Now you know why Trump is on the other side. Hillary just had to look saner by comparison and the worst that happens is that people who would vote for a decent Republican stay home.
Not really. What about all the people who would vote for a decent Democrat? They'll stay home instead of voting for Hillary (or maybe vote Green Party). Trump actually has enthusiastic voters, and they will turn out. The only real chance the Democrats have now is to give Bernie the nomination. He can beat Trump. Hillary cannot.
Yep - that's how the US government works. Trade organizations bribe... err. I mean "lobby" congress to create laws that help them extract maximum profit from consumers.
Your healthcare system is shit because its a business
No, it's shit because it's not allowed to operate as a business. The federal government regulates how many doctors can become licensed, how hospitals are run, and how ailments are categorized. State governments have more regulations beyond that. Most costs of care are set by Medicare, based on treatment codes mandated by government. The FDA is supposed to regulate the pharmaceuticals, but they are almost completely funded by the pharmaceutical industry.
Quantum effects are not gaps in scientific knowledge. Rather they are well-documented, predictable (on a probabilistic matrix), observable behavior of reality.
As somebody who has been rear ended at a stop light by somebody who had already stopped, then proceeded to "whip off a quick text,"
DUDE! You rolled backward into me! Learn to use a clutch, for crying out loud! I wasn't moving AT ALL.
Also, it's not my fault that your stupid plastic bumper cracked at 2 miles an hour. That metal bracket is on my front bumper because that's how you mount a winch. Quit your bellyaching already - the insurance companies have ruled.
You should work on your understanding of this issue. Texting while driving is dangerous like drinking while driving. If you can't drive responsibly, you shouldn't be allowed to put other peoples' lives at risk. This is not too difficult to understand. Do you perchance happen to text while driving, and are getting all defensive?
No, it's nothing like "drinking while driving" (intoxicated driving). If you are incapacitated by drugs or alcohol, you're simply incapable of operating a vehicle safely. No matter what. Getting behind the wheel at all is endangering yourself and others.
When we talk about texting while driving, we are simply referring to a specific kind of distraction. There are many others. Fighting kids, eating in the car, playing with the radio (or "in-car entertainment center"), hunting through the console, putting on makeup, eating, talking on the phone (yes, even hands free), being sleepy.
In fact, drowsy driving is just as dangerous and causes as many highway deaths as drunk driving. Far worse than the specific type of distraction called "texting".
If you're stopped waiting for a stop light, you can whip off a quick text "Driving right now - will respond later". Perfectly safe, and perfectly legal even in jurisdictions where non-verbal mobile phone use (texting) has been outlawed. Nothing like drunk driving - if if you manage to stop at the stop light, it's still not safe for you to be driving.
The whole issue is just another instance of wanting to punish everyone because some people are irresponsible with things. People that allow distractions to interfere with their driving will find another distraction. But people that can use their phones safely while never being in danger of a distracted accident are punished.
Make it at least as bad as DUI, or better yet... First time felony. That'll help.
People are charged with DUI because they are incapable of safely operating a motor vehicle on the public highways, but drive anyway.
Treating a person that used their mobile phone in some specific way the same is pre-crime. There is no difference between someone causing an accident because they're distracted fiddling with the radio or arguing with their kids, than because their detracted by their cell phones. NONE.
So you create punishments for people because they actually caused a problem, not by calling out one specific activity that could be a distraction that could cause an accident.
Kodi doesn't have any kind of server component - it's just a client. It can play from content from file shares, DLNA, and other sources. SiliconDust has a Kodi plug-in that plays Live TV from the HDHomeRun tuner, and recorded content from where ever that's set up on the local network. Pretty handy. Kodi doesn't do any transcoding.
For MCE content, I use MCEBuddy to transcode the MCE recordings into mpeg4, and I can point Kodi to that file share. It plays those files very nicely, even over Wifi.
