For 95% of snowbirds this is how that'll go:
Hi Kate, it's Jeff,how are you?
Oh thats good to hear.
Well, I was wondering if you could get Hank to do me a favor when he gets back from bowling.
Some little jerk off in Croatia or somewhere just hacked the thermostat in our house and whats $500 to turn the heat back on.
I know, right! For Christ's sake get a job!
Ha ha no, I'm sure Hellen isn't behind it but don't go giving her any ideas!
Yeah so if Hank could run over to Murphy's and grab a cheepo thermostat to install that'd be awesome.
Really, the Henderson's?
Well, at least we're not the only ones.
You don't say?!
If Jenny has time by all means let her take a crack at it.
If she can unlock it and keep it from happening again I'll gladly pay her the $500.
No, No I insist. She's going to school and'll put it to better use than that little Yugoslavian prick.
Well that sounds great then.
Yup, just give me a call later.
Bye.
Exactly. Its one thing if a boutique manufacturer like Tesla, or Koenigsegg wants to sell customer direct. It's a whole new game when GM or Toyota moves into a major metropolitan area, undercuts all the independent dealers, and drives them out of business.
As a fellow LEO, god speed my friend. Posting on/. in your professional capacity is a bit like being cross examined by a defense attorney who's spent his career in real-estate law.
A few more details would give you more credibly on this topic.
If you were working 60 hour weeks during the summer waiting tables and working as a male escort during the year to pay tuition, yeah, your criticism is valid. (OK, your situation probably wasn't this extreme but you get the point.)
However, if your grandmother left you a chunk of cash that covered tuition and all you had to cover was living expenses, you can STFU.
There still are. North dakota is having trouble filling high paying jobs as we speak
That and the highest rent in the nation. Unless you're living in company housing the cost of living in the Bakken is higher than NYC or San Francisco.
And there's the fact that to have live IN North Dakota to work those jobs. The AMBIENT temp was -22F at my house last night.
Yeah you'll make $80k-$100k a year, but you'll earn it.
Try thinking of it as a personal relationship. Microsoft was an ex that abused you for years. Until one day you've had enough and walk out. Now, years later you hear that Microsoft has changed. You hear through the grapevine that they're nothing like they use to be, and they'd like to have you back. But then you remember Terminal Server and how they hurt you. You think if they've truly changed, Microsoft could win you back but that won't happen over night. It took years for them to destroy the trust you had in them, it'll take years to earn it back.
The other thing is that Apple, Facebook, and Google rose to power because of a good product. Microsoft rose to power on a bunch of bad to middling products that they locked people into. Can anyone name an MS product from the 90s that was better than its competitors?
Yeah, this is one of two things: A new cop looking to make a bust on ANYTHING or the EV owner has prior history with the Police department. I'd lean towards the former more than the latter. The fact the Officer got a warrant makes me think that his supervisors / coworkers goaded him into it. Reminds me of a tactic the NM State Police do to rookies in FTO. The training officer makes the rookie pull over a car going 1-2 mph over the limit and write them a ticket for it. The idea is to make the rookie deal with an irate person and defend an unconventional decision.
Of course we in the snow belt have had this kind of problem for years with people plugging their block heaters into any available outlet. My coworker had a neighbor plugging his truck into her house because he didn't have a long enough extension cord to reach an outlet on his house. Of course she was able to handle it with a nasty note on his windshield.
In the modern American automotive market place it has become a minor sin to have your vehicle feel burdened.
I had a friend that "had" to sell his 2007 Chevy 1/2 ton for a 3/4 ton because the half dozen times a year he pulled his boat and trailer the truck "strained". The boat and trailer combo was about 6000 lbs. I had to question him on it because I pulled his boat and trailer a few times with my 1997 Dodge 1/2 ton. I pointed out that my truck (with its less powerful engine, stock brakes, and decade old suspension) pulled it just fine as far as I was concerned. He was basicly upset that when he went to merge onto the highway the truck didn't accelerate like it did unloaded. I pointed out that while 6000 lbs was a substantial portion of his towing capacity it was nowhere near the limits of his truck and he should expect it affect the handling.
But he was unswayed so back to the Chevy dealer he went and dropped several thousand dollars on a truck with a V8 turbo diesel.
The thing that shocked me though was that among his peers in his upper middle class suburban neighbourhood, his decision was seen a perfectly sensible. They were shocked that he would even attempt to use a 1/2 ton to pull anything more substantial than a pair of jet skis.
Yes, you never read about over bloated private companies here on Slashdot...
