Entire countries have banned mercury amalgam. It's not entirely illogical; when you break a CFL, there's hardly any more mercury in there and we practically have to bring in the hazmat team according to the federal government.
OK, forget the entire "stupidity" part. What if the doctor just demands that you get a colonoscopy, but you refuse? Should he be allowed to refuse you? How about if you're a woman who has breast cancer in her family, so he recommends you just proactively remove them? Should he be allowed to refuse you? You could be considered "stupid" for refusing his advice, couldn't you?
Where are all the articles bemoaning the land usage for solar cell arrays? How cold the earth gets below them with no sunlight, so that nothing can grow there? How wind farms disturb air currents, and create huge zone that is perilous to birds and a disturbance to other wildlife? No, let's focus on nuclear power plants.
I've never paid less than $1 for a reusable bag. And I think part of the problem may be that they are not very reusable. I've had some tear apart at the seams after only a few uses.
More than what? North America has less than 9% of the original old growth forest it had before mankind landed here
But much more than before Europeans landed here and helped kill off a lot of natives who were clearing forest to create open areas in which to hunt game.
I'm still trying to get over the "boiled meat" thing. Here, I would have thought, based on what goes on TV, that Europeans would expect every American dish to be either deep-fried or barbecued.
I'd be surprised if most Americans do truly prefer it, although I suppose you get used to the way things are and many people are very used to industrialised food. I saw a TV show recently where free range, organic chicken lost in a taste test to industrial battery chicken. People said the free range bird tasted 'too strong'. It depressed the hell out of me.
OR maybe the free-range chickens really tasted too strong? You can't treat free-range husbandry like a magic wand. Chickens can and will eat things that they like, but make them less palatable. For example, they like onions. I could see a large amount of wild onions in their living area possibly affecting their flavor. Before trotting out the "ignorant Americans" straw man, consider whether a quality product was actually supplied.
FYI, the US government has subsidized the corn industry (i.e. they take money from other people, by force, and hand it over to the corn industry, like some kind of mafia scheme).
Some would say we need to end the subsidies, but I'm sure we just haven't subsidized enough. The more, the better!
The situation is ridiculous -- and reeks of injustice -- but as you are probably aware, there is no such thing as a temporary government program.
Other people who don't want to live, work, or otherwise cooperate with you, but want your water? And a significant percentage of them want to kill you?
That's not a failing of the format, is it? I have CDs from the 80s and 90s before the loudness war, but after the "let's make a CD from a vinyl master to save time" era; they sound very good. I wonder if today's vinyl masters are being done properly, considering the hideous things they're doing to the digital masters.
Side note: the cheap phono/tape/CD/radio units in pretty retro boxes are apparently designed by people who never heard of the RIAA curve. My LPs sound noisy with no low end. That's not a fault of the vinyl.
I had a Panasonic Hi-Fi unit that lasted for 15 years (could still be alive now if I'd felt like replacing a belt) and I still have a later Panasonic Hi-Fi that is about 12 years old. Frankly, the older one was better, in that the picture quality was just as good but it didn't have stupid "features" the later unit has. For example: first rewinding at one speed, then coming to a COMPLETE STOP, and continuing to rewind at a slightly faster speed. Fortunately, I haven't had to use the thing in at least a year.
The original Macrovision used to put an oscillating signal into the vertical blanking interval. Most VCRs had automatic gain circuitry that couldn't be turned off, and they interpreted this signal as part of the luminance information. The result was a picture that grew darker and lighter, and sometimes caused TVs to lose their hold. Black boxes could be built (and once were sold in magazines) to strip out the signal. One workaround my dad stumbled on was to use composite video booster that had its own manually adjustable gain. If you set the gain high enough, the AGC in the VCR would already be maxed out so the Macrovision signal would have no effect.
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I guess they'll have to start cutting off limbs to make ends meet.
Entire countries have banned mercury amalgam. It's not entirely illogical; when you break a CFL, there's hardly any more mercury in there and we practically have to bring in the hazmat team according to the federal government.
Correct. Atheists shouldn't be discriminated against.
How about when he says, "Won't get a colonoscopy, eh? Well, you're a pushy asshole for not letting me push in your asshole! GTFO!"
OK, forget the entire "stupidity" part. What if the doctor just demands that you get a colonoscopy, but you refuse? Should he be allowed to refuse you? How about if you're a woman who has breast cancer in her family, so he recommends you just proactively remove them? Should he be allowed to refuse you? You could be considered "stupid" for refusing his advice, couldn't you?
Where are all the articles bemoaning the land usage for solar cell arrays? How cold the earth gets below them with no sunlight, so that nothing can grow there? How wind farms disturb air currents, and create huge zone that is perilous to birds and a disturbance to other wildlife? No, let's focus on nuclear power plants.
Stole? Do explain.
I've never paid less than $1 for a reusable bag. And I think part of the problem may be that they are not very reusable. I've had some tear apart at the seams after only a few uses.
Can't I just buy indulge--- I mean carbon offsets or something?
One word: Xune.
But much more than before Europeans landed here and helped kill off a lot of natives who were clearing forest to create open areas in which to hunt game.
I'm still trying to get over the "boiled meat" thing. Here, I would have thought, based on what goes on TV, that Europeans would expect every American dish to be either deep-fried or barbecued.
Boiled meat? Did you just confuse the US with the UK? DDT? What decade is this? Please educate yourself.
Pepsi "throwback" with cane sugar is readily available in most areas.
OR maybe the free-range chickens really tasted too strong? You can't treat free-range husbandry like a magic wand. Chickens can and will eat things that they like, but make them less palatable. For example, they like onions. I could see a large amount of wild onions in their living area possibly affecting their flavor. Before trotting out the "ignorant Americans" straw man, consider whether a quality product was actually supplied.
Some would say we need to end the subsidies, but I'm sure we just haven't subsidized enough. The more, the better!
Indeed. These are Depression-era policies.
Other people who don't want to live, work, or otherwise cooperate with you, but want your water? And a significant percentage of them want to kill you?
It's begun. Now we have to justify eating.
Side note: the cheap phono/tape/CD/radio units in pretty retro boxes are apparently designed by people who never heard of the RIAA curve. My LPs sound noisy with no low end. That's not a fault of the vinyl.
Only if you use the $50 Monster cables.
I had a Panasonic Hi-Fi unit that lasted for 15 years (could still be alive now if I'd felt like replacing a belt) and I still have a later Panasonic Hi-Fi that is about 12 years old. Frankly, the older one was better, in that the picture quality was just as good but it didn't have stupid "features" the later unit has. For example: first rewinding at one speed, then coming to a COMPLETE STOP, and continuing to rewind at a slightly faster speed. Fortunately, I haven't had to use the thing in at least a year.
The original Macrovision used to put an oscillating signal into the vertical blanking interval. Most VCRs had automatic gain circuitry that couldn't be turned off, and they interpreted this signal as part of the luminance information. The result was a picture that grew darker and lighter, and sometimes caused TVs to lose their hold. Black boxes could be built (and once were sold in magazines) to strip out the signal. One workaround my dad stumbled on was to use composite video booster that had its own manually adjustable gain. If you set the gain high enough, the AGC in the VCR would already be maxed out so the Macrovision signal would have no effect.
You got that really wrong. Wrong people, wrong details.
Disney has unskippable cutscenes before their movies. They call them "commercials".
I used to love heavily story-driven games like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee.