Not only that, but dressed for summer.... And wouldn't a normally-sensible person turn back when they notice that the road is buried under two feet of snow, without a track in sight??
Every so often there's one of these incidents (there was one in NW Nevada a few years ago) and the idiot who can't see the obvious becomes a popular hero for his trouble. I say, let natural selection do its job!!
It used to be that long-haul truckers were among the safest and most courteous drivers in the U.S. When I started driving back in 1972, you could count on certain courtesies like a blink of the headlights to tell you when a truck wanted to pass, and most "4-wheelers" knew to do the same to let the truck know when they're clear of the car. And the truck would blink back to say Thank You. Stuff like that was the norm, not the exception.
Now, at least here in California, truckers are every bit as rude as the yuppies who constantly race to be in front of everyone else, and often worse. The hurry-hurry generation has done neither of us any favours.:(
Some people use two rows of tires across the road -- works, but not as reliably as a regular cattle guard. However if it's a public road and you don't want to finance a cattle guard, old tires are sure a lot cheaper (anyone who wants to use the road has to get out and move the tires).
Back 30-40 years ago, a 2nd driver riding shotgun was the norm, not the exception. But that started to go away in the 1970s, and now is very rare indeed.
I think you're right -- I doubt I'd ever have become as proficient at hardware and OSs if I'd not been blessed with an old DOS 286 as my learner kit. Everything was right there in front of me, nothing needed to be dug up or interpreted or RTFM'd. Sure gentled the learning curve!
Yeah, this poor old computer needs a walker and nappies... the irreplaceable app is some sort of Jewish lunar calendar thing, that prints everything Just So.
The guy is a dBase programmer, you'd think he could code up something to replace it...??!
Just curious, what are you doing with CP/M that one of the emulators can't handle?
I know someone who still nurses along a CP/M machine, because he hasn't been able to replace one particular app. Dunno if he's tried an emulator or not.
All those things I've been saying for years. Stop doing the living for the child by mapping out his every waking minute; instead, let the child figure out life for himself as much as possible. Even a kid that's not inherently particularly intelligent can develop a lot of realworld problem-solving skills just by being allowed to Do Stuff on his own.
One of the problems is toys that do the playing for the child (marketing 101: if it gets boring quick, they can be induced to buy a new toy!) Good example: legos that come pre-mapped into a specific objective. Much better to have a generic pile of legos and let the kid figure out what to do with 'em, on his own, without templating his every move. That way he gets to stretch his brain instead of making it fit into the premanufactured mold.
And exactly as you say about reading. If it's learned young, it's natural and easy for the child, and makes everything else that much easier to master... and makes the world a more interesting place to explore and learn about.
And I was wondering if they'd checked European DNA from the "old" races, like the "little dark people" of the British Isles, who predate the Celts. You might still find some in Wales, I dunno.
You don't use hundreds or thousands of hunters to drive a herd of large animals over a cliff.
You set one grass fire, and let the wind drive it toward the cliff. Herd animals will jump into the unknown (ie. over a cliff) rather than try to face a fire. Just because a people are primitive doesn't mean they're too stupid to figure this out!
BTW this is how the plains Indians hunted bison, before acquiring horses and firearms (tho a bison can run down and kill a man on horseback just as easily as it can a man afoot, so that's not a good way to hunt 'em regardless). Set a grass fire, run the whole herd over the cliff. And when the boneyards under various "buffalo jumps" have been excavated, it was discovered that almost the entire herd went to waste, with only the top few animals being butchered for meat, hides, etc. Conclusion: the encroachment of eastern Indians into the plains subsequent to the Iroquois wars was the primary cause of declining bison populations by the late 1800s. The narrow swath along railways, where Europenas hunted with rifles, had little to do with it. In fact, had not whites come along and largely put a stop to "grassfire hunting", by now bison would probably be extinct.
Actually, the lakebed is a thin residue of clay and dust over the top of a jumble of rocks. (If you dig down a couple feet, you hit rocks.) And rocks do tend to work their way up, much like marbles in sand. And some probably fall from the surrounding hills, which are themselves nothing but large rocks with many fractures. Whenever it freezes, pieces break loose and roll down to the flat areas.
Powdered clay is extremely slippery too. Very like talcum powder.
But when this stuff is wet, you can't walk on it at all -- you SINK.
It's pretty clear the trails are made when the surface is dry; if it were wet, then there would be cracks (generated as it dries) behind the rocks, which would quickly obliterate the trails.
Another question: do rocks pile up at the lower end of the lakebed? Seems to me they'd eventually get there.
Winds there can easily hit 80mph. I'm about 100 miles away and I've seen 84mph here, and I've got way less canyon handy to generate high-powered wind with. It wouldn't surprise me if when we have a big blow here, the wind is a good deal harder there.
Last time we had a really big blow, it took out 7 or 8 high-tension towers (the really BIG ones) right behind my place. And I saw a metal 55 gallon drum BOUNDING across my back 40... it leapt over my 6 foot high fence and kept right on going.
