Lots of jobs entail travel, and they don't give people a bonus for getting married. Moreover, it acts as an incentive to rush into getting married, even when you shouldn't.
Exactly, that's the problem. There are/were some Christians who believe that conservationism (/"stewardship") was part of their responsibility, and while I disagree with the theology, I really like and appreciate the sentiment, and also agree that we have a responsibility to take of this place, for multiple reasons. Even the Muslims seem to have this viewpoint now, so it's really sad and pathetic that most Christians in America basically seem to think the Earth is theirs to fuck up however they want.
He must have gotten crappy rims. Every decent car these days has aluminum rims, and it's been this way for about 20 years now. Most people don't have problems bending rims on potholes.
The problem your family member might have is he bought aftermarket rims. Those things usually suck, unless they're very expensive models. The cheaper models aren't very strong and do bend or fracture easily. OEM rims are usually overbuilt, because they don't want to pay for warranty claims or deal with lawsuits.
And every car with a fob I've ever seen still has a hidden mechanical key to let you get in the car if the battery dies. It won't start the car though, however on my 2015 Mazda if this happens, you just hold the dead fob up to the start button and press it, and it'll start. At that range, it doesn't need battery power.
Did you get the base model or something? Every mid-grade or better car I see now only has a start button. Even my 2015 Mazda3 has one, not only in the higher trim levels like mine but in the cheapest base model. (The difference between the base model and the higher ones is the latter have "advanced keyless entry", where you don't have to use the fob to unlock the car, you just press a button on the door handle, and it locks itself when you walk away. With the standard model, you have to press the lock/unlock buttons manually, but there's still only a start button.)
That's BS; if it were true, the entire panel of Republican primary contestants wouldn't be from the "lunatic fringe". Unless there's a bit of truth to your statements and that's why Trump is so popular....
I never said it was going to be a choice between the Republicans, or that you had to make such a choice. In fact, if you're not a registered Republican voter in most states, you *aren't allowed* to choose between the Republicans at all, since only Republican voters in the Republican primaries get to make that choice.
I'm just pointing out that I don't understand all the vitriol that non-Republicans direct towards Trump, when the rest of the Republicans are much worse in my opinion (as someone who's mostly a fan of Bernie). Honestly, if I could single-handedly choose the next President, but my only two choices were Trump and Santorum, who do you think I'd pick? (hint: it's not the guy who hates gays) People on the left keep claiming Trump is a "misogynist", but has he ever said that women should be happy to have the babies of their rapists? Other Republicans have. I feel like people these days have no perspective; they pick one person on the other "side" and then demonize them all out of proportion. On the right, it's Obama: I can understand they don't like his political stances (he is a Democrat after all), but they say all kinds of ridiculous stuff about him, that he's a "secret Muslim", a "communist", that he's "the worst President in all of history", that he "wants to destroy America", etc. From a rational Republican perspective (if there is such a thing), I'm sure Carter was worse. For the people on the left today, it seems to be Trump: he's a "racist", he's a "misogynist" (sound familiar? sounds just like the charges against Obama, buzzwords rather than specific complaints about policy). They're making him out to be the most horrible person alive, when he's in a primary race against guys who have a long track record on being religious nuts and completely backwards on social issues. Trump's even said things in the past in support of medical care for the poor and even single-payer healthcare IIRC; the other Republicans would love nothing more than to overturn ACA and make it so anyone who can't afford treatment is left on the street to die. Yeah, he's probably flip-flopped some, but still that's better to me than the other Republicans who I *know* are completely backwards on these issues. At least with Trump there's a good chance he's just saying these things for popularity and will do the opposite when elected (just like Obama....).
Oh please. Those Republicans haven't been around since the Democrats were the party of the KKK. The parties have completely switched places in the last 50 years or less. That's why the party of Lincoln and Teddy is now the party of racism and big business, whereas what used to be the party of Andrew Jackson (Mr. Trail of Tears) and the South is now the party that tries to claim it's for environmentalism and diversity.
Well yes, obviously if some company captured that asteroid and dumped that much platinum on the world market at dirt-cheap prices, the price would crash (to whatever price they sold it at). But they'd probably limit the supply of the material (since they have so much of it relative to anyone else) to keep the price from crashing too much, plus they'd still make tons of money selling it. And don't forget, their acquisition costs would be huge (no one's captured an asteroid before), so they're not going to sell the stuff for peanuts, they still have to recoup their cost.
Also, if the price of platinum fell greatly (so it was as expensive as, say, titanium, which is costly compared to steel but not compared to platinum), that would probably open up all kinds of new markets for it, and the demand would increase greatly to compensate. There's a lot of industrial uses for platinum, and making it cheaper would make people find more places to use it.
