That may be partly correct, but as I remember it the main reason for pricing gasoline in liters was that the gas pumps could only work with prices less than a dollar. Hard to charge $1.059 per gallon if your pump has only the three digits to the right of the decimal point. Hell, some pumps didn't even have a dollar sign $ on them!
What you say is also true of pharmaceutical companies and the products they make, but everybody hates them because of the "profits" they make. Yeah, it may cost only a few cents to make that pill, but the first one they made could have cost millions of dollars.
May I suggest that a lot of slashdot readers don't really get the connection?
Do you not believe in love? Prove to me beyond a reasonable doubt your love for your parents or your children or your spouse. Tough to do, isn't it?
Now consider - "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends." Yep, self-sacrifice is the proof, but it doesn't always mean killing yourself. Most of the time it's just putting the wants and needs of the other person ahead of yours. The philosophy is simple and it works.
Take that thought to its ultimate conclusion and there you'll find God.
Oh, you'll ask, why then does God let bad things happen? Easy. Bad things are permitted to happen to bring forth from them a greater good. Watch life, learn how it works, see the way how everything that should be, is.
Merry Christmas! May you all find the peace that you seek.
A good education trumps grammar and spell checkers. That's why you see mistakes even in newspapers. Way too many writers depend on their machines instead of their brains.
Aye, but their professional killers (the military) are on our side! The military is sworn to protect the Constitution from ALL enemies, both foreign and domestic. They're not sworn to protect a government that wipes its ass with the Constitution.
Actually Christianity is an Eastern religion that, for the most part, is misunderstood by its Western followers. It's gotten even worse since it was infected with dispensationalism back in the 1800's.
Go a step further and only allow donations from individuals who are eligible to vote for the person they're giving $$ to. That would cut out $$ from corporations and money from outside the district (or city or county or state).
Also allow individuals to donate money only up to a certain percentage of their personal income. That way others couldn't give them money to donate. It wouldn't make sense that someone making 40K per year could donate 500K.
Which old people are you referring to? I'm 58 and get most of my tv viewing through a Roku box. I haven't watched network tv in YEARS. Local tv stations are useful for live sports and news, and I get them through rabbit ears.
Even my 77 year old mother avoids network broadcasts!
Because my boss is still living in the 20th Century, my paycheck still comes by mail. We've been hounding him for years to get direct deposit, but he's old-fashioned and hard-headed.
I told him one time that I banked online and shopped online, and he asked if that was safe. I told him it was as safe as my paycheck sitting in an unlocked metal box in front of my house for up to a day. I don't think he got it even then.
I'm sorry. I don't care for the old "bread and circuses" crap called pop culture. Network television is a wasteland of rehashed sitcoms and stupid reality shows. Who needs them?
You're comparing apples to rocks. Totally different laws.
If you came here and threatened the President, you would be in trouble.
But you could come here and call our President every name in the book and nothing bad would happen to you. You couldn't go to Thailand and say the same things about the king. We would probably buy you a drink; in Thailand you'd wind up in jail.
You're right. What's more is that even when you're in the stands watching from a good seat, you still can't keep up with all the action at one time. You tend to focus on one thing or another, some keep up with the ball and some watch various players.
I've been to too many games to remember in my 58 years, and I've come to the conclusion that I'd rather watch it on television. You can see things on television that you'd never see in person.
It's all about perspective. The players have theirs, the fans at the game have theirs, the television viewers have theirs, and the camera showing all 22 players has its view. One is not "better" that the others; it's all about choice.
Electric meters are not the only meters being read by wireless. More and more gas meters are remotely read, and there isn't a wired option.
Utility companies like reading meters from a distance because of the hassle customers give the meter readers. Biting dogs, locked gates, high fences, holly bushes, flower beds, all kinds of crap on the meter, etc., etc. are a PITA for meter readers.
I'm not a meter reader. I check your gas service and meter for leaks. If I can't get to it because of a locked gate or a vicious dog, then you're on your own. I just write down why I can't check it and go on my merry way. See you in five years . . . . if you haven't blown up.
I've hiked and backpacked many a mile, and I've never used any iodine product to purify water. Can't stand the taste. Yuck.
I use regular Clorox. Carry a small bottle that has a medicine dropper screw-on cap and just add a couple of drops per quart of water. Let it sit for half hour or more, and you're good to go. Tastes more like the water from your faucets.
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That may be partly correct, but as I remember it the main reason for pricing gasoline in liters was that the gas pumps could only work with prices less than a dollar. Hard to charge $1.059 per gallon if your pump has only the three digits to the right of the decimal point. Hell, some pumps didn't even have a dollar sign $ on them!
What you say is also true of pharmaceutical companies and the products they make, but everybody hates them because of the "profits" they make. Yeah, it may cost only a few cents to make that pill, but the first one they made could have cost millions of dollars.
May I suggest that a lot of slashdot readers don't really get the connection?
Do you not believe in love? Prove to me beyond a reasonable doubt your love for your parents or your children or your spouse. Tough to do, isn't it?
