Ah. Everyone else is doing it, and some of them are doing worse, so that excuses Volkswagon's wrongdoing.
Look. Older vehicles are known polluters, but it is factored in that they'll eventually end up on the scrap heap. Of course, there are many nations that will be unable to immediately upgrade to the Western nations' standards of pollutant emissions, but again, it is factored in. We can't hold the poorest of us to the same standard.
The nations with the most advantages and resources have to take the lead in these reductions, and to be fair, we have probably been polluting the longest.
In the free market economy, one would imagine the punishment for this fantastic deceit would be the near or total ruination of the company.
However, we have but to look to the GM side saddle fuel tanks, the Ford Pinto IED, and the Toyota floor mat auto pilot feature to realize the buying public has the attention span of a fruit fly.
And they know that it's better to have a corrupt-as-hell extortionist scumbag military in charge, and at least maintaining a status quo peace, than to take their chances with an Arab-Spring type popular radical government that might easily stumble into a regional nuclear war and possibly set off WWIII.
Learning are they? Slowly, but yes... who would've thought that encouraging the overthrow of a sovereign nation might backfire?
It's difficult to argue that Iraq (and Syria) wouldn't be better off today with Saddam's Sunnis still in power.
We're animals with extensive symbolic reasoning systems bolted on at the last minute. Our basic natures are brutish and short-sighted as any other animal.
But. We have the something in us that gets us out there the 1st year, and no haplorhini (nor other mammal) exhibits a similar tendency.
I bought some badasss UAVs for my nephews and youngest son at Christmas for a hundred quid ($142.50) per kid including some spare parts ans extra batteries. The poor US unmanned bunch pays $40 million US per MQ-1 Predator.
We've been killing people remotely for almost 100 years. I don't see a fundamental difference between a B-29 and a Reaper drone.
One difference I perceive is that you run no personal risk of being shot down from the Controls of the Reaper.
And look long and hard into the act of flying your B-29 in over cities, much like the one you live in yourself, before releasing the bombs in your wake... even from there, you're more connected to the idea of war being the destruction of another's humanity.
The problem is truly with killing folks remotely. With no more thought or remorse than laying waste to a competitor in a video game, lives are erased without getting yuor hands dirty.
In the past, force multipliers like rifles, grenades, and rockets were used to up the death toll while keeping the participants hands from being as bloodied, and it is unclear this has been for the better.
A rational young man forced to war by draft or patriotism is much, much more likely to quickly have his fill of it standing close to the death and horror.
Very interesting, especially the privacy aspect. I think, at the heart of it, our laws and their enforcement were initially intended to be very similar to what you describe. I, for one, would
Rather have a guilty man walk free than an innocent man sent to prison.
Perhaps because of the settling of the wild American West (or maybe the American Hollywood western), our law enforcement has evolved into Cowboys bent on vigilante justice or a lone wolf bending the rules for the greater good.
No, they are not useless. When a specific event occurs, usually just a few minutes of recording is needed to better understand what happened and, just a few minutes worth need to be cleared for release.
Clearly, we can trust the police to release just the pertinent pieces of video.
This was a broad request for almost 200 hours of video - the fact that such a request is quite expensive to fulfill does not mean that the cameras are 'useless'.
When quite expensive = unreasonable restriction on access, then the government must err on the side of information release to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.
This was news days ago, but trashdot is too busy trying to cram dice-grade slashvertisements down our throats to be bothered to report news when it's actually news.
To be fair, management had been quite satisfied with paying staff and expenses with moderation privileges and subsidized coffee, but the friggin' government labor people got all involved.
It just always seemed more likely, given the multitudes of places that hominids evolved before mass transportation was a thing, that our species would vary more widely in size.
We have the pygmy tribes in which the average male is 1.5m tall and upward human extremes of 2.3m, but the variation in size really only becomes extraordinarily diverse at the Super Family level.
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Look. Older vehicles are known polluters, but it is factored in that they'll eventually end up on the scrap heap. Of course, there are many nations that will be unable to immediately upgrade to the Western nations' standards of pollutant emissions, but again, it is factored in. We can't hold the poorest of us to the same standard.
The nations with the most advantages and resources have to take the lead in these reductions, and to be fair, we have probably been polluting the longest.
