Even though a Presidential veto and a Republican-dominated House would stand in the way of a 51 vote Senate rejection, the "one vote shy" premise is heartening on the surface... unless you consider these claims don't get held to any scrutiny.
The Democrats are saying, "Look we are trying!" while accepting campaign contributions as fast as the Republicans from ISPs.
"UltraViolet" is now dead and buried?
Somebody tell Andrew Orlowski.
This isn't The Register, does anybody know who he is here? Anyway, although nobody beats a dead horse like Orlowski, I suspect even he has given up on that one.
Meanwhile, most high budget movies have been big disappointments over the last 5 years.
This. Although it's true audiences have gravitated toward the binge afforded to Netflix users, there has been a considerable dearth of quality movies of late, with Hollywood productions long on sequel, and short on innovative, thought-provoking releases.
Good point on the average age of vehicles still on the road, and to be fair, we would also need to quantify what still on the road means precisely... driven Xkm per year or merely registered, for instance.
FTL: (US numbers)
The number of vehicles on the road that are at least 25 years old is about 14 million. That's up from about 8 million in 2002. Those are vehicles made in 1990 or earlier.
Meanwhile, the number of vehicles that are 16 to 24 years old is 44 million. That's up from 26 million in 2002, according to IHS.
This suggests the types of vehicles coveted by collectors make up the smallest sample, and Car and Driver suggested the number was about 5 million in 2014.
Cellphones exponential growth is difficult to rival, but in the production life of the Ford Model T (1908-1927), automobile registrations rose from less than 200K to more than 23 million.
The automobile analogy isn't apt because even though the average age of an auto on the road rose to an all time high of 11.5 years in 2015, new vehicles were still being purchased in record numbers...
-- a paradox attributable to substantial increases in reliability.
True innovation is what's lacking, and perhaps phone manufacturers have been resting on their laurels, confident the need for the "newest shiny thing" would be enough to carry the day.
TL; DR - Prove that statement? How about you first prove that Greed N. Corruption won't distort the truth. The "science" is far too often bought and sold these days in order to protect profits.
Sometimes, it's merely self-righteousness and stupidity. During the American Prohibition period, a plasticizer was added to Jamaican ginger (Jake) to foil inspectors testing for ginger solids meant to make the alcohol unpalatable.
A pair of amateur chemists and bootleggers, Harry Gross and Max Reisman, worked to develop an alternative adulterant that would pass the tests, but still be somewhat palatable. They sought advice from a professor at MIT who did not realize it was meant for internal consumption. They settled on a plasticizer, tri-o-tolyl phosphate (also known as tri-ortho cresyl phosphate, TOCP, or Tricresyl phosphate), that was able to pass the Treasury Department's tests but preserved Jake's drinkability. TOCP was originally thought to be non-toxic; however, it was later determined to be a neurotoxin that causes axonal damage to the nerve cells in the nervous system of human beings, especially those located in the spinal cord. The resulting type of paralysis is now referred to as organophosphate-induced delayed neuropathy, or OPIDN.
Hmmmm... In the internet craze known as the Tide Pod challenge, Teenagers are ingesting laundry detergent and plastic, yet all the focus is on eating the detergent.
"While the Coalition’s consumer research was designed to identify the least preferred ad types, it also provides insight into consumers’ evaluation of a far broader range of ad experiences, including those more preferred by consumers.
Google: "We're only tracking your every move and recording your preferences to bring you a better online experience, you ungrateful dolt!"
If cable was the only way to get content, that would be the case. Dish and Directv compete for television subscribers within the State without the massive landline infrastructure, and the phone companies provide internet service competition.
Landline cable's shrinking market share is a poor use case for out of control monopoly.
Comcast enjoys a virtual monopoly providing internet service in Vermont, thanks to a sweetheart deal with the State that was recently extended by 11 years.
It kind of makes you wonder why the State would make such a poor deal?? Outside of Burlington, there is no city with a population greater than 20,000... making it pretty much all last mile service.
