"You'll have to rip the EZPass or whatever transponder off, too."
Not if you don't have one to begin with? I was saying, just pay cash 100% of the time.
Right after Katrina, I had to live for awhile across the lake from New Orleans, and found they had this ezpass thing. I opted not to have one and just paid cash when I traveled back and forth. No big deal. Sure, it was $1 more, but I just didn't want my travels logged automatically somewhere in a database.
I mean, it is a convenience, right? No one is holding a gun to your head to buy into the automated system.
"In fact, unless it's a real car trip, I hate the thought of bringing up kids conditioned not to be away from a screen for a minute, being fed it nonstop. Not too long ago, once you got out of the house, you got to escape the TV at least."
I've often wondered the same thing.
I grew up LONG before iPods, gameboys, etc. I entertained myself in the backseat of the car on long trips with reading books, playing with toy soldiers/hot wheels....etc. Do kids actually use their imaginations these days anymore? Heck, if nothing else...I'd lay down and sleep some too.
I mean, so far, South Park has lampooned Christ, Budda, etc....and yet none of these groups have threatened them with anything more dangerous than possibly a boycott.
Seriously, what the fuck is with these people? Isn't it time to move into the 21st century with the rest of us?
"I live near a toll road. The state highway patrol will issue a ticket to you, if your average speed between your entry and your exit on that road is over the speed limit."
Hmm...how do they know it is the same person, if you pay cash and don't use one of those RFID things?
"They convicted a guy in Florida of a murder that happened in the NorthEast (like NY or Boston or something) based on his FastPass hitting the toll booths between the two. Granted it wasn't camera shots per se, but the technology is there and they are using it."
Hmm...note to self, if I ever live where I have to hit toll booths...pay cash.
How about surrounding your license plate with a bunch of IR LED's....doesn't that blind CCTV cameras?
If not that, sure would be cool to come up with some type of targeting system that would aim a laser into the camera lens and blinding it as you go by.
Man....then I'd just have to guess the local places there where you live aren't very good. Sorry to hear that.
I prefer to get pizza somewhere with a real pizza oven...not something running pizzas through on a conveyor belt real quick. A real pizza oven is needed to get a pizza cooked...super high heat will quick cook a nice crispy crust, and bake the other ingredients perfectly. I have about 3 places or so near me, all independent places here in New Orleans. My new favorite is a 2 store local chain I guess you'd call it...Theo's pizza. They have the old cracker style thin crust pizza that they cook perfectly....even with a number of wet ingredients...the crust is perfect. They also have some gourmet toppings which give a great variety you can get there. There was another place that was great on the north shore in Covington...called the Pizza Man I think....old place must have been there since the early 70's look by the decor....juke box with free tunes from 60's and 70's, and a window where you can let the kids (big kids like me included) watch them hand toss the dough. They are good at it to....the pizzas come out great. Occasionally, they might char the end of it a little...but even that was good. I'd rather have a great pie with slight imperfections made by hand...that squirted out of a machine in a race for quantity over quality.
I like to make them myself at home..from scratch...it isn't hard...and it is usuallly the best I can get. These two places are about the only two I know of that can do it better or at least in a different style than I do.
If you find your local places all taste like Papa John's....keep looking.
Papa John's is only maybe 1-2 rungs above Dominos on the suck factor....good for late night drunken eats, but certainly not a quality place you should order from when sober and at normal meal times...
"In order to properly test a CPU core, you at least need a full suite of tests for that architecture, including OS/kernel-level tests, and even those are likely to miss things particular to the specific manufacturer's implementation of the architecture."
Any specific applications/tests you could list that one might want to run to give a proper test to all the cores in question?
"Sometimes people leave their glasses in the car, or aren't wearing contacts, or sometimes the lighting is just bad enough that there's an inconvenient glare. Some people (like me) genuinely take a long time deciding - I will be thinking about what I want to order from the time I get in the line, but occasionally can't decide between two items, and eventually have to decide to be dissatisfied with which ever decision I make."
Ok, I'll give you this one...BUT, what about the jackass you're behind in the checkout line at the grocery store, who lets her whole fucking set of groceries get rung up...and only then does she think to reach for her checkbook, and start then to fill it out.
