I am thoroughly convinced [in other words you refuse to think about it at all lest you come into doubt - tell me again who is the one with the closed mind?] that no amount of evidence at this point can convince the Warmerists.
Calling them Scientists is a bastardization of what science is actually about. It's like calling holocaust deniers "holocaust skeptics" [Ah dragging out the bigoted ad hominem, how predictably irrational of you to demonize your opponent instead of addressing the arguments]. It's correct in a purely technical sense, but it's a slap in the face to Scientific organizations around the world. True science is supposed to be grounded in open data, open analysis and reason, not personal bias and misinformation.
There, FTFY in light of the CRU emails, their stacking of the deck for editorial bias in what is allowed to be published in journals, their refusal to produce the data and algorithms and share them with critics in their field as well as those outside the field and their politicization of what is obviously a very important issue into a vehicle for massive forced political collectivism the likes of which the world hasn't seen since Mao. There is plenty of room to disagree that any significant climate change is caused by humans, or can be remedied by humans. UNless youre; as politically and economically ties to a statist solution that is forced on peopel despite the lack of conclusive evidence that the problem is real and that the solutions proposed will be effective; both of which are open to reasonable doubt -- the latter even more so than than former (although the continued rise in CO2 and the cooling of the last decade bring into question the AGW-CO2 hypothesis' validity).
the Human-caused GW side is making extraordinary claims and demanding extraordinary actions that threaten individual liberty, social justice and the quality of life on a global scale. I suggest you remember a quote by Carl Sagan (and held by many real skeptics): Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.. So far the proof offered hasn't done too well in normal scrutiny, much less reached a level of being "extraordinary" in any real expect that of a vehicle for political collectivism.
Doesnt apply if the officers were within the law, as it appears they were from newspaper reports
Watts was crossing into Michigan from Point Edward when he was selected at random for a secondary Customs inspection. Watts exited his vehicle “angrily” and border officers began checking the black sport utility vehicle he was driving, (Police Captain)Jones said. Border officers ordered Watts back into the vehicle, and when he refused, officers attempted to handcuff him, Jones said. At that point, Watts began to resist and pull away from the officers “and became aggressive toward officers,” Jones said.Jones said a border officer used pepper spray to subdue Watts. Jones said Watts “choked” an officer during the struggle.
try getting all the facts before you leap off the self-righteous "cops are thugs" cliff behind the rest of the lemmings here
He had better hope they do NOT have tape - slashdot as usual goes flying off the left-wing "I hate authority" end of the cliff without checking the ohter side of the story.
Watts was crossing into Michigan from Point Edward when he was selected at random for a secondary Customs inspection. Watts exited his vehicle “angrily” and border officers began checking the black sport utility vehicle he was driving, Jones said. Border officers ordered Watts back into the vehicle, and when he refused, officers attempted to handcuff him, Jones said. At that point, Watts began to resist and pull away from the officers “and became aggressive toward officers,” Jones said. Jones said a border officer used pepper spray to subdue Watts. Jones said Watts choked an officer during the struggle.
Seems slashdotters do not have all the data, and the author may have been more than a bit untruthful - as well as Doctrow's quoting of him. Next time wait for at least the oither side to give its account. And in this case they probably have video to back it up.
The problem is that doctors are rather incented to declare people sick, so insurers will pay them.
This. This is what is wrong with US health care. The only incentive doctors should have to declare people sick is that the people are sick. If your system is designed to encourage anything else then it's broken by definition.
2 things - 1 - didn't you READ what you quoted? The doctors have an incentive to declare the sick as such - regardless of motivation. Its much better that way than the other way around. And secondly - this is the CANADIAN system that is being discussed. The US system is somewhat different.
Well, distinguishing $2 wine from $20 wine is analogous what we are discussing here - real quality headphones in the $60-80 range versus cheaper earbuds. And unlike wines, there are quantifiable qualitative differences in the engineering, components and assembly of these things. Cheap solder, low-grade capacitors, cheap windings on the coils,high tolerances, poorer material on the speaker surfaces, loose fit, etc, can make a a huge difference - one that breaks the wine analogy which you stretched way too far (losing sight of the original point).
