#1 - within my budget (this eliminated Tesla, sadly)
#2 - 3rd row seat
#3 - highest MPG possible.
#4 - AWD/Towing
I bought a 2014 Nissan Rogue, equipped with a 3rd row, rated at 32MPG HWY/25CITY. I expected to at least get around 27-28MPG. I do not get anywhere close to that. I recently drove a Jeep Cherokee rental. It got equivalent gas mileage. So ya, not happy with Nissan, as I sacrificed ability to "tow" for better gas MPG. And it hasn't been even close to the rating. And as you can see, my 23.5MPG is pretty typical. That's a "big" miss. http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg...
If that wasn't bad enough, my HVAC system has not worked properly since the vehicle was 13 months old. (But was out of warranty because I had just passed the 36,000 mile mark.)
Moderate is NOT a word to use to describe my political views. Nor is conservative. Nor is liberal...
I'm most closely a "Communist Libertarian"....and am an odd hodgepodge. I passionately supported Bernie Sanders, but vehemently oppose Hillary Clinton. I'm pro-gun, and would rather see a national healthcare program than this horrendous mess. I think Trump's tax plan is much better than HRC. I support Black Lives Matter. I'm just a mess politically.
Please go look at some old houses and barns. Guess what, the construction is almost all "post and beam"...and guess what, they did it by hammering square pegs into round holes.
Why?
Because it is very hard to drill a square hole. And making round pegs is far more labor intensive than square ones, and wastes a ton of wood. Lasty, friction baby.....that's right. A round peg in a round hole will either slide in and out too easily and not be secure OR it will be so tight that the friction will make it nearly impossible to fit it in. So instead, they hammers a square peg into a round hole. Both the peg and the hole deformed slightly. Allowing for a tightly fitted peg to lock the post and beam together.
Snopes kind of convinced me that it sure was a lot of lot of lot of coincidence. You know, when this many people slated to testify or involved in investigations related to a mobster - no one thinks it is coincidence.
You see, technology advances. And while our radars can't find the F-35....remember when the F-117 was shot down? It was an adaption of multiple radars. Sure, the Romulan cloaking device, sorry, I mean F-35 stealth technology is more advanced, but it will fade. Other nations will put effort into identifying how to identify the aircraft. They will do this...it's just a matter of time. And they likely won't tell us when they have succeeded.
The F-117 was shot down in a combat role, in a secondary engagement environment. This means our enemies, had the means to track the F-117 well before that engagement. We just continued to think it was untrackable. This is like the German strategic error with the Enigma machine.
So that leaves the real question....when the F-35 is trackable by our opponents, how well does it perform? If it loses it's stealth advantage does it remain competitive?
I never said we didn't engage in it. But publicly announcing we're increasing our cyber attacks....sorry. If you think that is good intelligence community action than you're dumb as !@#$
Wasn't my personal anecdotal evidence. Yes, I think there are significant issues with regards to data collection, and reporting. And I don't even deny the earth is warming. Though I dislike the fact that everything is blamed on warming and the rest of environmentalism has been chucked out the door. Coral Reef damage is blamed on warning. But a lot of marine scientists have expressed that they think pesticides may be the truth cause. And have shown data correlating damage with higher pesticide levels. And they get ignored because it is not helpful to the global warming cause.
a) The report was specifically referencing a period, of 4 months. I am addressing that specific period of monitoring in question. The fact that the report for that period listed us as significantly warmer than usual when in fact we had an extremely colder than usual spring, represents an inaccuracy of data collection methods.
b) Such inaccuracy calls in questions ones overall methods and results of analysis.
How you adjust, and how you correlate differing temperature records is extremely significant. Especially when dealing with a mere 1 degree variation. And most of those calibrations to correlate data were influenced by human bias.
But when it is being reported that your region experienced significantly warmer than usual spring, and the fact is that your region in fact experienced a very cold and prolonged spring. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH YOUR DATA.
