For example, I cite the power of extractive and fossil energy interests in discouraging broad funding of research in distributed and/or alternative energy sources over the last 40 years.
Also, you don't seem to understand the meaning of the word "cite".... When you "cite" something, usually it means you're going to provide a reference of some kind.
Let me introduce you to the concept of eloquence (2nd half of def 2). Very few pedants have any hope of eloquence. That said, GP did a nice job creatively making his point while using the word "cite" in a pedantically pure manner (see def 4). You simply are not fully aware of what "cite" means.
As for this post -- I'm being pedantic myself so do not look for it to be interesting or eloquent. This post is snarky -- something we have enough of in the world as it is, but I am posting it anyway because I don't have mod points to mod GP up... he's at +5 anyway.
That's why *my wife* uses IE, and I use Firefox, and we have two separate user accounts
Ick. You don't have "his and hers" computers? Somehow, I absolutely hate it when people want to use my computer, even if it is one of the ones on which no porn surfing ever occurs. Computers are super cheap anymore -- get another one.
So don't run as Admin. It's quite easy to make another user -- even if you use the same password for both because you're lazy, you'll suddenly have to enter it and the admin user name whenever dragging something to and from/Applications.
Perhaps he likes using a Mac because sound doesn't randomly fail. I've been using various linux distros since 2002 (exclusively from 2003-2006) and sound has always been an issue. I still use linux on my desktops, but there is something to be said for my mac laptops when I just want to sit down and watch youtube for a while without having sound suddenly decide it is time for its monthly down time.
Besides that, aluminum requires enormous amounts of electricity. I fail to see how aluminum fuel can be thought of as green considering the amount of coal that goes into our electrical grid.
come on -- mods, take a Quaalude. This is not a troll, it's a joke. Joke's might not be funny, or they might, depends on who hears it (I like this one), but if you don't see the humor, that does make it a troll.
How funny. I'm reading resumes tonight and it is absolutely true. When I'm trying to plow through 50 applicants, and I want to keep the interviews to 10 at most, all kinds of little errors can cause a resume to land in the shred pile. Here's one hint to job hunters: do not send your resumes without sufficient postage -- two applicants are in the shred pile for want of a 17 cent stamp. This decision is not arbitrary -- the job will require mailing documents by certain hard deadlines and without the correct postage, the document would not be considered timely mailed.
Just going through the BIOS stuff takes my computer 30 seconds. I was highly disappointed -- Asus board for C2D, I never imagined it would be that slow, but even with a decent board, I have trouble believing 10 seconds from the point power is turned on. I'd like to know what MB is being used in a 10 second booter. Perhaps he is measuring from the point the bootloader kicks into gear.
People in AA or NA are not an appropriate sample. There are always people that abuse something -- even exercise can be abused to the point you damage your body in search of the endorphin high.
Many successful people have a drink now and then and find that it doesn't take over their lives at all. Many people smoke a little pot a couple times a year and suffer no ill effects. Many people enjoy the occasional donut and don't become 500 pounds.
It is absolutely stupid to use the fact that a small number of people with addictive personalities can't handle substance X. That is not a reason to ban it for everyone, particularly when a person with addiction issues will probably find something to be addicted to no matter what anyone does.
We should view this Mexican decriminalization of narcotics in light of the recent shockingly bloody drug war. "Ever since President Felipe Calderon began the war in 2006, more than 12,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence - most of them in fighting between competing cartels."
1. Crude oil...US$30.3 billion (15.3% of Mexico to U.S. exports, up 31.8% from 2005)
2. Car parts & accessories... $21.8 billion (11%, up 5.7%)
3. Video equipment (e.g. DVD players)... $14.6 billion (7.4%, up 38.3%)
4. Passenger cars... $14.2 billion (7.2%, up 31.2%)
5. Other complete & assembled vehicles... $9.6 billion (4.8%, up 20.2%)
6. Electrical apparatus & parts... $8.5 billion (4.3%, up 15.1%)
7. Telecommunications equipment... $7.0 billion (3.5%, up 41.2%)
8. Engines & parts... $5.0 billion (2.5%, up 5.6%)
9. Computers... $4.3 billion (2.2%, up 3.7%)
10. Miscellaneous household goods (e.g. clocks)... $4.2 billion (2.1%, down 6%)
Get it? I've never heard of a violent cartel of clock part manufacturers' cartel, but then, clocks don't exist only on the black market. It is not the drugs that invite violent cartels, it is the black market that attracts that element. For example, when did America have violent alcohol cartels? Only when alcohol was illegal.
I would make the flip argument here. A drug that is driving such a large percentage of the population to knowingly commit crimes that could lead to harsh prison sentences must be addictive and lead the user to commit acts of poor judgement.
