Sign up today! Now accepting passengers for a worldwide tour to all the places untouched by humans! Be the first in your economic tier to poop where humans have never walked. Flick cigarette butts and plastic 6-pack rings onto soil unsullied by anyone! For a true affluent-adventure, we will provide the equipment needed to drill and frack on these virgin locations. Imagine the glory! Consider the potential economic advantages! Fantasize how you'll be able to lord it over your so-called friends and relatives!
Let the Border Patrol guys point out where physical deterrents make sense. They know the territory and traffic. Have them work with construction & technology experts to arrive at a practical solution for each of the 1900 miles. Some folks want 90 ft tall concrete slabs or steel curtains for the entire border. I acknowledge that. Emotional satisfaction based in concrete. However, logistically and logically something like that would be difficult to construct, and extremely expensive. Compromise is needed. I'd like to think that technology could provide efficient, practical, reliable and cost-effective solutions, but unfortunately I know technology. Amazonian tribesman armed with poison-tipped darts would work better, but I can't see this administration hiring anyone from south of El Paso.
I see the biggest hurdle being that of lowering peoples expectations. No barrier, be it solid walls, razor-wire fences, autonomous killer robots or sharks with lasers on their heads is impermeable. I predict that "the wall", whatever form it takes, wont keep out undocumented workers, asylum seekers or drugs, it will just change the method and point of entry. When that happens we have 1900 miles of ungodly expensive obsolescence.
I still believe George S Patton was right when he said "Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man", but I think we really do need to take CBP's recommendations into account.
Nice work by our Executive Capital Concentration and RIF-Bitch Realization Team. Bonuses for everyone. And remember to show that dour "gloom-and-doom" face for the media.
Just tax pollution and renewables will pay for themselves.
Tax + Pollution != Texas, my friend. We need ta be burnin Earl! That's what made Texas the great state it is. And natural gas too, buckeroo! Frac them puppies! Build them platforms!
I see a market for superior American coal to power all those EU coal-fired power-plants. We can put our coal miners back to work, provided that safety regulations are enhanced to maximize cashflow. That coal will need to be transported to the customer. I foresee fleets of supertankers outfitted with giant wheels that allow them to cross both mountain ranges and oceans. Make the wheels from frozen humus and the chickpea surplus is solved. Kill two birds, or a farmer and an miner, with one stone I say.
Pure Antarctic Mercer Lake water from the dawn of time. Hand selected for your quaffication pleasure. Now in handy non-recyclable plastic bottles with luxurious seal skin covers made from the pelts of the rare Iliamna Lake freshwater seal. Be the first in your privilege context to possess and sample this rare delicacy. Only one bottle will be sold in each zip code, guaranteeing exclusivity to those discerning few who know water when they see it.
Most of that is way over my head. I have always assumed that prime number searching would use integer math, think that was faster and that floating point would have rounding errors.
Where's the actual list of equipment to be disposed of? Personally, I can't see the Kansas state government knowing it's hole from an ass in the wall, so I doubt if the equipment is up to snuff. But who knows? Maybe they accidentally ordered a Cray or something.
With the price of crypto-currencies on what looks like a downward trend, this past week being an exception, could all that GPU and crypto-mining HW be put to use fishing for gimps?
Apple are already working on a new deodorant called iStink.
Why not iStick instead of iStink. Not to be confused with iceDick, a never-before-revealed weapon due to appear on the final season of Game of Thrones.
Yea, I know, I know. If I take a lot of Bean-o or equivalent (alpha-glactosidase from aspergillus niger) over a period of a couple weeks, it can adversely affect my aroma. I think that stuff messes with my gut flora. It becomes pretty obvious & embarrassing at the gym when everyone else in the core fitness class sets up in the opposite corner of the room.
Damn. $350k in benefits. There's a story in there somewhere.
The retirement system investment officers making big bucks is understandable. They get huge kickbacks from the mutual funds they approve for 401k or pension retirement programs. Perhaps Sgt Taylor is a high-level manager and not just a nightstick toting 2nd shift guard.
If the same thing was threatening the coast of NY or Florida or California, I can see crossover between the climate-deniers and the trough-deniers.
Those crazy scientists! There is no trough! It's a hoax! Don't buy into it people! And even if there is a trough, it's not full of tsunami germs. It hasn't been taking earthquake vitamins. It's not an accident waiting to happen, it's just an irrigation ditch. And even an quake or tsunami could happen, it's Godzilla-related, not nature. Godzilla's been doing this for millions of eons. And even if it was nature-related and it happened, there's nothing we can do about it, so why jack up our taxes and spend all that tax money trying to save people who disagree with me? So yea. Why should I be forced to pay taxes to save libtards?!?!
