Who else remembers mom and dad arguing about the cost of this, with mom (and the urging of your teachers) on one side, and dad's worry about the cost on the other? And then Dad complaining that they didn't need to spend $1,400 on another Atari (2600). Then the countless summers with an angry Dad threatening to pull the plug if you didn't go outside and get at least a half an hour of fresh air? And now as 40-somethings we hear our angry dads apologizing? Who knew it would turn out the way it did....
Ah the summer of 1980 and all that family strife over the Apple...
"Lives are saved when people don't run stop signs because they're afraid of getting a ticket."
Exactly.
But I think this leads to an unfortunate conundrum: when the follow two things combine: 1) a perception that traffic violations are issued by unjust assholes, and 2) teenaged boys (or adult man-children), suddenly the latter group purposefully drives more aggressively as a quiet and desperate act of daily rebellion, which becomes a ritual. A very dangerous ritual.
Running redlights and stopsigns lead to horrific accidents. Its a shame man-boys feel the need to break this particular law and then whine and bitch when they get caught. Why not just shoplift or do something less deadly to exercise their need to rebel?
Sort of. The pope acknowledged evolution is compatible with catholocism it in '83. Probably not a good example I made...
My point was: there are creationist folk out there who make scientists look foolish because scientists tend to be arrogant and don't understand how to win hearts and minds.
Aaaaaand you totally don't get it. Your arrogance is why scientists often end up looking like buffoons when debating creationists in front of a science-hostile audience. You can be proud about being smart, but you're not gonna win.
Try talking to a smart Catholic who can cite Aquinas at the drop of a hat: they can make scientists look like imbeciles because very, very, VERY few scientists have a shred of knowledge about how to debate.
a) fluctuating line losses that cannot be quantified (local temperature / weather can impact this) b) homes that generate power and put it back on the grid
If there was a "..." in between, that's OK in my book.
If no attempt was made to indicate an truncation had occurred, it is a HUGE mistake. Deleting any information without letting the reader know constitutes a huge breach of journalistic trust.
Any outcry from FOX news will be made from a mountain of hypocrisy, as this is something they've been doing constantly and consistently for over a decade.
You're pretty textbook, what these days is called a "techno hipster." Your unabashed contempt for everyone you perceive as less enlightened then you is a clear giveaway. Your passive-aggressive attempt at sounding objective is paper thin. Nope, you are superior enough to understand the twue technology, while the rest are sheep. Just like the hipsters that stroll around talking about 80's video games and vinyl. You feel left out and threatened because you want the sheep to approve of your authority. Otherwise you wouldn't have been such a poassive-aggressive c0ck-knocker in your posts.
It's not like he intentionally lied or deceived. I followed the issue from beginning to end and it was carried out exactly the way we all expect an anomaly to be investigated, with caution and soliciting help from peers.
If anything, I would trust this professor even more based on his handling of the situation./scratches head, sighs.../
"I'm sure you'll all mod this "-1, I disagree with you," but I am speaking very honestly. Keep throwing taxes and regulations at something, and you'll get less of it. Like jobs."
There is so much fail in that logic, it boggles the mind. Regulation and taxes have been increasing for a 100+ years and the economy has boomed exponentially. Granted, most of the boom in the 2000's was due to UNREGULATED BANKERS, but your statement is almost 100% ignorant of history.
"would you rather all movies were some low budget indie film that tries to "make a point" but it's hard to figure out what it is because the movie was made in someone's garage? "
Yeah, who needs oversight committees for corporations. They never do anything wrong, trust the free market, because you can always buy a TV from a manufacturer who DOESN'T do this, until they all do it because there's so much profit to be made by selling the data. Of course I suppose the free market is still at work here, because people could decide between NOT watching spy-TV or watching it and giving up their privacy, TV isn't a constitutional RIGHT. Hmm... I appear to have confused myself.
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Who else remembers mom and dad arguing about the cost of this, with mom (and the urging of your teachers) on one side, and dad's worry about the cost on the other? And then Dad complaining that they didn't need to spend $1,400 on another Atari (2600). Then the countless summers with an angry Dad threatening to pull the plug if you didn't go outside and get at least a half an hour of fresh air? And now as 40-somethings we hear our angry dads apologizing? Who knew it would turn out the way it did....
Ah the summer of 1980 and all that family strife over the Apple...
"Lives are saved when people don't run stop signs because they're afraid of getting a ticket."
Exactly.
But I think this leads to an unfortunate conundrum: when the follow two things combine: 1) a perception that traffic violations are issued by unjust assholes, and 2) teenaged boys (or adult man-children), suddenly the latter group purposefully drives more aggressively as a quiet and desperate act of daily rebellion, which becomes a ritual. A very dangerous ritual.