BS.
People drink and drive, an act of poor judgment caused by a legal addictive substance coupled with poor judgment. Until booze is illegal, the whole war on drugs is hypocritical.
Many people exceed the speed limit just for the thrill of going fast, an act of poor judgment caused by access to overpowered vehicles. Until all cars are limited to 10 horsepower, your arguments aren't being applied appropriately.
The whole stupidity of the drug war is that its effects only apply to those who get caught. Don't get caught and you can be president. There's no justice or logic in it. It's sole purpose is fund prisons and the legal system -- it's like socialism for "the man" and certainly in top 3 of governmental wasteful spending of my hard earned dollars.
I live in WA, though I'm a native Californian from Humboldt county (lived in a VW bus and then other campers till we settled in WA when I was 2). Anyway, here's a great WA-CA joke, which I feel OK saying cause I'm a Californian.
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Three guys are out camping, one from Kentucky, one from California, and one from Washington. They're sitting around the campfire shooting the breeze, when the guy from Kentucky pulls out a bottle of Bourbon, takes a gulp, puts the cap back on, tosses it into the air, pulls out a pistol, and shoots it before it hits the ground.
The guys from WA and CA look at him incredulously... he just smiles and says "Hey -- where I'm from we got lots of good whiskey."
Hearing this, the guy from CA pulls out a bottle of wine, takes a big draught, corks it, tosses it into the air, pulls out a pistol, and shoots it before it hits the ground. He looks at the other two with a smile and says "Lot's of good wine in California you know."
The guy from Washington nods, pulls out a bottle of Red Hook, drinks it all, puts the cap back on the bottle and both back in his pack, pulls out a pistol, and shoots the Californian dead.
Looking at the shocked guy from Kentucky, he says "Don't worry man, where I'm from we've got lots of Californians but I really gotta recycle the bottle."
Besides the quality of life features you get with a quiet lower power chip, there are ongoing cost savings. You're saving 75 watts per hour, 1800/day, and 657,000/yr over the 140 watts for this chip. Assuming 10c per kW hour, that's $65.70 per year in electricity costs you aren't paying. If you run your system for three years, you save $197.10.
NOTE: I'm assuming the wattage figures for both chips are the peak levels of course, although idle speeds for both are likely lower and the difference between power usage may be more or less.
For the first year or so, bacon was a struggle. I tried turkey bacon but that just didn't cut it. It has now been more than three years I've been off mammals and I can't recall the last time I wanted bacon. It doesn't really appeal to me anymore.
Jeez both of you -- quit the partisan namecalling and get a dose of reality. Both republicans and democrats are 100% at fault for the problems we have. They both suck and they both are working as hard as possible to bankrupt America for some small personal gains. We need need quit pretending that either party has America's interest at heart and get some real leaders.
What evidence do you have that cows march happily off to the slaughterhouse? Or that tail wagging in a cow means they are happy? When I was a kid, we raised some "beefers". We had one slaughtered and the other cried and behaved oddly -- the first cow was butchered near the barn, not at some far away place.
Personally, I just don't eat mammals anymore. I'm not sure where the "too smart eat" line is, but I've quit eating in my own class at least. Birds concern me to some degree, but crustaceans don't. Anyway, if it has a neocortex, I won't eat it.
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Let me introduce you to the concept of eloquence (2nd half of def 2). Very few pedants have any hope of eloquence. That said, GP did a nice job creatively making his point while using the word "cite" in a pedantically pure manner (see def 4). You simply are not fully aware of what "cite" means.
... he's at +5 anyway.
As for this post -- I'm being pedantic myself so do not look for it to be interesting or eloquent. This post is snarky -- something we have enough of in the world as it is, but I am posting it anyway because I don't have mod points to mod GP up
If you get the third world using fossil fuels, fossil fuel prices will exceed the affordability threshold for everybody.
Ick. You don't have "his and hers" computers? Somehow, I absolutely hate it when people want to use my computer, even if it is one of the ones on which no porn surfing ever occurs. Computers are super cheap anymore -- get another one.
Windows users must have a lot of disposable time if they wish to choose Dell's junkware.
So don't run as Admin. It's quite easy to make another user -- even if you use the same password for both because you're lazy, you'll suddenly have to enter it and the admin user name whenever dragging something to and from /Applications.
Perhaps he likes using a Mac because sound doesn't randomly fail. I've been using various linux distros since 2002 (exclusively from 2003-2006) and sound has always been an issue. I still use linux on my desktops, but there is something to be said for my mac laptops when I just want to sit down and watch youtube for a while without having sound suddenly decide it is time for its monthly down time.