That seems like a pretty unhealthy precedent to set.
Quite so....snipsnip...
Agreed. I wonder if our new Messiah Donald has heard the phrase "What goes around comes around". I.e. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, or He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
And I think the failing rod has long since come to pass.
Sundar you miserable geek. Get out of the f**king petri dish and talk to average users, not the techno-incestuous gang you hang out with, but actual people who don't write code or configure servers. Artists, garbage truck drivers, English teachers, soup kitchen workers. They think their phone is a cell phone. They think "I'll buy a cell phone, so then I own it and everything on it. And I'll even pay for some cellular service provider so that I can talk to my family and some friends. A cell phone is an appliance. It's a f**king toaster. Why is it sending my bagels to a dozen different companies I've never heard of?" Who in their right minds would ever consider that we're paying so much for the privilege of letting you siphon off our personal details to be sold to an endless stream of spam monkeys?
Along the same lines PACs (Premature atril contractions) and PVCs (Premature ventricular contractions) indicate coronary misfires. Skipped beats. I've been told it's pretty common. Depending on diet (aka caffeine) and how much sleep I get, I can have 0 - 5 PVCs a minute. I've been checked with 24 hr & 30 day Holter monitors and cardiologist concluded it ain't a problem. I've gotten where I can feel it when it happens. I don't need a watch to tell me. However, if the watch could detect and warn of a more serious condition like AFIB, I'd listen. A friend (with experience) explained to me that I'd know it's a heart attack by the elephant sitting on my chest.
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Note: Ice repelling not the same as Ice rappelling. Sorry for the shaky video. Couldn't find a decent one of the Ben, Ames or Bridalveil.
Misread that. Where the hell does my mind go anyway?
Sign up today! Now accepting passengers for a worldwide tour to all the places untouched by humans! Be the first in your economic tier to poop where humans have never walked. Flick cigarette butts and plastic 6-pack rings onto soil unsullied by anyone! For a true affluent-adventure, we will provide the equipment needed to drill and frack on these virgin locations. Imagine the glory! Consider the potential economic advantages! Fantasize how you'll be able to lord it over your so-called friends and relatives!
Let the Border Patrol guys point out where physical deterrents make sense. They know the territory and traffic. Have them work with construction & technology experts to arrive at a practical solution for each of the 1900 miles. Some folks want 90 ft tall concrete slabs or steel curtains for the entire border. I acknowledge that. Emotional satisfaction based in concrete. However, logistically and logically something like that would be difficult to construct, and extremely expensive. Compromise is needed. I'd like to think that technology could provide efficient, practical, reliable and cost-effective solutions, but unfortunately I know technology. Amazonian tribesman armed with poison-tipped darts would work better, but I can't see this administration hiring anyone from south of El Paso.
I see the biggest hurdle being that of lowering peoples expectations. No barrier, be it solid walls, razor-wire fences, autonomous killer robots or sharks with lasers on their heads is impermeable. I predict that "the wall", whatever form it takes, wont keep out undocumented workers, asylum seekers or drugs, it will just change the method and point of entry. When that happens we have 1900 miles of ungodly expensive obsolescence.
I still believe George S Patton was right when he said "Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man", but I think we really do need to take CBP's recommendations into account.
whippersnapper. All someone had to do was tell me my dang zipper was down. But NOOOOOO. Everyone wants to snicker at the old fart.
And this assisted living facility don't like nobody on their lawn that ain't playing croquet or having a heart attack playing croquet. So off with ya.
Nice work by our Executive Capital Concentration and RIF-Bitch Realization Team. Bonuses for everyone. And remember to show that dour "gloom-and-doom" face for the media.
Just tax pollution and renewables will pay for themselves.
Tax + Pollution != Texas, my friend. We need ta be burnin Earl! That's what made Texas the great state it is. And natural gas too, buckeroo! Frac them puppies! Build them platforms!
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I see a market for superior American coal to power all those EU coal-fired power-plants. We can put our coal miners back to work, provided that safety regulations are enhanced to maximize cashflow. That coal will need to be transported to the customer. I foresee fleets of supertankers outfitted with giant wheels that allow them to cross both mountain ranges and oceans. Make the wheels from frozen humus and the chickpea surplus is solved. Kill two birds, or a farmer and an miner, with one stone I say.