I think you're right that Plex needs more horsepower than the QNAP can provide - it's a small 2-bay and very low memory. I might try it on the server just to see how it does, but frankly I don't think it's going to buy me anything that I don't already have. What I really want is the SiliconDust software finished and feature complete so I can ditch the MCE box. I'd do it now, but the wife's favorite show is on NatGeo, which is "copy-once" flagged and MCE is the only thing that can record and play anything from that channel.
I really like my SiliconDust tuner. I've used it for many years with Windows Media Center, but I've recently started hooking up other devices (Kodi on Raspberry PI and Fire TV stick).
Unfortunately, their DVR software is still a work in progress, so most of the recording is still done by WMC. You may be having better luck with Nexus Players, though. The View client for Android is ahead of all the others. That only works on my 7" phone. I think they're mostly working on the Windows 10 client right now.
Not sure what you need Plex for, though. I played with it a bit and it crashed a lot trying to run on my QNAP. So recorded content is just a big file share that Kodi handles just fine.
BTW, yes the earth certainly has been warmer.
But not while people were present as a species.
That's wrong. It has certainly been warmer while people were present. Homo Sapiens have existed for at least 100,000 years, possibly as long as 200,000 years. There is ample evidence that the earth was warmer than today just 1,000 years ago, but clearly it was warmer at the peak of the last inter glacial, when HSapiens were a small population. Other studies suggest that the Early Halocene was also warmer than it is today.
Perhaps an even worse development is the tech sweatshop of disposable worker cogs that Silicon Valley is now exporting to the rest of the country. So, yea, you've got a job - as long as you're willing to put the rest of your life on hold and live at the whim of some self-important douchebag pulling in stock options that he'll cash in as soon as your blood and sweat impresses the VCs.
She's not a traitor....she is just an incredibly Low IQ person that has some serious sociopath tendencies.
Why the hell Californians keep electing her I'll never understand.
There's this notion that members of Congress, despite passing legislation for the federal government, are supposed to do what's best for their own state instead of what's best for the country as a whole. There's also the issue that influence in Congress, particularly via committee membership and leadership, is based entirely on seniority. Combine these two and you have the problem that replacing Feinstein would lower California's importance in Congress, even if her replacement is clearly better.
That dynamic didn't stop Virginia voters from getting rid of Eric Cantor in the primary.
The ice expansion is miniscule, is only extent of sea ice and is despite the massive reduction of ice MASS at that pole. All in all a great big whopper of a lie from a denier of reality.
No, it's not a lie. It seems more likely that YOUR comment is a lie. There is NO evidence that I can find anywhere that supports a "massive reduction" of the mass of ice in Antarctica, land or sea. I'll leave this right here for your edification.
You really are a crackpot. Every argument you've made has been based on a faulty understanding of basic science.
Worded poorly, perhaps, but not based on "faulty understanding". CO2 absorbs heat not just reflected off the earth, but also as it enters the atmosphere and warms the air and clouds BEFORE it reaches the earth. And it radiates that heat in all directions, including back to the upper atmosphere and eventually back into space.
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Once Trump is elected President, the hate will be palpable. Looking forward to it.
At least the Republican party is now toast. The establishment of that party will never recover.
Now you know why Trump is on the other side. Hillary just had to look saner by comparison and the worst that happens is that people who would vote for a decent Republican stay home.
Not really. What about all the people who would vote for a decent Democrat? They'll stay home instead of voting for Hillary (or maybe vote Green Party). Trump actually has enthusiastic voters, and they will turn out. The only real chance the Democrats have now is to give Bernie the nomination. He can beat Trump. Hillary cannot.
Yeah, the Democratic Party will win too easily
Not if they nominate Hillary, which they will likely do, with the Clinton machine to make it happen. It's all about the turnout.
I mean as as far as how it works. It may not be random at all.
Nobody said it was random. It's probabilistic. The probabilities are deterministic.
Yep - that's how the US government works. Trade organizations bribe ... err. I mean "lobby" congress to create laws that help them extract maximum profit from consumers.
