Fiber too, sure. And eventually LTE or whatever comes after LTE. Or maybe the government (OH NOES SOCIALILISM) lays the fiber, and charges access fees on a truly net-neutral basis to content providers. But the point is that you can't deregulate a market that has government-granted monopolies in it, you have to do away with the monopolies, one way or another.
They should've made it easier to "upgrade". AFAIK there is no way to actually upgrade - you have to back up, clean-install the OS, and reinstall everything. Who has the time?
OK, then let's say 99.99% of people. I think it would be safe to say that 99.99% of people would agree that the government should catch and punish murderers, for instance. Similarly - rape, arson, willful destruction of property, etc. In summary - I would think that the overwhelming majority of people would agree that the government should enforce laws prohibiting crimes against persons, and actively investigate such crimes to bring their perpetrators to justice. Meanwhile, our government, which thinks it should do all kinds of other things, cannot even adequately fight crime and enforce the law. Maybe it should work on that before we talk about expanding its power and scope to anything like it is now.
If they die easily because of power fluctuations of levels that are perfectly common in residential buildings
Maybe the fluctuations you are experiencing are not "perfectly common". Myself, I have had to replace two CFLs in 9 years due to failure, but they were fairly early models.
If they don't want a particular benefit, whether in general or just Denmark's particular implementation of it, the American can choose to save the money or find an alternate benefit more to his or her liking, while the Danish citizen has no choice but to pay the tax and accept whatever benefits the state chooses to provide.
Ah, the old "freedom of choice" argument. For example, Americans are free to get medical care or insurance that they can't afford, or to be in debt for the rest of their lives to get a college education. Now that's freedom!
Let me clue you in - you have created a false dichotomy there. Those are not the only options in America. I have a college education, medical insurance I can afford, and no debt except the mortgage on my house. And I wasn't born rich, either - far from it.
Working people shouldn't have to pay taxes to support them.
That's begging the question. We could all just agree to live in a society together, where those who can will do, and those who can't will do whatever they can
And what if we don't all just agree to that? Why shouldn't creative, productive and capable people enjoy the fruits of their labors, instead of having them taken away and given to somebody else? Why should I be your beast of burden?
Of course, we already know the answer to that - the proletariat is larger numerically, and so any democratic society inevitably trends toward socialism. God forbid anybody should try to get ahead.
As more things become automated, people will find new things to do. Unemployment didn't increase when we stopped making buggy whips, those people went to work making cars. As we develop new technologies, people will be needed to work in those new technologies, until they become sufficiently automated, by which time other technologies will be new. Eventually, we will need people to travel to and colonize new planets.
Personal experience, as well as what's reported in the news everyday, disagrees with what you are saying. Not the part about Muslims being more touchy about religion overall - they very well may be; I must admit I don't know many if any Muslims personally - but that trying to spread reason and science among other religions, especially (IMO) Christians, is "preaching to the choir". There are a lot of Christians in this country (the US, that is) that genuinely believe in creation mythology, who think the world is six thousand years old, who reject evolution, who think the myths of the New Testament (raising the dead, feeding the multitude, etc.) are real, etc. and who certainly would not engage in any serious discussion about the existence vs. non-existence of God. I still recall that girl in 8th grade who told me she'd pray for me 'cause I was going to Hell - and that was in New York, less than 100 miles from NYC - I can't imagine what it must be like growing up in certain other parts of the US, even today. Dawkins et al still have plenty of work to do, right here in the US.
Seriously? If you want better than minimum-standards misery, you go get get a friggin' job and earn more than the minimum. The minimum is there to ensure you don't starve to death during your job search.
The problem with electric bikes is that it doesn't fix the root problem, which is, that the person is out of shape.
Electric bikes with throttles won't. But electric assist does require some effort, and thus will help the unfit to get fitter.
So now it's not enough to want to do something good for the environment, we have to adopt a particular health lifestyle too? Screw it; I'll just keep using my car then. Why do you people have to look down your noses at other people who might be trying to do something good, without necessarily being concerned about doing what you think is good?
or more likely, that the rider isn't strong enough
Yeah, no duh. Not everybody's a super strong cyclist like you; they might just want to get from A to B without burning fossil fuel and without being all sweaty when they get to B. This is about cycling as transportation, not as a health lifestyle choice.
OK, but how long does a cord of wood last vs. 250 gallons of oil? I remember as a child living in upstate NY, after we got our woodburning stove, we would go through 2-3 cords in a winter (at $45 a cord if you were willing to cut it up yourself).
You don't think there's a kind of genius in what Steve Jobs or Thomas Edison or Henry Ford did? If they were "just normal people", then why aren't we all billionaires like them?
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Fiber too, sure. And eventually LTE or whatever comes after LTE. Or maybe the government (OH NOES SOCIALILISM) lays the fiber, and charges access fees on a truly net-neutral basis to content providers. But the point is that you can't deregulate a market that has government-granted monopolies in it, you have to do away with the monopolies, one way or another.
