solar could maybe provide 10% of our needs at most. it can't supply base load, which is something nuclear can do very well. don't tell the tree huggers that though, they want to continue to live in their dream world.
I keep thinking the same thing. why does MS really need yahoo? what kind of return do they think they will get? 40 billion could certainly do better else where. if it were me and google was my aim, i'd simply use the 40 billion to steal employee's off google and get them to inject The Right Stuff tm into MSN.
why do you want everyone to stay working class? why not raise up your society to the level where their intellect itself is valuable? people were saying the exact same nonsense when america off shored it's manufacturing and the sky hasn't fallen.
notice i didn't say a word about money, i talked about value.
most company's don't care if they pay you a high salary as long as your worth it. if they can get the same value out of someone else for 1/300th the price then they will and i can't say i'd blame them.
No, they don't have a RIGHT to it. they have to keep on earning their value. if they can't provide something valuable to the company then someone else who can should get the job. this is exactly what is going to happen with the companies products in the market, i don't know what makes you think peoples jobs are insulated against this.
like so many other people today, you constantly think you have a right to things that you don't. sadly this dilutes real human rights like free speech etc.
"american investment giving rise to everything that makes the modern age modern"
what a load. their are many reasons america is so dominate right now, not the least of which is the fact they kept out of the world wars until the last minute. this meant they were the only ones with capital left to industrialise with later.
if he was a real go getter i could see him in a junior role or an assistant manager at most, but really in a firm that big he can't possibly have enough background. it's not a judgement on his skill, it's just that 25 years isn't nearly enough time to experience all that he needs to. I work for a billion dollar company, i'm older than he is and i've only just pushed my way into managing a small team of 6. not for lack of skill - i'm well respected in the company for my work - but because there is so much more to learn.
nonsense. there is no proven link between current food preservation and obesity. in all your ranting, why didn't you target the organic food producers? what you think they DON'T want to sell you their own over priced food? fructose and dextrose are naturally occuring sugars you nob.
it's not always about eating which is the mistake people like you make. i've gained about 20kgs in the last 7 years entirely due to my job which forces me to sit on my arse for 12 hours a day, after which i'm totally fried and hardly have the energy to drag myself home (which i'm steadily getting rid of now due to a job change).
a typical days food for me is yogurt and fruit for breakfast, roast chicken with veggies either with rice or bread, for dinner it's a varity but it'll consist of 3/4 a plate of veg and 1/4 meat or pasta. the serving sizes of these are very morderate as well (1/2 what you'd get if you ate out).
this is exactly what i ate as a 20yo and gained no weight. the key problem is we sit on our ass too long and work too hard so that we are too tired to use the free time we do have. another issue is sleep and not getting enough of it.
so you see food is really only a very small part of the problem.
no one is allergic to water, it's like these people who claim to be "chemical sensitive" - it's a load of bullshit, EVERYTHING is a chemical. If you were allergic to water you'd be still born.
allergic to something in the water i could buy, but not the H2O itself.
they also lack the iron requirement which is why they all lock skinny,slickly and pale. but you just said it good sir "Meat/protein is good for long term muscle building" which basicly confirmed my point.
vegan diets are NOT healthy, in addition to lacking iron they lack calcium which will weaken their bones and will mean us fatties can crush them even easier.
I can eat my cheese burger in the same room as you and it won't have the slightest impact on you. the same can't be said for your smoking. Not everyone gets addicted to cheese burgers, but everyone who smokes ends up addicted. I can eat a cheese burger now and then and it does me no harm, where there's no such thing as a harmless smoke
your an idiot if you think pasteurized milk is worse for you than unpasteurized. do you know how many people died from food poisoning before the advent of modern food safety? i want to see the scientific evidence of your claims. don't link me to one of your vegan websites or it's an instant fail.
unlikely, due to their shape skinny people stack better therefore we can farm them at a higher density and store them better. our vegan buddies will also tire faster and become easy pickings since they avoid high energy foods.
it's rubbish because it assumes people who are fat are that way because they eat more.
this is just plain wrong, it's usually WHAT they eat not how much, and it's also about exercise. all this proves is that some people will find a way to link anything to global warming in order to try get grant money.
duh, pc's and screens were large and bulky in the 70's and 80's. what are you going to carry that 10kg PC around to use it's touch screen? a keyboard and mouse are still a way better interface for most things.
bullcrap. my best mate is a cop and he dreads pulling his taser because it means staying back 3 hours after work filling out a report and taking statements.
