A quick google shows Reuters picked it up, Popular Science, and the BBC.
Of course Fox is biased...just like any other media source. The key, for both sides, is to filter reports from the different sources appropriately, and the problem is to insure that the filter doesn't remove too much or color the information too much.
I'm not a fan of Fox, and I see some of your criticisms, but don't think it's that big of a deal.
Doing a speed read of tfa, I don't get any undertone about "death of us all". Not being interested in the techie aspects of this, I found that I got the gist of it adequately.
"He destroyed the bondholders"...I don't know how that all worked out.
From the wiki, I see...
"Not surprisingly, any recapitalization (typically through bankruptcy) would all but wipe out the value of existing common stock shares, which have declined significantly already.[41]"...and, apparently from your post, you consider bankruptcy would have been better than what did happen.
Occasionally I put a web addr in the Firefox google field. Why? Sometimes before I go to an unknown site, I want to see what the 'net thinks of the site.
It's saved me a time or two from, let's say, "problem" sites.
Actually, they may be able to. Way back in the Air Force, our basic training squadron had 3 "foreign nationals"...one Filipino, one from South America, and one from Norway or somewhere like that. I was quite surprised, I had no idea at the time.
I think the rule was more or less, as long as we had good relations w/ a country, and the person had no criminal record, we'd let them join our military.
After their stint, I think their citizenship could be fast-tracked. I read somewhere that lots of Filipino's did exactly that...they joined the navy then eventually settled in the US.
I had gone 6 months or so w/o going to the chiro (the old one retired). I could feel that my back needed it. So I go to a new chiro, and in the course of the initial interview I mentioned something about the chronic knee pain in my right knee (my Dad had the same thing). He mentioned that he could take care of that, and went on with the interview.
Well, while I knew from experience that a good chiro could tune my back, but I mentally scoffed at the idea that he could stop the knee pain, and wondered if this guy was any good.
So we proceed with the adjustment. As he's pushing on the left sacroliliac, he mentions that that should take care of the knee. He does a few other manipulations but finishes before I expect him to, and sends me on my way.
So I leave the office thinking I'm going to have to find another chiro. He didn't "do" anything.
Well, for me it always takes a day or so for the adjustment to take affect. The day after my back was feeling better. To my astonishment, the day after that my knee felt better. The beneficial effects last from 1 to 3 months between adjustments.
I long ago realized that I would have to go to a chiro the rest of my life because the effects aren't permanent, but I accept this as a much better & cheaper solution than some sort of medical procedure. I have had that done in the past, too...similar results, but much more expensive...and that wasn't permanent either (except for the spinal disc contents between L3 & L4 that were permanently dissolved)).
As with many (or all) things related to the body, the attitude of the mind can affect it. I originally visited my first chiro with an open mind...I had few preconceived notions besides curiosity...and had success. With the knee situation, I had discarded his claim and really thought nothing more of it. While I wouldn't say that I had a closed mind, it certainly wasn't open to the idea.
And I don't think it is the placebo effect. I had to find another chiro recently because the old one moved away. The new guy was nice & friendly, but did little to help my back or my knee. I've had three chiro's in my life. One I'd rate as a B, one as an A, and the last one as a D or F.
Businesses pay for "search engines". When their business depends on the information, you can bet that the price for a massaged engine/database is absolutely a cost of doing business. Lexis/Nexis is in business for exactly that, and I'm sure that there are many others out there, with some perhaps that are quite obscure & specialized.
Great response. I too considered that perhaps a more modular approach would be appropriate. But then I thought, if every bit piece of legislation was going to be fought tooth & nail, with *inevitable* pork for each one, well, we simply wouldn't get anywhere.
We'll be debugging this "system" for years...but at least we have something to move forward with.
I might add that the Dem party provides its own "loyal" opposition. I believe "conservative" Dems had many of the same issues as many Reps, which caused a huge problem within its own organization, and is a big reason why it has taken so long to get the bill passed.
Nice graph. I gave this some thought a few years ago & came to the same conclusion. I was wondering why my 4 year stint in the Air Force seemed like such a long time. As you describe, not only was that 4 years something like 20% of my life up to that point, I was also processing a lot of new experiences.
The model the cop was driving has no key. It was a loaner, so he wasn't familiar with it. Apparently the only way to turn it off is to hold the button in for 3 seconds or so, not an intuitive act.
I don't know about putting it in neutral. Being trained, I would assume that'd be one of the first things to try. I don't know if the electronics would allow taking the shifter out of drive.
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A quick google shows Reuters picked it up, Popular Science, and the BBC.
Of course Fox is biased...just like any other media source. The key, for both sides, is to filter reports from the different sources appropriately, and the problem is to insure that the filter doesn't remove too much or color the information too much.
sr
I'm not a fan of Fox, and I see some of your criticisms, but don't think it's that big of a deal.
Doing a speed read of tfa, I don't get any undertone about "death of us all". Not being interested in the techie aspects of this, I found that I got the gist of it adequately.
sr
Yeah, related to the "last hand to touch it" syndrome I read in another post here.
sr
FWIW, I think "One small step for man..." is very poetic and quite memorable.
"robust law enforcement is all that is necessary for a stable and prosperous society"
When I take a look at all the crap laws out there, often rammed through by people with power/money, the simple solution may not be so simple.
How hard is it to make a law, that protesting against a bad law is a criminal act? Politicians/dictators/tyrants have been using this trick for years.
sr
Give a man a ghoti, and he'll eat for a day...
I'm not clear on this...
"He destroyed the bondholders" ...I don't know how that all worked out.
