It might be a bit over enthusiastic on trying to be helpful, but do note that I asked for the distance. It understood my question, and gave me the correct answer, first. I never even scrolled down.
That people buy games and DVDs these days instead of music because most of the music available now simply sucks.
For some time now(years?), most of the music-money I've spent has been back filling. I've been picking up (cheap) CDs of old albums that I never got around to purchasing in the past.
Combination hammer, axe, prybar. Used to be my grandfather's. Stamped "Made in Texas 1901". There are more stampings, but I can't make them out.
I also have his old rail pike, used to manually bend rail track sections into place(remember when Arnold got staked to the deck in T2?), but I have no idea how old it is.
Old computer hardware?
AMD 386dx40 mobo with only ISA slots, plenty of peripherals including an ethernet card with cat-5 and coax connections, and a true VGA-only card. Runs Slackware in 16MB SDRAM and 100MB disk drive. Makes a great X server.
DEC Alpha 233MHz Noname mobo that still works like a charm. Runs old Red Hat.
I'm sure my dad still has a trx80 somewhere...ooh I forgot in the garage he has an old fashioned Teletype with paper tape punch/reader on the side. An authentic 110 baud machine.
While I agree with most of and the gist of your post, I must take exception to this:
...For example, in days past C was popular because CPU cycles were a lot more important than they are now, and memory sizes were a lot smaller than they are now...
If you think that CPU cycles and memory sizes aren't so important these days, just ask M$ about Vista. If there is any one thing that has made Vista a bust, it is M$ thinking that execution speed and efficiency don't matter much anymore.
Katrina was simultaneously the fastest hitting and most severe localized ecological disaster this country has ever experienced. There were real live refugees. Are there any more today?
If there are, it's because they want to be or were already effectively socioeconomic refugees when Katrina hit in which case nothing has changed except their location.
Climate change and rising water will not hit anywhere near as fast. The wiser ones will sell their real estate and move out and buy something else while fools and/or speculators buy it cheap and move in. Later I'm sure there will be some sort of federal buy-out program(if there still is a federal gov by then) that will make the speculators smile. Even the fools will have resources to buy a new house inland. Renters can continue to do just that, just somewhere else.
What if...just suppose that the climate change that you fear for its cost is natural and not man-caused?
Should we then muck with the environment in an effort to stop it, because of the cost if we don't?
As far as economic disruption goes, that's going to be no big deal in a free country. People will move out, move uphill/inland and their assets(other than real estate) and work will follow. More will be employed building new harbors, new levees, etc. The economy can readily adapt and does so way faster than any ecosystem can change.
The FA of the US Constituition regulates the government, specifically the Congress but after interpretation the whole federal gov. The gov can't stop you from talking, especially about the gov itself. It has nothing to say about private parties, who can say what, where, when, and what the consequences are if for instance, you badmouth your boss while off work and he finds out about it.
The first mixup is the idea of crimes committed on a battlefield. Now this has a long and storied history, but in most situations, these cases end up in some sort of international court, not the internal court system of one country or other.
This can be illustrated by asking one question. You want the prisoners tried in American courts, then tell me, which courts have jurisdiction and what law(s) are they accused of violating?
Even while in Paris, it does not matter whether your card's native currency is Euros, Dollars, Pounds or whatever because in all of my worldly travels everyone I have asked has understood what I meant when I held up my card and said "ATM?"
> Now, try talking to an Italian who learned > English from a Scotsman. GFL deciphering _that_
Funny, once while working in Hawaii, I caught up with a couple making their way down the sidewalk and realized they were speaking German. I slowed and eavesdropped to see how much I could still understand(it had been years since I had practiced). Anyway it turns out they are staying in the same hotel as I. It becomes clear that they think they are having a private conversation.;-) I follow them onto the elevator, stand next to them with a blank expression as they continue to converse about their intimate plans in front of me, and when they got off I said "Guten abend". They froze, turned pale, and turned around and looked at me in horror. I smiled as the doors closed. Then the man burst out laughing as the car carried me away.
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It might be a bit over enthusiastic on trying to be helpful, but do note that I asked for the distance. It understood my question, and gave me the correct answer, first. I never even scrolled down.
The reason for my question: Degree Confluence Project
How about an esoteric question?
what is the distance between 89N 1W and 89N 2W ?
That people buy games and DVDs these days instead of music because most of the music available now simply sucks.
For some time now(years?), most of the music-money I've spent has been back filling. I've been picking up (cheap) CDs of old albums that I never got around to purchasing in the past.
Finally got a copy of "The Bends" last week. ;-)
Just make this a required feature: OP
How did this 'article' ever get past the filters?
Of course the answer is 'if you have to ask, then you can't afford it'.
While the P gave a very detailed response, the ultimate answer is: you should not be asking this question.
Combination hammer, axe, prybar. Used to be my grandfather's. Stamped "Made in Texas 1901".
