Funny how it only takes a generation and people think that the new normal has been eternal...
Gov waste and corruption are OK as long as it is lower than the profit margin of private management... Even then, private isn't always better... look at ISPs...
Trump would delegate it to a few corrupt billionaires who'd pocket any savings and commit fraud (like many did to get that rich....--> ) Trump would believe whatever FOX told him while the Gov would lose massive amounts of money while claiming savings... Maybe they'd play some accounting games but they don't seem to bother much anymore. Now everybody just flat out LIES and calls truth fake news. (25% of the nation is retarded and they vote.)
Look at NYC which spent billions to fail to redo a system just to save a little money on employee time cards etc. Have you been involved in gov contract projects? They are a moving target that is pushed by political winds-- it is no surprise private contractors have so much trouble. The bidding contractors generally only have 1 skill: how to get contracts (and bribe for them.) Their other talent is not going to jail; wait a few losses out and then get contracts AGAIN.
Obama had a few IT people trying to fix just a little bit and they didn't have a good time of it. You have to fight entrenched powerful PRIVATE forces -- a lot of what people think is government has already been privatized out -- government does better when they in-house; their contracting work always seems to be a disaster with far LESS accountability.
Pursuit of perfection... like the pursuit of Utopia is actually EVIL.
I don't know everybody's laws, but by providing a dating service which matches people up... they are a facilitator, an accomplice of some sort. They are quite clearly NOT directly or literally violating copyright, they are closer to drug dealers than to drug chemists... more like a advertiser, pusher, informer--- "hey you asked me where to get the good stuff? Well, here is the phone number(ID hash) to some people I think you will want to talk to."
Prosecute them for being an accomplice... and apply laws designed for that purpose.
We didn't build a fleet of stealth planes which couldn't fly. We did build F-22 which can't get wet;-)
It is spelled Reagan you drone. I purposely use Star Wars because it was renamed for propaganda reasons and I actually want people to connect past failure to present one... when I said Star Wars continues. It's not just research, it's largely expensive deployed GRAFT. They argue it'll work later with "upgrades" and decades later after completely replacing the system many many times (cost wise) it may improve a little... probably still not to the point where it is worth the cost. Politically, it may never be worth the cost-- since it messes with "mutually assured" destruction.
It did nothing to collapse the USSR. They were on a path to implosion before Reagan encouraged their acceleration of it... and he did so at our expense because our implosion was also accelerated... but I'll just leave that there because when ours happens you won't remember or likely be smart enough to make the connection. Nobody won the cold war. Arguably, nobody win's a war, both sides lose... the winner just loses less of what matters (which could differ, resulting a debate about who actually won.) The amount the military industrial congressional complex grew even more out of control was not worth it. Gorbachev was the man who really ended it; once he got in they were going to change... sadly he couldn't transition them and the crooks took over. Look into the rise of Putin, I dare you. Now Putin is in for life out of fear for himself.... once he is safe, I think he will retire... (or once he no longer fears death.)
You said it: Cancer RESEARCH. Billions more than that are spent on missile defense systems-- not research but multiple deployed systems which have not worked -- mostly it is not research, it's graft --- highly profitable security THEATER.
This is like spending $ millions on each patient to do experimental cancer treatments with high failure rates. We don't do that; it's a stupid waste of money - we do small cheap experiments then small cheap clinical experiments and after it works well enough, THEN it gets mass produced.
Literally Billions of $$$$ on the line and you trust private contractors to bend the rules?? You think anybody important would get punished for doing such a thing? Senators probably ask them to do such things if it impacts them--- they put a ton of effort to keep the shuttle, keep high numbers of F35, F-22 and plenty of other graft programs beyond what the military even asks for.
A simple homing beacon is all that is needed; GPS not required. wouldn't take much to put it in... but since GPS would be legit to put in, a simple software modification can be used. good luck tracking that one down...
Paris is about as strong as they could get without being a real treaty. It's all legal games to avoid having to really fight huge multi-national industries and their unprecedented power to corrupt and sucker millions around the globe.
