does it make sense to expend resources for less than 1% of the market?
A lot of successful companies started out doing just that. In fact, it only takes a few small moves for the 1% to become 75%. Besides, even the 1% is a good amount of people and $$$.
Exactly! Before 1972 it was *easy* to have a SSN that had nothing to do with where you were born. And I think there was also a date in which the USAF started the requirements. Because in my wife's family they didn't have to get her's until she was around 5 - but her little sister was required to have one almost at birth. And you are correct, all the dependants are tracked by the sponsors SSN.
"WORLD'S SCARIEST NEWS REPORTS IV", tonight at 8 on FOX.
"WHEN GOOD FACTS GO BAD" - Saturday, on FOX.
Anyone else remember the Saturday Night Live skit where the "interpreter" for Gorbachev was just making up stuff - and then he got chewed out, saying "He was a disgrace to the FOX network" ?? It was funny back then, because FOX was almost non-existant. But now - it almost seems like it had been foreshadowing...
The first 3 digits come from the zip code where you were born. The next 2 are a "group id" that may be a little bit random, but it doesn't change very often.
This is not the case, the link you posted even disagrees with your post:
Prior to 1972 the Area Number (first three) was based on the SS office where the card was issued. After 1972, the Area Number is based on the *mailing address* of the *first application* for a SSN - which may or may not be the location of birth.
The "group number" is not pseudo random, but rather sequential - following a very defined sequence. Yes, it *is* an odd sequence - but it is a sequence.
And the final 4 are just in numerical order.
Thus, three people all born in different states, after 1972 - can all still have the same area number. Remember, it wasn't until recently that SSNs were issued at birth. It used to be you got one before you started working - unless you were a military brat (the military for a long time has required dependants to have SSNs).
Obviously this is for an American-as-in-USA audience...
I know little about this Patriot Act. But I do understand that the worst portions of it apply to visa violators and non-citizens. Seems like a logical course of action given the current cirumstances.
Man I love when people start out by disclosing they don't know what they are talking about. What *I* know is that it is a slippery slope. Once we give up one little thing - then it is that much easier to give up just a little more. Sure, Bush is not Hitler - and we are not Nazi Germany. But the parallels are there folks, and they are scary. Sure, we have to agree that there have been no terrorist attacks since 9/11. But there were none before that either - and we had all our rights in-tact then... The simple fact is that the government needs to do a BETTER job with the data they already have - not screw Americans to get more data, that they will just neglect anyway. I can't wait to tell my grandkids what it was like to live in a free country... They won't even understand. Heck, I remember a time when you could ride a bicycle without a helmet, shoot fireworks more than 10 feet high, and own a dog without 30 licenses and permits... A chinese friend just told me that in China - they don't have rubber bullets.......
What do you say to the 8-year-old who walks into the men's room and discovers him?
You see, Johnny, when YOU want to do that, pick a more private bathroom - or YOU TOO will get caught.
What do you say to the kid's mother when little Johnny tells her about it?
Nothing.
All joking aside, however, it is a mistake to "over protect" the children. They have to learn about life some time, and the mind of a child is much quicker to adjust and much more resilliant than that of an adult. A kid seeing someone masturbate (god forbid) will recover much more quickly and learn to deal with adversity - than the person who has been sheltered so much that the first time they see it they freak and it becomes a real issue. The human mind is supposed to be challenged as a child - to prepare it for real life.
This is really disturbing - but not exactly new stuff. While it takes a slightly different tone, and the process has been different - there are many people in this country who's rights get violated without just cause. Free the West Memphis Three!
Then, according to your own example, wouldn't it be 'chassised'. (reign - reigned, trailer - trailered, frame - framed, etc).
But the bigger question is: Why is it that when someone has taken the time to learn the english language, and has taken pride in doing so - they are always criticised? (and I know my spelling is not perfect - but you misspelled grammar...) If someone posted a script, or some perl code, or java code, or something along those lines - and it was incorrect, 1000 people would jump on them and "fix" the errors. But if someone does the same for english, they are a "nazi".
And why is it everything "American" is bad? Every place has slang - Americans do too. Quit bashing Americans, not all of us are pro war or pro Bush - and people bashing Americans is just as stupid as the morons who are eating "freedom" fries...