Your healthcare system is shit because its a business
No, it's shit because it's not allowed to operate as a business. The federal government regulates how many doctors can become licensed, how hospitals are run, and how ailments are categorized. State governments have more regulations beyond that. Most costs of care are set by Medicare, based on treatment codes mandated by government. The FDA is supposed to regulate the pharmaceuticals, but they are almost completely funded by the pharmaceutical industry.
quantum mechanics seems to make free will more likely
This is the god of the gaps argment.
Quantum effects are not gaps in scientific knowledge. Rather they are well-documented, predictable (on a probabilistic matrix), observable behavior of reality.
How do you get Kodi to run on Windows 10 IoT? I thought it doesn't include a graphics compositor? Furthermore, does Kodi even compile for Windows ARM?
Right, it only runs the headless version, for controlling content libraries, etc.
If Microsoft can get some energy into Windows app development, they could put Windows 10 on any CPU.
Windows 10 IoT runs pretty good on my RaspberryPI 2. I was pretty stunned Kodi performed better on that than it did under OpenElec (go figure).
As somebody who has been rear ended at a stop light by somebody who had already stopped, then proceeded to "whip off a quick text,"
DUDE! You rolled backward into me! Learn to use a clutch, for crying out loud! I wasn't moving AT ALL.
Also, it's not my fault that your stupid plastic bumper cracked at 2 miles an hour. That metal bracket is on my front bumper because that's how you mount a winch. Quit your bellyaching already - the insurance companies have ruled.
You should work on your understanding of this issue. Texting while driving is dangerous like drinking while driving. If you can't drive responsibly, you shouldn't be allowed to put other peoples' lives at risk. This is not too difficult to understand. Do you perchance happen to text while driving, and are getting all defensive?
No, it's nothing like "drinking while driving" (intoxicated driving). If you are incapacitated by drugs or alcohol, you're simply incapable of operating a vehicle safely. No matter what. Getting behind the wheel at all is endangering yourself and others.
When we talk about texting while driving, we are simply referring to a specific kind of distraction. There are many others. Fighting kids, eating in the car, playing with the radio (or "in-car entertainment center"), hunting through the console, putting on makeup, eating, talking on the phone (yes, even hands free), being sleepy.
In fact, drowsy driving is just as dangerous and causes as many highway deaths as drunk driving. Far worse than the specific type of distraction called "texting".
If you're stopped waiting for a stop light, you can whip off a quick text "Driving right now - will respond later". Perfectly safe, and perfectly legal even in jurisdictions where non-verbal mobile phone use (texting) has been outlawed. Nothing like drunk driving - if if you manage to stop at the stop light, it's still not safe for you to be driving.
The whole issue is just another instance of wanting to punish everyone because some people are irresponsible with things. People that allow distractions to interfere with their driving will find another distraction. But people that can use their phones safely while never being in danger of a distracted accident are punished.
Make it at least as bad as DUI, or better yet... First time felony. That'll help.
People are charged with DUI because they are incapable of safely operating a motor vehicle on the public highways, but drive anyway.
Treating a person that used their mobile phone in some specific way the same is pre-crime. There is no difference between someone causing an accident because they're distracted fiddling with the radio or arguing with their kids, than because their detracted by their cell phones. NONE.
So you create punishments for people because they actually caused a problem, not by calling out one specific activity that could be a distraction that could cause an accident.
No victim == No crime.
Kodi doesn't have any kind of server component - it's just a client. It can play from content from file shares, DLNA, and other sources. SiliconDust has a Kodi plug-in that plays Live TV from the HDHomeRun tuner, and recorded content from where ever that's set up on the local network. Pretty handy. Kodi doesn't do any transcoding.
For MCE content, I use MCEBuddy to transcode the MCE recordings into mpeg4, and I can point Kodi to that file share. It plays those files very nicely, even over Wifi.
