To whoever marked me "Offtopic", perhaps I should have cited something real: Pearson v. Chung, the case of a Washington, D.C. judge, Roy Pearson, who sued a dry cleaning business for $67 million (later lowered to $54 million), has been cited[12] as an example of frivolous litigation. According to Pearson, the dry cleaners allegedly lost his pants (which he brought in for a $10.50 alteration) and refused his demands for a large refund. Pearson believed that a 'Satisfaction Guaranteed' sign in the window of the shop legally entitled him to a refund for the cost of the pants, estimated at $1,000. The $54 million total also included $2 million in "mental distress" and $15,000 which he estimated to be the cost of renting a car every weekend to go to another dry cleaners.
"Why don't you cancel it? We can in the country that you're not talking about..."
If we could cancel it, we probably wouldn't be complaining, but there's a cancellation fee that makes it slightly less painful to just ride out the bull.
My wife and I decided to have another child, which we knew would be born by C-section and bottle-fed. Consequently, she was permanently banned from one of her parenting forums for making such an immoral and obviously unsafe decision.
Pretty sure it's not, though.
Believing something to be true doesn't make it true.
It's big, but it's not an "all or nothing" project. It's not a prestige project. It's a functional scientific instrument, whereas the LHC is "Holy crapzor we built the biggest thing EVAR!"
Not that odd... read "From Eros To Gaia" by Freeman Dyson, he has a LOT to say about "big-money science" versus "small-money science". Guess which one the LHC is.
Probably use the existing oil / coal system, that so far the article has NOT mentioned trashing? It's the only feasible option right now, until lossless power transmission becomes a reality, and the nerds are working on that one.
This isn't like one person standing at the end of a line, and shoving SO HARD that the person at the other end feels it... it's about co-operation: everyone takes one step forwards. You don't have to move mass quantities of ANYTHING over ANY long distance. Local distributors move small amounts, where needed.
You're right. I'm putting far too much faith in the intelligence and foresight of the average American. Thank you for correcting me. As per your instructions, I will consider you all retards from now on.
Uhm... no, nothing even slightly close to that. Ok, let's say you're being warrantlessly investigated. Your online tracks, purchasing records, confidential information, phone tapping, etcetera. You would be able to get them to investigate someone, as well... so maybe get them to put the senators that voted "yes" to this under this sort of scrutiny. Then we'll see how fast Democracy words.
I say that for EVERY citizen investigated in this manner, that citizen should be able to name ONE other person to be investigated, including but not limited to: politicians, CEOs, military officers, and FBI investigators.
Thermodynamics... yes, THAT's the sort of waste I was talking about. Certainly nothing along the lines of lighting and home electronics... that would be stupid.
Was a still day today. Damn, no electricity for me. (well,if it weren't for the nuke to the north and the coal plant to the south)
People invented this thing called the "battery" about 100 years ago, look into it. Along the same lines, even on still days where you live, there's probably a south-facing hill nearby that's always windy about, oh, 80 feet above the ground.
Good thing it wasn't cloudy. Still, those few square feet wouldn't even run the blower for my A/C, never mind the compressor. Guess I'm sticking with the nuke.
Cloudy days still let current solar cells work at about 25% efficiency, and the thousands of square feet of roof your home or apartment building has can generate a surprising amount of energy, provided you're not wasting anything.
Because if it was that easy, it would be done already.
That's what people said right before the airplane was invented, and in fact before solar cells were invented. If it's so easy, the reason it hasn't been done before is because there's something more convenient already in place. People (especially you, apparently) don't want to change if it means expending a little bit of effort on their part.
Absolutely. Consequences are a major factor of choice, which is why most people go into ridiculous amounts of debt, losing their car, home, and posessions, in order to pay for costly medical procedures, which sort of drives home my point about how retarded the American medical system is, and how that system won't exactly work for a music download service, because they have very little in common. The arguments that will be used, though, are the same... "Socialism = bad! Pay for your own damn music!"
Yes, it's single pay and opt-out, but facts like that are often ignored in the face of a good sensationalist sob story.
Slashdot Mirror
Rightism in a nutshell: Let's sum up Leftists with an inaccurate sound-byte generalization!
I aren't go after the browser, neither! I can has cheezburger nao?
Good DAY, sir!
That's what "Twilight" is about, isn't it?
