This is probably due to usage of the heater in the car rather than anything else.
no, probably not; the a/c saps gas mileage because it uses a belt driven compressor (read: it saps power from the engine, so you need to burn more fuel to hit a certain performance level), but the heater just pipes the engine coolant into a heat exchanger and uses a electrically driven fan to pipe hot air into your car (read: no effect on mileage).
umm, no, he also has the millions of copies of the song that was previously sold, which pretty conclusively proves he wrote this before apple used it...
whether you know it or not, if you admit you're not a "people person", that likely shows through on your cover letter w/out you intending it to. i ain't no management flunky, but my boss sends me resumes to sift through for him once in a while, and you definately get a sense of those who just ain't quite right when it comes to fitting in, even on the resume. and fitting in IS important- even if YOU don't care about spending time with people, your potential coworkers will have to put up with YOU. let's face it- most good jobs have many qualified applicants technically- nobody wants to hire the loner who they're secretly are afraind is going to go postal on them.
even w/in a company, you should start networking. those folks can point you to people outside your company, they eventually leave to other companies, etc, etc. one of the best pieces of advice i got from a coworker when i first started working was to introduce yourself to someone at work everytime you've seen them more than once., i.e. you see 'em once on an elevator, just be friendly and say hi; next time you see 'em, introduce yourself. by doing this, you build up a little network VERY quickly, which can help you get ahead inside the company, and also help you find a new job when it's time to move on.
people who have a reallly hard time getting a good job typically fall into one of several categories:
they don't have the technical skills
they don't have the people skills
they just don't click with the folks doing the hiring
with the attitude displayed in your post, i would assume you fall into at least one of the last 2 points. believe it or not, people doing the hiring actually WANT to hire good people- their butt's on the line as well if they screw up. sure, many jobs are written w/ a specific person in mind, but many others are honest to goodness jobs open to the public. of course, with those you have a better shot as well if you have someone that can vouch for you, which again, suggests you're lacking in one of the latter two categories above if a) you don't know anyone working in the industry, or b) you can't get any of the folks you know to pass along a recommendation.
in short, you need to lose the attitude, and work on your own skills.
To perhaps put a more direct example in the light, the US has (by civilian knowledge) 21 plane B2 bomber bomber (mostly built in the last 3 years or so).
uhh, not even close. bomber #21 was delivered in 1997.
In fact the US General Accounting Office found the B2s actually have trouble doing even those missions; since they where originally designed to fly a single M.A.D. mission, they are not very sturdy. In fact every mission they fly causes extensive and expensive damage because of moisture in the air damaging the stealth covering.
the issue w/ the stealth coating has nothing to do w/ how many missions it was designed to fly- it's simply the nature of the technology at the time.
The cost for the handful of B2s was $45 billion (even if you exclude research costs and assume mass production, each plane costs over $1 billion to produce, let alone actually maintain). What worse is that the B2 is a somewhat cost efficent project as compared to others in the military industrial complex.
the reason the per plane cost for the B2 was so high was that gov't approval kept shrinking regarding orders; the fewer the planes built, the higher the per unit cost (since you were wrong about the $45b figure- that cost *does* include development, as well as procurement and military construction costs). it's a fact of life that the gov't is fickle, constantly changing requirements, making it likely you'll run over cost. this is applicable to space programs, and social programs as well. it's funny how you keep saying "in fact" when you don't appear to know about the facts... =)
I know exactly zero card counting systems which push the player into postive odds. The really good systems cut the house advantage to.5% or slightly better, but the odds are still with the house in the long run. The counter is depending on a run to make his or her money, along with the right betting scheme (counters tend to be progressive bettors).
that just means you're playing at the wrong tables! just using basic strategy, at a table with advantageous rules regarding doubling down, soft 17s, etc, and the right number of decks, even without card counting, the house has less than a.2% advantage.