Like the other lame "agreements" preceding it, Paris was just a step forward as the next agreements will gradually get stronger as the consequences motivate more and more people. Likely ending in global geoengineering efforts and a historic MESS which will be sold as "it could have been worse" and history condemning all our collective stupidity and selfishness.
Every denier needs to put their names on record so we can shame them for all of history; because they will be completely proven wrong and should go down badly in history. I don't think most have the courage; it's easy for them to not think beyond their lifespan, they lack the maturity.
2) they put a beacon in the targets in the past... I wonder if they did this time or because of the fall out from the last time perhaps it's top-secret and we will have to ask the Russians about it.
3) Billions every year since Reagan's failed Star Wars and it continues to fail...(under other names.) That money is better off going to everything they are trying to cut. The $50 billion of cuts in just about everything is about the same amount we put into anti-missile systems that do not work. The wise thing would be to do actual research for a tiny fraction of the cost instead of installing endless new systems that do not work; do not deploy expensive high tech systems until they actually work. I wonder how high the total is today after 30 years of graft... and nothing still to show other than increased corruption and a pile of old junk.
Americans are raised brainwashed. Corporate culture has spread into the workers (the last place you'd imagine.) People brag about how little vacation they use - it's a point of pride! Letting work get into your private life is also the norm; the opposite of Germany where it's illegal to email you on vacation. Also we all cheer when "productivity" goes up completely unaware of what that usually means and how shallow those numbers usually are. The idea that jobs/employers/capitalism exists to provide work so people can have a better life has completely died off... we are supposed to worship the "job creators" and quietly sacrifice jobs and wages on the alter of the almighty "job creators." The classic argument for capitalism is dead-- which is a socialist argument btw; the very selling point has gone and only mindless dogma remains. It's like the Star Trek reboots, or putting a MacOS theme on Windows-- it's shallow stuff to fool simple people.
People also fear (often wrongly) that they will be harmed in some way for using their rights.... but we also have almost no rules for firing in this country unless you are a minority or a woman with a lot of proof; HR is designed to come up with legally safe ways of doing illegal and immoral acts. Other countries with different rules do not allow you to easily be fired for some political bumper sticker (actual true story around here.)
The sole purpose for business in the USA is to maximize profits, the important aspects of providing jobs with some purpose have been forgotten and attacked dogmatically. As robots take over more people will wake up to the old ideas. We already have many demanding tariffs and ending free trade deals (most those people are only partially awake and unable to argue against the BS economists who always preach for the status quo, who are like televangelist preachers.)
Unprecedented straws are the ones that matter more than the usual ones. So now it's just more things to have to deal with... except Comey broke the law, that "straw" wasn't supposed to be possible and the law was created to prevent it. The Russian stuff is a new issue that needs to be protected against but will never be stopped... hopefully it makes people finally realize computer voting machines are asinine.
1) The mites are a bigger problem if you unnaturally raise huge numbers of bees near each other; industrialized bee production.
2) Most bees are 1 breed which is more susceptible. Industrialized problem again: a mono-culture.
3) non-industrial bee keepers keep telling me that it's not a big problem for them... but that depends upon neighbors - mine died because of the neighbors (and they were a tougher Russian variety too:)
4) Pesticides, which Europe is handling properly will continue in the USA until bee extinction and then maybe we'll finally overcome the corruption.
5) Putting in bee brushes on the hive entrance can help with mites; but it's a cure all. All the resources are being put into saving the weakened bees instead of dealing with the mite problem. Given how the mites can be detected growing in the cells in the hive one would think there would be some method somebody could come up with to extract them from cells... like a robot or something-- Me, I was thinking that laser printer bug zapper (paul allen?) helped fund which was pointless for africa could be used for multiple hive entrances to zap the mites on the backs of bees. Or something which kicked out entering bees with mites on them (although with population issues...)
The organizations have ZERO ability to self correct and probably less ability to institutionalize ALL their employees (increased privatization greatly undermines this as well as lowering morale.)
