You are aware that there are other countries that border with Germany, and unlike Americans, europeans actually know that other countries exist and go to them?
There..fixed that for you...
And with the US being so large, one can travel here for a lifetime seeing new and different things and people and never have to leave the country.
Not necessarily a bad thing, just a different experience based upon geological location.
Back when I had my 1986 911 Turbo...on a highway trip, I was keeping it wound to about 105 or 110 for a long part of the first leg of the trip.
With the turbo kicked in and out...I usually got about 10mpg out of that engine. Granted, it had been raced before I bought it, and from what I know, it wasn't exactly a street legal compression in the engine, but my range from fill up to fill up (not fully empty mind you) was about over 200 miles....250 - 260 or so?
So it "benefits" the tiny amount of people that were already working in that field? Got it.
Well, if they set up the first Kwik-E-Mart in space, when we get the rest of us to Mars, our astronauts will have somewhere to stop off to get water and snacks on their way to the surface.
Sounds beneficial...AND entrepreneurial if you ask me.
Isreal yes, you mean, the country whose entire population is around 1 million less people than New York City; who gets subsidized with Billions of dollars (yes that means, thousands PER PERSON) by the US alone for their military and security needs.
Surely anything THEY feel is cost effective must be cost effective to scale up to a country with 150 or so times as many people, while paying the full cost. Sounds totally legit.
Not sure I get where you're coming from. Sounds like you have more of a bone to pick with Israel than you do with my suggestion which only cherry picks a few methods they use at airports to keep them safe...
I'm not any huge fan of the Israelis, I mean I don't have anything against them, but I'm not a fan of supporting them either.
But I'd think my suggestion of doing away with the complex TSA apparatus, and getting rid of all the $$ expensive backscatter machines they have currently, and just having simple metal detectors, and bomb sniffing dogs would take the place of all the crap we have, pay for and endure currently with the TSA as it stands.
I'd think my suggestion would be cheaper, as effective if not more so...and you'd not have to even take your shoes off when going to catch a plane.
But there's plenty of blame to go around, lots of interest in the TSA type setup.
I mean, we could likely solve the problems here for MUCH less cost by following the KISS method (Keep It Simple Stupid). Rather than all the expensive radiation machines, and having people grope you and grandma, just put in simple metal detectors, along with each one of them monitored by a guard with a bomb sniffing dog.
I suppose you could throw in a couple of behavioral specialists too to observer and question folks that were acting suspiciously, but really, this kind of thing seems to work for Israel, who would likely be bombed into terrorist kingdom come if they didn't put in measure like this that seem to actually work without pissing everyone off.
But, I guess that makes too much sense, and doesn't require a huge, bloated, over-budgeted and intrusive federal program to miss-manage and run it now, would it?
So....everyone just needs to start getting out of the car to pump their gas at these stations with a mask on!!
:)
Everyone wear the same mask, maybe the Guy Fawkes (sp?) mask, and that way really fsck with the ad database by having the same ad shown to everyone at all times...that should really skew the stats.
But some folks out here still want better than mp3 fidelity.
I am looking into buying online, the better stuff I've been finding at the 96khz level, but that's still not as prevalent as the CDs your can find in stores.
If you just rip them why not buy the songs on amazon as mp3s and back them up yourself? If you wanted to be really hipster you could even back them up to CDs.
I rip my usually to FLAC, a lossless compression for listening to my good audio system in the living room...and also to mp3 for lessor listening environments like the car or ipod in the gym.
No DRM and freedom to listen in any format I want.
Not to mention, it won't disappear if a company or company's service goes out of function.
Its something those of us that appreciate quality music sound reproduction buy to get our music in the best available format that is widely available.
Some of us have real stereo systems that we want music in a lossy format, unladen by DRM that we can listen directly to from disk medium, or rip ourselves to a lossy format like FLAC , or rip ourselves to a lossy format like mp3 for when listening in a less optimal environment like a car or on an ipod at the gym.
Not everyone thinks of music as something disposible, nor only listens to mp3's on cheap ear buds where quality doesn't matter.