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card counting is legal everywhere in the states. the casinos in nevada are allowed to not let you play if they suspect you're card counting, but it's not against the law. this has been tested in the courts.
yes, you *can* sign up, and they try to make a mental record of your bets (unless your playing the machines, which gets auto tracked), but the vast majority of bettors aren't in the player's clubs, and the casinos likely aren't going to force you to join a club before they'll take your money. =) and this doesn't even address the fiasco of trying to track everyone's chips at busy tables.
they'd have to add a *lot* more infrastructure to link you to the chips- eveytime you lost a bet, they'd need to checkin your chips, when you won, they'd need to checkout chips to you, etc. imagine that at someplace like a craps table. and of course, you'd need to sign up first just to be able to bet. ain't gonna happen.
not that it matters, but i have a sony fxa-36, which has an all plastic casing. it's been dropped multiple times from 2-3 feet, while not in a case, and it still works fine. the plastic on the right hand side of the keyboard cracked the last time, but it's still fully funtional.
and that that's the reason they won't sell him fuel, but damn, that's pretty inhospitable.
inhospitable? the americans are providing him food and shelter, and the kiwis have offered to fly him out on the first available flight. additionall, they've offered to ship his plane out after him (at his cost). all in all, sounds pretty reasonable! =)
dude, there's no way "roadless" travel is going to happen in a flying car. there will be air corridors that you are restricted to, otherwise it's going to be mass pandemonium.
dude, you can design an aircraft to be stealthy to multiple bands of radar; not as optimized as if designed to a single band, but stealthy none the less.
and sure, if you can track them, you can shoot them- but i didn't say they couldn't. i said it doesn't matter if they can see (detect) you, as long as they couldn't track you. there's a difference.
-stealth sucks and is demonstrably over rated...all you have to do is change your radar from high frequency to low and all stealth aircraft in existence stand out...all that held for example Iraq back from doing just this was export restrictions and cost.
stealth most certainly does not suck. the whole point of stealth isn't so they can't see you- it's so they can't see in time *AND* so they can't track you. it doesn't matter if they're taking polaroids of you if they can't obtain a lock and prevent you from knocking out the targets. regarding high/low band radars, you can design aircraft to be stealthy to both.
-modern 'precision munitions' are still piss poor accuracy wise; 90% missed in the first gulf war, 75-60% did same in the second. Not only that, but the only way americans could really set foot on EU soil is if they have a friendly port to use as a staging area. If they don't (and if the US would invade), they'd have to build or occupy one...massive US casualies.
modern smart bombs have an accuracy rate of about 40%; and that's with many misses being in the ~100m off range. if you think that is piss poor, you have absolutely no historical perspective. that rate is absolutely *remarkable*.
-the US is just as unsafe as any other place in the world...didn't 911 teach you anything?
while the US is obviously not perfectly safe, the US is *not* just as unsafe as anywhere else in the world; that's just an absurd statement.
-the US? Ethical?...
it's all relative... not perfect, but pretty ethical all in all.
no, the US did not fear the GPS jamming; the main reason is, the GPS jammers that are known to be in existence *emit* a craqp load of EM waves, and are easily targeted by other weapons. in fact, this is what happened in iraq- they surrounded many of their SAM sites w/ anti-gps gear from the russians, but that lit up the sam sites like a mofo for weapons like HARM missiles.
Currently the US imports much more than it exports. Having the dollar devaluate in relation to the Euro it means you will have to pay more to get the same amount of imports.
um, yeah, but the theory goes, w/ higher prices, there's less demand and less imports. additionally, since american goods w/ cost less abroad, there will be more exports. the net result is the deficit goes down. that's why there's been no attempt to reign in the devaluation of the dollar.
I think a lot of people were taken aback by the awkward ending in the Matrix -- the two main characters die, and neither side wins (humans vs machines).
no, it just sucked. i don't know where you watched the movie, but in the L.A. theatre i watched it in, not only were people not taken aback by trinity dying, half th theatre burst out laughing in that scene because it was so cheesy and poorly done.
wrong. aac has provisions built in for drm. apple doesn't "wrap" aac in anything- it has an aac codec, and plays aac files. see www.aac-audio.com for more info.
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This is probably due to usage of the heater in the car rather than anything else.
no, probably not; the a/c saps gas mileage because it uses a belt driven compressor (read: it saps power from the engine, so you need to burn more fuel to hit a certain performance level), but the heater just pipes the engine coolant into a heat exchanger and uses a electrically driven fan to pipe hot air into your car (read: no effect on mileage).old sites are available on the wayback machine.
umm, no, he also has the millions of copies of the song that was previously sold, which pretty conclusively proves he wrote this before apple used it...