From the wiki, I see...
"Not surprisingly, any recapitalization (typically through bankruptcy) would all but wipe out the value of existing common stock shares, which have declined significantly already.[41]" ...and, apparently from your post, you consider bankruptcy would have been better than what did happen.
thx, sr
Good piece, there. I may not agree with all of it, but it was a good read.
thx, sr
Great little monograph.
thx, sr
I recently heard a theory that humans settled down to farming...to produce the wherewithal for making beer/wine/mead.
Also, basic arithmetic & writing was produced so the pharaohs knew how much grain was needed to make beer for the pyramid workers.
sr
Yeah, I use google.com to test connectivity. (Like someone below says, it's the "dialtone of the internet").
I use yahoo.com to test performance...or lack of it :)
sr
Occasionally I put a web addr in the Firefox google field. Why? Sometimes before I go to an unknown site, I want to see what the 'net thinks of the site.
It's saved me a time or two from, let's say, "problem" sites.
sr
Ah. Didn't realize that Jake 2.0 was a show *about* the NSA. Never saw it, thought it was about something totally different.
Still...it's tv drama...prolly the most accurate thing in it is the acronym.
Cool patch. USAFSS myself. "Audio Sed Taceo".
sr
>>In GOD we trust, all others we monitor.
>Jake 2.0 reference? I def miss that show...
NSA. Really.
At least since the 70's, probably earlier.
sr
Actually, they may be able to. Way back in the Air Force, our basic training squadron had 3 "foreign nationals"...one Filipino, one from South America, and one from Norway or somewhere like that. I was quite surprised, I had no idea at the time.
I think the rule was more or less, as long as we had good relations w/ a country, and the person had no criminal record, we'd let them join our military.
After their stint, I think their citizenship could be fast-tracked. I read somewhere that lots of Filipino's did exactly that...they joined the navy then eventually settled in the US.
sr
Works for me.
I had gone 6 months or so w/o going to the chiro (the old one retired). I could feel that my back needed it. So I go to a new chiro, and in the course of the initial interview I mentioned something about the chronic knee pain in my right knee (my Dad had the same thing). He mentioned that he could take care of that, and went on with the interview.
Well, while I knew from experience that a good chiro could tune my back, but I mentally scoffed at the idea that he could stop the knee pain, and wondered if this guy was any good.
So we proceed with the adjustment. As he's pushing on the left sacroliliac, he mentions that that should take care of the knee. He does a few other manipulations but finishes before I expect him to, and sends me on my way.
So I leave the office thinking I'm going to have to find another chiro. He didn't "do" anything.
Well, for me it always takes a day or so for the adjustment to take affect. The day after my back was feeling better. To my astonishment, the day after that my knee felt better. The beneficial effects last from 1 to 3 months between adjustments.
I long ago realized that I would have to go to a chiro the rest of my life because the effects aren't permanent, but I accept this as a much better & cheaper solution than some sort of medical procedure. I have had that done in the past, too...similar results, but much more expensive...and that wasn't permanent either (except for the spinal disc contents between L3 & L4 that were permanently dissolved)).
As with many (or all) things related to the body, the attitude of the mind can affect it. I originally visited my first chiro with an open mind...I had few preconceived notions besides curiosity...and had success. With the knee situation, I had discarded his claim and really thought nothing more of it. While I wouldn't say that I had a closed mind, it certainly wasn't open to the idea.
And I don't think it is the placebo effect. I had to find another chiro recently because the old one moved away. The new guy was nice & friendly, but did little to help my back or my knee. I've had three chiro's in my life. One I'd rate as a B, one as an A, and the last one as a D or F.
Your Mileage Will Vary.
sr
Businesses pay for "search engines". When their business depends on the information, you can bet that the price for a massaged engine/database is absolutely a cost of doing business. Lexis/Nexis is in business for exactly that, and I'm sure that there are many others out there, with some perhaps that are quite obscure & specialized.
sr
+1
Great response. I too considered that perhaps a more modular approach would be appropriate. But then I thought, if every bit piece of legislation was going to be fought tooth & nail, with *inevitable* pork for each one, well, we simply wouldn't get anywhere.
We'll be debugging this "system" for years...but at least we have something to move forward with.
sr
Good points.
I might add that the Dem party provides its own "loyal" opposition. I believe "conservative" Dems had many of the same issues as many Reps, which caused a huge problem within its own organization, and is a big reason why it has taken so long to get the bill passed.
sr
Yeah, I sympathize, but we have a process for that, for better or worse. It's called an election.
sr
"http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22climate+change+is+a+lie%22" ???
Climate is changing. Nothing is static. News at 11.
sr
Yeah, fun stuff, but what does this have to do with the subject? I did a search of warm, cool, & global and found nothing pertinent.
Is the point simply that if Feynman was alive, he'd tell a few stories to put thing into perspective and everyone would then go about their business?
sr
"Personally, I trust scientists much more than businessmen."
"I personally wish we would just give respected climate scientists some money ..." ...and then the scientists become businessmen.
sr
Nice graph. I gave this some thought a few years ago & came to the same conclusion. I was wondering why my 4 year stint in the Air Force seemed like such a long time. As you describe, not only was that 4 years something like 20% of my life up to that point, I was also processing a lot of new experiences.
sr
The model the cop was driving has no key. It was a loaner, so he wasn't familiar with it. Apparently the only way to turn it off is to hold the button in for 3 seconds or so, not an intuitive act.
I don't know about putting it in neutral. Being trained, I would assume that'd be one of the first things to try. I don't know if the electronics would allow taking the shifter out of drive.
sr