God, I wish Colorado cops would enforce that law. There are probably more signs saying that's the law than there are speed limit signs. But because people know that the cops will NEVER pull them over for it, they violate it with impunity. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a cop on the road, where someone wasn't actively violating that law right next to him.
Actually, it's been estimated that it would only take a half million years to cover the milky way (which is relatively short in astronomical terms). And that's assuming the probes are limited to 10% of the speed of light.
Since it would only take one slightly more advanced species (with a desire to make their presence known or spread some kind of message) to launch a self-replicating probe capable of visiting every star in the galaxy in a relatively short period, then I have to assume that either those probes are being intercepted, or that sentient life is indeed exceedingly rare (no more than a handful of races per galaxy).
Under the Symington Amendment, we're not allowed to give aide to nuclear nations who won't sign onto the NTP. They get around the legality of it, with a don't ask, don't tell policy. But everyone knows Israel has nukes, so it really is a flagrant violation of US law.
That's precisely the problem. Even if you're driving faster than everybody on the road, nobody should be "cruising" in the left hand lane. It's for passing only and that's the law in a lot of places.
If you think changing lanes is so dangerous, then yes, you probably should stay in the right lane all the time. Because it's really not that big a deal for thet vast majority of drivers. Some people aren't comfortable behind the wheel and that's ok, but you shouldn't make everyone else pay for it (especially when there's a sign every mile telling you to get out of the way).
Man, you need to be modded up. People passing me aren't doing anything to me. It doesn't phase me in the slightest. The person who cuts me off just to prevent me from passing because they think it would be safer (or slamming on their brakes when you get a little too close to the guy doing 15 under in the "passing" lane), are the ones who are actually risking people's safety. Stop playing games! The rest of us are just trying to get from point A to point B. This whole country is filled to the brim with busy-bodies whose only method of elevating themselves is to bring other people down.
If police would just enforce the keep-right-except-to-pass law, 90% of the traffic problems go away within a year. It would do a hell of a lot more to reduce speeding too, as most of that is born out of a desire to not get stuck behind one of the assholes you mentioned.
I never really got what this was such a big deal to people. It's distracting from the fact that the site still lacks basic features, like be able to change the visibility of a post, nesting circles, chat invite though button (instead of having to know the other's e-mail), being able to select multiple circles in your stream (instead of all or 1 -- god this is so fucking obvious) and most of all... org/group/business pages.
Without org pages, I have no way of drawing new people in since all of my social networking usually revolves around a page or a group. Google even acknowledged that it was a mistake not to be ready with them but they still haven't taken a break from surfing in the parking lot long enough to implement them.
I really wanted G+ to succeed, but there's obviously something very wrong with the management over there. I thought they were going all in with this product, but we only see a minor update every couple of weeks, and now the momentum is gone. I wonder who will get promoted for this fuck up.
This gels nice with the fact that most new TVs include a youtube app, but I've yet to see one of those apps let me access my favorites or subscriptions, instead preferring to show me the same top 10 list (with the same people on it), month after month.
Not a huge fan of their mobile apps either since buffering seems to be a concept beyond youtube's comprehension. Get the software out of beta mode and then worry about the content.
No I hold people responsible for their actions. If people would focus more on what others do and less on what they say, then they'd be less likely to elect the douche bags that they do.
Or their actions are outright blamed on their opponents, as was the case with the Obama-as-Hitler protest signs. It didn't matter that they had LaRouchePac written right on them, they're still associated with the right-wing to this day.
It's true, I use it less. But only because they turned it into a godawful mess. I (and probably most others) also used Windows less over that period. Does that mean they're going to retire the entire OS? This lunacy is right up there with ribbons.
Between my Dish receiver constantly failing and Netflix's incessant price/plan changes, I decided this month to take a hard look at how I receive my entertainment. After seeing all the other (better) options out there, along with my existing supplemental options, I'll be canceling Dish this month and I've already scaled back my Netflix plan (and will further scale it back further to 1-non-Bluray-DVD a month pretty soon). The only thing that was holding me back were the news channels, but with rtmpdump piped into mplayer, I now have more news channels on my htpc than I did before. I've signed up for Hulu Plus and if I want a premium movie, I'll go pay-per-view with Vudu (which has much better video and audio quality than netflix).
The only hole left is the Discovery channel, but if they don't want to stream it, if they want to continue to rely on the bundle model, then fuck those shows. Dish/cable just isn't worth the price compared to the alternatives (and for what you get). But I'm grateful to them and netflix for pissing me off enough to consider my options.
It was inevitable it was going to get there. Guess they wanted the economy to wallow a little longer in uncertainty while they waited to take this up. Too bad Obama blew his wad on a coverage bill rather than focusing on spiraling costs. Now no one is gonna touch that for several more years.
Austerity has never gotten anyone out of a recession.
Then why is it we only remember the recessions where we spend like drunken sailors? Anyone who thinks we can spend our way out of a debt crisis should be placed in a hole with a shovel so they can get right to work on digging themselves out.
Yes, because that's what I truly need, even less horizontal space for tabs. And of course, everyone these days seems to believe that it's better to click a button to scroll tabs, rather than just open up another row so that I can see them all.
I don't care about reclaiming screen real estate, that's what the F11 key is for. I want a UI that makes managing the 40+ tabs I have open (in each window) a little easier.
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God, I wish Colorado cops would enforce that law. There are probably more signs saying that's the law than there are speed limit signs. But because people know that the cops will NEVER pull them over for it, they violate it with impunity. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a cop on the road, where someone wasn't actively violating that law right next to him.
They're just not maintainable in my experience.