Economists are generally quite happy to acknowledge that protectionism frequently benefits individual countries. They usually argue, however, that the world *collectively* is better off if everyone opens up their markets.
Our politicians/govt should be more concerned about our individual success rather than the collective world. That's their job, to put our interests over and above any other countries' interests.
Not so much to actively put other countries down, but always to act in OUR best interest first.
Yes, traditionally Sony, Apple etc. have actually opened factories to make the devices in Brazil because it's better for their bottom line than expecting customers to spend the import levy.
And this is the primary reason that those tariffs exist. Brazil wants to build up its industrial base, rather than just serve as a cheap source of raw materials. High tariffs are a good way to do this, and that strategy is not at all new or unique. Prior to the 20th century, tariffs provided a majority of the U.S. government's revenue. It was a deliberate choice of industrial policy â" Henry Clay's "American System" â" to protect the growth of domestic industry by making imported products more expensive in comparison. The South, which primarily exported raw materials, disliked this policy, but they lost, and by the 1880s, the U.S. was the world's dominant industrial power. In Germany, Otto von Bismarck did much the same thing with his "marriage of iron and rye". The result is that a country which was weak and divided until 1871 became powerful enough to take on the rest of Europe and almost win.
Economists don't like to hear it, but history proves that protectionism works.
Hmm..sounds like we need to start a bit of this back up *slowly*...and start making it more profitable to make our own stuff in the USA again.
LIke the recent example of the drug made in Germany, that they might not sell us anymore due to their views on capital punishment...the US is now at the mercy of depending on other countries' manufacturing for us instead of the other way around as it was back in the day.
That is not only unsettling, but could soon prove a problem for national security.
The US is large enough and has enough resources for the most part to be MUCH more fully independent than it is, and we need to look at idea such as tariffs, to bring more of this back home to us and allow us to be more fully in charge of our own needs and destiny.
It isn't like my eyes are glued to the screen...I mostly listen, only occasionally glancing down at it...no longer than I would to read the radio/ipod interface.
And in heavy traffic I don't look at all....it isn't rocket science driving, man.
Good luck finding a job without a FB account. Virtually every employer will ask for the ID. Oh, you want to listen to Spotify? Click here to login through Facebook.
Want access to local events? They are posted on FB first.
Really?
Funny, I've never had a problem getting a gig without a FB account, and no one has ever even asked me for information on one.
Then again..I tend to do jobs that require a clearance...that might be a sign of why not putting a ton of crap out on social media sites is a good thing?
Not that familiar with Spotify....and I can assure you, with 20 different events going on at the same time ever weekend in New Orleans, I have no problem finding out what's going on without having FB.
That's great in theory, but in practice it often doesn't work that way. Local and state governments are often far more corrupt than the federal government. Illiinois has had several of its former governors go to jail...
See?
It does work much better at the state and local level then.
When was the last time you saw a President go to jail or even fear it from cr@p they've pulled in office.
Because they're also potential customers - for electrical and generating equipment to start with (most of these loans are for equipment they buy from us), and for all sorts of other goods once their wealth increases.
Actually, since they would likely work for almost nothing, they'd be competitors for manufacturing, which we can barely do any more as it is.
My larger question is...with our money woes in the US, wtf are we sending money ANYWHERE outside our borders rather than using it to help ourselves of debt, and help our own poor people internally?
Boy, I guess they'd go ape shit over my mount I have in my car on the dash just below eyesight of the windows/windshield to set up my oldie but goodie 10" Xoom tablet which I watch things on on longer trips, or even stream movies from netflix over the verizon wireless.
If a cop starts to look interesting, I just flip on maps to make it look like only a GPS aid...hehehe.
Sure makes for a nicer trip with some entertainment on.
Oh, and one more thing... I have a HSA. I have a high deductable insurance($2000/year).. and oddly enough, I still have it. Obamacare didn't kill it. Still have my insurance.
You're lucky...many folks with policies they like are being dropped from them and made to go on more $$ ones due to the new 'minimums' obamacare is forcing upon them and their insurance companies.