Not to defend Comcast by any means, but the market in the State is meager enough that market protections like competition are not present. Perhaps these smaller States could give up a bit of sovereignty and band together to create a market providers could compete for.
At first glance, it appears the cable giant Comcast is attempting to bully the State Commission into submission over the trivial viewership generated by covering municipal government and school board meetings.
What's really at stake is the future of both cable providers and small public access channels.
FTA:
With more customers shifting away from cable to internet-based video streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, the cable television industry — and the public access networks it spawned — could fade into history.
It could be that some new economic model might have to be developed if public access networks are to have a secure long-term future. Christopher put it this way: “If cable TV goes away, our existence is uncertain.”
Governmental agencies have rued the day the FOIA was implemented. Over the years, there have been many attempts to subvert the legislation's intent, from slow response times & outrageous fees per page of document, to redaction of nearly an entire requested page.
This excuse smells like, "We don't even think enough of your request to give it thoughtful rejection."
This is why it's important that kids primarily attach emotionally to emotionally mature and caring adults in their lives. If you care more what your loving parents think about you than about your social standing with people just as immature as yourself, you will be protected from most of the hurt they could otherwise inflict.
Despite protestations to the contrary, nearly every child reaches a point in his/her development where social standing and peer acceptance is more important than the parent/child relationship. The remedy you suggest is reminiscent of the abstinence-only sex education programs to combat teen pregnancy.
It's interesting how few people admit ever being bullied. Everyone outside of a bubble has experienced bullying at some point in their life, generally because there was always a bigger kid, a big brother, cousin, or sister (sometimes a group of them).
No matter how much we would like to protect the next generation of children, particularly our own, the importance of social standing among one's peers and bullying are intertwined... it seems we may not be as evolved as we'd like to believe.
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
cotton-picking (uncountable)
The harvesting of cotton quotations
Adjective[edit]
cotton-picking
(US, idiomatic, colloquial) An intensifier, like "darn", used for emphasis or to signify that something is of little value. quotations
(US, idiomatic, pejorative, colloquial) Describes a person who tends to become involved in matters outside of his area of concern. quotations
Usage notes[edit]
Often used with hands, as in "keep your cotton-picking hands off" (something or someone).
"Now, wait just a cotton-picking minute." You kind of cherry-picked your cotton-picking definition.
Seriously, forget the kids. I'm more interested in the phone figuring out that I'm looped and stopping me from drunk texting. Or drunk shopping. Or drunk anything.
I don't know. I rather like receiving a package I've forgotten ordering. It's like a surprise gift from someone who really understands what I like.
What you don't realize is that the NSA is about a decade ahead of what the general public can get its hands on regarding surveillance. If you are worried now, you are late to the party.
Let's say, "If you are worried now" is broken up into two inclusive subsets:
Are you worried now for the first time ever?, and
Are you worried now once again? would comprise, right at with rounding, 100% of participants. That's as inclusive as Drew Barrymore attending her "friend's" wedding at a Grunge concert.
Sure, it's always some people's first go-round with surveillance-a-phobia.. hey, are you calling me, Some People?
As someone else who has trouble remembering names, I would rather continue struggling through the several seconds of social disjointedness before having every personal interaction recorded, and probably then uploaded and stored.
I find it disturbing that of innovations imagined in the last few decades of science fiction, many of the technologies presently developing the fastest are those that benefit the surveillance state.
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Thank you! Something to look forward to after work... Is it still okay to make a black buster pun?
Even though a Presidential veto and a Republican-dominated House would stand in the way of a 51 vote Senate rejection, the "one vote shy" premise is heartening on the surface... unless you consider these claims don't get held to any scrutiny.
The Democrats are saying, "Look we are trying!" while accepting campaign contributions as fast as the Republicans from ISPs.
"UltraViolet" is now dead and buried? Somebody tell Andrew Orlowski.