As the Libertarian Party itself says, there's more than one axis for political thought; according to them, there's economic versus social axes. The "libertarians" in the Democratic camp aren't really libertarian, they're only libertarian on social issues (I'm like this). Basically, they think you should be able to smoke pot, marry whoever you want, etc., but when it comes to corporations and the environment, they want a lot more regulation. Real libertarians want very minimal (if any) regulation of corporations, environmental issues, etc., as well as no regulation of social issues. Classic Republicans want all kinds of regulation on social issues (reproductive rights, who you can marry, who you can have sex with, drug laws, etc.), but not so much regulation on corporations.
Another way you could cut the defense budget is to eliminate the marriage pay bonus. Service members actually get a huge pay raise when they get married. Why? I have no clue. So these 18-year-olds jump into getting married as fast as they can, so they can get a bigger paycheck which will afford them an apartment off-base instead of having to stay in the barracks where they can't bring a girlfriend or even beat off. And inevitably, the new wife gets pregnant right away, so he's stuck with a kid or two, and then inevitably, the marriage doesn't work out.
What kind of employer incentivizes employees to get married with a hefty marriage pay raise? It's just idiotic. It seems like the whole scheme was devised by a bunch of ultra-conservative Evangelical Christians.
At least 'til manufacturers get it through their skull that it MIGHT be a good idea to separate consumer-area entertainment electronics from the electronics necessary for operation of the vehicle.
That's not that feasible: they use the consumer-area electronics a lot now to allow configuration of the more critical systems, and to read data from them. With a decent API which only allows certain operations, the ability to cause damage can be limited. From what I read, the recent hacks involved rewriting the firmware in some modules, so I guess on some models (like Jeep), the consumer-area system has the ability to apply firmware updates over CAN to other modules, so if you can figure out how to make a compatible firmware image and how to build one that does what you want, you can use this mechanism to hack in and take over the car.
I wonder if every manufacturer has designed their systems this way or not.
Obviously his transportation choice isn't all that survivable in the city should he get hit, but I imagine most cyclists also have cars for when they want to go someplace farther away. Bikes aren't that practical for road trips....
Don't be ridiculous; Republicans don't "hate the Earth" or "hate us all".
Basically, there's two kinds of Republicans: religious kooks (like Santorum or Huckabee) and libertarians/ultra-capitalists. Some are a bit of a mixture of the two, but usually they're in one or the other camp, though even the libertarian ones will pander to the religious kooks to get votes (like Rand Paul).
The libertarian ones are basically sociopathic (along with their buddies in polluting industries), and simply don't care about the Earth or pollution. They want money, the more the better, and they don't want anything standing in their way. It's not that they hate the Earth, they simple don't give a shit. The effects aren't going to be that bad before they're dead, so why would they care?
The religious kooks don't hate the Earth at all, they just have an insane belief that humans can't possibly do anything to cause real harm to "God's creation", and that God will prevent anything bad from happening to them as long as they're faithful. So maybe some of them are worried about climate change and such, but instead of blaming themselves and their stupid, gas-guzzling SUVs and 2-cycle lawn equipment, they blame gay people.
At least the liberatarian/capitalist ones are rational, even if it is entirely selfish.
What's this "key" thing you talk about? Have you not been in a car newer than 2005 model year?
Cars now (good ones at least) don't have keys at all. They have "keyfobs"; you leave them in your pocket, and you can press a button to unlock the door and open it, then you get in and press the "Start" button to start the engine. There's no way at all to start the engine with a mechanical key any more.
I'm not Keith, but from what I've read about such systems, this isn't a concern: when they hit the Earth's surface, the microwave beam is very large so it wouldn't have a fatal effect on anyone or anything that happened to cross through it, though it might warm you up a bit. Also, the frequency is pretty important; microwave ovens work because they're tuned to the resonant frequency of water, which most of our food is largely composed of, so it excites the water molecules and makes them heat up. If the beam is tuned to something else, it might have very little effect on lifeforms crossing through it (which is probably the intention, since tuning it for water would make it attenuate too much on cloudy days).
Yeah, so? What's the problem there? How's that any different from **almost all the other Republican candidates**?
This is what I don't understand: why people single out Trump so much when the rest of the Republican field isn't any better, and in most ways is much, much worse.
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Lots of jobs entail travel, and they don't give people a bonus for getting married. Moreover, it acts as an incentive to rush into getting married, even when you shouldn't.
Exactly, that's the problem. There are/were some Christians who believe that conservationism (/"stewardship") was part of their responsibility, and while I disagree with the theology, I really like and appreciate the sentiment, and also agree that we have a responsibility to take of this place, for multiple reasons. Even the Muslims seem to have this viewpoint now, so it's really sad and pathetic that most Christians in America basically seem to think the Earth is theirs to fuck up however they want.
