Uh, since you apparently found the Constitution to be TL:DR, allow me to point out something: the Constitution limits the actions of the Federal Government. Amazon may be near-omnipresent, but they're NOT the Feds. The operative document is your Kindle User Agreement, which, no doubt, you clicked through because it, too, was TL:DR. Lesson is, read the agreement, for that which the Large Print giveth, the Small Print usually taketh away....
And now that you openly admit it, expect a bill from HBO, for your failure to view their programming. . . After all, a TV is mandatory, as is watching commercials. Resistance is Futile: You will be Monetized. . .
You obviously haven't looked into the thriving business of medical debt recovery. After they go through your pockets, they start trying to get into the pockets of surviving relatives...
And yet they STILL keep flying them. When I flew B-52s (in the 1980s), the running joke was that, sooner or later, a B-52 would show up in an episode of "Star Trek", the J-57 engines replaced by warp nacelles. . . Even now, the projected retirement date is 2040 . . . 96 years after the initial design of the aircraft that would become the B-52. . . .
Why not just add another mission to regular passenger planes, and make them bombers, as well? Just make the seats able to hold bombs as well as humans, and add bomb bay doors on the floor.
Humor aside, the addition of a bomb bay is a major change to the structural dynamics of an airframe. There WAS a concept to mod a 747 airframe for use as a cruise missile platform: that would require far less major structural alterations from the baseline B747 design. ..
Nobody bothered to notice that the time of fall of the Maya segues into the Medieval Optimum ??? If you look at this graph, you'll see that the temps start their rise around 800AD, and the Optimum is well established by 950AD.
In other words, a planetary climate change contributed to the fall of the Maya. Which just goes to prove a point: climate is NOT a fixed value, but a variable with a substantial-enough range to cause major ecological changes in relatively short periods of time. . . .
BZZZZTT Sorry, play again. . . .
If Science resulted in Truth, once it was out, that would be it. Instead, the Scientific Method relies on refinement of previous models, and in many cases, complete discards of previous models. Examples abound. For example, Newtonian mechanics are "close enough for Government work" at low velocities, but Einsteinian mechanics describe it more precisely at ALL velocities available. Biology has gone through a number of distinctly different paradigms, as has Geology. . . 50 years ago, Plate Tectonics was considered Fringe Science. Except without Walter, Peter, and Olivia. . . (grin)
Specifically, that science is in the business of finding truth. Sorry, not the case.
Science is the practice of making models of reality, based on observation, that provide results of sufficient reliability that engineering can be conducted.
If it's TRUTH you're searching for, try the Philosophy Department. . .
Always remember to give the officer doing the pat-down your best sex-offender-smirk and remark that you "always stand at attention for a man in uniform"...
The situation is not actually winnable in any useful way; but if the rentacop goes home feeling as though their soul is soiled, you've done your part.
Anyone remember the Movie "When Harry Met Sally" ??? Specifically, the cafeteria scene where Meg Ryan fakes an orgasm ??
Several of us did that to the TSA Goons on our most recent flight. One guy even offered a tip for getting felt up "so well". . . .
Needless to say, the TSA goons were more than a little discomfitted, and the people in line behind each of us were basically LMFAO. . . .
Laughter IS the best weapon against officious busybodies. . .
After all, they were paying me to engineer and implement systems, not write lyrics or short stories.
Unless they're looking for a liaison between the engineering and marketing departments. If you can write short stories, you can learn to write ad copy. If you can write lyrics, you can learn to write jingles.
And if they wanted me to add those skills to my job description, I would. For an additional price, of course (which may or may not be in dollars...)
Agreed. I faced this several years ago: the company I worked for had a similar policy. But when I signed on, I negotiated a standing exemption for my songs and my fiction: when posed reasonably ( and a few previous samples of each provided), they had no problem exempting them.
After all, they were paying me to engineer and implement systems, not write lyrics or short stories. . .
You need to look a little harder at the science spinoffs. Better electronics, better medicine and medical sensors, improved weather reporting and prediction, orbital imaging for finding previously undiscovered natural resources, improved materials. . . .