This isn't The Register, does anybody know who he is here? Anyway, although nobody beats a dead horse like Orlowski, I suspect even he has given up on that one.
Tens more of us do now. Biting the hand that feeds IT"
Meanwhile, most high budget movies have been big disappointments over the last 5 years.
This. Although it's true audiences have gravitated toward the binge afforded to Netflix users, there has been a considerable dearth of quality movies of late, with Hollywood productions long on sequel, and short on innovative, thought-provoking releases.
Good point on the average age of vehicles still on the road, and to be fair, we would also need to quantify what still on the road means precisely... driven X km per year or merely registered, for instance.
FTL: (US numbers)
The number of vehicles on the road that are at least 25 years old is about 14 million. That's up from about 8 million in 2002. Those are vehicles made in 1990 or earlier. Meanwhile, the number of vehicles that are 16 to 24 years old is 44 million. That's up from 26 million in 2002, according to IHS.
This suggests the types of vehicles coveted by collectors make up the smallest sample, and Car and Driver suggested the number was about 5 million in 2014.
Cellphones exponential growth is difficult to rival, but in the production life of the Ford Model T (1908-1927), automobile registrations rose from less than 200K to more than 23 million.
-- a paradox attributable to substantial increases in reliability.
True innovation is what's lacking, and perhaps phone manufacturers have been resting on their laurels, confident the need for the "newest shiny thing" would be enough to carry the day.
TL; DR - Prove that statement? How about you first prove that Greed N. Corruption won't distort the truth. The "science" is far too often bought and sold these days in order to protect profits.
Sometimes, it's merely self-righteousness and stupidity. During the American Prohibition period, a plasticizer was added to Jamaican ginger (Jake) to foil inspectors testing for ginger solids meant to make the alcohol unpalatable.
A pair of amateur chemists and bootleggers, Harry Gross and Max Reisman, worked to develop an alternative adulterant that would pass the tests, but still be somewhat palatable. They sought advice from a professor at MIT who did not realize it was meant for internal consumption. They settled on a plasticizer, tri-o-tolyl phosphate (also known as tri-ortho cresyl phosphate, TOCP, or Tricresyl phosphate), that was able to pass the Treasury Department's tests but preserved Jake's drinkability. TOCP was originally thought to be non-toxic; however, it was later determined to be a neurotoxin that causes axonal damage to the nerve cells in the nervous system of human beings, especially those located in the spinal cord. The resulting type of paralysis is now referred to as organophosphate-induced delayed neuropathy, or OPIDN.
Hmmmm... In the internet craze known as the Tide Pod challenge, Teenagers are ingesting laundry detergent and plastic, yet all the focus is on eating the detergent.
The Coalition for Better Ads:
"While the Coalition’s consumer research was designed to identify the least preferred ad types, it also provides insight into consumers’ evaluation of a far broader range of ad experiences, including those more preferred by consumers.
Google: "We're only tracking your every move and recording your preferences to bring you a better online experience, you ungrateful dolt!"
If cable was the only way to get content, that would be the case. Dish and Directv compete for television subscribers within the State without the massive landline infrastructure, and the phone companies provide internet service competition.
Landline cable's shrinking market share is a poor use case for out of control monopoly.
Comcast enjoys a virtual monopoly providing internet service in Vermont, thanks to a sweetheart deal with the State that was recently extended by 11 years.
It kind of makes you wonder why the State would make such a poor deal?? Outside of Burlington, there is no city with a population greater than 20,000... making it pretty much all last mile service.
Not to defend Comcast by any means, but the market in the State is meager enough that market protections like competition are not present. Perhaps these smaller States could give up a bit of sovereignty and band together to create a market providers could compete for.
At first glance, it appears the cable giant Comcast is attempting to bully the State Commission into submission over the trivial viewership generated by covering municipal government and school board meetings.
What's really at stake is the future of both cable providers and small public access channels.
