I'm no physicist, but I'm fairly certain that a handful of BB's at 2/3 the speed of light would simply tear right through the 747, leaving a handfull of holes rather than stopping it.
You don't need guns to stop the flood of illegal immigrants, you need to put pressure on the Mexican gov to get its act together and start acting more responsible towards its people -- especially those in the lower classes.Of course - one always listens to countries that set a good example. Wait... something in that sentence seems off.
This way better healthcare will be available in poor countries with Internet access
and who happen to not only read English and Latin, but also have a fairly broad knowledge of human anatomy. Oh, and they need to know the English/Latin anatomy terms and names.
So - it's cool if others donate their time (and other resources) to give you something for free (SIP - both the protocol, but also a LOT of the programs for it), but if YOU have to give something of your resources (like bandwidth) for free - well, that's something COMPLETELY different.
Somehow I don't see how that works.
Sure, Skype is proprietary - but I've never paid anything for it (except bandwith), and it works just fine for me, so - to me at least - it's free (monetary, not libre). SIP - well, never tried anything that worked just as well as Skype, so it's libre, but it's not free to me (costs me and others resources like their and my time to get it working).
I don't really see the difference (but I'm not a fanatic proponent of Libre software).
People constantly complain that their batteries only last "a few months" (think I saw a few weeks in posts as well), and that rechargable batteries sucks too yada yada yada.
Why not flywheels (ignoring that they probably don't make them THAT small yet)?
For most things it only needs to keep a working charge for 8 hours a day and can use upwards of 16 hours to recharge (regular office use at least). Most flywheels I've read about (for electricity at least) last for years and thus probably outlasts your current equipment anyway.
Think about it - sure, the flywheel might have to be bigger than regular AA or AAA batteries, but by how much?
And they'd be more expensive - that's a given. But seeing as flywheels will outlast chemical batteries by a mile, that's something I could live with.
And rednecks who can't pronounce words properly, nor figure out that the telephone allows you to talk at a normal volume to people thousands of miles away - ie no need to shout into the phone, nor. Speak. As. If. Every. Word. Is. Its. Own. Sentence shouldn't expect to talk to people who are more fluent in English than they are themselves.
Well, personally I usually run 5 or 6 different applications at a time. It'd be cool to either use virtual desktops or multiple monitors to make it easier, but I don't. But I don't use any that need drag'n'drop. Copy/paste a few times a day, yes. Drag'n'drop? Nope.
Superintendent Stuart Johnson, operations manager at Halesowen police station, said: 'I support the actions of my officers who responded to complaints from the public about "kids destroying" an ornamental cherry tree by stripping every branch from it, in an area where there have been reports of anti-social behaviour.
Wait... how is arresting 12-year-olds for playing in a tree NOT anti-social behaviour? It's a fucking tree. Sounds to me like the Superintendent and the arresting officers need to be put through a series of behavioural modification treatments by trained professionals (read: severe canings by trained Dominus'/Dominatrix').
It's kinda scary that your post has gotten "insightfull" moderations. Funny, yes. Insightfull, no.
If for no other reason than that it'll make it even more impossible for any third party to run for any kind of election. As it is it's hardly an election when your only choices are "The Plague" and "Cholera".
Speaking of ADD... have you ever used a stop watch during a typical US TV evening? Use one to time the amount of time that shows the actual programs and another one to time the amount of adds shown.
I'm from a country where the tv stations aren't allowed to have commercial breaks in their programs. They can show commercials BETWEEN programs. We have a few sattelite stations that broadcast from England I think, but they usually limit their commercials to 5 mins every 30 minutes if the show is 60 minutes+, or 3 minutes ever 15 if it's less than 60 minutes (rough guesses here).
This results in some rather interesting shows when we are shown US shows. Aparently you guys have commercial breaks every 3 to 5 minutes? INCLUDING the "stay tuned after the break where..." and "before the break we were talking..." parts?
If that's true, it's no fucking wonder every kid and their dog has ADD in the US - they've never ever had to pay attention to anything for more than 200 seconds.
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Why not build a custom car, that simply "abuses" the high ground clearance on SUV's and the like? Something that simply slides under those types of cars and makes them airborne?
Since most of the kinetic energy from the other car will remain as forward momentum, your car "just" has to absorb a bit of energy, and you do have seat belts and airbags to make you even safer.
You end up with two nice effects: 1) SUV crashes, takes most of the brunt and hopefully explodes in a nice fireball. 2) SUV driver might end up severely injured or dead along with their passengers
Enough of those crashes, and people will start shunning the crappy SUV's
and don't mind spending the money and don't mind looking around a bit, you can/could get the Grand Canyon Display from Liebermann Inc.
They used to reside at http://www.go-l.com/ but that seems to be defunct now. Last I checked they had one that was even bigger (5 1600x1200 monitors in one I believe), but since it's gone, I'm not entirely sure what it was called.
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It's not that God hates the blind - it's just that they brought it on themselves by masturbating too much!