I'm not against writing checks mind you...while I pay with cash 99% of the time, I sometimes write a check, however, the second I'm at the counter and they start to ring things, I have my checkbook out, and ask the cashier for a pen if I don't have one. By the time they've totaled my bill, all I have to do is write the amount in the ledger and then quickly write the amount in the last 2x blanks I have on the face of the check and I'm good to go...all of about 20 seconds maybe.
"Dominos was on the list. The pizza delivery joint."
God, what a sorry excuse for a pizza place...
I mean, ok, I can justify it on occasion when you are smashed...you get home from the bar, it is about 2:30am (maybe earlier if not in a college town) and you gotta have something to eat. You call them, and get something that tastes like artificial cheese covered cardboard that you graciously devour before passing out.
But given a choice? Hell, there are frozen pizzas today that are better than domino's and most chain pizza places.
I guess because I'm more carb conscious these days, and don't eat pizza as often...it has become a TREAT for me, and I'm not gonna waste a treat to myself on crap pizza. I've found some GREAT local chain places here near me, and I'll hit them with a vengeance. Last time, I said the hell with takeout, and actually went to sit and eat there...drink a few beers and have fun eating OUT. There is also something about eating your pizza pretty much right out of the oven, it is SO much better. Pizzas really start to die pretty quickly once out of the oven...during transport time for pickup or delivery.
Again, I don't begrudge a drunk call late at night for chain pizza, but if you are relatively sober, and at regular meal times, go look for a great local pizza place, and eat in there for a change.
"Funny, I thought it had to do with people eating too much."
That is part of the problem...too many calories, but there are schools of thought that the types of food...cheap sugar and carbs, 'low fat' foods are causing insulin problems...spikes that hit and then you crash from the sugar high, and eat again.
Eating more proteins and fat calories, actually satiet a person longer, they stay full and don't eat as much or as often.
We have more cheap/worthless calories in abundance today...sugar filled sodas and the like that don't fill you up like the same amount of calories from a well marbled steak would do.
"Not to mention that a huge number of cows are fed corn, which is a food that eventually causes liver failure -- by the time the cow is slaughtered, it was basically going to die anyway. But hey, the FDA says that the quality of beef is determined by marbling, and corn gives way more marbling than grass (the cow's natural food, which we don't exactly lack), and it lets us grow and subsidize a shitload of corn, so who cares about the cows?"
If that is the case, they WHY is it so damned hard to find a well marbled cut of beef??
I mean, hell, even when you can as a consumer find Prime grade beef...it is nowhere nearly as marbled as it was in decades past.
I saw a photo comparison card used for grading from like the early 60's vs one used today...and a prime steak back then was almost light pink due to all the internal marbling of fat...vs what was a largely solid red with small flecks of marbling.
I now know why steaks just do not taste as good today as they did when I was a kid...whatever they're doing, they're breeding the flavor out of meat just like they are with produce. More volume....less flavor.
Err, fat is also what makes burgers taste better...a completely lean burger is a bland, dry tasteless burger.
And really, our digestive systems are MADE to use some fat, that bile duct is there for a reason.
Part of the reason that the US is so damned obese has a great deal to do with the lie propagated over the past few decades that FAT is the culprit, when really, it is over-processed foods with high sugar/starch content.
"Unless you use cash, this will have the opposite effect."
I keep hearing this, and am almost getting the impression that people just don't use cash much anymore? Am I the last one on earth that prefers to use cash the majority of the time?
"What's the difference between this and the grocery store, drug store, or electronics store that wants you to carry a special card to identify yourself in order to get sale prices and discounts?"
Because there is no guarantee that the information given to the stores is factual.
For instance, all of the loyalty cards I use, have me pegged as a 96 yr old hispanic lady, named Helga from Sweden.
I'm sure I'm skewing their data collection at least a little with that id and the products I actually buy. And yes, I use cash when I use the loyalty card.
"Yea, except the founding fathers weren't going around robbing liquor stores, they for the most part were "fine, upstanding citizens", up to the point when they decided to start inciting rebellion."
