I'm not suggesting that libraries should provide pornography,
Notorious B.I.G. CD's are the audio version of pornography.
[from "Fuck Me"]
uh, yeah, uh, oooh, oh yeah, mmm, yeah
Oh fuck me you black mothafucka, oooohh yeah!!!
Oh fuck me you black Kentucky Fried Chicken eatin' MMMMMM, Aaahhh
Ohhh, ooohhh, yeah
You mothafuckin' gangsta killin', mutha fuckin black mafia ass
[From "Me & My Bitch]
But you was my bitch, the one who'd never snitch (uhh)
Love me when I'm broke or when I'm filthy fuckin rich
And I admit, when the time is right, the wine is right
I treat you right, you talk slick, I beat you right.
Porn, without the visuals.
And given limited space and budget, not stocking crap you don't want anyway is a good idea.
No, you can't plug it in at night. Regenerative braking evidently supplies most of the battery recharge.
They're estimating 400+ miles on a 15 gal tank. Let's call it 425 miles per tank, that gets you 28mpg. Good (for an SUV), but not stellar. Does a 28 mpg SUV offset the extra few $$ thousang purchase price?
There are many, many cars that get way better mileage. Cheaper, too.
I did this eval a couple of years ago when I was looking for a new car. Updating this, using published numbers (cost and gas mileage) from edmunds.com, using essentially identical cars, the 2004 Honda Civic and Civic Hybrid, and todays gas price of $1.81...the Hybrid only actually saves money after 450,000 miles. With city driving figures, it equals out at 190,000 miles.
That $4,000 price premium buys a LOT of gas.
Of course this ignores any maintenance costs, which are probably higher for the hybrid (battery replacement), and any tax breaks for the hybrid.
The Hybrid DOES save gas (always a good thing, but how much is debatable), but not necessarily money in your pocket.
Sharing with your friends is one thing, but in the context of 'file sharing' (P2P, or whatever the RIAA whipping boy of the day is), the entire Internet is not your 'friend'.
Previously, sharing music, and books with your friends was, if not encouraged, at least not actively sought out and prosecuted. Now, they have reportable numbers behind all that "sharing" and they can make it sound very, very bad. Millions of dollars, thousands of files, millions of 'sharers'. And with those numbers, falsely inflated or not, they can influence the politicos into cracking down.
You do not have a "personal relationship" with the millions who happen to connect to Kazaa. That's where the problem has come from.
All 50 States' AG Warn Automakers: Your products are too dangerous!
We are writing to encourage your companies to take concrete and meaningful steps to address the serious risks posed to the consumers of our States by your company's personal transportation products("PtP"). By addressing such problems today as the use of these PtPs as getaway vehicles for bank robberies, perform drive-by shootings, not to mention the 40,000+ fatalities, hundreds of thousands of crippling injuries, and untold billions in lost wages and productivity, PtPs may one day realize their potential as a means for facilitating a wide range of transportation, recreation, sporting, and educational activities. At present, PtPs have too many times been hijacked by those who use it for illegal purposes to which the vast majority of our consumers do not wish to be exposed.
If you can't or won't fix your products voluntarily, we will.
After installing these things to record everything that happens in your car, why not go the next step? Install recorders in your house. Full audio and video. That way, whenever anything happens (domestic dispute or similar), the police and prosecutors can tell exactly what happened. No need for fancy, expensive forensic work or long drawn out court cases. It's all recorded on tape.
Although it may not be clear in that statement, 'standing' implies not running for cover as you're being shot at. i.e. with the full support of the local civilians.
Not at all. A junior employee at MS, who was also a regular blogger, would OF COURSE do a little write up about the party. No extra incentive pay needed.
Ever tried to drive through a 'gated community'? Ever lose a dispute over a tree to the neighboring rich-kid home owners assn.? Ever watched a city council meeting, whereby a couple of private businesses railroad through a series of "improvements", and 'inadvertantly' cause the loss of someones home?
Have you taken note of all the million dollar parties at the Democratic Convention this week? DO you think the companies and organizations paying for these parties are doing it out of the kindness of their hearts? HA. Buying access and influence.
And they will wright to their congress person and to president. ...it requires us to loose rights and privacy If people stopped dumping all there problems on...
Yes, it appears we do need better education. I agree with your points, though.
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I'm not suggesting that libraries should provide pornography,
Notorious B.I.G. CD's are the audio version of pornography.
[from "Fuck Me"]
uh, yeah, uh, oooh, oh yeah, mmm, yeah
Oh fuck me you black mothafucka, oooohh yeah!!!
Oh fuck me you black Kentucky Fried Chicken eatin'
MMMMMM, Aaahhh
Ohhh, ooohhh, yeah
You mothafuckin' gangsta killin', mutha fuckin black mafia ass
[From "Me & My Bitch]
But you was my bitch, the one who'd never snitch (uhh)
Love me when I'm broke or when I'm filthy fuckin rich
And I admit, when the time is right, the wine is right
I treat you right, you talk slick, I beat you right.
Porn, without the visuals.
And given limited space and budget, not stocking crap you don't want anyway is a good idea.
No, you can't plug it in at night. Regenerative braking evidently supplies most of the battery recharge.
They're estimating 400+ miles on a 15 gal tank. Let's call it 425 miles per tank, that gets you 28mpg. Good (for an SUV), but not stellar. Does a 28 mpg SUV offset the extra few $$ thousang purchase price?