As far as the high end goes, my SR-225 sound the same to me as the RS_1 and RS-2 and some "extreme audiophile" headsets in spite of being an order of magnitude (or more) lower in cost. So I've found my "$20 bottle of wine" boundary when it comes to headphones and being able to tell the difference. The earbuds on on the lower side of that boundary, the Grados and Senn's are on the upper side, and the hugely expensive ones are at the laughable end of things.
Honestly I like Tmob better than either of the 2 (they give you less hassle -- and I'd really like an N900!).
And yes, they are already putting the equipment into the towers. Its "in addition to", not "instead of". Those new frequencies allow them to do this.
Thanks - Great to know! I've been considering one of those but didn't know if Verizon put limits on its functionality like they did with my Blackberry a few years ago.
Verizon customer service sucks, and they cripple their phones (Tmobile is tons better to deal with on both fronts). But Verizon's coverage is tons better. Try coming out west in places like Colorado - AT&T has dead spots and slow speeds all over the place while Verizon is rock solid. My friends with Iphones drop calls and have interrupted HS data connections all the time out here.
Actually the 4G they are rolling out is Ericsson's LTE (they won that contract earlier this year, $4billion).
LTE smokes HSDPA. >20Mb/s and typical latency of 5ms.
So AT&T is still losing that battle.
I agree with you regarding ambient noise making the SR60's less effective. Same goes for the 80's. Grado's open ear platform is part of why they sound good but also why ambient noise is an issue. Also as noted below in another comment (thanks!) the 60's do "bloom" on the bass, the 80's not so much but you can still catch it if you know what to listen for. I'm glad that I have an office with a door so I can use the 80's at work.
As for the 225, I only use them at home. They provide (to my ears) a better bass that more "crisp" than the 60 and 80 -- for example you get a sharper response on staccato. As I said before the difference comes if you already have an ear trained to listen for things. Say, something like viola on Jenkin's Palladio (allegretto), where you hammer away behind the violins, is a lot better and more clear when the notes break (former Violist here so I know what a proper viola should sound like since I played this piece years ago).
I do second your suggestion of the Senn 500's. I bought the Sennheiser 555 for my wife, she loves them (works in a cube farm so the noise there kills the Grados).
Likewise there's no reason to say that a $100 bottle of wine isn't better than a $1000 bottle just because someone is willing to pay for it. Frankly anything over $30 is a waste of money. All your paying for is rarity, not quality.
I think you missed it, regarding wine -- you have it backwards. Quality is rarity. Poor quality stuff is very common. Higher quality is usually a fortunate circumstance of a particular harvest of a particular grape in a particular area of a particular vineyard, and combined with a good vintner's touch. So high quality is a rare thing. Its not the rarity that makes it pricey, its the fact that high quality wine is remarkably rare and therefore pricey.
A $70 pair of SHURE earbuds has made all the difference in how I listen to music
Sorry, but no earbuds are worth $70. They are simply evil and will destroy your hearing. Get yourself some proper earphones, something that cups the ear and ventilates.
One word for you: Grado. Highly recommended and reviewed at audiophile places. The lower end models price out at about the same as those earbuds, but with a superior sound. I recommend the SR80 - probably the best headphones in the price range. See Grado Labs - a small company in Brooklyn that still makes their stuff in the US.
Disclaimer: I have no fiscal interest in Grado -- I just like their gear. I have owned a set of SR60 for over a decade, and I use my 4 year old SR80's at work. The SR-225 headphones I got for Christmas last year from my wife never leave the house - they are that good (And a bit pricey). These are the best sounding headsets I've ever owned or used.
They are controversial because they are rather indiscriminate weapons; figures vary wildly but a midrange one would be that they kill about 10 civilians for each target killed.
Credible cite please. Sounds like a made up statistic to me.
FYI the Predators and other UCAVs are simply a weapons delivery platform, nothing more, nothing less. Its the missiles (Hellfire AGM-114) that do the killing -- same as when they are launched from manned aircraft like F-16. They have the same accuracy and blast radius regardless of what launches them. They hit what they are aimed at and affect everyone in the designed-in lethality/damage radius. Also remember that these were originally designed as anti-tank weapons for the cold war -- US Anti-Tank helicopters like the AH-64 and is Air Force counterpart the A-10 anti-armor aircraft were the original platforms, so they may in fact be "overkill".
