I say lets replace all usage of whale blubber to using people blubber instead. There are plenty of useless people wandering about everywhere. A few here and there won't be missed. We can start with rounding some up in the halls of congress.
You don't have to kill them, just give them all free liposuction. Win-win.
I also like the idea of police officers visiting every home and place of business, more as a social visit and to establish better ties between the police and civilians.
The last time I approached a police officer in public to ask a question, he immediately said "get away from me" before I could even say anything. He was doing paperwork, FYI.
I really wish police officers would act as part the community, interacting with us, instead of acting as a separate society, above and over us.
Worst WORST case, assume that mankind eventually goes extinct. If we push this high enough, it won't decay. It can serve as our headstone, complete with a record of what went wrong. The cephalopods will thank us.
Everyone will be forced to eat red meat and cheese all the time, and promptly die of heart attacks at 40, solving both the energy and the social security crises in one fell swoop.
Throw in flying cars (powered by piss) and you've got yourself a deal.
If you have solid helium lying around, you have bigger problems than where to store it! Even liquid helium would be an indication of major problems... like -452 F degree problems.
You mean the lorry drivers are damaging your wall by driving down streets they're not supposed to. Bad directions from a human would have the same effect.
How close is the wall to the road anyways? There's a reason you're supposed to keep all structures and fences a few feet back from the road.
I had to look up rat run because I've never heard of it.
I read the article. It never mentioned whether going through the village was a shorter route. If it is, then they should be mad at the road planners, not the navigation companies, because it is a better route. The whole article smells of "I know these are public roads, but I don't want other people driving down them!"
The real problem is that the roads in the UK are complete shit. If the choice is between a straight 2-lane shitty road through the village or a longer curved 2-lane shitty road around the village (both marked with roughly equivalent speed limits), it's completely rational to pick the road through the village.
I have a label for people who have that attitude about life. It's "WHORE".
For years whenever someone asked what my job was, I said "corporate whore". Which is not far from the truth, since I passed up a low-paying but exciting job for making the big bucks at a corporate behemoth.
Ten years later I've reversed it, and now make nothing at a fun job, but I don't regret the decision.
What screws people up is that they don't want to admit, even to themselves, that they work at the job for the money. Either try to do something fun/good with your work and ignore the money, or realize that you're just there for the money and don't attach your self-worth to what you do.
Point here is there's a HELL of a lot MORE we can fine tune and adjust lifestyles around to save a hell of a lot more than that 60W light bulb that you don't even turn off when you leave a room anyway.
When light bulbs burn out, people buy replacements. It's fairly easy to convince them to buy CFL/Halogen instead of incandescent, because they were going to buy a light bulb anyways.
Convincing people to suddenly pop off $300 for a new dryer out of the blue or $1200 for a new central A/C on the promise that their electric bills will be lower in the future, is a much harder sell. You're essentially telling them: Pay $1200 now and you'll get back $50 a month forever. Well, that's a two-year payback. Not only will a lot of people have trouble finding an "extra" $1200, but the savings are really hard to see; a $1200 drop in your bank account is very easy to see. Same situation with the dryer - spend $300 now and get back $15/month forever. This will take 20 months to break even, and in the meantime the owner is out $300. Instead they can just wait until the old one breaks, and then buy the most energy efficient one available.
Not true at any company with competent hiring managers, which would also be any company that makes good products and is actually capable of long-term survival.
Most people don't work at a place like this. (I do, thankfully)
Only until you see the divorce settlement. And definitely not after you've worked out what class of hooker you could have used for the same amount the divorce cost you (the Paul McCartney formula).
Newspapers have always cared about ad revenue, but subscriber revenue and numbers were important enough to allow larger papers to effectively ignore the complaints of their advertisers...What were they going to do? Print pamphlets?
Subscriber revenues paid for the printing, nothing more. Classifieds were the real money maker. Ads were gravy on top.
Now the classifieds are gone, and ads are down. Sucks to be them.
Being in an area where the kid can step outside semi-unsupervised and not go into full-on panic mode became a priority.
I grew up lower-middle class in NYC and often left home after school for hours at a time, completely unsupervised. I used to walk home for lunch in elementary school. I took the subway to high school. Most of my friends did the same.
"panic" is the correct way to describe how most parents feel about kids in a city - irrational, emotional, and stupid.
Most humans are okay. Most murders/molestations/etc happen from someone you know. The evil random stranger isn't a big threat, even in a big city.
That's what you're calling defining marriage now? So it's cool for 3 or 4 or 5 people to "marry" each other (yes, it will lead to that, people are doing it in other areas of the country). Got it.
Why should the government define marriage? And why should I care whether people practice polygamy?
It's called gay bashing when you disagree, but it's called tolerance when I disagree, right? I have to tolerate it while you can just call me a bigot, right?
What? Are you saying you should be able to be intolerant without being called such?
Yes, that is correct. Since 2008 in the United States only the IRS, employers, banks, and very few specific institutions are still allowed to require you to submit your SSN. Even a landlord cannot legally ask people for their SSNs anymore and if he turns you down because you refuse to give it to him, you can report him. As an attorney it is a mystery to me that so many people are still not informed about the law and let companies get away with asking for SSNs.
