Really? You think posting the whole thing on PA's website was douchy? How are we, as consumers, supposed to defend ourselves and punish companies for stupid shit? Do you think it was okay what he did and there shouldn't be repercussions? If you think there should be repercussions, what would you do in his place?
Ten Years- theft of any estate by an executor/administrator. Theft by a public servant of government property, Forgery. Injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section 22.04, Penal Code; Sexual assault, unless there is DNA evidence or if the victim is under 18. Arson;
Seven Years
misapplication of fiduciary property or property of a financial institution;securing execution of document by deception; or certain Tax Code violations
Five Years
Theft, burglary, robbery; kidnapping; injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual that is not punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section 22.04, Penal Code; abandoning or endangering a child; or insurance fraud;
and the 22.04 section which, if this was not "serious bodily injury", means only 5 years
(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence, by act or intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly by omission, causes to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual:
(1) serious bodily injury;
(2) serious mental deficiency, impairment, or injury; or
(3) bodily injury.
(e) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) or (2) is a felony of the first degree when the conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly. When the conduct is engaged in recklessly it shall be a felony of the second degree.
(f) An offense under Subsection (a)(3) is a felony of the third degree when the conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly. When the conduct is engaged in recklessly it shall be a state jail felony.
200 petawatts over less than a trillionth of a second isn't that much energy; well, its a lot but not what you seem to think it is. If I did my conversion correctly, it's 0.055556 petawatts? (200 pWh / 3600 / 10^-12 I think)
You should still follow posted speed limits, even if you don't agree with them. Instead of complaining about tickets, run for office or attend government meetings and propose changes.
Damn, you're all semantic crazy-people. Burning fossil fuels + fission + fusion + burning baby tears. I'm more asking that if we COULD replace all our current energy sources with geothermal, what is the net outcome either a net gain or loss of excess heat into the atmosphere and from the stuff beneath our feet (core + mantle + crust)
If we pump heat out faster than it escapes naturally (even from the crust, the heat from the core WILL migrate out and cooling the crust will accelerate the heat transfer from the mantle and, in turn, the crust) there will be consequences. Will it be hundreds of years, thousands, millions? That's all I want to know.
I never said it would be instantaneous. However, if we are looking for long-term solutions, a couple thousand years should be considered in my opinion. (Though, personally, I don't think the human race will survive another couple hundred, but that's another debate.)
I know it only stays in the crust; but the heat from the core will eventually migrate out of the core, into the mantle, then into our geothermal pumps grasp.
I know the latter will eventually happen by burning fossil fuels, too. However, if we have more energy available, we might accelerate it. Would using solar negate that as the heat from the sun would get here regardless? I don't know. The former would also happen eventually but how much faster would wecause it by using millions of megawatts of geothermal a year? Anyway, some maths to back up our completely-fucked-ness (or un-fucked-ness) would be nice.
I've always had two issues with articles on geothermal
1. What happens to the core when we start pumping large amounts of heat out of the core? How long until it cools enough for our magnetic field to collapse enough to be dangerous?
2. What happens to the atmosphere when we pump all that heat from the core into it? How long until the oceans boil?
Since I'm retarded, I posted this elsewhere instead of as a reply, so here it is reposted...
As others have stated, yes, it would probably distort the cost even more. If these rules were to be enacted, a price cap would be necessary which could be based on the average salary of a graduate with that degree. However, my main point was that the government should be helping students pay off their debts instead of helping them get more money they need to pay off.
As others have stated, yes, it would probably distort the cost even more. If these rules were to be enacted, a price cap would be necessary which could be based on the average salary of a graduate with that degree. However, my main point was that the government should be helping students pay off their debts instead of helping them get more money they need to pay off.
1. Fixed low-rate loan (2-3% even for private loans)
2. Allowed to be paid with pre-tax income (like money put towards retirement etc)
If they want to remove the government's involvement and make it private only, these rules should still be added. We should be helping student's get through school to make this country a better place.
It's a bait and switch because the channels nobody wants to pay for will now be bundled with the "required to support" channels and the base price for service will probably remain close to the same so that tier you used to pay $15 for will instead be split up into premium groups and all the cruft that was bundled in that tier will be moved to the base plan and it will still get subsidized. If I didn't want the cruft (ie. I want to choose which channels I get in the base plan as well) I have no choice here either. I don't particularly like paying for Disney, Lifetime, CNN, etc but they'll probably be a part of the base plan and I'd have no say in subsidizing them.
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Really? You think posting the whole thing on PA's website was douchy? How are we, as consumers, supposed to defend ourselves and punish companies for stupid shit? Do you think it was okay what he did and there shouldn't be repercussions? If you think there should be repercussions, what would you do in his place?
What about my docked phone that is playing music? Can I even have it running? Is pressing "next" equal to hitting your in-car stereo's next button?
I completely agree with not allowing non-hands-free talking and especially with texting, but all electronic usage is a bit vague...
