I'm from Williamsport, PA. At one time, that small, now drug-ridden city was called the "Lumber Capital of the World", and had the highest level of millionaires per-capita in the entire world. Unfortunately, demand for lumber rose a little faster than the trees did, and now is not the same. In 6th or 7th grade, we went out to a nature preserve (that the power plant owns - I believe the government made them due it due to all the coal pollution). He explained to us why there were so many evergeen trees in the area and not much in the way of deciduous forest. The explanation seemed pretty logical to me - Once everything in the forest was killed off by the lumberjacks, it pretty well fucked up the ecosystem. But life isn't so easily put off. First, the lesser photosynthetic life returns, ferns, small plants, etc. and so on up until you finally get pine trees, and then deciduous trees. Animal life takes just as long to return. I never saw an elk until I was probably 16 or so (I'm 20 now.), and now they actually auction off a few elk tags a year.
Once we figure out how to stop destroying our oceans, the balance will correct itself, but it will take many, many years. I kinda wonder how long until my hometown returns to it's former affluent ways (ha.).
There should be a new punishment for police. If you go overboard, it shouldn't be "suspended without pay", it should be "suspended from a tree". That'll slow down on the bullshit.
I'm absolutely SICK of police. Not all of them, but the majority of them. The majority of them go to the job because they think they're better than everyone else and therefore need to control the rest of us. Very few, it seems, go to the job anymore to help, you know, protect and serve.
Well, first, I was talking preschool. So more like 1989 or 1990. And they had/mechanical/ machines, which were stored rather openly. I still trust a mechanic opening up the machine in front of the election staffers and SHOWING them that it works properly more than "Certified by Diebold and County of $x".
I dont think they securely store the things. The first time I voted was 2004. The machine I voted on had been sitting in that church since I went to preschool there. In an unlocked closet. Not much to breaking in there to modify it, except for the mechanic that can (and does) certify its operation right on the spot. Kind of hard with a million lines of code.
There's an even greater problem tho. There are cops who became cops because they believe in the law, and cops that became cops because they think they're better than anyone else.
Example of #1: Cop sits on bridge with radar gun. He gives you a speeding ticket for 65 in a 55, and you were going 65.
Example of #2: Cop sits in a crossroad where he can't accurately clock you. You were speeding, however, he doesn't really know by how much. So, he low balls the figure to make you feel like you're getting a break. That way, you don't question it, and he doesn't get in trouble.
Some people do that here. I was going to turn an old F-250 turbodiesel to run on biodiesel - but getting anyone else interested was impossible, and well, American restaraunts would rather sell waste oil for who knows what than give it to me for fuel!
Because theoretically, the machine knows how much an item weighs, so you can't scan one cheaper thing, set it on the rack, and drop in something more expensive.
Yes, we do have "express lanes" here in the US, but in typical American fashion, the guy with 18 items in the "about 10" lane won't let you and your 3 items ahead of him.
Doesn't take much to figure out where a barcode is... if its not on the bottom its probably on the side with the instructions or nutrition facts.
But I do believe that education level has something to do with it - my college town has a median income of something like $19,000, and WalMart didnt bother with the self-checkout. My hometown, where the median is about $27k, has them.
If I recall correctly, UK pumps display RON, or Research Octane Number. It is often higher than the MON, or Motor Octane Number. Pumps in the US display the average of the two, sometimes known as the Anti-Knock Index.
In the US, we've got regulations as to a minimum quality for gasoline two, and many places have mandatory forumulation changes in respect to the seasons (more oxygenates for winter, etc.)
"Regular" gas here is 87 AKI. Most places sell 87, 91, and 93 AKI here in PA. I'd assume a Ferrari wants the high-proof.
He's working. Here. Paying US taxes, and being paid a fair wage. He's a/professor/, so he's actively contributing to society. It's not the same as sending the job over there.
I'm sure someone here's upset, but they're just xenophobic.
OK, I got into a misunderstanding. I was simply replying to your comment without reading the parent. My point was that it's a pretty good moral belief to not consider someone a criminal until a court says they are. My fault. (wow, sometimes arguments on/. DO get resolved! haha)
Actually, there is no bait and switch. You did it first. "Don't get convicted" ring a bell? Unless you plead guilty, you have to be/convicted/ to be a criminal.
actually, that sounds like a pretty good morality to me. How'd you like it if the cops made you pay a ticket because, "well, a couple other people with cars like yours were speeding today, so we decided you had to pay up as well"? If the crimemakers can't prove to society that someone committed a crime (you know, jury of your peers), then they shouldn't be thought of as criminals. You can't consider someone to be a criminal just because they like to spend their (rightfully earned) money left and right.
When they passed the "click it or ticket" law here, the news channels and newspapers were all full of statistics - Deaths caused by/wearing/ the belt are much less than those caused by/not/ wearing the belt.
In either case, I'm safe - I carry a Buck knife in the "map holder" on my door, and a framing hammer in my glovebox.
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Yeah, but circumventing the copyright protection (fair use or not) is illegal under the DMCA. Sorry!