I do believe the polls that claim 70%+ support for the war among americans. I run in a number of real life social circles, and some of these social circles are rabidly anti-war. They make the same claims about made up polls and mass media conspiracies. The funny thing is, most of these people choose to include only other liberals in their group of friends. A side effect of that choice is that they don't have any friends who support the war. That side effect of their personal choices gives them a very skewed view of overall public opinion. I'm not so selective of friends, and I know far more people who support the war than who oppose it.
I would disagree here. Wait, I am disagreeing here. Hmm. Anyway, I would say that 70% of the people do NOT support the "WAR" but that 70% of the people support out troops. After all, our troops are our brothers, sisters, moms, dads, children, friends, and co-workers. Not many people want them to die, and few people understand *really* why we are in Iraq anyway. Most people just don't have enough time / money to spend a lot of effort for ANY side of the war. (and I bet many anti-war protestors still drive oil-burning cars)
But what *my* question is - What the F is up with all these polls? I mean, I have been a registered voter for over 10 years. I own a home, I give to charities. I am in the phonebook, and not hard to find. I have *never* been polled once (unless GM calling to see if I was happy with my service at the Chevy dealer counts). So I just won't believe a poll, until they can poll more than 15% of the actual population.
I think the issue is more evenly split - just like the country. I would imagine that urban centers are predominatly anti-war, and rural areas pro-war. Hmmm, strange that, eh?
I do agree that this particular article is a bit odd. Isn't the point of a search engine to find relevant results? If you search for "Second Superpower" and the engine returns a bunch of discussions about it - isn't that good? Or is it bad simply because you might disagree with the pages topic? Whether you agree with the political message or not - it DID discuss "Second Superpower"...
Other factors can influence things - more than just of the political orientation of friends. How about economic status, religious affiliation, geographic location? Maybe people might have more liberal friends because they live in Eugene Oregon, and are unemployed.... Maybe not...
Make sure that you don't believe the media or the government or [insert evil thing here] - until you get balanced, or corroborating info. Blindly believing anything you are told is dangerous. Blind faith is still blind. Read Arab news, American news, and European news - try to find the real truth that you can't get from one source but is in all sources.
This synthetic hydrocarbon fuel is different from biodiesel by two major things: no engine adjustments necessary to run on this fuel
No adjustments are required to run Biodiesel in any diesel engine made in the last decade or so. The problem is that Biodiesel can eat through some old types of rubber used in seals and fuel lines. Modern diesel engines do not use these types of rubber. Older engines could be retrofitted just by changing out old rubber lines, maybe needed anyway if the car is old enough! The only other thing is that biodiesel will dissolve engine deposits, since American diesel no. 2 is dirty, there can be a lot of deposits. If you have driven a while on regular diesel, biodiesel can lossen deposits, which can then clog fuel filters. Diesels have to replace the fuel filter pretty regularly - so it shouldn't be much of an issue. Check out Biodiesel.org or BioDieselNow.com for more info.
I was going to post something witty, repeated 5 times. But I got this message:
Your comment violated the "postercomment" compression filter. Try less whitespace and/or less repetition. Comment aborted.
Maybe this same filter should apply to stories, eh? Yet I have a ton of "denied" stories that are about actual important, interesting, relevant stuff - with links and resources and everything. I could just make up poop and it would get the front page 5 times!
As a parent, and as a programmer - I can give the most final answer we all need.
Don't. Start them early on Law, and get them into law school. Programmers are unemployed. Doctor's can't afford to stay in business. Small business are risky. Middle managers get laid-off. Lawyers always have high paying work. Especially in Michigan I hear.
Allright, before you mod me off topic - you can go ahead and teach them some real basic VB/Access skills so that they can then be lawyers in the tech industry, and maybe even politicians who write laws themselves some day!
I am wondering, since the michigan law is so broadly written as to almost be completely unenforceable (sp?) - maybe it was just to shut up whining broadband providers - but bears no legal teeth?
Wouldn't the vibration *right on* the LCD screen do something over time? Especially at high volume. It seems like - other than laptops - this is kinda strange to marry the two techs...