It is easier for private companies to shed bloat (Hey, you. You don't work here any more, get the fuck out.) vs. government, mostly because government jobs generality require management to show cause to fire someone (Joe Jackoff is bad at his job and here is the documentation to prove it).
Of course both never seem to fire the useless middle mangers when its time to drop the ax.
The problem I've always had with poligomy is the next of kin issue. In most cultures marriage trumps blood, RE: Terri Schiavo. So if I'm not of sound mind and I have four spouses, who has final say on what happens to me?
Ah, the old charity vs. govt assistance argument.
I understand the desire to have your money not go to the people who truly don't deserve help.
But.
The problem I have with charity is availability. I work in rural law enforcement and there are a few people on my beat that could benefit from the services of various charities in the area. When I've called these charities on behalf of people I basicly get told to buzz off, "We don't go out there."
When I call social services, they show up.
For me it boils down to limited availability vs. universal availability.
Charity is no replacement for an effective govt safety net, or vice versa. When they work together in a complimentary fashion, lives are saved.
Your looking in the wrong place. North west North Dakota has a glut of unfilled jobs because of the oil boom. A friend of mine owns a flower shop in Minot and has to pay $14/ hour for a counter jockey (answers phones & rings people up).
Of course the down side is you have to live in NW ND to have these jobs. So maybe being unemployed is the better option.
You get double points, since you've also enraged all the revisionist leftists who refuse to believe that the USSR was the murdering, delusional train wreck that it truly was.
Could you please provide a link to these "revisionist leftists". Do these people really exist in any significant numbers, or is it some college freshman at an unaccredited university with a blog?
As a leftist pinko commie I, and believe I can speak for all my comrades on this, regard the USSR as a bunch of mass murdering asshats.
Yeah, I did talk to them. Printable parts, neat idea. What else you got?
I've been going to Oshkosh for 25 years (Dad dragged the family there when I was 5). Printable parts is a step forward for homebuilders, but its just a step.
Add Bernie Pietenpol to that list. Man had an 8th grade education and developed an air foil ideally suited to his aircraft type / flying style..... In the 1920's.
I saw Makerplane at Oshkosh. I wasn't impressed. Not because it isn't a good idea or isn't full of good intentions. It's just nothing new under the sun in WI. Their basicly reinventing the VP1 Volksplane with CNC machines. For under $100 you can get plans for a Pietenpol Aircamper, Volksplane, or Legal Eagle. Designs that have been around for 90, 40, and 20 years respectively. The cost of materials alone on those fairly basic easy to build designs will easily crest $5000. Their not doing anything Bernie Pierenpol wouldn't have done if he had a 3D printer and CNC machine. +1 for good intentions, 999,999 to go till you reach the high score.
How much of that goes to building utility's, buses, food, sports programs, etc? Don't get me wrong, I think most school systems are top heavy with admin, but public schools provide a lot of first line social services and that shit isn't free.
Right, because all gay men are effeminate little queens that swish around their fashionable homes before going to work at the beauty salon. There are no gay fighter pilots after all. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/12/AR2010081206128.html
A: Almost every reputable study conducted has shown that gay parents raise kids that are no more fucked up that straight parents.
B: As a gay men, I have a feeling that if you and I had our selves a "Man Off" you'd come out the bitch in the end.
Some say "rent a car for that." But here is a surprise for them. Rental places aren't renting cars for free. Rentals cost money. Why would you be buying already a very expensive car only to park it at the rental place's lot (yes, a safe and secure place for your precious) and pay additional monies to drive a strange jalopy that was used just minutes before you by who knows who and carries who knows what deadly viruses.
Is there any way we can trim that down to a t-shirtable statement?
No. Its not. from your link: When the car reaches 70 mph the main motor spins too fast to be maximally efficient, and a clutch disengages the ring from the case. This allows the second electric motor to participate and both motors act in parallel to reach speeds of 101 mph with adequate power.
In charge sustaining mode, the gas engine goes on and clutches to the generator causing it to produce electricity to continue powering the main motor.
However of particular interest, when going above 70 mph in charge sustaining mode, and the generator gets coupled to the drivetrain, the gas engine participates in the motive force. GM says the engine never drives the wheels all by itself , but will participate in this particular situation in the name of efficiency, which is improved by 10 to 15 percent."
Reread that last sentence a few times At about 60 mph the Prius is powered almost exclusively by the ICE. So, its not like the Prius.
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For 95% of snowbirds this is how that'll go: Hi Kate, it's Jeff ,how are you?
Oh thats good to hear.
Well, I was wondering if you could get Hank to do me a favor when he gets back from bowling.
