A 20lb bike needs a 20lb lock A 30lb bike needs a 10 lb lock A 40lb bike needs no lock at all.
This last is not really true, because even the crappiest bikes get stolen regularly. Check any police auction, or StealItBack. Almost all of them are bottom end dept store bikes.
The warranty is only good if the lock is damaged/broken during the theft. If they cut the bike rack, and pick the lock later...no dice. If they pick the lock (BIC pen or whatever), no dice.
Your key phrase is "Going from what it seen on the media..."
Does the media's view accurately reflect the view of most Christians? Doubtful. The media is in it for $$$. The 'truth' is merely a happy accident if and when it happens.
In the real world, unions become entities unto themselves. To do what is best for the union rather than what may be best for the individual workers or the company.
"No, you can't fire this guy. He is in the union." "But he's an incopetent screwup." "Too bad. He's in the union"
Salaried employees are expected to produce results, not produce hours.
If I say OK...I'll be done with this design next Friday, whatever happens between now and Friday is (kind of) my business. As long as I deliver on the agreed upon date. If I dick off for the next week, and pull an allnighter Thursday night...I shouldn't be paid overtime for working thursday night.
Of course...if I did that, my actual product would suffer, and eventually I'd be held responsible for the crappiness.
That differs greatly from an hourly employee, who is expected to fill a chair doing a specific task for X hours per day.
True, but it may be possible to be "not too bad". Witness the current crop of cameras (still and video). The digital zoom, while visibly not as good as the optical zoom...it can be 'not too bad'.
I would think that a man who'd seen combat, in all its ugliness, served honorably, and then returned to civilian life and spoke truth to power about the horrors of war would be less likely to mislead the country into unnecessary war.
This is exactly the profile of JFK.
Decorated Commander of a river patrol boat. Wounded in action and gets the Purple Heart. Saves a wounded crewmate from drowning Accomplished Senator from Massachussets
A man like that would never lead us into another useless war. He's seen too much.
Actually, you're majorly underestimating the populations of those metro areas. The metro areas of NYC, Chicago, and LA and their surroundings equal the 23 smallest states.
From the 2000 census
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island + Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana + Chicago-Naperville-Joliet = 39,786,945
Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware, Montana, Rhode Island, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Maine, Idaho, Nebraska, West Virginia, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arkansas, Kansas, Mississippi, Iowa, Connecticut, Oregon = 38,406,741
If you go with a more narrow definition of those metro areas, those 3 cities still come out at 28.5 million. Leave CT and OR off the above list of states.
Now...is the EC current situation fair? Maybe, maybe not. It tries to give representative power to each state. But a straight popular vote would shift the power completely to the cities (Not California or New York, but metro LA and NYC)
checking an identity against a database has this effect
Yes, you are right
Any requirements for showing valid ID failed to prevent terrorism. Thus, there is no reason to keep in effect a system known to be useless for its stated purpose.
No. The failure on 9/11 lies in not performing that very same database check. Which probably could not have been done prior to 9/11, because of the insane compartmentalization of info that existed.
And if they had searched the, that would brought exactly the same result! The 'tools' they brought on board, knives and boxcutters, were perfectly legal on that day. "Oh, you have this little knife? Ok, Sir, pass through."
The conditions and checks today are far different than those in place on the morning of 9/11.
You realize the hijackers had and showed valid ID to board don't you?
And if there had been better info sharing between the various organizations, they wouldn't have gotten on the plane. Some of them were overdue on their visas, others wanted for other things.
Showing the ID is a check. "Is this guy wanted for something we should worry about?"
It could easily happen again as long as they pick people with no previous "alerts" tied to them.
Which is getting harder and harder to find. They can't use absolute newbies. These type of operations need time and training.
Can this check be circumvented? Sure. Nothing is perfect. But it does make their 'job' harder.
(8,000 pounds of this stuff dumped on Iraq a year since the early 90's..)
And we arrive at this yearly figure for Iraq how?
Let me tell you how. We lie about it. Or rather, the scaremongers lie about it.
