Bad choice of drugs. I remember seeing a few studies in the 80s that pointed out that use of small doses of cocaine actually improved driving - drivers could focus better and had better reaction times.
Having children in the car is roughly as dangerous as having a BAC of 0.08. Or did you mean the original limits for alcohol, the ones that were actually based on where the curve changed slope?
I would drive with my knees for hours at a time back when I was in college, routinely traveling low-traffic Interstates, mostly just to give myself something to do.
Cataclysmic volcanic activity causes a totally different problem: massive global cooling due to particulates. This is much more short-lived than any warming that would occur after the dust settled, but really massive eruptions would easily cause massive die-off.
I should have said, "there is a legal presumption of negligence on the part of the party that hits the other that is almost impossible to overcome, unless you can demonstrate that some third party actually bears the guilt by virtue of jumping in front of the car, or blocking them in from the side, or attempting to conduct insurance fraud". Happy now? BTW, in the cited example, the driver of the "bus full of nuns" is likely to be held to an even higher standard than an average driver by virtue of being engaged in commerce.
The technologies that implement the data transfer that makes the Internet a viable operation are the hardest part, because they deal with real physical limits. The protocols were secondary - look at the success of AOL and MSN in the immediate pre-massive-Internet era, ca. 1992-1995, working on the same 14.4k, 28.8k, and 33.6k modems that were the original end-user implementation of the Internet.
In 1994, my small university (~2500 undergrads) leased a 56k line to a nearby public university, and provided eight 2400 bps modems as a dialup pool. They were almost never all in use. By 1997, 2/3 of the campus was using the freshly installed Ethernet.
In short, I'd say that the Internet succeeded because the cost of data transport had finally fallen enough to make it possible to provide sufficiently fast connections to enough people.
The reason that Quayle (and Palin, for that matter) is mocked as a dolt is that the media decided to portray him as one. Politicians all say things that sound really dumb out of context. Nearly all politicians say things that sound dumb in context, because they're human. I could make Barack Obama sound like a blithering idiot with some well-chosen sound bites, and the same skill would let me make GW Bush sound like the greatest orator in decades.
That was in the mid-1800s. The early Pennsylvania stuff was mostly played out by the early 1900s, although many wells have continued to produce at low quantities since.
Great general principle (in fact, that was one of my stupid-characters complaints about The Blair Witch Project), but you may end up on a finger of land needing to cross rapidly flowing (or cold) water before you get to a road.
information about dangerous areas should be put out
Municipalities would hate that. The companies would be blasted for discriminating against minority and working-class communities. And it's probably not necessary - in the US, I know of plenty of areas that look bad but are actually OK, but almost none that look OK but are actually bad. Keep your eyes open and don't be afraid to turn around.
You don't really understand how cars work, do you? Power steering isn't steer-by-wire; it's just power assist. I've driven cars with broken power steering, and while it was hard to maneuver at slow speeds the difference wasn't really noticeable over 10 mph. If your cruise control locks in the on and maximum speed position, put the car in neutral and brake to a halt, just as you would if the throttle stuck in the fully open position. Antilock brakes prevent the pedal from staying down; they can't bring it down on their own. And if the bus full of nuns hits you from behind, it's because they were following too closely.
Large commercial buildings have a better chance of recouping the investment. Modern post-tensioned slabs are able to stand up to the shift for most common sizes of homes, though.
Shhh. Let him rant for a while. Once he's done explaining how the Jews control the world, the banking system, etc., etc., ask him why he doesn't convert.
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If you can't stab a passenger to death with one hand, it's time to go back to Serial Killer Kindergarten.
Bad choice of drugs. I remember seeing a few studies in the 80s that pointed out that use of small doses of cocaine actually improved driving - drivers could focus better and had better reaction times.
Having children in the car is roughly as dangerous as having a BAC of 0.08. Or did you mean the original limits for alcohol, the ones that were actually based on where the curve changed slope?
I would drive with my knees for hours at a time back when I was in college, routinely traveling low-traffic Interstates, mostly just to give myself something to do.