Kinda like the Tea Bag party people today in the US?
Or, more in general...anyone against the current party in power??
The last 2x administrations have actually kinda started this...trying to paint anyone against them and their agendas as either unpatriotic citizens, kooks, fringe elements...and often having the press support these statements.
Just imagine if it had the backing of an official IBM trusted system to ferret out these potential revolutionaries espousing rebellion against the current govt and their agendas?
Interesting concept..I'd never heard of an electronic cigarette before.
I dunno....the nicotine isn't the 'fun' of smoking, but more to me when I've smoked..it is the 'firebug' aspect of it...lighting hit...blowing the smoke..etc.
I'm guessing there is no blowing of smoke rings with an e-cig, eh?
*sigh* Why is it that almost all things fun to do...are so bad for you?
Ok, I know that geography is definitely not my longsuit (I do ok on Jeopardy for most everything else, but God help me if they ask where a river or a country is in general)...but is Iceland that close to the UK and the rest of Europe?!?!
I thought Iceland was up near the N. Pole roughly...how is it effecting the UK?
I'm looking for maps, but it doesn't seem to look that close...?
Ok..just found one map...I thought what is Greenland was Iceland...found Iceland which is east of Greenland..but still, doesn't look close enough to Europe in general to mess with it with volcanic ash?
"The primary complaint against corporations is the privilege of limited liability for torts. Limited liability for debts is something that could exist in a free market; that would be a private matter between the members of an organization and their creditors. Limited liability for torts, however, is something that cannot exist in a free market. Those injured by actions taken on behalf of any organization have the right to seek compensation from the individuals responsible, not just the organization they were working for. In essence, in a free market tort claims must always "piece the corporate veil."
Trouble is, especially in today's HEAVILY litigious society, that if this protection wasn't there, you would absolutely KILL small businesses in the US. And the small business far outnumbers the large corporations...and employ the majority of people in the US.
If you make a 1-2 or so person company liable for everything they own in case something goes wrong, etc....no one would be willing to take the risk of starting a small business. They MUST have the protections of this.
Not to mention, it is about the only way a person in the US can really keep as much of their money as possible from the taxman as possible...by being able to write off expenses, etc.
"Most people don't understand money, a very VERY basic thing that is critical to survival. I have a sister-in-law that holds 3 phd's. she is horribly in debt because she cant figure out that money thingy.... and she has crashed a car every year for the past 5 years. Driving cars is hard...."
And exactly how do we legislate against stupidity, or at least, willful ignorance? Better yet, where (at least on a federal level) in the Constitution is that an enumerated power of the Federal Govt.? I have a hard time believing you should stretch the interstate commerce clause even further to cover protecting people from themselves. Hey, shit happens, you should learn from it. Your poor judgment or ignorance of how things work can suck and hurt you, but you learn and move on from it. Someone else will likely benefit from your shortfalls...and life will go on. Hell, one of the main problems right now IS the Feds trying to prop up the overly inflated home housing market...rather than letting it follow its natural course and correct itself.
There are plenty of GOOD risk potential home owners just waiting for housing prices to come back down to earth so they can reasonably afford a reasonably priced home that they can make payments on. Keeping idiots in their homes artificially that shouldn't have been in to begin with, is only prolonging the pain, and keeping recovery in the housing market from ramping up again.
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Not if you don't have one to begin with? I was saying, just pay cash 100% of the time.
Right after Katrina, I had to live for awhile across the lake from New Orleans, and found they had this ezpass thing. I opted not to have one and just paid cash when I traveled back and forth. No big deal. Sure, it was $1 more, but I just didn't want my travels logged automatically somewhere in a database.
I mean, it is a convenience, right? No one is holding a gun to your head to buy into the automated system.
I've often wondered the same thing.
I grew up LONG before iPods, gameboys, etc. I entertained myself in the backseat of the car on long trips with reading books, playing with toy soldiers/hot wheels....etc. Do kids actually use their imaginations these days anymore? Heck, if nothing else...I'd lay down and sleep some too.
I mean, so far, South Park has lampooned Christ, Budda, etc....and yet none of these groups have threatened them with anything more dangerous than possibly a boycott.