I'm from Williamsport, PA. At one time, that small, now drug-ridden city was called the "Lumber Capital of the World", and had the highest level of millionaires per-capita in the entire world. Unfortunately, demand for lumber rose a little faster than the trees did, and now is not the same. In 6th or 7th grade, we went out to a nature preserve (that the power plant owns - I believe the government made them due it due to all the coal pollution). He explained to us why there were so many evergeen trees in the area and not much in the way of deciduous forest. The explanation seemed pretty logical to me - Once everything in the forest was killed off by the lumberjacks, it pretty well fucked up the ecosystem. But life isn't so easily put off. First, the lesser photosynthetic life returns, ferns, small plants, etc. and so on up until you finally get pine trees, and then deciduous trees. Animal life takes just as long to return. I never saw an elk until I was probably 16 or so (I'm 20 now.), and now they actually auction off a few elk tags a year.
Once we figure out how to stop destroying our oceans, the balance will correct itself, but it will take many, many years. I kinda wonder how long until my hometown returns to it's former affluent ways (ha.).
Fuck that. Given the choice between pirating Windows and OS-level adware, I'll take the former, thank you.
There should be a new punishment for police. If you go overboard, it shouldn't be "suspended without pay", it should be "suspended from a tree". That'll slow down on the bullshit.
I'm absolutely SICK of police. Not all of them, but the majority of them. The majority of them go to the job because they think they're better than everyone else and therefore need to control the rest of us. Very few, it seems, go to the job anymore to help, you know, protect and serve.
Well, first, I was talking preschool. So more like 1989 or 1990. And they had /mechanical/ machines, which were stored rather openly. I still trust a mechanic opening up the machine in front of the election staffers and SHOWING them that it works properly more than "Certified by Diebold and County of $x".
I dont think they securely store the things. The first time I voted was 2004. The machine I voted on had been sitting in that church since I went to preschool there. In an unlocked closet. Not much to breaking in there to modify it, except for the mechanic that can (and does) certify its operation right on the spot. Kind of hard with a million lines of code.
That wouldn't work for this guy, or hell, ab out half of US cellular users - UMTS and GSM don't have /any/ support for analog.
Actually, no, methane doesn't have any odor. farts smell because of rotting food, and natural gas smells because of an additive.
There's an even greater problem tho. There are cops who became cops because they believe in the law, and cops that became cops because they think they're better than anyone else.
Example of #1: Cop sits on bridge with radar gun. He gives you a speeding ticket for 65 in a 55, and you were going 65.
Example of #2: Cop sits in a crossroad where he can't accurately clock you. You were speeding, however, he doesn't really know by how much. So, he low balls the figure to make you feel like you're getting a break. That way, you don't question it, and he doesn't get in trouble.
Well, considering the gene changed roughly 6000 years ago to allow us to drunk milk, I guess nature is just fine with it.
wait, what? I bought pirated software and didn't know it, and I'm not a victim?
Ah, ok. Must be families of murdered people aren't victims either becaus they weren't murdered.
But VISA requires that credit card AND cash prices are the same, so it kinda equals itself out :P
Some people do that here. I was going to turn an old F-250 turbodiesel to run on biodiesel - but getting anyone else interested was impossible, and well, American restaraunts would rather sell waste oil for who knows what than give it to me for fuel!
Because theoretically, the machine knows how much an item weighs, so you can't scan one cheaper thing, set it on the rack, and drop in something more expensive.
Yes, we do have "express lanes" here in the US, but in typical American fashion, the guy with 18 items in the "about 10" lane won't let you and your 3 items ahead of him.
Doesn't take much to figure out where a barcode is... if its not on the bottom its probably on the side with the instructions or nutrition facts.
But I do believe that education level has something to do with it - my college town has a median income of something like $19,000, and WalMart didnt bother with the self-checkout. My hometown, where the median is about $27k, has them.
If I recall correctly, UK pumps display RON, or Research Octane Number. It is often higher than the MON, or Motor Octane Number. Pumps in the US display the average of the two, sometimes known as the Anti-Knock Index.
In the US, we've got regulations as to a minimum quality for gasoline two, and many places have mandatory forumulation changes in respect to the seasons (more oxygenates for winter, etc.)
"Regular" gas here is 87 AKI. Most places sell 87, 91, and 93 AKI here in PA. I'd assume a Ferrari wants the high-proof.
Rambus is a bad example. Remember the whole bullshit about them patenting an open part of the SDRAM standard? JEDEC ring a bell?
They already have it. Ever heard of an MAOI? Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor. They're antidepressants.
Why would that be an issue?
/professor/, so he's actively contributing to society. It's not the same as sending the job over there.
He's working. Here. Paying US taxes, and being paid a fair wage. He's a
I'm sure someone here's upset, but they're just xenophobic.
OK, I got into a misunderstanding. I was simply replying to your comment without reading the parent. My point was that it's a pretty good moral belief to not consider someone a criminal until a court says they are. My fault. (wow, sometimes arguments on /. DO get resolved! haha)
Actually, there is no bait and switch. You did it first. "Don't get convicted" ring a bell? Unless you plead guilty, you have to be /convicted/ to be a criminal.
actually, that sounds like a pretty good morality to me. How'd you like it if the cops made you pay a ticket because, "well, a couple other people with cars like yours were speeding today, so we decided you had to pay up as well"? If the crimemakers can't prove to society that someone committed a crime (you know, jury of your peers), then they shouldn't be thought of as criminals. You can't consider someone to be a criminal just because they like to spend their (rightfully earned) money left and right.
When they passed the "click it or ticket" law here, the news channels and newspapers were all full of statistics - Deaths caused by /wearing/ the belt are much less than those caused by /not/ wearing the belt.
In either case, I'm safe - I carry a Buck knife in the "map holder" on my door, and a framing hammer in my glovebox.
Not all accidents are frontal impact.