"apple music who?"??! nobody's heard of them? you realize that they're the beatle's record label, owned by paul mccartney and ringo starr, right?
it's stupid because if you get the job, many firms will fire you if they found out you lied on the application.
whether you know it or not, if you admit you're not a "people person", that likely shows through on your cover letter w/out you intending it to. i ain't no management flunky, but my boss sends me resumes to sift through for him once in a while, and you definately get a sense of those who just ain't quite right when it comes to fitting in, even on the resume. and fitting in IS important- even if YOU don't care about spending time with people, your potential coworkers will have to put up with YOU. let's face it- most good jobs have many qualified applicants technically- nobody wants to hire the loner who they're secretly are afraind is going to go postal on them.
even w/in a company, you should start networking. those folks can point you to people outside your company, they eventually leave to other companies, etc, etc. one of the best pieces of advice i got from a coworker when i first started working was to introduce yourself to someone at work everytime you've seen them more than once., i.e. you see 'em once on an elevator, just be friendly and say hi; next time you see 'em, introduce yourself. by doing this, you build up a little network VERY quickly, which can help you get ahead inside the company, and also help you find a new job when it's time to move on.
people who have a reallly hard time getting a good job typically fall into one of several categories:
- they don't have the technical skills
- they don't have the people skills
- they just don't click with the folks doing the hiring
with the attitude displayed in your post, i would assume you fall into at least one of the last 2 points. believe it or not, people doing the hiring actually WANT to hire good people- their butt's on the line as well if they screw up. sure, many jobs are written w/ a specific person in mind, but many others are honest to goodness jobs open to the public. of course, with those you have a better shot as well if you have someone that can vouch for you, which again, suggests you're lacking in one of the latter two categories above if a) you don't know anyone working in the industry, or b) you can't get any of the folks you know to pass along a recommendation.in short, you need to lose the attitude, and work on your own skills.
lots of much more impressive installs at mp3car.com
is actually coming out it looks like: models to be available
yeah, cause an extra billion will make a difference when the $750B we currently spend doesn't seem to be working so good: 2002 expenditures
To perhaps put a more direct example in the light, the US has (by civilian knowledge) 21 plane B2 bomber bomber (mostly built in the last 3 years or so).
uhh, not even close. bomber #21 was delivered in 1997.
In fact the US General Accounting Office found the B2s actually have trouble doing even those missions; since they where originally designed to fly a single M.A.D. mission, they are not very sturdy. In fact every mission they fly causes extensive and expensive damage because of moisture in the air damaging the stealth covering.
the issue w/ the stealth coating has nothing to do w/ how many missions it was designed to fly- it's simply the nature of the technology at the time.
The cost for the handful of B2s was $45 billion (even if you exclude research costs and assume mass production, each plane costs over $1 billion to produce, let alone actually maintain). What worse is that the B2 is a somewhat cost efficent project as compared to others in the military industrial complex.
the reason the per plane cost for the B2 was so high was that gov't approval kept shrinking regarding orders; the fewer the planes built, the higher the per unit cost (since you were wrong about the $45b figure- that cost *does* include development, as well as procurement and military construction costs). it's a fact of life that the gov't is fickle, constantly changing requirements, making it likely you'll run over cost. this is applicable to space programs, and social programs as well. it's funny how you keep saying "in fact" when you don't appear to know about the facts... =)
I know exactly zero card counting systems which push the player into postive odds. The really good systems cut the house advantage to .5% or slightly better, but the odds are still with the house in the long run. The counter is depending on a run to make his or her money, along with the right betting scheme (counters tend to be progressive bettors).
that just means you're playing at the wrong tables! just using basic strategy, at a table with advantageous rules regarding doubling down, soft 17s, etc, and the right number of decks, even without card counting, the house has less than a .2% advantage.
card counting is legal everywhere in the states. the casinos in nevada are allowed to not let you play if they suspect you're card counting, but it's not against the law. this has been tested in the courts.