Seriously, what the fuck is with these people? Isn't it time to move into the 21st century with the rest of us?
Revenue generation.
Plain and simple, all this tech and effort into enforcing speed limits isn't at all for safety, at least in the US. It is for revenue generation.
Hmm...how do they know it is the same person, if you pay cash and don't use one of those RFID things?
Because it takes too fucking long that way.
Hmm...note to self, if I ever live where I have to hit toll booths...pay cash.
If not that, sure would be cool to come up with some type of targeting system that would aim a laser into the camera lens and blinding it as you go by.
I prefer to get pizza somewhere with a real pizza oven...not something running pizzas through on a conveyor belt real quick. A real pizza oven is needed to get a pizza cooked...super high heat will quick cook a nice crispy crust, and bake the other ingredients perfectly. I have about 3 places or so near me, all independent places here in New Orleans. My new favorite is a 2 store local chain I guess you'd call it...Theo's pizza. They have the old cracker style thin crust pizza that they cook perfectly....even with a number of wet ingredients...the crust is perfect. They also have some gourmet toppings which give a great variety you can get there. There was another place that was great on the north shore in Covington...called the Pizza Man I think....old place must have been there since the early 70's look by the decor....juke box with free tunes from 60's and 70's, and a window where you can let the kids (big kids like me included) watch them hand toss the dough. They are good at it to....the pizzas come out great. Occasionally, they might char the end of it a little...but even that was good. I'd rather have a great pie with slight imperfections made by hand...that squirted out of a machine in a race for quantity over quality.
I like to make them myself at home..from scratch...it isn't hard...and it is usuallly the best I can get. These two places are about the only two I know of that can do it better or at least in a different style than I do.
If you find your local places all taste like Papa John's....keep looking.
Papa John's is only maybe 1-2 rungs above Dominos on the suck factor....good for late night drunken eats, but certainly not a quality place you should order from when sober and at normal meal times...
What does it do?
Any specific applications/tests you could list that one might want to run to give a proper test to all the cores in question?
Ok, I'll give you this one...BUT, what about the jackass you're behind in the checkout line at the grocery store, who lets her whole fucking set of groceries get rung up...and only then does she think to reach for her checkbook, and start then to fill it out.
I'm not against writing checks mind you...while I pay with cash 99% of the time, I sometimes write a check, however, the second I'm at the counter and they start to ring things, I have my checkbook out, and ask the cashier for a pen if I don't have one. By the time they've totaled my bill, all I have to do is write the amount in the ledger and then quickly write the amount in the last 2x blanks I have on the face of the check and I'm good to go...all of about 20 seconds maybe.
God, what a sorry excuse for a pizza place...
I mean, ok, I can justify it on occasion when you are smashed...you get home from the bar, it is about 2:30am (maybe earlier if not in a college town) and you gotta have something to eat. You call them, and get something that tastes like artificial cheese covered cardboard that you graciously devour before passing out.
But given a choice? Hell, there are frozen pizzas today that are better than domino's and most chain pizza places.
I guess because I'm more carb conscious these days, and don't eat pizza as often...it has become a TREAT for me, and I'm not gonna waste a treat to myself on crap pizza. I've found some GREAT local chain places here near me, and I'll hit them with a vengeance. Last time, I said the hell with takeout, and actually went to sit and eat there...drink a few beers and have fun eating OUT. There is also something about eating your pizza pretty much right out of the oven, it is SO much better. Pizzas really start to die pretty quickly once out of the oven...during transport time for pickup or delivery.
Again, I don't begrudge a drunk call late at night for chain pizza, but if you are relatively sober, and at regular meal times, go look for a great local pizza place, and eat in there for a change.
That is part of the problem...too many calories, but there are schools of thought that the types of food...cheap sugar and carbs, 'low fat' foods are causing insulin problems...spikes that hit and then you crash from the sugar high, and eat again.
Eating more proteins and fat calories, actually satiet a person longer, they stay full and don't eat as much or as often.
We have more cheap/worthless calories in abundance today...sugar filled sodas and the like that don't fill you up like the same amount of calories from a well marbled steak would do.