Their poor actual credibility is why their employees are forced to the extreme of leaking their evil deeds or even to the point of creating disgruntled employees who just dump out their secret tools because Snowden proved that even responsible leaking has changed nothing (other than more lies about the tiny reforms that have been claimed to have been made.
Trump has no credibility; to make them credible in his eyes would make them even worse than they are. If they stole the Pee tape from Russia at great costs trump would brag about it to the wrong people... Then get mad over his leaking (but not mad at himself; that's impossible.)
Marketing and Propaganda are JOBS just like being a lawyer. Some people are free to choose for whom they work and apply whatever morality they have.... this guy clearly does not care or he hates freedom or he doesn't care what other countries do to themselves.
Parent is right. What bothers me most is that so many people seem to have completely missed the essentials of Star Trek -- they clearly didn't get it even if they liked it... somebody can just slap together an bizzaro Star Trek but put in some shallow references and fool way too many people.
The curiosity of fans has CREATED these problems because that $$$ proved to the execs that there isn't anything there; they were right -- it's just the exploitation of pop culture and nothing more.
Absolute control is too easily hated, opposed, and extremely visible.
Working control lets lesser issues distract the peasants - like having gladiators fight for entertainment and giving the crowd input on who to kill -- by showing it's the authoritarians decision but Caesar sides with the people (symbolically.)
As the wealthy screw over more and more people (class wars have NEVER stopped) they need bigger drama and bigger distractions. You can't have people SEE that on the important matters, it's a good cop vs bad cop ACT where both cops have the same goals. THE MORE ALIKE, THE MORE PARTISANSHIP is required.
This Pope has a science degree. Look it up. Science doesn't address much at all, think about it-- infinite knowledge vs science... we can't know it all. Plenty of room in there for beliefs.
Keep in mind I'm saying this as a person without a faith.
Whole roof SOLAR + ROOF. Not a fair comparison to just a new roof without solar. That said, this obviously is not cheap; plus I don't see the reason for paying a lot for expensive tiles on the side of the roof that does not see much sun. Perhaps their non-tiles (assuming they have those) are much cheaper??
Comparing payback at fixed power rates that will never go up--- and they always go up-- is also not fair. That said, this is again not cheap still. In CA, power is many years ahead that is, their rates are double other parts of the country.
Early buyers of new products / tech always pay a lot more. The price will come down after... or maybe it's like Apple where people wait in line for it pay a lot.... and the price never comes down.
Trump: "Romney would have dropped to his knees for my endorsement in 2012" Irony and Hypocrisy are both dead.
The media cleaned up Trump so people didn't realize how much worse he talked in public- they edited out the best they could while retaining a lot of the stupid and inflammatory statements... which mostly served to distract from the lack of any detail on positions (which he is flip flopping at record levels anyway.)
The UK has crazy high insurance coverage (despite having less risk) - far above the US so their people may be bigger cowards or at least more risk adverse than the USA? It doesn't surprise me they can be SOLD security at such high prices.
Perhaps their longer exposure to the FOX-NEWS empire (sky news and related propaganda rags) is the reason for this?
When the web security requires 3rd party verification the way it does and with the few companies easily accessible by the USA... it may not make mass decryption possible but it makes attacks against groups possible. We need to move to a different cert system-- without singular cert authorities. My local secretary state dept should issue certs for every incorporated business, for free... that signing would help on 1 level... then other parties could also sign. When the parties DO NOT align then you have a security problem. At least the NSA has to hack multiple parties (including if you self sign in addiction to 3rd parties) in order to monitor/inject. That is assuming if the encryption itself hasn't a secret fast solution.
I can't find the study, I read it this year... I must not have been clear, I didn't say that these gamers have multitasking abilities they simply have been proven to FILTER input better so all those distractions do not impede them like normal people. They don't have to focus on as many things at a time despite having an overwhelming amount of input. It is like learning to hear 1 person out of a crowd of people - better filtering means less time wasted on hearing their words. Or how when reading is made more difficult reading comprehension goes down. Also, different parts of the brain do different things and those do work in parallel but that is not true multitasking. If you train part of your brain to do 1 thing and another part to do something else that is the closest we can get but the overlap and integration involved in nearly everything make even talking impact driving a car... (it's ok because the other person in the car helps you out but on the phone it is a real problem and I am not even talking smart phones.)
