If one could use the same perimeter wire for a "wireless fence" for pets, that would be great. I imagine some pranksters could have fun moving the iRobot transmitter stakes around when the property owner isn't around.
So here's a simpler solution: If you feel too hot in an air-conditioned environment, move to the US (I won't say move to Australia because you'll make up for the heat once you step outside). If you feel too cold, move to Europe.
It certainly depends on the area in the US too. Step out side during the summer in the "South" and you will start sweating a lot. Lots of heat in the Southwest too, but lower humidity so you won't get as soggy.:/
Some unanticipated benefits were that the car tends to get pretty dirty when you drive it a thousand-plus miles in a short stretch, cluttered up with fast food containers and whatnot -- and there's an increased risk of spills and stains. So it's nice to just let Hertz deal with all of that.
My car is like that nearly 100% of the time, so that's nothing new.:D
Anyway, the point is that it's perfectly reasonable to choose a vehicle that is optimized for 95% of your driving, and rent one that is optimized for the other 5%. It can actually be very cost-effective.
That's true. In my case it's more like 70:30, not 95:5. However, I'm not ever going to spend the money for anything like a Tesla. Hell, my fuel bill for the entire year would be a couple payments or less. A Leaf _might_ be an alternative for when my paid for car becomes too expensive to maintain. I'd still be worried about people stealing or fucking around with the charger since a garage is not available. I'm wondering how long it will be for the new neighbor to have the charger for their C-Max stolen or damaged. The nice bright blue "I'm charging" circle around the charge port seems like it would attract the miscreants that live around here.
Nope. It's not even close to being cheaper. Assuming $3/gallon, it costs me less than $200 for the entire trip and if I were to fly, it's actually around $400-500. Then I would have to rent a car at the airport and drive another two hours. Adding in the time waiting at the airport for the connecting flight, security, rental desk, etc, it doesn't save me all that much time. The only time I've flown there was when my dad was in the hospital dying and it just cut the travel time down to about 10 hours (the hospital is in the city with the airport). My insurance rates are affected more by the numerous uninsured motorists and car thieves in my area than any amount that I actually drive.
When I drive to my mom's house several times a year, it's usually a 13-14 hour drive. I usually stop for fuel and to use the bathroom twice during the trip. Due to the lack of range in the Tesla and the recharge time, it would add another 1.5 hours to the trip. Not to mention that the nearest Supercharger is 450 miles away. It's already a long day driving and with a Tesla, it would be even longer. No thank you.
Not to mention that Tesla sells "zero emissions" credits that it gets from the state of California to other auto manufacturers. The sale of those credits gets them another $30-40K per car that they sell.
Did you read the 2nd link? Reagan wasn't president in September of 1980. Also, the Shah of Iran was installed in 1941 by the British who thought he would be easier to control than his father. It was the British who wanted Mosaddegh gone after he nationalized their oil industry (not very pro-Western). Saddam was also the de-facto leader of Iraq since 1976, so if it was a part of some grand US conspiracy, you have your dates all wrong.
the only automatic weapons that US citizens can own legally with a class-3 license are the ones manufactured prior to 1986, so you are right in that there is a limited supply of them.
Luckily we are largely immune to it in the US due to our high immigration rate.
lol
Far from it.
http://mercatus.org/sites/defa...
BTW, the "trust fund" is just special bonds currently held by the US Treasury. Those bonds are then sold along with the regular Treasury bonds that are issued to make up the regular "national debt".
and once all the images that's on a disc are not linked to anything anymore, it can be shredded. Facebook may also have a plan to perodically copy data from older bluray discs to newer ones. When that is done, they can just copy the images that have links to the new disc.
They are a mostly known quantity, and they greatly out perform the systems they are going to replace.
That may be true unless you are looking for speed & agility to replace what the Navy and Air Force need it for or survivability while attacking ground targets like the A-10. It is supposed to match the F-16 manueverability and acceleration, but according to the test pilot report, it can't. In IMHO, instead of a fighter that "a jack of all trades, master of none", it would have been better to design different airframes for different roles, but have common subsystems where possible so you can have a common supply chain. Let the Marines have their STOVL aircraft that they think they need so badly, but don't cripple the other services. If the Chinese can make a F-35 clone, but without the problems brought on by having an airframe that can handle STOVL capability, Lockheed should be able to do it too.