You really don't have a clue how insurance works, do you?
I do...can you explain to me why my previous insurance policies I've had, didn't have me pay for female type needs...yet obamacare blessed policies now DO include everything under the sun that some folks don't need?
1. I don't talk like that around chicks, I know to talk about and tell things they want to hear, if I want to get laid. I'm not an idiot. And slashdot is not a place I'm guessing I'll pick up a chick to sleep with, so, not too worried about my choice of terms for that purpose.
2. I have plenty of sex, and if the girl can't afford her own, I'll help pay for it. I don't see the need for me to contribute to everyone having sex. That is a private thing, and like anything in life, you need to pay to play. If you can't afford to have kids, don't fuck unprotected, simple, eh? Also, as a man, I am not going to be having kids, so I don't need all the prenatal care,etc. I don't have a womb, I cannot have a kid, why should I pay for such in an insurance policy?
3. I know how insurance works, but I shouldn't have to pay for coverage that "I" don't need. I'm not in that risk pool, therefore, I shouldn't pay for it. I am not in the need for breast cancer screening and pap smears.
3b. I know what I need and can best be the judge to take care of myself, I don't need the govt trying to mess with my health needs with the same fervent efficiency as the fucking DMV...so far, it is showing the same competency, and dedication trying to take over US healthcare.
I'm responsible for my sexual needs, prevention and yes, if I had a mistake and a kid came, I'd take care of that....but I see no reason to pay for YOUR sex and your mistakes. Be an adult and make adult decisions and live with them.
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Please learn how to spell LOSER......and the word answers..
If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand the answer....
Two magic words here:
Radar Detector
There..fixed that for you...
And with the US being so large, one can travel here for a lifetime seeing new and different things and people and never have to leave the country.
Not necessarily a bad thing, just a different experience based upon geological location.
With the turbo kicked in and out...I usually got about 10mpg out of that engine. Granted, it had been raced before I bought it, and from what I know, it wasn't exactly a street legal compression in the engine, but my range from fill up to fill up (not fully empty mind you) was about over 200 miles....250 - 260 or so?
Well, if they set up the first Kwik-E-Mart in space, when we get the rest of us to Mars, our astronauts will have somewhere to stop off to get water and snacks on their way to the surface.
Sounds beneficial...AND entrepreneurial if you ask me.
Not sure I get where you're coming from. Sounds like you have more of a bone to pick with Israel than you do with my suggestion which only cherry picks a few methods they use at airports to keep them safe...
I'm not any huge fan of the Israelis, I mean I don't have anything against them, but I'm not a fan of supporting them either.
But I'd think my suggestion of doing away with the complex TSA apparatus, and getting rid of all the $$ expensive backscatter machines they have currently, and just having simple metal detectors, and bomb sniffing dogs would take the place of all the crap we have, pay for and endure currently with the TSA as it stands.
I'd think my suggestion would be cheaper, as effective if not more so...and you'd not have to even take your shoes off when going to catch a plane.
But there's plenty of blame to go around, lots of interest in the TSA type setup.
I mean, we could likely solve the problems here for MUCH less cost by following the KISS method (Keep It Simple Stupid). Rather than all the expensive radiation machines, and having people grope you and grandma, just put in simple metal detectors, along with each one of them monitored by a guard with a bomb sniffing dog.
I suppose you could throw in a couple of behavioral specialists too to observer and question folks that were acting suspiciously, but really, this kind of thing seems to work for Israel, who would likely be bombed into terrorist kingdom come if they didn't put in measure like this that seem to actually work without pissing everyone off.
But, I guess that makes too much sense, and doesn't require a huge, bloated, over-budgeted and intrusive federal program to miss-manage and run it now, would it?
Everyone wear the same mask, maybe the Guy Fawkes (sp?) mask, and that way really fsck with the ad database by having the same ad shown to everyone at all times...that should really skew the stats.
I am looking into buying online, the better stuff I've been finding at the 96khz level, but that's still not as prevalent as the CDs your can find in stores.
