Now, this is considered archaic, except in the one case. But, some people are pompous and like to pretend they are correctly applying something you don't know, so they use them anyway.
Well perhaps when they release audited financial statements at least 30 days before the IPO, you can determine for yourself what they're actually worth. But I can almost guarantee they're waaaay underscoring the market value with $12- it's standard practice in an IPO, especially a highly-visible one like google's.
Whoever the fuck moderated me "overrated" when the comment had not previously been modded at all can go eat shit and die now, thanks very much. Try the "informative" button next time, buddy.
The fuel taxes collected have been more than enough to pay for the roads.
Maybe in Europe with high gas taxes, but not over here. The United states has artificially low gas prices that definitely do NOT reflect the actual cost of gas use.
In Boston, the T system moves 700,000 people on an average day, and costs are bare minimum compared to the big dig, which is estimated by the Mass highway department to positively affect about 190,000 (those who are sped by it during rush hour and other heavy-traffic times; those who drive in low traffic could care less for the improvements). Though the big dig makes Boston a *slightly* extreme example, I was speaking just yesterday with a friend of mine who interned on project approval this summer at the federal DOT, and only a few percent of the budget goes to subsidize public transit, and it's NOT covered by gas taxes. This is likewise true for state DOTs.
That's exactly what I'm saying- that gas taxes should be heavier to reflect the actual cost of driving. They are currently under-taxed, making gas use seem cheaper than it is.
Also, good point about the freight rail; that's really terrible.
Dude, the cost of operating a car is FAR more than just the cost of mining, processing, and shipping the oil. You've got environmental costs, but more to the point you've got the tremendous road cost that is borne by the entire country whether they drive or not. In Europe, they tax the hell out of gas so that it reflects the actual cost of driving a car more closely. That is more of a true price. So yes, you get more service than you deserve out of the cost of filling a tank. Artificially low.
Density isn't as much of a problem as you'd think. Back in the day, there were trolly and train networks all over the country, and people in mid/low-density areas (where it's considered unfathomable today to run public transit) could get nearly anywhere by riding these PROFITABLE ventures. But, when Herbert Hoover and Ford came along, the push switched to "a car in every garage" for economic stimulation, and soon nobody wanted the trollies anymore.
Rails can't really be profitable any more without subsidies, but roads are FAR more heavily subsidized, and gas prices in the US are held artificially low.
Yeah, but maglev trains can handle mountain inclines *significantly* steeper than the mere 8% grade a normal train can handle. Wouldn't necessarily be a problem.
You do realize that the subsidies that Amtrack and most local train utilities recieve are less than half of what similar road spending requires, right? Think of roads as direct subsidies to the car companies; boston (used as an example because I live there, not because it's an extreme case) subsidizes about 60% of the MBTA's budget, but spends more than that every year on roads even discounting the fiasco that is the big dig. The MBTA serves over 700,000 people daily, and the central artery will serve less than 300,000 drivers, as per Mass Highway Department estimates). Other cities are the same, so citing subsidies to public transport but NOT citing road costs depicts a situation only the car companies would claim is true.
All too true, except blame #1 on Hoover more than ford because of his car and road subsidies (two chickens in every pot and a car in every garage or whatnot).
That's how I do it. Install progs on the partition for each system, and keep a third partition (or drive, if I had multiple drives or whatnot) on fat. I don't think it works with xp though, but it does on 2000.
Do your semis research, man. There are probably a hundred companies with top engineers that have the capacity and knowledge to design a great graphically-oriented processor. Loads of them. Why would Nintendo and Sony go talk to IBM when they've been doing their own thing for so long, anyway?
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Raven died. The implication is that the bomb was left on the raft, blowing it up.
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I'd say don't despair. Stephenson is a conceptual, fun writer, and re-reads are *always* worthwhile, which is what's so great about him. Enjoy the bike chain cyphers, don't worry about when shaftoe met root.
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Stephenson had Hiro's family and Raven's family interact cross-generations in Snow Crash as well. The Diamond Age had some pretty big coincidences, too, though not quite as bad. I've generally just come to accept it as somewhat arbitrary- the Waterhousen are generic linked geeks, while the Shaftoe's are generic jocks, or something like that. The writing is still more than worth reading even with such weird quirks, in my opinion.
