Many, many homes even in relatively highly-developed areas don't have city/township/county water systems to every home.
Yes, I am aware of this. Many homes in my vicinity have well water.
Anyways, the point is that electricity can and often is essential (well, there's the old farm hand-pump type well but that means no indoor plumbing as we know it...) for residential water.
I'd always assumed that residential wells had some form of backup: either a generator to provide the electricity, or some sort of manual pump which, while it wouldn't provide full running water, would at least provide some water in an emergency--thus making external electricity far less essential. I could be, and probably am, wrong. It certainly wouldn't be the first time.
I pretty much completely agree with the rest of your post.
“Electric is generally required for delivery of water and/or heat in some fashion.”
How’s that? If you happen to have electric heat, I guess the latter (but there’s lots of alternatives: natural gas, wood, fuel oil, LP gas,...). But I really don’t see how it’s required for delivery of water. Maybe necessary to power the pumping station, but not at the home level...
Well, I think this cable looks better than this one. The solid black is much nicer-looking than the ugly gray curvy bit and red logo. The one looks like a cable should, the other just looks like a blob.
Don’t worry, you can find it too, even if you choose not to.
I see you’ve managed to pull an excellent definition for “the accepted age convention” out of your ass. The accepted age convention by everyone else is... wait for it...13-19!
“Rule 1: Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks, even inside single quotes.” Sounds like placing the quotation mark after the period is the right thing to do. Or did I miss something?
I'm not exactly super-knowledgeable in this area. Maybe it would happen anyway. Maybe it just wouldn't be an EMP in the conventional sense.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse#Characteristics_of_nuclear_EMP actually seems more relevant than my previous link; it indicates that at least two of the three EMP events are caused by interaction with the Earth's magnetic field rather than the atmosphere, so I'm certainly wrong about the "why it would [not] happen", if not the "whether it would happen"
Around here (which is in the US), the law says that a pedestrian has the right of way "in a marked or unmarked crosswalk". Conveniently, the whole road is an unmarked crosswalk.
Yes it does. From the article: "...is afraid his organic crop could be irradiated..." That's not the same as "is afraid microwave radiation will be increased above acceptable levels". The statement suggests that he is worried about radiation in general (not this specific kind of radiation). And obviously most of the radiation from the sun which actually gets to the plants is beneficial. So he's an idiot for being afraid of "radiation"
Of course people (including me!) will act differently if they believe you have a weapon. But the difference in punishment is not for scaring people, it's for the difference in the harm you could do. If you don't have a gun on you, there's absolutely no way you're going to be shooting someone. If you don't have a knife, you're not going to be stabbing someone. You can still scare them, but if you're not armed it shouldn't be considered armed robbery!
You shouldn't be punished for one crime when committing another. It would be robbery, but not armed robbery. Just like if you shoot someone, but they don't die, you shouldn't be charged with murder.
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No it isn't. It's just an abbreviation.
Many, many homes even in relatively highly-developed areas don't have city/township/county water systems to every home.
Yes, I am aware of this. Many homes in my vicinity have well water.
Anyways, the point is that electricity can and often is essential (well, there's the old farm hand-pump type well but that means no indoor plumbing as we know it...) for residential water.
I'd always assumed that residential wells had some form of backup: either a generator to provide the electricity, or some sort of manual pump which, while it wouldn't provide full running water, would at least provide some water in an emergency--thus making external electricity far less essential. I could be, and probably am, wrong. It certainly wouldn't be the first time.
I pretty much completely agree with the rest of your post.
“Electric is generally required for delivery of water and/or heat in some fashion.”
How’s that? If you happen to have electric heat, I guess the latter (but there’s lots of alternatives: natural gas, wood, fuel oil, LP gas, ...). But I really don’t see how it’s required for delivery of water. Maybe necessary to power the pumping station, but not at the home level...
Why not? I'm in a photojournalism class which is unable to teach photo manipulation techniques because of a shortage of computers.
and this is a bad thing?
Well, I think this cable looks better than this one. The solid black is much nicer-looking than the ugly gray curvy bit and red logo. The one looks like a cable should, the other just looks like a blob.
Don’t worry, you can find it too, even if you choose not to.
I see you’ve managed to pull an excellent definition for “the accepted age convention” out of your ass. The accepted age convention by everyone else is ... wait for it...13-19!
so? Teen-aged is generally considered to be thirTEEN through nineTEEN. That’s why you can find legal teen porn.
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Is there any real evidence that progress is accelerated by extreme restrictions on replication?
“Rule 1: Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks, even inside single quotes.” Sounds like placing the quotation mark after the period is the right thing to do. Or did I miss something?
All lesbians are infertile? News to me. And probably to many of them...
Nah, bone is not meat and rattan is not a tree. Though I guess it does grow on trees so there’s that.
Well, with a sufficiently broad definition....
I'm not exactly super-knowledgeable in this area. Maybe it would happen anyway. Maybe it just wouldn't be an EMP in the conventional sense.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse#Characteristics_of_nuclear_EMP actually seems more relevant than my previous link; it indicates that at least two of the three EMP events are caused by interaction with the Earth's magnetic field rather than the atmosphere, so I'm certainly wrong about the "why it would [not] happen", if not the "whether it would happen"
You don't get EMP without the atmosphere. I'm not sure, but I don't think the ship's atmosphere would be enough.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_nuclear_explosion#EMP_generation
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If you can, go with a 2100 or a 2300. The 2200 is not nearly as good as those.
Of course, if you can find a 2200 for cheap/free and not the others, then go for that.
Around here (which is in the US), the law says that a pedestrian has the right of way "in a marked or unmarked crosswalk". Conveniently, the whole road is an unmarked crosswalk.
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Yes it does. From the article: "...is afraid his organic crop could be irradiated..." That's not the same as "is afraid microwave radiation will be increased above acceptable levels". The statement suggests that he is worried about radiation in general (not this specific kind of radiation). And obviously most of the radiation from the sun which actually gets to the plants is beneficial. So he's an idiot for being afraid of "radiation"
What about them? The principle still applies: If you don't have a weapon, you're less capable of causing injury than if you are.
Of course people (including me!) will act differently if they believe you have a weapon. But the difference in punishment is not for scaring people, it's for the difference in the harm you could do. If you don't have a gun on you, there's absolutely no way you're going to be shooting someone. If you don't have a knife, you're not going to be stabbing someone. You can still scare them, but if you're not armed it shouldn't be considered armed robbery!
No. Pretending you have a gun is not the same as having one.
You shouldn't be punished for one crime when committing another. It would be robbery, but not armed robbery. Just like if you shoot someone, but they don't die, you shouldn't be charged with murder.
And that's indeed asinine.
You know arms means "weapons" right, not the body part, right?
So if you don't have a weapon, it's not armed robbery.