's waiting for is someone to want it bad enough to work out the problems properly.
Lol you nerd. That was a jay z song not 50 cent.
Close enough.
"Homo Sapiens and it's immediate predecessors have had many extinction events"
I wish extra apostrophes went extinct. It's means it is.
Apostrophes also show possession.
but again we know from experience that given a few million years our ape cousins will evolve to replace us
How do we know that? Bonobos and chimps are just as evolved as we are.
Something about us thinking we're more evolved because they just muck about in the trees having fun and them thinking they're more evolved for exactly the same reason.
I am afraid that I have never been persuaded by "civilisation will destroy itself" arguments, because (a) they have a poor definition of "destroy" and (b) options for further evolution don't seem to be well considered.
Exactly, human civilisations have come and gone multiple times yet humans keep on trucking
99 problems but a web chat client aint one.
Even so, microphone in front of the speaker and it's all for nothing.