Oil is NOT going to break America. Instead the high price is going to invigorate America to replace foreign oil. That's something which Europe cannot do. American has abundant oil offshore and the Federal Gvt wants more drilling, but iniviual States oppose it. This can change quickly and oil companies need to be pushed to drill in these areas. Then there's shale oil. The Federal Gvt owns most of the land, purchased in the 1920s, in Colorado and Utah etc. Colorado has more oil than Saudi Arabia! It's just more complicated and more expensive to turn into barrels of oil. More money spent on developing the technology would eventually have a huge pay back. Then there is solar energy and much of the USA has abundant sunshine (far more than Europe) this can and will be used increasingly. Then there's the wind power TBoone is talking about. Yup America has abundant wind! After this we mush look at water. America has a good supply compared to other parts of the world i.e. Europe, China etc. Talking of China they have a poor supplt of water, sun, oil etc. So their energy requirements for sure outstip their internal ability supply and they import food stuffs! Oh yes America is the world's largest food exporter, did I mention that? So don't wrtie-off America because today it imports so much enegery in the form of foreign oil. That CAN and probably will change over the enxt 10 years, while that change cannot take place in either Europe or China as they don't have the natural resources of the USA. These changes in supply in America weill likely happen because of innovative people like TBoonePickens and NOT because a politician(s) causes it to happen LOL! The Politicians just needs to stay out of the way.
I hate to say this on slashdot, but the Linux version of the eeepc comes with better hardware out of the box. It also presents a proposition for users to wean themselves OFF Mr Softy products. i.e. if they can live with Linux on their small form factor Asus, then why pay for MS Office and other MS products when Free, or very economical, Linux apps are readily available!
You don't think that MS is concerned about this? That's why the small form XP was suddenly made available for these machines at a rock bottom price.
So it seems that housewives and MS know something geeks don't!
I neglected to add two absolutely great authors and MUST reads for a kids education (don't tell them that).
H. G. Wells and Jules Verne.
My other recommendation is that after trying some authors and seeing which your kids like THEY (not you) should take matters intom their own hands and be interactive. They should go to your local library and ask for further suggestions on authors and books similar in style. It's amazing what a resource ones local library can be and they will order books that they don't have in stock! This effectively hooks ones kids into realising what a superb place the local library is and how economical it is. It will also be THEIR discovery, not yours. Perhaps the way to start is to take them to the library and let them join and get a few suggested books in their name. AFter that they can be responsible for that relationship.
E. C. Elliot (Books around a central character Kemlo great for pre teens)
Arthur C Clarke (any of his books are a great read at ANY age)
Ray Bradbury (start with short stories)
John Wyndham (books much better than the later films)
Also for real fun and nostalgia research into the audios of Journey into SPace from the BBC.
By the way your post is a superb way to gain an insight into good fun reading for kids:)
Europe is working on an implementation that will have ALL telephone calls and ALL broadband activity, by Eurpoeans, recorded and held for a minimum of 18 months. So if you criticize the USA please examine your own EU Goverment's "security" activities first.
I am ruling out pregnancy as I expect such women will not be measured. That being so why are women expected to have such comparatively larger waist lines then men in Japan?
Just very curious...
I believe I live in a society wherein one is "innocent until proven guilty". Ergo if a prosecutor drops a case then the "legal presumption" is that that person is "innocent". By using your assumption that that person may well be "guilty", just the prosecutor can't guarantee he will win the case, this adds to the STIGMA that ALL arrested people have to face for the rest of their lives, whether, or not, the charges were dropped. As another poster clearly points out there is no shaking this stigma, it's real and it's absolutely UNFAIR. An "arrest record" is one enormous piece of baggage to carry around for the rest of ones life.
The real crime here is that the charges were dropped thru "insufficient evidence"....
Why is this loophole allowed to prosecutors?
How about. "We are sorry we should never have arrested you, fired you and will will formally erradicate all your arrest process so it never happened and give you backed dated pay and legal expenses".
This is a complete guess, but I suspect that there is a corporate policy to withdraw a person's clearances as soon as they resign. That given direct management likely has the lattituse to ask the person to pack up their desk and go fishing, or they can require that person to report everyday and be assigned as they desire. The latter is really only done if one has a sense of trust in that person and indeed may require his/her services over the next 4 weeks. If you have been in a company 8-9 years you, quite frankly, know how to bypass most clearances etc. and the company knows this. Thus my interpretation is that the company is acting respectfully and in a trusting manner, while at the same time having him/her on hand in case of need B4 the final split occurs.