You're conflating air temperature (regularly above 120F in Death Valley) and temperature of the ground surface, which can be significantly higher than the air temp. Here in the SoCal desert, I've personally seen concrete get so hot that even when hosed down (not just dripped on), all the water steams away in seconds, and I've seen demos of eggs being fried on the sidewalk (required temp: about 165F).
As to the lakebed surface, the clay breaks down into a fine dust that is slippery even when dry, rather like talcum powder.
It looks to me like the movement takes place when the surface is dry; otherwise surface cracks (caused by the flooding/drying cycles) would have reformed *behind* the rocks.
You ought to quote your journal entry here in the discussion, where more people will see it.
I had similar thoughts... the potential ramifications in conjunction with other bills that also purport to "prevent terrorism", and the possibilities toward ever more selective law enforcement (such as your examples in your journal).
The BSA raided a business next door to my sister's work. The BSA arrived with a Federal Marshall, which naturally ensured that the door was open to the BSA.
I've seen Simmons interviews where he talked about making money, and it was pretty clear he's one seriously hard-nosed businessman and knows exactly what he's doing (the kind of guy you'd want managing your retirement fund!)
Didn't know that about the internal band contracts (I'm not a fan and don't follow 'em) but doesn't surprise me at all. Bet it surprised Frehley and Criss, tho!!
As to stuff like the rusty rainspout -- I once concocted a pretty good TV antenna that involved barbed wire wrapped around a small barn, then hooked to the metal roof on the side toward the transmitters (hooking directly to the roof, or in any other spot, didn't work, nor did the wire alone). Sometimes a harmonic just gets lucky.:)
Why not gig his trunk? Because you don't know if he locked someone in there first. Which would soon be SOP if such gig techniques became common use.
In Montana, they use a somewhat more primitive approach: deputies carry 12ga. shotguns that fire slugs rather than shotgun shells. A slug that size will go right through the engine block and let all the magic fluids out, after which the chase tends to be short.
Yeah, but if you were going over 30mph or so, the effect can be rather like hitting a brick wall, because of how quickly some power assists can vanish. It can be like a giant grabbed the wheel and is holding on tight.
My ancient truck's steering isn't a problem that way, because in its case there's very little difference between power-assisted and manual steering. But my neighbour's much-newer van is 100% unsteerable if the power-assist isn't working.
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Not only that, but dressed for summer.... And wouldn't a normally-sensible person turn back when they notice that the road is buried under two feet of snow, without a track in sight??
Every so often there's one of these incidents (there was one in NW Nevada a few years ago) and the idiot who can't see the obvious becomes a popular hero for his trouble. I say, let natural selection do its job!!
It used to be that long-haul truckers were among the safest and most courteous drivers in the U.S. When I started driving back in 1972, you could count on certain courtesies like a blink of the headlights to tell you when a truck wanted to pass, and most "4-wheelers" knew to do the same to let the truck know when they're clear of the car. And the truck would blink back to say Thank You. Stuff like that was the norm, not the exception.
:(
Now, at least here in California, truckers are every bit as rude as the yuppies who constantly race to be in front of everyone else, and often worse. The hurry-hurry generation has done neither of us any favours.
Cattle *guards*, not "grids".
Some people use two rows of tires across the road -- works, but not as reliably as a regular cattle guard. However if it's a public road and you don't want to finance a cattle guard, old tires are sure a lot cheaper (anyone who wants to use the road has to get out and move the tires).
Back 30-40 years ago, a 2nd driver riding shotgun was the norm, not the exception. But that started to go away in the 1970s, and now is very rare indeed.
I think you're right -- I doubt I'd ever have become as proficient at hardware and OSs if I'd not been blessed with an old DOS 286 as my learner kit. Everything was right there in front of me, nothing needed to be dug up or interpreted or RTFM'd. Sure gentled the learning curve!
Yeah, this poor old computer needs a walker and nappies... the irreplaceable app is some sort of Jewish lunar calendar thing, that prints everything Just So.
The guy is a dBase programmer, you'd think he could code up something to replace it...??!
Just curious, what are you doing with CP/M that one of the emulators can't handle?
I know someone who still nurses along a CP/M machine, because he hasn't been able to replace one particular app. Dunno if he's tried an emulator or not.
All those things I've been saying for years. Stop doing the living for the child by mapping out his every waking minute; instead, let the child figure out life for himself as much as possible. Even a kid that's not inherently particularly intelligent can develop a lot of realworld problem-solving skills just by being allowed to Do Stuff on his own.
One of the problems is toys that do the playing for the child (marketing 101: if it gets boring quick, they can be induced to buy a new toy!) Good example: legos that come pre-mapped into a specific objective. Much better to have a generic pile of legos and let the kid figure out what to do with 'em, on his own, without templating his every move. That way he gets to stretch his brain instead of making it fit into the premanufactured mold.
And exactly as you say about reading. If it's learned young, it's natural and easy for the child, and makes everything else that much easier to master... and makes the world a more interesting place to explore and learn about.
My dad's family are Scot/Welsh/Irish.
My mom's family are Norwegian.
So... I should sue the Norskies for invading the British Isles and abusing my ancestors.
And I should sue the Brits for being so inhospitable to foreign sailors.
Crap, I could wind up suing myself!!
