Doing 20 in a 60 is more dangerous then doing 80 in a 60.
By that logic, the most dangerous thing of all is to be stationary.
P.S. It's "than", not "then".
Depends upon where you are being stationary. On the couch watching Game of Thrones? Not too dangerous. Middle of a busy freeway in the fog? Slightly more so!
bringing a baby that then starts wailing half way through the movie
I've never had a big problem with texters where I attend the movies, but nothing irritates me more than when some fucking moronic parents bring their toddler or younger child into the theater with them. The kid isn't going to pay attention to the movie and won't like being cooped up and sitting still for 2 hours, the parent isn't going to enjoy the movie while dealing with aforementioned squawking child, and everyone else that has to listen to the squawking are going to be pissed off.
If you can afford to go to the movies you can afford to hire a fucking babysitter.
We already have nuclear technology available to us, ready to implement that produces nearly no waste (by reprocessing), is very safe, and burns much more abundant thorium for fuel (also burns most of what we currently consider waste, via reprocessing.) It would solve energy needs for the foreseeable future. Why is no one building these things?
NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard)
BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything)
Why on earth isn't minimum wage tied to CPI (inflation) like it is in most other countries? Set it to some agreed amount, then index it each year based on official inflation figures. The way it is now, the minimum wage even AFTER being increased to $15 still won't be as high as it was in the 1960s, in terms of actual buying power.
This whole "setting it to a fixed, static amount" is a weird, high-maintenance way to legislate. It just means you have to go through the same process another decade down the track.
How dare you suggest automating politician's jobs!
Yes, 2009 - and? Did the Democrats control the House and Senate for the first two years of his first term? Did the Democrats not control the Senate for 6 of his 8 years in office? That's quite different than the original contention of "his entire term" - that was bunk.
Whether or not the Democrats controlled the House or Senate is completely irrelevant regarding Republican obstructionism. The GOP was simply less successful at obstructing when the Democrats had either house. Doesn't change the fact that they did so.
Have not seen any Win10 nagware on my domain PCs (yet).
I currently am running Win10 at home, but that was a complete fresh install, not an upgrade. Before I was running Win7 Home, but I never did see the Win10 nagware, even without being careful about updates. I was running Classic Shell, so that might have had something to do with it. I don't know. I *do* know my son's PC is showing the nagware. No auto-updated PCs in my experience yet. YMMV
Out of curiosity I googled for "Calculus Made Easy" and found the PDF on Project Gutenberg. After reading the prologue I can tell it should be a good read. Thanks for informing a fellow fool.
There's a Castle Frankenstein in Hesse, Germany. If you read the online reviews for it (e.g. TripAdvisor) , it's amazing how many people seem to think that it's the historical residence of a certain Dr. Frankenstein...
The only thing worse than having unions is not having them.
The only thing worse would be never having had them. But now they're holding back progress because they are a specially protected class and their wages tend to be whole-number multiples of the minimum wage. Yes, that promotes campaigning for the minimum wage, but it also prevents campaigning for it to be a living wage, because they're not going to get their wages raised that high, thus they're not going to get the minimum wage raised that high. In education in particular it has led to executive salaries which rob money needed for education, and I personally have witnessed both educators (though only a couple) and support personnel (more of those) who desperately needed to be replaced for the good of the institution but who could not be removed because of their union status.
Unions were a wholly necessary step in securing rights for workers, but now they are interested primarily in padding their own pockets and the rest of us can go fuck ourselves. Their answer is "why haven't you unionized yet" but not only is that not realistic for many disciplines but creating more bureaucracy only creates more waste and corruption. We shouldn't need more unions, we need rights for all workers. It's time to move beyond them, not backwards, but forwards.
As it is with management, it is not that unions are bad, it is when you get some asshole in charge that is only interested in their own gain rather than the welfare of the workers.
Get rid of the sociopathic assholes in charge (both corporations AND unions) and you will see a much better workplace.
Those falcon wing doors looks cool, but what about winter? Will the motors be powerful enough to overcome ice? Where will the snow on roof go when you open them?
What a about a ski rack? Where do you put your canoe or your kayak? Your bikes?
Or a luggage rack? Because it's cool to have a 7 passenger SUV, but where do you put the luggage?
When we go camping as a family, we're 6. The only space left for luggage is the tiny space left in the trunk and the big luggage box on the roof.
