You flick over to watch Voyager? Now that was an awful series.
It should have been the story of Chakotay, former rebel suddenly called upon to take a second-fiddle position to a Federation captain for the good of everyone lost in the Delta quadrant. Think of the conflicts and drama that could have arisen. Instead, upon entering Voyager's bridge, he instantly transmuted into the Supreme Good Guy, and the story shifted focus to Harry "cure-for-insomnia" Kim and Cooking With Neelix.
At some point in the last couple of decades, everyone seems to have decided that "customer" is condescending or something, and that we're all "clients" now. Well, I'd rather be a customer. I want to engage in a transaction with a company, not commit to a relationship.
There have been lots of responses already, but I would like to add another...
There seems to be a widespread fallacy that all human resources should be applied to the One Biggest Problem facing humanity at any given moment. Overlooking for a moment the obvious problems inherent in trying to choose the One Biggest Problem, and assuming we could actually rank all human problems in a well-defined order, there are still two huge problems with this approach:
1. Diminishing returns. Putting twice as many people on a problem doesn't solve it twice as quickly. The extra people could well be more productive working on a separate problem. This is the well-known fallacy of the Mythical Man-Month.
2. Misplaced priorities. The majority of people in the world do not have cancer. If all the resources of humanity were spent on cancer, where would that leave the rest of us that don't have cancer? "Sorry, we've stopped making antibiotics, insulin, toothpaste, books, and clothing so we can focus on fighting cancer."
In addition, there's an implicit assumption in the parent poster's position that the researchers who are looking for a cure for malaria have been wasting their time. I'd like to ask, what has *he* been doing during this time? I hope he has been looking for a cancer cure, or else he's nothing but a hypocrite.
It seems to me that a free online encyclopedia fills four main needs:
A source of information about pop culture that can be fun to read even without being 100% sure that it's accurate (like who R.A.B. is)
A source of information that can be freely and legally redistributed, e.g. by printing out copies for a class to read
A source of information on subjects where you need to be close to 100% certain that the information is reliable -- at least as certain, say, as you would be if you read the same fact in several books
A source of information that you can cite in a school paper as being reasonably authoritative and reliable
No encyclopedia should be used for 3 or 4. (Particularly, if you want #3, then you need to go check several books.)
Supposing your 18% tax bracket is correct, $138,000 / 82% = $168,293. So the folks from the competition / lottery send you a cheque for $30,293 to pay the taxes. The government considers your income to be $168,293, and assesses tax to be $30,293. You endorse the cheque and everyone's happy.
The info you gave does indeed apply to polar orbits (for the same reason as the Molniya orbits. What it doesn't apply to is sub-orbital flights. Those are all about altitude and vertical speed, not horizontal speed.
These "aspects" do not apply to Molniya orbits because you typically want your satellite in some exact position over the Earth. Thus, you don't get to pick the orbit to minimize delta-v. The info you've given doesn't apply to polar orbits.
There is a saying that goes something like "The firmer grip you use, the faster the the stuff squirts between your fingers". This is what is happening.
I had the same pet peeve until I learned that the use of the term "piracy" in this way dates back centuries. I can't find a reference now, but I know I've read essays from the 18th century using the term in this manner.
Seems like a gang with that kind of sophistication needs to find a more lucrative occupation. Those 121 people could have made more than a million dollars selling drugs for a week.
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You flick over to watch Voyager? Now that was an awful series. It should have been the story of Chakotay, former rebel suddenly called upon to take a second-fiddle position to a Federation captain for the good of everyone lost in the Delta quadrant. Think of the conflicts and drama that could have arisen. Instead, upon entering Voyager's bridge, he instantly transmuted into the Supreme Good Guy, and the story shifted focus to Harry "cure-for-insomnia" Kim and Cooking With Neelix.
At some point in the last couple of decades, everyone seems to have decided that "customer" is condescending or something, and that we're all "clients" now. Well, I'd rather be a customer. I want to engage in a transaction with a company, not commit to a relationship.
How to use the ellipsis.
There have been lots of responses already, but I would like to add another...
There seems to be a widespread fallacy that all human resources should be applied to the One Biggest Problem facing humanity at any given moment. Overlooking for a moment the obvious problems inherent in trying to choose the One Biggest Problem, and assuming we could actually rank all human problems in a well-defined order, there are still two huge problems with this approach:
1. Diminishing returns. Putting twice as many people on a problem doesn't solve it twice as quickly. The extra people could well be more productive working on a separate problem. This is the well-known fallacy of the Mythical Man-Month.
2. Misplaced priorities. The majority of people in the world do not have cancer. If all the resources of humanity were spent on cancer, where would that leave the rest of us that don't have cancer? "Sorry, we've stopped making antibiotics, insulin, toothpaste, books, and clothing so we can focus on fighting cancer."
In addition, there's an implicit assumption in the parent poster's position that the researchers who are looking for a cure for malaria have been wasting their time. I'd like to ask, what has *he* been doing during this time? I hope he has been looking for a cancer cure, or else he's nothing but a hypocrite.
...at least you can use this Slashdot submission as a textbook example of comma splices.
Please see this.
Wikis are good for exactly one thing: encyclopedias. The less the wiki is like an encyclopedia, he less useful it is.
I also have a Motorola phone and hate it.
Of course that's not allowed. Otherwise the country would be full of people giving each other hefty discounts on everything to avoid taxes.
Supposing your 18% tax bracket is correct, $138,000 / 82% = $168,293. So the folks from the competition / lottery send you a cheque for $30,293 to pay the taxes. The government considers your income to be $168,293, and assesses tax to be $30,293. You endorse the cheque and everyone's happy.
That makes one wonder: do we really need to have two different boxes?
I think you're thinking of trademark law.
The info you gave does indeed apply to polar orbits (for the same reason as the Molniya orbits. What it doesn't apply to is sub-orbital flights. Those are all about altitude and vertical speed, not horizontal speed.
These "aspects" do not apply to Molniya orbits because you typically want your satellite in some exact position over the Earth. Thus, you don't get to pick the orbit to minimize delta-v. The info you've given doesn't apply to polar orbits.
He's not much of a tech guru. He's a billionaire because he is an excellent business manager.
Competition only hurts a company's bottom line.
You to convict someone in Canada, you need evidence?? What the hell is wrong with those people?
I had the same pet peeve until I learned that the use of the term "piracy" in this way dates back centuries. I can't find a reference now, but I know I've read essays from the 18th century using the term in this manner.
Seems like a gang with that kind of sophistication needs to find a more lucrative occupation. Those 121 people could have made more than a million dollars selling drugs for a week.
Can you translate? Is there a Dutch phrase hidden in that name?