Do you know what the US pays for a single one of its carriers? The USA is far and away the wealthiest nation on the planet. The USA is stingy -- any way you slice it.
$400 billion defense budget. to kill people.
dont run off at the mouth about the good you people do when you spend far more doing ill.
What kind of waste / pollution are we willing to accept with every new piece of consumer trash?
The embodied energy in such a product would be enourmous. Aluminum Can + Heating Elemet + long-distance-shipping from specialized cannery == really terrible product.
Brewing coffee is about the SIMPLIEST effort one can imagine. Do you own an insulated-bottle?
Driving consumer garbage like this in the marketplace is intolerable. Who wants filthy air and streams just to have a 100% convenient existence -- and a LOUSY cup of coffee !
Maybe they shouldnt ruin the revenue of a enterprise that is providing responsible, ecologically sound transportation.
maybe they can find a way to keep pollution out of the air when this bike-rental goes tits-up (because they were depending on people *NOT* ruining the bikes that were left unattended and in the public).
The military increasingly uses GPS technology to move troops across large areas and direct bombs and missiles. Any government-ordered shutdown or jamming of the GPS satellites would be done in ways to limit disruptions to navigation and related systems outside the affected area, the White House said...Bush also said the government will make the network signals more resistant to deliberate or inadvertent jamming.
Everyone take note of these two statements. What does this boil down to? Bush is going to make *there* system resistant to the jamming they are going to deploy against the planned European system.
I thought the USA regarded the EU as an ally, why / who else sees this as quite bold aggression? Meaning, we are planning to disable your system and make *ours* resistant to the same tactic.
Looks like someone in the Whitehouse wants to pick a fight with *EVERYONE* in the world. What is the EU administration going to think of this? Russia/India/China/Brazil/SA?
This is not as simple as it looks. Remember, before EU decided to launch Galileo they offered to co-own/co-manage GPS for 'everyone's common benefit -- knowing as washinton and we did -- that GPS would be turned off/on for tactical reasons against enemies of the USA. The USA refused to my surprise (another issue, why not a world wide and common anti-icbm shield to shoot down rogue ICBMs no matter the destination).
it gets away from what I consider to be the basic nature of higher education. As a student, I'm the consumer. I'm paying the professor to teach me what he/she knows and then to rate how well I've absorbed that information at the end of the class
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Not every situation applies to the market - consumer analogy. Higher education is not a shopping mall.
Unable to accept that Wikipedia's policy of presenting a Neutral Point of View means that an article on Sollog would have to include both pro- and anti-Sollog material.
A "neutral pov" isnt necessarily one that includes a PRO opinion and a CON opinion. This false duality is a result of political correctness and unending tolerance of opinion.
This fellow sollog claiming all this obvious nonsense, a 'neutral pov' doesnt require equal and oposite support material. Why? Because it is obviously false.
So, in today's media landscape, all kinds of nonsense is 'tolerated' in the debate simply because people have a belief that they 'are entitled to their opinion' - and that is a defense of their ridiculous opinions.
I wont bother to cite some popular held beliefs that are not worth entertaining. There are many.
Wind is impractical, it will be an addition to any real solution but it lack power density and there isn't anythig you can do about that.
The future is renewable, sustainable power - Wind, Wave, Sun, Geothermal etc. Every other method relies on externalizing costs.
And plutonium isn't as dangerous as you think, it takes a lot of work to get the timing right to make it a nuclear weapon. And there are precautions to store it in a way that cannot be co-opted to make weapons. Namely amagamation with silica.
Im not particularily concerned with the security of it. But you skipped my point entirely. The fact is that it would require a great deal of very particular and specialized handling... with the dangers of theft and the resultant hysteria over dirty or nuclear weapons.
When *this* (and the others I articulated) nonsense is included, Nuclear would be out-of-the-market.
Not dealing with the eventual meltdown would be a delightfull bonus.
You'll say: But meltdowns are highly improbable with new reactor design.
I'll reply now; they can never be 100% safe. And your dealing with quite a potential for a big-problem.
wow wo wo there. "For example, look at the organic labelling fiasco: food producers lobbied to reduce the standards of "organic" to include "some" organic procedures. They are not the same metrics that constitute "California Organic". As a result, there are misleading standards for organic, which can result in people buying products that could potentially bypass all that is good about organic processing."
http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/crops/organi c/ certification.htm You should be looking for CERTIFICATION not nonsense language like 'light, 75% less ZYX or Organic" -- Organic Products should have CERTIFICATION MARKS.
