I'm afraid that's not how society works. If I tried to get my money back for things you want that I consider stupid (like roads, for example), and 10 people each of us know all did that, all of us would be nowhere.
What I object to is people calling for more ineffective government bodies rather than face the reality of the situation.
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Who said anything about calling for ineffective government bodies? I would like some EFFECTIVE government bodies to work on this stuff, but shit-for-brains Republicans and Libertarians keep trying to prove that it's impossible by either appointing the dumbest possible people, or criminals, etc., etc. to offices, or pointing to exclusively those types of proof. Telling me that a moron cannot effectively regulate something is not exactly news.
Don't you think it might be better to vote for the best candidate, not blindly vote party? What if the Democrat is an even bigger asshole than the Republican?
Whose faces are they placing here? Couldn't that then be used to place someone's face in a place where they weren't? I realize it would have to be some kind of perfect storm for that to become a problem (face gets swapped just as someone was committing a crime or what have you), but... I dunno. Unless they're using fake faces, I wonder about this.
A good example is crontab(1) and crontab(5). Try 'man 1 crontab' and 'man 5 crontab' and you'll get the command and the config file, respectively. It normally doesn't matter, as if there's only one in the manual, you get the one if you do 'man whatever'.
I typed "I never ride the bus because of all of the blacks" into it, and it was classified as not likely to be stupid. Either the stupid filter is stupid itself, or it's a bit racist.
They are in the process of cutting back major service increases that they had instituted a few years ago. In 2005, one heavy rail line was changed from 5-10 trains a day on weekends to full-blown hourly service. Ridership went way up, also attributed to the fact that there was a transfer station put in to transfer to NY trains.
Now they're apparently feeling some sort of crunch and are pulling trains at random (eg. there is a 1:03, 2:03, but no 3:03, then 4:03, etc.). That sort of stuff aggravates the riding public.
In my neighborhood specifically (Newark) they do an alright job I guess. They built a new light rail line in the last couple of years (but it has to wait at traffic lights) and they added a bus recently that makes only certain bus stops and supposedly has an unrestricted bus lane downtown. I don't travel its route so I wouldn't know if it works.
Seems my local organization is using "no money" as an excuse to forsake those who aren't only commuting.
Unused capacity as in we should blanket the earth with asphalt and cars? No thanks.
Food is produced in the middle of nowhere. However, what's more efficient, shipping food from the middle of nowhere to a few large cities (or at least densely populated metropolises) or shipping food from the middle of nowhere to hundreds of other middle of nowheres?
Mass rail transit is generally the most efficient form of transport. Take a look at the model there -- hub and spoke... not individual trips from everyplace to everyplace else.
Unsustainable, unfortunately. I'm not going to have to pay for that, but folks like that are going to have to all move to the same place I bet when energy gets much more expensive.
It really gets me that people think that the solution to a problem won't work because it will not work unless they change something. It is quite possible that there will not really be a choice in the near future. People are already having to adjust how they handle their commutes. What happens if shipping food to the middle of nowhere just gets too expensive to do anymore?
Sounds like you should either keep doing what you're doing (and hopefully not bitch when your way becomes too expensive) or move somewhere better served by transit.
I love that you're calling someone else retarded while simultaneously saying something that makes no sense.
Buses don't go near people's homes, require tons of fuel, have inconvenient times, and don't allow cargo transport, you say. Funny, the house I grew up in, in the suburbs, has 2 buses within 5 mins walk and each of them runs about every 20 mins depending on the time of day. Many of the buses have storage racks or under-floor storage.
You say these things like they're an inherent physical property of "the bus", not bad planning or design.
Our biggest problem is selfish fat fucks that don't want to do things like ride the bus, and try to invent 500 reasons that they "won't" work when they will, and do every day for plenty of people.
I guess we shouldn't be demonizing people just because they're fucking retarded -- his bad. Maybe we should be feeling sorry for them instead?
Personally, it was clear to me that he meant in the idolatry sense... I think you can save the "our brave men and women" reaction for another day.
I've gotten that one after getting into a disagreement with a woman at the ticket counter who basically demanded to know how I missed a connecting flight with 5 hours in between (answer: I went into town, as the long layover was intentional, and had trouble getting back). I've since been told, though, that any last minute change of plans will get you the super-screen. Seems to me that's the LAST thing you need if your plans have suddenly changed.
Flat tire, actually... I don't actually commute on a bike at the moment, but I don't drive either.
I can't see biking in a disaster either... mountain bikes aren't great for building debris.:)
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I see it's not just me that had trouble getting DNA to come out of my fingers rather than DNS. :)
I'm afraid that's not how society works. If I tried to get my money back for things you want that I consider stupid (like roads, for example), and 10 people each of us know all did that, all of us would be nowhere.
In summation: STFU.
What I object to is people calling for more ineffective government bodies rather than face the reality of the situation.