Unfocused: I have a problem jumping to supporting topics because I recall a lot of related and supporting issues behind the main topic sometimes jumping a connecting step. "Working memory" (aka "short term") is extremely limited to 3-5 items (historically it was 5-9) so picking and structuring the best ones is a problem due to composition time and that distraction. Add in a habit of non-linear writing... and not thinking in english.
The game is the same as it was. Most the extras are just fluff on the same mechanics. You can alter the characteristics of the cars in more detail when before you could only choose a character with a fixed set of characteristics-- all which are pointless for a beginner but the MORE skill you have the more difference it makes. All those tiny tweaks matter to the more skilled players who can notice. I have my set of options I quickly pick, it doesn't take time. At first finding the right ones did but it added depth and most the time it didn't matter because I'd clobber everybody else whatever I ended up with.
The weapons have changed little but now they include everything all at once when before it was a subset. You can counter weapons now like you did before and the blue shell can be countered if you have the skill when in the past it was just about impossible regardless of skill.
The game is more intense with a full set of players and that is more of a problem than the number of items. The old one seems slower and is less appealing and the new one pushes you so hard that it doesn't feel old like the older versions because it is so busy and you are less comfortable - you never as safe. Part of this is the huge number of repeat players who want something NEW but also get upset if they change it. In this case, they even keep repeating tracks or variations of the old tracks! Oddly, Nintendo messed up on battle modes many times because that is the only part they have been willing to drastically change over the years.
So you make it the SAME but more intense (an easy safe change;) like a movie sequel is rarely good and when they are it's usually because it is a rehash with just enough changes to make it not feel like a clone. They also have a problem with making the sequels more intense on every similarity. (When is a super hero going to stop a lesser threat than the previous movie??)
This makes sense-- consuming multiple inputs at once should go up as the "Luddites" die off. I would expect this to go above 12 hours in the near future.
As studies show, people who are used to over stimulation, they can filter it out better and focus on what matters better. So if you combine that with an addiction of heavy stimulation without an ability to focus longer than a goldfish you get somebody who has a strong need for many inputs so that they can jump around constantly--- like a channel surfer addict but worse. I've seen these millennials on their phones listening to music, texting, or using some app WHILE watching a movie... and the heavy resistance to not doing this in a movie theater. I've taken away the phone and they end up thinking a movie they should like was boring or they don't like it as much; while total shit is OK with the phone. (if the movie has a good hook of suspense / fear it keeps them engaged so it's no surprise horror is popular and the exception. This only works if they are refreshed on the feeling every 8 seconds. Yes, I've actually counted the seconds. Then it's back to the phone stimulation. BTW, there is zero creativity and imagination which makes sense because that develops from the lack of external stimulation. It also fosters more consumption... )
Either the content is slow and stupid or they can manage it with their lower IQ due to multitasking-- such as a family movie with subtleties only adults get but in this case it's having something for people operating in low IQ mode but gets great reviews for supporting thinking adults and slow adults.
You've probably noticed this when you watched a movie again and noticed a lot because the first time you missed things because you were tired or multitasking or forgot much of it (unless you are one of the 1/3 in permanent low IQ mode. If you are unsure, just check if you still support Trump.)
Everybody seems to think energy is free. Flying cars use so much more energy it is amazing that it never comes up; instead there is nothing but talk of other problems involved. Those problems are nothing, getting past the physics and cost are the insurmountable problems. Just look how people deal with gas going up in price and their car's millage... that is just pushing you along the surface, it doesn't lift you. Then there is the waste energy given off as HEAT-- when you consume massive amounts of "free" energy the waste heat for everybody who now can have a normal car would be enough to boil the oceans.
Airplanes now cram as much as possible in to get a return on operating costs and do it over long distances.
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correction- a lot of people think everything is government -- when it is not, it's contracted out.
Funny how it only takes a generation and people think that the new normal has been eternal...