That completely missed my point. I agree that many things can be upsetting. I find many things upsetting - like Christianity - that millions of people appreciate. That is perfectly normal, and a part of life. My response was to the poster that said we need to protect our children and delicate adults from content that will emotionally scar them. That is different than being upset, or grossed out, or even repulsed. I personally belive that LIFE is emotionally scarring, and that is what makes us all unique - scarring makes our personality what it is. If you can't deal with the reality that bad kaka happens in this world, you will have a very tough time. Don't hide the reality from the fragile people, because it is impossible to hide it forever. Instead, let people learn how to turn away, how to cope when they can't turn away, and maybe understand what it is that makes them want to turn away. Why do people slow and look at car accidents? Everyone knows it is bad. But they also know that at least in that instance they were not the victims of the badness, and therefore are curious in theirt most morbid way. Maybe the morbid curiosity is just a way of getting exposure to things that eventually we will all have to encounter. Much like pets dying teaching kids about life and death. It is easier to learn in small steps, then all of a sudden your world comes tumbling down in one fell swoop. Or to put a more current context, take 9/11. We had been protected and sheltered for so long that 9/11 was a vast quagmire of horror. But if anything of that scale happens again, I imagine it will be a little easier to deal with deep down at a basic level. Because we know what to expect from ourselves now, in the face of serious adversity. Not directly fo course, but in an emotional sense. I had dealt with life and death enough as a child on a farm, that by the time I was 16 and lost a friend - I could deal with it. Some kids my age didn't. Life is all about learning how to best deal with the bad things - so that we can more readilly enjoy all the good things that surround us. I don't want to spend my time worrying about bad things - but instead enjoy the beauty life has to offer.
Why do so many people jump to attribute unexplained natural events to a supernatural, invisible "being" that lives in the sky and controls everything in existence and know the number of hairs on the head of every living being??
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does it make sense to expend resources for less than 1% of the market?
A lot of successful companies started out doing just that. In fact, it only takes a few small moves for the 1% to become 75%. Besides, even the 1% is a good amount of people and $$$.
Exactly! Before 1972 it was *easy* to have a SSN that had nothing to do with where you were born. And I think there was also a date in which the USAF started the requirements. Because in my wife's family they didn't have to get her's until she was around 5 - but her little sister was required to have one almost at birth. And you are correct, all the dependants are tracked by the sponsors SSN.
"WORLD'S SCARIEST NEWS REPORTS IV", tonight at 8 on FOX.
"WHEN GOOD FACTS GO BAD" - Saturday, on FOX.
Anyone else remember the Saturday Night Live skit where the "interpreter" for Gorbachev was just making up stuff - and then he got chewed out, saying "He was a disgrace to the FOX network" ?? It was funny back then, because FOX was almost non-existant. But now - it almost seems like it had been foreshadowing...
The first 3 digits come from the zip code where you were born. The next 2 are a "group id" that may be a little bit random, but it doesn't change very often.
This is not the case, the link you posted even disagrees with your post:
Prior to 1972 the Area Number (first three) was based on the SS office where the card was issued. After 1972, the Area Number is based on the *mailing address* of the *first application* for a SSN - which may or may not be the location of birth.
The "group number" is not pseudo random, but rather sequential - following a very defined sequence. Yes, it *is* an odd sequence - but it is a sequence.
And the final 4 are just in numerical order.
Thus, three people all born in different states, after 1972 - can all still have the same area number. Remember, it wasn't until recently that SSNs were issued at birth. It used to be you got one before you started working - unless you were a military brat (the military for a long time has required dependants to have SSNs).
Obviously this is for an American-as-in-USA audience...
Doesn't work. Usually they just buy you a cheap dinner, and stick you with the CEO's aging wife...
I know little about this Patriot Act. But I do understand that the worst portions of it apply to visa violators and non-citizens. Seems like a logical course of action given the current cirumstances.
Man I love when people start out by disclosing they don't know what they are talking about. What *I* know is that it is a slippery slope. Once we give up one little thing - then it is that much easier to give up just a little more. Sure, Bush is not Hitler - and we are not Nazi Germany. But the parallels are there folks, and they are scary. Sure, we have to agree that there have been no terrorist attacks since 9/11. But there were none before that either - and we had all our rights in-tact then... The simple fact is that the government needs to do a BETTER job with the data they already have - not screw Americans to get more data, that they will just neglect anyway. I can't wait to tell my grandkids what it was like to live in a free country... They won't even understand. Heck, I remember a time when you could ride a bicycle without a helmet, shoot fireworks more than 10 feet high, and own a dog without 30 licenses and permits... A chinese friend just told me that in China - they don't have rubber bullets.......