Actually, problems like that tend to work themselves out on a demand level- we wouldn't really have *that* much more money in the coffers, because people would cut their usage (or S$ would inflate with spending!!).
Okay, I'm giving up modding the thread to jump into this discussion-
I just wanted to say that people always seem to think art is all about being profound, challenging, and whatever else. But so many of the masters created what we consider art merely so that others could revel in their sheer skill. Almost all the famous contracted/patronized rennaissance art was created for aesthetic appreciation and not for and greater, more profound purpose than to study form, figure, whatever, and create beautiful representations.
So in that respect, I really do consider something like GTA3 to be art. It's a creative work that gives life to a vision. I like what you said about the artist's emotion, feeling, depth, etc, but I'm not sure those *technically* have much to do with it, though, I'd agree that they usually correlate.
I don't know if you wrote that or not, but it's the worst statistical analysis ever! They cite the number of crew who died and the percentage of those who wore red shirts, but they don't say how that relates to the total percentage of crewmembers who wear red shirts, or the total percentage of away team members who wear red shirts, or even what percentage of red shirt wearers actually die! It could be that everyone wears red shirts and the only people who don't happen to be the same 28 that died who weren't wearing red shirts, making red shirts have a lower correlation with death than any other type of shirt! Such irrelevant data...
You know, I've got an issue with everyone touting adaware so much: It doesn't seem to help me. I'm running windows, and I'm kinda near switching to linux full time anyway, but I've run adaware several times and I still have tons(!) of popups that are clearly the result of spyware. Can you offer any tips for how to better remove this stuff from my system? I'd delve into the registry if I had any idea what I was doing!
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Now, this is considered archaic, except in the one case. But, some people are pompous and like to pretend they are correctly applying something you don't know, so they use them anyway.
Well perhaps when they release audited financial statements at least 30 days before the IPO, you can determine for yourself what they're actually worth. But I can almost guarantee they're waaaay underscoring the market value with $12- it's standard practice in an IPO, especially a highly-visible one like google's.
Libel has to be published. It can still otherwise be slander, but it'd be a tort, really.
Whoever the fuck moderated me "overrated" when the comment had not previously been modded at all can go eat shit and die now, thanks very much. Try the "informative" button next time, buddy.
The fuel taxes collected have been more than enough to pay for the roads.
Maybe in Europe with high gas taxes, but not over here. The United states has artificially low gas prices that definitely do NOT reflect the actual cost of gas use.
In Boston, the T system moves 700,000 people on an average day, and costs are bare minimum compared to the big dig, which is estimated by the Mass highway department to positively affect about 190,000 (those who are sped by it during rush hour and other heavy-traffic times; those who drive in low traffic could care less for the improvements). Though the big dig makes Boston a *slightly* extreme example, I was speaking just yesterday with a friend of mine who interned on project approval this summer at the federal DOT, and only a few percent of the budget goes to subsidize public transit, and it's NOT covered by gas taxes. This is likewise true for state DOTs.
That's exactly what I'm saying- that gas taxes should be heavier to reflect the actual cost of driving. They are currently under-taxed, making gas use seem cheaper than it is.
Also, good point about the freight rail; that's really terrible.
Dude, the cost of operating a car is FAR more than just the cost of mining, processing, and shipping the oil. You've got environmental costs, but more to the point you've got the tremendous road cost that is borne by the entire country whether they drive or not. In Europe, they tax the hell out of gas so that it reflects the actual cost of driving a car more closely. That is more of a true price. So yes, you get more service than you deserve out of the cost of filling a tank. Artificially low.
Density isn't as much of a problem as you'd think. Back in the day, there were trolly and train networks all over the country, and people in mid/low-density areas (where it's considered unfathomable today to run public transit) could get nearly anywhere by riding these PROFITABLE ventures. But, when Herbert Hoover and Ford came along, the push switched to "a car in every garage" for economic stimulation, and soon nobody wanted the trollies anymore.