I purposefully leave ads on when I'm logged in so I can help out /. in my own small little way.
Damn, 19 miles from me; I might have to check it out.
No, we'd go to war once a month and then cry about it a few days later (not actually serious, )
Ten Years- theft of any estate by an executor/administrator. Theft by a public servant of government property, Forgery. Injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section 22.04, Penal Code; Sexual assault, unless there is DNA evidence or if the victim is under 18. Arson;
Seven Years
misapplication of fiduciary property or property of a financial institution;securing execution of document by deception; or certain Tax Code violations
Five Years
Theft, burglary, robbery; kidnapping; injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual that is not punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section 22.04, Penal Code; abandoning or endangering a child; or insurance fraud;
and the 22.04 section which, if this was not "serious bodily injury", means only 5 years
http://www.bakers-legal-pages.com/pc/2204.htm
(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence, by act or intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly by omission, causes to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual:
(1) serious bodily injury;
(2) serious mental deficiency, impairment, or injury; or
(3) bodily injury.
(e) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) or (2) is a felony of the first degree when the conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly. When the conduct is engaged in recklessly it shall be a felony of the second degree.
(f) An offense under Subsection (a)(3) is a felony of the third degree when the conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly. When the conduct is engaged in recklessly it shall be a state jail felony.
I knew it didn't seem quite right; thanks for the fix.
200 petawatts over less than a trillionth of a second isn't that much energy; well, its a lot but not what you seem to think it is. If I did my conversion correctly, it's 0.055556 petawatts? (200 pWh / 3600 / 10^-12 I think)
You should still follow posted speed limits, even if you don't agree with them. Instead of complaining about tickets, run for office or attend government meetings and propose changes.
How about you just don't speed, you jack-off...
I was thinking the same thing; why should Google care if something is optimized for Opera? They have their own web browser to optimize for.
Damn, you're all semantic crazy-people. Burning fossil fuels + fission + fusion + burning baby tears. I'm more asking that if we COULD replace all our current energy sources with geothermal, what is the net outcome either a net gain or loss of excess heat into the atmosphere and from the stuff beneath our feet (core + mantle + crust)
I just want to see someone do the math and prove it.
If we pump heat out faster than it escapes naturally (even from the crust, the heat from the core WILL migrate out and cooling the crust will accelerate the heat transfer from the mantle and, in turn, the crust) there will be consequences. Will it be hundreds of years, thousands, millions? That's all I want to know.
I never said it would be instantaneous. However, if we are looking for long-term solutions, a couple thousand years should be considered in my opinion. (Though, personally, I don't think the human race will survive another couple hundred, but that's another debate.)
I know it only stays in the crust; but the heat from the core will eventually migrate out of the core, into the mantle, then into our geothermal pumps grasp.
I know the latter will eventually happen by burning fossil fuels, too. However, if we have more energy available, we might accelerate it. Would using solar negate that as the heat from the sun would get here regardless? I don't know. The former would also happen eventually but how much faster would wecause it by using millions of megawatts of geothermal a year? Anyway, some maths to back up our completely-fucked-ness (or un-fucked-ness) would be nice.
I've always had two issues with articles on geothermal
1. What happens to the core when we start pumping large amounts of heat out of the core? How long until it cools enough for our magnetic field to collapse enough to be dangerous?
2. What happens to the atmosphere when we pump all that heat from the core into it? How long until the oceans boil?
Seems like very important questions to me...
Just interest? It should be the whole loan; that's my issue with it (and yes, I do deduct interest from income)
bleh, posted in the wrong spot; don't mod this one up, please
Since I'm retarded, I posted this elsewhere instead of as a reply, so here it is reposted...
As others have stated, yes, it would probably distort the cost even more. If these rules were to be enacted, a price cap would be necessary which could be based on the average salary of a graduate with that degree. However, my main point was that the government should be helping students pay off their debts instead of helping them get more money they need to pay off.
As others have stated, yes, it would probably distort the cost even more. If these rules were to be enacted, a price cap would be necessary which could be based on the average salary of a graduate with that degree. However, my main point was that the government should be helping students pay off their debts instead of helping them get more money they need to pay off.
Student Loans should include two things:
1. Fixed low-rate loan (2-3% even for private loans)
2. Allowed to be paid with pre-tax income (like money put towards retirement etc)
If they want to remove the government's involvement and make it private only, these rules should still be added. We should be helping student's get through school to make this country a better place.
It's a bait and switch because the channels nobody wants to pay for will now be bundled with the "required to support" channels and the base price for service will probably remain close to the same so that tier you used to pay $15 for will instead be split up into premium groups and all the cruft that was bundled in that tier will be moved to the base plan and it will still get subsidized. If I didn't want the cruft (ie. I want to choose which channels I get in the base plan as well) I have no choice here either. I don't particularly like paying for Disney, Lifetime, CNN, etc but they'll probably be a part of the base plan and I'd have no say in subsidizing them.
I didn't ignore it; I was 13...