The Oregonian has picked it up:
Judge orders that detainee be questioned
This sums it up nicely: Boondocks Comic
What do you say to the 8-year-old who walks into the men's room and discovers him?
You see, Johnny, when YOU want to do that, pick a more private bathroom - or YOU TOO will get caught.
What do you say to the kid's mother when little Johnny tells her about it?
Nothing.
All joking aside, however, it is a mistake to "over protect" the children. They have to learn about life some time, and the mind of a child is much quicker to adjust and much more resilliant than that of an adult. A kid seeing someone masturbate (god forbid) will recover much more quickly and learn to deal with adversity - than the person who has been sheltered so much that the first time they see it they freak and it becomes a real issue. The human mind is supposed to be challenged as a child - to prepare it for real life.
This is really disturbing - but not exactly new stuff. While it takes a slightly different tone, and the process has been different - there are many people in this country who's rights get violated without just cause. Free the West Memphis Three!
I wonder if Americans are more afraid of terrorism or of government actions... Scary stuff.
What's the difference?
Interestingly, check out today's Boondocks.
Then, according to your own example, wouldn't it be 'chassised'. (reign - reigned, trailer - trailered, frame - framed, etc).
But the bigger question is: Why is it that when someone has taken the time to learn the english language, and has taken pride in doing so - they are always criticised? (and I know my spelling is not perfect - but you misspelled grammar...)
If someone posted a script, or some perl code, or java code, or something along those lines - and it was incorrect, 1000 people would jump on them and "fix" the errors. But if someone does the same for english, they are a "nazi".
And why is it everything "American" is bad? Every place has slang - Americans do too. Quit bashing Americans, not all of us are pro war or pro Bush - and people bashing Americans is just as stupid as the morons who are eating "freedom" fries...
Can't we all just get along? [whack whack]
I do believe the polls that claim 70%+ support for the war among americans. I run in a number of real life social circles, and some of these social circles are rabidly anti-war. They make the same claims about made up polls and mass media conspiracies. The funny thing is, most of these people choose to include only other liberals in their group of friends. A side effect of that choice is that they don't have any friends who support the war. That side effect of their personal choices gives them a very skewed view of overall public opinion. I'm not so selective of friends, and I know far more people who support the war than who oppose it.
I would disagree here. Wait, I am disagreeing here. Hmm. Anyway, I would say that 70% of the people do NOT support the "WAR" but that 70% of the people support out troops. After all, our troops are our brothers, sisters, moms, dads, children, friends, and co-workers. Not many people want them to die, and few people understand *really* why we are in Iraq anyway. Most people just don't have enough time / money to spend a lot of effort for ANY side of the war. (and I bet many anti-war protestors still drive oil-burning cars)
But what *my* question is - What the F is up with all these polls? I mean, I have been a registered voter for over 10 years. I own a home, I give to charities. I am in the phonebook, and not hard to find. I have *never* been polled once (unless GM calling to see if I was happy with my service at the Chevy dealer counts). So I just won't believe a poll, until they can poll more than 15% of the actual population.
I think the issue is more evenly split - just like the country. I would imagine that urban centers are predominatly anti-war, and rural areas pro-war. Hmmm, strange that, eh?
I do agree that this particular article is a bit odd. Isn't the point of a search engine to find relevant results? If you search for "Second Superpower" and the engine returns a bunch of discussions about it - isn't that good? Or is it bad simply because you might disagree with the pages topic? Whether you agree with the political message or not - it DID discuss "Second Superpower"...
Other factors can influence things - more than just of the political orientation of friends. How about economic status, religious affiliation, geographic location? Maybe people might have more liberal friends because they live in Eugene Oregon, and are unemployed.... Maybe not...
If that is grounds for a lawsuit - /. better run for cover...
Make sure that you don't believe the media or the government or [insert evil thing here] - until you get balanced, or corroborating info. Blindly believing anything you are told is dangerous. Blind faith is still blind. Read Arab news, American news, and European news - try to find the real truth that you can't get from one source but is in all sources.
