I think the general idea is that if accidents and natural causes were the top causes of death, people would be living longer before dying. Yes, death is certain, but it comes a lot sooner the worse your behavior is.
Because people have responsibilities. Or do you think that orphans never happen from suicides? Or that there isn't also a risk to others in that household? I mean, come on.
There are countless children that never met their father even though he is alive and well somewhere. Countless more that have slight recollections of a parent from when they were young and before they left their lives. People don't follow through on their responsibilities and you can't force someone to raise their children properly. Is it really worse for a child to be orphaned because their parent killed themself with a gun, than to be orphaned because their parent just left?
That's a valid option to improve your experience. I like the AC's approach too, if a site is overbearing with their multi-page articles, overlays, and ads, just stop reading the page at all and don't go back. That's the true method to "vote with your feet" on the web.
When demand for coal outstrips supply by a large margin we're going to be up shit creek without a paddle, paying through the ass for some burny rocks from abroad.
When we've burned up enough coal to reach that point everyone in those other countries will be screwed too.
and have insolation levels similar to Alaska; you can't just compare countries' prices directly like that.
You can't compare insolation levels like that either. comparisons of Germany to Alaska insolation levels are over an entire year. During that year, there are parts of Alaska with days that are under a few hours, and parts of the year where there is constant sunshine. The time of the year in Alaska that people need energy the most is in the dark cold winter, but that is precisely when there is little to no sun at all. If storing solar energy for the night is a hard problem, imagine trying to store it for the winter.
a wide variety of sources? You mean Kazakhstan or Canada. They control just over 50% of worldwide Uranium production. Australia, Namibia and Niger have the next 25%. Then you have Russia, Uzbekistan, and the US. That's really it. Full list here
Of course Canada and Australia (the US too, but they're at 3% of the market and probably use most of it internally) would most likely not have any problems selling Uranium to Germany in the future
I don't mind these companies making money, but they do it at the expense of loyal customers, rather than in support of them... I don't think it's a good long-term practice, but that's just me.
Funny thing is your average hard drug dealer does the same thing. They make money at the detriment of their loyal customers. They know they'll keep coming back because they are horribly addicted and have nothing else to do. If they eventually do lose a customer, they find a new crowd of young customers that haven't gone through the cycle as many times to get jaded.
Much better examples of red flags.You're right those are all bad signs. I also think it's interesting that he mentioned Freescale first and it didn't come into existence until 20 years after he started in the field.
I certainly wouldn't give him any money, but then again I don't give money to any kickstarter projects. I think its best use is for more arts and media focused projects. Movies, games, and other consumable content. People have been trying to use it as a replacement for angel investing for technical products and that is ripe for scamming.
Are you having a bad day or something? Some cable boxes have a switched power receptacle on the back of them that you can plug your TV into. Stop assuming you know what people have and then being a major douche to them.
So you really are a newbie aren't you. See when people cut the cord, they buy a real antenna http://www.solidsignal.com/pvi... which is mounted on the roof, and get a rotator and a preamp. They also might buy a dvr to record TV, which they would keep on in order to record the program.
I have a roof mount antenna with no rotator or preamp and get every channel broadcast in my area.
I also don't have a dvr. Part of me "cutting the cord" was to stop consuming so much stupid content on TV. Having a DVR that always has shows recorded I need to watch doesn't help that.
But I guess you think you know how everyone lives. Wow.
Most Ford, GM and Chrysler's are made of parts manufactured overseas and shipped into the US where they are then assembled into the final product. Source, my dad worked at a GM assembly plant where most of the parts were shipped in from either Canada or Mexico.
So your source that most parts are manufactured overseas is that they came from Canada or Mexico?
So now evil is "If you do not like our terms then we will stop doing business with you."?
It depends on who's saying this. If you have a lot of other options you can go somewhere else. If the company saying this controls the vast majority of the market and is effectively blacklisting you, that certainly isn't good.
There are still alternatives to Google's service so it's not evil for them to say this, but I think the feeling behind the GP's post is concern that Google is rapidly getting to the point where they will have too much information and control over markets.
Yup, I guess I should have said the hybrid synergy drive cars don't have a conventional transmission, but a CVT. It just further rebuts geekoid's claim that hybrids don't need to replace all these normal car parts, when they have all the same parts, plus new batteries, electronics, and a motor.
This is called kickdown with a conventional automatic transmission. It was originally a cable that would downshift the transmission only if the pedal was pushed far down. It is probably computer controlled now.
If you are replacing a transmission in 7 to 10 years, you are doing something wrong or got a lemon of a transmission. It's not uncommon to get 250,000 miles on an original transmission. Some hybrids still have transmissions, The Hybrid Synergy Drive cars don't. Brakes are still a thing on hybrid cars, but regenerative braking takes a lot of wear off of them. Every hybrid still has an ICE (generally just smaller ones) so things like oil changes, spark plugs, etc. still need to be taken care of.