If your company truly thought you were some kind of "risk" they would have given you immediate "gardening leave". The fact they haven't means, as another has suggested, that they want to see what happens without you being in the daily operations. In short they ARE respecting you and will use you as and when they feel something is "broken" and needs your guidance. In short enjoy the R & R that the company has offered you as a parting gift. Be respectful and courteous, don't burn bridges (you don't appear to be that type anyway) and best of luck in your new job:) Meantime I have a problem with WM11 not syncing to my MP3 Plarers...Are you available?;)
Got me. I used it as a figure of speech never expecting to be called on it. Ok. At that time when you entered Dubai they retained your passport at immigration until you claimed it when leaving. Messy process as the passports piled up and created delays when yours had to be found. So I claimed my passport and waited and waited and finally received it. On to the outward immigration guy. He opens my passport and a slip of paper falls out. He looks at it and frowns. Hands it to me and says. "Is this yours?" I look at the slip of paper and see it's arabic writing which I could not read. "Nope I say. Now mine". Guy frowns again, ponders and finally hands me my passport and says. "Have a nice flight". I walk into the lounge and meet a colleage Yousif. "Yousif" I ask "What does this piece of paper say?" He reads it and turns white! "where did you get this?". "Well it fell out of my passport" I say. "Goodness" says Yousif. "You are indeed a lucky man. "The writing says". "Take this man drectly to jail!" At about this time I feel slightly weak at the knees...
Then there was the day (one of about a hundred, that I entered Saudi Arabia via Dhahran Airport. Usual hand the immigration gy the passport and yet again get a HUGE FROWN! He continually looks at my passport and back at me. Does this maybe 10x each time the frown gets more severe. Finally I can't hold back. "Is there a problem" I say. "Yes, there IS" says the officer. "You look much BETTER with the moustache. Why did you shave it off?" Turns out my passport photo showed me with a large droopy over the lip moustache that I had finally tired of and shaved off. The guy did let me in the country though.... Always expect the unexpected when entering a foreign coutry and retian good humor regardless......
I have many stories of entering countries. Ask me about Dubai in 1980 someday..... Well I flew from New York to Paris on business one day and arrived early morning. I had been somewhat rushed leaving the house and had grabbed my UK passport on the way out of door. So at immigrations I place my passport on the table for the immigration guy. He opens it and grins for a moment pushes it back to me and says. Take a look! I do and open it. To my horror the first thing I see is a picture of my very young daughter staring at me. In error I had picked up her passport. Fast fwd. I get politely lead away to a corridor and asked to sit and wait. About 20 minutes later an aristocratic looking man around 30, in slacks and blazer turns up and leads me into an interview room. He says "Do you speak French". I say: "Not enough to handle this situation!". He smiles, look at the passport and smiles again more broadly. "Ian, he says, I am NOT your problem. Nobody would try to enter France illegally this way. You are free to go now". "Thanks" I say. "Don't thank me he says, think about how difficult it will be now for you to leave France. Good luck" He was right. The Britush Embassy also fell part with laughter at my story. Everyone appeared from counters and doors to hear the oft repeated story. I finally resolved the situation by having my real passport couriered to my hotel. Check ALL important documents B4 travelling, it really does help. And if you mess up, find officials with a sense of humor.....
You are certainly right that entering any country can be an interesting experience.
Some years ago as a Brit I re-entered the UK and was waived on, by a male customs officer, thru the green passage. A female voice from behind me called out "Stop". I complied and asked why she was giving contrary intructions to another officer? She simply told me "I am in charge". Cut the story short, this female customs officer tore all my baggage and suitcases apart for 1 1/2 hours in a desperate attempt to justify her "suspicions" to her lower ranks. Eventually she decided I owed TWO POUNDS duty, on a minor gift. As I was attempting to put my belongings in order, which were by now strewn over a wide area, she demanded payment. I pulled out a 50 pound note from my wallet and handed it to her apologizing for my lack of small change. She turend and walked towards a door with the money. I called out "Stop" and she turned with a very annoyed look on her face. I said "Excuse me, but your lack of trust of me has been very evident, so you will foregive me if I have similar reservations towards yourself. Please sign this piece of paper saying you hold my 50 pound note and will return with 48 pds change". She turned red with anger, but complied. Meantime the rank and file officers just about fell apart and all ran away rather than laugh out loud. Yeah I know I pushed my luck. But I had retained my cool for 1 1/2 hours while being treated as if I were the worst form of low life..... I also knew I had nothing to hide. Trust is a two way thing anyway. The moral of all this is that when entering ANY country you are and can be subject to officials who have "god" like powers. And there is little one can do but smaile and be responsive and stay cool for as lonmg as possible.