This synthetic hydrocarbon fuel is different from biodiesel by two major things: no engine adjustments necessary to run on this fuel
No adjustments are required to run Biodiesel in any diesel engine made in the last decade or so. The problem is that Biodiesel can eat through some old types of rubber used in seals and fuel lines. Modern diesel engines do not use these types of rubber. Older engines could be retrofitted just by changing out old rubber lines, maybe needed anyway if the car is old enough! The only other thing is that biodiesel will dissolve engine deposits, since American diesel no. 2 is dirty, there can be a lot of deposits. If you have driven a while on regular diesel, biodiesel can lossen deposits, which can then clog fuel filters. Diesels have to replace the fuel filter pretty regularly - so it shouldn't be much of an issue.
Check out Biodiesel.org or BioDieselNow.com for more info.
Lots of Volkswagen TDI owners use Biodiesel.
To remain on topic - there is a plant near Salt Lake City, Utah that is doing something similar to this. Smithfield Foods Inc. will be making BioMethanol from pork waste.
I was going to post something witty, repeated 5 times. But I got this message:
Your comment violated the "postercomment" compression filter. Try less whitespace and/or less repetition. Comment aborted.
Maybe this same filter should apply to stories, eh? Yet I have a ton of "denied" stories that are about actual important, interesting, relevant stuff - with links and resources and everything. I could just make up poop and it would get the front page 5 times!
As a parent, and as a programmer - I can give the most final answer we all need.
Don't. Start them early on Law, and get them into law school. Programmers are unemployed. Doctor's can't afford to stay in business. Small business are risky. Middle managers get laid-off. Lawyers always have high paying work. Especially in Michigan I hear.
Allright, before you mod me off topic - you can go ahead and teach them some real basic VB/Access skills so that they can then be lawyers in the tech industry, and maybe even politicians who write laws themselves some day!
I am wondering, since the michigan law is so broadly written as to almost be completely unenforceable (sp?) - maybe it was just to shut up whining broadband providers - but bears no legal teeth?
Wouldn't the vibration *right on* the LCD screen do something over time? Especially at high volume. It seems like - other than laptops - this is kinda strange to marry the two techs...
It depends if she can get Leaded gasoline or not.
would be upset
That completely missed my point. I agree that many things can be upsetting. I find many things upsetting - like Christianity - that millions of people appreciate. That is perfectly normal, and a part of life. My response was to the poster that said we need to protect our children and delicate adults from content that will emotionally scar them. That is different than being upset, or grossed out, or even repulsed. I personally belive that LIFE is emotionally scarring, and that is what makes us all unique - scarring makes our personality what it is. If you can't deal with the reality that bad kaka happens in this world, you will have a very tough time. Don't hide the reality from the fragile people, because it is impossible to hide it forever. Instead, let people learn how to turn away, how to cope when they can't turn away, and maybe understand what it is that makes them want to turn away. Why do people slow and look at car accidents? Everyone knows it is bad. But they also know that at least in that instance they were not the victims of the badness, and therefore are curious in theirt most morbid way. Maybe the morbid curiosity is just a way of getting exposure to things that eventually we will all have to encounter. Much like pets dying teaching kids about life and death. It is easier to learn in small steps, then all of a sudden your world comes tumbling down in one fell swoop. Or to put a more current context, take 9/11. We had been protected and sheltered for so long that 9/11 was a vast quagmire of horror. But if anything of that scale happens again, I imagine it will be a little easier to deal with deep down at a basic level. Because we know what to expect from ourselves now, in the face of serious adversity. Not directly fo course, but in an emotional sense. I had dealt with life and death enough as a child on a farm, that by the time I was 16 and lost a friend - I could deal with it. Some kids my age didn't. Life is all about learning how to best deal with the bad things - so that we can more readilly enjoy all the good things that surround us. I don't want to spend my time worrying about bad things - but instead enjoy the beauty life has to offer.
Well, was it the size of an old bug, or new bug?
Because the New Bugs do come from outer space!
Why do so many people jump to attribute unexplained natural events to a supernatural, invisible "being" that lives in the sky and controls everything in existence and know the number of hairs on the head of every living being??
Is this being larger or smaller than a VW Bug?