Are we also going to expect analysts and/or managers to rewrite crappy reqs and specs on their own time?
They should've made it easier to "upgrade". AFAIK there is no way to actually upgrade - you have to back up, clean-install the OS, and reinstall everything. Who has the time?
Some of them do. Lots of top-notch audio equipment is all solid-state.
Only if they're all tube-based. If they have a transistorized front end, or power supply, then they'll be just as dead.
OK, then let's say 99.99% of people. I think it would be safe to say that 99.99% of people would agree that the government should catch and punish murderers, for instance. Similarly - rape, arson, willful destruction of property, etc. In summary - I would think that the overwhelming majority of people would agree that the government should enforce laws prohibiting crimes against persons, and actively investigate such crimes to bring their perpetrators to justice. Meanwhile, our government, which thinks it should do all kinds of other things, cannot even adequately fight crime and enforce the law. Maybe it should work on that before we talk about expanding its power and scope to anything like it is now.
Maybe the fluctuations you are experiencing are not "perfectly common". Myself, I have had to replace two CFLs in 9 years due to failure, but they were fairly early models.
Not sure what you mean by that...? I haven't run across light socket yet where I could not directly replace an incandescent with a CFL or LED...?
LEDs are better than either, though admittedly more expensive.
If they don't want a particular benefit, whether in general or just Denmark's particular implementation of it, the American can choose to save the money or find an alternate benefit more to his or her liking, while the Danish citizen has no choice but to pay the tax and accept whatever benefits the state chooses to provide.
Ah, the old "freedom of choice" argument. For example, Americans are free to get medical care or insurance that they can't afford, or to be in debt for the rest of their lives to get a college education. Now that's freedom!
Let me clue you in - you have created a false dichotomy there. Those are not the only options in America. I have a college education, medical insurance I can afford, and no debt except the mortgage on my house. And I wasn't born rich, either - far from it.
Working people shouldn't have to pay taxes to support them.
That's begging the question. We could all just agree to live in a society together, where those who can will do, and those who can't will do whatever they can
And what if we don't all just agree to that? Why shouldn't creative, productive and capable people enjoy the fruits of their labors, instead of having them taken away and given to somebody else? Why should I be your beast of burden? Of course, we already know the answer to that - the proletariat is larger numerically, and so any democratic society inevitably trends toward socialism. God forbid anybody should try to get ahead.
As more things become automated, people will find new things to do. Unemployment didn't increase when we stopped making buggy whips, those people went to work making cars. As we develop new technologies, people will be needed to work in those new technologies, until they become sufficiently automated, by which time other technologies will be new. Eventually, we will need people to travel to and colonize new planets.
Personal experience, as well as what's reported in the news everyday, disagrees with what you are saying. Not the part about Muslims being more touchy about religion overall - they very well may be; I must admit I don't know many if any Muslims personally - but that trying to spread reason and science among other religions, especially (IMO) Christians, is "preaching to the choir". There are a lot of Christians in this country (the US, that is) that genuinely believe in creation mythology, who think the world is six thousand years old, who reject evolution, who think the myths of the New Testament (raising the dead, feeding the multitude, etc.) are real, etc. and who certainly would not engage in any serious discussion about the existence vs. non-existence of God. I still recall that girl in 8th grade who told me she'd pray for me 'cause I was going to Hell - and that was in New York, less than 100 miles from NYC - I can't imagine what it must be like growing up in certain other parts of the US, even today. Dawkins et al still have plenty of work to do, right here in the US.
Seriously? If you want better than minimum-standards misery, you go get get a friggin' job and earn more than the minimum. The minimum is there to ensure you don't starve to death during your job search.
OK... the part of America you live in may not have public transit. Other parts do.
Your America doesn't, I suppose.
The problem with electric bikes is that it doesn't fix the root problem, which is, that the person is out of shape.
Electric bikes with throttles won't. But electric assist does require some effort, and thus will help the unfit to get fitter.
So now it's not enough to want to do something good for the environment, we have to adopt a particular health lifestyle too? Screw it; I'll just keep using my car then. Why do you people have to look down your noses at other people who might be trying to do something good, without necessarily being concerned about doing what you think is good?
or more likely, that the rider isn't strong enough
Yeah, no duh. Not everybody's a super strong cyclist like you; they might just want to get from A to B without burning fossil fuel and without being all sweaty when they get to B. This is about cycling as transportation, not as a health lifestyle choice.
OK, but how long does a cord of wood last vs. 250 gallons of oil? I remember as a child living in upstate NY, after we got our woodburning stove, we would go through 2-3 cords in a winter (at $45 a cord if you were willing to cut it up yourself).
Not necessarily.
Indeed, the only creator of me of which I'm aware. So where did she get her rights from?
"when we're just short of losing the Southwest to Mexico"? What was that supposed to mean?
There is no fracking going on in NY; there is a statewide moratorium.
You don't think there's a kind of genius in what Steve Jobs or Thomas Edison or Henry Ford did? If they were "just normal people", then why aren't we all billionaires like them?
You're not serious, I hope?