Now consider - "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends." Yep, self-sacrifice is the proof, but it doesn't always mean killing yourself. Most of the time it's just putting the wants and needs of the other person ahead of yours. The philosophy is simple and it works.
Take that thought to its ultimate conclusion and there you'll find God.
Oh, you'll ask, why then does God let bad things happen? Easy. Bad things are permitted to happen to bring forth from them a greater good. Watch life, learn how it works, see the way how everything that should be, is.
Merry Christmas! May you all find the peace that you seek.
A good education trumps grammar and spell checkers. That's why you see mistakes even in newspapers. Way too many writers depend on their machines instead of their brains.
Now, let's hear your excuses.
Do you ever get a vacation or even a day off?
Wow, talk about dedicated!
Al Gore doesn't need any help to look silly.
Of course we do! I have a sign in front of my house that says:
Heisenberg may or may not have slept here.
Aye, but their professional killers (the military) are on our side! The military is sworn to protect the Constitution from ALL enemies, both foreign and domestic. They're not sworn to protect a government that wipes its ass with the Constitution.
We have one more box you forgot - the ammo box.
The founders actually envisaged a time when we might have to overthrow our government. That's what the 2nd Amendment was all about.
Actually Christianity is an Eastern religion that, for the most part, is misunderstood by its Western followers. It's gotten even worse since it was infected with dispensationalism back in the 1800's.
Go a step further and only allow donations from individuals who are eligible to vote for the person they're giving $$ to. That would cut out $$ from corporations and money from outside the district (or city or county or state).
Also allow individuals to donate money only up to a certain percentage of their personal income. That way others couldn't give them money to donate. It wouldn't make sense that someone making 40K per year could donate 500K.
If everybody moves to the city, you'll starve to death. Not too many crops grown in urban areas.
I feel sorry for you people who think that food comes from grocery stores. When push comes to shove, you'll be the ones without anything to eat.
Four dictators replaced with what? The Muslim Brotherhood? Wow! Now that's some improvement!
Which old people are you referring to? I'm 58 and get most of my tv viewing through a Roku box. I haven't watched network tv in YEARS. Local tv stations are useful for live sports and news, and I get them through rabbit ears.
Even my 77 year old mother avoids network broadcasts!
Because my boss is still living in the 20th Century, my paycheck still comes by mail. We've been hounding him for years to get direct deposit, but he's old-fashioned and hard-headed.
I told him one time that I banked online and shopped online, and he asked if that was safe. I told him it was as safe as my paycheck sitting in an unlocked metal box in front of my house for up to a day. I don't think he got it even then.
And in some parts of the country "cracking" means having sexual intercourse! Gives a whole new meaning to cracking the books.
I'm sorry. I don't care for the old "bread and circuses" crap called pop culture. Network television is a wasteland of rehashed sitcoms and stupid reality shows. Who needs them?
I thought Lipitor was a character in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Wasn't he Skeletor's brother, the one with high cholesterol?
You're comparing apples to rocks. Totally different laws.
If you came here and threatened the President, you would be in trouble.
But you could come here and call our President every name in the book and nothing bad would happen to you. You couldn't go to Thailand and say the same things about the king. We would probably buy you a drink; in Thailand you'd wind up in jail.
You're right. What's more is that even when you're in the stands watching from a good seat, you still can't keep up with all the action at one time. You tend to focus on one thing or another, some keep up with the ball and some watch various players.
I've been to too many games to remember in my 58 years, and I've come to the conclusion that I'd rather watch it on television. You can see things on television that you'd never see in person.
It's all about perspective. The players have theirs, the fans at the game have theirs, the television viewers have theirs, and the camera showing all 22 players has its view. One is not "better" that the others; it's all about choice.
Wow! Sounds like you need a shot of vitamin D.
I actually have mod points, but slashdot doesn't have one called "bitter".
Electric meters are not the only meters being read by wireless. More and more gas meters are remotely read, and there isn't a wired option.
Utility companies like reading meters from a distance because of the hassle customers give the meter readers. Biting dogs, locked gates, high fences, holly bushes, flower beds, all kinds of crap on the meter, etc., etc. are a PITA for meter readers.
I'm not a meter reader. I check your gas service and meter for leaks. If I can't get to it because of a locked gate or a vicious dog, then you're on your own. I just write down why I can't check it and go on my merry way. See you in five years . . . . if you haven't blown up.
I've hiked and backpacked many a mile, and I've never used any iodine product to purify water. Can't stand the taste. Yuck.
I use regular Clorox. Carry a small bottle that has a medicine dropper screw-on cap and just add a couple of drops per quart of water. Let it sit for half hour or more, and you're good to go. Tastes more like the water from your faucets.
At first glance I thought your subject was "I love your penis".
I'm glad you're from Georgia. We rednecks in Alabama need folks like you to make us look better.
I work in the utilities business and most of the people aren't the brightest.
I bet it was probably 123.