re: I'll stick with my manual controls, no fly by wire for me!
But the problem is with the mechanical parts of the throttle linkage sticking due to condensation. The electronics have nothing to do with Toyota stuck throttle problem.
Mechanical linkages can cause big problems. I had a 69 Pontiac where the throttle linkage was made of three separate solid rods. I had broken a motor mount so when I hit the gas hard the torque would make the engine rotate up on the remaining mount, binding the throttle open. It would drop back down after about 5 seconds, but those were pretty scary 5 seconds.
The USA has already arrested and convicted a Canadian for doing business with Cuba when his plane made a stop over in the USA. this was a couple of years ago.
Building a new power plant will make electricity cheaper? I do not see that happening in the short term. Power plants are not cheap to build.
Now that the problem of sticky snow has been discovered the obvious solution is to add heaters to the traffic lights that can be turned on in winter. The minor extra cost of a heater just means the pay back on using LED's and saving electricity takes a few more months.
Having an SUV does not make it easier to drive in the snow. Having good snow tires does, having chains if required, and learning to drive in snow: no sudden movements, don't stop when going up hill, stay way back from the car in front, and slow down well before corners. Take your foot OFF the brake if skidding so you can steer.
We only get big snowfalls every 2 or 3 years so most drivers here are really bad at driving in snow. SUV's and 4 wheel drives make up 80% of vehicles in ditches due to the "over confidence factor". It seems many people with 4 wheel drives don't realize ALL cars have 4 wheel brakes.
Going green generally saves money, and makes your life easier.
I'm not worried that thousands of highly competitive scientists from all over the world are colluding on the issue of climate change. You have to be a conspiracy nut to believe that so many diverse sources of data are 'in on it'.
Climate change is not a moral issue, it is a fact. What we should do about it is the moral issue, but a small, loud minority that thinks we should do nothing cannot support that course of inaction morally, so they try to convince people that climate change is not happening.
Now, I'm not really sure why these people are up in arms about climate change. They seem to think that making changes to cut back on CO2 will cost them dearly. Switching to cleaner power sources is not that expensive. Driving a smaller car that gets better mileage SAVES money. Most changes that cut back on your energy use save you money in the long run.
What if we do nothing? The world gets warmer, local weather changes radically in some places, low places are flooded by rising oceans. Glaciers melt which may deprive millions of water. Pretty much all of these changes are disasters for poor people, and a minor inconvenience for rich people.
What they did was publish thousands of peer reviewed paper, huge reports endorsed by thousands of scientists from around the world, revealed all the raw data, much of the "adjusted data", and all the reasons why the data is adjusted. IF this isn't enough, nothing will be enough to satisfy these skeptics.
Using cellphones while driving will stop when it becomes socially unacceptable, and not before then. Higher fines for drinking and driving did not have much effect until education (MADD etc...) made DUI socially unacceptable. As long as most people think there is no harm in using a cell phone while they drive they will keep doing it.
I know I shouldn't talk on the cell phone when I drive, but I still takes calls, try to keep them short, but I'm still doing something dangerous. I never call out.
Only in a place where labour laws allow employees to be fired with out cause would a manager even consider such a unnecessary, micro-managing policy with no basis in reality. Really, you USA'ians should vote in someone willing to make your labour laws at least a little balanced; for example you can only be fired for cause after a probation period. I've worked all my life in Canada, but our company was bought by a big USA firm, and the American managers that took over really do think of all employees, no matter how skilled, as easily replaced cogs who could not possibly have anything intelligent to add to any policy. I exaggerate. but the American managers really do have a different attitude towards employees. They are generally shocked when we want to discuss new policies, or have input on policies and working conditions. They seem to expect all employees to be complacent sheep.
This no music policy isn't worth being fired over, but it if the boss refuses to give it up, it is perfectly reasonable to talk to his boss, or HR. If this boss is so worried about 'noise', he should be willing to provide quiet working conditions, no sharing with noisy sales people, or ear plugs.
The reason human populations exploded after farming was invented is because farming provides a LOT more food. Farming is a much more stable food source than hunting and gathering. A couple of bad winters would wipe out h/g's or force them to move and fight. H/g's could meet their dietary needs easily when they lived in lush area's with very low population densities.
Spending less time hunting, some days, than I spend in the office does not tempt me to live the stone age lifestyle. The high population densities that farming supports allowed villages, cities, specialization, division of labour, accounting, reading, math, and eventually science to spring forth. I have it better than some kings.
You can always find a "yardstick" to support the notion that some distant epoch was "the best" - but those yardsticks are usually limited, biased, and unrealistic.
