MANY people have noted that the potential in a tank (or set of tanks) of gasoline is much worse than the potential in a tank of hydrogen. You're missing the point.
The average Joe has never heard of a "gasoline bomb" but she/he has certain heard of a "hydrogen bomb"
ps: This also applies to the irrational fear of "nuclear power plants" and the comfort with the far-more-deadly "coal power plants"
Except that CNN doesn't conduct the exit polling, they only report on numbers that are being fed to them.
The election was a fraud, but CNN wasn't the one committing the crime.
Think about it for a moment. If you are an American oil company, you make money from selling oil extracted from American land. (oversimplification, of course)
What would you rather do?
a: Overthrow governments to increase the flow of cheap competing product from Iraq
b: Throw the middle east region into complete turmoil, and greatly reduce the flow of competing product from the entire region.
Hint: Oil prices are higher than they've ever been, in large part due to disruptions in the Persian Gulf supplies.
The war is so completely and utterly NOT about getting cheap oil. It's about making oil cost more at the market without negatively affecting the domestic cost of production.
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So what if Haliburton and other oil (now energy) companies got the contracts to build the nuclear power plants?
If you watch the PBS documentary Meltdown at Three Mile Island you will see a bunch of plant workers running around in the background of the news footage. Their jackets have "Halliburton" across the back.
Re:More Tricks (the REAL art of cable folding)
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In the world of roadies and pro audio nerds, there's a method for cable folding/wrapping that I learned years ago. It's popularly called the "over/under method".
The idea is to wrap the cable in such a way that, when thrown, it will unravel perfectly without any knots or tangles; but it's still useful for smaller cables because it trains the shielding in such a way that promotes flexibility and prevents twists, curves, and tangles.
I'm a part-time audio nerd, but I manage a fairly good-sized PA system (24ch/4buss mixer, 800w mains, 250w monitors, for those who care)
The trick is, I was trained by a leftie. I'm right handed, but I learned to coil cables left-handed.
A musician friend once "helped" me by coiling all the mic cables. He's a climber, so he knows the over-under method, but when I tossed a cable it came out a completely twisted mess.
When I complained, he pointed out that he's also a volunteer firefighter, and there's a method he knows for coiling ropes such that, when thrown, they have a knot every 12 inches. "If you prefer, I can coil 'em up that way."
Up until today, I hadn't heard about this "election" thing.
Thanks to slashdot, I am now informed, and my heretofore malleable opinions are galvanized by the well-thought out discussion in this thread.
Thanks, slashdot for performing such a patriotic duty.
You're mixing callerID (in the case of "voice mail access without password") with ANI (in the case of credit card activation)
CallerID is spoofable, but ANI info is not. Any time you call an 800 number (or 888, or 877, or any of the other variants that are out now) your info is sent prior to the first ring. This is ANI (Automatic Number Identification? It's been a while. I'm sure someone will correct me if I've got it wrong:) You can't disable this with star codes, or with the "Private Name" feature of callerID blocking.
CallerID, on the other hand, can be enabled or disabled, and can be spoofed.
Easy way to remember -- who's paying for the call? If it's you, then it's callerID. If it's the other guy, then it's ANI. --
I hope that this starts a trend back to more casual dress. We were headed there in 1999, but the shock waves of the.com bust produced a backlash to heavy, formal clothing. Hopefully we can resurrect the previous trend.
I just read your post, and I agree completely. Not to brag, but I'm in a group that couldn't care less about ties and jackets, and productivity is great.
Of course, I'm in my bathrobe, as I telecommute.
Oh, and I can set the thermostat to whatever I want.
And read slashdot during compiles.
You know, now that I look at it, I guess I am just bragging. Cheers!
I was just poking around on their site, as I haven't been in that place in years (mid-90s most likely)
It was a lot of fond memories, then a rude surprise to read that David had died in 2002. His family is apparently still running the store, but that really changes the mood of the day, ya know?
