That was actually a feature on the ReplayTV DVR I had circa 2004. Actually commercial skip was what got them sued out of existence by the networks and gave TiVO a virtual monopoly until the cable companies cut them off at the knees...
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/...
Hmm. What is the one thing that American blacks have in their groupâ(TM)s history that makes them different than other immigrant groups? Hmm... while those other groups surely suffered discrimination and hurdles, none had the apparatus of government institutions systematically subjugate them for generations. Anti-black racism in America is an inherently different beast than the general state of racially discriminatory practice.
Electronic computers aren't revolutionary. Sure, it's a faster version of what we've been doing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
But the fundamental concept isn't new...
Sometimes speed and cost fundamentally change things even if the underlying concepts aren't new.
Sure - poverty causes crime - but what causes poverty? The connections between racial discrimination and systemic poverty in the US are pretty clear... In other words, the direct relationship between poverty and criminality is mediated by race.
You sure? "These standards specifically restrict emissions of carbon monoxide (CO), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), particulate matter (PM), formaldehyde (HCHO), and non-methane organic gases (NMOG) or non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC). The limits are defined in grams per mile (g/mi)"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Well, except that in this case it increases fuel efficiency because they run leaner in order to get better MPG which also reduces CO2, Hydrocarbon, and CO emissions at the cost of increasing NOx emissions. The more I look into it, it seems that the problem is that these engines run too efficiently to achieve high enough temperatures to activate the catalyst to scrub the NOx. So the EPA is basically asking to burn off more fuel in order to heat up the catalyst. I'm sure that would reduce NOx emission as a ratio with fuel burned, but I'm not sure that the absolute level of NOx emission would be lower in that mode. Either way, calculating emissions per gallon instead of per mile seems dubious to me.
http://www.rx8club.com/attachm...
It's because Virginia charges $10/year for them. In Ohio it's $50.
Personally, I think it's ridiculous to charge every year when they only have to make it once.
You are, like so many others, mangling the quote. What he actually said was:
"because for years I thought what was good for the country was good for General Motors and vice versa."
Wilson's nomination sparked a major controversy during his confirmation hearings before the Senate Armed Services Committee, specifically over his large stockholdings in General Motors. Reluctant to sell the stock, valued at more than $2.5 million, Wilson agreed to do so under committee pressure. During the hearings, when asked if as secretary of defense he could make a decision adverse to the interests of General Motors, Wilson answered affirmatively but added that he could not conceive of such a situation "because for years I thought what was good for the country was good for General Motors and vice versa." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Erwin_Wilson
Frankly if GM were to pay for the construction of highways for their own car's use (even parallel and connecting lanes) it wouldnt be a problem. It would be the same as if they included tolls on the toll roads in the purchase price.
GM hourly employees make about $26 per hour. Union dues are 2 hours per month (173.3 working hours average in a month), or 1.54% of straight time salary.
Considering that hourly automotive OEM employees at Toyota make $18-22 per hour I think its quite worth it.
Then consider the other benefits: full pension, completely free health care, 18 holidays per year, 2-5 weeks vacation depending on years of service.
As a salaried employee in this industry, I feel like I'm in a pretty good position since I get the vacation, holidays, good health care, etc. Without paying dues.
There are many ways that air travel is subsidized, but you can hardly call untaxed fuel a subsidy! The definition of a subsidy would require that tax money is used to make the fuel cheaper than the free-market cost.
No, air travel is subsidized by bailouts of the airlines, government owned and maintained airports, government paid air traffic control, etc.
Roads are completely subsidized by the government, obviously.
Sell off the highways, airports, ATC, etc. and I suspect that the increased psycological cost to the user would make trains competitive again. (I say psychological because obviously these things are already paid for, its just that you don't see the cost directly every time you use a road or plane).
Imagine how "competetive" trains would be with other forms of travel if the train companies got state of the art tracks built by someone else( a la Interstates) and the trackage and switching operations paid for by someone else (like the Air Traffic Control) and the stations covered by someone else (Like airports).
Aah, I was wondering if someone would hit on another convenient side benefit to this legislation: the outlawing of upgrades or components (except thos sold to a "licensed builder"). Wouldn't the large computer manufacturers just love it if everyone had to purchase a new computer from them when they needed an upgrade? And of course, selling parts to assemble your own computer would be seen as circumventing the law.
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That was actually a feature on the ReplayTV DVR I had circa 2004. Actually commercial skip was what got them sued out of existence by the networks and gave TiVO a virtual monopoly until the cable companies cut them off at the knees... http://www.avsforum.com/forum/...
