When we start seeing people who have "solved" those problems or at least got them into a comfortable equilibrium they start going out of their way to find new problems to solve... like saving our children, or reshaping politics, etc.
All of this technology is suppose to make our lives easier. It used to be all one had to do was go out and hunt for some food a couple ours a day (if even that) and be prepared to die by the age of 30. Nowadays, we work 8+ hours a day just to make ends meet.
I think the vitriol you see is a function of location. It might just be a New Jersey attitude, or it might be the segment of the immigrant population that come into contact with.
I live in San Diego, which borders Tijuana and has some strong anti-immigration currents. But it's very often specficially stated it is not about race. We have many law-abiding latinos here that are also very irritated by those who choose to break the law. We come into contact with every class of coming from south of the border... from the poorest nearly native immigrants coming all the way from South America to the richest Mexicans. We would just like our government to take responsiblity for immigration and to favor those immigrants who choose to show respect for our laws.
Finally, I also favor increasing the number of legal immigrants, by at least 10x. But again, we've got to create a system that invites those who want to be a part of our society, not replace it. (Yes, that was authenticated.)
If we also have the ability to turn it on via thought, than we have the ability to fire 100x faster than a regular pilot who is pulling a trigger that will release a bullet, a missle, or a bomb.
Two pilots flying along.
One asks the other "So, how long have you been married now?"
The other responds "Lemme see, we got married in '98, so..."
I guess Captain Pike got stuck with an old model, dating all the way back to 2005...
[Fry is in a Captain Pike-style life-support machine]
Captain Zapp Brannigan: Do you understand the charges?
Kif Kroker: One beep for yes, two beeps for no.
[Fry beeps once]
Captain Zapp Brannigan: Yes, so noted. Do you plead guilty?
[Fry beeps twice]
Captain Zapp Brannigan: Double yes. Guilty.
I don't trust the banks, or the credit card companies, so I am one of the few people who do EVERYTHING in cash.
I don't trust them either. So I check the balances online, keep the printed copies (and decline online-only records), and keep deposit receipts.
Really, you're going to have to get one eventually, and if you are clever enough to work the system you can get all sort of cashback rewards and the like.
It isn't that difficult, they make easy enough cash off the genuises who carry $10K balances they don't really need to screw you for your $100 deposit. And it also depends on the risk you want to take... if I lose my wallet I'm secure two phone calls later (I carry only my ATM card and one credit card). If you lose $20K on the way to buy a car what are your options?
I think you are contradicting yourself here. Patents are (by any economic definition) monopolies in the market. So while I agree on the "avoiding monopolies" part of your statement, the "awarding patents" part is IMHO actually creating monopolies.
Yeah, that didn't come out very well. Avoiding self-sustaining single-provider monopolies and providing temporary patents is what I meant. There shouldn't exist companies that are so big that awarding them a patent is dangerous.
One can never say never, but within the limits of our knowledge, it is unlikely that batteries as we know them will ever improve two-fold.
If "a few percent" is 3, then we double in about 23 years.
If "a few percent" is 4, then we double in about 18 years.
While that's not short by any imagination, we are about "halfway" to matching gasoline engines... so given another couple decades we'll be right where people "expect". I'm personally happy with what we've got today, but no-one has packaged an electric car the way I'd like. They are all too small (understandable)... but I'd like a good-sized sedan or even SUV that I plug into the socket. If it's being charged by my solar panels than who cares how big it is? Screw the gas engine completely... just more to break down.
My point is that when the government issues monopolies in the market (as patents are), the government is actually working against the free market.
Well, I'm generally libertarian, but the free market isn't always a good thing.
Libertarians believe in using government to encourage a healthy market... not just a free one. Avoiding monopolies and awarding patents is therefore a legitimate function of government.
Because we all know the President Bush tells the truth and would never mislead us.
Because when someone disagrees with a liar they are automatically telling the truth.
For example, I too think Bush is a liar. Also, your hair is on fire.
Bush, Rush, Coulter etc. vs Clinton, Moore, Franken, etc... it's the circus part of the bread and circus formula. Their goal is to really change very little but get you all worked up about it in the process.
The US IS a great country, but having done some travelling I don't think "were all that", ok ?.. I hope you have better experiences in the future.