Some little jerk off in Croatia or somewhere just hacked the thermostat in our house and whats $500 to turn the heat back on.
I know, right! For Christ's sake get a job!
Ha ha no, I'm sure Hellen isn't behind it but don't go giving her any ideas!
Yeah so if Hank could run over to Murphy's and grab a cheepo thermostat to install that'd be awesome.
Really, the Henderson's?
Well, at least we're not the only ones.
You don't say?!
If Jenny has time by all means let her take a crack at it.
If she can unlock it and keep it from happening again I'll gladly pay her the $500.
No, No I insist. She's going to school and'll put it to better use than that little Yugoslavian prick.
Well that sounds great then.
Yup, just give me a call later.
Bye.
And while I'm at it, I'd like a pony :)
Does the pony have rocket boosters and ion canons?
Exactly. Its one thing if a boutique manufacturer like Tesla, or Koenigsegg wants to sell customer direct. It's a whole new game when GM or Toyota moves into a major metropolitan area, undercuts all the independent dealers, and drives them out of business.
As a fellow LEO, god speed my friend. Posting on /. in your professional capacity is a bit like being cross examined by a defense attorney who's spent his career in real-estate law.
A few more details would give you more credibly on this topic. If you were working 60 hour weeks during the summer waiting tables and working as a male escort during the year to pay tuition, yeah, your criticism is valid. (OK, your situation probably wasn't this extreme but you get the point.) However, if your grandmother left you a chunk of cash that covered tuition and all you had to cover was living expenses, you can STFU.
There still are. North dakota is having trouble filling high paying jobs as we speak
That and the highest rent in the nation. Unless you're living in company housing the cost of living in the Bakken is higher than NYC or San Francisco. And there's the fact that to have live IN North Dakota to work those jobs. The AMBIENT temp was -22F at my house last night. Yeah you'll make $80k-$100k a year, but you'll earn it.
What do you have against evolution?
Try thinking of it as a personal relationship. Microsoft was an ex that abused you for years. Until one day you've had enough and walk out. Now, years later you hear that Microsoft has changed. You hear through the grapevine that they're nothing like they use to be, and they'd like to have you back. But then you remember Terminal Server and how they hurt you. You think if they've truly changed, Microsoft could win you back but that won't happen over night. It took years for them to destroy the trust you had in them, it'll take years to earn it back.
The other thing is that Apple, Facebook, and Google rose to power because of a good product. Microsoft rose to power on a bunch of bad to middling products that they locked people into. Can anyone name an MS product from the 90s that was better than its competitors?
Yeah, this is one of two things: A new cop looking to make a bust on ANYTHING or the EV owner has prior history with the Police department. I'd lean towards the former more than the latter. The fact the Officer got a warrant makes me think that his supervisors / coworkers goaded him into it. Reminds me of a tactic the NM State Police do to rookies in FTO. The training officer makes the rookie pull over a car going 1-2 mph over the limit and write them a ticket for it. The idea is to make the rookie deal with an irate person and defend an unconventional decision. Of course we in the snow belt have had this kind of problem for years with people plugging their block heaters into any available outlet. My coworker had a neighbor plugging his truck into her house because he didn't have a long enough extension cord to reach an outlet on his house. Of course she was able to handle it with a nasty note on his windshield.
In the modern American automotive market place it has become a minor sin to have your vehicle feel burdened. I had a friend that "had" to sell his 2007 Chevy 1/2 ton for a 3/4 ton because the half dozen times a year he pulled his boat and trailer the truck "strained". The boat and trailer combo was about 6000 lbs. I had to question him on it because I pulled his boat and trailer a few times with my 1997 Dodge 1/2 ton. I pointed out that my truck (with its less powerful engine, stock brakes, and decade old suspension) pulled it just fine as far as I was concerned. He was basicly upset that when he went to merge onto the highway the truck didn't accelerate like it did unloaded. I pointed out that while 6000 lbs was a substantial portion of his towing capacity it was nowhere near the limits of his truck and he should expect it affect the handling. But he was unswayed so back to the Chevy dealer he went and dropped several thousand dollars on a truck with a V8 turbo diesel. The thing that shocked me though was that among his peers in his upper middle class suburban neighbourhood, his decision was seen a perfectly sensible. They were shocked that he would even attempt to use a 1/2 ton to pull anything more substantial than a pair of jet skis.
It doesn't seem that you are doing any "figuring" at all - simply parroting a meme you have taken by osmosis.
Hi Pot, it's Kettle. Listen I've got something to tell you....
