It would seem like even the most resiliently learning-disabled law enforcement agency would be interested in repairing its tarnished reputation more so than becoming entangled in some shady information collection for-profit partnership with a dubious private enterprise partner.
Pick your motivation. Protection of family, life-changing wealth, to obtain a cure for a disease-ridden child, or even, no problem, I'm a sociopath....Think of it like this: if you had to do a crime, how many people would you involve unnecessarily?
That's right, a big fat zero. You know who keeps a secret? Of course not, that person has never told you anything.
A conspiracy's success is diminished inversely proportionate to the number of its' participants and the time of execution.
In this instance, it's the folks receiving electricity because of rural electrification programs.
Ironically, many of these programs were subsidized when the utilities in the US were de facto monopolies, and it might have been easier to impose the last mile costs upon a monopoly holder than upon the competitive field we have today. And it still wasn't done.
If in this instance, last mile is a figure of speech, virtually everylet them eat cake historical example would've improved its own outcome with a bit more charity and understanding.
My lifestyle is not at issue, but if it were, I'd hope my "betters" were kind and giving.
Brown's gas, yes, but depending entirely upon your interpretation of fantasy mega-grid, still a dream that comes from pipes if considered as a stable grid energy source.
Oxyhydrogen manufacture might be a contributor, but either the storage batteries get Moore's Law better or the harvesting technology get's GMO-better. Something... until those eventualities or nuclear is finally deemed acceptable, the carbon-based fuels will reign as reliable as Hoover Dam.
Man. Texas, and other pro-wind energy States invested heavily in infrastructure to mine wind power in far off rural windmill farms that was additionally attractive due to generous gov't subsidies. They milk the winds in west Texas for power in San Antonio.
My income comes in great part from the oil and gas industry, but I'm all for energy alternatives and their development.
Folks just have to recognize, with little interest in nuclear development, that the comfortable grid is still generationally dependent upon the fossil fuels for stability. I will support the betterment of alternatives, but they can't carry us just yet.
This seems like a variation on the theme perpetrated in the trailer park to perfection.
Moving to town from the ranch to satisfy the whims of the human I was happily sexing with, we ordered up some cable to go with the only rental our budget would allow. It was like Christmas in April on our row, since the last paying cable customer had departed weeks ago... I say row, because it was ill-advised to cross the paved street with your bootleg connection.
As fast as the cable company would uncover illegal splices, the park denizens would repair/replace the barely buried RG-6.
For some of this people the belief in supernatural will be based on what they know and that is little. When this sort of ignorance reaches the ruling elite there will be only short time before dark ages. I wonder how likely it is to happen say in next 50years.
Sadly, level of ignorance of the people who choose and are allowed to vote is the single most deterministic factor in the selection of the ruling elite in our Western democracies.
FTA: It appears to be an affront to the spread 'em out theory of risk management initially adopted by Google and then copied by FB, Apple, MS,etc.
I get what they're thinking: friendly economic packages from the locals, close proximity to population centers, lots of convertible existing infrastructure... but the risks of a cataclysmic natural or anthropogenic disaster seem very real over a long enough timeline in a given region.
At this point, nothing short of their own mismanagement seems likely to upset the Google juggernaut.
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It would seem like even the most resiliently learning-disabled law enforcement agency would be interested in repairing its tarnished reputation more so than becoming entangled in some shady information collection for-profit partnership with a dubious private enterprise partner.
That's right, a big fat zero. You know who keeps a secret? Of course not, that person has never told you anything.
A conspiracy's success is diminished inversely proportionate to the number of its' participants and the time of execution.
In both cases, it effectively brings down the number of available jobs as well as reducing wages for the jobs that remain available.
Difference? The H-1B replacements are using an advantageous interpretation of the law (and lobbying) to accomplish their goal.
The advertisements with the green lead in line are how the bills get paid around here now that all you nerds are using adblocker.
I've watched a few episodes of Cops, and the roadside interviews on camera are astonishingly more polite than some I've experienced.
They would just prefer to have them working at half pay for more hours.
The sad state of things is such that even though they are using H-1B improperly, those affected are mostly college-educated white males.
This is not a great target market for widespread outrage and demands for reform on the 24 hour news stations.
Ironically, many of these programs were subsidized when the utilities in the US were de facto monopolies, and it might have been easier to impose the last mile costs upon a monopoly holder than upon the competitive field we have today. And it still wasn't done.
We would be ideally suited for the proposed due to our legendary geriatric sexual prowess or because of our boundless predisposition with porn?
Not sure, but if history is any indicator, it will likely include the further restriction of my freedoms for my own good.
The important thing is, Libertarian infrastructure creates and maintains itself, in the universe's first-encountered positive entropy loop.
My lifestyle is not at issue, but if it were, I'd hope my "betters" were kind and giving.
Oxyhydrogen manufacture might be a contributor, but either the storage batteries get Moore's Law better or the harvesting technology get's GMO-better. Something... until those eventualities or nuclear is finally deemed acceptable, the carbon-based fuels will reign as reliable as Hoover Dam.
Somebody has to do the expected to do poorly, return on investment-wise public works, 'cause we just need roads, bridges, and stuff.
My income comes in great part from the oil and gas industry, but I'm all for energy alternatives and their development.
Folks just have to recognize, with little interest in nuclear development, that the comfortable grid is still generationally dependent upon the fossil fuels for stability. I will support the betterment of alternatives, but they can't carry us just yet.
I suppose the one small mercy taken from this is the paralysis would numb the screwed parts.
On the green line site, you may get modded informative for repeating the obvious... pro-tip for the karma-challenged members.You know who you are.
Here is another pearl of wisdom: it is entirely plausible a drowning company will attempt to drown its own savior.
Moving to town from the ranch to satisfy the whims of the human I was happily sexing with, we ordered up some cable to go with the only rental our budget would allow. It was like Christmas in April on our row, since the last paying cable customer had departed weeks ago... I say row, because it was ill-advised to cross the paved street with your bootleg connection.
As fast as the cable company would uncover illegal splices, the park denizens would repair/replace the barely buried RG-6.
For some of this people the belief in supernatural will be based on what they know and that is little. When this sort of ignorance reaches the ruling elite there will be only short time before dark ages. I wonder how likely it is to happen say in next 50years.
Sadly, level of ignorance of the people who choose and are allowed to vote is the single most deterministic factor in the selection of the ruling elite in our Western democracies.
It's similar to the bigfoot / loch nessie conundrum. If these creatures existed, they would be natural.
Still, it only makes it a little less likely your huevos en una canasta strategy fails epically.
I get what they're thinking: friendly economic packages from the locals, close proximity to population centers, lots of convertible existing infrastructure... but the risks of a cataclysmic natural or anthropogenic disaster seem very real over a long enough timeline in a given region.
At this point, nothing short of their own mismanagement seems likely to upset the Google juggernaut.
Understandably, many of us are reluctant to give this long-held tradition up.
The widespread dissemination of information provided by our present technology is an abomination to a long human history of superstition.
The new phones must come equipped with the California admissions package.
Home grown used to be a reference to some substandard pipe filler. How the times have changed.