Since 1990, there have been but ~2 years in which there were any significant quantities of DU rounds used in Iraq. Desert Storm (1991), and Iraqi Freedom (2003-present). The period between those two operations saw infrequent airstrikes, usually on Iraqi radar/missile sites, which were targeting US/UK/French aircraft in violation of the cease fire. 8000 lbs a year? Not a chance.
OBTW, it's depleted uranium. Not fully inert, but about 0.7 that of U-238, which is found naturally in the ground. Yes, it's a heavy metal, with the attendant health effects if it is inhaled as dust. So is lead.
Humans and governments can do more than one things at a time. FEMA, Red Cross, and the insurance companies have got a handle on helping the people down there.
Or are you saying that every time theres a hurricane/flood/tornado/blizzard/wildfire/earthqua ke that NASA should scrub a launch and donate that money?
I've been through a couple of hurricanes lately. Floyd and Isabel. Lost most of the roof in Isabel. The longest wait was waiting for a reputable company to redo the roof. The insurance company came out, inspected, sent me a check the next day.
Do some people need more help? Sure. But the world shouldn't stop because Florida had a hurricane.
Instead of NASA, why don't we pick on the DOT for funds? Or INS? Or some other federal agency.
"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime He presents a
particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his
continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction
So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real..." Sen John Kerry, Jan. 23, 2003
"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force-- if necessary-- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002
"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002
"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
"Iraq is a long way from USA but, what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998
What day between 1988 (documented use against civilians) and today did that statement become a reality? And why didn't whoever was president at the time tell us?
"There are no Ties to Al Quida"
AQ is not the one and only of terrorist organizations and supporters.
But we should still take the stories here with some degree of sincerity, because if they are true, they would spell some very unfortunate things for all of us.
Here's a headline for you "PixelScuba cheated on his college entrance exams, and is a bank robber." (Which, if true, could spell some very unfortunate things for all involved) Not trying to troll or flame, but not everything that appears in print is valid, or stands up to scrutiny.
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A 20lb bike needs a 20lb lock
A 30lb bike needs a 10 lb lock
A 40lb bike needs no lock at all.
This last is not really true, because even the crappiest bikes get stolen regularly. Check any police auction, or StealItBack. Almost all of them are bottom end dept store bikes.
The warranty is only good if the lock is damaged/broken during the theft. If they cut the bike rack, and pick the lock later...no dice. If they pick the lock (BIC pen or whatever), no dice.
Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Socialist, Communist, Gay Alien Whale Party, whatever...just do it
...actually HAS business apps.
You'd have to legislate out stupidity.
Fools buy stuff via spam, the companies involved feel justified in hiring a central marketing firm, who in turn hires the spammer.
We have to get rid of the fools.
Correct that to:
"But no human, ever, should claim to be pro-war."
Not claiming that the current situation in Iraq applies, but there are some things worse than war.
Does the media's view accurately reflect the view of most Christians? Doubtful. The media is in it for $$$.
The 'truth' is merely a happy accident if and when it happens.
In this case, 'eventually' = yesterday.
Why? Are you angling this to be the fault of a particular party?
As of OL 2003, it doesn't. You can turn it on, or leave it at the default off.
The public road is far too uncontrolled. And everyone outside of trained stunt drivers are too uncontrolled as well.
My (our) roads are not your playground.
"No, you can't fire this guy. He is in the union."
"But he's an incopetent screwup."
"Too bad. He's in the union"
Yes. it sucks. And no, it doesn't happen all the time. Not even most of the time.
If this kid were in the states, and had OJ's lawyers, and the incredibly screwed up prosecution that OJ did, he'd probably be playing golf too.
If I say OK...I'll be done with this design next Friday, whatever happens between now and Friday is (kind of) my business. As long as I deliver on the agreed upon date. If I dick off for the next week, and pull an allnighter Thursday night...I shouldn't be paid overtime for working thursday night.
Of course...if I did that, my actual product would suffer, and eventually I'd be held responsible for the crappiness.
That differs greatly from an hourly employee, who is expected to fill a chair doing a specific task for X hours per day.
