No need for 133t driving skills... paying attention and being prepared to react will keep you out of more situations than you can imagine. There are very few truly unavoidable accidents, no matter how badly the "other guy" drives. Unfortunately, not only is the GP right about driver education in the US, most people have an inflated self-evaluation of their driving skills, focusing on following the rules of the road and keeping four (two, for the cyclists) tires on the road. That's a good start, but doesn't go nearly far enough to protect oneself and other souls in the vehicle.
Of course you can duck heat. Stand in full sun then put up your umbrella/stand under a tree/find shaded area on a sunny day. The air temp is the same in full sun vs full shade, but you aren't exposed to nearly as much radiant energy and feel much cooler.
A possibly more effective solution: Refuse to fly.
YES to that! Some travel is absolutely required but much (most?) is not. Refuse to fly. Write to the airlines and tell them why you aren't flying. Write your congress-people. Tell them you aren't afraid. Tell them to get rid of the TSA. Do something other than continuing to support federal invasions of privacy and useless expenditure of money.
But yes, I always opt out of the damn machines and find it sad that others just file in like sheep.
I find it sad that people bitch about the TSA but keep filing onto planes like sheep.
Do something meaningful to rein the TSA in. Stop flying commercial! As an Alaskan resident, I'm painfully aware that's an inconvenience... it's a six hour drive from here to the next city. It takes 50+ hours of blatant speeding through Canada to reach the Lesser 48. The TSA and the government aren't listening to any of us peons. The airlines will, though, because they need our business. Stop flying through TSA controlled terminals. Contact your airline(s) and tell them you've stopped flying because of the TSA's overreaching search policies. The Feds will listen when the airlines squawk.
Cussin', drinkin' and (seasonally) gold minin' or dog mushin' are full time jobs in Nome. The welcome sign at the Nome airport greets visitors visitors "Welcome to fucking Nome, you cocksuckers".
... drive an average of 10 miles an hour over the limit... spun out before at speed due to bad weather and unavoidable conditions (I've had cars that handle very poorly in the snow) and even then have managed to maintain sufficient control to avoid either traffic or obstacles.... or a mechanical failure.
The only reason you've not had an accident is you've managed to be lucky. Speed is the number one cause of accidents, more so when the roadway is icy/snowy. That you don't reduce your speed *enough* in poor conditions is what created the "unavoidable conditions". What you really mean is you were going too fast, an icy spot caught you unaware and you lost control. A car that handles poorly in snow is a tire issue, a car that loses control is a driver issue. If you won't fix your driving issues, buy some good winter tires and drive like you still have shitty tires. Eventually, your luck is going to run out and someone's going to get hurt.
"Carding" everyone is not (completely) about ensuring everyone in the bar is of drinking age. It's about identifying people of any age with a court ordered ban on alcohol consumption. Typically due to multiple drunk driving or domestic violence convictions. In Alaska, driver's license and state ID card indicate in bold red letters if there's an alcohol restriction in effect. Other states are likely similar.
Actually, the USG not liking someone is exactly why that person might end up in Gitmo. Circumventing the legal system is what makes Gitmo useful to the government.
Did you go to YouCut? Someone is simply putting up their own list of things they'd like to cut. You can "vote" on one of those items -- meaning you can pick one item from their list each week to cut. Vote for or against? No, just a simple vote against. Dialog appears to not be an option -- I couldn't find a "Contact Us" box on YouCut or the parent page. This is pure pandering to the lowest common denominator, complete with YouTube soundbite video from our "leaders". Will farm subsidies, military spending or any of the other very expensive programs show up on any of these weekly lists? Not likely. Frankly, I'm beyond disgusted.
Vatican City is a country - the world's smallest. I've no idea if this is the case, but it could be the Vatican does not recognize copyrights of other countries.
Huh? Sitka is on Baranof Island, none of which is in Canada. All water on Baranof Island is rainwater runoff, 100% of which runs into the the Gulf of Alaska and other Alaskan waters. I'm all for Canadian rights (see Yukon River king fisheries) but don't see how US-Canadian treaties can possibly apply to a rainwater fed island that is independent of Canadian territory.
Maybe in wet, heavy snow that's a problem. Otherwise, the snow either compacts underneath or gets pushed out to the side. I routinely bust deep snow with my minivan.
As for tires? The van with Blizzaks drives past 4x4 pickups spinning their wheels at stop signs/lights all the time. Stopping distances aren't much different from summer driving. You'll hardly notice icy roads with the right set of tires.
More important than the code submitted, regardless of its quality, are the ideas and algorithms expressed in the code. Excellent ideas and algorithms, poorly implemented, can be professionally re-implemented by unimaginative code monkeys.
Why bother with email? A civil fine can be automatically withdrawn directly from a bank account, credit or debit card. Much more convenient for everyone this way.
IIRC, the explosions were used to blow out the fires. After the fire was out, crews could come in and bring the wellhead under control. The wells weren't sealed shut by the explosions.
If altruism is so important to you, buy their patent and release it to the public domain. Or get off your ass and develop a better alternative.
I'm probably more liberal than most, but I don't get why some people think inventions helping poor or deprived people should simply be given away by the developer/inventor. Developers and inventors have to eat, too.
With modern materials and the speed the kite travels, these can probably go quite a while without a surface cleaning.
I'd design this so the entire kite/turbine/generator/cable assembly could be easily disconnnected from the base and replaced with a spare. Send the dirties to a Chinese laundry.
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$14000 buys an awful lot of gas.
And scratches a lot of itch.
That worked great--if you had a connection to the Internet. In Slackware's heyday, not a lot of people did.
Waddya mean by that? Slackware is still in its heyday!