Rails can't really be profitable any more without subsidies, but roads are FAR more heavily subsidized, and gas prices in the US are held artificially low.
Yeah, but maglev trains can handle mountain inclines *significantly* steeper than the mere 8% grade a normal train can handle. Wouldn't necessarily be a problem.
You do realize that the subsidies that Amtrack and most local train utilities recieve are less than half of what similar road spending requires, right? Think of roads as direct subsidies to the car companies; boston (used as an example because I live there, not because it's an extreme case) subsidizes about 60% of the MBTA's budget, but spends more than that every year on roads even discounting the fiasco that is the big dig. The MBTA serves over 700,000 people daily, and the central artery will serve less than 300,000 drivers, as per Mass Highway Department estimates). Other cities are the same, so citing subsidies to public transport but NOT citing road costs depicts a situation only the car companies would claim is true.
All too true, except blame #1 on Hoover more than ford because of his car and road subsidies (two chickens in every pot and a car in every garage or whatnot).
That's how I do it. Install progs on the partition for each system, and keep a third partition (or drive, if I had multiple drives or whatnot) on fat. I don't think it works with xp though, but it does on 2000.
No other manufacturing players in town?
Do your semis research, man. There are probably a hundred companies with top engineers that have the capacity and knowledge to design a great graphically-oriented processor. Loads of them. Why would Nintendo and Sony go talk to IBM when they've been doing their own thing for so long, anyway?
Raven died. The implication is that the bomb was left on the raft, blowing it up.
I'd say don't despair. Stephenson is a conceptual, fun writer, and re-reads are *always* worthwhile, which is what's so great about him. Enjoy the bike chain cyphers, don't worry about when shaftoe met root.
Stephenson had Hiro's family and Raven's family interact cross-generations in Snow Crash as well. The Diamond Age had some pretty big coincidences, too, though not quite as bad. I've generally just come to accept it as somewhat arbitrary- the Waterhousen are generic linked geeks, while the Shaftoe's are generic jocks, or something like that. The writing is still more than worth reading even with such weird quirks, in my opinion.
Actually, problems like that tend to work themselves out on a demand level- we wouldn't really have *that* much more money in the coffers, because people would cut their usage (or S$ would inflate with spending!!).
2. Apply for job as sysadmin at one of thousands of companies who sacked their old ones for bad security
Okay, I'm giving up modding the thread to jump into this discussion-
I just wanted to say that people always seem to think art is all about being profound, challenging, and whatever else. But so many of the masters created what we consider art merely so that others could revel in their sheer skill. Almost all the famous contracted/patronized rennaissance art was created for aesthetic appreciation and not for and greater, more profound purpose than to study form, figure, whatever, and create beautiful representations.
So in that respect, I really do consider something like GTA3 to be art. It's a creative work that gives life to a vision. I like what you said about the artist's emotion, feeling, depth, etc, but I'm not sure those *technically* have much to do with it, though, I'd agree that they usually correlate.
-Jack
That is the funniest thing I have ever heard. Oh my god...
I don't know if you wrote that or not, but it's the worst statistical analysis ever! They cite the number of crew who died and the percentage of those who wore red shirts, but they don't say how that relates to the total percentage of crewmembers who wear red shirts, or the total percentage of away team members who wear red shirts, or even what percentage of red shirt wearers actually die! It could be that everyone wears red shirts and the only people who don't happen to be the same 28 that died who weren't wearing red shirts, making red shirts have a lower correlation with death than any other type of shirt! Such irrelevant data...
libel (and slander which has nothing to do with this) is a civil offense. No one can be prosecuted for it.
Hey, many thanks!
You know, I've got an issue with everyone touting adaware so much: It doesn't seem to help me. I'm running windows, and I'm kinda near switching to linux full time anyway, but I've run adaware several times and I still have tons(!) of popups that are clearly the result of spyware. Can you offer any tips for how to better remove this stuff from my system? I'd delve into the registry if I had any idea what I was doing!
-Jack
Browse at one? Oh god, I'd shoot myself if I browsed at +1. No, it's all about browsing at +3.