True, but it may be possible to be "not too bad". Witness the current crop of cameras (still and video). The digital zoom, while visibly not as good as the optical zoom...it can be 'not too bad'.
This is exactly the profile of JFK.
Decorated Commander of a river patrol boat.
Wounded in action and gets the Purple Heart.
Saves a wounded crewmate from drowning
Accomplished Senator from Massachussets
A man like that would never lead us into another useless war. He's seen too much.
Oops...wrong JFK. Thats John Kerry's hero, John F Kennedy.
The man who led us into Vietnam.
From the 2000 census
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island + Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana + Chicago-Naperville-Joliet = 39,786,945
Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware, Montana, Rhode Island, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Maine, Idaho, Nebraska, West Virginia, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arkansas, Kansas, Mississippi, Iowa, Connecticut, Oregon = 38,406,741
If you go with a more narrow definition of those metro areas, those 3 cities still come out at 28.5 million. Leave CT and OR off the above list of states.
Now...is the EC current situation fair? Maybe, maybe not. It tries to give representative power to each state.
But a straight popular vote would shift the power completely to the cities (Not California or New York, but metro LA and NYC)
Yes, you are right
Any requirements for showing valid ID failed to prevent terrorism. Thus, there is no reason to keep in effect a system known to be useless for its stated purpose.
No. The failure on 9/11 lies in not performing that very same database check. Which probably could not have been done prior to 9/11, because of the insane compartmentalization of info that existed.
They have (hopefully) corrected that problem.
"Oh, you have this little knife? Ok, Sir, pass through."
The conditions and checks today are far different than those in place on the morning of 9/11.
And if there had been better info sharing between the various organizations, they wouldn't have gotten on the plane. Some of them were overdue on their visas, others wanted for other things.
Showing the ID is a check. "Is this guy wanted for something we should worry about?"
It could easily happen again as long as they pick people with no previous "alerts" tied to them.
Which is getting harder and harder to find. They can't use absolute newbies. These type of operations need time and training.
Can this check be circumvented? Sure. Nothing is perfect. But it does make their 'job' harder.
umm...no. Current MGIB rates are $985/month. FY200 rates were $650/mo for a full time student.
Doubtful it was higher 20+ years ago.
And we arrive at this yearly figure for Iraq how?
Let me tell you how. We lie about it. Or rather, the scaremongers lie about it.
Since 1990, there have been but ~2 years in which there were any significant quantities of DU rounds used in Iraq. Desert Storm (1991), and Iraqi Freedom (2003-present). The period between those two operations saw infrequent airstrikes, usually on Iraqi radar/missile sites, which were targeting US/UK/French aircraft in violation of the cease fire. 8000 lbs a year? Not a chance.
OBTW, it's depleted uranium. Not fully inert, but about 0.7 that of U-238, which is found naturally in the ground.
Yes, it's a heavy metal, with the attendant health effects if it is inhaled as dust. So is lead.
Or are you saying that every time theres a hurricane/flood/tornado/blizzard/wildfire/earthqua ke that NASA should scrub a launch and donate that money?
I've been through a couple of hurricanes lately. Floyd and Isabel. Lost most of the roof in Isabel. The longest wait was waiting for a reputable company to redo the roof. The insurance company came out, inspected, sent me a check the next day.
Do some people need more help? Sure. But the world shouldn't stop because Florida had a hurricane.
Instead of NASA, why don't we pick on the DOT for funds? Or INS? Or some other federal agency.
Sen John Kerry, Jan. 23, 2003
"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force-- if necessary-- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002
"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002
"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."
Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
"Iraq is a long way from USA but, what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998
What day between 1988 (documented use against civilians) and today did that statement become a reality? And why didn't whoever was president at the time tell us?
"There are no Ties to Al Quida"
AQ is not the one and only of terrorist organizations and supporters.
But we should still take the stories here with some degree of sincerity, because if they are true, they would spell some very unfortunate things for all of us.
Here's a headline for you
"PixelScuba cheated on his college entrance exams, and is a bank robber." (Which, if true, could spell some very unfortunate things for all involved)
Not trying to troll or flame, but not everything that appears in print is valid, or stands up to scrutiny.