Gov waste and corruption are OK as long as it is lower than the profit margin of private management... Even then, private isn't always better... look at ISPs...
Trump would delegate it to a few corrupt billionaires who'd pocket any savings and commit fraud (like many did to get that rich....--> ) Trump would believe whatever FOX told him while the Gov would lose massive amounts of money while claiming savings... Maybe they'd play some accounting games but they don't seem to bother much anymore. Now everybody just flat out LIES and calls truth fake news. (25% of the nation is retarded and they vote.)
Look at NYC which spent billions to fail to redo a system just to save a little money on employee time cards etc. Have you been involved in gov contract projects? They are a moving target that is pushed by political winds-- it is no surprise private contractors have so much trouble. The bidding contractors generally only have 1 skill: how to get contracts (and bribe for them.) Their other talent is not going to jail; wait a few losses out and then get contracts AGAIN.
Obama had a few IT people trying to fix just a little bit and they didn't have a good time of it. You have to fight entrenched powerful PRIVATE forces -- a lot of what people think is government has already been privatized out -- government does better when they in-house; their contracting work always seems to be a disaster with far LESS accountability.
Pursuit of perfection... like the pursuit of Utopia is actually EVIL.
Americans will gladly take it in the ass and bitch about it... but continue to do it especially if you throw them a bone.
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I don't know everybody's laws, but by providing a dating service which matches people up... they are a facilitator, an accomplice of some sort. They are quite clearly NOT directly or literally violating copyright, they are closer to drug dealers than to drug chemists... more like a advertiser, pusher, informer--- "hey you asked me where to get the good stuff? Well, here is the phone number(ID hash) to some people I think you will want to talk to."
Prosecute them for being an accomplice... and apply laws designed for that purpose.
We didn't build a fleet of stealth planes which couldn't fly. We did build F-22 which can't get wet ;-)
It is spelled Reagan you drone.
I purposely use Star Wars because it was renamed for propaganda reasons and I actually want people to connect past failure to present one... when I said Star Wars continues. It's not just research, it's largely expensive deployed GRAFT. They argue it'll work later with "upgrades" and decades later after completely replacing the system many many times (cost wise) it may improve a little... probably still not to the point where it is worth the cost. Politically, it may never be worth the cost-- since it messes with "mutually assured" destruction.
It did nothing to collapse the USSR. They were on a path to implosion before Reagan encouraged their acceleration of it... and he did so at our expense because our implosion was also accelerated... but I'll just leave that there because when ours happens you won't remember or likely be smart enough to make the connection. Nobody won the cold war. Arguably, nobody win's a war, both sides lose... the winner just loses less of what matters (which could differ, resulting a debate about who actually won.) The amount the military industrial congressional complex grew even more out of control was not worth it. Gorbachev was the man who really ended it; once he got in they were going to change... sadly he couldn't transition them and the crooks took over. Look into the rise of Putin, I dare you. Now Putin is in for life out of fear for himself.... once he is safe, I think he will retire... (or once he no longer fears death.)
You said it: Cancer RESEARCH. Billions more than that are spent on missile defense systems-- not research but multiple deployed systems which have not worked -- mostly it is not research, it's graft --- highly profitable security THEATER.
This is like spending $ millions on each patient to do experimental cancer treatments with high failure rates. We don't do that; it's a stupid waste of money - we do small cheap experiments then small cheap clinical experiments and after it works well enough, THEN it gets mass produced.
Literally Billions of $$$$ on the line and you trust private contractors to bend the rules??
You think anybody important would get punished for doing such a thing? Senators probably ask them to do such things if it impacts them--- they put a ton of effort to keep the shuttle, keep high numbers of F35, F-22 and plenty of other graft programs beyond what the military even asks for.
A simple homing beacon is all that is needed; GPS not required. wouldn't take much to put it in... but since GPS would be legit to put in, a simple software modification can be used. good luck tracking that one down...
Paris is about as strong as they could get without being a real treaty. It's all legal games to avoid having to really fight huge multi-national industries and their unprecedented power to corrupt and sucker millions around the globe.