Plus, Iceland is so conveniently located to Australia's huge bauxite reserves ... oh wait -- ships use oil.
Jeez! I'm going to bed.
Ok, remove apostrophe in "Joke's" and and "not" between "does" and "make". I need an editor.
Apparently, not enough. The black death was but a blip. Real population control will require real intent to control population.
Besides that, aluminum requires enormous amounts of electricity. I fail to see how aluminum fuel can be thought of as green considering the amount of coal that goes into our electrical grid.
come on -- mods, take a Quaalude. This is not a troll, it's a joke. Joke's might not be funny, or they might, depends on who hears it (I like this one), but if you don't see the humor, that does make it a troll.
How funny. I'm reading resumes tonight and it is absolutely true. When I'm trying to plow through 50 applicants, and I want to keep the interviews to 10 at most, all kinds of little errors can cause a resume to land in the shred pile. Here's one hint to job hunters: do not send your resumes without sufficient postage -- two applicants are in the shred pile for want of a 17 cent stamp. This decision is not arbitrary -- the job will require mailing documents by certain hard deadlines and without the correct postage, the document would not be considered timely mailed.
Just going through the BIOS stuff takes my computer 30 seconds. I was highly disappointed -- Asus board for C2D, I never imagined it would be that slow, but even with a decent board, I have trouble believing 10 seconds from the point power is turned on. I'd like to know what MB is being used in a 10 second booter. Perhaps he is measuring from the point the bootloader kicks into gear.
People in AA or NA are not an appropriate sample. There are always people that abuse something -- even exercise can be abused to the point you damage your body in search of the endorphin high.
Many successful people have a drink now and then and find that it doesn't take over their lives at all. Many people smoke a little pot a couple times a year and suffer no ill effects. Many people enjoy the occasional donut and don't become 500 pounds.
It is absolutely stupid to use the fact that a small number of people with addictive personalities can't handle substance X. That is not a reason to ban it for everyone, particularly when a person with addiction issues will probably find something to be addicted to no matter what anyone does.
Are there street dealers for beer? No. A friend with an ID is all that you need. Legalization would end the whole drug-dealer line of work.
Notable Mexican exports:
Get it? I've never heard of a violent cartel of clock part manufacturers' cartel, but then, clocks don't exist only on the black market. It is not the drugs that invite violent cartels, it is the black market that attracts that element. For example, when did America have violent alcohol cartels? Only when alcohol was illegal.
BS.
People drink and drive, an act of poor judgment caused by a legal addictive substance coupled with poor judgment. Until booze is illegal, the whole war on drugs is hypocritical.
Many people exceed the speed limit just for the thrill of going fast, an act of poor judgment caused by access to overpowered vehicles. Until all cars are limited to 10 horsepower, your arguments aren't being applied appropriately.
The whole stupidity of the drug war is that its effects only apply to those who get caught. Don't get caught and you can be president. There's no justice or logic in it. It's sole purpose is fund prisons and the legal system -- it's like socialism for "the man" and certainly in top 3 of governmental wasteful spending of my hard earned dollars.
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Besides the quality of life features you get with a quiet lower power chip, there are ongoing cost savings. You're saving 75 watts per hour, 1800/day, and 657,000/yr over the 140 watts for this chip. Assuming 10c per kW hour, that's $65.70 per year in electricity costs you aren't paying. If you run your system for three years, you save $197.10.
NOTE: I'm assuming the wattage figures for both chips are the peak levels of course, although idle speeds for both are likely lower and the difference between power usage may be more or less.
I think he was including the motherboard in the price.
For the first year or so, bacon was a struggle. I tried turkey bacon but that just didn't cut it. It has now been more than three years I've been off mammals and I can't recall the last time I wanted bacon. It doesn't really appeal to me anymore.
Cats are libertarians, willing to let others do as they please up to the point they infringe on the cat's territory.
Jeez both of you -- quit the partisan namecalling and get a dose of reality. Both republicans and democrats are 100% at fault for the problems we have. They both suck and they both are working as hard as possible to bankrupt America for some small personal gains. We need need quit pretending that either party has America's interest at heart and get some real leaders.
What evidence do you have that cows march happily off to the slaughterhouse? Or that tail wagging in a cow means they are happy? When I was a kid, we raised some "beefers". We had one slaughtered and the other cried and behaved oddly -- the first cow was butchered near the barn, not at some far away place.
Personally, I just don't eat mammals anymore. I'm not sure where the "too smart eat" line is, but I've quit eating in my own class at least. Birds concern me to some degree, but crustaceans don't. Anyway, if it has a neocortex, I won't eat it.