Pure Antarctic Mercer Lake water from the dawn of time. Hand selected for your quaffication pleasure. Now in handy non-recyclable plastic bottles with luxurious seal skin covers made from the pelts of the rare Iliamna Lake freshwater seal. Be the first in your privilege context to possess and sample this rare delicacy. Only one bottle will be sold in each zip code, guaranteeing exclusivity to those discerning few who know water when they see it.
Most of that is way over my head. I have always assumed that prime number searching would use integer math, think that was faster and that floating point would have rounding errors.
My favorite, in fact.
Now I have a machine gun.
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Santa's favorite prompt to Rudolph is "Yipee Kai-yea, mother f**ker".
Where's the actual list of equipment to be disposed of? Personally, I can't see the Kansas state government knowing it's hole from an ass in the wall, so I doubt if the equipment is up to snuff. But who knows? Maybe they accidentally ordered a Cray or something.
$10 million should buy about 73,000 TRS-80s, if you figure $100 each plus $37 shipping. At an estimated weight of 44 lbs each, that comes to 3.2 million lbs, or 1605 tons. Here's yer first shipment. Cmon back. Cmon back.
With the price of crypto-currencies on what looks like a downward trend, this past week being an exception, could all that GPU and crypto-mining HW be put to use fishing for gimps?
Apple are already working on a new deodorant called iStink.
Why not iStick instead of iStink. Not to be confused with iceDick, a never-before-revealed weapon due to appear on the final season of Game of Thrones.
Yea, I know, I know. If I take a lot of Bean-o or equivalent (alpha-glactosidase from aspergillus niger) over a period of a couple weeks, it can adversely affect my aroma. I think that stuff messes with my gut flora. It becomes pretty obvious & embarrassing at the gym when everyone else in the core fitness class sets up in the opposite corner of the room.
One correctional sergeant made $983,6602 in total compensation 2017.
Damn. $350k in benefits. There's a story in there somewhere.
The retirement system investment officers making big bucks is understandable. They get huge kickbacks from the mutual funds they approve for 401k or pension retirement programs. Perhaps Sgt Taylor is a high-level manager and not just a nightstick toting 2nd shift guard.
The British Isles would be rendered effectively uninhabitable if it did.
Or if you eliminated foreign foods.
+1 !
If the same thing was threatening the coast of NY or Florida or California, I can see crossover between the climate-deniers and the trough-deniers.
Those crazy scientists! There is no trough! It's a hoax! Don't buy into it people! And even if there is a trough, it's not full of tsunami germs. It hasn't been taking earthquake vitamins. It's not an accident waiting to happen, it's just an irrigation ditch. And even an quake or tsunami could happen, it's Godzilla-related, not nature. Godzilla's been doing this for millions of eons. And even if it was nature-related and it happened, there's nothing we can do about it, so why jack up our taxes and spend all that tax money trying to save people who disagree with me? So yea. Why should I be forced to pay taxes to save libtards?!?!
Lather, rinse, repeat.
That seems like a pretty unhealthy precedent to set.
Quite so. ...snipsnip...
Agreed. I wonder if our new Messiah Donald has heard the phrase "What goes around comes around". I.e. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, or He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
And I think the failing rod has long since come to pass.
Sundar you miserable geek. Get out of the f**king petri dish and talk to average users, not the techno-incestuous gang you hang out with, but actual people who don't write code or configure servers. Artists, garbage truck drivers, English teachers, soup kitchen workers. They think their phone is a cell phone. They think "I'll buy a cell phone, so then I own it and everything on it. And I'll even pay for some cellular service provider so that I can talk to my family and some friends. A cell phone is an appliance. It's a f**king toaster. Why is it sending my bagels to a dozen different companies I've never heard of?" Who in their right minds would ever consider that we're paying so much for the privilege of letting you siphon off our personal details to be sold to an endless stream of spam monkeys?
Ok. ramp down. off the soapbox. all better now.
Along the same lines PACs (Premature atril contractions) and PVCs (Premature ventricular contractions) indicate coronary misfires. Skipped beats. I've been told it's pretty common. Depending on diet (aka caffeine) and how much sleep I get, I can have 0 - 5 PVCs a minute. I've been checked with 24 hr & 30 day Holter monitors and cardiologist concluded it ain't a problem. I've gotten where I can feel it when it happens. I don't need a watch to tell me. However, if the watch could detect and warn of a more serious condition like AFIB, I'd listen. A friend (with experience) explained to me that I'd know it's a heart attack by the elephant sitting on my chest.