If I were president my very first EO would read, "All executive orders are hereby declared null-and-void, per Article I and Amendment 10 of the People's Constitution. Executive orders are an unconstitutional usurpation of power that is reserved to other branches and governments of the Union." I'd also veto any budgetary bills that exceed 50% of last year's spending level.
So the very first thing you'd say would directly contradict itself. In a single line of text? Bodes well for the rest of the 4 years;-)
You realize that a 'megawatt' isn't a measurement of energy, right? It's a measure of power. You need to combine it with at least one other variable (time) to figure out how much energy is involved.
The kinetic energy formula is 0.5 * mass * velocity squared. For our.45 caliber handgun with the numbers above that works out to 476.93 joules. A joule is equivalent to a watt-second. That means that the energy in that handgun round isn't even sufficient to power a 60 watt light bulb for ten seconds (60 * 10 = 600). It's certainly no where near 'megawatt' class. Hell, even the.50 BMG only works out to ~17,000 joules, which would run your 60 watt light bulb for about five minutes.
So first you bitch at the GP for confusing power and energy and not taking the factor time into account...and then you do the same thing yourself? (Hint: it takes a bullet a heck of a lot less than 10 seconds to transfer its energy to the target it's hitting).
And no, it's nowhere near a megawatt, but if you're going to show off at least don't repeat the same error you're trying to correct;-)
95% reflectivity seems to achievable relatively easily.
On an object that is launched using chemical propellants, leaves the atmosphere and then reenters it, and travels at mach...lots?
Are you and I living on the same planet with the same rules of physics? What do you think happens when an missile with a nice shiny coat passes through clouds at mach 8?
The Democrats are too right-wing for you? That's like saying Steve Ballmer isn't sweaty enough.
I'd have to agree though. From my west-european perspective the political spectrum in the US starts at center-right and ends all the way in looneyville.
Joe Biden was on The Daily Show earlier this week and discussed this issue for a bit. So apparently yes, some folks don't know which district they're in and the processing site doesn't check properly.
As I noted in the other reply I received, unless the govt is laying the infrastructure then this is mandating that companies to lay the infrastructure. Now, assuming Spain is a capitalist society, those companies are doing what all companies do, trying to make a profit to stay in business. If one chooses to live in the middle of a swamp, now it's mandated that millions of dollars must be spent to provide that one individual a right to broadband by laying down the infrastructure to that location. Logistics be dammed! Profits be dammed!
If your government is paying the bill, then as a tax paying citizen, I would likely be a bit miffed over the amount my bill would go up at the cost to provide Broadband to one individual who chooses to live in a swamp.
Considering that the companies that deal with the infrastructure required for internet tend to have a past where they were either part of a government or at the very least received big subsidies to get things going, the line between between just wanting to make a profit and responsibility to the people that paid for your company to get off the ground in the first place gets a little blurry.
Infrastructure is vital to the economy. That applies to roads and trains, utilities, and in Spain and Finland, to broadband internet as well.
As for paying the taxes for said citizen living in a swamp...that's always the debate isn't it? Apparently the elected representatives of the spanish people feel otherwise.
1/5 of the World's population is Chinese, and they're the only buggers you'll find open at 3am when you want a takeout, after a night drinking with your white-supremacist mates. So I'd STFU if I were you.
Really? Over here the chinese restaurants tend to close at civilized times. When we go and find food after a night of drinking it's either turkish food (shoarma) or fries and other stuff drowned in fat from a snackbar.
I'll tell you why, because it is only a privilege.
Privilege. Literally means "private law". An exception for the wealthy and powerful.
And what the spanish are saying is that it is not a privilege, it is a right. It is accessible to anyone who wants it.
And how is it against companies to say "my entire country has at least such and so broadband speed. come hook up your online services guys, market's guarantueed."?
Seriously, what a pile of Bee Ess. I always lol at these posts aspiring to some sort of utopian ultra-connected future. Seriously, this interweb thing is just a network that sends bits around the place (Now with added censorship!), not a freaking replacement for real life even though some people see it as such.
In a lot of western Europe, the internet is an almost indispensable tool for finding employment, housing and other pretty damn important things. There's other channels to get to this information, they're just not anywhere near as efficient. Hence making access to those facilities a logical next step.
Sometimes in order to get a technological breakthrough rolling you have to solve the chicken and egg problem. The Spanish government just pretty much guarantueed businesses that every spanish household has access to an affordable chicken.