Yes, you never read about over bloated private companies here on Slashdot... It is easier for private companies to shed bloat (Hey, you. You don't work here any more, get the fuck out.) vs. government, mostly because government jobs generality require management to show cause to fire someone (Joe Jackoff is bad at his job and here is the documentation to prove it). Of course both never seem to fire the useless middle mangers when its time to drop the ax.
The problem I've always had with poligomy is the next of kin issue. In most cultures marriage trumps blood, RE: Terri Schiavo. So if I'm not of sound mind and I have four spouses, who has final say on what happens to me?
Ah, the old charity vs. govt assistance argument. I understand the desire to have your money not go to the people who truly don't deserve help. But. The problem I have with charity is availability. I work in rural law enforcement and there are a few people on my beat that could benefit from the services of various charities in the area. When I've called these charities on behalf of people I basicly get told to buzz off, "We don't go out there." When I call social services, they show up. For me it boils down to limited availability vs. universal availability. Charity is no replacement for an effective govt safety net, or vice versa. When they work together in a complimentary fashion, lives are saved.
Your looking in the wrong place. North west North Dakota has a glut of unfilled jobs because of the oil boom. A friend of mine owns a flower shop in Minot and has to pay $14/ hour for a counter jockey (answers phones & rings people up). Of course the down side is you have to live in NW ND to have these jobs. So maybe being unemployed is the better option.
You get double points, since you've also enraged all the revisionist leftists who refuse to believe that the USSR was the murdering, delusional train wreck that it truly was.
Could you please provide a link to these "revisionist leftists". Do these people really exist in any significant numbers, or is it some college freshman at an unaccredited university with a blog? As a leftist pinko commie I, and believe I can speak for all my comrades on this, regard the USSR as a bunch of mass murdering asshats.
I'd hang out with the Amish, and cast my lot with them...
But, but, they're such ass-holes.
Yeah, I did talk to them.
Printable parts, neat idea.
What else you got?
I've been going to Oshkosh for 25 years (Dad dragged the family there when I was 5). Printable parts is a step forward for homebuilders, but its just a step.
Add Bernie Pietenpol to that list. Man had an 8th grade education and developed an air foil ideally suited to his aircraft type / flying style..... In the 1920's.
I saw Makerplane at Oshkosh. I wasn't impressed. Not because it isn't a good idea or isn't full of good intentions. It's just nothing new under the sun in WI. Their basicly reinventing the VP1 Volksplane with CNC machines. For under $100 you can get plans for a Pietenpol Aircamper, Volksplane, or Legal Eagle. Designs that have been around for 90, 40, and 20 years respectively. The cost of materials alone on those fairly basic easy to build designs will easily crest $5000.
Their not doing anything Bernie Pierenpol wouldn't have done if he had a 3D printer and CNC machine.
+1 for good intentions, 999,999 to go till you reach the high score.
How much of that goes to building utility's, buses, food, sports programs, etc?
Don't get me wrong, I think most school systems are top heavy with admin, but public schools provide a lot of first line social services and that shit isn't free.
Right, because all gay men are effeminate little queens that swish around their fashionable homes before going to work at the beauty salon.
There are no gay fighter pilots after all. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/12/AR2010081206128.html
A: Almost every reputable study conducted has shown that gay parents raise kids that are no more fucked up that straight parents.
B: As a gay men, I have a feeling that if you and I had our selves a "Man Off" you'd come out the bitch in the end.
Some say "rent a car for that." But here is a surprise for them. Rental places aren't renting cars for free. Rentals cost money. Why would you be buying already a very expensive car only to park it at the rental place's lot (yes, a safe and secure place for your precious) and pay additional monies to drive a strange jalopy that was used just minutes before you by who knows who and carries who knows what deadly viruses.
Is there any way we can trim that down to a t-shirtable statement?
No. Its not.
from your link:
When the car reaches 70 mph the main motor spins too fast to be maximally efficient, and a clutch disengages the ring from the case. This allows the second electric motor to participate and both motors act in parallel to reach speeds of 101 mph with adequate power.
In charge sustaining mode, the gas engine goes on and clutches to the generator causing it to produce electricity to continue powering the main motor.
However of particular interest, when going above 70 mph in charge sustaining mode, and the generator gets coupled to the drivetrain, the gas engine participates in the motive force. GM says the engine never drives the wheels all by itself , but will participate in this particular situation in the name of efficiency, which is improved by 10 to 15 percent."
Reread that last sentence a few times
At about 60 mph the Prius is powered almost exclusively by the ICE.
So, its not like the Prius.
(Technically so does the Volt at speeds over 55mph I believe).
70mph, in charge sustain mode. In battery mode it will go from 0 to the speed limiter on battery only.