To save other not-quite-geek-enoughs from googling:
Star Wars Galaxies (abbv. SWG) is a Star Wars themed MMORPG (online computer game) for Microsoft Windows developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts.
That's too obvious. There must be something wrong with it. I know - it will make people cheat the tax system by getting more fuel-efficient cars. Terrible idea.
So long as 3G providers continue to charge $50/month on top of already overpriced voice plans and cap data usage at 5 GB/month,
They do? I pay A$5, plus 1.5c/MB. Why is the US market so averse to pay-for-what-you-use? A few hundred MB / month gets me lots of email, web, VoIP, navigation. OK, not a lot of high-def you-tube clips or Linux upgrades, but you don't need that when mobile.
3G is no substitute for a proper data pipe.
At 2Mbps real (up to 14 on new standards) it is faster than most public wifi that I have seen, and faster than ADSL in many places. Maybe it is just your local network that is slow and expensive?
Ok, then call an Irishman "British," because Ireland is in the British Isles.
Well, the Irishman is British. What is your point? He even speaks English. In the same way a Taiwanese is Chinese. A simple war over religion and politics does not change the culture of the people.
effectively being the largest human built construct on the planet (save for the wall of china perhaps)
The Great Wall is long since in ruins and pales in comparison to the Great Rabbit-Proof Fence of Australia, which I'm told is visible from the moon, after a few Fosters.
What's the point? There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly how cellphone plans compare, they will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
I'd ask why the 1.2kW motor, if it only goes 20km/hr ? A standard 200W electric bike will do the same speed while remaining street-legal. (exact legal power varies with where you live.)
> An ordinary person on a bicycle can go faster than that on a bicycle without breaking a sweat.
In many places yes, but many other places have high humidity in summer.
> Wild-caught fish live in a completely natural state until they are caught.
That makes sense. Do you eat other wild meat, like game birds, wild venison? Kangaroo meat is widely available here, but few eat it despite it being healthier, and without the ethical and environmental issues of farming.
Germany and Poland also doesn't have very remote locations either.
We like to whine about our mobile service in Australia, but the idea of smartphones overloading the 3G network is ludicrous. If it gets slow, its because of all the PCs and home networks with 3G modems.
Several of our cities are more than one hundred years old! And you know about the remoteness, right?
from http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/rates/index.html I read 0.83% 2-year yield. The 2.5% figure is for federal 'Inflation Indexed Treasury', whatever that is:-) The US economy is all voodoo to me.
Still less than 1% for 2-year AAA. Of course its the 10-20 year bond rates that count for this project, and it would have to be federally backed. e.g. 2.5%pa over inflation over 14 years is a factor of 1.4. So spending $1 now, is like $1.40 in 14 years on resurfacing.
But its totally beyond me how can US interest rates be so low, with the county haemorrhaging $2billion/day in oil imports. Its either some desperate plan like this, or trade in the SUVs for motor-scooters.
And how many crimes did it create? I heard of one case in Australia where a guy was charged with indecent behaviour in public, when the only people to see him were police watching via CCTV. He may or may not have been masturbating - the video is not that clear. But even if so, the guy was basically homeless, and thought he was alone. Thanks to CCTV he has been charged using laws intended rather differently. I'll bet this will count as a "crime solved by CCTV" if he gets convicted.
What consumer glass tables are more than 4mm thick?
All of them. 4mm is the thinnest glass you will find in a house - e.g. windows, cabinet doors. Coffee tables around here use 5mm, and larger tables are thicker. Unless you mean supported glass, like a mirror or a glass sheet over a wooden table-top.
The first laser picks out imperfections in the surface of a tabletop while the second laser...
Sound familiar? This sounds to me like it could be the start of a Gillette vs Schick style pissing contest, the absurd current state of which was foretold by The Onion.
Let me go on record as predicting Microsoft will bring out a 3-laser mouse within 12 months. With an ergonomic grip and lubricating strips on each end.
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To save other not-quite-geek-enoughs from googling:
Star Wars Galaxies (abbv. SWG) is a Star Wars themed MMORPG (online computer game) for Microsoft Windows developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Galaxies
(isn't this the job of the TFS?)
That's too obvious. There must be something wrong with it. I know - it will make people cheat the tax system by getting more fuel-efficient cars. Terrible idea.
But what about my male roomate that does the same (jump up on a chair/table screaming)?
Unless "roommate" is a euphemism, I'd say its time to reconsider your living arrangements.
So long as 3G providers continue to charge $50/month on top of already overpriced voice plans and cap data usage at 5 GB/month,
They do? I pay A$5, plus 1.5c/MB. Why is the US market so averse to pay-for-what-you-use?