yes, you *can* sign up, and they try to make a mental record of your bets (unless your playing the machines, which gets auto tracked), but the vast majority of bettors aren't in the player's clubs, and the casinos likely aren't going to force you to join a club before they'll take your money. =) and this doesn't even address the fiasco of trying to track everyone's chips at busy tables.
they'd have to add a *lot* more infrastructure to link you to the chips- eveytime you lost a bet, they'd need to checkin your chips, when you won, they'd need to checkout chips to you, etc. imagine that at someplace like a craps table. and of course, you'd need to sign up first just to be able to bet. ain't gonna happen.
not that it matters, but i have a sony fxa-36, which has an all plastic casing. it's been dropped multiple times from 2-3 feet, while not in a case, and it still works fine. the plastic on the right hand side of the keyboard cracked the last time, but it's still fully funtional.
and that that's the reason they won't sell him fuel, but damn, that's pretty inhospitable.
inhospitable? the americans are providing him food and shelter, and the kiwis have offered to fly him out on the first available flight. additionall, they've offered to ship his plane out after him (at his cost). all in all, sounds pretty reasonable! =)
i believe nintendo actually got sued for disallowing discounts...
dude, there's no way "roadless" travel is going to happen in a flying car. there will be air corridors that you are restricted to, otherwise it's going to be mass pandemonium.
dude, you can design an aircraft to be stealthy to multiple bands of radar; not as optimized as if designed to a single band, but stealthy none the less.
and sure, if you can track them, you can shoot them- but i didn't say they couldn't. i said it doesn't matter if they can see (detect) you, as long as they couldn't track you. there's a difference.
-stealth sucks and is demonstrably over rated...all you have to do is change your radar from high frequency to low and all stealth aircraft in existence stand out...all that held for example Iraq back from doing just this was export restrictions and cost.
stealth most certainly does not suck. the whole point of stealth isn't so they can't see you- it's so they can't see in time *AND* so they can't track you. it doesn't matter if they're taking polaroids of you if they can't obtain a lock and prevent you from knocking out the targets. regarding high/low band radars, you can design aircraft to be stealthy to both.
-modern 'precision munitions' are still piss poor accuracy wise; 90% missed in the first gulf war, 75-60% did same in the second. Not only that, but the only way americans could really set foot on EU soil is if they have a friendly port to use as a staging area. If they don't (and if the US would invade), they'd have to build or occupy one...massive US casualies.
modern smart bombs have an accuracy rate of about 40%; and that's with many misses being in the ~100m off range. if you think that is piss poor, you have absolutely no historical perspective. that rate is absolutely *remarkable*.
-the US is just as unsafe as any other place in the world...didn't 911 teach you anything?
while the US is obviously not perfectly safe, the US is *not* just as unsafe as anywhere else in the world; that's just an absurd statement.
-the US? Ethical?...
it's all relative... not perfect, but pretty ethical all in all.
no, the US did not fear the GPS jamming; the main reason is, the GPS jammers that are known to be in existence *emit* a craqp load of EM waves, and are easily targeted by other weapons. in fact, this is what happened in iraq- they surrounded many of their SAM sites w/ anti-gps gear from the russians, but that lit up the sam sites like a mofo for weapons like HARM missiles.
Currently the US imports much more than it exports. Having the dollar devaluate in relation to the Euro it means you will have to pay more to get the same amount of imports.
um, yeah, but the theory goes, w/ higher prices, there's less demand and less imports. additionally, since american goods w/ cost less abroad, there will be more exports. the net result is the deficit goes down. that's why there's been no attempt to reign in the devaluation of the dollar.
I think a lot of people were taken aback by the awkward ending in the Matrix -- the two main characters die, and neither side wins (humans vs machines).
no, it just sucked. i don't know where you watched the movie, but in the L.A. theatre i watched it in, not only were people not taken aback by trinity dying, half th theatre burst out laughing in that scene because it was so cheesy and poorly done.
wrong. aac has provisions built in for drm. apple doesn't "wrap" aac in anything- it has an aac codec, and plays aac files.
see www.aac-audio.com for more info.