"eBay isn't sensible for stuff that costs more to ship than it's worth."
I'd disagree: 1) "Worth" is in the eye of the beholder. I just eBayed a BROKEN camera lens that I thought was worthless. Went for $26.
2) Even if it goes for $0.99, charge actual shipping plus $2 for the box, etc. Someone who is willing to pay for it is more likely to use it than a free deal.
"the army is too stupid to airlift in supplies to the right places with unmanned aircraft."
God, where to start...
1. "Food aid" does not equate to "airlift". Airlifts are used in emergency situations because they are expensive and deliver a low payload for the effort. Also, airstrips aren't just scattered in every village. You still need local transport, controlled by...wait for it...locals. Or do you mean "airdrop"? Even better - tons of sacks of corn raining down on the locals heads, bursting open on impact.
2. What "unmanned aircraft?" The ones that can barely lift a camera package? I can see it now - millions of drones delivering brown bag lunches delivered by little parachutes. There ARE no unmanned cargo aircraft.
3 The "Army" has little to do with food aid, except in emergency situations. Most local militaries, as well as our liberal friends, would have a fit at military involvement in food distribution. It is mainly handled by NGO's and the UN, who believe they must deal with he local thugs "for the children."
The reason we still give food aid to the thugs that call themselves governments is that it is easier to waste cheap food than explain to the Bono's and "We Are The World" types that, gee, this stuff is kinda complicated.
[mumble]...unmanned cargo aircraft...Lord help me...[/mumble]
The problem is that a large number of powerplants are located far away from the population centers that could most efficiently use the waste heat. Also, the heat is relatively "low quality": sub boiling water temp.
If you can figure out a way to get the waste heat from a power plant that may be 20 miles from a population center without losing the temperature differential, or figure out a way to increase the temperature of the cold sink of the powerplant, then you will have beaten the laws of thermodynamics.
I'll offer another interpretation, not necessarily better but different:
"We must let go of someone. Everyone else is in some protected class, so if we let them go, even for cause, we'll be sued. Homosexuals are not currently a protected class, so the risk of lawsuit is lower, so we are letting you go. Sorry about that."
Whether homosexuals should be considered a protected class is left as an exercise to the flamethrowers.
"I'll get around to this one day but I intend to get a series of short (3-6") extension cables to make it so one power strip will hold all of my various transformers. Then I'll probably just hang them somewhere on the side of my desk or tie them together with those nifty little velcro strips."
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True story: my Mom's neighbor was excited that a great blue Heron was regularly visiting her pond. Until she found out why - it was dining on her very expensive koi.
Maybe she needs a mini Nimitz with mini F-14's to fly CAP.
It has happened thousands of times before. What has never happened before is another party (her parents) having the money and the political savvy to involve politicians in the process.
Heh... My former employer's policy was to give NO references - only confirmation of employment. If you don't say anything, you can't say anything wrong.
Funny, I got the same feeling after reading the novel version of "Ender's Game". Everything that wasnt' in the original novella (novellette?) just seemed like filler, added on to justify some "deep meaning". Totally turned me off to reading the rest of the series.
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Ahh, memories...
1995, I was a contractor at an unnamed nuclear powerplant in Maryland. Windows 3.1 and all the BSD's we could stand. Solitaire was all the rage, and Management caught on.
One day the Solitaire shortcut doesn't work anymore, and a memo is circulated that "Game playing is bad...waste of resources...disciplinary action..." Stopepd us in our tracks? No (I mean, we are engineers for Chrissake)
Look for Sol.exe on machine...gone. Search for "Solitaire" in shared drive...hmmm...that looks like some kind of script file in the root of the Network G: drive. Open it up - so it is: it checks user's machine at login and erases sol.exe. There is also a log in the directory: every instance of Solitaire being played on machines connected to that network for the last couple of months.
Solution to problem #1: reinstall Sol.exe, rename sol1.exe. No more logging.