The "point" appears to be that Rowling is writing her own reference book/manual for the HP stories and appears to think this guy may get their first.
I can see it from both sides, but at the end of the day surely fans will either want her book, or want both. so I don't see what damage is going to be caused. I don't see a possibility that this guy will take away the market for her reference book.
I think that Rowling is being poorly advised. But it's her character and her money.
I would be willing to pay $3.00 per gallon for the opportunity of buying fuel that has not been imported. i.e. This would help to drastically reduce our Trade Deficit and would not put petro dollars into the hands of Soverign Wealth Funds.
One has to ask what quality of lawers the RIAA hire?
The task of chasing thousands of suspected downloaders is hardly cutting edge. Thus one has to presume that the RIAA pays decent money for the bottom of the barrel lawyer talent. I mean who would want to doing this for a career position. This after a 4 year college degree followed by a legal qualification.
Imagine their next interview for a better position. "Now Mr(s) J Lawyer what exactly have you been doing these last 3 years that qualifies you for job you are applying for?" "Well for 3 years I have been filing suits against, students, soccer Mom, homless people etc. to extract a guilty verdict and $3K penalties"
Says it all doesn't it!
We've known for years that Colorado has more oil (shale oil) than the reserves in Saudi Arabia (and the Federal Gvt bought these lands in the 1920s). Also only 15% of the Continental shelf can be drilled because the indicidual States will not allow it (Florida is a classic example).
So increasing the numbers of the known oil reserves in the USA is NOT the big issue.
The BIG issue is getting the Federal Gvt to seriously fund the development of new technologies which make the mining of such reserves and turning it efficiently into "oil" for refineries. And by the way building a few more refineries on US soil as well.
Wake me up when the USGvt gets serious about such investment plans. Right now independent oil companies are still mostly going for the low hanging fruits of tradtional drilling into fields and pumping. Sure they are quiety and slowing advance technology for shale oil production, but it's not in their short/medium term interests to spend the time and money on shale oil production techniques.
It raises important questions on the use of tax monies going forward. Do you want, for example, universal healthcare in the USA, or a c;ear path towardss a reversal of the Trade deficit within 10 years or so?
All IMHO of course!
Any country you fly out of these days charges a massive airport tax of some kind. This goes to "security" in that country for airports. So just because you hear of something in say the USA doesn't mean it isn't already being tried elsewhere. Just that some countries are more open about what they are doing.
I think you hit a major concern there.
With all the best current technology there would surely be an easy way to identify the signal of an American, even amongst other RFID Passport holders, as there is sure to be an identifier of some type built into the basic signal. Thus one would be signaling one's Nationality merely by holding a concealed US Passport on ones person. Might as well travel overseas with an American flag wrapped around one. Surely this would not be the intent of this technology?
No spare Lithium batteries, because they are dangerous.OK.
Meantime aircraft wiring still can and does go thru a plane's fuel tanks and as the fuel is used up a highly flammable gas surrounds such wiring. The Fix? A comparatively cheap and reusable cylinder of inert gas which fills the emptying tank and reduces the possibility of sparks causing explosions to zero. Has any TSA or other regulator mandated such a quick and easy fix? Nope, they regulate batteries instead...... Where is the prioritizing?
Had the RIAA been around in the first few centuries of AD then there would be no Christian Church! The RIAA would have sued all the story tellers for breaking JC's copyright and not paying for the material and stories they told the crowds of listeners.
So the Govenor of Massachusetts is NOT against gambling. Rather he wants to encourage gamblers by making it very accesible, in the State of Massachusetts, by building many new casinos in State, from which the State can draw revenues. But he wants to take away the freedom for gamblers to choose to spend their monies out of State, by extraodinarilly harsh jail and fine punishments if one chooses to gamble elsewhere. Isn't this border line extortion? Has the State of the Commonwealth decided the "mob" methodolgy works for his Government? Also he has seemingly NO intention of helping gambling addicts, rather redirecting them to lose in his State. I am surprised that the AG of Massachusetts doesn't see something amiss in this.
It's also been said that a well handled diesel in stealth mode is still quite a weapon. The really silly thing is that instead of putting in a confidential report the sub goes for the media attention stuff (probably on order). But all that does is cause the US military to focus on the problem/loophole. Wrong tactics China... thankfully.
