Many states have programs that allow you to vote early. Here in Iowa, it's not unusual to walk into a supermarket a week or two before the election and find a table set up for early voting. The system uses the same paper ballot as absentee voting; the only difference is that you fill it out there and then drop it in a box.
I voted earlier this week. If your state has a similar program, take advantage of it.
makes U.S. population growth look like it's linear (except for a slight dip in WWII). So where's the huge jump caused by recent immigration that the right wingnuts keep telling us is such a big problem? I don't see it.
This is a solution to a problem that just doesn't exist. There's already TOO MUCH beef and milk. Both industries are heavily subsidized. (I'm from Iowa - I know.)
We faced a similar 'solution' when I worked for John Deere. Monsanto made a presentation; they were all worked up about a newly developed strain of corn that would produce 12-inch ears. We looked at each other, and finally someone raised their hand and said the obvious: "Uh, our combines won't handle 12-inch ears. This would require farmers to invest in totally new harvesting equipment (a new combine costs $250,000). Besides, there's already a corn surplus and corn subsidies to keep the price up." The Monsanto reps just looked at each other and seemed baffled, like we were speaking a foreign language. They had expected us to greet them with open arms. Idiots.
(1) Buy a CatWeasel (ISA version) programmable floppy interface card on eBay. (Unfortunately, they're no longer being manufactured.) (2) Get an old 5.25" floppy drive. (If he used a 1581 drive, hook up an old 3.5" floppy instead.) (3) Hook both up in your Windows PC. (4) Read data off of old C64 disks until the cows come home.
The beauty of this solution is that you will also be able to read data off of ANY old 5.25" OR 3.5" format floppy disks you come across in future kidnappers' homes.
I don't think we should rename Colorado. After all, we DO use it for something - it's lumpy and cold, so at least you can ski there.
I suggest renaming one of the flat middle states that no one ever goes to.
Iowa (where I live) is out, because at least we grow corn and cows here, so it's good for something.
I would recommend Kansas, but at least they grow wheat, and we all like bread, right?
North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska are all good candidates. In fact, why not just lump them all together into one big, flat, useless state and rename it 'Colbert'? I'll bet we could get elementary schoolkids to promote this idea because, hey, two less state capitols to learn, right? We could name the new capitol 'Steve' so it would be easy to remember.
And we could go back to that keen 48-star flag we used to have, too.
A much easier system would be to just let the government decide what you can eat, where you can go (and when), and what you can read (if anything). In fact, let the government set your schedule, issue you a uniform with a number on it, and install a chip in your head so you can be tracked 24/7.
I'm a science guy - I'm not particularly enamored of 'New Age' beliefs. But a few years ago, I had a huge repetitive-stress-induced ganglion cyst on my wrist, which my neurologist said could only be fixed with surgery. Since I had just recovered from a cubital tunnel operation, I reluctantly let myself be talked into trying acupuncture first. The acupuncturist not only applied long needles, he attached electrodes to them and applied a strong pulsating electric current. I was treated every two days for ten days. After a couple of treatments, the cyst began to recede. After ten days, it was gone. Let's face it, folks, we still don't know everything there is to know.
Post-humanism is like a snowball. As it rolls, it gets bigger and faster.
I'll use myself as an example. I wore glasses from th 5th grade on. Six years ago, after 40 years of wearing glasses, I had cataract surgery that replaced my damaged lenses with plastic ones. (Complete with warranty cards, I might add; the future is weird.) I've had diabetes for 25 years. For the first 10, I treated it with diet. For the next 10, with pills. For most of the next 5, I injected a form of insulin that was created by RNA-modified bateria in vats. (For the previous 60 years, insulin had been taken from the harvested pancreases of slaughtered cattle.) For the last couple of months, I have been injecting tiny amounts of a new drug that was developed because a molecular biologist noticed that the molecular structure of a key insulin-regulating hormone was strikingly similar to that of gila monster venom.
I take an additional 6 drugs that aid in further controlling my diabetes, control my asthma, keep my arthritis from crippling me, or act as preventatives for high blood pressure and heart disease.
I am now 54 years old. In the Stone Age, I would have died before I was 20. Even in the early 20th century, I would have been lucky to make it to 30.
We are very close to extending the human lifespan by one year every year. Don't think we Baby Boomers are going to get out of your way, kiddies. We're here for the long haul.:)
The sample track totally sucks without Crow and Tom Servo.