Yes. He wants to be remembered as a "good guy" who funded things "to make the world better", not the BSOD, computer viruses, and all things Microsoft that people had to put up with during his tenure at the company.
I'm sure the "love and commitment" crap got some people warm and fuzzy, but as far as I know, Federal laws don't care if one is in love or committed to the person that they married. The only reason the Feds care whether a person is married or not is give them access to a variety of benefits/protections that lawmakers have created over the years. This opens the door for more people to have reduced income taxes, eliminated inheritance taxes, Social Security death benefits, etc, etc.
What upsets many people about this is that they view marriage as a religious institution and feel the government shouldn't be involved with it at all. What other instances are govt benefits tied to a religious ritual? IMHO, a better way to settle this issue would be to purge Federal law of anything related to marriage and have the government institutions only recognize civil unions. That allows the govt to define who is eligible for civil unions, lets the religions decide terms of what they call marriage, and eliminates any potential church/state contention which is the root of most of the opposition. It's what Mexico does: people can get a civil union, religious marriage, or both (potential for two anniversaries and two parties).
Fourth, the nuke plant has long term radioactive waste problems the former doesn't.
That can be addressed by recycling the fuel, but IIRC, there are weapons treaties that complicate that. Coal use emits more radioactive material into the environment than what is used by the nuclear power industry, so I wouldn't say that it doesn't have a radioactive waste problem. It's a different problem.
http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/M...
Actually A&M is a great STEMI University (albeit with it's main campus in the Middle of Fucking Nowhere). Excellent engineering, math, biology faculty and a world renown oceanography department. Socially it's a bit on the odd side, but you're either there to study, play football or learn how to shoot people.
That's why it's located where it is. If you have nothing better to do, you better just study and/or do the other two activities.
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hopefully, they'll get things fixed before the free upgrade deadline is reached.
If one could use the same perimeter wire for a "wireless fence" for pets, that would be great. I imagine some pranksters could have fun moving the iRobot transmitter stakes around when the property owner isn't around.
It was mildly amusing when Roosevelt did it and look how that turned out (Emperor for 4 terms, finally died in office).
and the start of the bloated power mad Federal govt that we have today.
no, he goes to a restaurant where someone with talent makes all of that.
So here's a simpler solution: If you feel too hot in an air-conditioned environment, move to the US (I won't say move to Australia because you'll make up for the heat once you step outside). If you feel too cold, move to Europe.
It certainly depends on the area in the US too. Step out side during the summer in the "South" and you will start sweating a lot. Lots of heat in the Southwest too, but lower humidity so you won't get as soggy. :/
the US State Department should put out travel warnings for US cities like it does those of other nations.
Some unanticipated benefits were that the car tends to get pretty dirty when you drive it a thousand-plus miles in a short stretch, cluttered up with fast food containers and whatnot -- and there's an increased risk of spills and stains. So it's nice to just let Hertz deal with all of that.
My car is like that nearly 100% of the time, so that's nothing new. :D
Anyway, the point is that it's perfectly reasonable to choose a vehicle that is optimized for 95% of your driving, and rent one that is optimized for the other 5%. It can actually be very cost-effective.
That's true. In my case it's more like 70:30, not 95:5. However, I'm not ever going to spend the money for anything like a Tesla. Hell, my fuel bill for the entire year would be a couple payments or less. A Leaf _might_ be an alternative for when my paid for car becomes too expensive to maintain. I'd still be worried about people stealing or fucking around with the charger since a garage is not available. I'm wondering how long it will be for the new neighbor to have the charger for their C-Max stolen or damaged. The nice bright blue "I'm charging" circle around the charge port seems like it would attract the miscreants that live around here.
Nope. It's not even close to being cheaper. Assuming $3/gallon, it costs me less than $200 for the entire trip and if I were to fly, it's actually around $400-500. Then I would have to rent a car at the airport and drive another two hours. Adding in the time waiting at the airport for the connecting flight, security, rental desk, etc, it doesn't save me all that much time. The only time I've flown there was when my dad was in the hospital dying and it just cut the travel time down to about 10 hours (the hospital is in the city with the airport). My insurance rates are affected more by the numerous uninsured motorists and car thieves in my area than any amount that I actually drive.