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Oil is NOT going to break America. Instead the high price is going to invigorate America to replace foreign oil. That's something which Europe cannot do. American has abundant oil offshore and the Federal Gvt wants more drilling, but iniviual States oppose it. This can change quickly and oil companies need to be pushed to drill in these areas. Then there's shale oil. The Federal Gvt owns most of the land, purchased in the 1920s, in Colorado and Utah etc. Colorado has more oil than Saudi Arabia! It's just more complicated and more expensive to turn into barrels of oil. More money spent on developing the technology would eventually have a huge pay back. Then there is solar energy and much of the USA has abundant sunshine (far more than Europe) this can and will be used increasingly. Then there's the wind power TBoone is talking about. Yup America has abundant wind! After this we mush look at water. America has a good supply compared to other parts of the world i.e. Europe, China etc. Talking of China they have a poor supplt of water, sun, oil etc. So their energy requirements for sure outstip their internal ability supply and they import food stuffs! Oh yes America is the world's largest food exporter, did I mention that? So don't wrtie-off America because today it imports so much enegery in the form of foreign oil. That CAN and probably will change over the enxt 10 years, while that change cannot take place in either Europe or China as they don't have the natural resources of the USA. These changes in supply in America weill likely happen because of innovative people like TBoonePickens and NOT because a politician(s) causes it to happen LOL! The Politicians just needs to stay out of the way.
I hate to say this on slashdot, but the Linux version of the eeepc comes with better hardware out of the box. It also presents a proposition for users to wean themselves OFF Mr Softy products. i.e. if they can live with Linux on their small form factor Asus, then why pay for MS Office and other MS products when Free, or very economical, Linux apps are readily available! You don't think that MS is concerned about this? That's why the small form XP was suddenly made available for these machines at a rock bottom price. So it seems that housewives and MS know something geeks don't!
I neglected to add two absolutely great authors and MUST reads for a kids education (don't tell them that). H. G. Wells and Jules Verne. My other recommendation is that after trying some authors and seeing which your kids like THEY (not you) should take matters intom their own hands and be interactive. They should go to your local library and ask for further suggestions on authors and books similar in style. It's amazing what a resource ones local library can be and they will order books that they don't have in stock! This effectively hooks ones kids into realising what a superb place the local library is and how economical it is. It will also be THEIR discovery, not yours. Perhaps the way to start is to take them to the library and let them join and get a few suggested books in their name. AFter that they can be responsible for that relationship.
E. C. Elliot (Books around a central character Kemlo great for pre teens) Arthur C Clarke (any of his books are a great read at ANY age) Ray Bradbury (start with short stories) John Wyndham (books much better than the later films) Also for real fun and nostalgia research into the audios of Journey into SPace from the BBC. By the way your post is a superb way to gain an insight into good fun reading for kids:)
Europe is working on an implementation that will have ALL telephone calls and ALL broadband activity, by Eurpoeans, recorded and held for a minimum of 18 months. So if you criticize the USA please examine your own EU Goverment's "security" activities first.
I am ruling out pregnancy as I expect such women will not be measured. That being so why are women expected to have such comparatively larger waist lines then men in Japan? Just very curious...
I believe I live in a society wherein one is "innocent until proven guilty". Ergo if a prosecutor drops a case then the "legal presumption" is that that person is "innocent". By using your assumption that that person may well be "guilty", just the prosecutor can't guarantee he will win the case, this adds to the STIGMA that ALL arrested people have to face for the rest of their lives, whether, or not, the charges were dropped. As another poster clearly points out there is no shaking this stigma, it's real and it's absolutely UNFAIR. An "arrest record" is one enormous piece of baggage to carry around for the rest of ones life.
The real crime here is that the charges were dropped thru "insufficient evidence".... Why is this loophole allowed to prosecutors? How about. "We are sorry we should never have arrested you, fired you and will will formally erradicate all your arrest process so it never happened and give you backed dated pay and legal expenses".
This is a complete guess, but I suspect that there is a corporate policy to withdraw a person's clearances as soon as they resign. That given direct management likely has the lattituse to ask the person to pack up their desk and go fishing, or they can require that person to report everyday and be assigned as they desire. The latter is really only done if one has a sense of trust in that person and indeed may require his/her services over the next 4 weeks. If you have been in a company 8-9 years you, quite frankly, know how to bypass most clearances etc. and the company knows this. Thus my interpretation is that the company is acting respectfully and in a trusting manner, while at the same time having him/her on hand in case of need B4 the final split occurs.