Suppress wages
A union is like a big rusty ratchet. It never moves backwards, but it is hard to move forward too. Yes, it is more difficult for a 'star' to rise in a union, but on the flip side the bosses nephew doesn't get to the top in 6 months.
Defend the Inept
Yes, some of this does happen, but in my union most employee grievances are real. You can fire people who really screw up, but just being lazy won't get you fired easily. You don't get promoted very far if you are incompetent.
Petty Crap during bargaining
Almost unheard of, never organised.
strong arming members
Not in our union as even the president of the union doesn't earn enough to attract the power hungry, and the elections for union execs are fair.
use union money for political purposes
OH, yes, you bet yeah! The local left wing party gets a free ride and endorsements, while any right wing party gets slammed.
Some unions are better than others. Unions do stop a lot of management abuse, eg not paying overtime, unpaid on call, promoting your buddy, firing for no good reason, etc...
Real x of the month clubs don't hide the costs in a couple of lines of fine print hidden in 3 pages of dense legalese. Real x of the month clubs make it very clear what your obligation is when you get your 5 x's for $0.06 plus shipping and handling. Real x of the month clubs don't charge you $290 up front for CD's you don't want.
Video Professor is a scam because they do not make the actual costs and obligations clear.
It's only vulgar because we have collectively agreed to consider it as vulgar.
Duh. That adds about as much to the discussion as saying that the word pot only means a cooking utensil because we all decided it meant it. ALL words meaning have their meaning because we collectively decided on it.
Rich people in the USA may get better service, but average people in Canada get better service than average people in the USA. And Rich Canadians can fly down to the USA if they want.
Canada has lower infant mortality rates than the USA. Canada has better over health in general than the USA. The leading cause of bankruptcy in the USA is medical bills. Canadians are never denied medical service due to "pre-existing conditions". Canadians don't lose their heath benefits if they change jobs or get layed off. Canadians don't pay for extra for a reasonable profit margin to private insurers. Canadians don't have private insurance companies forcing them to use the HMO approved doctors.
The Canadian system is not perfect. There are waits for some procedures for stuff that won't kill you. If you have a serious illness you get to see a doctor and whatever specialist is required within hours in most cases.
The definition of a government is: an organization that has a monopoly on using force to enforce its decisions over a defined geographical area.
It isn't a government if it doesn't keep the right to use force to itself. It is the key thing separating governments from clubs and other associations. Good governments simply use that force sparingly.
Universal health care is an entitlement, not a right. It is an entitlement I strongly support, but I don't pretend it is a right. Rights are things others cannot stop you from doing. Entitlements are things everyone provides, for example fire departments, police, schools, roads, etc...
Due to being a bit more corrupt (earmarks etc), more likely to pander to religious nuts, a complete unwillingness to face reality and actually collect enough taxes to pay for expenditures the USA government is sometimes not as effective at making good law than other western nations.
BUT! Despite these problems the USA government actually has a long history of accomplishments:
Landed a man on the moon
World's most powerful military
Universal education
Functioning Police and Justice system
The idea that the USA government cannot do anything right is clearly false. Sure they screw up, but they CAN actually run large programs.
Why is it that so many USA'ians whine about being force to help people with medical problems, but are perfectly OK with forcing everyone to fund long, drawn out, wars with poorly defined goals that kill lots of their fellow citizens?
AND why do you think the government, who will not be driven by the profit motive to deny you coverage because that was an existing condition, could possibly be worse than the private insurance companies you now use? Private insurance cares about making a profit, not your health.
hahahah. No, the delay in getting to the end of this case has no bearing on if the EULA is enforceable, and everything to do with how slow courts are in general.
You are wrong. The original population of bacteria could NOT metabolize citric acid at all. They tested them and they all died. This was not an existing trait. It evolved.
These sort of exchanges are not zero-sum games. Even if they head back home they likely help bring up the standard of living at home which very likely means the home country ends up buying more high tech usa stuff. Everyone still wins.
Most casino's pay out about 90% which means they are keeping about 10% of what flows through each day. 10% is not an obscene profit. By comparison, most government run lotteries only pay out 50%.
In the long run all customers lose, except a few, very rare, big winners. You should be thinking of gambling as entertainment, something that costs $x an hour, NOT as a risky way to make money.
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I'm pretty sure Australia has loser pays, so you won't get stuck with a big lawyers bill if you win.
3. is a BIG gamble. I'd go for 1, or 2 if I can get a lawyer to take the case on contingency.
re: I'll stick with my manual controls, no fly by wire for me!