Oh, of course it's not all that here, there or anywhere. I've traveled and enjoyed it greatly. In fact, I hope to retire outside the US. There's good and bad in all places. I'm just tired of people acting like this is some inbred cesspool and their home country is god's gift. I'd feel the same way if an American said it about another country. Though for the most part I generaly don't see Americans with that attitude.
The initial loss in value only affects someone who makes a poor purchasing decision and tries to trade the almost new car back in after only a few months through maybe the first year or two of ownership.
It also affects you when you don't buy that used car.
I always buy my cars out of the auto trader magazines, less than a year old from the guy that made the poor purchasing decision. I pay cash and usually about 20% less than new. My last car had a $22K sticker price new... I bought in 8 months old with 5K miles on it for $16K.
The only thing is you don't always get the exact color/option you like.
It really is sad you stupid, ignorant dumbass fucking yanks are even allowed out of your own coutry. It's a miracle that you can even find your way to a shit house overseas considering how you can't even read articles in English, you dumb cunt.
I rest my case.
I would think that you might take a little criticism of how we treat visitors better, considering that you have been a visitor yourself.
Oh, I get it.
If an American goes somewhere and makes any criticisms, he is a ugly arrogant American.
If a European comes here and makes a criticism and the American doesn't listen to him, he is an ugly arrogant American.
That's the double standard I'm tired of.
And yeah, 90% of the crap they make you go through is pointless. Especially the liquids thing... when we fly I just slip the bottles into my pockets. They aren't metal so nothing happens. It would be ridiculously easy to get a gallon or two through strapped to your body. So I do agree... but perhaps the OP could have presented that with a little tact.
But if you define "us" as "bigot assholes", then i sincerely share the oppinion you claim the GP-poster had.
Not entirely sure what that means. You can replace "your opinion of us" with "your opinion of the US".
I'm just tired of the posts that start "As a European..." or "As a Canadian..." and then go on to say how crap the US is. Especially when they are going to quote a damn article and not even their own experience!
It's crap in the US? Good for you. Go somewhere else where you do like it.
You are either a liar, or you haven't flown through LAX in a long time. Nobody who's ever transited the TBIT would ever write this.
LAX is a ridculously dysfunctional airport - easily the worst on the west coast
Just went through there last month. It took me 30 minutes to retrieve my luggage, get through customs, and grab a seat in the gate are for my connection.
I've been through a lot... maybe I'm just good at it now.
Given your apparent opinion of us I don't think you'll be missed. You sound like the Euoropean equivalent of the "ugly american". I've had stopovers in LAX returning from international travel. The only irritating thing was the line at the food court.
In other words, $15 per item for knock off and counterfeit items, including CDs and DVDs with allegedly unauthorized copyrighted material... Bull. I say alleged because I'm guessing that there were plenty of hip hop mixtapes that are technically illegal but in reality supported by the marketing arms of various record companies, stuff that would never sell for more than a few bucks each
Worth it to them. Or does it make you feel any better when you find out the Indian doing your old job is only being paid a third as much?
So, how is it possible to avoid symbology that may be interpreted as religious in nature?
It's not. But you can avoid the govt paying for it. This conversation has been very interesting and led me to find that line mentally... that line is when people complain. So you publicly fund Handel's Messiah all you like until someone complains and you can publicly fund a cross-pissing contest until someone complains. It doesn't mean you can't do those thing on your own dime anytime you please... just don't force the people that are being offended to pay for it. That may interfere at some point with artistic expression and that's a shame, but being in a society means having your personal preferences interferred with from time to time. I like driving at 120+ mph sometimes. Doing so properly is an art if you ask me. There are wonderfully open stretches of desert highway where it is completely safe in this artists opinion. I still have to go to a track or risk getting heavily fined.
And that's not to mention my grant application getting denied out of hand!
Does anyone actually remember when "turbo" had a technical definition beyond "really fast?"
I'm guessing you never used Turbo Pascal or had an XT PC with a Turbo button on it.
I'm guessing there was a gap of about 30 seconds between turbochargers being advertised for engines and marketing putting them into common usage as "really fast and neat and new".
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When we start seeing people who have "solved" those problems or at least got them into a comfortable equilibrium they start going out of their way to find new problems to solve... like saving our children, or reshaping politics, etc.
Good point. How do we solve this?
Despite the fact that Americans generally have little appreciation for or cognizance of history,
Your bias is showing.
All of this technology is suppose to make our lives easier. It used to be all one had to do was go out and hunt for some food a couple ours a day (if even that) and be prepared to die by the age of 30. Nowadays, we work 8+ hours a day just to make ends meet.