Joel was way better than Mike. Mike is your typical "writer who came out from behind the curtain because his ego couldn't stand not getting the laughs personally like he did when he was the class clown in high school". His delivery is flat; Joel had an actual on-screen personality. Mike may be a good writer, but he should have stuck with that.
It could be that Tut's successor really didn't want to put any more valuable geegahs in his tomb, and arranged for an impressive-looking but cheap amulet to save costs. Or, even more likely, a preist or other worker involved in Tut's burial preparations took it upon himself to replace the valuable gem with yellow glass, knowing it wouldn't be noticed among all the other bright, shiny things. Since the evidence was buried beneath the sands, this might just be an argument for one of the earliest 'perfect' crimes.
Money is based on scarcity, and technology continually works to minimize scarcity. Once technology advances to the point of eliminating the scarcity of all necessary goods and services, money will become obsolete.
By all of the best estimates, the 'singularity' where this will happen is anywhere from 20 to 100 years away.
Therefore, you only need to worry about paying for the cost of your maintenance for as long as money still exists. Oh, and that same singularity will probably make it possible to wake you up and fix you about that same time, anyway.
Of course, there are always factions struggling to maintain the status quo so they can maintain their power, but they invariably eventually lose.
I noticed a new universal unit of measurement mentioned in the film: EB/sec, or 'Encyclopedia Brittanicas per second'. While this is clearly a derivitive unit from the base knowledge unit 'Encyclopedia Brittanicas', I don't think I've ever heard EB/sec before as a unit of speed of information generation. Very useful.
I understand that Stan Lee was intrigued by Superman's early leaping limitation, and incorporated that power into the Hulk. Unlike DC, Lee always tried to make his superheroes 'plausible' and to give them limitations. He said it made for more interesting stories.
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Many states have programs that allow you to vote early. Here in Iowa, it's not unusual to walk into a supermarket a week or two before the election and find a table set up for early voting. The system uses the same paper ballot as absentee voting; the only difference is that you fill it out there and then drop it in a box.
I voted earlier this week. If your state has a similar program, take advantage of it.
This is what happens when management tweaks production to make the numbers for 'this quarter' look good. Next quarter goes all to hell.
"To Serve Man - It's a cookbook!"
He was born, lived, born again.
Pharohs' Dentists Found in Egyptian Cavity :)
This graph from the article:
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makes U.S. population growth look like it's linear (except for a slight dip in WWII). So where's the huge jump caused by recent immigration that the right wingnuts keep telling us is such a big problem? I don't see it.
This is a solution to a problem that just doesn't exist. There's already TOO MUCH beef and milk. Both industries are heavily subsidized. (I'm from Iowa - I know.)
We faced a similar 'solution' when I worked for John Deere. Monsanto made a presentation; they were all worked up about a newly developed strain of corn that would produce 12-inch ears. We looked at each other, and finally someone raised their hand and said the obvious: "Uh, our combines won't handle 12-inch ears. This would require farmers to invest in totally new harvesting equipment (a new combine costs $250,000). Besides, there's already a corn surplus and corn subsidies to keep the price up." The Monsanto reps just looked at each other and seemed baffled, like we were speaking a foreign language. They had expected us to greet them with open arms. Idiots.
Here you go:
(1) Buy a CatWeasel (ISA version) programmable floppy interface card on eBay. (Unfortunately, they're no longer being manufactured.)
(2) Get an old 5.25" floppy drive. (If he used a 1581 drive, hook up an old 3.5" floppy instead.)
(3) Hook both up in your Windows PC.
(4) Read data off of old C64 disks until the cows come home.
The beauty of this solution is that you will also be able to read data off of ANY old 5.25" OR 3.5" format floppy disks you come across in future kidnappers' homes.
You're welcome.
So... Happy... Ironing... Stimpy's... Underwear!
:)
Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy!
You just can't make this stuff up.
Stories like this prove that fact is WAY funnier than fiction.
I don't think we should rename Colorado. After all, we DO use it for something - it's lumpy and cold, so at least you can ski there.
I suggest renaming one of the flat middle states that no one ever goes to.
Iowa (where I live) is out, because at least we grow corn and cows here, so it's good for something.
I would recommend Kansas, but at least they grow wheat, and we all like bread, right?
North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska are all good candidates. In fact, why not just lump them all together into one big, flat, useless state and rename it 'Colbert'? I'll bet we could get elementary schoolkids to promote this idea because, hey, two less state capitols to learn, right? We could name the new capitol 'Steve' so it would be easy to remember.
