Because by keeping the issue alive, it's worth shitloads of campaign fundraising for the non-compromising politicians.
Every time some Democrat congress-critter stands up and says that he will not waver on the retirement age for social security, it's worth a nice fat check from AARP.
But where is happens largely dictates what can be done about it. I'm pretty sure if someone asked Tim Cook in an interview what he thought about the treatment of gays in Saudi Arabia, he'd probably have a few choice words to say on the subject. But he can't do anything about that other than decrease shareholder value.
In the United States, where he is a citizen and the head of a major corporation that all politicians want to suck up to, he has a much bigger level to exert force onto. And, here in the United States, we actually care about individual freedoms, unlike Saudi Arabia; in the "land of the free" we're supposed to be getting rid of reactionary bigoted laws, not creating more.
Moreover, marriage existed before Christianity, and still does in other religions, and among people who are agnostic or atheist.
Why everyone is so hung up on this is beyond me - the government should just enact a piece of legislation that basically goes through the United States Code with s/marriage/civil union/g and be done with it. The different religions can lay claim to the word "marriage" but in all legal sense, civil unions would be the cornerstone of civil partnership law.
The hilarious part is that Reagan and Nixon would be moderate Democrats today, with the way the Tea Party and the religious right is dragging the Republicans around by the elephant tail.
Now only if there were service offerings where you could have someone replace the battery on your iPad. Some of which can do it while you wait for 5 - 10 minutes.
If only.
But that still won't stop people from bitching I suppose.
Average world annual background radiation dose is 3 mSv while the same source has the average in the US at 6 mSv, largely from medical scans. So 3x the background radiation is equal to living in the US and getting a head CT scan.
This guy would probably be shocked to learn that the electricity that he used to type up his article on Chinese sludge lakes created a bit of an American sludge lake that is right next to a coal power plant.
If it was just left-over ore that happens to be not-rare-earth-minerals, that would be one thing.
However, this is all the nasty chemical shit they use to separate the not-rare-earth-minerals from the rare earth minerals without neutralizing the nasty caustic shit. Much like what is in Hanford, WA isn't just radioactive not-plutonium, but all of the caustic acids and shit used to separate plutonium from not-plutonium.
Not only that, but Congress enshrines into law what money is spent where. If the President doesn't veto the appropriation, it's beholden to execute the Congress's fiscal will.
It largely depends on the game - some are timeless classics that you can go back and play again 15+ years later and still get an immense amount of enjoyment out of them, even disregarding the primitive interfaces of the time. The Fallout series is a perfect example - the game was so good that you can forgive the god awful interface from 1995.
Other games, like many that are produced today, won't even get a few months worth of play out of me. Call of Duty 18 is just around the corner with a slightly better whatever, and Call of Duty 17 Black Ops 5 will gather dust because it's essentially the same game with a single-player "campaign" that is on a rail from start to finish - there's no decision making, and no consequences for your decision. None.
The larger gaming industry has sold out depth of content and replay-ability for 20 shekels of online multiplayer deathmatch and overpriced DLC. There are exceptions, of course, but this is where the industry has gone.
The problem is that someone is trying to have a sense of humor, and failing miserably, and yet trying over and over and over without changing anything.
People probably wouldn't be having such a cry if they figured out that none of this is even remotely amusing, and tried something different, or just gave up and circled back for next year. It's like two addle-brained people were sitting in a room and came up with this scheme, where one suggested it, the other said "Oh, that'd be AWESOME" and then they spewed forth the summaries we find here without getting any outside opinions.
Even the best comedians and writers check with people to make sure what they're doing is actually funny.
Put the button inside a child-proofed cabinet... such as the same cabinet where you would store the detergent to prevent your broodling from chugging it?
I'll pay a few bucks to not have to deal with the hoards of people at Costco, and not stand in a line 7 deep because they only ever have 3 registers open with 150 people in the store, each with an order of 10+ items. And, Amazon doesn't default to treating people like criminals with their mandatory loss prevention check at the door.
TFA states that the button-based orders are disabled after the first one, until the first order arrives. You're not going to have a child go manic on this thing, and end up with a pallet of Tide.
That would require actually changing code, which apparently nobody at Slashdot knows how to do without making things worse. For an example, I give you the Slashdot Beta.
California imports a shload of wind energy from the Pacific Northwest, via the Pacific DC Intertie. And as of 2013, they produced 12TWh with wind in-state.
California practically doesn't use coal power at all. Less than 8% of their generation in 2013 was from coal, and only 4.3% of that less than 8% actually is generated in the State of California - the rest comes from the Boardman coal generating station in Oregon, or from other states in the southwest.
Take you're "man of the people" act and try somewhere else, preferably where Google (and facts) don't exist.
Not only that, but when you say 5%, it sounds rather small.
When taking a look at the actual numbers behind the percentages, it's a bit more dramatic. In 2013, California generated and used 296,628 GWh of energy on their grid, according to this. If energy usage was flat (not likely) than solar is now generating 14,831.4 GWh of energy in California alone.
That's hardly nothing, and definitely not "whoop de do da."
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Except in a car fueled by gasoline, it takes 5 minutes to "recharge" and it can be done off practically every exit on the interstate.
EVs do not have this luxury.
Because by keeping the issue alive, it's worth shitloads of campaign fundraising for the non-compromising politicians.
Every time some Democrat congress-critter stands up and says that he will not waver on the retirement age for social security, it's worth a nice fat check from AARP.