So stop the fallacious argument of blaming the delivery platform and the weapon; its not the weapon you have issues with, its the targeting and proper usage (which is a completely different -- and far more political -- issue).
Do you really think all of these unemployed people are going to the hospitals with no insurance?
I live in north Alabama (I know, ha ha) and we have one of highest unemployment rates in the nation. Hospitals are laying off nurses. The ones that aren't getting laid off are having hours cut back, vacations cut back, 401k dropped, pay cuts, no raises, etc.
Definitely not the case in Colorado/Wyoming and the mountain west - there's still an RN shortage. I thought Huntsville Alabama would be doing OK with all the Defense/Redstone/NASA stuff there.
No, speaking as a soon-to--be former IT guy, going from BS/BA to BS-RN takes 2 years. Here in Colorado, several universities have an accelerated program, as long as you can hit the pre-reqs in science (mainly anat & phys, microbiology, pathophysiology) and math (dead simple stuff, not even close to engineering calculus). So no, not 4 years, maybe one year at night nailing down the biology courses, then 2 years full time learning the RN. There are even hospitals that will reimburse your tuition as long as you work 4000 hours (~2 years) for them upon graduation.
"There are features on my S60 phone that I dont see anywhere else". You don;t see them -- I have, have you looked at the N900/Maemo? Sounds like the Maemo phone is what you want - it likely does all that because you have root access, and its Linux/GTK, so compile it yourself. Plus it runs python no problem etc.
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None for Android based phones. Pretty weak.
It was your blurb idiot. I was trying to show you how stupid you sounded. Skeptics (real ones) need no morons like you.
Sorted out in the 80's? Oh really? Like when they were trumpeting oncoming ice ages? Come on man, are you really that fucking gullible?
I am thoroughly convinced [in other words you refuse to think about it at all lest you come into doubt - tell me again who is the one with the closed mind?] that no amount of evidence at this point can convince the Warmerists.
Calling them Scientists is a bastardization of what science is actually about. It's like calling holocaust deniers "holocaust skeptics" [Ah dragging out the bigoted ad hominem, how predictably irrational of you to demonize your opponent instead of addressing the arguments]. It's correct in a purely technical sense, but it's a slap in the face to Scientific organizations around the world. True science is supposed to be grounded in open data, open analysis and reason, not personal bias and misinformation.
There, FTFY in light of the CRU emails, their stacking of the deck for editorial bias in what is allowed to be published in journals, their refusal to produce the data and algorithms and share them with critics in their field as well as those outside the field and their politicization of what is obviously a very important issue into a vehicle for massive forced political collectivism the likes of which the world hasn't seen since Mao. There is plenty of room to disagree that any significant climate change is caused by humans, or can be remedied by humans. UNless youre; as politically and economically ties to a statist solution that is forced on peopel despite the lack of conclusive evidence that the problem is real and that the solutions proposed will be effective; both of which are open to reasonable doubt -- the latter even more so than than former (although the continued rise in CO2 and the cooling of the last decade bring into question the AGW-CO2 hypothesis' validity).
the Human-caused GW side is making extraordinary claims and demanding extraordinary actions that threaten individual liberty, social justice and the quality of life on a global scale. I suggest you remember a quote by Carl Sagan (and held by many real skeptics): Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.. So far the proof offered hasn't done too well in normal scrutiny, much less reached a level of being "extraordinary" in any real expect that of a vehicle for political collectivism.
Doesnt apply if the officers were within the law, as it appears they were from newspaper reports
Watts was crossing into Michigan from Point Edward when he was selected at random for a secondary Customs inspection. Watts exited his vehicle “angrily” and border officers began checking the black sport utility vehicle he was driving, (Police Captain)Jones said. Border officers ordered Watts back into the vehicle, and when he refused, officers attempted to handcuff him, Jones said. At that point, Watts began to resist and pull away from the officers “and became aggressive toward officers,” Jones said.Jones said a border officer used pepper spray to subdue Watts. Jones said Watts “choked” an officer during the struggle.
try getting all the facts before you leap off the self-righteous "cops are thugs" cliff behind the rest of the lemmings here
He had better hope they do NOT have tape - slashdot as usual goes flying off the left-wing "I hate authority" end of the cliff without checking the ohter side of the story.