What really cracks me up is that Carbolic even
links to his previous submission even though another reader had already outed him there
Dude, if you're going to post a story that's entirely within your online store, at least say so! You're making nifty stuff, geeks are likely to want it, but don't do this kind of astroturfing crap.
That's too bad. The programming HBO puts out is of such high quality it would've been nice to think that their attitude towards their
audience was similarly above the others in the industry. Apparently not.
Emphasis added
I think you misunderstand your role in the food chain.
You are not audience, nor consumer, nor customer. You are product.
The consumer is the corporation that buys advertising. The vendor is the television network (HBO in this case) and the thing that the vendor is selling to the customer is advertisement views.
Personally, I don't think there's anything morally right or wrong about this arrangement, as long as everyone understands the terms of the deal. Where I think it turns deceptive is when the product gets named things like "consumer" or "audience." At least when you're called a "viewer" there's ambiguity about your role (are you viewing the program or the ads? I don't know how you think of your role, but I can tell you how the networks describe you to their customers, viewer.)
Oh, and just to anticipate the obvious reply: But it's (Cable/DBS/Pay-Per-View/VOD) programming, it's not advertiser-supported!
Bunk. Are there commercials before or after the show? Is there product-placement within the show? Are there tie-in promotions between the show and products, either in the show's own ads or in the products' ads?
Did you really think that your couple of dollars is enough that they'd produce a show just for your benefit?
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No, my folks could only afford to buy me a Sit.
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MANY people have noted that the potential in a tank (or set of tanks) of gasoline is much worse than the potential in a tank of hydrogen. You're missing the point.
The average Joe has never heard of a "gasoline bomb" but she/he has certain heard of a "hydrogen bomb"
ps: This also applies to the irrational fear of "nuclear power plants" and the comfort with the far-more-deadly "coal power plants"
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... wait for it ...
-1 Flamebait
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Except that CNN doesn't conduct the exit polling, they only report on numbers that are being fed to them.
The election was a fraud, but CNN wasn't the one committing the crime.
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Perl scripting language? Man, why not just bathe in gasoline and play with matches?
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/me creating a new auction for Halo ][ on eBay.
(please note that the auction ends on November 10)
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Think about it for a moment. If you are an American oil company, you make money from selling oil extracted from American land. (oversimplification, of course)
What would you rather do?
a: Overthrow governments to increase the flow of cheap competing product from Iraq
b: Throw the middle east region into complete turmoil, and greatly reduce the flow of competing product from the entire region.
Hint: Oil prices are higher than they've ever been, in large part due to disruptions in the Persian Gulf supplies.
The war is so completely and utterly NOT about getting cheap oil. It's about making oil cost more at the market without negatively affecting the domestic cost of production.
--
So what if Haliburton and other oil (now energy) companies got the contracts to build the nuclear power plants?
...
If you watch the PBS documentary Meltdown at Three Mile Island you will see a bunch of plant workers running around in the background of the news footage. Their jackets have "Halliburton" across the back.
Fool me once, shame on me
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Yeah, but he was never very good at the oil baron gig.
Yeah, but Cheney does that gig extremely well.
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Fucking campers.
It's a legitimate strategy!
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In the world of roadies and pro audio nerds, there's a method for cable folding/wrapping that I learned years ago. It's popularly called the "over/under method".
The idea is to wrap the cable in such a way that, when thrown, it will unravel perfectly without any knots or tangles; but it's still useful for smaller cables because it trains the shielding in such a way that promotes flexibility and prevents twists, curves, and tangles.
I'm a part-time audio nerd, but I manage a fairly good-sized PA system (24ch/4buss mixer, 800w mains, 250w monitors, for those who care)
The trick is, I was trained by a leftie. I'm right handed, but I learned to coil cables left-handed.
A musician friend once "helped" me by coiling all the mic cables. He's a climber, so he knows the over-under method, but when I tossed a cable it came out a completely twisted mess.
When I complained, he pointed out that he's also a volunteer firefighter, and there's a method he knows for coiling ropes such that, when thrown, they have a knot every 12 inches. "If you prefer, I can coil 'em up that way."
He's not allowed to help me anymore.