But the problem is with the mechanical parts of the throttle linkage sticking due to condensation. The electronics have nothing to do with Toyota stuck throttle problem.
Mechanical linkages can cause big problems. I had a 69 Pontiac where the throttle linkage was made of three separate solid rods. I had broken a motor mount so when I hit the gas hard the torque would make the engine rotate up on the remaining mount, binding the throttle open. It would drop back down after about 5 seconds, but those were pretty scary 5 seconds.
A big green house, a chimney and a wind turbine are easier and cheaper to maintain than a nuclear power plant.
The USA has already arrested and convicted a Canadian for doing business with Cuba when his plane made a stop over in the USA. this was a couple of years ago.
Building a new power plant will make electricity cheaper? I do not see that happening in the short term. Power plants are not cheap to build.
Now that the problem of sticky snow has been discovered the obvious solution is to add heaters to the traffic lights that can be turned on in winter. The minor extra cost of a heater just means the pay back on using LED's and saving electricity takes a few more months.
Having an SUV does not make it easier to drive in the snow. Having good snow tires does, having chains if required, and learning to drive in snow: no sudden movements, don't stop when going up hill, stay way back from the car in front, and slow down well before corners. Take your foot OFF the brake if skidding so you can steer.
We only get big snowfalls every 2 or 3 years so most drivers here are really bad at driving in snow. SUV's and 4 wheel drives make up 80% of vehicles in ditches due to the "over confidence factor". It seems many people with 4 wheel drives don't realize ALL cars have 4 wheel brakes.
Going green generally saves money, and makes your life easier.
One of the big problems with UK libel law is that the truth is NOT an absolute defense. For example, scientist sued by chiropractors for saying unproven treatment is 'bogus'
Nukes are expensive. I'd rather fire large numbers of 'bullets' than 1 nuke.
I'm not worried that thousands of highly competitive scientists from all over the world are colluding on the issue of climate change. You have to be a conspiracy nut to believe that so many diverse sources of data are 'in on it'.
Climate change is not a moral issue, it is a fact. What we should do about it is the moral issue, but a small, loud minority that thinks we should do nothing cannot support that course of inaction morally, so they try to convince people that climate change is not happening.
Now, I'm not really sure why these people are up in arms about climate change. They seem to think that making changes to cut back on CO2 will cost them dearly. Switching to cleaner power sources is not that expensive. Driving a smaller car that gets better mileage SAVES money. Most changes that cut back on your energy use save you money in the long run.
What if we do nothing? The world gets warmer, local weather changes radically in some places, low places are flooded by rising oceans. Glaciers melt which may deprive millions of water. Pretty much all of these changes are disasters for poor people, and a minor inconvenience for rich people.
What they did was publish thousands of peer reviewed paper, huge reports endorsed by thousands of scientists from around the world, revealed all the raw data, much of the "adjusted data", and all the reasons why the data is adjusted. IF this isn't enough, nothing will be enough to satisfy these skeptics.
Using cellphones while driving will stop when it becomes socially unacceptable, and not before then. Higher fines for drinking and driving did not have much effect until education (MADD etc...) made DUI socially unacceptable. As long as most people think there is no harm in using a cell phone while they drive they will keep doing it.
I know I shouldn't talk on the cell phone when I drive, but I still takes calls, try to keep them short, but I'm still doing something dangerous. I never call out.
Only in a place where labour laws allow employees to be fired with out cause would a manager even consider such a unnecessary, micro-managing policy with no basis in reality. Really, you USA'ians should vote in someone willing to make your labour laws at least a little balanced; for example you can only be fired for cause after a probation period. I've worked all my life in Canada, but our company was bought by a big USA firm, and the American managers that took over really do think of all employees, no matter how skilled, as easily replaced cogs who could not possibly have anything intelligent to add to any policy. I exaggerate. but the American managers really do have a different attitude towards employees. They are generally shocked when we want to discuss new policies, or have input on policies and working conditions. They seem to expect all employees to be complacent sheep.
This no music policy isn't worth being fired over, but it if the boss refuses to give it up, it is perfectly reasonable to talk to his boss, or HR. If this boss is so worried about 'noise', he should be willing to provide quiet working conditions, no sharing with noisy sales people, or ear plugs.
The reason human populations exploded after farming was invented is because farming provides a LOT more food. Farming is a much more stable food source than hunting and gathering. A couple of bad winters would wipe out h/g's or force them to move and fight. H/g's could meet their dietary needs easily when they lived in lush area's with very low population densities.
Spending less time hunting, some days, than I spend in the office does not tempt me to live the stone age lifestyle. The high population densities that farming supports allowed villages, cities, specialization, division of labour, accounting, reading, math, and eventually science to spring forth. I have it better than some kings.