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Who said anything about calling for ineffective government bodies? I would like some EFFECTIVE government bodies to work on this stuff, but shit-for-brains Republicans and Libertarians keep trying to prove that it's impossible by either appointing the dumbest possible people, or criminals, etc., etc. to offices, or pointing to exclusively those types of proof. Telling me that a moron cannot effectively regulate something is not exactly news.
I guess we need to have the invisible hand of the market learn how to operate this DNA testing shit?
Don't you think it might be better to vote for the best candidate, not blindly vote party? What if the Democrat is an even bigger asshole than the Republican?
If you use a recent Ubuntu, it has whole disk encryption. That ought to take care of it.
Whose faces are they placing here? Couldn't that then be used to place someone's face in a place where they weren't? I realize it would have to be some kind of perfect storm for that to become a problem (face gets swapped just as someone was committing a crime or what have you), but... I dunno. Unless they're using fake faces, I wonder about this.
How does that differ from a grammar checker, though?
I realize I'm probably walking into some straw-man argument, but how do you figure?
A good example is crontab(1) and crontab(5). Try 'man 1 crontab' and 'man 5 crontab' and you'll get the command and the config file, respectively. It normally doesn't matter, as if there's only one in the manual, you get the one if you do 'man whatever'.
I typed "I never ride the bus because of all of the blacks" into it, and it was classified as not likely to be stupid. Either the stupid filter is stupid itself, or it's a bit racist.
They are in the process of cutting back major service increases that they had instituted a few years ago. In 2005, one heavy rail line was changed from 5-10 trains a day on weekends to full-blown hourly service. Ridership went way up, also attributed to the fact that there was a transfer station put in to transfer to NY trains.
Now they're apparently feeling some sort of crunch and are pulling trains at random (eg. there is a 1:03, 2:03, but no 3:03, then 4:03, etc.). That sort of stuff aggravates the riding public.
In my neighborhood specifically (Newark) they do an alright job I guess. They built a new light rail line in the last couple of years (but it has to wait at traffic lights) and they added a bus recently that makes only certain bus stops and supposedly has an unrestricted bus lane downtown. I don't travel its route so I wouldn't know if it works.
Seems my local organization is using "no money" as an excuse to forsake those who aren't only commuting.
It's really nice to run into another person with sense once in awhile! :)
Unused capacity as in we should blanket the earth with asphalt and cars? No thanks.
Food is produced in the middle of nowhere. However, what's more efficient, shipping food from the middle of nowhere to a few large cities (or at least densely populated metropolises) or shipping food from the middle of nowhere to hundreds of other middle of nowheres?
Mass rail transit is generally the most efficient form of transport. Take a look at the model there -- hub and spoke... not individual trips from everyplace to everyplace else.
You don't need density that high to run an efficient transportation system.
Trouble is that people will not walk more than a few feet anymore. I am waiting for the economics to change that.
Let's see how well that attitude is serving you in 15 years.
Unsustainable, unfortunately. I'm not going to have to pay for that, but folks like that are going to have to all move to the same place I bet when energy gets much more expensive. It really gets me that people think that the solution to a problem won't work because it will not work unless they change something. It is quite possible that there will not really be a choice in the near future. People are already having to adjust how they handle their commutes. What happens if shipping food to the middle of nowhere just gets too expensive to do anymore?
Sounds like you should either keep doing what you're doing (and hopefully not bitch when your way becomes too expensive) or move somewhere better served by transit.
I love that you're calling someone else retarded while simultaneously saying something that makes no sense. Buses don't go near people's homes, require tons of fuel, have inconvenient times, and don't allow cargo transport, you say. Funny, the house I grew up in, in the suburbs, has 2 buses within 5 mins walk and each of them runs about every 20 mins depending on the time of day. Many of the buses have storage racks or under-floor storage. You say these things like they're an inherent physical property of "the bus", not bad planning or design. Our biggest problem is selfish fat fucks that don't want to do things like ride the bus, and try to invent 500 reasons that they "won't" work when they will, and do every day for plenty of people.
I guess we shouldn't be demonizing people just because they're fucking retarded -- his bad. Maybe we should be feeling sorry for them instead? Personally, it was clear to me that he meant in the idolatry sense... I think you can save the "our brave men and women" reaction for another day.
I've gotten that one after getting into a disagreement with a woman at the ticket counter who basically demanded to know how I missed a connecting flight with 5 hours in between (answer: I went into town, as the long layover was intentional, and had trouble getting back). I've since been told, though, that any last minute change of plans will get you the super-screen. Seems to me that's the LAST thing you need if your plans have suddenly changed.
Flat tire, actually... I don't actually commute on a bike at the moment, but I don't drive either. I can't see biking in a disaster either... mountain bikes aren't great for building debris. :)
Sounds like a good commute for an electric car... someday.
Has anyone else ever seen this happen but this guy?