If your company truly thought you were some kind of "risk" they would have given you immediate "gardening leave". The fact they haven't means, as another has suggested, that they want to see what happens without you being in the daily operations. In short they ARE respecting you and will use you as and when they feel something is "broken" and needs your guidance. In short enjoy the R & R that the company has offered you as a parting gift. Be respectful and courteous, don't burn bridges (you don't appear to be that type anyway) and best of luck in your new job:) Meantime I have a problem with WM11 not syncing to my MP3 Plarers...Are you available?;)
Got me. I used it as a figure of speech never expecting to be called on it. Ok. At that time when you entered Dubai they retained your passport at immigration until you claimed it when leaving. Messy process as the passports piled up and created delays when yours had to be found. So I claimed my passport and waited and waited and finally received it. On to the outward immigration guy. He opens my passport and a slip of paper falls out. He looks at it and frowns. Hands it to me and says. "Is this yours?" I look at the slip of paper and see it's arabic writing which I could not read. "Nope I say. Now mine". Guy frowns again, ponders and finally hands me my passport and says. "Have a nice flight". I walk into the lounge and meet a colleage Yousif. "Yousif" I ask "What does this piece of paper say?" He reads it and turns white! "where did you get this?". "Well it fell out of my passport" I say. "Goodness" says Yousif. "You are indeed a lucky man. "The writing says". "Take this man drectly to jail!" At about this time I feel slightly weak at the knees... Then there was the day (one of about a hundred, that I entered Saudi Arabia via Dhahran Airport. Usual hand the immigration gy the passport and yet again get a HUGE FROWN! He continually looks at my passport and back at me. Does this maybe 10x each time the frown gets more severe. Finally I can't hold back. "Is there a problem" I say. "Yes, there IS" says the officer. "You look much BETTER with the moustache. Why did you shave it off?" Turns out my passport photo showed me with a large droopy over the lip moustache that I had finally tired of and shaved off. The guy did let me in the country though.... Always expect the unexpected when entering a foreign coutry and retian good humor regardless......
I have many stories of entering countries. Ask me about Dubai in 1980 someday..... Well I flew from New York to Paris on business one day and arrived early morning. I had been somewhat rushed leaving the house and had grabbed my UK passport on the way out of door. So at immigrations I place my passport on the table for the immigration guy. He opens it and grins for a moment pushes it back to me and says. Take a look! I do and open it. To my horror the first thing I see is a picture of my very young daughter staring at me. In error I had picked up her passport. Fast fwd. I get politely lead away to a corridor and asked to sit and wait. About 20 minutes later an aristocratic looking man around 30, in slacks and blazer turns up and leads me into an interview room. He says "Do you speak French". I say: "Not enough to handle this situation!". He smiles, look at the passport and smiles again more broadly. "Ian, he says, I am NOT your problem. Nobody would try to enter France illegally this way. You are free to go now". "Thanks" I say. "Don't thank me he says, think about how difficult it will be now for you to leave France. Good luck" He was right. The Britush Embassy also fell part with laughter at my story. Everyone appeared from counters and doors to hear the oft repeated story. I finally resolved the situation by having my real passport couriered to my hotel. Check ALL important documents B4 travelling, it really does help. And if you mess up, find officials with a sense of humor.....
You are certainly right that entering any country can be an interesting experience. Some years ago as a Brit I re-entered the UK and was waived on, by a male customs officer, thru the green passage. A female voice from behind me called out "Stop". I complied and asked why she was giving contrary intructions to another officer? She simply told me "I am in charge". Cut the story short, this female customs officer tore all my baggage and suitcases apart for 1 1/2 hours in a desperate attempt to justify her "suspicions" to her lower ranks. Eventually she decided I owed TWO POUNDS duty, on a minor gift. As I was attempting to put my belongings in order, which were by now strewn over a wide area, she demanded payment. I pulled out a 50 pound note from my wallet and handed it to her apologizing for my lack of small change. She turend and walked towards a door with the money. I called out "Stop" and she turned with a very annoyed look on her face. I said "Excuse me, but your lack of trust of me has been very evident, so you will foregive me if I have similar reservations towards yourself. Please sign this piece of paper saying you hold my 50 pound note and will return with 48 pds change". She turned red with anger, but complied. Meantime the rank and file officers just about fell apart and all ran away rather than laugh out loud. Yeah I know I pushed my luck. But I had retained my cool for 1 1/2 hours while being treated as if I were the worst form of low life..... I also knew I had nothing to hide. Trust is a two way thing anyway. The moral of all this is that when entering ANY country you are and can be subject to officials who have "god" like powers. And there is little one can do but smaile and be responsive and stay cool for as lonmg as possible.