There are many, many cars that get way better mileage. Cheaper, too.
Have you got your Listener's License?
Listen and heed. It's coming, unless we stop it.
I did this eval a couple of years ago when I was looking for a new car. Updating this, using published numbers (cost and gas mileage) from edmunds.com, using essentially identical cars, the 2004 Honda Civic and Civic Hybrid, and todays gas price of $1.81...the Hybrid only actually saves money after 450,000 miles. With city driving figures, it equals out at 190,000 miles.
That $4,000 price premium buys a LOT of gas.
Of course this ignores any maintenance costs, which are probably higher for the hybrid (battery replacement), and any tax breaks for the hybrid.
The Hybrid DOES save gas (always a good thing, but how much is debatable), but not necessarily money in your pocket.
They are my fellow humans. Why should I not share with them?
Please, Mr. AC...share with us, your fellow humans, your credit card numbers, birthdate, address. Oh, and what is your mothers maiden name?
friends
Sharing with your friends is one thing, but in the context of 'file sharing' (P2P, or whatever the RIAA whipping boy of the day is), the entire Internet is not your 'friend'.
Previously, sharing music, and books with your friends was, if not encouraged, at least not actively sought out and prosecuted. Now, they have reportable numbers behind all that "sharing" and they can make it sound very, very bad.
Millions of dollars, thousands of files, millions of 'sharers'. And with those numbers, falsely inflated or not, they can influence the politicos into cracking down.
You do not have a "personal relationship" with the millions who happen to connect to Kazaa.
That's where the problem has come from.
All 50 States' AG Warn Automakers: Your products are too dangerous!
We are writing to encourage your companies to take concrete and meaningful steps to address the serious risks posed to the consumers of our States by your company's personal transportation products("PtP"). By addressing such problems today as the use of these PtPs as getaway vehicles for bank robberies, perform drive-by shootings, not to mention the 40,000+ fatalities, hundreds of thousands of crippling injuries, and untold billions in lost wages and productivity, PtPs may one day realize their potential as a means for facilitating a wide range of transportation, recreation, sporting, and educational activities. At present, PtPs have too many times been hijacked by those who use it for illegal purposes to which the vast majority of our consumers do not wish to be exposed.
If you can't or won't fix your products voluntarily, we will.
After installing these things to record everything that happens in your car, why not go the next step? Install recorders in your house. Full audio and video. That way, whenever anything happens (domestic dispute or similar), the police and prosecutors can tell exactly what happened. No need for fancy, expensive forensic work or long drawn out court cases. It's all recorded on tape.
After all...if it saves one life, right?
1.all cars with black boxes must state clearly somewhere that the device is fitted and what it records.
Irrelevant if you cannot buy a car without one.
5.they should not record any information that would link the car to the location the car was at at the time the data was collected.
Time+Speed+StartingPoint(home?) = location. Or that fancy dancy GPS you ordered as an option. Or the OnStar system phoning home.
We outspent the Russians throughout the Cold War. That turned out well. We outspent the Germans and the Japanese in WWII. That turned out well.
You've spent more money in locks for yor home than a would be burglar might spend in trying to break in.
Going cheap isn't always a good idea.
I know exactly what you mean, but what you've written is so far above the /. groupthink as to be in orbit.
How many times in the last year have we heard on the 6:00 news of a school in Iraq being opened? Contrast that to the daily body count/car bomb video.
Although it may not be clear in that statement, 'standing' implies not running for cover as you're being shot at. i.e. with the full support of the local civilians.
Look at the speed in which UCAV's are being introduced. They're now looking at hunter/killer teams of UCAV's, not merely recon drones.
A victory doesn't count until you have a 19 year old with a rifle standing on that bit of ground.
So your phone company is in charge of the library, instead of the local radio station or clear channel. What's the diffrence?
You think the phone company will store your 5GB of esoteric music, available for streaming when YOU want it? Not a chance.
but it won't be done with downloads it will be with streaming.
For which you will be charged $0.10/min for the streaming experience.
A completely new battery technology to run all that crap for more than 20 minutes.
Not at all. A junior employee at MS, who was also a regular blogger, would OF COURSE do a little write up about the party. No extra incentive pay needed.
...the sense of entitlement and superiority one sees in those with inherited wealth, such as we see in folk like as President Bush.
Or John Kerry and his wife.
I wonder how much the intern was paid for that post.
I think the invitation to the party would be payment enough.
Ever tried to drive through a 'gated community'? Ever lose a dispute over a tree to the neighboring rich-kid home owners assn.? Ever watched a city council meeting, whereby a couple of private businesses railroad through a series of "improvements", and 'inadvertantly' cause the loss of someones home?
Have you taken note of all the million dollar parties at the Democratic Convention this week? DO you think the companies and organizations paying for these parties are doing it out of the kindness of their hearts? HA. Buying access and influence.
As it always has been.
Americans are going "We Need better education!"
...it requires us to loose rights and privacy
And they will wright to their congress person and to president.
If people stopped dumping all there problems on...
Yes, it appears we do need better education. I agree with your points, though.
I'm just avoiding the whole cellphone thing altogether. I have and use all the other toys, but I am actively remaining cellphone-free.
So far, it's working.
the expectation of no nudity. i.e. family time.
Because we all know that nudity is anti-family.
Did you sit down with your 6 year old and watch the Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee video, explaining the finer points as you went along?
Why not?
How about the goatse guy? That would be a nice bit of nudity for your kid to dwell on at night.