Fun with the existing log:
"Hey Frank! (da boss)" "What" "You were playing Solitaire at exactly 1425 on March 3." "Uh, how would you know that?" "Big Brother is watching, Frank."
Funny, I could have sworn those were printers spitting out papers that looked like my assignments when I was in schools pre-Windows days.
"or send an email based on the information"
But they DON'T need to email the info. Why is everyone missing his point: their needs are defined, and DOS suits those needs. When their needs change, they will change. What is so hard about that?
It is the same legal principle that allows one to be sued for a drowning of a stranger in their swimming pool, when the stranger was trespassing to begin with.
Uh, ALL spectrum is renewable. The rights to some spectrum is auctioned off to the highest bidder, with the proceeds going to the general fund. There are some notable exceptions, like the HDTV spectrum "swap."
So are you objecting to making the richest corporations pay the most money for licenses, or the fact that anybody pays anything for licenses?
A clarification please: by "local" above, I assume you mean "national" as opposed to "worldwide." In the US, "local" jurisdictions, i.e. states, have ZERO power to regulate the airwaves.
There is another factor. FCC regulations require that licensees actually use their licenses. Once a license is awarded, the licensee must construct facilities within a certain time and begin service within a certain time after that - in total, about 2 years.
If a licensee doesn't use the frequency or hasn't constructed, the license effectively comes up for grabs on a first come-first served basis. This is called a "finder's preference," where whoever rats out the non-performing licensee to the FCC gets first dibs on the license.
As such, if someone were to buy a license and just sit on it, it would only last a short time - the license can be snatched out from underneath them.
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You are aware that the population is projected to *shrink* in many developed countries over the next 50 years?
"eBay isn't sensible for stuff that costs more to ship than it's worth."
I'd disagree:
1) "Worth" is in the eye of the beholder. I just eBayed a BROKEN camera lens that I thought was worthless. Went for $26.
2) Even if it goes for $0.99, charge actual shipping plus $2 for the box, etc. Someone who is willing to pay for it is more likely to use it than a free deal.
Yup...no bitterness there!
"the army is too stupid to airlift in supplies to the right places with unmanned aircraft."
God, where to start...
1. "Food aid" does not equate to "airlift". Airlifts are used in emergency situations because they are expensive and deliver a low payload for the effort. Also, airstrips aren't just scattered in every village. You still need local transport, controlled by...wait for it...locals. Or do you mean "airdrop"? Even better - tons of sacks of corn raining down on the locals heads, bursting open on impact.
2. What "unmanned aircraft?" The ones that can barely lift a camera package? I can see it now - millions of drones delivering brown bag lunches delivered by little parachutes. There ARE no unmanned cargo aircraft.
3 The "Army" has little to do with food aid, except in emergency situations. Most local militaries, as well as our liberal friends, would have a fit at military involvement in food distribution. It is mainly handled by NGO's and the UN, who believe they must deal with he local thugs "for the children."
The reason we still give food aid to the thugs that call themselves governments is that it is easier to waste cheap food than explain to the Bono's and "We Are The World" types that, gee, this stuff is kinda complicated.
[mumble]...unmanned cargo aircraft...Lord help me...[/mumble]
The problem is that a large number of powerplants are located far away from the population centers that could most efficiently use the waste heat. Also, the heat is relatively "low quality": sub boiling water temp.
If you can figure out a way to get the waste heat from a power plant that may be 20 miles from a population center without losing the temperature differential, or figure out a way to increase the temperature of the cold sink of the powerplant, then you will have beaten the laws of thermodynamics.
I'll offer another interpretation, not necessarily better but different:
"We must let go of someone. Everyone else is in some protected class, so if we let them go, even for cause, we'll be sued. Homosexuals are not currently a protected class, so the risk of lawsuit is lower, so we are letting you go. Sorry about that."
Whether homosexuals should be considered a protected class is left as an exercise to the flamethrowers.