FTFY.
The locale of this newspaper? New Jersey.
I think the vitriol you see is a function of location. It might just be a New Jersey attitude, or it might be the segment of the immigrant population that come into contact with.
I live in San Diego, which borders Tijuana and has some strong anti-immigration currents. But it's very often specficially stated it is not about race. We have many law-abiding latinos here that are also very irritated by those who choose to break the law. We come into contact with every class of coming from south of the border... from the poorest nearly native immigrants coming all the way from South America to the richest Mexicans. We would just like our government to take responsiblity for immigration and to favor those immigrants who choose to show respect for our laws.
Finally, I also favor increasing the number of legal immigrants, by at least 10x. But again, we've got to create a system that invites those who want to be a part of our society, not replace it. (Yes, that was authenticated.)
I agree! Quick! Burn the looms!
If we also have the ability to turn it on via thought, than we have the ability to fire 100x faster than a regular pilot who is pulling a trigger that will release a bullet, a missle, or a bomb.
Two pilots flying along.
One asks the other "So, how long have you been married now?"
The other responds "Lemme see, we got married in '98, so..."
Whoosh.
"Crap."
"What?"
"I think I just bombed New Jersey."
I guess Captain Pike got stuck with an old model, dating all the way back to 2005...
[Fry is in a Captain Pike-style life-support machine]
Captain Zapp Brannigan: Do you understand the charges?
Kif Kroker: One beep for yes, two beeps for no.
[Fry beeps once]
Captain Zapp Brannigan: Yes, so noted. Do you plead guilty?
[Fry beeps twice]
Captain Zapp Brannigan: Double yes. Guilty.
it's just a statistical aberration in terms of complexity to get the primary job done: surviving death and breeding a new generation.
Evolution doesn't "care" whether you survive death, just as long as you get the breeding done beforehand.
I don't trust the banks, or the credit card companies, so I am one of the few people who do EVERYTHING in cash.
I don't trust them either. So I check the balances online, keep the printed copies (and decline online-only records), and keep deposit receipts.
Really, you're going to have to get one eventually, and if you are clever enough to work the system you can get all sort of cashback rewards and the like.
It isn't that difficult, they make easy enough cash off the genuises who carry $10K balances they don't really need to screw you for your $100 deposit. And it also depends on the risk you want to take... if I lose my wallet I'm secure two phone calls later (I carry only my ATM card and one credit card). If you lose $20K on the way to buy a car what are your options?
I think you are contradicting yourself here. Patents are (by any economic definition) monopolies in the market. So while I agree on the "avoiding monopolies" part of your statement, the "awarding patents" part is IMHO actually creating monopolies.
Yeah, that didn't come out very well. Avoiding self-sustaining single-provider monopolies and providing temporary patents is what I meant. There shouldn't exist companies that are so big that awarding them a patent is dangerous.
One can never say never, but within the limits of our knowledge, it is unlikely that batteries as we know them will ever improve two-fold.
If "a few percent" is 3, then we double in about 23 years.
If "a few percent" is 4, then we double in about 18 years.
While that's not short by any imagination, we are about "halfway" to matching gasoline engines... so given another couple decades we'll be right where people "expect". I'm personally happy with what we've got today, but no-one has packaged an electric car the way I'd like. They are all too small (understandable)... but I'd like a good-sized sedan or even SUV that I plug into the socket. If it's being charged by my solar panels than who cares how big it is? Screw the gas engine completely... just more to break down.
My point is that when the government issues monopolies in the market (as patents are), the government is actually working against the free market.
Well, I'm generally libertarian, but the free market isn't always a good thing.
Libertarians believe in using government to encourage a healthy market... not just a free one. Avoiding monopolies and awarding patents is therefore a legitimate function of government.
To change your position in life, you must change your behavior.
Duh! This is so stupid. What good is being rich if you can't show it off to all your friends?
If you have to act poor, then you might as well be poor. Fight the power that's keeping you down brother!
Because we all know the President Bush tells the truth and would never mislead us.
Because when someone disagrees with a liar they are automatically telling the truth.
For example, I too think Bush is a liar. Also, your hair is on fire.
Bush, Rush, Coulter etc. vs Clinton, Moore, Franken, etc... it's the circus part of the bread and circus formula. Their goal is to really change very little but get you all worked up about it in the process.