No such thing. Once you make the police show up at a crime, that hasn't happened, they'll haul you off and charge you with filing a bogus report.
I'm no physicist, but I'm fairly certain that a handful of BB's at 2/3 the speed of light would simply tear right through the 747, leaving a handfull of holes rather than stopping it.
My first reaction to your headline was to burst into song, taking a beat from the title song of "Howard the Duck".
"They call him Howard the Cunt."
They don't live next door, you don't work with any of their relatives and they don't get to vote in your elections.
In other words: Noone cares about them.
I'd put it on a comparable level to the US. Only difference being the visibility of corruption.
That must really suck.
Don't vote one year, get fined every single time you get stopped between then and the next election.
This is only funny, once one reads your signature as part of the story:
"Netcraft Confirms. I'm addicted to placebo."
Pretty good none the less.
So - it's cool if others donate their time (and other resources) to give you something for free (SIP - both the protocol, but also a LOT of the programs for it), but if YOU have to give something of your resources (like bandwidth) for free - well, that's something COMPLETELY different.
Somehow I don't see how that works.
Sure, Skype is proprietary - but I've never paid anything for it (except bandwith), and it works just fine for me, so - to me at least - it's free (monetary, not libre). SIP - well, never tried anything that worked just as well as Skype, so it's libre, but it's not free to me (costs me and others resources like their and my time to get it working).
I don't really see the difference (but I'm not a fanatic proponent of Libre software).
People constantly complain that their batteries only last "a few months" (think I saw a few weeks in posts as well), and that rechargable batteries sucks too yada yada yada.
Why not flywheels (ignoring that they probably don't make them THAT small yet)?
For most things it only needs to keep a working charge for 8 hours a day and can use upwards of 16 hours to recharge (regular office use at least). Most flywheels I've read about (for electricity at least) last for years and thus probably outlasts your current equipment anyway.
Think about it - sure, the flywheel might have to be bigger than regular AA or AAA batteries, but by how much?
And they'd be more expensive - that's a given. But seeing as flywheels will outlast chemical batteries by a mile, that's something I could live with.
And rednecks who can't pronounce words properly, nor figure out that the telephone allows you to talk at a normal volume to people thousands of miles away - ie no need to shout into the phone, nor. Speak. As. If. Every. Word. Is. Its. Own. Sentence shouldn't expect to talk to people who are more fluent in English than they are themselves.
Well, personally I usually run 5 or 6 different applications at a time. It'd be cool to either use virtual desktops or multiple monitors to make it easier, but I don't. But I don't use any that need drag'n'drop. Copy/paste a few times a day, yes. Drag'n'drop? Nope.
Hey, it's better than having the patients drool ...
It's kinda scary that your post has gotten "insightfull" moderations. Funny, yes. Insightfull, no.
If for no other reason than that it'll make it even more impossible for any third party to run for any kind of election. As it is it's hardly an election when your only choices are "The Plague" and "Cholera".
Speaking of ADD ... have you ever used a stop watch during a typical US TV evening? Use one to time the amount of time that shows the actual programs and another one to time the amount of adds shown.
..." and "before the break we were talking ..." parts?
I'm from a country where the tv stations aren't allowed to have commercial breaks in their programs. They can show commercials BETWEEN programs. We have a few sattelite stations that broadcast from England I think, but they usually limit their commercials to 5 mins every 30 minutes if the show is 60 minutes+, or 3 minutes ever 15 if it's less than 60 minutes (rough guesses here).
This results in some rather interesting shows when we are shown US shows. Aparently you guys have commercial breaks every 3 to 5 minutes? INCLUDING the "stay tuned after the break where
If that's true, it's no fucking wonder every kid and their dog has ADD in the US - they've never ever had to pay attention to anything for more than 200 seconds.
Why not build a custom car, that simply "abuses" the high ground clearance on SUV's and the like? Something that simply slides under those types of cars and makes them airborne?
Since most of the kinetic energy from the other car will remain as forward momentum, your car "just" has to absorb a bit of energy, and you do have seat belts and airbags to make you even safer.
You end up with two nice effects:
1) SUV crashes, takes most of the brunt and hopefully explodes in a nice fireball.
2) SUV driver might end up severely injured or dead along with their passengers
Enough of those crashes, and people will start shunning the crappy SUV's
and don't mind spending the money and don't mind looking around a bit, you can/could get the Grand Canyon Display from Liebermann Inc.
;)
They used to reside at http://www.go-l.com/ but that seems to be defunct now. Last I checked they had one that was even bigger (5 1600x1200 monitors in one I believe), but since it's gone, I'm not entirely sure what it was called.
A teaser http://www.primidi.com/2003/09/25.html (that's a Roland link, sadly) for now though
Is it usefull for cards that doesn't come with the game? Anyone know?
True. One thing it will do wrt drivers though, is give you an excelent idea of which drivers will integrate in a nice way and which won't.