"I'll get around to this one day but I intend to get a series of short (3-6") extension cables to make it so one power strip will hold all of my various transformers. Then I'll probably just hang them somewhere on the side of my desk or tie them together with those nifty little velcro strips."
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True story: my Mom's neighbor was excited that a great blue Heron was regularly visiting her pond. Until she found out why - it was dining on her very expensive koi.
Maybe she needs a mini Nimitz with mini F-14's to fly CAP.
It has happened thousands of times before. What has never happened before is another party (her parents) having the money and the political savvy to involve politicians in the process.
Heh... My former employer's policy was to give NO references - only confirmation of employment. If you don't say anything, you can't say anything wrong.
Yeah, like they did with "I, Robot" ... errr ... never mind.
Funny, I got the same feeling after reading the novel version of "Ender's Game". Everything that wasnt' in the original novella (novellette?) just seemed like filler, added on to justify some "deep meaning". Totally turned me off to reading the rest of the series.
Ahh, memories...
1995, I was a contractor at an unnamed nuclear powerplant in Maryland. Windows 3.1 and all the BSD's we could stand. Solitaire was all the rage, and Management caught on.
One day the Solitaire shortcut doesn't work anymore, and a memo is circulated that "Game playing is bad...waste of resources...disciplinary action..." Stopepd us in our tracks? No (I mean, we are engineers for Chrissake)
Look for Sol.exe on machine...gone.
Search for "Solitaire" in shared drive...hmmm...that looks like some kind of script file in the root of the Network G: drive. Open it up - so it is: it checks user's machine at login and erases sol.exe. There is also a log in the directory: every instance of Solitaire being played on machines connected to that network for the last couple of months.
Solution to problem #1: reinstall Sol.exe, rename sol1.exe. No more logging.
Fun with the existing log:
"Hey Frank! (da boss)"
"What"
"You were playing Solitaire at exactly 1425 on March 3."
"Uh, how would you know that?"
"Big Brother is watching, Frank."
"Until the day you need to print with it, "
Funny, I could have sworn those were printers spitting out papers that looked like my assignments when I was in schools pre-Windows days.
"or send an email based on the information"
But they DON'T need to email the info. Why is everyone missing his point: their needs are defined, and DOS suits those needs. When their needs change, they will change. What is so hard about that?
Yet another Larry Niven reference: "Mom and the Kids", with David Drake (I think).
No, you just defined Hell: the 72 virgins ARE Slashdotters - all male.
Dammit - I was just about to Google for the title. And my mod points ran out yesterday.
2 words: Attractive Nuisance.
It is the same legal principle that allows one to be sued for a drowning of a stranger in their swimming pool, when the stranger was trespassing to begin with.
You locked your Grandma in the trunk of her Fairlane? Let her out for Dod's sake, and then you won't have to shout at her.
Yeah, but monkeys require care and feeding. At least college students an wipe their own...oh, never mind.
Uh, ALL spectrum is renewable. The rights to some spectrum is auctioned off to the highest bidder, with the proceeds going to the general fund. There are some notable exceptions, like the HDTV spectrum "swap."
So are you objecting to making the richest corporations pay the most money for licenses, or the fact that anybody pays anything for licenses?
A clarification please: by "local" above, I assume you mean "national" as opposed to "worldwide." In the US, "local" jurisdictions, i.e. states, have ZERO power to regulate the airwaves.
There is another factor. FCC regulations require that licensees actually use their licenses. Once a license is awarded, the licensee must construct facilities within a certain time and begin service within a certain time after that - in total, about 2 years.
If a licensee doesn't use the frequency or hasn't constructed, the license effectively comes up for grabs on a first come-first served basis. This is called a "finder's preference," where whoever rats out the non-performing licensee to the FCC gets first dibs on the license.
As such, if someone were to buy a license and just sit on it, it would only last a short time - the license can be snatched out from underneath them.
I've discovered I like music much more when I don't have to pay for it.
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