Running redlights and stopsigns lead to horrific accidents. Its a shame man-boys feel the need to break this particular law and then whine and bitch when they get caught. Why not just shoplift or do something less deadly to exercise their need to rebel?
Hah, there's a Turing Test joke in here somewhere, I'm just no that clever....
Go!
Funny how liberals pick the ethnicity that suits their argument.
Obama is from mixed race parents, but is referred to as black because he looks black.
Zimmerman doesn't look Euro white, but it is convenient to emphasize his white parent when picking sides in this story.
Of course, the whole race issue in mixed race people is a clear indictment of how poorly we communicate about race in general.
Also, I'm a flaming liberal.
Do you want to be a smug prick scientist or do you want creationism to go away and schools to only teach evolution?
Choose your tactics. It absolutely is a debate.
Sort of. The pope acknowledged evolution is compatible with catholocism it in '83. Probably not a good example I made...
My point was: there are creationist folk out there who make scientists look foolish because scientists tend to be arrogant and don't understand how to win hearts and minds.
Aaaaaand you totally don't get it. Your arrogance is why scientists often end up looking like buffoons when debating creationists in front of a science-hostile audience. You can be proud about being smart, but you're not gonna win.
Try talking to a smart Catholic who can cite Aquinas at the drop of a hat: they can make scientists look like imbeciles because very, very, VERY few scientists have a shred of knowledge about how to debate.
Yeah, that's what turned me off to diesel: the eco ratings are all super low, and the fuel efficiency doesn't even come close to making up for it.
Adding to the others' responses, in the US pacific NW, auto diesel is ,20~.40 cents MORE than super-unleaded.
two problems with your accounting scheme:
a) fluctuating line losses that cannot be quantified (local temperature / weather can impact this)
b) homes that generate power and put it back on the grid
I am not a hacker.
Is defacing a website a big deal? Or just the equivalent of spray-paint tagging?
Fake!! Typewriters didn't have proportional fonts in 1981!
(sorry Mr Donaldson, couldn't resist...)
Just like the MPAA rating board.
Violence is fine.
Sex is evil.
Fits well with the small faction of christian nutjobs who work tirelessly to spread their evangelism to all parts of the country and the world.
How so few people manage to have such a profound impact is truly amazing.
They definitely aren't a lazy bunch.
You proved my point for me.
I'm suspicious of your quote because you included ellipses, so I would refer to the source before using this quote as justification for anything.
But most people probably don't look at an ellipses that way, which is why I explicitly stated it was ok for ME.
If there was a "..." in between, that's OK in my book.
If no attempt was made to indicate an truncation had occurred, it is a HUGE mistake. Deleting any information without letting the reader know constitutes a huge breach of journalistic trust.
Any outcry from FOX news will be made from a mountain of hypocrisy, as this is something they've been doing constantly and consistently for over a decade.
It is obvious how I come to that conclusion.
You're pretty textbook, what these days is called a "techno hipster." Your unabashed contempt for everyone you perceive as less enlightened then you is a clear giveaway. Your passive-aggressive attempt at sounding objective is paper thin. Nope, you are superior enough to understand the twue technology, while the rest are sheep. Just like the hipsters that stroll around talking about 80's video games and vinyl. You feel left out and threatened because you want the sheep to approve of your authority. Otherwise you wouldn't have been such a poassive-aggressive c0ck-knocker in your posts.
"Telling people what to like."
Awww, someone feels left out.
I was following you until you said this:
"liberal public opinion."
WTF dude? Not even.
Who's the dude with the sword to the east of Scranton? Looks like Jason from Ft13th?
I'm disappointed by this.
It's not like he intentionally lied or deceived. I followed the issue from beginning to end and it was carried out exactly the way we all expect an anomaly to be investigated, with caution and soliciting help from peers.
If anything, I would trust this professor even more based on his handling of the situation. /scratches head, sighs.../
"I'm sure you'll all mod this "-1, I disagree with you," but I am speaking very honestly. Keep throwing taxes and regulations at something, and you'll get less of it. Like jobs."
There is so much fail in that logic, it boggles the mind. Regulation and taxes have been increasing for a 100+ years and the economy has boomed exponentially. Granted, most of the boom in the 2000's was due to UNREGULATED BANKERS, but your statement is almost 100% ignorant of history.
Apparently they never played "Asteroids"...
"would you rather all movies were some low budget indie film that tries to "make a point" but it's hard to figure out what it is because the movie was made in someone's garage? "
Yes.
Yeah, who needs oversight committees for corporations. They never do anything wrong, trust the free market, because you can always buy a TV from a manufacturer who DOESN'T do this, until they all do it because there's so much profit to be made by selling the data. Of course I suppose the free market is still at work here, because people could decide between NOT watching spy-TV or watching it and giving up their privacy, TV isn't a constitutional RIGHT. Hmm... I appear to have confused myself.