Reading your comment and Dave's comment, and I know nothing of either of you... I have to say his is better. Oh yes, take a shit on the world order is now our marching orders of the day? When someone starts blathering on about overthrow-ish intentions as lip service, without even beginning to offer an acknowledgement of the dangers of such a move, I generally ignore them. But you're AC, so I'd be ignoring half the posts. Sigh.
oh! you meant enough to feed the bacteria calculating in the population increase. I thought you meant at the start, enough to feed the bacteria you started with...
I agree. I've got tons of photos on Flickr, and there are some amazing photographers that post there as well. It's not uncommon for me to see people I've "friended" posting their photos, then seeing them in magazines a few months later.
The biggest problem isn't a false partisanship, or equality on these. The biggest problem is ( and I say this after following politifact and fact-check for about five years now) that EVERYTHING stated in a debate/political speech is at best a huge bending of the truth, and at worse, and outright lie. You get so glazed over from BOTH sides consistently never telling the truth.
Government by lottery. I'm not joking. Pick names out of a hat, make sure there are always odd numbers, and let it go. Why not three presidents. If one is a kook, the other two will balance. The response I always get is "but what if you choose a crazy wacko", to which I reply "the current system filters FOR those types already"
I always wondered who was matching me for this on the other side of the political aisle. Did you manage to get any bumper stickers out of it? I've got three "I Am not a Repbulican" ones so far. They just keep sending them... Wait, I did once donate 4 cents in an envelope too. if you really wanna have fun, and have some time on your hands, fill out the forms like you're a five year old, or mentally deficient.
I would add a caveat. Most logical people are generally willing to pay taxes ( and I count myself, a generally harsh anti-tax advocate, in this group) to advance science and the public good if they had any sort of guarantee that it wouldn't simply be wasted/given to some connected group or individual/pumped into a slush fund. As an example, my father, a retired aerospace engineer, has weekly lunches with a group of retired cops/firemen/civil servants. My father's around 70, they're around 60. Guess who takes four vacations a year paid by pensions, and who doesn't. I'll give you a hint, it's not the engineer.
Why are you idealistically fighting this so hard? It's an established fact, whether you choose to accept it, that dressing "better" creates better reception among the intended audience. Especially if you're dressing to their perception of appropriate. Jeez, you can admit that and not be selling out or anything.
I live near that thing, and trust me, most of the concern is blown WAY out of proportion. That particular reactor was a test reactor, not for general power generation. There's a guy who routinely advertises in the local paper about how he can help you fill out paperwork to get money from various people for living in the area. I also had a nurse one time tell me that everyone in her neighborhood ( waaaaay over on the other side of town) was getting cancer RIGHT NOW because of it. And how she avoids driving on the freeway, going another hour out of her way ( the freeway is probably 3 miles as the crow flies from the facility). Specs for soil cleanup are also requiring the soil to be cleaner than normal soil on the area. They played with Big Toys up there during the space race, that reactor was one of them.
Solar, even in the desert: people complain about the local flora and fauna. Geothermal: people complain that you're creating earthquakes. Hydro: Dams are Satan's tools. Wind: It's killing the BIRDS!
I have friends I argue with incessantly about these things, who seem to have the odd idea that a solar panel on your roof will power your entire house and everything in it, all day long
I am more than willing to bet that somewhere, in your life, is a habit that would be considered unhealthy, embarrassing, or simply not perfect. Mellow out dude.Everyone likes to relax in different ways.
I had the same experience pseudo backpacking it there back in 2001- everyone was fairly decent, even had a few bakers laugh at my crappy french and tell me that English was fine.. The rudest people I ran into were a group of University of California, Berkeley students sitting in our hostel loudly complaining about how loud and rude the french were.
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Reading your comment and Dave's comment, and I know nothing of either of you... I have to say his is better.
Oh yes, take a shit on the world order is now our marching orders of the day?
When someone starts blathering on about overthrow-ish intentions as lip service, without even beginning to offer an acknowledgement of the dangers of such a move, I generally ignore them.
But you're AC, so I'd be ignoring half the posts. Sigh.
You mean beyond that fact that it's absolutely disgusting?
wow, Google. Bravo!
