I don't just eat meat because (as you say) it's delicious. I also eat meat because doing so is good for the environment - it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make...
Cows fart (quite a lot) - all that methane has to be bad. But if you kill them, they stop farting. I like my cows dead before I eat them. Ergo, because I eat cows, less methane is emitted.
Yes they are. Even the most inefficient plants are still vastly more efficient than a car's engine, with transmission losses accounted for.
Not so "vastly" once you've taken into account the loss in the power transmission lines from the plant to the power socket, and then the mechanical loss in the electric motor. Wikipedia reckons that from fuel to motion, e-cars are about 20-25% fuel-efficient - which compares pretty badly with the 45% of modern diesels. And, of course, you can fill a diesel up pretty much anywhere.
Personally, I'd suggest that all those that constantly moan about carbon emissions do something about it themselves. Stopping exhaling would be a good start. Not having kids is also a good preventative measure. (Junior's carbon footprint is for life - not just for non-denominational end-of-year holiday)
Unlikely. The UK doesn't go in for granting politicians legal immunity
You didn't watch Question Time the other night did you? Jack "Boots" Straw offered Nick the Nazi immuity from prosecution - right there on my TV. (Aside from the fact I'm not entirely convinced an EX-Home Secretary actually has that power, he certainly shouldn't be making the offer on the spur of the moment - and in a very public forum - just to score some political points)
That's fine. I just don't want to buy a new computer that has some ports that are 2.0 and some that are 3.0,
Then don't buy one then. It's not like anyone is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to do so. Use that as a discriminator when you 're chosing a machine.
Lots of machines have 1.1 only ports as well as only one or two of their ports being 2.0 capable
[citation needed] Can you show me one? Seriously - I've never seen such a creature; it strikes me as being a very odd way to do things (aside from anything else, it would mean you would have to have two *different* USB chip sets on the motherboard, which is crazy)
...and, of course, the point I totally failed to make. With a mechanical dial (I remember them), it's next to impossible to dial 999 (or 000) accidentally - but it's pretty easy to dial either of them intentionally - even if you can't see the dial for whatever reason.
The UK's use of 999 dates back to 1937 - well before telephones had keypads, let alone fitted in pockets. The number was selected in order that the mechanical dials on existing public telephones could easily be modified to allow the number to be called for free.
Errr...no. Lisp originally dates back to the late 1950s; C didn't emerge until the early 1970s. The first working Lisp implementation was writtien in IBM 704 machine language; A Lisp compiler (itself implemented in Lisp) was implemented in 1962 - fully 10 years before the birth of C.
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Hindsight is almost 20/20
Hindsight should be far better than that; 20/20 is average, not perfect visual acuity
I don't just eat meat because (as you say) it's delicious. I also eat meat because doing so is good for the environment - it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make...
Cows fart (quite a lot) - all that methane has to be bad.
But if you kill them, they stop farting.
I like my cows dead before I eat them.
Ergo, because I eat cows, less methane is emitted.
I'm doing my part!
Yes they are. Even the most inefficient plants are still vastly more efficient than a car's engine, with transmission losses accounted for.
Not so "vastly" once you've taken into account the loss in the power transmission lines from the plant to the power socket, and then the mechanical loss in the electric motor. Wikipedia reckons that from fuel to motion, e-cars are about 20-25% fuel-efficient - which compares pretty badly with the 45% of modern diesels. And, of course, you can fill a diesel up pretty much anywhere.
Personally, I'd suggest that all those that constantly moan about carbon emissions do something about it themselves. Stopping exhaling would be a good start. Not having kids is also a good preventative measure. (Junior's carbon footprint is for life - not just for non-denominational end-of-year holiday)
Is a single-seater motorbike not a viable form of transportation, then?
Yes, but they generally don't cost $100k
How about a $100k truck?
Yes (if you like that sort of thing) - but they generally seat more than 2.
hell, add a data channel
Great idea - people ignoring the road because they're busy with their mobile phones isn't danger enough; let's give them in-car internet pr0n!
If one person in a family is accused of pirating, the whole household gets cut off?
Yes.
If one person in a company is accused of pirating while at work, the whole company gets cut off?
Yes.
If one person in a ministry is accused of pirating while at work, the whole ministry gets cut off?
No. Governments interpret laws as inconvenient when applied to themselves, and find routes around them...
I wonder how long it is before someone comes up with a purpose built anonymizing P2P system.
You mean like I2P?
On his return, this was basically mandated with no consultation.
Surely you're not suggesting that His Imperial Emperorship dates with man? Still, you've got to tick those diversity boxes....
If they banned blind people from driving, could the get rid of the braille instructions/keypads on drive-through ATMs?
The ECHR is part of British law.
Although the powers that be have ruled that the whole section on no self-encrimination can be ignored whenever it suits them...
Unlikely. The UK doesn't go in for granting politicians legal immunity
You didn't watch Question Time the other night did you? Jack "Boots" Straw offered Nick the Nazi immuity from prosecution - right there on my TV. (Aside from the fact I'm not entirely convinced an EX-Home Secretary actually has that power, he certainly shouldn't be making the offer on the spur of the moment - and in a very public forum - just to score some political points)
Good news! You can get one gadget that's all that PLUS a phone!
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Nice idea, but I'd like something that works
Everything important to say about Earth can be summed up in two words.
But the editor will have to trim it down a bit - "Harmless"
More importantly, it's about 987,522.816 furlongs per fortnight.
That's fine. I just don't want to buy a new computer that has some ports that are 2.0 and some that are 3.0,
Then don't buy one then. It's not like anyone is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to do so. Use that as a discriminator when you 're chosing a machine.
Lots of machines have 1.1 only ports as well as only one or two of their ports being 2.0 capable
[citation needed] Can you show me one? Seriously - I've never seen such a creature; it strikes me as being a very odd way to do things (aside from anything else, it would mean you would have to have two *different* USB chip sets on the motherboard, which is crazy)
...and, of course, the point I totally failed to make.
With a mechanical dial (I remember them), it's next to impossible to dial 999 (or 000) accidentally - but it's pretty easy to dial either of them intentionally - even if you can't see the dial for whatever reason.
The UK's use of 999 dates back to 1937 - well before telephones had keypads, let alone fitted in pockets. The number was selected in order that the mechanical dials on existing public telephones could easily be modified to allow the number to be called for free.
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Australia's use of 000 dates back to 1961 - again, before keypads and mobiles.
Prove it. Formally.
Sure - but let's face it, looking at the people (of any gender) on the streets in Liverpool is a freak show...
in fact Lisp itself is built in C
Errr...no. Lisp originally dates back to the late 1950s; C didn't emerge until the early 1970s. The first working Lisp implementation was writtien in IBM 704 machine language; A Lisp compiler (itself implemented in Lisp) was implemented in 1962 - fully 10 years before the birth of C.
Just a quick thought,
Copyrights can only be applied to goods, I believe, right?
Wrong. Bring in the next case.
How many times did you blow him?
Except available without having to pass a driving test.
So like a citizen card then?
The problem is the lack of full support for regex in most of editors
vi supports regexps; emacs supports regexps. If it's not on that list (or a descendant thereof), it's not an editor...