Like the other lame "agreements" preceding it, Paris was just a step forward as the next agreements will gradually get stronger as the consequences motivate more and more people. Likely ending in global geoengineering efforts and a historic MESS which will be sold as "it could have been worse" and history condemning all our collective stupidity and selfishness.
Every denier needs to put their names on record so we can shame them for all of history; because they will be completely proven wrong and should go down badly in history. I don't think most have the courage; it's easy for them to not think beyond their lifespan, they lack the maturity.
1) this is rocket science. Remember the saying!
2) they put a beacon in the targets in the past... I wonder if they did this time or because of the fall out from the last time perhaps it's top-secret and we will have to ask the Russians about it.
3) Billions every year since Reagan's failed Star Wars and it continues to fail...(under other names.) That money is better off going to everything they are trying to cut. The $50 billion of cuts in just about everything is about the same amount we put into anti-missile systems that do not work. The wise thing would be to do actual research for a tiny fraction of the cost instead of installing endless new systems that do not work; do not deploy expensive high tech systems until they actually work. I wonder how high the total is today after 30 years of graft... and nothing still to show other than increased corruption and a pile of old junk.
Americans are raised brainwashed. Corporate culture has spread into the workers (the last place you'd imagine.) People brag about how little vacation they use - it's a point of pride! Letting work get into your private life is also the norm; the opposite of Germany where it's illegal to email you on vacation. Also we all cheer when "productivity" goes up completely unaware of what that usually means and how shallow those numbers usually are. The idea that jobs/employers/capitalism exists to provide work so people can have a better life has completely died off... we are supposed to worship the "job creators" and quietly sacrifice jobs and wages on the alter of the almighty "job creators." The classic argument for capitalism is dead-- which is a socialist argument btw; the very selling point has gone and only mindless dogma remains. It's like the Star Trek reboots, or putting a MacOS theme on Windows-- it's shallow stuff to fool simple people.
People also fear (often wrongly) that they will be harmed in some way for using their rights.... but we also have almost no rules for firing in this country unless you are a minority or a woman with a lot of proof; HR is designed to come up with legally safe ways of doing illegal and immoral acts. Other countries with different rules do not allow you to easily be fired for some political bumper sticker (actual true story around here.)
The sole purpose for business in the USA is to maximize profits, the important aspects of providing jobs with some purpose have been forgotten and attacked dogmatically. As robots take over more people will wake up to the old ideas. We already have many demanding tariffs and ending free trade deals (most those people are only partially awake and unable to argue against the BS economists who always preach for the status quo, who are like televangelist preachers.)
Unprecedented straws are the ones that matter more than the usual ones. So now it's just more things to have to deal with... except Comey broke the law, that "straw" wasn't supposed to be possible and the law was created to prevent it. The Russian stuff is a new issue that needs to be protected against but will never be stopped... hopefully it makes people finally realize computer voting machines are asinine.
the brushes are not a cure all. it's just something i read about that can help.
1) The mites are a bigger problem if you unnaturally raise huge numbers of bees near each other; industrialized bee production.
2) Most bees are 1 breed which is more susceptible. Industrialized problem again: a mono-culture.
3) non-industrial bee keepers keep telling me that it's not a big problem for them... but that depends upon neighbors - mine died because of the neighbors (and they were a tougher Russian variety too:)
4) Pesticides, which Europe is handling properly will continue in the USA until bee extinction and then maybe we'll finally overcome the corruption.
5) Putting in bee brushes on the hive entrance can help with mites; but it's a cure all. All the resources are being put into saving the weakened bees instead of dealing with the mite problem. Given how the mites can be detected growing in the cells in the hive one would think there would be some method somebody could come up with to extract them from cells... like a robot or something-- Me, I was thinking that laser printer bug zapper (paul allen?) helped fund which was pointless for africa could be used for multiple hive entrances to zap the mites on the backs of bees. Or something which kicked out entering bees with mites on them (although with population issues...)
The organizations have ZERO ability to self correct and probably less ability to institutionalize ALL their employees (increased privatization greatly undermines this as well as lowering morale.)