I rip my usually to FLAC, a lossless compression for listening to my good audio system in the living room...and also to mp3 for lessor listening environments like the car or ipod in the gym.
No DRM and freedom to listen in any format I want.
Not to mention, it won't disappear if a company or company's service goes out of function.
Its something those of us that appreciate quality music sound reproduction buy to get our music in the best available format that is widely available.
Some of us have real stereo systems that we want music in a lossy format, unladen by DRM that we can listen directly to from disk medium, or rip ourselves to a lossy format like FLAC , or rip ourselves to a lossy format like mp3 for when listening in a less optimal environment like a car or on an ipod at the gym.
Not everyone thinks of music as something disposible, nor only listens to mp3's on cheap ear buds where quality doesn't matter.
Our politicians/govt should be more concerned about our individual success rather than the collective world. That's their job, to put our interests over and above any other countries' interests.
Not so much to actively put other countries down, but always to act in OUR best interest first.
Hmm..sounds like we need to start a bit of this back up *slowly*...and start making it more profitable to make our own stuff in the USA again.
LIke the recent example of the drug made in Germany, that they might not sell us anymore due to their views on capital punishment...the US is now at the mercy of depending on other countries' manufacturing for us instead of the other way around as it was back in the day.
That is not only unsettling, but could soon prove a problem for national security.
The US is large enough and has enough resources for the most part to be MUCH more fully independent than it is, and we need to look at idea such as tariffs, to bring more of this back home to us and allow us to be more fully in charge of our own needs and destiny.
And in heavy traffic I don't look at all....it isn't rocket science driving, man.
Really?
Funny, I've never had a problem getting a gig without a FB account, and no one has ever even asked me for information on one.
Then again..I tend to do jobs that require a clearance...that might be a sign of why not putting a ton of crap out on social media sites is a good thing?
Not that familiar with Spotify....and I can assure you, with 20 different events going on at the same time ever weekend in New Orleans, I have no problem finding out what's going on without having FB.
Hey..yet another reason NOT to join facebook.
See?
It does work much better at the state and local level then.
When was the last time you saw a President go to jail or even fear it from cr@p they've pulled in office.
Actually, since they would likely work for almost nothing, they'd be competitors for manufacturing, which we can barely do any more as it is.
My larger question is...with our money woes in the US, wtf are we sending money ANYWHERE outside our borders rather than using it to help ourselves of debt, and help our own poor people internally?
If a cop starts to look interesting, I just flip on maps to make it look like only a GPS aid...hehehe.
Sure makes for a nicer trip with some entertainment on.
BWhahahahahaa....
I think by definition it does....my liberty of how I wish to get from point A to point B.
You're lucky...many folks with policies they like are being dropped from them and made to go on more $$ ones due to the new 'minimums' obamacare is forcing upon them and their insurance companies.
I do...can you explain to me why my previous insurance policies I've had, didn't have me pay for female type needs...yet obamacare blessed policies now DO include everything under the sun that some folks don't need?
2. I have plenty of sex, and if the girl can't afford her own, I'll help pay for it. I don't see the need for me to contribute to everyone having sex. That is a private thing, and like anything in life, you need to pay to play. If you can't afford to have kids, don't fuck unprotected, simple, eh? Also, as a man, I am not going to be having kids, so I don't need all the prenatal care,etc. I don't have a womb, I cannot have a kid, why should I pay for such in an insurance policy?
3. I know how insurance works, but I shouldn't have to pay for coverage that "I" don't need. I'm not in that risk pool, therefore, I shouldn't pay for it. I am not in the need for breast cancer screening and pap smears.
3b. I know what I need and can best be the judge to take care of myself, I don't need the govt trying to mess with my health needs with the same fervent efficiency as the fucking DMV...so far, it is showing the same competency, and dedication trying to take over US healthcare.
I'm responsible for my sexual needs, prevention and yes, if I had a mistake and a kid came, I'd take care of that....but I see no reason to pay for YOUR sex and your mistakes. Be an adult and make adult decisions and live with them.