A few hundred MB / month gets me lots of email, web, VoIP, navigation. OK, not a lot of high-def you-tube clips or Linux upgrades, but you don't need that when mobile.
3G is no substitute for a proper data pipe.
At 2Mbps real (up to 14 on new standards) it is faster than most public wifi that I have seen, and faster than ADSL in many places. Maybe it is just your local network that is slow and expensive?
Ok, then call an Irishman "British," because Ireland is in the British Isles.
Well, the Irishman is British. What is your point? He even speaks English.
In the same way a Taiwanese is Chinese.
A simple war over religion and politics does not change the culture of the people.
Innocent of what? No man with a death-sized tattoo of a skull on his arm can be all that innocent.
Minimum wages reduces demand for employees.
Wages reduce demand for employees. By that logic we should abolish wages and have full employment.
Or you may recognise that there are some trade-offs here.
effectively being the largest human built construct on the planet (save for the wall of china perhaps)
The Great Wall is long since in ruins and pales in comparison to the Great Rabbit-Proof Fence of Australia, which I'm told is visible from the moon, after a few Fosters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_proof_fence
What's the point? There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly how cellphone plans compare, they will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
I'd ask why the 1.2kW motor, if it only goes 20km/hr ?
A standard 200W electric bike will do the same speed while remaining street-legal. (exact legal power varies with where you live.)
> An ordinary person on a bicycle can go faster than that on a bicycle without breaking a sweat.
In many places yes, but many other places have high humidity in summer.
A battery that wears out after 1,000 trips and isn't easy to find poses a problem.
Not on a silly novelty bike that nobody is going to ride more than a few dozen times.
> Wild-caught fish live in a completely natural state until they are caught.
That makes sense. Do you eat other wild meat, like game birds, wild venison?
Kangaroo meat is widely available here, but few eat it despite it being healthier, and without the ethical and environmental issues of farming.
Germany and Poland also doesn't have very remote locations either.
We like to whine about our mobile service in Australia, but the idea of smartphones overloading the 3G network is ludicrous.
If it gets slow, its because of all the PCs and home networks with 3G modems.
Several of our cities are more than one hundred years old! And you know about the remoteness, right?
from http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/rates/index.html :-) The US economy is all voodoo to me.
I read 0.83% 2-year yield. The 2.5% figure is for federal 'Inflation Indexed Treasury', whatever that is
try googling the municipal bond rate.
Still less than 1% for 2-year AAA. Of course its the 10-20 year bond rates that count for this project, and it would have to be federally backed.
e.g. 2.5%pa over inflation over 14 years is a factor of 1.4. So spending $1 now, is like $1.40 in 14 years on resurfacing.
But its totally beyond me how can US interest rates be so low, with the county haemorrhaging $2billion/day in oil imports. Its either some desperate plan like this, or trade in the SUVs for motor-scooters.
It seems to assume that an outlay of 3x the money for a road that lasts 3x as long is the same cost as 1x & 1x respectively.
It also makes the silly assumption that interest rates are zero, rather than ...[googling current US interest rates]... oh, I see.
A woman complemented me on my amazing Japanese
Thats nothing. An American complimented me on my English after I told her I was from Australia. Toughen up!
Sure, but how many crimes did it prevent?
And how many crimes did it create? I heard of one case in Australia where a guy was charged with indecent behaviour in public, when the only people to see him were police watching via CCTV.
He may or may not have been masturbating - the video is not that clear. But even if so, the guy was basically homeless, and thought he was alone. Thanks to CCTV he has been charged using laws intended rather differently.
I'll bet this will count as a "crime solved by CCTV" if he gets convicted.
Wikipedia says the US has one of the highest corporate tax rates. Ireland is only 12.5%, making it a corporate tax haven.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_tax_in_the_United_States
What consumer glass tables are more than 4mm thick?
All of them. 4mm is the thinnest glass you will find in a house - e.g. windows, cabinet doors.
Coffee tables around here use 5mm, and larger tables are thicker.
Unless you mean supported glass, like a mirror or a glass sheet over a wooden table-top.
The first laser picks out imperfections in the surface of a tabletop while the second laser...
Sound familiar? This sounds to me like it could be the start of a Gillette vs Schick style pissing contest, the absurd current state of which was foretold by The Onion.
Let me go on record as predicting Microsoft will bring out a 3-laser mouse within 12 months. With an ergonomic grip and lubricating strips on each end.
You might have just used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_that_pi_is_irrational instead. It redirects.
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Looks like a pattern to me.
Even with only one check digit (you can have more) you will quickly identify a batch of bad data.
- just in case anybody else read the headline like I did.
Please submitters, avoid local acronyms, or at least expand them in the body. You can't seriously expect us to RTFA?
BTW, does this mean that US social security numbers lack check digits? That would be just silly.