The US IS a great country, but having done some travelling I don't think "were all that", ok ?.. I hope you have better experiences in the future.
Oh, of course it's not all that here, there or anywhere. I've traveled and enjoyed it greatly. In fact, I hope to retire outside the US. There's good and bad in all places. I'm just tired of people acting like this is some inbred cesspool and their home country is god's gift. I'd feel the same way if an American said it about another country. Though for the most part I generaly don't see Americans with that attitude.
The initial loss in value only affects someone who makes a poor purchasing decision and tries to trade the almost new car back in after only a few months through maybe the first year or two of ownership.
It also affects you when you don't buy that used car.
I always buy my cars out of the auto trader magazines, less than a year old from the guy that made the poor purchasing decision. I pay cash and usually about 20% less than new. My last car had a $22K sticker price new... I bought in 8 months old with 5K miles on it for $16K.
The only thing is you don't always get the exact color/option you like.
It really is sad you stupid, ignorant dumbass fucking yanks are even allowed out of your own coutry. It's a miracle that you can even find your way to a shit house overseas considering how you can't even read articles in English, you dumb cunt.
I rest my case.
I would think that you might take a little criticism of how we treat visitors better, considering that you have been a visitor yourself.
Oh, I get it.
If an American goes somewhere and makes any criticisms, he is a ugly arrogant American.
If a European comes here and makes a criticism and the American doesn't listen to him, he is an ugly arrogant American.
That's the double standard I'm tired of.
And yeah, 90% of the crap they make you go through is pointless. Especially the liquids thing... when we fly I just slip the bottles into my pockets. They aren't metal so nothing happens. It would be ridiculously easy to get a gallon or two through strapped to your body. So I do agree... but perhaps the OP could have presented that with a little tact.
But if you define "us" as "bigot assholes", then i sincerely share the oppinion you claim the GP-poster had.
Not entirely sure what that means. You can replace "your opinion of us" with "your opinion of the US".
I'm just tired of the posts that start "As a European..." or "As a Canadian..." and then go on to say how crap the US is. Especially when they are going to quote a damn article and not even their own experience!
It's crap in the US? Good for you. Go somewhere else where you do like it.
You are either a liar, or you haven't flown through LAX in a long time. Nobody who's ever transited the TBIT would ever write this.
LAX is a ridculously dysfunctional airport - easily the worst on the west coast
Just went through there last month. It took me 30 minutes to retrieve my luggage, get through customs, and grab a seat in the gate are for my connection.
I've been through a lot... maybe I'm just good at it now.
Visiting the usa again got less desire-able.
Given your apparent opinion of us I don't think you'll be missed. You sound like the Euoropean equivalent of the "ugly american". I've had stopovers in LAX returning from international travel. The only irritating thing was the line at the food court.
In other words, $15 per item for knock off and counterfeit items, including CDs and DVDs with allegedly unauthorized copyrighted material... Bull. I say alleged because I'm guessing that there were plenty of hip hop mixtapes that are technically illegal but in reality supported by the marketing arms of various record companies, stuff that would never sell for more than a few bucks each
Worth it to them. Or does it make you feel any better when you find out the Indian doing your old job is only being paid a third as much?
So, how is it possible to avoid symbology that may be interpreted as religious in nature?
It's not. But you can avoid the govt paying for it. This conversation has been very interesting and led me to find that line mentally... that line is when people complain. So you publicly fund Handel's Messiah all you like until someone complains and you can publicly fund a cross-pissing contest until someone complains. It doesn't mean you can't do those thing on your own dime anytime you please... just don't force the people that are being offended to pay for it. That may interfere at some point with artistic expression and that's a shame, but being in a society means having your personal preferences interferred with from time to time. I like driving at 120+ mph sometimes. Doing so properly is an art if you ask me. There are wonderfully open stretches of desert highway where it is completely safe in this artists opinion. I still have to go to a track or risk getting heavily fined.
And that's not to mention my grant application getting denied out of hand!
I honestly can't remember whether the targets had torsos or were round... but you're right... let me put it this way:
.... significantly less violent than most modern professional sporting events.
Does anyone actually remember when "turbo" had a technical definition beyond "really fast?"
I'm guessing you never used Turbo Pascal or had an XT PC with a Turbo button on it.
I'm guessing there was a gap of about 30 seconds between turbochargers being advertised for engines and marketing putting them into common usage as "really fast and neat and new".