"Guilt? Good public relations? There are plenty of reasons. Penn and Teller did a decent episode on it - they exposed some of the "carbon credit" companies for the scams that they are, and they also sent out a woman to randomly approach people doing their shopping, "assess" their purchases for carbon emissions (by randomly throwing out numbers) and then ask them to pay for the environmental damage. Most people seemed glad to fork over the cash."
WOW!! REally? Ok..I'm gonna have to go look for these videos, and get some ideas.
I see some new activities for the upcoming weekends!! Hell, maybe I can convince drunk folks at Mardi Gras, throwing stuff in the streets to purchase some carbon credits from me!!!
Geez...that would be better than the years we pretended to be cameramen from the Girls Gone Wild videos...we ran out of tape early on, but still got plenty of good 'shows'....and even some real action from chicks thinking they were gonna be on the show.
Nah...bad drivers are everywhere. Here in New Orleans, not much of a problem with anything frozen (once in a blue moon), but hell, down here...one good rain storm, and people start sliding all over and wrecking.
That being said, would I trade some safety for this automated 'train' driving system.
NO
I like to drive. I buy cars that are FUN to drive. Every time I get in a car I've owned, and fire up the engine, even if just to do to the corner store, it is a small adventure for me. I've only owned ONE car in my life that had more that 2 seats (and that one was an '86 911 Turbo)...never owned an automatic transmission....I like performance cars. I like motorcycles too.
If someone wants an auto-car, fine...but stay out of MY way. I don't think these automated things will come about as long as manual drivers are allowed, and I hope I never seen manual driving go away in my lifetime.
After I'm gone, I don't give a fsck about what happens in the world, but long as I'm here, I'm all about having fun.
I'm surprised people/companies were actually seriously putting any type of serious money into this crap.
Are there some countries that are actually mandating carbon credits, etc? I mean, if not by law, why would anyone take part in this scam, unless they were on the money making side?
"Why would anyone rip a copy of a DVD that's available for streaming? That's like backing up your porn colection - either way, you really don't need to: the internet already has that data."
For watching later at convenience...to watch a DVD in a car player. Also, to transcode them, and put on various iPods.
Better quality than a streamed viewing...just to name a few.
"The streaming doesn't have enough titles, and they expire with time. I have a couple movies on my instant queue claiming I won't be able to watch by the end of the month."
Not to mention, I can't make a "backup copy" for them to keep safely in the same quality as I can with a DVD.
Lord knows...if they ever have a fire at some of their nodes, they'll be thankful we all make backup copies for them!!
I just figured Keith Richards has so many chemicals in his system back in the days of making some of my favorite music, that it just kinda came through to you from the speakers.
Come to think of it...same thing for most of the classics...Jimmy Page with Zeppelin, Hendrix, Jim Morrison with the Doors....etc.
I can now see that all of that stuff literally WAS intoxicating.
"My suggestion: Make it a felony to not be able to present any and all legally bought guns within 24 hours of the police requesting it,"
And how exactly would the police ever even know that I own guns?
I've never lived in a state that requires registration of a gun....and I've always bought my guns used from private individuals...no record of those transactions.
Remember, different states...different laws.
And no...I do NOT believe the police or govt. has any damned business knowing whether I do or do not own weapons. Why should they? I commit no crimes...they have no need to know anything really of my business or life.
"The idea is to give border patrol better information as to where to catch them"
That's easy....they're all standing around outside the parking lot of any given Home Depot or Loews.
Why isn't the immigration service hitting those places? I mean..that is easy pickings there....drive by in a pickup truck...let them jump in, and haul them back to MX.
Just would be protecting our border from foreign invaders....I think it is perfectly legal.
Hell, if you don't want snipers....use landmines along the border. That way, if an invader tries to sneak over....they do it at their own jeopardy, and kill themselves.
Even on gigs when I was W2 exempt employee...I've had it written in, that if I work over 80 hrs in the two week period, I WILL be paid straight hourly rate for any time over that.
I have no problem working my ass off when required, but my time is valuable, to me. So, I will not work a single hour OT without being compensated.
Frankly, life it too short, and I want some time off to enjoy the things I've worked for.
Still, that would be an improvement, and I'd have to think they'd do some tweaking on iOS for more true multi-tasking if they had >1 cores.
I'm about to be eligible to trade up to a new iPhone from the 3GS. I'd been hearing rumors about an updated iPhone coming out maybe in Spring or around June...any thoughts on that?
Anyone think if a new version comes out then, it will have multi-cores?
I'd definitely wait on that.
Damn..also hoping they'll grandfather in my unlimited data plan from the old phone to the new one.
"if you're on a conference call like that, you should either be at a computer, (thus presumably on a real phone) or too busy focusing on the call so you can say "I'll send you that e-mail once we're done here"
Kinda hard to do in a parking lot...or barreling down the highway to meet another client...
"Is how a father of three could volunteer to depart on what would most likely be a suicide mission. Exploration and the battle against entropy and all that is all good and well, but if one is a father, one has certain responsibilities that are paramount about anything else."
You know....my sense of self preservation keeps rising every day, I mean, I can think of nothing and no one that would be worth me giving up my life for.
However, if I found myself somehow straddled with being tied down to small boat anchors (kids) and stuck with one woman (on penalty of losing half my shit)...well, I think I could consider a trip to Mars as freedom.