"If a business or other enterprise asks you for your number, you can refuse to give it. However, that may mean doing without the purchase or service for which your number was requested. For example, utility companies and other services ask for a Social Security number, but do not need it; they can do a credit check or identify the person in their records by alternative means. "
They *can* take a deposit instead; nothing *requires* them to.
Landlord laws vary wildly by state. AFAIK in NC it's perfectly fine to ask for a SSN and deny if they don't provide.
Okay, I'll bite. Why is Firefox better for watching porn?
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You don't have to kill them, just give them all free liposuction. Win-win.
The last time I approached a police officer in public to ask a question, he immediately said "get away from me" before I could even say anything. He was doing paperwork, FYI.
I really wish police officers would act as part the community, interacting with us, instead of acting as a separate society, above and over us.
Dying mesmerized after banging your buddy's girl isn't the worst death he's ever written!
"I thought cephalopods were underwater animals!" "They played us for suckers!"
Why not? That's what we did with its predecessor, Skylab
It will de-orbit on its own unless regular supply missions add more fuel to keep it in orbit, and a crew stays on board to keep it working.
If NASA de-orbits it, it will (hopefully) land someplace safe - like the ocean.
If it de-orbits on its own, it could land anywhere. Including on top of your house.
The "powers-on instantly" and "doesn't break" part they'll understand.
Throw in flying cars (powered by piss) and you've got yourself a deal.
"Helium will remain liquid down to absolute zero at normal pressures".
If you have solid helium lying around, you have bigger problems than where to store it! Even liquid helium would be an indication of major problems... like -452 F degree problems.
You mean the lorry drivers are damaging your wall by driving down streets they're not supposed to. Bad directions from a human would have the same effect.
How close is the wall to the road anyways? There's a reason you're supposed to keep all structures and fences a few feet back from the road.
I had to look up rat run because I've never heard of it.
I read the article. It never mentioned whether going through the village was a shorter route. If it is, then they should be mad at the road planners, not the navigation companies, because it is a better route. The whole article smells of "I know these are public roads, but I don't want other people driving down them!"
The real problem is that the roads in the UK are complete shit. If the choice is between a straight 2-lane shitty road through the village or a longer curved 2-lane shitty road around the village (both marked with roughly equivalent speed limits), it's completely rational to pick the road through the village.
For years whenever someone asked what my job was, I said "corporate whore". Which is not far from the truth, since I passed up a low-paying but exciting job for making the big bucks at a corporate behemoth.
Ten years later I've reversed it, and now make nothing at a fun job, but I don't regret the decision.
What screws people up is that they don't want to admit, even to themselves, that they work at the job for the money. Either try to do something fun/good with your work and ignore the money, or realize that you're just there for the money and don't attach your self-worth to what you do.
Depends on the state. In North Carolina adultery is illegal, and you can sue for alienation of affections - basically stealing one's partner.
When light bulbs burn out, people buy replacements. It's fairly easy to convince them to buy CFL/Halogen instead of incandescent, because they were going to buy a light bulb anyways.
Convincing people to suddenly pop off $300 for a new dryer out of the blue or $1200 for a new central A/C on the promise that their electric bills will be lower in the future, is a much harder sell. You're essentially telling them: Pay $1200 now and you'll get back $50 a month forever. Well, that's a two-year payback. Not only will a lot of people have trouble finding an "extra" $1200, but the savings are really hard to see; a $1200 drop in your bank account is very easy to see. Same situation with the dryer - spend $300 now and get back $15/month forever. This will take 20 months to break even, and in the meantime the owner is out $300. Instead they can just wait until the old one breaks, and then buy the most energy efficient one available.
Most people don't work at a place like this. (I do, thankfully)
Q: Why is divorce so expensive?
(drumroll)
A: Because it's worth it!
You realize this is Slashdot, right?
Many US phones are locked to the carrier, and you can't put in another carrier's SIM.
That may not be it's official name, but both I and the US Mint call it a penny:
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/circulatingCoins/index.cfm?action=CircPenny
Subscriber revenues paid for the printing, nothing more. Classifieds were the real money maker. Ads were gravy on top.
Now the classifieds are gone, and ads are down. Sucks to be them.
I grew up lower-middle class in NYC and often left home after school for hours at a time, completely unsupervised. I used to walk home for lunch in elementary school. I took the subway to high school. Most of my friends did the same.
"panic" is the correct way to describe how most parents feel about kids in a city - irrational, emotional, and stupid.
Most humans are okay. Most murders/molestations/etc happen from someone you know. The evil random stranger isn't a big threat, even in a big city.
Why should the government define marriage? And why should I care whether people practice polygamy?
What? Are you saying you should be able to be intolerant without being called such?
I've also seen DINC - Dual Income, No Children.
But maybe he actually meant Triple Income, No Kids?
The TSA is screening the same number of people per hour. There's no additional cost.
When the "first class" lane is empty, they'll take plebes from cattle class.
The SSA contradicts you.
SSA.gov, questions, "When am I legally required to provide my Social Security number?"
"If a business or other enterprise asks you for your number, you can refuse to give it. However, that may mean doing without the purchase or service for which your number was requested. For example, utility companies and other services ask for a Social Security number, but do not need it; they can do a credit check or identify the person in their records by alternative means. "
They *can* take a deposit instead; nothing *requires* them to.
Landlord laws vary wildly by state. AFAIK in NC it's perfectly fine to ask for a SSN and deny if they don't provide.
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