Everyone who puts their entire focus on driving is either OCD or driving WAY too fast for conditions.
No need for 133t driving skills ... paying attention and being prepared to react will keep you out of more situations than you can imagine. There are very few truly unavoidable accidents, no matter how badly the "other guy" drives. Unfortunately, not only is the GP right about driver education in the US, most people have an inflated self-evaluation of their driving skills, focusing on following the rules of the road and keeping four (two, for the cyclists) tires on the road. That's a good start, but doesn't go nearly far enough to protect oneself and other souls in the vehicle.
Of course you can duck heat. Stand in full sun then put up your umbrella/stand under a tree/find shaded area on a sunny day. The air temp is the same in full sun vs full shade, but you aren't exposed to nearly as much radiant energy and feel much cooler.
Bartering lets you end-run the tax man.
Learning to program offers much more to kids than the possibility of a future job.
I'm 50+ so am with you on the old guy part. And with no kids for exactly the reason you described. I wouldn't want to leave kids in this future.
A possibly more effective solution: Refuse to fly.
YES to that! Some travel is absolutely required but much (most?) is not. Refuse to fly. Write to the airlines and tell them why you aren't flying. Write your congress-people. Tell them you aren't afraid. Tell them to get rid of the TSA. Do something other than continuing to support federal invasions of privacy and useless expenditure of money.
I care ... and don't understand why you don't/can't/won't
But yes, I always opt out of the damn machines and find it sad that others just file in like sheep.
I find it sad that people bitch about the TSA but keep filing onto planes like sheep.
Do something meaningful to rein the TSA in. Stop flying commercial! As an Alaskan resident, I'm painfully aware that's an inconvenience ... it's a six hour drive from here to the next city. It takes 50+ hours of blatant speeding through Canada to reach the Lesser 48. The TSA and the government aren't listening to any of us peons. The airlines will, though, because they need our business. Stop flying through TSA controlled terminals. Contact your airline(s) and tell them you've stopped flying because of the TSA's overreaching search policies. The Feds will listen when the airlines squawk.
Cussin', drinkin' and (seasonally) gold minin' or dog mushin' are full time jobs in Nome. The welcome sign at the Nome airport greets visitors visitors "Welcome to fucking Nome, you cocksuckers".
... drive an average of 10 miles an hour over the limit ... spun out before at speed due to bad weather and unavoidable conditions (I've had cars that handle very poorly in the snow) and even then have managed to maintain sufficient control to avoid either traffic or obstacles. ... or a mechanical failure.
The only reason you've not had an accident is you've managed to be lucky. Speed is the number one cause of accidents, more so when the roadway is icy/snowy. That you don't reduce your speed *enough* in poor conditions is what created the "unavoidable conditions". What you really mean is you were going too fast, an icy spot caught you unaware and you lost control. A car that handles poorly in snow is a tire issue, a car that loses control is a driver issue. If you won't fix your driving issues, buy some good winter tires and drive like you still have shitty tires. Eventually, your luck is going to run out and someone's going to get hurt.
"Carding" everyone is not (completely) about ensuring everyone in the bar is of drinking age. It's about identifying people of any age with a court ordered ban on alcohol consumption. Typically due to multiple drunk driving or domestic violence convictions. In Alaska, driver's license and state ID card indicate in bold red letters if there's an alcohol restriction in effect. Other states are likely similar.
Actually, the USG not liking someone is exactly why that person might end up in Gitmo. Circumventing the legal system is what makes Gitmo useful to the government.
Did you go to YouCut? Someone is simply putting up their own list of things they'd like to cut. You can "vote" on one of those items -- meaning you can pick one item from their list each week to cut. Vote for or against? No, just a simple vote against. Dialog appears to not be an option -- I couldn't find a "Contact Us" box on YouCut or the parent page. This is pure pandering to the lowest common denominator, complete with YouTube soundbite video from our "leaders". Will farm subsidies, military spending or any of the other very expensive programs show up on any of these weekly lists? Not likely. Frankly, I'm beyond disgusted.
Vatican City is a country - the world's smallest. I've no idea if this is the case, but it could be the Vatican does not recognize copyrights of other countries.
Huh? Sitka is on Baranof Island, none of which is in Canada. All water on Baranof Island is rainwater runoff, 100% of which runs into the the Gulf of Alaska and other Alaskan waters. I'm all for Canadian rights (see Yukon River king fisheries) but don't see how US-Canadian treaties can possibly apply to a rainwater fed island that is independent of Canadian territory.
200 million North Americans would need to be buried
Driving the housing market even lower.
As for tires? The van with Blizzaks drives past 4x4 pickups spinning their wheels at stop signs/lights all the time. Stopping distances aren't much different from summer driving. You'll hardly notice icy roads with the right set of tires.
More important than the code submitted, regardless of its quality, are the ideas and algorithms expressed in the code. Excellent ideas and algorithms, poorly implemented, can be professionally re-implemented by unimaginative code monkeys.
Why bother with email? A civil fine can be automatically withdrawn directly from a bank account, credit or debit card. Much more convenient for everyone this way.
IIRC, the explosions were used to blow out the fires. After the fire was out, crews could come in and bring the wellhead under control. The wells weren't sealed shut by the explosions.
If altruism is so important to you, buy their patent and release it to the public domain. Or get off your ass and develop a better alternative.
I'm probably more liberal than most, but I don't get why some people think inventions helping poor or deprived people should simply be given away by the developer/inventor. Developers and inventors have to eat, too.
With modern materials and the speed the kite travels, these can probably go quite a while without a surface cleaning.
I'd design this so the entire kite/turbine/generator/cable assembly could be easily disconnnected from the base and replaced with a spare. Send the dirties to a Chinese laundry.