And that was all of thirty seconds review of stuff I personally know about the spinoffs. It's not ALL Tang. . . (Grin)
I'd invest. Hell, that was the plan of an organization ~10 or so years ago: they were giving presentations at SF Cons. (Cannot remember their name: something Greek mythology-related as I recall. ..) They expected their booster and lander, etc, would be FESTOONED with supporter logos. The model seems to work for NASCAR. . .
. ..after which, someone will discover a conspiracy where someone is handing out rigged coins for voter coin flips.
My solution: EVERY ballot has a "none of the above" choice. If NOTA gets more than a given percentage (say, 20-30%), ALL the candidates lose, and new candidates would have to run. . .
Are you sure of that? Last century's "magic" or "psychic powers" are now straightforward engineering. Flight, for example, does NOT require a ring or potion or carpet:it requires an aircraft. What we used to call "clairvoyance" or "remote viewing".... is now Video.
Assuming we survive as a species, the maintenance of consciousness, memory, and personality outside of the original biological platform should a standard exercise, likely within a century. If you listen to Ray Kurzweil, anywhere from 17 to 33 years off...
You obviously haven't been following the news. US Law is now Uber Alles. Ask anyone in us.gov, they'll tell you,.
How else do you explain arresting someone who owns a company in Hong Kong and lives in New Zealand ???
There's also the fact that most hunters are just waiting for any excuse to shoot their neighbors anyway.
Cast Aspersions much ?? Care to cite any examples ?? I CAN say that we hunters routinely feed the homeless and destitute by often giving some of the meat to rescue missions and homeless shelters. I'd be FAR more concerned about the gang-bangers in the next neighborhood than the local hunters. . . . .
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....as anyone who's seen the beginning of "Reign of Fire could tell you.....
Uh, since you apparently found the Constitution to be TL:DR, allow me to point out something: the Constitution limits the actions of the Federal Government. Amazon may be near-omnipresent, but they're NOT the Feds. The operative document is your Kindle User Agreement, which, no doubt, you clicked through because it, too, was TL:DR. Lesson is, read the agreement, for that which the Large Print giveth, the Small Print usually taketh away....
Wouldn't work. It's even older than the Sonny Bono Act copyright extensions. . .
And now that you openly admit it, expect a bill from HBO, for your failure to view their programming. . . After all, a TV is mandatory, as is watching commercials. Resistance is Futile: You will be Monetized. . .
You obviously haven't looked into the thriving business of medical debt recovery. After they go through your pockets, they start trying to get into the pockets of surviving relatives...
But how will Kirk and the crew save the Whales and get back to the 23rd Century without that "nuclear wessel"? (evil grin)
. . . .run it for President !! Sweet Meteor of Death in 2040 !!
After all, it couldn't be WORSE than a politician. . . . .
Really. If it's "postnatural", it couldn't POSSIBLY have the taste of wild hickory nuts...
And yet they STILL keep flying them. When I flew B-52s (in the 1980s), the running joke was that, sooner or later, a B-52 would show up in an episode of "Star Trek", the J-57 engines replaced by warp nacelles. . . Even now, the projected retirement date is 2040 . . . 96 years after the initial design of the aircraft that would become the B-52. . . .
Why not just add another mission to regular passenger planes, and make them bombers, as well? Just make the seats able to hold bombs as well as humans, and add bomb bay doors on the floor.
Humor aside, the addition of a bomb bay is a major change to the structural dynamics of an airframe. There WAS a concept to mod a 747 airframe for use as a cruise missile platform: that would require far less major structural alterations from the baseline B747 design. . .
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In other words, a planetary climate change contributed to the fall of the Maya. Which just goes to prove a point: climate is NOT a fixed value, but a variable with a substantial-enough range to cause major ecological changes in relatively short periods of time. . . .