Certified Organic agricultural products are produced according to a set of registered standards that are monitored by an approved Certifying Agency. While there are numerous certifying bodies throughout the world, all ensure that the organic products they certify are grown:
1. Without pesticides, antibiotics, hormones, herbicides, fumigants or artificial colorants
2. Without chemical fertilisers or preservatives
3. Without genetically modified organism inputs (seed, feed or raw materials)
4. Using sustainable, earth friendly farming practices
5. Using humane housing and handling practices where livestock is involved
In short, there is no "labelling fiasco" at all. You just have to understand that its not "organic" unless it has a certification mark... just like the pills that gaurantee to make your tits bigger, people must be a little sceptical about what they buy... but the certification marks mean that these are proper organic products. All else is not.
The only reason why the US's nuclear waste isn't re-used is political, you don't want to make plutonium.
You dont want to make Plutonium because its a precursor to nuclear weapons. Its not politics -- its simple security.
Further, who pays to secure, transport and decontaminate all this material? Is it the end-user COMPLETELY? Like 100% pay-at-the-meter for all the extra nonsense (insurance against catastrophe, tranport, transport security, testing, regulation, reg. enforcement, etc)? No. Much of that comes from taxpayers pockets.
Why subsidize nukes just because they are sexy?
Unfortunatley wind is a simple, easy, clean technology with little downside. Not as sexy as a sun in your hand but hey, i just want the lights on with little expense.
then reminds the reader: you discover that it has built one more bureaucracy to oversee its existing bureaucracy, with oversight over the new bureaucracy. Have you ever heard the cliche about prisoners running the asylum?
Everyone who works in a Fortune 1000 company, please raise your hand. Anyone who thinks that their employer COULDNT be any more bureauratic please raise their hand.
Implying Governments are INHERENTLY bureaucratic is a myth, conversly, arguing that a PRIVATE firm (of any notable size) isnt just as complex is silly. The Short: All big systems are complex and byzantine./raises hand.
What makes you think that Social Democracy is responsible for ANY problems in the USA? Look at the rest of the industrialized Western Nations. They (easily) arguably enjoy an equal (greater) standard of living as the USA - with (easily) arguably equal personal freedom.
Where the hell are you coming from? Ive got to hear how the Communists are responsible for *any* problem in the USA. And you do have many, Im just thinking you dont have any clue what causes them...
Since there is apparently no way to fight against those who would wield it, then the only option is to fight against the collection of the data in the first place.
If you are NOT concerned about this, you have not observed history.
Well, I would guess that MANY people who vote would be against such draconian intrusions. Why dont they fight against it?
The Department of Education wants to collect personally identifiable information on all college students, including name, address, birth date, gender, race, and SSN. Privacy is assured.
If Privacy is assured - if there are properly constructed laws to keep this data from being mis-used, what is the concern? It is just a collection of data. It holds no intent. With no will of its own, it cannot harm you.
...and further attempts at monitoring citizens should be
If you are concerned that a collection of data will be TURNED against you, your problem isnt the data, but those who would wield it.
Simply, if you USofAmericans cant trusted the government/buracracy/judiciary to uphold the safety-clauses, shouldnt YOU ALREADY have a fucking problem.
This is why I am so astounded at politics in America. If you are so certain that a database of College students will be exploited -- even with promised to the contrary -- you are far FAR behind the curve on your problem.
Some soon day, you Yanks are going to have to consider, with true objectivity , the state of politics in your country.
If you conveibably had the RF-detinator to your particular Occupational-Reistance-Bomb (ORB) in question, why would you need an improvised or US-Military-funded robot to detonate?
Wouldnt you just press the red button? Isnt this the point?
Now, I imagine there might be undetected ORBs nearby that you might be sitting on top of, but if you do your detonation from a distance ontop of a tank or something, Im thinking your going to be quite safe.
I think your pulling at straws.
Do you have shares in company receiving US Military contracts?
Is there not a repository of 3d models somewhere on the net? Surely animators/modelers share their work , isnt there a standard model format and tonnes just 'out there'?
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Q: What does it sound like when a women has an orgasm?
A: Who cares.
EA has the money to "invest" in Ubisoft because they are STEALING from their employees. Uncompensated work is criminal.
Fuck EA.
shortsighted, if the goal is American Empire.
Is this the worthy goal you support?
Fuckoff.
Do you know what the US pays for a single one of its carriers? The USA is far and away the wealthiest nation on the planet. The USA is stingy -- any way you slice it.
$400 billion defense budget. to kill people.
dont run off at the mouth about the good you people do when you spend far more doing ill.
What kind of waste / pollution are we willing to accept with every new piece of consumer trash?