FTA:
With more customers shifting away from cable to internet-based video streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, the cable television industry — and the public access networks it spawned — could fade into history. It could be that some new economic model might have to be developed if public access networks are to have a secure long-term future. Christopher put it this way: “If cable TV goes away, our existence is uncertain.”
It seems likely on the order of tomorrow's sunrise that educating the public about the Bitcoin would certainly not lead to more folks purchasing it.
You just invented plywood!
Plywood is weaker than normal wood not stronger and definitely not stronger than steel.
Not when sandwiched vertically in a weight-bearing truss.
Governmental agencies have rued the day the FOIA was implemented. Over the years, there have been many attempts to subvert the legislation's intent, from slow response times & outrageous fees per page of document, to redaction of nearly an entire requested page.
This excuse smells like, "We don't even think enough of your request to give it thoughtful rejection."
This is why it's important that kids primarily attach emotionally to emotionally mature and caring adults in their lives. If you care more what your loving parents think about you than about your social standing with people just as immature as yourself, you will be protected from most of the hurt they could otherwise inflict.
Despite protestations to the contrary, nearly every child reaches a point in his/her development where social standing and peer acceptance is more important than the parent/child relationship. The remedy you suggest is reminiscent of the abstinence-only sex education programs to combat teen pregnancy.
It's interesting how few people admit ever being bullied. Everyone outside of a bubble has experienced bullying at some point in their life, generally because there was always a bigger kid, a big brother, cousin, or sister (sometimes a group of them).
No matter how much we would like to protect the next generation of children, particularly our own, the importance of social standing among one's peers and bullying are intertwined... it seems we may not be as evolved as we'd like to believe.
English[edit] Noun[edit] cotton-picking (uncountable) The harvesting of cotton quotations Adjective[edit] cotton-picking (US, idiomatic, colloquial) An intensifier, like "darn", used for emphasis or to signify that something is of little value. quotations (US, idiomatic, pejorative, colloquial) Describes a person who tends to become involved in matters outside of his area of concern. quotations Usage notes[edit] Often used with hands, as in "keep your cotton-picking hands off" (something or someone).
"Now, wait just a cotton-picking minute." You kind of cherry-picked your cotton-picking definition.
Seriously, forget the kids. I'm more interested in the phone figuring out that I'm looped and stopping me from drunk texting. Or drunk shopping. Or drunk anything.
I don't know. I rather like receiving a package I've forgotten ordering. It's like a surprise gift from someone who really understands what I like.
Should there be a comma in picking cotton?
Not so much as there should be a a hyphen in cotton picking.
Punctuation and grammar are important for communication clarity. Know your shit, not, know you're shit.
And how exactly would GitHub go about implementing a system that categorically excludes "morons"?
One question: "Do you believe your contributions to this website are (a)bigly or (b)cromulent?"
If a user chooses (a) or (b), all the evidence points to moron.
Investment income, or some such shite.
If you're worried now isn't an all-inclusive subset of people who just began worrying today.
Take heart. If your smart underwear prediction is spot-on, we'll have posters who make tinfoil underwear a thing.
What you don't realize is that the NSA is about a decade ahead of what the general public can get its hands on regarding surveillance. If you are worried now, you are late to the party.
Let's say, "If you are worried now" is broken up into two inclusive subsets:
Are you worried now for the first time ever?, and
Are you worried now once again? would comprise, right at with rounding, 100% of participants. That's as inclusive as Drew Barrymore attending her "friend's" wedding at a Grunge concert.
Sure, it's always some people's first go-round with surveillance-a-phobia.. hey, are you calling me, Some People?
As someone else who has trouble remembering names, I would rather continue struggling through the several seconds of social disjointedness before having every personal interaction recorded, and probably then uploaded and stored.
I find it disturbing that of innovations imagined in the last few decades of science fiction, many of the technologies presently developing the fastest are those that benefit the surveillance state.