I think you're right that Plex needs more horsepower than the QNAP can provide - it's a small 2-bay and very low memory. I might try it on the server just to see how it does, but frankly I don't think it's going to buy me anything that I don't already have. What I really want is the SiliconDust software finished and feature complete so I can ditch the MCE box. I'd do it now, but the wife's favorite show is on NatGeo, which is "copy-once" flagged and MCE is the only thing that can record and play anything from that channel.
You seemed to be about to make some point... but failed to do so. or was all this just justification for name-calling "denier"?
I really like my SiliconDust tuner. I've used it for many years with Windows Media Center, but I've recently started hooking up other devices (Kodi on Raspberry PI and Fire TV stick).
Unfortunately, their DVR software is still a work in progress, so most of the recording is still done by WMC. You may be having better luck with Nexus Players, though. The View client for Android is ahead of all the others. That only works on my 7" phone. I think they're mostly working on the Windows 10 client right now.
Not sure what you need Plex for, though. I played with it a bit and it crashed a lot trying to run on my QNAP. So recorded content is just a big file share that Kodi handles just fine.
BTW, yes the earth certainly has been warmer. But not while people were present as a species.
That's wrong. It has certainly been warmer while people were present. Homo Sapiens have existed for at least 100,000 years, possibly as long as 200,000 years. There is ample evidence that the earth was warmer than today just 1,000 years ago, but clearly it was warmer at the peak of the last inter glacial, when HSapiens were a small population. Other studies suggest that the Early Halocene was also warmer than it is today.
One thing that we know quite well is that changes in solar output is not the cause of present-day warming.
There's more to it that a single measurement of output.
we can't measure solar output very well millions of years ago, or even for that matter hundreds of years ago.
Actually, we can, and it has been done, with as much accuracy as long-term temperature measurements.
I'm not questioning that there is warming.
Yes, you are, you denialist troll. Downmods for you!
Well IDK. There was a recent acquisition, though. Who knows?
In marketing, it's known as a "teaser", and on the Intarwebs they are used to generate click-throughs.
Yea, it's stunning that they claim the job market is strong. It's anything but. In addition to the folks falling off the roles, there is also the "alternative" workforce jobs. A larger category of “alternative” work has exploded, with contractors and temp workers—like home health aides, truck drivers, and call center workers—who often face unpredictable schedules and lack benefits like health insurance or a retirement package.
Perhaps an even worse development is the tech sweatshop of disposable worker cogs that Silicon Valley is now exporting to the rest of the country. So, yea, you've got a job - as long as you're willing to put the rest of your life on hold and live at the whim of some self-important douchebag pulling in stock options that he'll cash in as soon as your blood and sweat impresses the VCs.
She's not a traitor... .she is just an incredibly Low IQ person that has some serious sociopath tendencies.
Why the hell Californians keep electing her I'll never understand.
There's this notion that members of Congress, despite passing legislation for the federal government, are supposed to do what's best for their own state instead of what's best for the country as a whole. There's also the issue that influence in Congress, particularly via committee membership and leadership, is based entirely on seniority. Combine these two and you have the problem that replacing Feinstein would lower California's importance in Congress, even if her replacement is clearly better.
That dynamic didn't stop Virginia voters from getting rid of Eric Cantor in the primary.
Brilliant rebuttal!
The ice expansion is miniscule, is only extent of sea ice and is despite the massive reduction of ice MASS at that pole. All in all a great big whopper of a lie from a denier of reality.
No, it's not a lie. It seems more likely that YOUR comment is a lie. There is NO evidence that I can find anywhere that supports a "massive reduction" of the mass of ice in Antarctica, land or sea. I'll leave this right here for your edification.
You really are a crackpot. Every argument you've made has been based on a faulty understanding of basic science.
Worded poorly, perhaps, but not based on "faulty understanding". CO2 absorbs heat not just reflected off the earth, but also as it enters the atmosphere and warms the air and clouds BEFORE it reaches the earth. And it radiates that heat in all directions, including back to the upper atmosphere and eventually back into space.