The embodied energy in such a product would be enourmous. Aluminum Can + Heating Elemet + long-distance-shipping from specialized cannery == really terrible product.
Brewing coffee is about the SIMPLIEST effort one can imagine. Do you own an insulated-bottle?
Driving consumer garbage like this in the marketplace is intolerable. Who wants filthy air and streams just to have a 100% convenient existence -- and a LOUSY cup of coffee !
This isnt working in Germany. This article describes a group 'ruining' (from the owner's perspective) the bikes so the service can be stolen.
Pretty unimpressive and sad.
Maybe they shouldnt ruin the revenue of a enterprise that is providing responsible, ecologically sound transportation.
maybe they can find a way to keep pollution out of the air when this bike-rental goes tits-up (because they were depending on people *NOT* ruining the bikes that were left unattended and in the public).
Sorry, if its for sale @ Walmart it isnt in my marketplace.
Ive never spent a nickle in that community destroying shit hole and I dont instend too.
I hope you make the same choice.
Some Walmart info
This is good: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17647
what is with the apple articles? who the heck has an apple powerbook for this project?
how do I relate?
Who controlled the senate in 1997? I am canadian and dont know...
The military increasingly uses GPS technology to move troops across large areas and direct bombs and missiles. Any government-ordered shutdown or jamming of the GPS satellites would be done in ways to limit disruptions to navigation and related systems outside the affected area, the White House said...Bush also said the government will make the network signals more resistant to deliberate or inadvertent jamming.
Everyone take note of these two statements. What does this boil down to? Bush is going to make *there* system resistant to the jamming they are going to deploy against the planned European system.
I thought the USA regarded the EU as an ally, why / who else sees this as quite bold aggression? Meaning, we are planning to disable your system and make *ours* resistant to the same tactic.
Looks like someone in the Whitehouse wants to pick a fight with *EVERYONE* in the world. What is the EU administration going to think of this? Russia/India/China/Brazil/SA?
This is not as simple as it looks. Remember, before EU decided to launch Galileo they offered to co-own/co-manage GPS for 'everyone's common benefit -- knowing as washinton and we did -- that GPS would be turned off/on for tactical reasons against enemies of the USA. The USA refused to my surprise (another issue, why not a world wide and common anti-icbm shield to shoot down rogue ICBMs no matter the destination).
it gets away from what I consider to be the basic nature of higher education. As a student, I'm the consumer. I'm paying the professor to teach me what he/she knows and then to rate how well I've absorbed that information at the end of the class
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Not every situation applies to the market - consumer analogy. Higher education is not a shopping mall.
Unable to accept that Wikipedia's policy of presenting a Neutral Point of View means that an article on Sollog would have to include both pro- and anti-Sollog material.
A "neutral pov" isnt necessarily one that includes a PRO opinion and a CON opinion. This false duality is a result of political correctness and unending tolerance of opinion.
This fellow sollog claiming all this obvious nonsense, a 'neutral pov' doesnt require equal and oposite support material. Why? Because it is obviously false.
So, in today's media landscape, all kinds of nonsense is 'tolerated' in the debate simply because people have a belief that they 'are entitled to their opinion' - and that is a defense of their ridiculous opinions.
I wont bother to cite some popular held beliefs that are not worth entertaining. There are many.
Wind is impractical, it will be an addition to any real solution but it lack power density and there isn't anythig you can do about that.
The future is renewable, sustainable power - Wind, Wave, Sun, Geothermal etc. Every other method relies on externalizing costs.
And plutonium isn't as dangerous as you think, it takes a lot of work to get the timing right to make it a nuclear weapon. And there are precautions to store it in a way that cannot be co-opted to make weapons. Namely amagamation with silica.
Im not particularily concerned with the security of it. But you skipped my point entirely. The fact is that it would require a great deal of very particular and specialized handling... with the dangers of theft and the resultant hysteria over dirty or nuclear weapons.
When *this* (and the others I articulated) nonsense is included, Nuclear would be out-of-the-market.
Not dealing with the eventual meltdown would be a delightfull bonus.
You'll say: But meltdowns are highly improbable with new reactor design.
I'll reply now; they can never be 100% safe. And your dealing with quite a potential for a big-problem.
wow wo wo there. "For example, look at the organic labelling fiasco: food producers lobbied to reduce the standards of "organic" to include "some" organic procedures. They are not the same metrics that constitute "California Organic". As a result, there are misleading standards for organic, which can result in people buying products that could potentially bypass all that is good about organic processing."
i c/ certification.htm
http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/crops/organ
You should be looking for CERTIFICATION not nonsense language like 'light, 75% less ZYX or Organic" -- Organic Products should have CERTIFICATION MARKS.