And we could go back to that keen 48-star flag we used to have, too.
This system is far too complicated to ever work.
A much easier system would be to just let the government decide what you can eat, where you can go (and when), and what you can read (if anything). In fact, let the government set your schedule, issue you a uniform with a number on it, and install a chip in your head so you can be tracked 24/7.
Only then will we be safe from terrorists.
I forget: is the bigger one Mary Kate or Ashley?
I'm a science guy - I'm not particularly enamored of 'New Age' beliefs. But a few years ago, I had a huge repetitive-stress-induced ganglion cyst on my wrist, which my neurologist said could only be fixed with surgery. Since I had just recovered from a cubital tunnel operation, I reluctantly let myself be talked into trying acupuncture first. The acupuncturist not only applied long needles, he attached electrodes to them and applied a strong pulsating electric current. I was treated every two days for ten days. After a couple of treatments, the cyst began to recede. After ten days, it was gone. Let's face it, folks, we still don't know everything there is to know.
I want little pink unicorns to dance on a rainbow with tiny fairies, but that ain't going to happen, either.
Post-humanism is like a snowball. As it rolls, it gets bigger and faster.
:)
I'll use myself as an example. I wore glasses from th 5th grade on. Six years ago, after 40 years of wearing glasses, I had cataract surgery that replaced my damaged lenses with plastic ones. (Complete with warranty cards, I might add; the future is weird.) I've had diabetes for 25 years. For the first 10, I treated it with diet. For the next 10, with pills. For most of the next 5, I injected a form of insulin that was created by RNA-modified bateria in vats. (For the previous 60 years, insulin had been taken from the harvested pancreases of slaughtered cattle.) For the last couple of months, I have been injecting tiny amounts of a new drug that was developed because a molecular biologist noticed that the molecular structure of a key insulin-regulating hormone was strikingly similar to that of gila monster venom.
I take an additional 6 drugs that aid in further controlling my diabetes, control my asthma, keep my arthritis from crippling me, or act as preventatives for high blood pressure and heart disease.
I am now 54 years old. In the Stone Age, I would have died before I was 20. Even in the early 20th century, I would have been lucky to make it to 30.
We are very close to extending the human lifespan by one year every year. Don't think we Baby Boomers are going to get out of your way, kiddies. We're here for the long haul.
The sample track totally sucks without Crow and Tom Servo.
Joel was way better than Mike. Mike is your typical "writer who came out from behind the curtain because his ego couldn't stand not getting the laughs personally like he did when he was the class clown in high school". His delivery is flat; Joel had an actual on-screen personality. Mike may be a good writer, but he should have stuck with that.
It could be that Tut's successor really didn't want to put any more valuable geegahs in his tomb, and arranged for an impressive-looking but cheap amulet to save costs. Or, even more likely, a preist or other worker involved in Tut's burial preparations took it upon himself to replace the valuable gem with yellow glass, knowing it wouldn't be noticed among all the other bright, shiny things. Since the evidence was buried beneath the sands, this might just be an argument for one of the earliest 'perfect' crimes.
I didn't wish for a 14 inch PIANIST!
Money is based on scarcity, and technology continually works to minimize scarcity. Once technology advances to the point of eliminating the scarcity of all necessary goods and services, money will become obsolete.
By all of the best estimates, the 'singularity' where this will happen is anywhere from 20 to 100 years away.
Therefore, you only need to worry about paying for the cost of your maintenance for as long as money still exists. Oh, and that same singularity will probably make it possible to wake you up and fix you about that same time, anyway.
Of course, there are always factions struggling to maintain the status quo so they can maintain their power, but they invariably eventually lose.
I noticed a new universal unit of measurement mentioned in the film: EB/sec, or 'Encyclopedia Brittanicas per second'. While this is clearly a derivitive unit from the base knowledge unit 'Encyclopedia Brittanicas', I don't think I've ever heard EB/sec before as a unit of speed of information generation. Very useful.
Didn't we already have enough mice?
I understand that Stan Lee was intrigued by Superman's early leaping limitation, and incorporated that power into the Hulk. Unlike DC, Lee always tried to make his superheroes 'plausible' and to give them limitations. He said it made for more interesting stories.
And the FBI chief's password was: 'JEdgarTransvestite'.
Bad, bad choice.
If this had been an Amiga in an old Bryce comic from INFO magazine, the screen would have displayed "UH-OH". :)