I don't know about the situation in your country, but here in the Netherlands your water supply is not free, but you also cannot be cut off, because every citizen has the right to running water in their house. The same thing goes with gas during winter, because you cannot deny people the ability to warm their homes, even if they don't pay for it.
In theory perhaps. In practice the main reason for being cut off would be if you're behind on your bills, in which case the power/water company has to make a reasonable effort to come to a solution, such as a 6 or 12 month payment schedule to allow you to catch up on your bills, or getting in touch with a third party to manage your finances. If your inability to pay is chronic and you persist in not paying after said solution has been arranged, effectively violating its terms, you'll still be using rainwater to flush the toilet.
I only have 0.7 Mbit/sec. I don't consider my rights to have been violated. High-speed access is a *luxury* not a right, same as having an Honda Acura instead of a cheap Honda econocar is a luxury not a right.
That is your opinion. However, in Spain and in Finland They The People have chosen otherwise.
However, that concept stems from the idea that rights are a human concept which people decide everyone is entitled to, not something which all men have because another man interpreting a possible non-existant man in the sky said so.
Would an unbiased critical thinker who already KNOWS he doesn't have enough information, automatically ASSUME that this unknown quantity (the information you are requesting), will allow the performance of the rather emotionally-driven action of, "tearing [an] argument to pieces"?
Was a tongue in cheek comment, I appreciate it may come across differently however.
What kind of "science" are you referring to?
Had your Swine Flu shot yet?
Ehmm, no? Over here they're mostly vaccinating kids atm. Things being as they are right now I feel the Swine Flu does not pose enough of a risk factor for me to decide to go and get the shot.
Is your argument that people who think themselves critical thinkers are gobbling up the same kind of fear as the religious, and simple reverting to a different kind of religion you term "science"?
More or less, Yes. Do you allow the fear of ridicule from the authority figures you respect to dictate what you think about and explore?
No, not really. Which authority figures would these be?
Religion is sold to people in much the same way as any state-driven fear; it just looks slightly different and so it gets categorized in a different box. But that box is in the same basement.
This is why television is best avoided. It's not the adverts which get you; it's the implied reality behind the statements, and the endless flicker, flicker, flicker just on the edge of our awareness, lulling us into mass hypnosis. Most people I know who champion so-called "science" over religion are victims of that hypnosis. They wouldn't recognize real critical thinking if they tripped over it, but they truly believe they are critical thinkers. And THAT is how the dream of the matrix works to control people.
Ok, let's see what you're saying here: - Religion is sold through fear. Similarly, fear is used to "sell" other things. - Because of the above, television should be avoided. - People who champion so-called "science" over religion have been hypnotized by the television(into a state of fear?)
What kind of "science" are you referring to? Is your argument that people who think themselves critical thinkers are gobbling up the same kind of fear as the religious, and simple reverting to a different kind of religion you term "science"?
Please elaborate so we can do a better job tearing your argument to pieces.
Far Left - "Obama is perpetuating cultural hegemony and displaying his intolerance toward other cultures' ways of life by forcing Western cultural norms down their throats."
The what? You have a far left in the US? What're they called?
All us "pirates" that refuse to pay for music that goes to fund lawsuits against music lovers could theoretically then go and buy music from the Eagles without having to line the pocket books of a RIAA affiliated label.
Ehmm yeah, but if the copyright is expiring and it should be going into the public domain...why pay for it at all when should actually be *allowed* to copy it to our heart's content?
Flying a light aircraft is pretty easy. Most of the time (i.e. all of the time apart from taking off and landing, and occasionally flying through very busy airspace or formation flying) you are so far away from the nearest other thing that you have at least a minute to react to things.
And once everyone has one...can you imagine what the skies over a major city would look like?
I'd make a comment about going on foot once everyone's up in the air, but in all honesty I'd prefer to be underground all the time;-)
Yeah it has nothing to do with forcing boys to engage in more timid play, impressing upon them that when they grow older they'll be expected to do their share of the child rearing, presenting them with effeminate roll models, balking at allowing them to take risks or play "politically incorrect" games, keeping them away from violence and agression more than any previous generation, or putting them in female clothing for a giggle. Nothing to do with that at all. It's the chemicals!
I love how you manage to throw all that in a big pot and present it as a big stew, instead of separate items one might have different opinions on...not allowing an 8 year old boy to play GTA IV isn't quite the same as preparing him for having to cook his own food and washing his own clothes some day.