Their poor actual credibility is why their employees are forced to the extreme of leaking their evil deeds or even to the point of creating disgruntled employees who just dump out their secret tools because Snowden proved that even responsible leaking has changed nothing (other than more lies about the tiny reforms that have been claimed to have been made.
Trump has no credibility; to make them credible in his eyes would make them even worse than they are. If they stole the Pee tape from Russia at great costs trump would brag about it to the wrong people... Then get mad over his leaking (but not mad at himself; that's impossible.)
Marketing and Propaganda are JOBS just like being a lawyer. Some people are free to choose for whom they work and apply whatever morality they have.... this guy clearly does not care or he hates freedom or he doesn't care what other countries do to themselves.
Parent is right. What bothers me most is that so many people seem to have completely missed the essentials of Star Trek -- they clearly didn't get it even if they liked it... somebody can just slap together an bizzaro Star Trek but put in some shallow references and fool way too many people.
The curiosity of fans has CREATED these problems because that $$$ proved to the execs that there isn't anything there; they were right -- it's just the exploitation of pop culture and nothing more.
Absolute control is too easily hated, opposed, and extremely visible.
Working control lets lesser issues distract the peasants - like having gladiators fight for entertainment and giving the crowd input on who to kill -- by showing it's the authoritarians decision but Caesar sides with the people (symbolically.)
As the wealthy screw over more and more people (class wars have NEVER stopped) they need bigger drama and bigger distractions. You can't have people SEE that on the important matters, it's a good cop vs bad cop ACT where both cops have the same goals. THE MORE ALIKE, THE MORE PARTISANSHIP is required.
This Pope has a science degree. Look it up. Science doesn't address much at all, think about it-- infinite knowledge vs science... we can't know it all. Plenty of room in there for beliefs.
Keep in mind I'm saying this as a person without a faith.
Whole roof SOLAR + ROOF. Not a fair comparison to just a new roof without solar. That said, this obviously is not cheap; plus I don't see the reason for paying a lot for expensive tiles on the side of the roof that does not see much sun. Perhaps their non-tiles (assuming they have those) are much cheaper??
Comparing payback at fixed power rates that will never go up--- and they always go up-- is also not fair. That said, this is again not cheap still. In CA, power is many years ahead that is, their rates are double other parts of the country.
Early buyers of new products / tech always pay a lot more. The price will come down after ... or maybe it's like Apple where people wait in line for it pay a lot.... and the price never comes down.
Trump: "Romney would have dropped to his knees for my endorsement in 2012"
Irony and Hypocrisy are both dead.
The media cleaned up Trump so people didn't realize how much worse he talked in public- they edited out the best they could while retaining a lot of the stupid and inflammatory statements... which mostly served to distract from the lack of any detail on positions (which he is flip flopping at record levels anyway.)
The UK has crazy high insurance coverage (despite having less risk) - far above the US so their people may be bigger cowards or at least more risk adverse than the USA? It doesn't surprise me they can be SOLD security at such high prices.
Perhaps their longer exposure to the FOX-NEWS empire (sky news and related propaganda rags) is the reason for this?
When the web security requires 3rd party verification the way it does and with the few companies easily accessible by the USA... it may not make mass decryption possible but it makes attacks against groups possible. We need to move to a different cert system-- without singular cert authorities. My local secretary state dept should issue certs for every incorporated business, for free... that signing would help on 1 level... then other parties could also sign. When the parties DO NOT align then you have a security problem. At least the NSA has to hack multiple parties (including if you self sign in addiction to 3rd parties) in order to monitor/inject. That is assuming if the encryption itself hasn't a secret fast solution.
I can't find the study, I read it this year... I must not have been clear, I didn't say that these gamers have multitasking abilities they simply have been proven to FILTER input better so all those distractions do not impede them like normal people. They don't have to focus on as many things at a time despite having an overwhelming amount of input. It is like learning to hear 1 person out of a crowd of people - better filtering means less time wasted on hearing their words. Or how when reading is made more difficult reading comprehension goes down. Also, different parts of the brain do different things and those do work in parallel but that is not true multitasking. If you train part of your brain to do 1 thing and another part to do something else that is the closest we can get but the overlap and integration involved in nearly everything make even talking impact driving a car... (it's ok because the other person in the car helps you out but on the phone it is a real problem and I am not even talking smart phones.)