But where is happens largely dictates what can be done about it. I'm pretty sure if someone asked Tim Cook in an interview what he thought about the treatment of gays in Saudi Arabia, he'd probably have a few choice words to say on the subject. But he can't do anything about that other than decrease shareholder value.
In the United States, where he is a citizen and the head of a major corporation that all politicians want to suck up to, he has a much bigger level to exert force onto. And, here in the United States, we actually care about individual freedoms, unlike Saudi Arabia; in the "land of the free" we're supposed to be getting rid of reactionary bigoted laws, not creating more.
Moreover, marriage existed before Christianity, and still does in other religions, and among people who are agnostic or atheist.
Why everyone is so hung up on this is beyond me - the government should just enact a piece of legislation that basically goes through the United States Code with s/marriage/civil union/g and be done with it. The different religions can lay claim to the word "marriage" but in all legal sense, civil unions would be the cornerstone of civil partnership law.
The hilarious part is that Reagan and Nixon would be moderate Democrats today, with the way the Tea Party and the religious right is dragging the Republicans around by the elephant tail.
Now only if there were service offerings where you could have someone replace the battery on your iPad. Some of which can do it while you wait for 5 - 10 minutes.
If only.
But that still won't stop people from bitching I suppose.
Average world annual background radiation dose is 3 mSv while the same source has the average in the US at 6 mSv, largely from medical scans. So 3x the background radiation is equal to living in the US and getting a head CT scan.
The horrors.
This guy would probably be shocked to learn that the electricity that he used to type up his article on Chinese sludge lakes created a bit of an American sludge lake that is right next to a coal power plant.
THE OUTRAGE!!
If it was just left-over ore that happens to be not-rare-earth-minerals, that would be one thing.
However, this is all the nasty chemical shit they use to separate the not-rare-earth-minerals from the rare earth minerals without neutralizing the nasty caustic shit. Much like what is in Hanford, WA isn't just radioactive not-plutonium, but all of the caustic acids and shit used to separate plutonium from not-plutonium.
Not only that, but Congress enshrines into law what money is spent where. If the President doesn't veto the appropriation, it's beholden to execute the Congress's fiscal will.
I had no idea that paying over $35k in taxes last year made me a "taker" and a "leech" if I didn't also construct my own roads in addition.
Ignorant asshole.
It largely depends on the game - some are timeless classics that you can go back and play again 15+ years later and still get an immense amount of enjoyment out of them, even disregarding the primitive interfaces of the time. The Fallout series is a perfect example - the game was so good that you can forgive the god awful interface from 1995.
Other games, like many that are produced today, won't even get a few months worth of play out of me. Call of Duty 18 is just around the corner with a slightly better whatever, and Call of Duty 17 Black Ops 5 will gather dust because it's essentially the same game with a single-player "campaign" that is on a rail from start to finish - there's no decision making, and no consequences for your decision. None.
The larger gaming industry has sold out depth of content and replay-ability for 20 shekels of online multiplayer deathmatch and overpriced DLC. There are exceptions, of course, but this is where the industry has gone.
hacking != 80 button presses from a 5 year old.
Moving the goalposts is awesome.
The problem is that someone is trying to have a sense of humor, and failing miserably, and yet trying over and over and over without changing anything.
People probably wouldn't be having such a cry if they figured out that none of this is even remotely amusing, and tried something different, or just gave up and circled back for next year. It's like two addle-brained people were sitting in a room and came up with this scheme, where one suggested it, the other said "Oh, that'd be AWESOME" and then they spewed forth the summaries we find here without getting any outside opinions.
Even the best comedians and writers check with people to make sure what they're doing is actually funny.
Put the button inside a child-proofed cabinet... such as the same cabinet where you would store the detergent to prevent your broodling from chugging it?
Wait, that's the exact intended purpose!
I'll pay a few bucks to not have to deal with the hoards of people at Costco, and not stand in a line 7 deep because they only ever have 3 registers open with 150 people in the store, each with an order of 10+ items. And, Amazon doesn't default to treating people like criminals with their mandatory loss prevention check at the door.
TFA states that the button-based orders are disabled after the first one, until the first order arrives. You're not going to have a child go manic on this thing, and end up with a pallet of Tide.
Except that Amazon was sending emails and showing it on their web site on 31 March.
That would require actually changing code, which apparently nobody at Slashdot knows how to do without making things worse. For an example, I give you the Slashdot Beta.
California imports a shload of wind energy from the Pacific Northwest, via the Pacific DC Intertie. And as of 2013, they produced 12TWh with wind in-state.
Source: http://energyalmanac.ca.gov/el...
California practically doesn't use coal power at all. Less than 8% of their generation in 2013 was from coal, and only 4.3% of that less than 8% actually is generated in the State of California - the rest comes from the Boardman coal generating station in Oregon, or from other states in the southwest.
Take you're "man of the people" act and try somewhere else, preferably where Google (and facts) don't exist.
But what kind of fire? Coal furnace? We're talking about energy generation here...
Coal generation in California is only ~7%. That change your outlook any?
Not only that, but when you say 5%, it sounds rather small.
When taking a look at the actual numbers behind the percentages, it's a bit more dramatic. In 2013, California generated and used 296,628 GWh of energy on their grid, according to this. If energy usage was flat (not likely) than solar is now generating 14,831.4 GWh of energy in California alone.
That's hardly nothing, and definitely not "whoop de do da."
Wait, are you saying that different wavelengths aren't as obstructed by water vapor?! Unpossible!