Pennsylvania long the Texas of the East....is fast joining it's northeastern neighbors and becoming more and more like NY and Connecticut. Still not as bad as Connecticut though.
As for Netflix tax, remember, I already pay a tax on cable internet. There are supposed to be regulations that ensure anti-competitive behavior. But the Commonwealth of PA never acts on them. See, we pay taxes in exchange for certain responsibilities and actions on the part of the government. Problem is, we don't receive those.
I should also mention that I recently received notice of a pending citation for having an inflatable kiddie pool. Mine is advertised as 30" which exceeds the townships 24" mandate. So essentially I need to get a building permit that is likely to cost several times more than my kiddie pool. Also please note that I have yet to get even 24" of water into said pool.
2015 was the year that proved to me that the data isn't accurate. We had one of the coldest springs I could remember. And I joked to my friends, no worries, it'll be claimed that it was the hottest on record. My friends laughed dismissively as we knew it was well below normal temperatures with the exception of a warm February.
Lo and behold, it was announced that 2015 was one of the hottest springs on record for the U.S. Now being the good student of the scientific method, I figured regional vs global here. Clearly, our region was well below normal temperatures. But I wagered the Southwest and pacific coast must have been warmer, and perhaps the south as well. But mid-atlantic to New England was clearly much colder than normal.
So I look at the data maps. And yes, there was a big hot blotch out westward. Just as I suspected. But then, they had my entire region in moderate red for elevated warmth. At this point, I am calling BS. Because we were well below normal temperatures for spring. In fact, I lost a crap ton of fruit crops due to extremely late and continual frosts.
So ya...I call BS on the data. It's not calibrated right.
That George R. R. Martin is the most frightful writer because all of his characters are killed off. But J. Michael Straczynski is far far more terrifying because his writing kills off the actors.:'-(
The Democrat Party/DNC/etc is NOT the U.S. government. It is a private company...that is all. Were it not so, the election fraud engaged in would have every oath sword and bound officer of the U.S. armed forces obligated to act in the DNCs removal for being a clear and present threat to our Constitution's democracy. But it's not...it is merely a political party.
So what if it was hacked by Russians. Of which I am rather doubtful.
So we are going to engage in an escalation of cyber-warfare with a nuclear armed nation over politics. That's just dumb. And when they respond and hack the Pentagon? Or other fare far more critical assets....what then?
What happens when they realize they can hack our drones and crash them into our own carriers. This is just stupid behavior on the part of our President who is retaliating over personal attachment. DUMB DUMB DUMB.
Hmm..... a 1,000 Armed Americans, the largest militia formed in probably over a hundred years. And the Feds backed down....cause they were sure to get their butts kicked. Or forced it to escalate into a military confrontation which could have started a civil war.
As for the U.S. being undefeatable by it's citizens. Goat farmers with hand made AKs and improvised bombs defeated the mighty U.S. in two wars. So I wager a nation in which civilians have far better arms would do quite well against the government if it mobilized. Furthermore, much of the military would fracture when ordered to bomb U.S. cities and civilians.
Can't believe people are willing to vote for the piece of garbage who violated law and procedure and got her servers hacked and jeopardized national security.
It's a lot easier to understand Trump making a joke at said person's expense.
Slashdot Mirror
It was the #3 deciding factor of my purchase.
#1 - within my budget (this eliminated Tesla, sadly)
#2 - 3rd row seat
#3 - highest MPG possible.
#4 - AWD/Towing
I bought a 2014 Nissan Rogue, equipped with a 3rd row, rated at 32MPG HWY/25CITY. I expected to at least get around 27-28MPG. I do not get anywhere close to that. I recently drove a Jeep Cherokee rental. It got equivalent gas mileage. So ya, not happy with Nissan, as I sacrificed ability to "tow" for better gas MPG. And it hasn't been even close to the rating. And as you can see, my 23.5MPG is pretty typical. That's a "big" miss.
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg...
If that wasn't bad enough, my HVAC system has not worked properly since the vehicle was 13 months old. (But was out of warranty because I had just passed the 36,000 mile mark.)