Or does the idea of changing a diaper insult your manhood somehow?;-)
1) it treats all children the same. You should learn this, because you are 7 years old. Nothing else matters. You could be a grand master in chess, but you're not allowed to write cursive yet! You have been reading since you were 3? Well, forget it, you're going to learn it all over again!
2) No child left behind. We're treating everyone the same, and that treatment will be the one required for the dumbest. The smart ones are bored out of their skull? Who cares!
Really? And this is the case everywhere? Guess I'll have to go and have a serious talk with the teacher I had at age 7 for daring to put me apart with a proper book because I was ahead 2 years of the rest of the class when it came to reading(switch from 1 country to another).
Well, I can't speak for all, but in order for me to actually *buy* your product it has to be:
- Reasonable value, for a - Reasonable price, and it - Should not fuck up my computer
If, on the other hand, your previous game cost top dollar and turned out to be a bucket of shite covered in crapware DRM that phones home every other day, then I will consider that a serious case of fucking me over, hence making it ok for me to return the favor.
And yes, I paid for GTA IV. I will not pay for GTA V.
That's a sane default at least. Never overestimate a large software system...
Here's a piece about traffic lights optimized for furry bicyclists... http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2008/09/default-to-green.html [blogspot.com]... such as "having a simultaneous green phase for bikes to go in all directions at once."
Ok..I realize we dutch people aren't the most attractive in the world...but calling us furries is a bit over the top to be quite honest. Heck, I get away with shaving twice a week.
And for the record, between my home and work there's 1 traffic light(train crossing). If I were to take the same route in a car there'd be 5 at least.
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If I were president my very first EO would read, "All executive orders are hereby declared null-and-void, per Article I and Amendment 10 of the People's Constitution. Executive orders are an unconstitutional usurpation of power that is reserved to other branches and governments of the Union." I'd also veto any budgetary bills that exceed 50% of last year's spending level.
So the very first thing you'd say would directly contradict itself. In a single line of text? Bodes well for the rest of the 4 years ;-)
You realize that a 'megawatt' isn't a measurement of energy, right? It's a measure of power. You need to combine it with at least one other variable (time) to figure out how much energy is involved.
The kinetic energy formula is 0.5 * mass * velocity squared. For our .45 caliber handgun with the numbers above that works out to 476.93 joules. A joule is equivalent to a watt-second. That means that the energy in that handgun round isn't even sufficient to power a 60 watt light bulb for ten seconds (60 * 10 = 600). It's certainly no where near 'megawatt' class. Hell, even the .50 BMG only works out to ~17,000 joules, which would run your 60 watt light bulb for about five minutes.
So first you bitch at the GP for confusing power and energy and not taking the factor time into account...and then you do the same thing yourself? (Hint: it takes a bullet a heck of a lot less than 10 seconds to transfer its energy to the target it's hitting).
And no, it's nowhere near a megawatt, but if you're going to show off at least don't repeat the same error you're trying to correct ;-)
95% reflectivity seems to achievable relatively easily.
On an object that is launched using chemical propellants, leaves the atmosphere and then reenters it, and travels at mach...lots?
Are you and I living on the same planet with the same rules of physics? What do you think happens when an missile with a nice shiny coat passes through clouds at mach 8?
Foolish, are we?
Perhaps we merely want to:
1. Have sex regularly(moustaches are a major turnoff for a lot of women)
2. Not be mistaken for a cop
Of course the typical /.ian has very little chance of either of these happening anyway, so i guess i see your point ;-)
The Democrats are too right-wing for you? That's like saying Steve Ballmer isn't sweaty enough.
I'd have to agree though. From my west-european perspective the political spectrum in the US starts at center-right and ends all the way in looneyville.
Is this GIGO or lying?
Joe Biden was on The Daily Show earlier this week and discussed this issue for a bit. So apparently yes, some folks don't know which district they're in and the processing site doesn't check properly.
Some of us like our lawns mowed, trimmed or even replaced by concrete, you insensitive clod!
As I noted in the other reply I received, unless the govt is laying the infrastructure then this is mandating that companies to lay the infrastructure. Now, assuming Spain is a capitalist society, those companies are doing what all companies do, trying to make a profit to stay in business. If one chooses to live in the middle of a swamp, now it's mandated that millions of dollars must be spent to provide that one individual a right to broadband by laying down the infrastructure to that location. Logistics be dammed! Profits be dammed!
