If I learnt anything from Master of Orion as a kid, it's that Silicoids are bastards. They have no compassion, and you might as well conquer them and then use them to colonise inhospitable planets.
Doesn't help they wasted all their time and effort into that silly futuristic concept car that they never had any intention on selling. That's fine when you're Toyota and have unlimited resources. When you're a small start-up like Faraday Future, you can't waste resources on vanity projects, you need to get a product out the door. Build the factory, start making cars you intend to sell, before you make silly eye-candy for vanity that you'll never sell.
My problem is I'm too cynical and suspicious. Every guy on the corner just wants to buy booze. Every charity is giving 70% of the money I pay to the CEO and staff. I try to be charitable and giving, but I don't trust anyone.
When I do, and when I know for a fact the money is going to a good place, I donate nicely, but in this age we live in, I don't trust most charities and that really sucks. I wish there were an easy way to know which ones give your money to the right people.
I think it's important for everyone to have a rudimentary grasp of both systems. Metric is far superior, but it doesn't help to stick one's head in the dirt and scream "I'm not pulling my head out until everything is in kilometers".
Well... actually, That varies State by state. I see plenty of 70mph interstates around where I am, and doesn't Montana have 80mph speedlimits. (for a while they had no daytime speed limit in Montana- and since implementing speed limits,fatalities have gone up and there is talk about removing them again).
That aside, I understand you sentiment that most of us would never get to enjoy the full performance option that a supercar offers.
Most of us won't be buying supercars either! If you can afford one, you can afford to take it to the track from time to time. What is impressive is that it shows electric vehicles are quickly demolishing the idea that it requires petrol to have high-performance.
This car looks cool, but I'd take the Tesla over it anyday, much more practical.
Yeah, I've really not spent much time away from the coasts whilst living in the US. Almost took a job in Omaha once but it failed to materialize at the end. Apart from TV stereotypes (which I know from my extensive time in the South are only partly right) it's hard for me as a "Coaster" to see what life as a "Middler" might be.
Your portraint of "the middle" is interesting. I'm used to complaing about the cable company having a monopoly on broadband internet here in the South. In "flyover" country not having any broadband/access to fast internet news seems almost a foreign concept. If you're limited to local news and local concepts that is bound to shape your opinion differently to someone who has the internet at your fingertips.
It's the various academicians that still can't believe Trump won because, "nobody I know voted for Trump".
Put me in that corner. I accept the election result, but I'm baffled where all the Trump supporters came from. Most of my friends are die-hard Republicans, but I don't know a single person who (admitted) voting for Trump. I suspect that's because this election wasn't really fought along typical Republican vs Democrat, leftie vs rightie lines.
This election was more about the educated vs the blue collar workforce. Most people I know are college educated republicans and they claim they voted for Hillary and they hate Trump. I suspect out in the country, and in the less educated parts of town there were a lot of hourly wage democrats who voted for Donald.
I also think there are a lot of people who are in the "I would never vote for Trump" crowd, because they don't want to be associated with some of his more bizarre stances, who secretly voted for Trump when no one was looking.
Yeah, if I can finally start watching my team play again after cutting the cable, I will sign up for Prime. So far I've resisted, but I will get Prime if they get the "right-for-me" sports.
As the crown passes from Microsoft to Apple and now to Samsung for biggest computer company, so does the number of "scandal stories". Can't make it to the top without a pile of bodies to climb upon.
Sure he is, he broke the law. That makes him a criminal. The "Robin Hood" of lore was a criminal too.
That said, I believe he (Snowden not Robin Hood) broke the law for the right reasons and really hope he does get a pardon one day and can return to the country as a hero.
I've also wondered about Snowden's safety in Russia. That Putin and Trump are friendly to each other is no great secret. That Trump dislikes Snowden is no big secret. Trump is very much of the mind- if we can do it and it benefits the country- DO IT. I'm sure he doesn't sympathise with Snowden's opinion that "we shouldn't be doing it".
I wouldn't be surprised if Snowden is sent to the US by Putin OR if "Chechen rebels" kill Snowden shortly after Trump taking power in the US. Chechen rebels kill most of the people Putin wants dead.
That's not exactly my call... I'm unlikely to ever be in a corporate environment where FreeBSD is used. Sure, if I were so inclined I could install it at home, but I hardly touch a PC outside of work hours.
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They don't have access to EVERY Brit's browsing history:
I live overseas! Only the Americans, Russians, Chinese, Israelis, and probably North Koreans have access to my browsing history.
If I learnt anything from Master of Orion as a kid, it's that Silicoids are bastards. They have no compassion, and you might as well conquer them and then use them to colonise inhospitable planets.
You have your laugh, but Al Gore will be my chauffeur driving my google car in 15 years.
Doesn't help they wasted all their time and effort into that silly futuristic concept car that they never had any intention on selling. That's fine when you're Toyota and have unlimited resources. When you're a small start-up like Faraday Future, you can't waste resources on vanity projects, you need to get a product out the door. Build the factory, start making cars you intend to sell, before you make silly eye-candy for vanity that you'll never sell.