Generally you would remove said snow from the top before trying to open them. I can't say how the X would deal with ice. I know if I were to own one (fat chance of that) I would have it parked in a heated garage (if I could afford the Model X I could afford the garage).
If you go to the first link they have a video of the launch event, where they show off the cargo capability. No top rack obviously, but you have a good amount of storage in the front, back, and underseats. They also show the X towing an Airstream camper (5000 lb tow capacity).
Correct, but the militarization of SWAT and police in general SHOULD be the focus of the story. These little assholes wouldn't be swatting if it didn't evoke such a massive response from police.
Did you read the list of offenses this kid did? If you think he did all than just because SWAT teams react, and he is not the one that is primarily accountable.,.,.well, I'll just have to assume you are the kid's mother.
Hmm... *re-reads post* nope, at no time did I excuse this kid's actions. The point I was making (since you appear to fail at reading comprehension) is that swatting wouldn't exist if not for a relatively easy to exploit system. Sure, this little psychopath found other ways to inflict misery on others (hence the use of "little assholes") but the fact remains that something needs to be changed WRT griefing by police.
I suspect that it won't be the police that reform it, either. Swatting gives them a good excuse to use all that military equipment.
I do think that there are other side conversations about the militarization of SWAT teams that can be had as well, but that's not the focus of this story.
Correct, but the militarization of SWAT and police in general SHOULD be the focus of the story. These little assholes wouldn't be swatting if it didn't evoke such a massive response from police.
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By that logic, the most dangerous thing of all is to be stationary.
P.S. It's "than", not "then".
Depends upon where you are being stationary. On the couch watching Game of Thrones? Not too dangerous. Middle of a busy freeway in the fog? Slightly more so!
All you need to remember if the robots take over is "Klaatu barada nikto"
Necktie... Nectar... Nickel... definitely an 'N' word!
http://www.terrybisson.com/pag...
I didn't think there was a way to make me LESS likely to vote for Cruz, but they definitely found a way!
Probably had to burn through the stocks of existing cups.
bringing a baby that then starts wailing half way through the movie
I've never had a big problem with texters where I attend the movies, but nothing irritates me more than when some fucking moronic parents bring their toddler or younger child into the theater with them. The kid isn't going to pay attention to the movie and won't like being cooped up and sitting still for 2 hours, the parent isn't going to enjoy the movie while dealing with aforementioned squawking child, and everyone else that has to listen to the squawking are going to be pissed off.
If you can afford to go to the movies you can afford to hire a fucking babysitter.
1. A tech breakthrough in energy production.
We already have nuclear technology available to us, ready to implement that produces nearly no waste (by reprocessing), is very safe, and burns much more abundant thorium for fuel (also burns most of what we currently consider waste, via reprocessing.) It would solve energy needs for the foreseeable future. Why is no one building these things?
NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard)
BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything)
And last but not least:
ERMAGEEEERRD NOOOKULEEEERRR!!!!111eleventy
Misuse of to/too, there/their/they're, your/you're, etc is ignorance. There's a difference.
How's that for pointing out errors?
Hey now... loose the attitude. Just let people play fast and lose with their homonyms.
Why on earth isn't minimum wage tied to CPI (inflation) like it is in most other countries? Set it to some agreed amount, then index it each year based on official inflation figures. The way it is now, the minimum wage even AFTER being increased to $15 still won't be as high as it was in the 1960s, in terms of actual buying power.
This whole "setting it to a fixed, static amount" is a weird, high-maintenance way to legislate. It just means you have to go through the same process another decade down the track.
How dare you suggest automating politician's jobs!
First there's Becky, then we get Rebecca, now there's a TRIbecca? What's next, Quadbecca?
Chewbecca
Yes, 2009 - and? Did the Democrats control the House and Senate for the first two years of his first term? Did the Democrats not control the Senate for 6 of his 8 years in office? That's quite different than the original contention of "his entire term" - that was bunk.
Whether or not the Democrats controlled the House or Senate is completely irrelevant regarding Republican obstructionism. The GOP was simply less successful at obstructing when the Democrats had either house. Doesn't change the fact that they did so.
Have not seen any Win10 nagware on my domain PCs (yet).