Unfocused: I have a problem jumping to supporting topics because I recall a lot of related and supporting issues behind the main topic sometimes jumping a connecting step. "Working memory" (aka "short term") is extremely limited to 3-5 items (historically it was 5-9) so picking and structuring the best ones is a problem due to composition time and that distraction. Add in a habit of non-linear writing... and not thinking in english.
The game is the same as it was. Most the extras are just fluff on the same mechanics. You can alter the characteristics of the cars in more detail when before you could only choose a character with a fixed set of characteristics-- all which are pointless for a beginner but the MORE skill you have the more difference it makes. All those tiny tweaks matter to the more skilled players who can notice. I have my set of options I quickly pick, it doesn't take time. At first finding the right ones did but it added depth and most the time it didn't matter because I'd clobber everybody else whatever I ended up with.
The weapons have changed little but now they include everything all at once when before it was a subset. You can counter weapons now like you did before and the blue shell can be countered if you have the skill when in the past it was just about impossible regardless of skill.
The game is more intense with a full set of players and that is more of a problem than the number of items. The old one seems slower and is less appealing and the new one pushes you so hard that it doesn't feel old like the older versions because it is so busy and you are less comfortable - you never as safe. Part of this is the huge number of repeat players who want something NEW but also get upset if they change it. In this case, they even keep repeating tracks or variations of the old tracks! Oddly, Nintendo messed up on battle modes many times because that is the only part they have been willing to drastically change over the years.
So you make it the SAME but more intense (an easy safe change;) like a movie sequel is rarely good and when they are it's usually because it is a rehash with just enough changes to make it not feel like a clone. They also have a problem with making the sequels more intense on every similarity. (When is a super hero going to stop a lesser threat than the previous movie??)
This makes sense-- consuming multiple inputs at once should go up as the "Luddites" die off. I would expect this to go above 12 hours in the near future.
As studies show, people who are used to over stimulation, they can filter it out better and focus on what matters better. So if you combine that with an addiction of heavy stimulation without an ability to focus longer than a goldfish you get somebody who has a strong need for many inputs so that they can jump around constantly--- like a channel surfer addict but worse. I've seen these millennials on their phones listening to music, texting, or using some app WHILE watching a movie... and the heavy resistance to not doing this in a movie theater. I've taken away the phone and they end up thinking a movie they should like was boring or they don't like it as much; while total shit is OK with the phone. (if the movie has a good hook of suspense / fear it keeps them engaged so it's no surprise horror is popular and the exception. This only works if they are refreshed on the feeling every 8 seconds. Yes, I've actually counted the seconds. Then it's back to the phone stimulation. BTW, there is zero creativity and imagination which makes sense because that develops from the lack of external stimulation. It also fosters more consumption... )
Either the content is slow and stupid or they can manage it with their lower IQ due to multitasking-- such as a family movie with subtleties only adults get but in this case it's having something for people operating in low IQ mode but gets great reviews for supporting thinking adults and slow adults.
You've probably noticed this when you watched a movie again and noticed a lot because the first time you missed things because you were tired or multitasking or forgot much of it (unless you are one of the 1/3 in permanent low IQ mode. If you are unsure, just check if you still support Trump.)
Everybody seems to think energy is free. Flying cars use so much more energy it is amazing that it never comes up; instead there is nothing but talk of other problems involved. Those problems are nothing, getting past the physics and cost are the insurmountable problems. Just look how people deal with gas going up in price and their car's millage... that is just pushing you along the surface, it doesn't lift you. Then there is the waste energy given off as HEAT-- when you consume massive amounts of "free" energy the waste heat for everybody who now can have a normal car would be enough to boil the oceans.
Airplanes now cram as much as possible in to get a return on operating costs and do it over long distances.