Do you have any idea of the paper work and investigations that get done everytime a cop pulls his taser? they don't ever do it unless the alternative is dangerous to them or the suspect. the other thing you people NEVER bring into the equation is how many lives/injuries tasers have PREVENTED. if you had any idea how dangerous it is to use pyshical force to restrain someone you'd realise tasers are far safer.
yes tasers suck to get hit with just like pepper spray, but i'd take being hit with a taser over 6 cops piling on to me to pin me down any day.
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solar could maybe provide 10% of our needs at most. it can't supply base load, which is something nuclear can do very well. don't tell the tree huggers that though, they want to continue to live in their dream world.
because solar thermal is even more of a joke than PV is....
I keep thinking the same thing. why does MS really need yahoo? what kind of return do they think they will get? 40 billion could certainly do better else where. if it were me and google was my aim, i'd simply use the 40 billion to steal employee's off google and get them to inject The Right Stuff tm into MSN.
i'm talking in general. the specific's of this article don't interest me at all.
why do you want everyone to stay working class? why not raise up your society to the level where their intellect itself is valuable? people were saying the exact same nonsense when america off shored it's manufacturing and the sky hasn't fallen.
most company's don't care if they pay you a high salary as long as your worth it. if they can get the same value out of someone else for 1/300th the price then they will and i can't say i'd blame them.
No, they don't have a RIGHT to it. they have to keep on earning their value. if they can't provide something valuable to the company then someone else who can should get the job. this is exactly what is going to happen with the companies products in the market, i don't know what makes you think peoples jobs are insulated against this.
like so many other people today, you constantly think you have a right to things that you don't. sadly this dilutes real human rights like free speech etc.
"american investment giving rise to everything that makes the modern age modern"
what a load. their are many reasons america is so dominate right now, not the least of which is the fact they kept out of the world wars until the last minute. this meant they were the only ones with capital left to industrialise with later.
if he was a real go getter i could see him in a junior role or an assistant manager at most, but really in a firm that big he can't possibly have enough background. it's not a judgement on his skill, it's just that 25 years isn't nearly enough time to experience all that he needs to. I work for a billion dollar company, i'm older than he is and i've only just pushed my way into managing a small team of 6. not for lack of skill - i'm well respected in the company for my work - but because there is so much more to learn.
what you think american's have more rights to a job than a chinese person, yet you are claiming the moral high ground? yeah right....
you do realise somewhere along the line someone has to be the experimental patient, right?
nonsense. there is no proven link between current food preservation and obesity. in all your ranting, why didn't you target the organic food producers? what you think they DON'T want to sell you their own over priced food? fructose and dextrose are naturally occuring sugars you nob.
a typical days food for me is yogurt and fruit for breakfast, roast chicken with veggies either with rice or bread, for dinner it's a varity but it'll consist of 3/4 a plate of veg and 1/4 meat or pasta. the serving sizes of these are very morderate as well (1/2 what you'd get if you ate out).
this is exactly what i ate as a 20yo and gained no weight. the key problem is we sit on our ass too long and work too hard so that we are too tired to use the free time we do have. another issue is sleep and not getting enough of it.
so you see food is really only a very small part of the problem.
got any proof of that smartass?
allergic to something in the water i could buy, but not the H2O itself.
vegan diets are NOT healthy, in addition to lacking iron they lack calcium which will weaken their bones and will mean us fatties can crush them even easier.
3 very good reasons it's being cracked down on.
skinny isn't a measure of good health either. blood pressure and cholesterol are far more important than body fat.
your an idiot if you think pasteurized milk is worse for you than unpasteurized. do you know how many people died from food poisoning before the advent of modern food safety? i want to see the scientific evidence of your claims. don't link me to one of your vegan websites or it's an instant fail.
let me guess, you were the fat kid at school who got picked on and now you have a real complex? go ahead and deny it, it just makes me right.
unlikely, due to their shape skinny people stack better therefore we can farm them at a higher density and store them better. our vegan buddies will also tire faster and become easy pickings since they avoid high energy foods.
this is just plain wrong, it's usually WHAT they eat not how much, and it's also about exercise. all this proves is that some people will find a way to link anything to global warming in order to try get grant money.
this has to be the most braindead post on /. ever.
bullcrap. my best mate is a cop and he dreads pulling his taser because it means staying back 3 hours after work filling out a report and taking statements.
yes tasers suck to get hit with just like pepper spray, but i'd take being hit with a taser over 6 cops piling on to me to pin me down any day.
why the fuck do some people insist on calling it the $100 laptop? did they not pass grade school maths?