In order to protect children from some hypothetical, dubious future harm we must register them as sex offenders causingreal, permanent and devistating harm for the rest of their lives.
If that's how you help people, I'd sure hate to see how you treat people you don't like.
The public school system, like all systems, is fucked up beyond repair. It is no longer about training to be a successful member of society, and more about learning to obey and stand in line. Problem is, I don't have any solutions to offer.
[citation needed]? Even anecdotal, since you mention it was in your experience? I have a little bit of a hard time believing the 30 year figure. That would place them around 1979 right now, in some areas? Curious what areas these might be.
Until 1999/2000, the US Navy still had one operational nuclear reactor with vacuum tube control systems.
One of the important factors that was overlooked other than the inefficiency of DC over large distances is the risk of electric shock. DC is unforgiving and anyone who receives a shock at the higher voltage levels will have very little to no chance of survival as DC current polarizes the blood and there is no way to reverse that effect in time to save that person.
Assuming that you don't modulate the phase variance of the deflector dish, of course.
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of Tesla fanboys suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
The war wasn't launched to end slavery. The war was launched to bring the southern states back into the union. Lincoln actually went out of his way to say that ending slavery wasn't the goal during the beginning. Ending slavery become the goal later for a variety of reasons -- not the least of which was keeping France and England out of the war.
The end of slavery was the only good result of that war and it wasn't really even the main objective. Every other aspect of the outcome was bad.
I shouldn't feed the trolls but I do think this is an example worth pointing out.
The confederacy was right about states' rights. They were wrong about slavery. I think that a war to end slavery was justified, but it really sucks that "limited government" was killed along with it.
payoff the national debt (read: Chinese, Arab, and European bankers) so we are no longer at their mercy.
I really wonder about that. Those bankers really need the US government to repay those loans and the US government needs the bankers to continue lending. If the US decides not to pay those loans and the bankers stop extending credit, then does anyone really "win"? It seems more like MAD than one party being at the other party's mercy.
I don't know the details, but is the following correct?
Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, gets dissatisfied with the version control situation and so all by himself he simply sits down and cranks out a new one that has enough advantages to displace the prevailing standards? Is that really right?
The proper way to deal with somebody breaking the rules of the road is to accommodate them. Move out of their way, and let them pass if they insist on riding your ass. It's called defensive driving, and in most places it is just as much the law as following at a reasonable distance.
Do you remember that ultrasound device that lets you "beam" sound to a specific location? I want something like that so I can talk to other drivers on the highway.
Of course as soon as those devices became common the entire country would perish in the worst case of road rage in history.
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In order to protect children from some hypothetical, dubious future harm we must register them as sex offenders causing real, permanent and devistating harm for the rest of their lives .
If that's how you help people, I'd sure hate to see how you treat people you don't like.
Don't forget about the projected Japanese death toll in the event of a land invasion.
We'll never really know for sure, of course, but dropping those two bombs probably saved lives on both sides.
Besides all the people involved in that decision are dead. Maybe we can move on now?
This guy does.
...so the joke about the 99% making the other 1% look bad is probably right out?
Until 1999/2000, the US Navy still had one operational nuclear reactor with vacuum tube control systems.
If the 3-dimensional universe is actually a 2-dimensional hologram, then maybe the whole thing is stored in RAM in some computer?
For more info see Karl Denninger's blog
Close enough.
Maybe, but it it has nothing to do with "blood polarization". There is more than one way to measure AC: peak, or RMS
1 amp DC carries more energy than 1 amp AC (peak) and thus is more harmful.
1 amp DC is exactly equivalent to 1 amp AC (RMS) in terms of energy and harm*.
*One possible exception is if the AC is very high frequency and the load is not purely resistive. Then you get wacky tesla coil effects.
With the current price of copper why not just go ahead wire your entire house with 2/0?
Assuming that you don't modulate the phase variance of the deflector dish, of course.
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of Tesla fanboys suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
Those graphs are scary enough that even a PHB should be worried.
The end of slavery was the only good result of that war and it wasn't really even the main objective. Every other aspect of the outcome was bad.
I shouldn't feed the trolls but I do think this is an example worth pointing out.
The confederacy was right about states' rights. They were wrong about slavery. I think that a war to end slavery was justified, but it really sucks that "limited government" was killed along with it.
I really wonder about that. Those bankers really need the US government to repay those loans and the US government needs the bankers to continue lending. If the US decides not to pay those loans and the bankers stop extending credit, then does anyone really "win"? It seems more like MAD than one party being at the other party's mercy.
The USS cracked
Sounds like the worst name ever for a ship.
USS Cracked? Doesn't seem to bad to me.
Basically, yes.
That's true. It's just not always as satisfying.
And how could anyone prove that that you didn't see something that required you to slow down? Maybe you thought you saw a deer on the shoulder.
Do you remember that ultrasound device that lets you "beam" sound to a specific location? I want something like that so I can talk to other drivers on the highway.
Of course as soon as those devices became common the entire country would perish in the worst case of road rage in history.
I remember the good old days, back when the trolls were original, interesting and wrote with decent prose.
Remember that no matter what happens, if he rear-ends you then you don't get the ticket and your insurance doesn't pay. I'm just saying...
No I would not. Let's look at my option in this situation.
And after you have decided to that you don't want to look at it how long does it take to look at something else?