I currently am running Win10 at home, but that was a complete fresh install, not an upgrade. Before I was running Win7 Home, but I never did see the Win10 nagware, even without being careful about updates. I was running Classic Shell, so that might have had something to do with it. I don't know. I *do* know my son's PC is showing the nagware. No auto-updated PCs in my experience yet. YMMV
posting to remove erroneous mod.... apologies
On all searches there is a choice for "New Egg Only".
Out of curiosity I googled for "Calculus Made Easy" and found the PDF on Project Gutenberg. After reading the prologue I can tell it should be a good read. Thanks for informing a fellow fool.
There's a Castle Frankenstein in Hesse, Germany. If you read the online reviews for it (e.g. TripAdvisor) , it's amazing how many people seem to think that it's the historical residence of a certain Dr. Frankenstein...
That's pronounced "Frahn-ken-steen"!
The only thing worse than having unions is not having them.
The only thing worse would be never having had them. But now they're holding back progress because they are a specially protected class and their wages tend to be whole-number multiples of the minimum wage. Yes, that promotes campaigning for the minimum wage, but it also prevents campaigning for it to be a living wage, because they're not going to get their wages raised that high, thus they're not going to get the minimum wage raised that high. In education in particular it has led to executive salaries which rob money needed for education, and I personally have witnessed both educators (though only a couple) and support personnel (more of those) who desperately needed to be replaced for the good of the institution but who could not be removed because of their union status.
Unions were a wholly necessary step in securing rights for workers, but now they are interested primarily in padding their own pockets and the rest of us can go fuck ourselves. Their answer is "why haven't you unionized yet" but not only is that not realistic for many disciplines but creating more bureaucracy only creates more waste and corruption. We shouldn't need more unions, we need rights for all workers. It's time to move beyond them, not backwards, but forwards.
As it is with management, it is not that unions are bad, it is when you get some asshole in charge that is only interested in their own gain rather than the welfare of the workers.
Get rid of the sociopathic assholes in charge (both corporations AND unions) and you will see a much better workplace.
Here's a hint: the professional associations for lawyers, doctors and so on are actually unions.
Brilliant... it's not a Union, it is a Professional Association. If doctors and lawyers can do it, why can't IT?
(and no, I am not being sarcastic)
Those falcon wing doors looks cool, but what about winter? Will the motors be powerful enough to overcome ice? Where will the snow on roof go when you open them?
What a about a ski rack? Where do you put your canoe or your kayak? Your bikes?
Or a luggage rack? Because it's cool to have a 7 passenger SUV, but where do you put the luggage?
When we go camping as a family, we're 6. The only space left for luggage is the tiny space left in the trunk and the big luggage box on the roof.
Generally you would remove said snow from the top before trying to open them. I can't say how the X would deal with ice. I know if I were to own one (fat chance of that) I would have it parked in a heated garage (if I could afford the Model X I could afford the garage).
If you go to the first link they have a video of the launch event, where they show off the cargo capability. No top rack obviously, but you have a good amount of storage in the front, back, and underseats. They also show the X towing an Airstream camper (5000 lb tow capacity).
It should be public domain due to how old it is, not that Warner doesn't have a valid copyright.
Couple this with some kind of Basic Income and I think we have a winner
Why can politicians not shut up about things they do not understand? Obsessive-compulsion disorder?
Foot in mouth disease.
Correct, but the militarization of SWAT and police in general SHOULD be the focus of the story. These little assholes wouldn't be swatting if it didn't evoke such a massive response from police.
Did you read the list of offenses this kid did? If you think he did all than just because SWAT teams react, and he is not the one that is primarily accountable.,., .well, I'll just have to assume you are the kid's mother.
Hmm... *re-reads post* nope, at no time did I excuse this kid's actions. The point I was making (since you appear to fail at reading comprehension) is that swatting wouldn't exist if not for a relatively easy to exploit system. Sure, this little psychopath found other ways to inflict misery on others (hence the use of "little assholes") but the fact remains that something needs to be changed WRT griefing by police.
I suspect that it won't be the police that reform it, either. Swatting gives them a good excuse to use all that military equipment.
I do think that there are other side conversations about the militarization of SWAT teams that can be had as well, but that's not the focus of this story.
Correct, but the militarization of SWAT and police in general SHOULD be the focus of the story. These little assholes wouldn't be swatting if it didn't evoke such a massive response from police.