Cataclysmic volcanic activity causes a totally different problem: massive global cooling due to particulates. This is much more short-lived than any warming that would occur after the dust settled, but really massive eruptions would easily cause massive die-off.
I should have said, "there is a legal presumption of negligence on the part of the party that hits the other that is almost impossible to overcome, unless you can demonstrate that some third party actually bears the guilt by virtue of jumping in front of the car, or blocking them in from the side, or attempting to conduct insurance fraud". Happy now? BTW, in the cited example, the driver of the "bus full of nuns" is likely to be held to an even higher standard than an average driver by virtue of being engaged in commerce.
It's an amusing bit of word play, even if it's probably not intentional.
you could build an entire computer into a printer and still sell it for $150
You missed the part where he said "CHEAP", right? $50 or less.
The technologies that implement the data transfer that makes the Internet a viable operation are the hardest part, because they deal with real physical limits. The protocols were secondary - look at the success of AOL and MSN in the immediate pre-massive-Internet era, ca. 1992-1995, working on the same 14.4k, 28.8k, and 33.6k modems that were the original end-user implementation of the Internet.
In 1994, my small university (~2500 undergrads) leased a 56k line to a nearby public university, and provided eight 2400 bps modems as a dialup pool. They were almost never all in use. By 1997, 2/3 of the campus was using the freshly installed Ethernet.
In short, I'd say that the Internet succeeded because the cost of data transport had finally fallen enough to make it possible to provide sufficiently fast connections to enough people.
The reason that Quayle (and Palin, for that matter) is mocked as a dolt is that the media decided to portray him as one. Politicians all say things that sound really dumb out of context. Nearly all politicians say things that sound dumb in context, because they're human. I could make Barack Obama sound like a blithering idiot with some well-chosen sound bites, and the same skill would let me make GW Bush sound like the greatest orator in decades.
Unfortunately, I think he meant those ads that said "PUNCH THE MONKEY TO WIN". I like your version better, though.
In other words, it's an amusing thing to watch if you agree with the filmmaker's ideology, but it's not exactly solid reportage?
Eminent domain can, in some respects, apply here. Complain to your legislature.
That was in the mid-1800s. The early Pennsylvania stuff was mostly played out by the early 1900s, although many wells have continued to produce at low quantities since.
Great general principle (in fact, that was one of my stupid-characters complaints about The Blair Witch Project), but you may end up on a finger of land needing to cross rapidly flowing (or cold) water before you get to a road.
information about dangerous areas should be put out
Municipalities would hate that. The companies would be blasted for discriminating against minority and working-class communities. And it's probably not necessary - in the US, I know of plenty of areas that look bad but are actually OK, but almost none that look OK but are actually bad. Keep your eyes open and don't be afraid to turn around.
And your fault for coming to an abrupt stop for no reason. Welcome to life, things aren't black and white, enjoy your stay.
Actually, in the US, if you hit the rear of the car in front of you, you are at fault. Period. It is, legally, black-and-white. No gray.
You don't really understand how cars work, do you? Power steering isn't steer-by-wire; it's just power assist. I've driven cars with broken power steering, and while it was hard to maneuver at slow speeds the difference wasn't really noticeable over 10 mph. If your cruise control locks in the on and maximum speed position, put the car in neutral and brake to a halt, just as you would if the throttle stuck in the fully open position. Antilock brakes prevent the pedal from staying down; they can't bring it down on their own. And if the bus full of nuns hits you from behind, it's because they were following too closely.
Both are common.
But the record highs are considerably below +50 C. See here.
You have to admit, it would be a lot more interesting. Soccer moms meet /b/ - the possibilities are endless.
Large commercial buildings have a better chance of recouping the investment. Modern post-tensioned slabs are able to stand up to the shift for most common sizes of homes, though.
What godforsaken hellhole has a temperature range like that?
Shhh. Let him rant for a while. Once he's done explaining how the Jews control the world, the banking system, etc., etc., ask him why he doesn't convert.
You say that as though it's a bad thing.