That being said, I think I'll just avoid the latter situation, and continue to enjoy my fun, albeit, limited existance on earth...where there is money, booze and broads....and fast cars and motorcycles...and good food....and beer....and...
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WOW!! REally? Ok..I'm gonna have to go look for these videos, and get some ideas.
I see some new activities for the upcoming weekends!! Hell, maybe I can convince drunk folks at Mardi Gras, throwing stuff in the streets to purchase some carbon credits from me!!!
Geez...that would be better than the years we pretended to be cameramen from the Girls Gone Wild videos...we ran out of tape early on, but still got plenty of good 'shows'....and even some real action from chicks thinking they were gonna be on the show.
Money sounds good too!
That being said, would I trade some safety for this automated 'train' driving system.
NO
I like to drive. I buy cars that are FUN to drive. Every time I get in a car I've owned, and fire up the engine, even if just to do to the corner store, it is a small adventure for me. I've only owned ONE car in my life that had more that 2 seats (and that one was an '86 911 Turbo)...never owned an automatic transmission....I like performance cars. I like motorcycles too.
If someone wants an auto-car, fine...but stay out of MY way. I don't think these automated things will come about as long as manual drivers are allowed, and I hope I never seen manual driving go away in my lifetime.
After I'm gone, I don't give a fsck about what happens in the world, but long as I'm here, I'm all about having fun.
I'm surprised people/companies were actually seriously putting any type of serious money into this crap.
Are there some countries that are actually mandating carbon credits, etc? I mean, if not by law, why would anyone take part in this scam, unless they were on the money making side?
For watching later at convenience...to watch a DVD in a car player. Also, to transcode them, and put on various iPods.
Better quality than a streamed viewing...just to name a few.
Not to mention, I can't make a "backup copy" for them to keep safely in the same quality as I can with a DVD.
Lord knows...if they ever have a fire at some of their nodes, they'll be thankful we all make backup copies for them!!
Yeah..wondering when magazines with more..ahem...'gynecological' images will be allowed on the iPad?
I wonder if Hustler's Barely Legal will get on there next?
I just figured Keith Richards has so many chemicals in his system back in the days of making some of my favorite music, that it just kinda came through to you from the speakers.
Come to think of it...same thing for most of the classics...Jimmy Page with Zeppelin, Hendrix, Jim Morrison with the Doors....etc.
I can now see that all of that stuff literally WAS intoxicating.
And how exactly would the police ever even know that I own guns?
I've never lived in a state that requires registration of a gun....and I've always bought my guns used from private individuals...no record of those transactions.
Remember, different states...different laws.
And no...I do NOT believe the police or govt. has any damned business knowing whether I do or do not own weapons. Why should they? I commit no crimes...they have no need to know anything really of my business or life.
That's easy....they're all standing around outside the parking lot of any given Home Depot or Loews.
Why isn't the immigration service hitting those places? I mean..that is easy pickings there....drive by in a pickup truck...let them jump in, and haul them back to MX.
No one has to man those.....and should prove to be effective a stopping illegal invaders from crossing.
Would stop illegals coming across (people, drugs and violence)....and would be a free way for them to keep sharp with practical training?"
Hey..nothing wrong with protecting our borders from foreign invaders.
You know...maybe we should "annex" Mexico. I mean, if we have to take the people, we might as well get the real estate that goes with them? Eh?
Hell, if you don't want snipers....use landmines along the border. That way, if an invader tries to sneak over....they do it at their own jeopardy, and kill themselves.
Someone with a passport or green card would be coming through checkpoints at the border, not in the deserted areas.
Would stop illegals coming across (people, drugs and violence)....and would be a free way for them to keep sharp with practical training?
Even on gigs when I was W2 exempt employee...I've had it written in, that if I work over 80 hrs in the two week period, I WILL be paid straight hourly rate for any time over that.
I have no problem working my ass off when required, but my time is valuable, to me. So, I will not work a single hour OT without being compensated.
Frankly, life it too short, and I want some time off to enjoy the things I've worked for.
Not a problem...if she swallows!!
So far...has been a good "ride" for me in life. Working for me...
I'm about to be eligible to trade up to a new iPhone from the 3GS. I'd been hearing rumors about an updated iPhone coming out maybe in Spring or around June...any thoughts on that?
Anyone think if a new version comes out then, it will have multi-cores?
I'd definitely wait on that.
Damn..also hoping they'll grandfather in my unlimited data plan from the old phone to the new one.
Some people can (and have to) multi task.
Kinda hard to do in a parking lot...or barreling down the highway to meet another client...
How come there isn't a version of Goggles for iPhone yet?
Not a big deal as that most American's never leave the states...not much need to actually for most people.
I mean, once you run out....there's no one to bum smokes from!!
You know....my sense of self preservation keeps rising every day, I mean, I can think of nothing and no one that would be worth me giving up my life for.
However, if I found myself somehow straddled with being tied down to small boat anchors (kids) and stuck with one woman (on penalty of losing half my shit)...well, I think I could consider a trip to Mars as freedom.
That being said, I think I'll just avoid the latter situation, and continue to enjoy my fun, albeit, limited existance on earth...where there is money, booze and broads....and fast cars and motorcycles...and good food....and beer....and...