If the shuttle program included a "gas can with a glider strapped to it", then the Apollo program was a tin can with a stack of gas cans under it. The comparison still doesn't work, because your "glider" had main engines of its own. It just didn't need or use them in the landing. I don't understand why you think a reentry vehicle that had to drop in the ocean on parachutes is somehow better than one that can land on wheels.
You know, the tax laws regarding 401Ks are quite clear. You don't have to go to a tax lawyer; any CPA, H&R Block, or tax prep software will tell you that. The firm that holds your 401K fund will tell you. Heck, Google will tell you. In a world where nothing is free, it should be obvious that something that is tax favorable like 401Ks should have limitations. I have no sympathy for someone who thought a (initially) tax-free retirement fund could be dipped into whenever he wanted without penalty.
If you think a pension fund is somehow easier, look up what it takes to borrow against it. The interest rates are nasty. At least with a 401K, you're actually paying interest back to the fund, so the real loss is in the loss of return due to the remaining principal being lower.
It was those fat French* who demanded that Microsoft deliver an OS without a web browser at all, wasn't it?
* I'll assume Gerard Depardieu represents all French people, just like McDonalds represents all American cuisine and heavy drinking represents all Irish.
Seems like it would have been easiest to change the breathalyzer to only display "drunk" and "probably not drunk" lights. That takes the fun out of it.
How about asking the user if they want to be punished by having to re-enter their username over and over again as well? Fat-finger your password, and many sites clear your username box.
Agreed. It clearly comes under federal purview, since he was in another state and using telecommunications. Imagine if the Hammond leadership decided it didn't like Bill Cosby and ordered the local TV stations and cable companies to block his TV shows and movies. This is the same thing.
Everyone else is selfish and shortsighted, but you're not-- right?
Shouldn't we collectively agree on what is needed, before we collectively decide to pay for them? Is this a democratic republic?
Some people, like myself, buy green energy and reduce our energy use because we want to. We don't insist on taking money from hard working people so that the wealthy can install solar panels on their 3,000 sq ft homes and the green energy cronies can make millions.
OK, now I read your followup. You really are a knucklehead. Not only have we had setback thermostats for ages, the Nest can adjust heating and cooling based on occupancy. It will learn when you are in the house, and in specific rooms. A simple Google search would tell you this. But apparently, you've only lived in old houses with radiators and single zones, and think nothing has changed because obviously, the HVAC fairy would have come along to rip out all that crap and upgrade it for free.
Central heating is a f*cking retarded idea - heating the whole house when the simple fact is an individual can only use one room at a time.
Some people ACTUALLY LIVE WITH OTHER PEOPLE. Also, you really don't know what central heating is or how it works. I have zones. Valves only allow the hot water to enter the zones where the thermostat is calling for heat.
Radiators in the halls - WTF is that for?
That's for not having it 59 degrees in the halls while it is 69 in the rooms, resulting in possible frozen pipes (in older buildings that can't be as well insulated) or condensation on the walls. Only old buildings have radiators. Newer ones with hydronic heating use baseboards (or underfloor radiators), and you usually only see them in hallways if there's an outside wall or it's a very, very long hall with a high ceiling.
You probably should realize there are a few things like HVAC which you think are simple, but perfectly intelligent people had to study in great detail to master.
They have to be within 8 meters of the key and 30 cm of the car. So that means either standing in someone's garage or the driveway, or if they're parked on the street having an accomplice stand inside the apartment building/house or at least very near it.
Because they put a FRICKIN COMPUTER in the car, and then they go on the internet or watch TV and hear that HEY, SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE BREAKING INTO COMPUTERS yet they are "ignorant" of the possibility.
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If the shuttle program included a "gas can with a glider strapped to it", then the Apollo program was a tin can with a stack of gas cans under it. The comparison still doesn't work, because your "glider" had main engines of its own. It just didn't need or use them in the landing. I don't understand why you think a reentry vehicle that had to drop in the ocean on parachutes is somehow better than one that can land on wheels.
I love how Russians brag about how little they value the life of their citizens. Ten million died because they were not well equipped or well led.