There are more stampings, but I can't make them out.
I also have his old rail pike, used to manually bend rail track sections into place(remember when Arnold got staked to the deck in T2?), but I have no idea how old it is.
Old computer hardware?
AMD 386dx40 mobo with only ISA slots, plenty of peripherals including an ethernet card with cat-5 and coax connections, and a true VGA-only card. Runs Slackware in 16MB SDRAM and 100MB disk drive. Makes a great X server.
DEC Alpha 233MHz Noname mobo that still works like a charm. Runs old Red Hat.
I'm sure my dad still has a trx80 somewhere...ooh I forgot in the garage he has an old fashioned Teletype with paper tape punch/reader on the side. An authentic 110 baud machine.
While I agree with most of and the gist of your post, I must take exception to this:
...For example, in days past C was popular because CPU cycles were a lot more important than they are now, and memory sizes were a lot smaller than they are now...
If you think that CPU cycles and memory sizes aren't so important these days, just ask M$ about Vista. If there is any one thing that has made Vista a bust, it is M$ thinking that execution speed and efficiency don't matter much anymore.
Katrina was simultaneously the fastest hitting and most severe localized ecological disaster this country has ever experienced. There were real live refugees. Are there any more today?
If there are, it's because they want to be or were already effectively socioeconomic refugees when Katrina hit in which case nothing has changed except their location.
Climate change and rising water will not hit anywhere near as fast. The wiser ones will sell their real estate and move out and buy something else while fools and/or speculators buy it cheap and move in. Later I'm sure there will be some sort of federal buy-out program(if there still is a federal gov by then) that will make the speculators smile. Even the fools will have resources to buy a new house inland. Renters can continue to do just that, just somewhere else.
What if...just suppose that the climate change that you fear for its cost is natural and not man-caused?
Should we then muck with the environment in an effort to stop it, because of the cost if we don't?
As far as economic disruption goes, that's going to be no big deal in a free country. People will move out, move uphill/inland and their assets(other than real estate) and work will follow. More will be employed building new harbors, new levees, etc. The economy can readily adapt and does so way faster than any ecosystem can change.
It's about time some folks with spines showed up.
The FA of the US Constituition regulates the government, specifically the Congress but after interpretation the whole federal gov. The gov can't stop you from talking, especially about the gov itself. It has nothing to say about private parties, who can say what, where, when, and what the consequences are if for instance, you badmouth your boss while off work and he finds out about it.
Here is a decent summary.
Too old. You have triggered some old and long unused neurons. I have not thought of length, area, volume... "measures" of sets in more than 25 years.
I still like the post you originally replied to; wish I had some mod points. That was funny.
I'll bet you wish /. had one right about now, or did you miss the part about 10 ?
The first mixup is the idea of crimes committed on a battlefield. Now this has a long and storied history, but in most situations, these cases end up in some sort of international court, not the internal court system of one country or other.
This can be illustrated by asking one question. You want the prisoners tried in American courts, then tell me, which courts have jurisdiction and what law(s) are they accused of violating?
but Luddites don't dominate the politics of, or otherwise rule, the USA.
>It is a statistical certainty (p that there are innocent people being held
> at Guantanamo Bay.
So, it is a statistical certainty (p 10e-11) that there are guilty people being held at Guantanamo Bay. Where does that get us?
Abundant resources?
Strategic value?
Colonialized?
Centuries?
The first place you think of is the Middle East?
If all beer brewed subsequently is genetically engineered, then yes.
Last time I was in Finland I enjoyed the Lapin Kulta IV. It's been a while. I was a poor college student back then.
Using an American keyboard: "Hoovah Suomi!"
I usually fall asleep watching TV.
With English letters: Hoovah Suomi!
Even while in Paris, it does not matter whether your card's native currency is Euros, Dollars, Pounds or whatever because in all of my worldly travels everyone I have asked has understood what I meant when I held up my card and said "ATM?"
> Now, try talking to an Italian who learned
> English from a Scotsman. GFL deciphering _that_
Funny, once while working in Hawaii, I caught up with a couple making their way down the sidewalk and realized they were speaking German. I slowed and eavesdropped to see how much I could still understand(it had been years since I had practiced). Anyway it turns out they are staying in the same hotel as I. It becomes clear that they think they are having a private conversation. ;-) I follow them onto the elevator, stand next to them with a blank expression as they continue to converse about their intimate plans in front of me, and when they got off I said "Guten abend". They froze, turned pale, and turned around and looked at me in horror. I smiled as the doors closed. Then the man burst out laughing as the car carried me away.
I've given the matter less thought than the length of this post would indicate
LOL, that cracked me up!
You'll get agreements from all sides on that comment.
It's been that way for quite some time and shows no sign of getting any better.
I have good results with Brunton Solar
There is a wide variety of sizes and shapes and Brunton has a pretty good rep.
Choose another unit.