1. Judas hanged himself.
2. Go thou, and do thou likewise. . . .
3. And what thou doest, do quickly. . . .
BZZZZTT Sorry, play again. . . . If Science resulted in Truth, once it was out, that would be it. Instead, the Scientific Method relies on refinement of previous models, and in many cases, complete discards of previous models. Examples abound. For example, Newtonian mechanics are "close enough for Government work" at low velocities, but Einsteinian mechanics describe it more precisely at ALL velocities available. Biology has gone through a number of distinctly different paradigms, as has Geology. . . 50 years ago, Plate Tectonics was considered Fringe Science. Except without Walter, Peter, and Olivia. . . (grin)
Specifically, that science is in the business of finding truth. Sorry, not the case.
Science is the practice of making models of reality, based on observation, that provide results of sufficient reliability that engineering can be conducted.
If it's TRUTH you're searching for, try the Philosophy Department. . .
Always remember to give the officer doing the pat-down your best sex-offender-smirk and remark that you "always stand at attention for a man in uniform"... The situation is not actually winnable in any useful way; but if the rentacop goes home feeling as though their soul is soiled, you've done your part.
Anyone remember the Movie "When Harry Met Sally" ??? Specifically, the cafeteria scene where Meg Ryan fakes an orgasm ?? Several of us did that to the TSA Goons on our most recent flight. One guy even offered a tip for getting felt up "so well". . . . Needless to say, the TSA goons were more than a little discomfitted, and the people in line behind each of us were basically LMFAO. . . . Laughter IS the best weapon against officious busybodies. . .
After all, they were paying me to engineer and implement systems, not write lyrics or short stories.
Unless they're looking for a liaison between the engineering and marketing departments. If you can write short stories, you can learn to write ad copy. If you can write lyrics, you can learn to write jingles.
And if they wanted me to add those skills to my job description, I would. For an additional price, of course (which may or may not be in dollars...)
Agreed. I faced this several years ago: the company I worked for had a similar policy. But when I signed on, I negotiated a standing exemption for my songs and my fiction: when posed reasonably ( and a few previous samples of each provided), they had no problem exempting them. After all, they were paying me to engineer and implement systems, not write lyrics or short stories. . .
You need to look a little harder at the science spinoffs. Better electronics, better medicine and medical sensors, improved weather reporting and prediction, orbital imaging for finding previously undiscovered natural resources, improved materials. . . . And that was all of thirty seconds review of stuff I personally know about the spinoffs. It's not ALL Tang. . . (Grin)
I'd invest. Hell, that was the plan of an organization ~10 or so years ago: they were giving presentations at SF Cons. (Cannot remember their name: something Greek mythology-related as I recall. . .) They expected their booster and lander, etc, would be FESTOONED with supporter logos. The model seems to work for NASCAR. . .
Well, the point being, it would incentivize politics to stop running such utter douchenozzles as candidates. . .
My solution: EVERY ballot has a "none of the above" choice. If NOTA gets more than a given percentage (say, 20-30%), ALL the candidates lose, and new candidates would have to run. . .
Are you sure of that? Last century's "magic" or "psychic powers" are now straightforward engineering. Flight, for example, does NOT require a ring or potion or carpet:it requires an aircraft. What we used to call "clairvoyance" or "remote viewing".... is now Video. Assuming we survive as a species, the maintenance of consciousness, memory, and personality outside of the original biological platform should a standard exercise, likely within a century. If you listen to Ray Kurzweil, anywhere from 17 to 33 years off...
You obviously haven't been following the news. US Law is now Uber Alles. Ask anyone in us.gov, they'll tell you,. How else do you explain arresting someone who owns a company in Hong Kong and lives in New Zealand ???
There's also the fact that most hunters are just waiting for any excuse to shoot their neighbors anyway.
Cast Aspersions much ?? Care to cite any examples ?? I CAN say that we hunters routinely feed the homeless and destitute by often giving some of the meat to rescue missions and homeless shelters. I'd be FAR more concerned about the gang-bangers in the next neighborhood than the local hunters. . . . .
Are our kids going to have Global Cyber Annihilation Threat drills in school now?
Would they like to play a game ??? Where in Matthew Broderick when we REALLY need him ???