So sick and tired of cars.
I commute over a 100+ miles a day. Mostly highway. I had a Nissan Versa rated for 38mpg, that averaged around 35.5mpg. Not bad. 93% of rated HWY.
I now have a Nissan Rogue, rated for 32mpg. Now I average around 23.5MPG, or around 73% of the rated HWY mileage.
=(
Bummer....
Now where's the fun in that?
Heck, most American's would be happy with 100megabit for a reasonable price. Hell, I'd be happy for 10 megabit not to cost me an arm and a leg.
Run it into neighborhoods. WiFi/Cell signal to homes. If someone needs a Gigabit service, let them pay to tap the neighborhood fiber bundle.
Moderate is NOT a word to use to describe my political views. Nor is conservative. Nor is liberal...
I'm most closely a "Communist Libertarian"....and am an odd hodgepodge. I passionately supported Bernie Sanders, but vehemently oppose Hillary Clinton. I'm pro-gun, and would rather see a national healthcare program than this horrendous mess. I think Trump's tax plan is much better than HRC. I support Black Lives Matter. I'm just a mess politically.
Guess... I'm just a bloody American!
I'll keep my "intimacy" for my personal partners and not my work colleagues.
Heck, emails are often too long. That's why most of us communicate by text. I HATE....
I HATE....
I HATE....
I HATE....
I HATE....
I HATE....
I HATE....
I HATE....
I HATE....
I HATE....
I HATE....
Voicemails!!!
We need to develop materials that allow us to create airships using vacuum (even lighter than hydrogen).
=)
From Round Hole,
Please go look at some old houses and barns. Guess what, the construction is almost all "post and beam"...and guess what, they did it by hammering square pegs into round holes.
Why?
Because it is very hard to drill a square hole. And making round pegs is far more labor intensive than square ones, and wastes a ton of wood. Lasty, friction baby.....that's right. A round peg in a round hole will either slide in and out too easily and not be secure OR it will be so tight that the friction will make it nearly impossible to fit it in. So instead, they hammers a square peg into a round hole. Both the peg and the hole deformed slightly. Allowing for a tightly fitted peg to lock the post and beam together.
Rather, run fiber optic to all neighborhoods. Than broadcast over a wireless signal to the last mile.
Snopes is not a reliable source for political based issues.
Snopes kind of convinced me that it sure was a lot of lot of lot of coincidence. You know, when this many people slated to testify or involved in investigations related to a mobster - no one thinks it is coincidence.
You see, technology advances. And while our radars can't find the F-35....remember when the F-117 was shot down? It was an adaption of multiple radars. Sure, the Romulan cloaking device, sorry, I mean F-35 stealth technology is more advanced, but it will fade. Other nations will put effort into identifying how to identify the aircraft. They will do this...it's just a matter of time. And they likely won't tell us when they have succeeded.
The F-117 was shot down in a combat role, in a secondary engagement environment. This means our enemies, had the means to track the F-117 well before that engagement. We just continued to think it was untrackable. This is like the German strategic error with the Enigma machine.
So that leaves the real question....when the F-35 is trackable by our opponents, how well does it perform? If it loses it's stealth advantage does it remain competitive?
Blah blah blah....
I never said we didn't engage in it. But publicly announcing we're increasing our cyber attacks....sorry. If you think that is good intelligence community action than you're dumb as !@#$
Wasn't my personal anecdotal evidence. Yes, I think there are significant issues with regards to data collection, and reporting. And I don't even deny the earth is warming. Though I dislike the fact that everything is blamed on warming and the rest of environmentalism has been chucked out the door. Coral Reef damage is blamed on warning. But a lot of marine scientists have expressed that they think pesticides may be the truth cause. And have shown data correlating damage with higher pesticide levels. And they get ignored because it is not helpful to the global warming cause.
THAT IS BAD SCIENCE
Math bro...math...
If the temperatures are below normal. And you're declaring they were above normal. Something is wrong with your data collection.