Certified Organic agricultural products are produced according to a set of registered standards that are monitored by an approved Certifying Agency. While there are numerous certifying bodies throughout the world, all ensure that the organic products they certify are grown:
1. Without pesticides, antibiotics, hormones, herbicides, fumigants or artificial colorants
2. Without chemical fertilisers or preservatives
3. Without genetically modified organism inputs (seed, feed or raw materials)
4. Using sustainable, earth friendly farming practices
5. Using humane housing and handling practices where livestock is involved
In short, there is no "labelling fiasco" at all. You just have to understand that its not "organic" unless it has a certification mark... just like the pills that gaurantee to make your tits bigger, people must be a little sceptical about what they buy... but the certification marks mean that these are proper organic products. All else is not.
The only reason why the US's nuclear waste isn't re-used is political, you don't want to make plutonium.
You dont want to make Plutonium because its a precursor to nuclear weapons. Its not politics -- its simple security.
Further, who pays to secure, transport and decontaminate all this material? Is it the end-user COMPLETELY? Like 100% pay-at-the-meter for all the extra nonsense (insurance against catastrophe, tranport, transport security, testing, regulation, reg. enforcement, etc)? No. Much of that comes from taxpayers pockets.
Why subsidize nukes just because they are sexy?
Unfortunatley wind is a simple, easy, clean technology with little downside. Not as sexy as a sun in your hand but hey, i just want the lights on with little expense.
Can you give us more detail? Name of the file? Location it was shot? Name of the homeowner/producer/director?
nonsenese. Windmills are quite attractive IMO. They remind me of a pleasant dutch villages and sleepy villages...
They appear to be gently turning and provide an very pleasant atmosphere.
then reminds the reader: you discover that it has built one more bureaucracy to oversee its existing bureaucracy, with oversight over the new bureaucracy. Have you ever heard the cliche about prisoners running the asylum?
/raises hand.
Everyone who works in a Fortune 1000 company, please raise your hand. Anyone who thinks that their employer COULDNT be any more bureauratic please raise their hand.
Implying Governments are INHERENTLY bureaucratic is a myth, conversly, arguing that a PRIVATE firm (of any notable size) isnt just as complex is silly. The Short: All big systems are complex and byzantine.
America swirling down the toilet
regarding your SIG
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What makes you think that Social Democracy is responsible for ANY problems in the USA? Look at the rest of the industrialized Western Nations. They (easily) arguably enjoy an equal (greater) standard of living as the USA - with (easily) arguably equal personal freedom.
Where the hell are you coming from? Ive got to hear how the Communists are responsible for *any* problem in the USA. And you do have many, Im just thinking you dont have any clue what causes them...
Since there is apparently no way to fight against those who would wield it, then the only option is to fight against the collection of the data in the first place.
If you are NOT concerned about this, you have not observed history.
Well, I would guess that MANY people who vote would be against such draconian intrusions. Why dont they fight against it?
The Department of Education wants to collect personally identifiable information on all college students, including name, address, birth date, gender, race, and SSN. Privacy is assured.
...and further attempts at monitoring citizens should be
If Privacy is assured - if there are properly constructed laws to keep this data from being mis-used, what is the concern? It is just a collection of data. It holds no intent. With no will of its own, it cannot harm you.
If you are concerned that a collection of data will be TURNED against you, your problem isnt the data, but those who would wield it.
Simply, if you USofAmericans cant trusted the government/buracracy/judiciary to uphold the safety-clauses, shouldnt YOU ALREADY have a fucking problem.
This is why I am so astounded at politics in America. If you are so certain that a database of College students will be exploited -- even with promised to the contrary -- you are far FAR behind the curve on your problem.
Some soon day, you Yanks are going to have to consider, with true objectivity , the state of politics in your country.
If you conveibably had the RF-detinator to your particular Occupational-Reistance-Bomb (ORB) in question, why would you need an improvised or US-Military-funded robot to detonate?
Wouldnt you just press the red button? Isnt this the point?
Now, I imagine there might be undetected ORBs nearby that you might be sitting on top of, but if you do your detonation from a distance ontop of a tank or something, Im thinking your going to be quite safe.
I think your pulling at straws.
Do you have shares in company receiving US Military contracts?
Can you find a link for the scooter? Ive managed to find hydrocell, but nothing on their scooter.
I wonder if a small scale solar powered water eletrolizer could supply a fuel source for such transportation?
Is there not a repository of 3d models somewhere on the net? Surely animators/modelers share their work , isnt there a standard model format and tonnes just 'out there'?