Science fiction writer charged after bridge struggle
Watts was crossing into Michigan from Point Edward when he was selected at random for a secondary Customs inspection. Watts exited his vehicle “angrily” and border officers began checking the black sport utility vehicle he was driving, Jones said. Border officers ordered Watts back into the vehicle, and when he refused, officers attempted to handcuff him, Jones said. At that point, Watts began to resist and pull away from the officers “and became aggressive toward officers,” Jones said. Jones said a border officer used pepper spray to subdue Watts. Jones said Watts choked an officer during the struggle.
Seems slashdotters do not have all the data, and the author may have been more than a bit untruthful - as well as Doctrow's quoting of him. Next time wait for at least the oither side to give its account. And in this case they probably have video to back it up.
If the plural of mouse is mice, shouldn't the plural of spouse be spice? /pinky
You're probably doing more to fight Terrorism by playing WoW than being in the Middle East giving Terrorist Recruiters a reason to recruit.
Seems they were recruiting quite well long before US troops showed up. Hatred is hatred and needs no rational reason.
... going to look as sleazy as PHB managers who forecast self-serving weird shit to make themselves look good to their bosses.
You're talking about KDawson?
More like the NYT handbook anymore.
The problem is that doctors are rather incented to declare people sick, so insurers will pay them.
This. This is what is wrong with US health care. The only incentive doctors should have to declare people sick is that the people are sick. If your system is designed to encourage anything else then it's broken by definition.
2 things - 1 - didn't you READ what you quoted? The doctors have an incentive to declare the sick as such - regardless of motivation. Its much better that way than the other way around. And secondly - this is the CANADIAN system that is being discussed. The US system is somewhat different.
More than you may think. Used to be a lot of techno-libertarians around before these little baby statists swarmed in.
Well, distinguishing $2 wine from $20 wine is analogous what we are discussing here - real quality headphones in the $60-80 range versus cheaper earbuds. And unlike wines, there are quantifiable qualitative differences in the engineering, components and assembly of these things. Cheap solder, low-grade capacitors, cheap windings on the coils,high tolerances, poorer material on the speaker surfaces, loose fit, etc, can make a a huge difference - one that breaks the wine analogy which you stretched way too far (losing sight of the original point).
As far as the high end goes, my SR-225 sound the same to me as the RS_1 and RS-2 and some "extreme audiophile" headsets in spite of being an order of magnitude (or more) lower in cost. So I've found my "$20 bottle of wine" boundary when it comes to headphones and being able to tell the difference. The earbuds on on the lower side of that boundary, the Grados and Senn's are on the upper side, and the hugely expensive ones are at the laughable end of things.
Honestly I like Tmob better than either of the 2 (they give you less hassle -- and I'd really like an N900!). And yes, they are already putting the equipment into the towers. Its "in addition to", not "instead of". Those new frequencies allow them to do this.
Thanks - Great to know! I've been considering one of those but didn't know if Verizon put limits on its functionality like they did with my Blackberry a few years ago.
Verizon customer service sucks, and they cripple their phones (Tmobile is tons better to deal with on both fronts). But Verizon's coverage is tons better. Try coming out west in places like Colorado - AT&T has dead spots and slow speeds all over the place while Verizon is rock solid. My friends with Iphones drop calls and have interrupted HS data connections all the time out here.
Actually the 4G they are rolling out is Ericsson's LTE (they won that contract earlier this year, $4billion). LTE smokes HSDPA. >20Mb/s and typical latency of 5ms. So AT&T is still losing that battle.
I agree with you regarding ambient noise making the SR60's less effective. Same goes for the 80's. Grado's open ear platform is part of why they sound good but also why ambient noise is an issue. Also as noted below in another comment (thanks!) the 60's do "bloom" on the bass, the 80's not so much but you can still catch it if you know what to listen for. I'm glad that I have an office with a door so I can use the 80's at work.