No, I am not...
a) The report was specifically referencing a period, of 4 months. I am addressing that specific period of monitoring in question. The fact that the report for that period listed us as significantly warmer than usual when in fact we had an extremely colder than usual spring, represents an inaccuracy of data collection methods.
b) Such inaccuracy calls in questions ones overall methods and results of analysis.
You sir are the one confused.
How you adjust, and how you correlate differing temperature records is extremely significant. Especially when dealing with a mere 1 degree variation. And most of those calibrations to correlate data were influenced by human bias.
But when it is being reported that your region experienced significantly warmer than usual spring, and the fact is that your region in fact experienced a very cold and prolonged spring. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH YOUR DATA.
Pennsylvania long the Texas of the East....is fast joining it's northeastern neighbors and becoming more and more like NY and Connecticut. Still not as bad as Connecticut though.
As for Netflix tax, remember, I already pay a tax on cable internet. There are supposed to be regulations that ensure anti-competitive behavior. But the Commonwealth of PA never acts on them. See, we pay taxes in exchange for certain responsibilities and actions on the part of the government. Problem is, we don't receive those.
I should also mention that I recently received notice of a pending citation for having an inflatable kiddie pool. Mine is advertised as 30" which exceeds the townships 24" mandate. So essentially I need to get a building permit that is likely to cost several times more than my kiddie pool. Also please note that I have yet to get even 24" of water into said pool.
2015 was the year that proved to me that the data isn't accurate. We had one of the coldest springs I could remember. And I joked to my friends, no worries, it'll be claimed that it was the hottest on record. My friends laughed dismissively as we knew it was well below normal temperatures with the exception of a warm February.
Lo and behold, it was announced that 2015 was one of the hottest springs on record for the U.S. Now being the good student of the scientific method, I figured regional vs global here. Clearly, our region was well below normal temperatures. But I wagered the Southwest and pacific coast must have been warmer, and perhaps the south as well. But mid-atlantic to New England was clearly much colder than normal.
So I look at the data maps. And yes, there was a big hot blotch out westward. Just as I suspected. But then, they had my entire region in moderate red for elevated warmth. At this point, I am calling BS. Because we were well below normal temperatures for spring. In fact, I lost a crap ton of fruit crops due to extremely late and continual frosts.
So ya...I call BS on the data. It's not calibrated right.
That George R. R. Martin is the most frightful writer because all of his characters are killed off. But J. Michael Straczynski is far far more terrifying because his writing kills off the actors. :'-(
It was Zathras
First off,
The Democrat Party/DNC/etc is NOT the U.S. government. It is a private company...that is all. Were it not so, the election fraud engaged in would have every oath sword and bound officer of the U.S. armed forces obligated to act in the DNCs removal for being a clear and present threat to our Constitution's democracy. But it's not...it is merely a political party.
So what if it was hacked by Russians. Of which I am rather doubtful.
So we are going to engage in an escalation of cyber-warfare with a nuclear armed nation over politics. That's just dumb. And when they respond and hack the Pentagon? Or other fare far more critical assets....what then?
What happens when they realize they can hack our drones and crash them into our own carriers. This is just stupid behavior on the part of our President who is retaliating over personal attachment. DUMB DUMB DUMB.
Hmm..... a 1,000 Armed Americans, the largest militia formed in probably over a hundred years. And the Feds backed down....cause they were sure to get their butts kicked. Or forced it to escalate into a military confrontation which could have started a civil war.
As for the U.S. being undefeatable by it's citizens. Goat farmers with hand made AKs and improvised bombs defeated the mighty U.S. in two wars. So I wager a nation in which civilians have far better arms would do quite well against the government if it mobilized. Furthermore, much of the military would fracture when ordered to bomb U.S. cities and civilians.
I'd consider pardoning Snowden, Manning, and Clinton.... LOL
Can't believe people are willing to vote for the piece of garbage who violated law and procedure and got her servers hacked and jeopardized national security.
It's a lot easier to understand Trump making a joke at said person's expense.