Hmm. What is the one thing that American blacks have in their groupâ(TM)s history that makes them different than other immigrant groups? Hmm... while those other groups surely suffered discrimination and hurdles, none had the apparatus of government institutions systematically subjugate them for generations. Anti-black racism in America is an inherently different beast than the general state of racially discriminatory practice.
Electronic computers aren't revolutionary. Sure, it's a faster version of what we've been doing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... But the fundamental concept isn't new... Sometimes speed and cost fundamentally change things even if the underlying concepts aren't new.
Sure - poverty causes crime - but what causes poverty? The connections between racial discrimination and systemic poverty in the US are pretty clear... In other words, the direct relationship between poverty and criminality is mediated by race.
You sure? "These standards specifically restrict emissions of carbon monoxide (CO), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), particulate matter (PM), formaldehyde (HCHO), and non-methane organic gases (NMOG) or non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC). The limits are defined in grams per mile (g/mi)" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Well, except that in this case it increases fuel efficiency because they run leaner in order to get better MPG which also reduces CO2, Hydrocarbon, and CO emissions at the cost of increasing NOx emissions. The more I look into it, it seems that the problem is that these engines run too efficiently to achieve high enough temperatures to activate the catalyst to scrub the NOx. So the EPA is basically asking to burn off more fuel in order to heat up the catalyst. I'm sure that would reduce NOx emission as a ratio with fuel burned, but I'm not sure that the absolute level of NOx emission would be lower in that mode. Either way, calculating emissions per gallon instead of per mile seems dubious to me. http://www.rx8club.com/attachm...
I concur. It would be a better world if most people learned how to do those things.
It's because Virginia charges $10/year for them. In Ohio it's $50. Personally, I think it's ridiculous to charge every year when they only have to make it once.
4) Basically dictated to banks they WERE going to take a huge sum of bail-out money, like it or not.
Um, you do realize that this was Bush, right? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program
That's like saying the PC wasn't a revolution because there were computers before. Sometimes scale matters a lot.
Apple should manufacture in Detroit. Thousands of unemployed manufacturing workers looking for work.
"because for years I thought what was good for the country was good for General Motors and vice versa."
Its called MOST (Media oriented systems transport) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Oriented_System s_Transport
Why do people insist on calling _assembly_ language "assembler"? I dont call compiled languages "compiler"
That's exactly what they do. And the RKE systems use a rolling code, like a garage door.
Frankly if GM were to pay for the construction of highways for their own car's use (even parallel and connecting lanes) it wouldnt be a problem. It would be the same as if they included tolls on the toll roads in the purchase price.
fp? can it be true?
GM hourly employees make about $26 per hour. Union dues are 2 hours per month (173.3 working hours average in a month), or 1.54% of straight time salary. Considering that hourly automotive OEM employees at Toyota make $18-22 per hour I think its quite worth it. Then consider the other benefits: full pension, completely free health care, 18 holidays per year, 2-5 weeks vacation depending on years of service. As a salaried employee in this industry, I feel like I'm in a pretty good position since I get the vacation, holidays, good health care, etc. Without paying dues.
There are many ways that air travel is subsidized, but you can hardly call untaxed fuel a subsidy! The definition of a subsidy would require that tax money is used to make the fuel cheaper than the free-market cost. No, air travel is subsidized by bailouts of the airlines, government owned and maintained airports, government paid air traffic control, etc. Roads are completely subsidized by the government, obviously. Sell off the highways, airports, ATC, etc. and I suspect that the increased psycological cost to the user would make trains competitive again. (I say psychological because obviously these things are already paid for, its just that you don't see the cost directly every time you use a road or plane). Imagine how "competetive" trains would be with other forms of travel if the train companies got state of the art tracks built by someone else( a la Interstates) and the trackage and switching operations paid for by someone else (like the Air Traffic Control) and the stations covered by someone else (Like airports).
D'Oh! We have a 10 megabyte limit :-(
every day "you are over your mailbox limit" greets me.
GM would never make transmissions for BMW and Range Rover. Or engines for Honda.
Has anyone considered that the reason they leaked this might be that the real suprise is comming in the form of new powerbooks?
You only need 3. Todays cars are considered 14 Volt systems and 3 x 14 = 42.
Apparantly you haven't seen A Clockwork Orange.
Aah, I was wondering if someone would hit on another convenient side benefit to this legislation: the outlawing of upgrades or components (except thos sold to a "licensed builder"). Wouldn't the large computer manufacturers just love it if everyone had to purchase a new computer from them when they needed an upgrade? And of course, selling parts to assemble your own computer would be seen as circumventing the law.