As for the 225, I only use them at home. They provide (to my ears) a better bass that more "crisp" than the 60 and 80 -- for example you get a sharper response on staccato. As I said before the difference comes if you already have an ear trained to listen for things. Say, something like viola on Jenkin's Palladio (allegretto), where you hammer away behind the violins, is a lot better and more clear when the notes break (former Violist here so I know what a proper viola should sound like since I played this piece years ago).
I do second your suggestion of the Senn 500's. I bought the Sennheiser 555 for my wife, she loves them (works in a cube farm so the noise there kills the Grados).
Likewise there's no reason to say that a $100 bottle of wine isn't better than a $1000 bottle just because someone is willing to pay for it. Frankly anything over $30 is a waste of money. All your paying for is rarity, not quality.
I think you missed it, regarding wine -- you have it backwards. Quality is rarity. Poor quality stuff is very common. Higher quality is usually a fortunate circumstance of a particular harvest of a particular grape in a particular area of a particular vineyard, and combined with a good vintner's touch. So high quality is a rare thing. Its not the rarity that makes it pricey, its the fact that high quality wine is remarkably rare and therefore pricey.
A $70 pair of SHURE earbuds has made all the difference in how I listen to music
Sorry, but no earbuds are worth $70. They are simply evil and will destroy your hearing. Get yourself some proper earphones, something that cups the ear and ventilates.
One word for you: Grado. Highly recommended and reviewed at audiophile places. The lower end models price out at about the same as those earbuds, but with a superior sound. I recommend the SR80 - probably the best headphones in the price range. See Grado Labs - a small company in Brooklyn that still makes their stuff in the US.
Disclaimer: I have no fiscal interest in Grado -- I just like their gear. I have owned a set of SR60 for over a decade, and I use my 4 year old SR80's at work. The SR-225 headphones I got for Christmas last year from my wife never leave the house - they are that good (And a bit pricey). These are the best sounding headsets I've ever owned or used.
They are controversial because they are rather indiscriminate weapons; figures vary wildly but a midrange one would be that they kill about 10 civilians for each target killed.
Credible cite please. Sounds like a made up statistic to me. FYI the Predators and other UCAVs are simply a weapons delivery platform, nothing more, nothing less. Its the missiles (Hellfire AGM-114) that do the killing -- same as when they are launched from manned aircraft like F-16. They have the same accuracy and blast radius regardless of what launches them. They hit what they are aimed at and affect everyone in the designed-in lethality/damage radius. Also remember that these were originally designed as anti-tank weapons for the cold war -- US Anti-Tank helicopters like the AH-64 and is Air Force counterpart the A-10 anti-armor aircraft were the original platforms, so they may in fact be "overkill". So stop the fallacious argument of blaming the delivery platform and the weapon; its not the weapon you have issues with, its the targeting and proper usage (which is a completely different -- and far more political -- issue).
I imagine they will ; this is Google, after all.
cue Gerard Butler: THIS. IS. GOOGLE!
Do you really think all of these unemployed people are going to the hospitals with no insurance?
I live in north Alabama (I know, ha ha) and we have one of highest unemployment rates in the nation. Hospitals are laying off nurses. The ones that aren't getting laid off are having hours cut back, vacations cut back, 401k dropped, pay cuts, no raises, etc.
Definitely not the case in Colorado/Wyoming and the mountain west - there's still an RN shortage. I thought Huntsville Alabama would be doing OK with all the Defense/Redstone/NASA stuff there.
To become an RN takes 4-5 years of school.
No, speaking as a soon-to--be former IT guy, going from BS/BA to BS-RN takes 2 years. Here in Colorado, several universities have an accelerated program, as long as you can hit the pre-reqs in science (mainly anat & phys, microbiology, pathophysiology) and math (dead simple stuff, not even close to engineering calculus). So no, not 4 years, maybe one year at night nailing down the biology courses, then 2 years full time learning the RN. There are even hospitals that will reimburse your tuition as long as you work 4000 hours (~2 years) for them upon graduation.
"There are features on my S60 phone that I dont see anywhere else". You don;t see them -- I have, have you looked at the N900/Maemo? Sounds like the Maemo phone is what you want - it likely does all that because you have root access, and its Linux/GTK, so compile it yourself. Plus it runs python no problem etc.