You can always find a "yardstick" to support the notion that some distant epoch was "the best" - but those yardsticks are usually limited, biased, and unrealistic.
A union is like a big rusty ratchet. It never moves backwards, but it is hard to move forward too. Yes, it is more difficult for a 'star' to rise in a union, but on the flip side the bosses nephew doesn't get to the top in 6 months.
Yes, some of this does happen, but in my union most employee grievances are real. You can fire people who really screw up, but just being lazy won't get you fired easily. You don't get promoted very far if you are incompetent.
Almost unheard of, never organised.
Not in our union as even the president of the union doesn't earn enough to attract the power hungry, and the elections for union execs are fair.
OH, yes, you bet yeah! The local left wing party gets a free ride and endorsements, while any right wing party gets slammed.
Some unions are better than others. Unions do stop a lot of management abuse, eg not paying overtime, unpaid on call, promoting your buddy, firing for no good reason, etc...
Real x of the month clubs don't hide the costs in a couple of lines of fine print hidden in 3 pages of dense legalese. Real x of the month clubs make it very clear what your obligation is when you get your 5 x's for $0.06 plus shipping and handling. Real x of the month clubs don't charge you $290 up front for CD's you don't want.
Video Professor is a scam because they do not make the actual costs and obligations clear.
But your neighbor can pay the bill to bomb foreign countries, interstate highways, airports, schools, police, fire departments, etc....
Why is it ok to force your neighbors to pay for the other services governments provide, but not healthcare which is something much more essential.
It's only vulgar because we have collectively agreed to consider it as vulgar.
Duh. That adds about as much to the discussion as saying that the word pot only means a cooking utensil because we all decided it meant it. ALL words meaning have their meaning because we collectively decided on it.
Rich people in the USA may get better service, but average people in Canada get better service than average people in the USA. And Rich Canadians can fly down to the USA if they want.
Canada has lower infant mortality rates than the USA. Canada has better over health in general than the USA. The leading cause of bankruptcy in the USA is medical bills. Canadians are never denied medical service due to "pre-existing conditions". Canadians don't lose their heath benefits if they change jobs or get layed off. Canadians don't pay for extra for a reasonable profit margin to private insurers. Canadians don't have private insurance companies forcing them to use the HMO approved doctors.
The Canadian system is not perfect. There are waits for some procedures for stuff that won't kill you. If you have a serious illness you get to see a doctor and whatever specialist is required within hours in most cases.
The definition of a government is: an organization that has a monopoly on using force to enforce its decisions over a defined geographical area.
It isn't a government if it doesn't keep the right to use force to itself. It is the key thing separating governments from clubs and other associations. Good governments simply use that force sparingly.
Universal health care is an entitlement, not a right. It is an entitlement I strongly support, but I don't pretend it is a right. Rights are things others cannot stop you from doing. Entitlements are things everyone provides, for example fire departments, police, schools, roads, etc...
Due to being a bit more corrupt (earmarks etc), more likely to pander to religious nuts, a complete unwillingness to face reality and actually collect enough taxes to pay for expenditures the USA government is sometimes not as effective at making good law than other western nations.
BUT! Despite these problems the USA government actually has a long history of accomplishments:
Landed a man on the moon
World's most powerful military
Universal education
Functioning Police and Justice system
The idea that the USA government cannot do anything right is clearly false. Sure they screw up, but they CAN actually run large programs.
Why is it that so many USA'ians whine about being force to help people with medical problems, but are perfectly OK with forcing everyone to fund long, drawn out, wars with poorly defined goals that kill lots of their fellow citizens?
AND why do you think the government, who will not be driven by the profit motive to deny you coverage because that was an existing condition, could possibly be worse than the private insurance companies you now use? Private insurance cares about making a profit, not your health.
hahahah. No, the delay in getting to the end of this case has no bearing on if the EULA is enforceable, and everything to do with how slow courts are in general.
You are wrong. The original population of bacteria could NOT metabolize citric acid at all. They tested them and they all died. This was not an existing trait. It evolved.
These sort of exchanges are not zero-sum games. Even if they head back home they likely help bring up the standard of living at home which very likely means the home country ends up buying more high tech usa stuff. Everyone still wins.
Most casino's pay out about 90% which means they are keeping about 10% of what flows through each day. 10% is not an obscene profit. By comparison, most government run lotteries only pay out 50%.
In the long run all customers lose, except a few, very rare, big winners. You should be thinking of gambling as entertainment, something that costs $x an hour, NOT as a risky way to make money.