If your government is paying the bill, then as a tax paying citizen, I would likely be a bit miffed over the amount my bill would go up at the cost to provide Broadband to one individual who chooses to live in a swamp.
Considering that the companies that deal with the infrastructure required for internet tend to have a past where they were either part of a government or at the very least received big subsidies to get things going, the line between between just wanting to make a profit and responsibility to the people that paid for your company to get off the ground in the first place gets a little blurry.
Infrastructure is vital to the economy. That applies to roads and trains, utilities, and in Spain and Finland, to broadband internet as well.
As for paying the taxes for said citizen living in a swamp...that's always the debate isn't it? Apparently the elected representatives of the spanish people feel otherwise.
1/5 of the World's population is Chinese, and they're the only buggers you'll find open at 3am when you want a takeout, after a night drinking with your white-supremacist mates. So I'd STFU if I were you.
Really? Over here the chinese restaurants tend to close at civilized times. When we go and find food after a night of drinking it's either turkish food (shoarma) or fries and other stuff drowned in fat from a snackbar.
I'll tell you why, because it is only a privilege.
Privilege. Literally means "private law". An exception for the wealthy and powerful.
And what the spanish are saying is that it is not a privilege, it is a right. It is accessible to anyone who wants it.
And how is it against companies to say "my entire country has at least such and so broadband speed. come hook up your online services guys, market's guarantueed."?
Seriously, what a pile of Bee Ess. I always lol at these posts aspiring to some sort of utopian ultra-connected future. Seriously, this interweb thing is just a network that sends bits around the place (Now with added censorship!), not a freaking replacement for real life even though some people see it as such.
In a lot of western Europe, the internet is an almost indispensable tool for finding employment, housing and other pretty damn important things. There's other channels to get to this information, they're just not anywhere near as efficient. Hence making access to those facilities a logical next step.
Sometimes in order to get a technological breakthrough rolling you have to solve the chicken and egg problem. The Spanish government just pretty much guarantueed businesses that every spanish household has access to an affordable chicken.
I don't know about the situation in your country, but here in the Netherlands your water supply is not free, but you also cannot be cut off, because every citizen has the right to running water in their house. The same thing goes with gas during winter, because you cannot deny people the ability to warm their homes, even if they don't pay for it.
In theory perhaps. In practice the main reason for being cut off would be if you're behind on your bills, in which case the power/water company has to make a reasonable effort to come to a solution, such as a 6 or 12 month payment schedule to allow you to catch up on your bills, or getting in touch with a third party to manage your finances. If your inability to pay is chronic and you persist in not paying after said solution has been arranged, effectively violating its terms, you'll still be using rainwater to flush the toilet.
And yes, I work for the power/water company ;-)
I only have 0.7 Mbit/sec. I don't consider my rights to have been violated. High-speed access is a *luxury* not a right, same as having an Honda Acura instead of a cheap Honda econocar is a luxury not a right.
That is your opinion. However, in Spain and in Finland They The People have chosen otherwise.
However, that concept stems from the idea that rights are a human concept which people decide everyone is entitled to, not something which all men have because another man interpreting a possible non-existant man in the sky said so.
Here's a fairly basic question for you:
Would an unbiased critical thinker who already KNOWS he doesn't have enough information, automatically ASSUME that this unknown quantity (the information you are requesting), will allow the performance of the rather emotionally-driven action of, "tearing [an] argument to pieces"?
Was a tongue in cheek comment, I appreciate it may come across differently however.
What kind of "science" are you referring to?
Had your Swine Flu shot yet?
Ehmm, no? Over here they're mostly vaccinating kids atm. Things being as they are right now I feel the Swine Flu does not pose enough of a risk factor for me to decide to go and get the shot.
Is your argument that people who think themselves critical thinkers are gobbling up the same kind of fear as the religious, and simple reverting to a different kind of religion you term "science"?
More or less, Yes. Do you allow the fear of ridicule from the authority figures you respect to dictate what you think about and explore?
No, not really. Which authority figures would these be?
Religion is sold to people in much the same way as any state-driven fear; it just looks slightly different and so it gets categorized in a different box. But that box is in the same basement.