If you want to talk about full electric cars, then you have a point about not worrying about many of these issues. As I see it hybrids generally just combine the maintenance requirements of two types of cars together.
No, they aren't. They have a deal with payment processors that allow you to pay for things with it, but the processor takes your bitcoins and gives the major companies US dollars.
Look dude, you don't have to like or have any faith in the US dollar, but calling it " the most corrupt currency on the entire planet" (emphasis added) is a bit of an exaggeration. When you extremely exaggerate and spew hyperbole, people tend to tune you out and label you a nut job.
Cantor is not necessarily out of the race yet. He could always run a write-in campaign. If the cause of his losing this primary was a lot of voter apathy (low turn-out) or Democrats crossing over to vote for who they perceived to be a weaker candidate, there could be a lot of people that would write him in.
See Sen. Lisa Murkowski's last election when she lost the primary to a tea party candidate and successfully won the general election as a write-in candidate.
This wasn't a vote for public office. It was a vote to determine what Republican would run in the general election. Many places with open primaries still make you pick a party ballot. So you could vote on the Republican ballot or the Democrat ballot, but not both.
A Chevy Tahoe is one of the few modern SUVs that don't fit what you are saying. They are still made on a full size truck chassis. So unless you're going to tell me Chevy Silverado Trucks have no off road capabilities, the Tahoe doesn't fit your rant.
The majority of other SUVs don't have the same kind of truck based chassis and are basically minivans.
If you don't like the region coding, encryption, or non-skippable bs on movies. DON"T BUY THEM! It is content created by the film industry and that is how they have decided to distribute it. I don't care if you think they could do so much better with a different business model. That is their product and that is how they are using it. You don't have some kind of inherent right to watch the latest Hollywood movies and TV shows. If you don't like their product distribution, find something else to do.
If people were complaining about copyright laws in regards to old movies like Casblanca, it would be worth discussing and debating the merits of keeping a 70 year old classic film under lock and key for the content creator. The majority of people that bitch about copyright laws are downloading media from the past 5 to 10 years at most. Is there anybody that really thinks a content creator shouldn't be able to profit from their work for at least one decade?
So, your city is 1/15 the size of New York City, but there is more than one murder a day and tens of thousands of burglars? Can you tell us what this shit hole city is?
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I think the general idea is that if accidents and natural causes were the top causes of death, people would be living longer before dying. Yes, death is certain, but it comes a lot sooner the worse your behavior is.
Because people have responsibilities. Or do you think that orphans never happen from suicides? Or that there isn't also a risk to others in that household? I mean, come on.
There are countless children that never met their father even though he is alive and well somewhere. Countless more that have slight recollections of a parent from when they were young and before they left their lives. People don't follow through on their responsibilities and you can't force someone to raise their children properly. Is it really worse for a child to be orphaned because their parent killed themself with a gun, than to be orphaned because their parent just left?
That's a valid option to improve your experience. I like the AC's approach too, if a site is overbearing with their multi-page articles, overlays, and ads, just stop reading the page at all and don't go back. That's the true method to "vote with your feet" on the web.
When demand for coal outstrips supply by a large margin we're going to be up shit creek without a paddle, paying through the ass for some burny rocks from abroad.
When we've burned up enough coal to reach that point everyone in those other countries will be screwed too.
and have insolation levels similar to Alaska; you can't just compare countries' prices directly like that.
You can't compare insolation levels like that either. comparisons of Germany to Alaska insolation levels are over an entire year. During that year, there are parts of Alaska with days that are under a few hours, and parts of the year where there is constant sunshine. The time of the year in Alaska that people need energy the most is in the dark cold winter, but that is precisely when there is little to no sun at all. If storing solar energy for the night is a hard problem, imagine trying to store it for the winter.
a wide variety of sources? You mean Kazakhstan or Canada. They control just over 50% of worldwide Uranium production. Australia, Namibia and Niger have the next 25%. Then you have Russia, Uzbekistan, and the US. That's really it. Full list here
Of course Canada and Australia (the US too, but they're at 3% of the market and probably use most of it internally) would most likely not have any problems selling Uranium to Germany in the future
I don't mind these companies making money, but they do it at the expense of loyal customers, rather than in support of them... I don't think it's a good long-term practice, but that's just me.
Funny thing is your average hard drug dealer does the same thing. They make money at the detriment of their loyal customers. They know they'll keep coming back because they are horribly addicted and have nothing else to do. If they eventually do lose a customer, they find a new crowd of young customers that haven't gone through the cycle as many times to get jaded.
Much better examples of red flags.You're right those are all bad signs. I also think it's interesting that he mentioned Freescale first and it didn't come into existence until 20 years after he started in the field.
I certainly wouldn't give him any money, but then again I don't give money to any kickstarter projects. I think its best use is for more arts and media focused projects. Movies, games, and other consumable content. People have been trying to use it as a replacement for angel investing for technical products and that is ripe for scamming.