The "point" appears to be that Rowling is writing her own reference book/manual for the HP stories and appears to think this guy may get their first. I can see it from both sides, but at the end of the day surely fans will either want her book, or want both. so I don't see what damage is going to be caused. I don't see a possibility that this guy will take away the market for her reference book. I think that Rowling is being poorly advised. But it's her character and her money.
I would be willing to pay $3.00 per gallon for the opportunity of buying fuel that has not been imported. i.e. This would help to drastically reduce our Trade Deficit and would not put petro dollars into the hands of Soverign Wealth Funds.
One has to ask what quality of lawers the RIAA hire? The task of chasing thousands of suspected downloaders is hardly cutting edge. Thus one has to presume that the RIAA pays decent money for the bottom of the barrel lawyer talent. I mean who would want to doing this for a career position. This after a 4 year college degree followed by a legal qualification. Imagine their next interview for a better position. "Now Mr(s) J Lawyer what exactly have you been doing these last 3 years that qualifies you for job you are applying for?" "Well for 3 years I have been filing suits against, students, soccer Mom, homless people etc. to extract a guilty verdict and $3K penalties" Says it all doesn't it!
We've known for years that Colorado has more oil (shale oil) than the reserves in Saudi Arabia (and the Federal Gvt bought these lands in the 1920s). Also only 15% of the Continental shelf can be drilled because the indicidual States will not allow it (Florida is a classic example). So increasing the numbers of the known oil reserves in the USA is NOT the big issue. The BIG issue is getting the Federal Gvt to seriously fund the development of new technologies which make the mining of such reserves and turning it efficiently into "oil" for refineries. And by the way building a few more refineries on US soil as well. Wake me up when the USGvt gets serious about such investment plans. Right now independent oil companies are still mostly going for the low hanging fruits of tradtional drilling into fields and pumping. Sure they are quiety and slowing advance technology for shale oil production, but it's not in their short/medium term interests to spend the time and money on shale oil production techniques. It raises important questions on the use of tax monies going forward. Do you want, for example, universal healthcare in the USA, or a c;ear path towardss a reversal of the Trade deficit within 10 years or so? All IMHO of course!
Unless you want to be 100% a programmer I would spend time learning communications and presentation skills.
Any country you fly out of these days charges a massive airport tax of some kind. This goes to "security" in that country for airports. So just because you hear of something in say the USA doesn't mean it isn't already being tried elsewhere. Just that some countries are more open about what they are doing.
I think you hit a major concern there. With all the best current technology there would surely be an easy way to identify the signal of an American, even amongst other RFID Passport holders, as there is sure to be an identifier of some type built into the basic signal. Thus one would be signaling one's Nationality merely by holding a concealed US Passport on ones person. Might as well travel overseas with an American flag wrapped around one. Surely this would not be the intent of this technology?
No spare Lithium batteries, because they are dangerous.OK. Meantime aircraft wiring still can and does go thru a plane's fuel tanks and as the fuel is used up a highly flammable gas surrounds such wiring. The Fix? A comparatively cheap and reusable cylinder of inert gas which fills the emptying tank and reduces the possibility of sparks causing explosions to zero. Has any TSA or other regulator mandated such a quick and easy fix? Nope, they regulate batteries instead...... Where is the prioritizing?
Had the RIAA been around in the first few centuries of AD then there would be no Christian Church! The RIAA would have sued all the story tellers for breaking JC's copyright and not paying for the material and stories they told the crowds of listeners.
So the Govenor of Massachusetts is NOT against gambling. Rather he wants to encourage gamblers by making it very accesible, in the State of Massachusetts, by building many new casinos in State, from which the State can draw revenues. But he wants to take away the freedom for gamblers to choose to spend their monies out of State, by extraodinarilly harsh jail and fine punishments if one chooses to gamble elsewhere. Isn't this border line extortion? Has the State of the Commonwealth decided the "mob" methodolgy works for his Government? Also he has seemingly NO intention of helping gambling addicts, rather redirecting them to lose in his State. I am surprised that the AG of Massachusetts doesn't see something amiss in this.
It's also been said that a well handled diesel in stealth mode is still quite a weapon. The really silly thing is that instead of putting in a confidential report the sub goes for the media attention stuff (probably on order). But all that does is cause the US military to focus on the problem/loophole. Wrong tactics China... thankfully.
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