Wrong. You get a pay raise for getting married (including military-to-civilian); I know multiple enlisted people who have this benefit.
Exactly; my Mazda is the same way.
He must have gotten crappy rims. Every decent car these days has aluminum rims, and it's been this way for about 20 years now. Most people don't have problems bending rims on potholes.
The problem your family member might have is he bought aftermarket rims. Those things usually suck, unless they're very expensive models. The cheaper models aren't very strong and do bend or fracture easily. OEM rims are usually overbuilt, because they don't want to pay for warranty claims or deal with lawsuits.
My Mazda is like this, however it still has a hidden key in the fob to get you in the driver's door.
Your Jeep is a decade old now. That was about the time the iPhone 1 was released IIRC. That's ancient in tech terms.
Your Hyundai is over a half-decade old now.
And every car with a fob I've ever seen still has a hidden mechanical key to let you get in the car if the battery dies. It won't start the car though, however on my 2015 Mazda if this happens, you just hold the dead fob up to the start button and press it, and it'll start. At that range, it doesn't need battery power.
Did you get the base model or something? Every mid-grade or better car I see now only has a start button. Even my 2015 Mazda3 has one, not only in the higher trim levels like mine but in the cheapest base model. (The difference between the base model and the higher ones is the latter have "advanced keyless entry", where you don't have to use the fob to unlock the car, you just press a button on the door handle, and it locks itself when you walk away. With the standard model, you have to press the lock/unlock buttons manually, but there's still only a start button.)
That's BS; if it were true, the entire panel of Republican primary contestants wouldn't be from the "lunatic fringe". Unless there's a bit of truth to your statements and that's why Trump is so popular....
I never said it was going to be a choice between the Republicans, or that you had to make such a choice. In fact, if you're not a registered Republican voter in most states, you *aren't allowed* to choose between the Republicans at all, since only Republican voters in the Republican primaries get to make that choice.
I'm just pointing out that I don't understand all the vitriol that non-Republicans direct towards Trump, when the rest of the Republicans are much worse in my opinion (as someone who's mostly a fan of Bernie). Honestly, if I could single-handedly choose the next President, but my only two choices were Trump and Santorum, who do you think I'd pick? (hint: it's not the guy who hates gays) People on the left keep claiming Trump is a "misogynist", but has he ever said that women should be happy to have the babies of their rapists? Other Republicans have. I feel like people these days have no perspective; they pick one person on the other "side" and then demonize them all out of proportion. On the right, it's Obama: I can understand they don't like his political stances (he is a Democrat after all), but they say all kinds of ridiculous stuff about him, that he's a "secret Muslim", a "communist", that he's "the worst President in all of history", that he "wants to destroy America", etc. From a rational Republican perspective (if there is such a thing), I'm sure Carter was worse. For the people on the left today, it seems to be Trump: he's a "racist", he's a "misogynist" (sound familiar? sounds just like the charges against Obama, buzzwords rather than specific complaints about policy). They're making him out to be the most horrible person alive, when he's in a primary race against guys who have a long track record on being religious nuts and completely backwards on social issues. Trump's even said things in the past in support of medical care for the poor and even single-payer healthcare IIRC; the other Republicans would love nothing more than to overturn ACA and make it so anyone who can't afford treatment is left on the street to die. Yeah, he's probably flip-flopped some, but still that's better to me than the other Republicans who I *know* are completely backwards on these issues. At least with Trump there's a good chance he's just saying these things for popularity and will do the opposite when elected (just like Obama....).
Oh please. Those Republicans haven't been around since the Democrats were the party of the KKK. The parties have completely switched places in the last 50 years or less. That's why the party of Lincoln and Teddy is now the party of racism and big business, whereas what used to be the party of Andrew Jackson (Mr. Trail of Tears) and the South is now the party that tries to claim it's for environmentalism and diversity.
Well yes, obviously if some company captured that asteroid and dumped that much platinum on the world market at dirt-cheap prices, the price would crash (to whatever price they sold it at). But they'd probably limit the supply of the material (since they have so much of it relative to anyone else) to keep the price from crashing too much, plus they'd still make tons of money selling it. And don't forget, their acquisition costs would be huge (no one's captured an asteroid before), so they're not going to sell the stuff for peanuts, they still have to recoup their cost.
Also, if the price of platinum fell greatly (so it was as expensive as, say, titanium, which is costly compared to steel but not compared to platinum), that would probably open up all kinds of new markets for it, and the demand would increase greatly to compensate. There's a lot of industrial uses for platinum, and making it cheaper would make people find more places to use it.