If you can't come back with at least one example of a red flag you might want to work on your communication skills.
Seriously, a guy asks you what you are seeing that are red flags to a scam, and all you basically say is that if he can't see them that's his problem.
I don't really see much in that link you posted. Other than his odd explanation for not having much of an online presence it sounds legit.
Are you having a bad day or something? Some cable boxes have a switched power receptacle on the back of them that you can plug your TV into. Stop assuming you know what people have and then being a major douche to them.
So you really are a newbie aren't you. See when people cut the cord, they buy a real antenna http://www.solidsignal.com/pvi... which is mounted on the roof, and get a rotator and a preamp. They also might buy a dvr to record TV, which they would keep on in order to record the program.
I have a roof mount antenna with no rotator or preamp and get every channel broadcast in my area.
I also don't have a dvr. Part of me "cutting the cord" was to stop consuming so much stupid content on TV. Having a DVR that always has shows recorded I need to watch doesn't help that.
But I guess you think you know how everyone lives. Wow.
Real Americans buy a rusty bucket from Autotrader and put giant rims on it.
Most Ford, GM and Chrysler's are made of parts manufactured overseas and shipped into the US where they are then assembled into the final product. Source, my dad worked at a GM assembly plant where most of the parts were shipped in from either Canada or Mexico.
So your source that most parts are manufactured overseas is that they came from Canada or Mexico?
So now evil is "If you do not like our terms then we will stop doing business with you."?
It depends on who's saying this. If you have a lot of other options you can go somewhere else. If the company saying this controls the vast majority of the market and is effectively blacklisting you, that certainly isn't good.
There are still alternatives to Google's service so it's not evil for them to say this, but I think the feeling behind the GP's post is concern that Google is rapidly getting to the point where they will have too much information and control over markets.
Yup, I guess I should have said the hybrid synergy drive cars don't have a conventional transmission, but a CVT. It just further rebuts geekoid's claim that hybrids don't need to replace all these normal car parts, when they have all the same parts, plus new batteries, electronics, and a motor.
This is called kickdown with a conventional automatic transmission. It was originally a cable that would downshift the transmission only if the pedal was pushed far down. It is probably computer controlled now.
If you are replacing a transmission in 7 to 10 years, you are doing something wrong or got a lemon of a transmission. It's not uncommon to get 250,000 miles on an original transmission. Some hybrids still have transmissions, The Hybrid Synergy Drive cars don't. Brakes are still a thing on hybrid cars, but regenerative braking takes a lot of wear off of them. Every hybrid still has an ICE (generally just smaller ones) so things like oil changes, spark plugs, etc. still need to be taken care of.
If you want to talk about full electric cars, then you have a point about not worrying about many of these issues. As I see it hybrids generally just combine the maintenance requirements of two types of cars together.
No, they aren't. They have a deal with payment processors that allow you to pay for things with it, but the processor takes your bitcoins and gives the major companies US dollars.
Look dude, you don't have to like or have any faith in the US dollar, but calling it " the most corrupt currency on the entire planet" (emphasis added) is a bit of an exaggeration. When you extremely exaggerate and spew hyperbole, people tend to tune you out and label you a nut job.
Cantor is not necessarily out of the race yet. He could always run a write-in campaign. If the cause of his losing this primary was a lot of voter apathy (low turn-out) or Democrats crossing over to vote for who they perceived to be a weaker candidate, there could be a lot of people that would write him in.
See Sen. Lisa Murkowski's last election when she lost the primary to a tea party candidate and successfully won the general election as a write-in candidate.
This wasn't a vote for public office. It was a vote to determine what Republican would run in the general election. Many places with open primaries still make you pick a party ballot. So you could vote on the Republican ballot or the Democrat ballot, but not both.
unless some guys says a propulsion system is faster than "any combustion" engine. That makes this side thread germane.
A Chevy Tahoe is one of the few modern SUVs that don't fit what you are saying. They are still made on a full size truck chassis. So unless you're going to tell me Chevy Silverado Trucks have no off road capabilities, the Tahoe doesn't fit your rant.
The majority of other SUVs don't have the same kind of truck based chassis and are basically minivans.
If you don't like the region coding, encryption, or non-skippable bs on movies. DON"T BUY THEM! It is content created by the film industry and that is how they have decided to distribute it. I don't care if you think they could do so much better with a different business model. That is their product and that is how they are using it. You don't have some kind of inherent right to watch the latest Hollywood movies and TV shows. If you don't like their product distribution, find something else to do.
If people were complaining about copyright laws in regards to old movies like Casblanca, it would be worth discussing and debating the merits of keeping a 70 year old classic film under lock and key for the content creator. The majority of people that bitch about copyright laws are downloading media from the past 5 to 10 years at most. Is there anybody that really thinks a content creator shouldn't be able to profit from their work for at least one decade?
So, your city is 1/15 the size of New York City, but there is more than one murder a day and tens of thousands of burglars? Can you tell us what this shit hole city is?