Actually, it's been estimated that it would only take a half million years to cover the milky way (which is relatively short in astronomical terms). And that's assuming the probes are limited to 10% of the speed of light.
Since it would only take one slightly more advanced species (with a desire to make their presence known or spread some kind of message) to launch a self-replicating probe capable of visiting every star in the galaxy in a relatively short period, then I have to assume that either those probes are being intercepted, or that sentient life is indeed exceedingly rare (no more than a handful of races per galaxy).
...so long as Plutonium remains classified an element.
Every time I try to get away from it, it pulls me back in.
Just once in my life, I'd like to see our government do something that doesn't piss me off.
"Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms."
Under the Symington Amendment, we're not allowed to give aide to nuclear nations who won't sign onto the NTP. They get around the legality of it, with a don't ask, don't tell policy. But everyone knows Israel has nukes, so it really is a flagrant violation of US law.
while I'm cruising at 70mph in the "fast" lane
That's precisely the problem. Even if you're driving faster than everybody on the road, nobody should be "cruising" in the left hand lane. It's for passing only and that's the law in a lot of places.
If you think changing lanes is so dangerous, then yes, you probably should stay in the right lane all the time. Because it's really not that big a deal for thet vast majority of drivers. Some people aren't comfortable behind the wheel and that's ok, but you shouldn't make everyone else pay for it (especially when there's a sign every mile telling you to get out of the way).
Man, you need to be modded up. People passing me aren't doing anything to me. It doesn't phase me in the slightest. The person who cuts me off just to prevent me from passing because they think it would be safer (or slamming on their brakes when you get a little too close to the guy doing 15 under in the "passing" lane), are the ones who are actually risking people's safety. Stop playing games! The rest of us are just trying to get from point A to point B. This whole country is filled to the brim with busy-bodies whose only method of elevating themselves is to bring other people down.
If police would just enforce the keep-right-except-to-pass law, 90% of the traffic problems go away within a year. It would do a hell of a lot more to reduce speeding too, as most of that is born out of a desire to not get stuck behind one of the assholes you mentioned.
I never really got what this was such a big deal to people. It's distracting from the fact that the site still lacks basic features, like be able to change the visibility of a post, nesting circles, chat invite though button (instead of having to know the other's e-mail), being able to select multiple circles in your stream (instead of all or 1 -- god this is so fucking obvious) and most of all ... org/group/business pages.
Without org pages, I have no way of drawing new people in since all of my social networking usually revolves around a page or a group. Google even acknowledged that it was a mistake not to be ready with them but they still haven't taken a break from surfing in the parking lot long enough to implement them.
I really wanted G+ to succeed, but there's obviously something very wrong with the management over there. I thought they were going all in with this product, but we only see a minor update every couple of weeks, and now the momentum is gone. I wonder who will get promoted for this fuck up.
This gels nice with the fact that most new TVs include a youtube app, but I've yet to see one of those apps let me access my favorites or subscriptions, instead preferring to show me the same top 10 list (with the same people on it), month after month.
Not a huge fan of their mobile apps either since buffering seems to be a concept beyond youtube's comprehension. Get the software out of beta mode and then worry about the content.
Well you can't have a homeland without a motherland and a fatherland. We've learned from the best.
...or risk going to jail for excluding me from the insightful.
No I hold people responsible for their actions. If people would focus more on what others do and less on what they say, then they'd be less likely to elect the douche bags that they do.
Or their actions are outright blamed on their opponents, as was the case with the Obama-as-Hitler protest signs. It didn't matter that they had LaRouchePac written right on them, they're still associated with the right-wing to this day.
It's true, I use it less. But only because they turned it into a godawful mess. I (and probably most others) also used Windows less over that period. Does that mean they're going to retire the entire OS? This lunacy is right up there with ribbons.
You do realize that the primary sponsor, along with the majority (albeit slight) of co-sponsors of this bill are democrats, right?
http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/billspons.php?id=55685
Between my Dish receiver constantly failing and Netflix's incessant price/plan changes, I decided this month to take a hard look at how I receive my entertainment. After seeing all the other (better) options out there, along with my existing supplemental options, I'll be canceling Dish this month and I've already scaled back my Netflix plan (and will further scale it back further to 1-non-Bluray-DVD a month pretty soon). The only thing that was holding me back were the news channels, but with rtmpdump piped into mplayer, I now have more news channels on my htpc than I did before. I've signed up for Hulu Plus and if I want a premium movie, I'll go pay-per-view with Vudu (which has much better video and audio quality than netflix).
The only hole left is the Discovery channel, but if they don't want to stream it, if they want to continue to rely on the bundle model, then fuck those shows. Dish/cable just isn't worth the price compared to the alternatives (and for what you get). But I'm grateful to them and netflix for pissing me off enough to consider my options.
It was inevitable it was going to get there. Guess they wanted the economy to wallow a little longer in uncertainty while they waited to take this up. Too bad Obama blew his wad on a coverage bill rather than focusing on spiraling costs. Now no one is gonna touch that for several more years.
Austerity has never gotten anyone out of a recession.
Then why is it we only remember the recessions where we spend like drunken sailors? Anyone who thinks we can spend our way out of a debt crisis should be placed in a hole with a shovel so they can get right to work on digging themselves out.
The US dollar.
Yes, because that's what I truly need, even less horizontal space for tabs. And of course, everyone these days seems to believe that it's better to click a button to scroll tabs, rather than just open up another row so that I can see them all.
I don't care about reclaiming screen real estate, that's what the F11 key is for. I want a UI that makes managing the 40+ tabs I have open (in each window) a little easier.