As the Libertarian Party itself says, there's more than one axis for political thought; according to them, there's economic versus social axes. The "libertarians" in the Democratic camp aren't really libertarian, they're only libertarian on social issues (I'm like this). Basically, they think you should be able to smoke pot, marry whoever you want, etc., but when it comes to corporations and the environment, they want a lot more regulation. Real libertarians want very minimal (if any) regulation of corporations, environmental issues, etc., as well as no regulation of social issues. Classic Republicans want all kinds of regulation on social issues (reproductive rights, who you can marry, who you can have sex with, drug laws, etc.), but not so much regulation on corporations.
Why do you need 20W/m^2 for safety? The sun beams 200W/m^2 on sunny days and the worst damage it does is sunburn and deterioration of plastics.
Another way you could cut the defense budget is to eliminate the marriage pay bonus. Service members actually get a huge pay raise when they get married. Why? I have no clue. So these 18-year-olds jump into getting married as fast as they can, so they can get a bigger paycheck which will afford them an apartment off-base instead of having to stay in the barracks where they can't bring a girlfriend or even beat off. And inevitably, the new wife gets pregnant right away, so he's stuck with a kid or two, and then inevitably, the marriage doesn't work out.
What kind of employer incentivizes employees to get married with a hefty marriage pay raise? It's just idiotic. It seems like the whole scheme was devised by a bunch of ultra-conservative Evangelical Christians.
At least 'til manufacturers get it through their skull that it MIGHT be a good idea to separate consumer-area entertainment electronics from the electronics necessary for operation of the vehicle.
That's not that feasible: they use the consumer-area electronics a lot now to allow configuration of the more critical systems, and to read data from them. With a decent API which only allows certain operations, the ability to cause damage can be limited. From what I read, the recent hacks involved rewriting the firmware in some modules, so I guess on some models (like Jeep), the consumer-area system has the ability to apply firmware updates over CAN to other modules, so if you can figure out how to make a compatible firmware image and how to build one that does what you want, you can use this mechanism to hack in and take over the car.
I wonder if every manufacturer has designed their systems this way or not.
From what I read, we recently just missed an asteroid that was estimated to have a quadrillion dollars' worth of platinum in it.
Obviously his transportation choice isn't all that survivable in the city should he get hit, but I imagine most cyclists also have cars for when they want to go someplace farther away. Bikes aren't that practical for road trips....
Don't be ridiculous; Republicans don't "hate the Earth" or "hate us all".
Basically, there's two kinds of Republicans: religious kooks (like Santorum or Huckabee) and libertarians/ultra-capitalists. Some are a bit of a mixture of the two, but usually they're in one or the other camp, though even the libertarian ones will pander to the religious kooks to get votes (like Rand Paul).
The libertarian ones are basically sociopathic (along with their buddies in polluting industries), and simply don't care about the Earth or pollution. They want money, the more the better, and they don't want anything standing in their way. It's not that they hate the Earth, they simple don't give a shit. The effects aren't going to be that bad before they're dead, so why would they care?
The religious kooks don't hate the Earth at all, they just have an insane belief that humans can't possibly do anything to cause real harm to "God's creation", and that God will prevent anything bad from happening to them as long as they're faithful. So maybe some of them are worried about climate change and such, but instead of blaming themselves and their stupid, gas-guzzling SUVs and 2-cycle lawn equipment, they blame gay people.
At least the liberatarian/capitalist ones are rational, even if it is entirely selfish.
What's this "key" thing you talk about? Have you not been in a car newer than 2005 model year?
Cars now (good ones at least) don't have keys at all. They have "keyfobs"; you leave them in your pocket, and you can press a button to unlock the door and open it, then you get in and press the "Start" button to start the engine. There's no way at all to start the engine with a mechanical key any more.
I'm not Keith, but from what I've read about such systems, this isn't a concern: when they hit the Earth's surface, the microwave beam is very large so it wouldn't have a fatal effect on anyone or anything that happened to cross through it, though it might warm you up a bit. Also, the frequency is pretty important; microwave ovens work because they're tuned to the resonant frequency of water, which most of our food is largely composed of, so it excites the water molecules and makes them heat up. If the beam is tuned to something else, it might have very little effect on lifeforms crossing through it (which is probably the intention, since tuning it for water would make it attenuate too much on cloudy days).
but I think it's because he's racist, misogynist,
Yeah, so? What's the problem there? How's that any different from **almost all the other Republican candidates**?
This is what I don't understand: why people single out Trump so much when the rest of the Republican field isn't any better, and in most ways is much, much worse.
You really want this guy running your country.
If it's a choice between him and any of the other Republicans, I'll take Trump.
He's the most despicable, dishonest and respectless person I've ever seen
You've got to be kidding. Most politicians are worse, as are most lawyers. Out of all the Republicans running, Trump is easily the most honest.