My problem is I'm too cynical and suspicious. Every guy on the corner just wants to buy booze. Every charity is giving 70% of the money I pay to the CEO and staff. I try to be charitable and giving, but I don't trust anyone.
When I do, and when I know for a fact the money is going to a good place, I donate nicely, but in this age we live in, I don't trust most charities and that really sucks. I wish there were an easy way to know which ones give your money to the right people.
Wish I hadn't commented on this thread so I could mod that up, made me chuckle.
Do you give 10% of your income to pay for finding a cure for cancer? If so, I commend you heartily.
Maybe the poor don't all have bad taste in alcohol. Maybe they can only afford bad alcohol.
How do you know they won't buy high quality champagne with all that money?
Apple products are never broken, they're just held incorrectly.
Sell it as a kit-car in the US and they can ignore the safety standards.
I think it's important for everyone to have a rudimentary grasp of both systems. Metric is far superior, but it doesn't help to stick one's head in the dirt and scream "I'm not pulling my head out until everything is in kilometers".
Well... actually, That varies State by state. I see plenty of 70mph interstates around where I am, and doesn't Montana have 80mph speedlimits. (for a while they had no daytime speed limit in Montana- and since implementing speed limits ,fatalities have gone up and there is talk about removing them again).
That aside, I understand you sentiment that most of us would never get to enjoy the full performance option that a supercar offers.
Most of us won't be buying supercars either! If you can afford one, you can afford to take it to the track from time to time. What is impressive is that it shows electric vehicles are quickly demolishing the idea that it requires petrol to have high-performance.
This car looks cool, but I'd take the Tesla over it anyday, much more practical.
Yeah, I've really not spent much time away from the coasts whilst living in the US. Almost took a job in Omaha once but it failed to materialize at the end. Apart from TV stereotypes (which I know from my extensive time in the South are only partly right) it's hard for me as a "Coaster" to see what life as a "Middler" might be.
Your portraint of "the middle" is interesting. I'm used to complaing about the cable company having a monopoly on broadband internet here in the South. In "flyover" country not having any broadband/access to fast internet news seems almost a foreign concept. If you're limited to local news and local concepts that is bound to shape your opinion differently to someone who has the internet at your fingertips.
It's the various academicians that still can't believe Trump won because, "nobody I know voted for Trump".
Put me in that corner. I accept the election result, but I'm baffled where all the Trump supporters came from. Most of my friends are die-hard Republicans, but I don't know a single person who (admitted) voting for Trump. I suspect that's because this election wasn't really fought along typical Republican vs Democrat, leftie vs rightie lines.
This election was more about the educated vs the blue collar workforce. Most people I know are college educated republicans and they claim they voted for Hillary and they hate Trump. I suspect out in the country, and in the less educated parts of town there were a lot of hourly wage democrats who voted for Donald.
I also think there are a lot of people who are in the "I would never vote for Trump" crowd, because they don't want to be associated with some of his more bizarre stances, who secretly voted for Trump when no one was looking.
Hard to call Clinton a sore loser since she hasn't supported any of these hacking theories or challenged the election in any way.
I don't like Hillary, but I've seen no sign of her being a sore loser. Some of her supporters have perhaps been.
I don't want my sports covered up by my welcome mat.
Yeah, if I can finally start watching my team play again after cutting the cable, I will sign up for Prime. So far I've resisted, but I will get Prime if they get the "right-for-me" sports.
As the crown passes from Microsoft to Apple and now to Samsung for biggest computer company, so does the number of "scandal stories". Can't make it to the top without a pile of bodies to climb upon.
In China, fake news is anything that criticizes the government.
Sure he is, he broke the law. That makes him a criminal. The "Robin Hood" of lore was a criminal too.
That said, I believe he (Snowden not Robin Hood) broke the law for the right reasons and really hope he does get a pardon one day and can return to the country as a hero.
I've also wondered about Snowden's safety in Russia. That Putin and Trump are friendly to each other is no great secret. That Trump dislikes Snowden is no big secret. Trump is very much of the mind- if we can do it and it benefits the country- DO IT. I'm sure he doesn't sympathise with Snowden's opinion that "we shouldn't be doing it".
I wouldn't be surprised if Snowden is sent to the US by Putin OR if "Chechen rebels" kill Snowden shortly after Trump taking power in the US. Chechen rebels kill most of the people Putin wants dead.
And facebook, and whatsapp, and snapchat and instagram.
But most of all... and especially:
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That's not exactly my call... I'm unlikely to ever be in a corporate environment where FreeBSD is used. Sure, if I were so inclined I could install it at home, but I hardly touch a PC outside of work hours.
Who the fuck is Three?
I'm sure you'll ménage to find out.
I wonder what Carnegie would think of our Mellons.