You know, the tax laws regarding 401Ks are quite clear. You don't have to go to a tax lawyer; any CPA, H&R Block, or tax prep software will tell you that. The firm that holds your 401K fund will tell you. Heck, Google will tell you. In a world where nothing is free, it should be obvious that something that is tax favorable like 401Ks should have limitations. I have no sympathy for someone who thought a (initially) tax-free retirement fund could be dipped into whenever he wanted without penalty.
If you think a pension fund is somehow easier, look up what it takes to borrow against it. The interest rates are nasty. At least with a 401K, you're actually paying interest back to the fund, so the real loss is in the loss of return due to the remaining principal being lower.
If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.(2 Thess 3:10)
blahdeblahRIGHT WINGblahdeblahTAX CUTS FOR THE WEALTHYblahdeblahSTUDENT LOANS
The laws favoring and propping up labor unions still exist! So you have to ask yourself: why aren't they serving us?
It was those fat French* who demanded that Microsoft deliver an OS without a web browser at all, wasn't it?
* I'll assume Gerard Depardieu represents all French people, just like McDonalds represents all American cuisine and heavy drinking represents all Irish.
Pssht. I'm still a Reversi guy.
Seems like it would have been easiest to change the breathalyzer to only display "drunk" and "probably not drunk" lights. That takes the fun out of it.
How about asking the user if they want to be punished by having to re-enter their username over and over again as well? Fat-finger your password, and many sites clear your username box.
Agreed. It clearly comes under federal purview, since he was in another state and using telecommunications. Imagine if the Hammond leadership decided it didn't like Bill Cosby and ordered the local TV stations and cable companies to block his TV shows and movies. This is the same thing.
Funny, then, that citizens are supposed to know and understand every nuance of the law, lest they have their rights to liberty and property suspended.
Those are useless in a power outage, of course. And the cost doubles if you want to use them for backup, which is what we need.
I can see you're a single-issue kinda guy.
So the fact that she broken government regulations and hid confidential emails on her personal server doesn't bother you?
The fact that she dismissed the disastrous terrorist attack on the US embassy in Benghazi doesn't bother you?
Everyone else is selfish and shortsighted, but you're not-- right?
Shouldn't we collectively agree on what is needed, before we collectively decide to pay for them? Is this a democratic republic?
Some people, like myself, buy green energy and reduce our energy use because we want to. We don't insist on taking money from hard working people so that the wealthy can install solar panels on their 3,000 sq ft homes and the green energy cronies can make millions.
So a chicken also has four legs. Got it.
Are you one of those frugality nutjobs who reuses aluminum foil and wipes himself with old socks?
OK, now I read your followup. You really are a knucklehead. Not only have we had setback thermostats for ages, the Nest can adjust heating and cooling based on occupancy. It will learn when you are in the house, and in specific rooms. A simple Google search would tell you this. But apparently, you've only lived in old houses with radiators and single zones, and think nothing has changed because obviously, the HVAC fairy would have come along to rip out all that crap and upgrade it for free.
Why would so many people mod up this misinformation? The honeybee is not extinct in the wild.
Some people ACTUALLY LIVE WITH OTHER PEOPLE. Also, you really don't know what central heating is or how it works. I have zones. Valves only allow the hot water to enter the zones where the thermostat is calling for heat.
That's for not having it 59 degrees in the halls while it is 69 in the rooms, resulting in possible frozen pipes (in older buildings that can't be as well insulated) or condensation on the walls. Only old buildings have radiators. Newer ones with hydronic heating use baseboards (or underfloor radiators), and you usually only see them in hallways if there's an outside wall or it's a very, very long hall with a high ceiling.
You probably should realize there are a few things like HVAC which you think are simple, but perfectly intelligent people had to study in great detail to master.
I don't see any recovery after the ban. You'd think four years would be enough to show recovery.
Honeybees aren't native to the USA. Should we expect to see them isolated in the wild? That they may have been in the past was remarkable.
They have to be within 8 meters of the key and 30 cm of the car. So that means either standing in someone's garage or the driveway, or if they're parked on the street having an accomplice stand inside the apartment building/house or at least very near it.
Too easy for my comfort, but not trivial.
Because they put a FRICKIN COMPUTER in the car, and then they go on the internet or watch TV and hear that HEY, SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE BREAKING INTO COMPUTERS yet they are "ignorant" of the possibility.
You act as if the USA is the only place where drivers care about the sound of their engine.
Try watching an episode of Top Gear (the real one) sometime.
Trump has four legs?