This is why television is best avoided. It's not the adverts which get you; it's the implied reality behind the statements, and the endless flicker, flicker, flicker just on the edge of our awareness, lulling us into mass hypnosis. Most people I know who champion so-called "science" over religion are victims of that hypnosis. They wouldn't recognize real critical thinking if they tripped over it, but they truly believe they are critical thinkers. And THAT is how the dream of the matrix works to control people.
Ok, let's see what you're saying here:
- Religion is sold through fear. Similarly, fear is used to "sell" other things.
- Because of the above, television should be avoided.
- People who champion so-called "science" over religion have been hypnotized by the television(into a state of fear?)
What kind of "science" are you referring to? Is your argument that people who think themselves critical thinkers are gobbling up the same kind of fear as the religious, and simple reverting to a different kind of religion you term "science"?
Please elaborate so we can do a better job tearing your argument to pieces.
Hmmm....Earthsiege 2? And if I remember correctly, I flew the Razor(sp?) with 2 plasma cannons, 2 autocannons and 2 missile launchers.
Far Left - "Obama is perpetuating cultural hegemony and displaying his intolerance toward other cultures' ways of life by forcing Western cultural norms down their throats."
The what? You have a far left in the US? What're they called?
All us "pirates" that refuse to pay for music that goes to fund lawsuits against music lovers could theoretically then go and buy music from the Eagles without having to line the pocket books of a RIAA affiliated label.
Ehmm yeah, but if the copyright is expiring and it should be going into the public domain...why pay for it at all when should actually be *allowed* to copy it to our heart's content?
On a future Internet with sub 30 ms latency, this would ROCK.
Considering the maximum distance attached to even theoretically reaching that 30ms threshold...there'd have to be a lot of these farms ;-)
Flying a light aircraft is pretty easy. Most of the time (i.e. all of the time apart from taking off and landing, and occasionally flying through very busy airspace or formation flying) you are so far away from the nearest other thing that you have at least a minute to react to things.
And once everyone has one...can you imagine what the skies over a major city would look like?
I'd make a comment about going on foot once everyone's up in the air, but in all honesty I'd prefer to be underground all the time ;-)
Yeah it has nothing to do with forcing boys to engage in more timid play, impressing upon them that when they grow older they'll be expected to do their share of the child rearing, presenting them with effeminate roll models, balking at allowing them to take risks or play "politically incorrect" games, keeping them away from violence and agression more than any previous generation, or putting them in female clothing for a giggle. Nothing to do with that at all. It's the chemicals!
I love how you manage to throw all that in a big pot and present it as a big stew, instead of separate items one might have different opinions on...not allowing an 8 year old boy to play GTA IV isn't quite the same as preparing him for having to cook his own food and washing his own clothes some day.
Or does the idea of changing a diaper insult your manhood somehow? ;-)
The fundamental flaw of education is:
1) it treats all children the same. You should learn this, because you are 7 years old. Nothing else matters. You could be a grand master in chess, but you're not allowed to write cursive yet! You have been reading since you were 3? Well, forget it, you're going to learn it all over again!
2) No child left behind. We're treating everyone the same, and that treatment will be the one required for the dumbest. The smart ones are bored out of their skull? Who cares!
Really? And this is the case everywhere? Guess I'll have to go and have a serious talk with the teacher I had at age 7 for daring to put me apart with a proper book because I was ahead 2 years of the rest of the class when it came to reading(switch from 1 country to another).
Perhaps these are fatal flaws of US education?
Honestly, I don't know how you fix that, though.
Well, I can't speak for all, but in order for me to actually *buy* your product it has to be:
- Reasonable value, for a
- Reasonable price, and it
- Should not fuck up my computer
If, on the other hand, your previous game cost top dollar and turned out to be a bucket of shite covered in crapware DRM that phones home every other day, then I will consider that a serious case of fucking me over, hence making it ok for me to return the favor.
And yes, I paid for GTA IV. I will not pay for GTA V.
3% is a pretty small percentage.
In other news, 3% of the people vaccinated for the swine flu are expected to die horribly, excruciating deaths.
That's a sane default at least. Never overestimate a large software system...
Here's a piece about traffic lights optimized for furry bicyclists... http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2008/09/default-to-green.html [blogspot.com] ... such as "having a simultaneous green phase for bikes to go in all directions at once."
Ok..I realize we dutch people aren't the most attractive in the world...but calling us furries is a bit over the top to be quite honest. Heck, I get away with shaving twice a week.
And for the record, between my home and work there's 1 traffic light(train crossing). If I were to take the same route in a car there'd be 5 at least.