If that is the case, they WHY is it so damned hard to find a well marbled cut of beef??
I mean, hell, even when you can as a consumer find Prime grade beef...it is nowhere nearly as marbled as it was in decades past.
I saw a photo comparison card used for grading from like the early 60's vs one used today...and a prime steak back then was almost light pink due to all the internal marbling of fat...vs what was a largely solid red with small flecks of marbling.
I now know why steaks just do not taste as good today as they did when I was a kid...whatever they're doing, they're breeding the flavor out of meat just like they are with produce. More volume....less flavor.
Err, fat is also what makes burgers taste better...a completely lean burger is a bland, dry tasteless burger.
And really, our digestive systems are MADE to use some fat, that bile duct is there for a reason.
Part of the reason that the US is so damned obese has a great deal to do with the lie propagated over the past few decades that FAT is the culprit, when really, it is over-processed foods with high sugar/starch content.
A small price to pay for yummy milk, cheeses, steaks and roasts...
I keep hearing this, and am almost getting the impression that people just don't use cash much anymore? Am I the last one on earth that prefers to use cash the majority of the time?
Because there is no guarantee that the information given to the stores is factual.
For instance, all of the loyalty cards I use, have me pegged as a 96 yr old hispanic lady, named Helga from Sweden.
I'm sure I'm skewing their data collection at least a little with that id and the products I actually buy. And yes, I use cash when I use the loyalty card.
Kinda like the Tea Bag party people today in the US?
Or, more in general...anyone against the current party in power??
The last 2x administrations have actually kinda started this...trying to paint anyone against them and their agendas as either unpatriotic citizens, kooks, fringe elements...and often having the press support these statements.
Just imagine if it had the backing of an official IBM trusted system to ferret out these potential revolutionaries espousing rebellion against the current govt and their agendas?
I dunno....the nicotine isn't the 'fun' of smoking, but more to me when I've smoked..it is the 'firebug' aspect of it...lighting hit...blowing the smoke..etc.
I'm guessing there is no blowing of smoke rings with an e-cig, eh?
*sigh* Why is it that almost all things fun to do...are so bad for you?
I thought Iceland was up near the N. Pole roughly...how is it effecting the UK?
I'm looking for maps, but it doesn't seem to look that close...?
Ok..just found one map...I thought what is Greenland was Iceland...found Iceland which is east of Greenland..but still, doesn't look close enough to Europe in general to mess with it with volcanic ash?
Trouble is, especially in today's HEAVILY litigious society, that if this protection wasn't there, you would absolutely KILL small businesses in the US. And the small business far outnumbers the large corporations...and employ the majority of people in the US.
If you make a 1-2 or so person company liable for everything they own in case something goes wrong, etc....no one would be willing to take the risk of starting a small business. They MUST have the protections of this.
Not to mention, it is about the only way a person in the US can really keep as much of their money as possible from the taxman as possible...by being able to write off expenses, etc.
Those were real women, not the whiny, wannabe little girls we have nowadays. Real men liked them the way they were; I know I still do. ;-)"
LOL...not me, if I wanna floss after a meal, I'll get the stuff out of the drawer in the bathroom...I prefer 'easy access', so to speak.
But hey, different strokes for different folks I always say.
And exactly how do we legislate against stupidity, or at least, willful ignorance? Better yet, where (at least on a federal level) in the Constitution is that an enumerated power of the Federal Govt.? I have a hard time believing you should stretch the interstate commerce clause even further to cover protecting people from themselves. Hey, shit happens, you should learn from it. Your poor judgment or ignorance of how things work can suck and hurt you, but you learn and move on from it. Someone else will likely benefit from your shortfalls...and life will go on. Hell, one of the main problems right now IS the Feds trying to prop up the overly inflated home housing market...rather than letting it follow its natural course and correct itself.
There are plenty of GOOD risk potential home owners just waiting for housing prices to come back down to earth so they can reasonably afford a reasonably priced home that they can make payments on. Keeping idiots in their homes artificially that shouldn't have been in to begin with, is only prolonging the pain, and keeping recovery in the housing market from ramping up again.