To whoever marked me "Offtopic", perhaps I should have cited something real: Pearson v. Chung, the case of a Washington, D.C. judge, Roy Pearson, who sued a dry cleaning business for $67 million (later lowered to $54 million), has been cited[12] as an example of frivolous litigation. According to Pearson, the dry cleaners allegedly lost his pants (which he brought in for a $10.50 alteration) and refused his demands for a large refund. Pearson believed that a 'Satisfaction Guaranteed' sign in the window of the shop legally entitled him to a refund for the cost of the pants, estimated at $1,000. The $54 million total also included $2 million in "mental distress" and $15,000 which he estimated to be the cost of renting a car every weekend to go to another dry cleaners.
I used FDR of raping me years after he died, and won. Thank you, Powerball Lottery!
"Why don't you cancel it? We can in the country that you're not talking about..."
If we could cancel it, we probably wouldn't be complaining, but there's a cancellation fee that makes it slightly less painful to just ride out the bull.
My wife and I decided to have another child, which we knew would be born by C-section and bottle-fed. Consequently, she was permanently banned from one of her parenting forums for making such an immoral and obviously unsafe decision.
Pretty sure it's not, though.
Believing something to be true doesn't make it true.
You're wrong.
He doesn't have to acknowledge anything, if he doesn't want to. That's what Slashdot is all about.
I would like to volunteer to do the hammering.
Humm. So you decide what is moral and not for the planet?
Interesting.....
It's big, but it's not an "all or nothing" project. It's not a prestige project. It's a functional scientific instrument, whereas the LHC is "Holy crapzor we built the biggest thing EVAR!"
Not that odd... read "From Eros To Gaia" by Freeman Dyson, he has a LOT to say about "big-money science" versus "small-money science". Guess which one the LHC is.
I love you.
Probably use the existing oil / coal system, that so far the article has NOT mentioned trashing? It's the only feasible option right now, until lossless power transmission becomes a reality, and the nerds are working on that one.
No no, it's NOT like a big truck...
This isn't like one person standing at the end of a line, and shoving SO HARD that the person at the other end feels it... it's about co-operation: everyone takes one step forwards. You don't have to move mass quantities of ANYTHING over ANY long distance. Local distributors move small amounts, where needed.
This is a job for... COMPUTOR!
You're right. I'm putting far too much faith in the intelligence and foresight of the average American. Thank you for correcting me. As per your instructions, I will consider you all retards from now on.
Uhm... no, nothing even slightly close to that. Ok, let's say you're being warrantlessly investigated. Your online tracks, purchasing records, confidential information, phone tapping, etcetera. You would be able to get them to investigate someone, as well... so maybe get them to put the senators that voted "yes" to this under this sort of scrutiny. Then we'll see how fast Democracy words.
I say that for EVERY citizen investigated in this manner, that citizen should be able to name ONE other person to be investigated, including but not limited to: politicians, CEOs, military officers, and FBI investigators.
Thermodynamics... yes, THAT's the sort of waste I was talking about. Certainly nothing along the lines of lighting and home electronics... that would be stupid.
Was a still day today. Damn, no electricity for me. (well,if it weren't for the nuke to the north and the coal plant to the south)
People invented this thing called the "battery" about 100 years ago, look into it. Along the same lines, even on still days where you live, there's probably a south-facing hill nearby that's always windy about, oh, 80 feet above the ground.
Good thing it wasn't cloudy. Still, those few square feet wouldn't even run the blower for my A/C, never mind the compressor. Guess I'm sticking with the nuke.
Cloudy days still let current solar cells work at about 25% efficiency, and the thousands of square feet of roof your home or apartment building has can generate a surprising amount of energy, provided you're not wasting anything.
Because if it was that easy, it would be done already.
That's what people said right before the airplane was invented, and in fact before solar cells were invented. If it's so easy, the reason it hasn't been done before is because there's something more convenient already in place. People (especially you, apparently) don't want to change if it means expending a little bit of effort on their part.
I want to make a "Master of his domain" joke, somehow... or perhaps "What's the deal with blue screens?"
"I know! We'll dig our way out!"
"No no no, dig up, stupid."
Well, it's 2600 in computer years...
Absolutely. Consequences are a major factor of choice, which is why most people go into ridiculous amounts of debt, losing their car, home, and posessions, in order to pay for costly medical procedures, which sort of drives home my point about how retarded the American medical system is, and how that system won't exactly work for a music download service, because they have very little in common. The arguments that will be used, though, are the same... "Socialism = bad! Pay for your own damn music!"
Yes, it's single pay and opt-out, but facts like that are often ignored in the face of a good sensationalist sob story.