When I drive to my mom's house several times a year, it's usually a 13-14 hour drive. I usually stop for fuel and to use the bathroom twice during the trip. Due to the lack of range in the Tesla and the recharge time, it would add another 1.5 hours to the trip. Not to mention that the nearest Supercharger is 450 miles away. It's already a long day driving and with a Tesla, it would be even longer. No thank you.
Not to mention that Tesla sells "zero emissions" credits that it gets from the state of California to other auto manufacturers. The sale of those credits gets them another $30-40K per car that they sell.
In this case, they could have always dropped a big bucket of water on it.
All my bags are opened and searched everytime I come back to the US. I guess the TSA is suspicious of anyone with queso menonita and carne seca.
Did you read the 2nd link? Reagan wasn't president in September of 1980. Also, the Shah of Iran was installed in 1941 by the British who thought he would be easier to control than his father. It was the British who wanted Mosaddegh gone after he nationalized their oil industry (not very pro-Western). Saddam was also the de-facto leader of Iraq since 1976, so if it was a part of some grand US conspiracy, you have your dates all wrong.
The significantly higher prices for housing, cars, fuel, food, etc. pretty much obliterate the higher median wage.
the only automatic weapons that US citizens can own legally with a class-3 license are the ones manufactured prior to 1986, so you are right in that there is a limited supply of them.
But at least you can buy roo meat in supermarkets for decent prices.
That's in part due to all the California refugees that live in the Austin area.
Luckily we are largely immune to it in the US due to our high immigration rate.
lol Far from it. http://mercatus.org/sites/defa... BTW, the "trust fund" is just special bonds currently held by the US Treasury. Those bonds are then sold along with the regular Treasury bonds that are issued to make up the regular "national debt".
and once all the images that's on a disc are not linked to anything anymore, it can be shredded. Facebook may also have a plan to perodically copy data from older bluray discs to newer ones. When that is done, they can just copy the images that have links to the new disc.
They are a mostly known quantity, and they greatly out perform the systems they are going to replace.
That may be true unless you are looking for speed & agility to replace what the Navy and Air Force need it for or survivability while attacking ground targets like the A-10. It is supposed to match the F-16 manueverability and acceleration, but according to the test pilot report, it can't. In IMHO, instead of a fighter that "a jack of all trades, master of none", it would have been better to design different airframes for different roles, but have common subsystems where possible so you can have a common supply chain. Let the Marines have their STOVL aircraft that they think they need so badly, but don't cripple the other services. If the Chinese can make a F-35 clone, but without the problems brought on by having an airframe that can handle STOVL capability, Lockheed should be able to do it too.
Yes. He wants to be remembered as a "good guy" who funded things "to make the world better", not the BSOD, computer viruses, and all things Microsoft that people had to put up with during his tenure at the company.
What upsets many people about this is that they view marriage as a religious institution and feel the government shouldn't be involved with it at all. What other instances are govt benefits tied to a religious ritual? IMHO, a better way to settle this issue would be to purge Federal law of anything related to marriage and have the government institutions only recognize civil unions. That allows the govt to define who is eligible for civil unions, lets the religions decide terms of what they call marriage, and eliminates any potential church/state contention which is the root of most of the opposition. It's what Mexico does: people can get a civil union, religious marriage, or both (potential for two anniversaries and two parties).
No push to train low income girls to become mechanics, welders, machinists, or sort of manufacturing skills?
Fourth, the nuke plant has long term radioactive waste problems the former doesn't.
That can be addressed by recycling the fuel, but IIRC, there are weapons treaties that complicate that. Coal use emits more radioactive material into the environment than what is used by the nuclear power industry, so I wouldn't say that it doesn't have a radioactive waste problem. It's a different problem. http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/M...
Actually A&M is a great STEMI University (albeit with it's main campus in the Middle of Fucking Nowhere). Excellent engineering, math, biology faculty and a world renown oceanography department. Socially it's a bit on the odd side, but you're either there to study, play football or learn how to shoot people.
That's why it's located where it is. If you have nothing better to do, you better just study and/or do the other two activities.