And I was wondering if they'd checked European DNA from the "old" races, like the "little dark people" of the British Isles, who predate the Celts. You might still find some in Wales, I dunno.
You don't use hundreds or thousands of hunters to drive a herd of large animals over a cliff.
You set one grass fire, and let the wind drive it toward the cliff. Herd animals will jump into the unknown (ie. over a cliff) rather than try to face a fire. Just because a people are primitive doesn't mean they're too stupid to figure this out!
BTW this is how the plains Indians hunted bison, before acquiring horses and firearms (tho a bison can run down and kill a man on horseback just as easily as it can a man afoot, so that's not a good way to hunt 'em regardless). Set a grass fire, run the whole herd over the cliff. And when the boneyards under various "buffalo jumps" have been excavated, it was discovered that almost the entire herd went to waste, with only the top few animals being butchered for meat, hides, etc. Conclusion: the encroachment of eastern Indians into the plains subsequent to the Iroquois wars was the primary cause of declining bison populations by the late 1800s. The narrow swath along railways, where Europenas hunted with rifles, had little to do with it. In fact, had not whites come along and largely put a stop to "grassfire hunting", by now bison would probably be extinct.
Actually, the lakebed is a thin residue of clay and dust over the top of a jumble of rocks. (If you dig down a couple feet, you hit rocks.) And rocks do tend to work their way up, much like marbles in sand. And some probably fall from the surrounding hills, which are themselves nothing but large rocks with many fractures. Whenever it freezes, pieces break loose and roll down to the flat areas.
Powdered clay is extremely slippery too. Very like talcum powder.
But when this stuff is wet, you can't walk on it at all -- you SINK.
It's pretty clear the trails are made when the surface is dry; if it were wet, then there would be cracks (generated as it dries) behind the rocks, which would quickly obliterate the trails.
Another question: do rocks pile up at the lower end of the lakebed? Seems to me they'd eventually get there.
Winds there can easily hit 80mph. I'm about 100 miles away and I've seen 84mph here, and I've got way less canyon handy to generate high-powered wind with. It wouldn't surprise me if when we have a big blow here, the wind is a good deal harder there.
... it leapt over my 6 foot high fence and kept right on going.
Last time we had a really big blow, it took out 7 or 8 high-tension towers (the really BIG ones) right behind my place. And I saw a metal 55 gallon drum BOUNDING across my back 40
You're conflating air temperature (regularly above 120F in Death Valley) and temperature of the ground surface, which can be significantly higher than the air temp. Here in the SoCal desert, I've personally seen concrete get so hot that even when hosed down (not just dripped on), all the water steams away in seconds, and I've seen demos of eggs being fried on the sidewalk (required temp: about 165F).
As to the lakebed surface, the clay breaks down into a fine dust that is slippery even when dry, rather like talcum powder.
It looks to me like the movement takes place when the surface is dry; otherwise surface cracks (caused by the flooding/drying cycles) would have reformed *behind* the rocks.
You ought to quote your journal entry here in the discussion, where more people will see it.
... the potential ramifications in conjunction with other bills that also purport to "prevent terrorism", and the possibilities toward ever more selective law enforcement (such as your examples in your journal).
:(
I had similar thoughts
The camel's nose is in the tent, all right.
The BSA raided a business next door to my sister's work. The BSA arrived with a Federal Marshall, which naturally ensured that the door was open to the BSA.
I've seen Simmons interviews where he talked about making money, and it was pretty clear he's one seriously hard-nosed businessman and knows exactly what he's doing (the kind of guy you'd want managing your retirement fund!)
Didn't know that about the internal band contracts (I'm not a fan and don't follow 'em) but doesn't surprise me at all. Bet it surprised Frehley and Criss, tho!!
Even so, some cars are effectively unsteerable without the power assist. My neighbour's van is that way.
Interesting posts. My brain hurts. :)
:)
As to stuff like the rusty rainspout -- I once concocted a pretty good TV antenna that involved barbed wire wrapped around a small barn, then hooked to the metal roof on the side toward the transmitters (hooking directly to the roof, or in any other spot, didn't work, nor did the wire alone). Sometimes a harmonic just gets lucky.
Why not gig his trunk? Because you don't know if he locked someone in there first. Which would soon be SOP if such gig techniques became common use.
In Montana, they use a somewhat more primitive approach: deputies carry 12ga. shotguns that fire slugs rather than shotgun shells. A slug that size will go right through the engine block and let all the magic fluids out, after which the chase tends to be short.
Yeah, but if you were going over 30mph or so, the effect can be rather like hitting a brick wall, because of how quickly some power assists can vanish. It can be like a giant grabbed the wheel and is holding on tight.
My ancient truck's steering isn't a problem that way, because in its case there's very little difference between power-assisted and manual steering. But my neighbour's much-newer van is 100% unsteerable if the power-assist isn't working.
Likely so on both counts. But if someone has a disabling phobia (regardless of origin) that resists less-radical treatments, it might be worth a shot.
Hmm. Sounds like exactly what my neighbour needs. :)
Which is why very young kittens have a "freeze when grabbed" instinct -- it prevents them from being damaged/killed by their own dams.