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Now, witness the power of this FULLY ARMED AND OPERATIONAL battlestation!
It took some digging, but I knew I'd heard that line somewhere before.
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Up until today, I hadn't heard about this "election" thing.
Thanks to slashdot, I am now informed, and my heretofore malleable opinions are galvanized by the well-thought out discussion in this thread.
Thanks, slashdot for performing such a patriotic duty.
--
You're mixing callerID (in the case of "voice mail access without password") with ANI (in the case of credit card activation) :) You can't disable this with star codes, or with the "Private Name" feature of callerID blocking.
CallerID is spoofable, but ANI info is not. Any time you call an 800 number (or 888, or 877, or any of the other variants that are out now) your info is sent prior to the first ring. This is ANI (Automatic Number Identification? It's been a while. I'm sure someone will correct me if I've got it wrong
CallerID, on the other hand, can be enabled or disabled, and can be spoofed.
Easy way to remember -- who's paying for the call? If it's you, then it's callerID. If it's the other guy, then it's ANI.
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So which one of you smartasses is messing with me?
Screw that. If it doesn't readily work on OS X or through X11... I'm out.
<google> Dang, there goes an entire percent of our market! I guess we'll just have to be happy with the 99% that's left running windows.</google>
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listening to my iPod now, my PC shipped yesterday Thanks!
I'm pretty sure that some cylinder blocks are all Aluminium. And no I have not mis-spelt it. That's how it's spelt in British English.
Well, if you wish to get back to your roots, it'd be Alumium
But then, you'd probably have to start using "spelled" instead of a rather tasty grain
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Got the iPod right now, and the PC is shipping. Thanks!
Wow, I hope they catch the SOB who stole all the RAM
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I've got my iPod now, and my PC is shipping right now. Thanks!
i only drive stick, therefore i'll run linux.
I prefer to hand-make (mine, smelt, forge, mill, polish) all the components.
I'll run Gentoo.
You win. The thread is done now.
I hope that this starts a trend back to more casual dress. We were headed there in 1999, but the shock waves of the .com bust produced a backlash to heavy, formal clothing. Hopefully we can resurrect the previous trend.
I just read your post, and I agree completely.
Not to brag, but I'm in a group that couldn't care less about ties and jackets, and productivity is great.
Of course, I'm in my bathrobe, as I telecommute.
Oh, and I can set the thermostat to whatever I want.
And read slashdot during compiles.
You know, now that I look at it, I guess I am just bragging. Cheers!
I was just poking around on their site, as I haven't been in that place in years (mid-90s most likely)
It was a lot of fond memories, then a rude surprise to read that David had died in 2002. His family is apparently still running the store, but that really changes the mood of the day, ya know?
What really cracks me up is that Carbolic even links to his previous submission even though another reader had already outed him there
Dude, if you're going to post a story that's entirely within your online store, at least say so! You're making nifty stuff, geeks are likely to want it, but don't do this kind of astroturfing crap.
I think you misunderstand your role in the food chain.
You are not audience, nor consumer, nor customer. You are product.
The consumer is the corporation that buys advertising. The vendor is the television network (HBO in this case) and the thing that the vendor is selling to the customer is advertisement views.
Personally, I don't think there's anything morally right or wrong about this arrangement, as long as everyone understands the terms of the deal. Where I think it turns deceptive is when the product gets named things like "consumer" or "audience." At least when you're called a "viewer" there's ambiguity about your role (are you viewing the program or the ads? I don't know how you think of your role, but I can tell you how the networks describe you to their customers, viewer.)
Oh, and just to anticipate the obvious reply:
But it's (Cable/DBS/Pay-Per-View/VOD) programming, it's not advertiser-supported!
Bunk. Are there commercials before or after the show? Is there product-placement within the show? Are there tie-in promotions between the show and products, either in the show's own ads or in the products' ads?
Did you really think that your couple of dollars is enough that they'd produce a show just for your benefit?
Can you hold off until I can get my name changed to John Hancock?
Can you hold off until I can get my name changed to Amanda Hugginkiss?