The sad state of affairs is such that it is even necessary at all to have a Child Protective Services. That's on a relatively small minority of people not ready for the responsibility of parenting, but the governmental overreach is to be expected.
In the absence of obvious abuse, the simple test should be: is the child fed, clothed, sheltered, and schooled?
The sadder state of affairs is that a child justifiably separated from his/her parents by the State is unlikely to do much better in the foster parent system.
I live in a place where oil wells have been drilled for 90 years. Our local water is not, no how, no way, in danger of being shipped abroad in bottles for sale in other areas.
Every well (vertical, horizontal, fractured) is drilled through the water table. Every one.
Most of the time, done properly, well casing protects the ground water table from contamination during the recovery of carbon products.
But. If only 1-2% of the 500,000 U.S. wells were completed improperly (with the rather ubiquitous human error factored in) that's a good deal of water fouling.
Yes. As mentioned intelligently above, cheap oil will indeed lead to more waste, as we are collectively a wasteful species when money is no object.
The best reason I can imagine for conserving our not infinite petroleum reserve is the future... we don't know what it holds in store for us, and we do not have a viable alternative for petroleum products worked out as yet for every variable.
Imagine our grandchildren with the tech to go universe-hopping, lacking only the fuel.
The trickle down of savings for the shipment of goods to your local store may take a moment, but they will come. The grocery market is fairly competitive.
And how about that gasoline? $1.91 a gallon at this morning's fill up! That's going to help a lot of folks instantly.
The drilling of wells from what has come to be known as shale oil will trickle to a halt as operators cannot make hole in profitable fashion at $40 to $50 per barrel of crude. Fracturing, the necessary evil to produce in tight oil formations, makes the recovery significantly more expensive than traditional vertical wells. All the easy to get oil has been largely exploited in the U.S. and other older oil fields.
The many thousands of wells that are/were planned for completion will simply be postponed until the market responds more favorably, but don't kid yourself, they will become feasible again at some point.
Lower energy costs will fuel the self same economic recovery that will drive World prices back into the realm of profitability.
China has the largest population of internet users. Despite apparent continued attempts to censor what their citizens have access to, the Chinese are very interested in extending international market share of their three state-owned internet companies.
which seems poised to place this vehicle in front of more potential customers than the Tesla.
It's not that NADA is against the idea of the of a Green (ish) vehicle. They just don't care for vehicles being sold outside the "system".
Great news for domestic consumers. As with the influx of Japanese cars in the first threatening invasion against their U.S. counterparts, this is likely to spur production of more efficient domestic autos.
The notice falsely warns that the recipient could be liable for up to $150,000 per infringement... The notice also that the user's internet service could be suspended.
Really? If those enticements fail to grab my attention, is Christmas on thin ice as well?
It's not that your argument is without merit. The U.S. government, every World gov't in fact, can be expected to prevaricate when it suits them to some advantage over the truth. What is that advantage in this case? Justification for sanctions? They act up so regularly this incident was hardly necessary to justify sanctions.
I would only argue that North Korea has motive (clearly the movie is insulting to a hack dictator), opportunity(the World knew the movie was in development long before its release), and no alibi (or history of honesty themselves).
People make mistakes. North Korean hackers are people. That may be all there is here.
So the whole 'hack' was just part of Sony's 'ironic' marketing of this 'funny' movie then?
Unlikely.
As most readers of/. are aware, any system can be hacked, if enough motivation and resources are thrown at the project. It follows, then, that any hack might also be tracked, given enough motivation and resources.
Sony wouldn't take that risk to promote a movie. Unlike your run-of-the-mill criminal mastermind, they would carefully consider consequences and repercussions.
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In the absence of obvious abuse, the simple test should be: is the child fed, clothed, sheltered, and schooled?
The sadder state of affairs is that a child justifiably separated from his/her parents by the State is unlikely to do much better in the foster parent system.
I feel the same way about names.
Damn, if only there was some retort that could be twisted from your nom de plume.
Allowing others to alter your mood with words or harmless acts gives them power over you.
This makes the person you're closest to unnecessarily unhappy.
Branson sounds for all the World like a man all hat, no cattle.
It's like Jor-el attempting to convince those thick-headed Kryptonians.
Every well (vertical, horizontal, fractured) is drilled through the water table. Every one.
Most of the time, done properly, well casing protects the ground water table from contamination during the recovery of carbon products.
But. If only 1-2% of the 500,000 U.S. wells were completed improperly (with the rather ubiquitous human error factored in) that's a good deal of water fouling.
Do you have a Citation or a Link-en for that claim of 1%?
The best reason I can imagine for conserving our not infinite petroleum reserve is the future... we don't know what it holds in store for us, and we do not have a viable alternative for petroleum products worked out as yet for every variable.
Imagine our grandchildren with the tech to go universe-hopping, lacking only the fuel.
And how about that gasoline? $1.91 a gallon at this morning's fill up! That's going to help a lot of folks instantly.
The many thousands of wells that are/were planned for completion will simply be postponed until the market responds more favorably, but don't kid yourself, they will become feasible again at some point.
Lower energy costs will fuel the self same economic recovery that will drive World prices back into the realm of profitability.
China has the largest population of internet users. Despite apparent continued attempts to censor what their citizens have access to, the Chinese are very interested in extending international market share of their three state-owned internet companies.
So, $7.5 billion is a bargain if Samsung is willing to become entrenched in a long series of patent litigation cases.
Intended.
Have you noticed the European nations lining up to trade the last remnants of internet privacy for more security?
Je suis l'etat de surveillance.
Opportunity, though friendlier to the ear, takes longer to type.
It's not that NADA is against the idea of the of a Green (ish) vehicle. They just don't care for vehicles being sold outside the "system".
Great news for domestic consumers. As with the influx of Japanese cars in the first threatening invasion against their U.S. counterparts, this is likely to spur production of more efficient domestic autos.
But no, we don't firebomb their alternative viewpoint, as foul as we find it to be.
One might justify the baptism as simply a risk management fail of unintended presence.
This bug or feature, depending on your mindset, plays no role in the identification of the idiots murdering on behalf of some false god belief.
Doesn't it seem likely this policy will prevent a certain element of LEOs from using the Taser at all?
"...pitch dark and foggy..."
And a real pity no technology exists to illuminate a scheduled landing to allow clear recording by the cameras that were deployed.
Sometimes, you have to put one down that really needs to go.
This ubiquitous sanctity for human life is way overrated.
If they do anything, it trumps my own contribution Of: "Gosh, that's just horrible!"
The notice falsely warns that the recipient could be liable for up to $150,000 per infringement... The notice also that the user's internet service could be suspended.
Really? If those enticements fail to grab my attention, is Christmas on thin ice as well?
I would only argue that North Korea has motive (clearly the movie is insulting to a hack dictator), opportunity(the World knew the movie was in development long before its release), and no alibi (or history of honesty themselves).
People make mistakes. North Korean hackers are people. That may be all there is here.
So the whole 'hack' was just part of Sony's 'ironic' marketing of this 'funny' movie then?
Unlikely.
As most readers of /. are aware, any system can be hacked, if enough motivation and resources are thrown at the project. It follows, then, that any hack might also be tracked, given enough motivation and resources.
Sony wouldn't take that risk to promote a movie. Unlike your run-of-the-mill criminal mastermind, they would carefully consider consequences and repercussions.