However, we have but to look to the GM side saddle fuel tanks, the Ford Pinto IED, and the Toyota floor mat auto pilot feature to realize the buying public has the attention span of a fruit fly.
So yes, a rather large fine is in order.
You should be confident in the value of your ability to bring new information and viewpoints to the discussion.
Your opinions are legitimate enough to stand on their own. The snideness just makes you look bad.
He is not actually going to build that wall on the Mexican border, and whatnot.
Trump is representative of the lowest form of political pandering the system will support.
Let's all hope the bar doesn't ever get set any lower than that.
And they know that it's better to have a corrupt-as-hell extortionist scumbag military in charge, and at least maintaining a status quo peace, than to take their chances with an Arab-Spring type popular radical government that might easily stumble into a regional nuclear war and possibly set off WWIII.
Learning are they? Slowly, but yes... who would've thought that encouraging the overthrow of a sovereign nation might backfire?
It's difficult to argue that Iraq (and Syria) wouldn't be better off today with Saddam's Sunnis still in power.
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the willingness of the Pakastanis to accept some inevitable blasphemy against their beloved Mohammed should tip you into the correct direction.
A season in farming is the amount of fruitful growing time between the last freeze in the winter/spring and the first freeze in the autumn/winter.
We're animals with extensive symbolic reasoning systems bolted on at the last minute. Our basic natures are brutish and short-sighted as any other animal.
But. We have the something in us that gets us out there the 1st year, and no haplorhini (nor other mammal) exhibits a similar tendency.
I bought some badasss UAVs for my nephews and youngest son at Christmas for a hundred quid ($142.50) per kid including some spare parts ans extra batteries. The poor US unmanned bunch pays $40 million US per MQ-1 Predator.
Got us to read the whole bloody article...
We've been killing people remotely for almost 100 years. I don't see a fundamental difference between a B-29 and a Reaper drone.
One difference I perceive is that you run no personal risk of being shot down from the Controls of the Reaper.
And look long and hard into the act of flying your B-29 in over cities, much like the one you live in yourself, before releasing the bombs in your wake... even from there, you're more connected to the idea of war being the destruction of another's humanity.
In the past, force multipliers like rifles, grenades, and rockets were used to up the death toll while keeping the participants hands from being as bloodied, and it is unclear this has been for the better.
A rational young man forced to war by draft or patriotism is much, much more likely to quickly have his fill of it standing close to the death and horror.
Rather have a guilty man walk free than an innocent man sent to prison.
Perhaps because of the settling of the wild American West (or maybe the American Hollywood western), our law enforcement has evolved into Cowboys bent on vigilante justice or a lone wolf bending the rules for the greater good.
Good thing she lived to 97!
For all you know, the lack of one's awareness of time's existence has little to do with its genuineness.
No, there are no limits on our ability to comprehend the universe as its own observer, and if there were, we would not be here to observe it.
Indeed. I suspect that government relishes the opportunity to finally charge by the hour like one of their subcontractors.
No, they are not useless. When a specific event occurs, usually just a few minutes of recording is needed to better understand what happened and, just a few minutes worth need to be cleared for release.
Clearly, we can trust the police to release just the pertinent pieces of video.
This was a broad request for almost 200 hours of video - the fact that such a request is quite expensive to fulfill does not mean that the cameras are 'useless'.
When quite expensive = unreasonable restriction on access, then the government must err on the side of information release to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.
Thus, access to the videos, at rate not restrictive enough to prevent its distribution, is a requirement fair play cannot do without.
If a viewing tax restricts the footage from being released, then cameras are worthless except to protect the innocent law enforcement officers.
This was news days ago, but trashdot is too busy trying to cram dice-grade slashvertisements down our throats to be bothered to report news when it's actually news.
To be fair, management had been quite satisfied with paying staff and expenses with moderation privileges and subsidized coffee, but the friggin' government labor people got all involved.
At least we know what the cash is for.
Caruso style!
We have the pygmy tribes in which the average male is 1.5m tall and upward human extremes of 2.3m, but the variation in size really only becomes extraordinarily diverse at the Super Family level.
We just have to remember that it's a virus, like the annual cold and flu bugs, and never grow complacent.