Your example of doing well in computers happened during the "Golden Age" for being in IT.
Hell, even I got job offers while trying to finish my college degree at that time. I foolishly thought that I should actually complete it. You know, gain a valuable new skillset.
Graduated around the dot-com crash.
Fortunately, I was able to hook into a company that was willing to train me the valuable new skillset of cleaning out inkjet printers at the time. Whew.
You're doing great because you managed to not screw up a good thing.
The real fact is, too many people would rather bitch and moan, stay in a job they hate, or just do nothing, instead of trying to learn a valuable skill set. I know, it costs money. Well duh, its an investment.
An investment actually pays off. I've yet to see someone learning "a valuable new skill set" do better in life.
Guy hates the software he uses at work. Guy learns to program. Guy hands out free copies of superior program at work and everyone loves it. Program cripples itself after trial period. Guy: A ha! Now you have to pay me money to get it working again! USAF: A ha! We're the Government you moron.
Well, I wasn't able to come up with the number of "Houses" in Texas, but in 2006 they had a population of 23.5 Million people. So lets say there's 8M Houses. That would 612$ per house for insulation. Assuming that's the issue to begin with. But it's not.
Texas has a history of being an energy exporter, mainly oil. If you read the article, you'll see that the problem isn't generating power to meet their needs. It's getting power to where it needs to go. That would include selling it to other states in the US that have been dragging their feet on allowing businesses to build their own wind farms.
Texas may not be prime real estate when it comes to wind power generation, but they sure have a lot of it. Having the Government build up the infrastructure to those places will have the power companies leaping to put up wind farms there.
Using Government power to help create business. Instead of taxing, regulating, and feeing them to death. There's a reason Texas tends to have the highest job growth in the US.
No. The price went down because speculation was driving it up. All Bush had to do was announce that he was ending the ban against offshore oil drilling and the speculators fled.
This just proves that old Republicans can learn new tricks.
Are you kidding? The Republicans have been embarrassingly behind the times when it comes to IT stuff. I wouldn't be surprised if the whole spider/diff issue came from some college Intern with initiative, working on his own.
Normally I'd say something positive to balance my post out, but this election is look god-awful for both parties. I just don't give a damn.
Today it's Downs Syndrome free, tomarrow it's, "Can I get a medium #1 with blond hair blue eyes, here's 1 egg and a table spoon of semen" "Thank you, your order number is 42".
What's wrong with that? Are we on the slippery slope to...healthy, good looking children? Oh noes! The horror!
Unfortunately, the government doesn't step in this way as often as it should, or it interferes in the wrong ways, giving tax breaks to companies that aren't doing anything to benefit the public, because the CEO of the company is good friends with a member of Congress, or whatever. That sucks.
Well of course. When in the entirety of human history has it been any other way?
This is one of the many reasons why a small federal government is better.
You're right. So which point should I address? The "As we all know"? Because that's what people use to force BS concepts down the readers throats.
Or the "to keep up appearances, the American government will be forced to give Iraqis some sort of democracy" Just like all the other countries the US invaded and won?
"This was probably pre-emptive move to get the uranium out the grip of Tehran." I'm amused that you don't even bring up Canada's part this. Maybe they truly are America's hat. Anyway, Iran already has material.
As we all know.
But in case you don't believe me, In December 2006 and March 2007, the international community passed resolutions 1737 and 1747 respectively after Iran failed to comply with UN demands to halt the enrichment of uranium or to agree to full IAEA oversight of its nuclear program.https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html
Your only connection to reality is from reading "The Guardian". I would try harder if I were you.
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Are you kidding me?
Your example of doing well in computers happened during the "Golden Age" for being in IT.
Hell, even I got job offers while trying to finish my college degree at that time. I foolishly thought that I should actually complete it. You know, gain a valuable new skillset.
Graduated around the dot-com crash.
Fortunately, I was able to hook into a company that was willing to train me the valuable new skillset of cleaning out inkjet printers at the time. Whew.
You're doing great because you managed to not screw up a good thing.
Nonsense. How can Russia go to war with itself? ;)
The real fact is, too many people would rather bitch and moan, stay in a job they hate, or just do nothing, instead of trying to learn a valuable skill set. I know, it costs money. Well duh, its an investment.
An investment actually pays off. I've yet to see someone learning "a valuable new skill set" do better in life.
I've seen a lot of people say that, too bad she's too young to run.
Within the inner solar system, that sound possible. But the farther you go out the less power you get from the sun.
With a reactor you wouldn't have to worry about a rock destroying one of your solar panels.