I also found some sources on Google. They indicated I could increase my penis size by five inches! Tripling it!
wait, the loaf of bread guy doesn't get called on source, but the kidnappings in a South America country does?
oh! you meant enough to feed the bacteria calculating in the population increase. I thought you meant at the start, enough to feed the bacteria you started with...
I agree.
I've got tons of photos on Flickr, and there are some amazing photographers that post there as well.
It's not uncommon for me to see people I've "friended" posting their photos, then seeing them in magazines a few months later.
The biggest problem isn't a false partisanship, or equality on these.
The biggest problem is ( and I say this after following politifact and fact-check for about five years now) that EVERYTHING stated in a debate/political speech is at best a huge bending of the truth, and at worse, and outright lie.
You get so glazed over from BOTH sides consistently never telling the truth.
Wait, your biggest grief with Apple is their lack of accessible laptop cases?
Oddly enough, Chaos often leads to Tyranny, as people tire of chaos and accept the Tyrannical option that emerges.
Government by lottery.
I'm not joking.
Pick names out of a hat, make sure there are always odd numbers, and let it go.
Why not three presidents. If one is a kook, the other two will balance.
The response I always get is "but what if you choose a crazy wacko", to which I reply "the current system filters FOR those types already"
I always wondered who was matching me for this on the other side of the political aisle.
Did you manage to get any bumper stickers out of it?
I've got three "I Am not a Repbulican" ones so far. They just keep sending them...
Wait, I did once donate 4 cents in an envelope too.
if you really wanna have fun, and have some time on your hands, fill out the forms like you're a five year old, or mentally deficient.
I find this option more interesting than the Jurassic Park.
I would add a caveat. Most logical people are generally willing to pay taxes ( and I count myself, a generally harsh anti-tax advocate, in this group) to advance science and the public good if they had any sort of guarantee that it wouldn't simply be wasted/given to some connected group or individual/pumped into a slush fund.
As an example, my father, a retired aerospace engineer, has weekly lunches with a group of retired cops/firemen/civil servants. My father's around 70, they're around 60.
Guess who takes four vacations a year paid by pensions, and who doesn't. I'll give you a hint, it's not the engineer.
I've gotta say, that's a really weak reply. You've gone into hyperbole, and it shows.
How is that racist?
It's as big a mistake to assume all the players involved in politics are stupid and dumb as it is to assume they're intelligent and wise.
Why are you idealistically fighting this so hard?
It's an established fact, whether you choose to accept it, that dressing "better" creates better reception among the intended audience.
Especially if you're dressing to their perception of appropriate.
Jeez, you can admit that and not be selling out or anything.
Hostels are where you meet the girl in the first place...
I live near that thing, and trust me, most of the concern is blown WAY out of proportion. That particular reactor was a test reactor, not for general power generation.
There's a guy who routinely advertises in the local paper about how he can help you fill out paperwork to get money from various people for living in the area.
I also had a nurse one time tell me that everyone in her neighborhood ( waaaaay over on the other side of town) was getting cancer RIGHT NOW because of it. And how she avoids driving on the freeway, going another hour out of her way ( the freeway is probably 3 miles as the crow flies from the facility).
Specs for soil cleanup are also requiring the soil to be cleaner than normal soil on the area.
They played with Big Toys up there during the space race, that reactor was one of them.
Solar, even in the desert: people complain about the local flora and fauna.
Geothermal: people complain that you're creating earthquakes.
Hydro: Dams are Satan's tools.
Wind: It's killing the BIRDS!
I have friends I argue with incessantly about these things, who seem to have the odd idea that a solar panel on your roof will power your entire house and everything in it, all day long
I am more than willing to bet that somewhere, in your life, is a habit that would be considered unhealthy, embarrassing, or simply not perfect.
Mellow out dude.Everyone likes to relax in different ways.
Citation please, other than "In the Bay Area, that's how it is".
I had the same experience pseudo backpacking it there back in 2001- everyone was fairly decent, even had a few bakers laugh at my crappy french and tell me that English was fine.. The rudest people I ran into were a group of University of California, Berkeley students sitting in our hostel loudly complaining about how loud and rude the french were.
you gotta let the insults slide. If every dumbass stereotype on Slashdot gets you upset, you'll either have to stop reading, or be upset all the time.
I agree with you on this. It's actually a pleasant surprise to find yourself wrong, if it's factually proven.