Honestly, if I were to plan a big mission, say, a Mission to Mars, I'd have both.
Guy hates the software he uses at work.
Guy learns to program.
Guy hands out free copies of superior program at work and everyone loves it.
Program cripples itself after trial period.
Guy: A ha! Now you have to pay me money to get it working again!
USAF: A ha! We're the Government you moron.
Why even bother with the "Smurf" round? They can't cope with more than one round headed their way, send more than one round their way.
At this point, it's incredibly easy to overwhelm laser defenses. Just shoot more.
Are you seriously asking people to not go on violent rampages with imaginary laser weapons?
If I were going to do such a thing, a chainsaw would be more within my budget.
So all you would need then in a Tex replacement is something that's backwards compatible with Tex.
Give me a break. Jobs *is* Apple. The day he kicks the bucket is the day the whole company begins a slide into nothingness.
Unless they've found a good replacement, you'll just get another CEO with a good resume.
Please, for the love of all that's holy, upgrade to IE7.
Once IE6 installations get down below a certain point, we won't have to spend crazy amounts of time rewriting web pages so they *also* work in IE6.
Assuming you're in the US, what state are you from? I'm guessing CA.
For those of us who would like to look into that program.
People laugh, but hot women are a huge part of the Entertainment industry, getting rid of them was dumb move.
Seriously, when was the last time you've heard "I'm sorry, there are just too many hot women here. They have to go."
Insulation?
Well, I wasn't able to come up with the number of "Houses" in Texas, but in 2006 they had a population of 23.5 Million people. So lets say there's 8M Houses. That would 612$ per house for insulation. Assuming that's the issue to begin with. But it's not.
Texas has a history of being an energy exporter, mainly oil. If you read the article, you'll see that the problem isn't generating power to meet their needs. It's getting power to where it needs to go. That would include selling it to other states in the US that have been dragging their feet on allowing businesses to build their own wind farms.
Texas may not be prime real estate when it comes to wind power generation, but they sure have a lot of it. Having the Government build up the infrastructure to those places will have the power companies leaping to put up wind farms there.
Using Government power to help create business. Instead of taxing, regulating, and feeing them to death. There's a reason Texas tends to have the highest job growth in the US.
Because everyone freaks out about the "Death ray from space" aspect of it. And at power densities where it's not an issue, it's not really worth it.
Seeing the popularity of Congress and the Senate, I don't think most Americans would object.
No. The price went down because speculation was driving it up. All Bush had to do was announce that he was ending the ban against offshore oil drilling and the speculators fled.
This just proves that old Republicans can learn new tricks.
Are you kidding? The Republicans have been embarrassingly behind the times when it comes to IT stuff. I wouldn't be surprised if the whole spider/diff issue came from some college Intern with initiative, working on his own.
Normally I'd say something positive to balance my post out, but this election is look god-awful for both parties. I just don't give a damn.
I also liked the original much more. Hellboy II reminded me of "Men in Black" more than anything else.
It was practically Men in Black 3.
Today it's Downs Syndrome free, tomarrow it's, "Can I get a medium #1 with blond hair blue eyes, here's 1 egg and a table spoon of semen" "Thank you, your order number is 42".
What's wrong with that? Are we on the slippery slope to...healthy, good looking children? Oh noes! The horror!
Unfortunately, the government doesn't step in this way as often as it should, or it interferes in the wrong ways, giving tax breaks to companies that aren't doing anything to benefit the public, because the CEO of the company is good friends with a member of Congress, or whatever. That sucks.
Well of course. When in the entirety of human history has it been any other way?
This is one of the many reasons why a small federal government is better.
They don't have that? The AT&T page makes it look like it's an option.
I thought Brazil was the new India?
What would he say?
"Your Honor, my client didn't kill his wife. But if he did, it was because she abused him."
You're right. So which point should I address? The "As we all know"? Because that's what people use to force BS concepts down the readers throats.
Or the "to keep up appearances, the American government will be forced to give Iraqis some sort of democracy" Just like all the other countries the US invaded and won?
"This was probably pre-emptive move to get the uranium out the grip of Tehran." I'm amused that you don't even bring up Canada's part this. Maybe they truly are America's hat. Anyway, Iran already has material.
As we all know.
But in case you don't believe me, In December 2006 and March 2007, the international community passed resolutions 1737 and 1747 respectively after Iran failed to comply with UN demands to halt the enrichment of uranium or to agree to full IAEA oversight of its nuclear program. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html
Your only connection to reality is from reading "The Guardian". I would try harder if I were you.