Everything in the world builds on what came before. However, the work involved in creating a novel is creative and considerable. I know; I've finished three (not published, as yet) and am working on a fourth. Friends and family might have some input, but the author has the last word and has to make the final decision. And, more often than not, that's a single person, not a team.
I'm only guessing here, but I think he means that the "technical definition" of property is "real property." That is, land. He's ignoring that other class of property, "personal property," which includes everything else that can be owned.
(it's so rare that something is produced by one person that it may as well be discounted),
Really? I suggest you go down to your local book store and look at the spines of the books. By far, the majority will list exactly one person as the author.
Face it: all too many of the moderators here use Troll, Flamebait, Offtopic and Redundant to censor posts they disagree with. I meta-mod at least once a day, and always mark things like that Unfair.
This has nothing to do with censorship. If he had registered his domain in Europe, there'd be no problem. Nobody would be trying to prevent people in America from viewing his site. Personally, I think it was stupid to embargo the domain, but let's not use the straw man of censorship to show our disapproval.
It's not exactly a secret. As I've said, anybody can work it out for themselves the same way my friend did. I just didn't want to spell ii out openly so that kids who didn't know how to work it out wouldn't find out. I figure that if they know enough to follow my hints, they probably know enough to be fairly careful about it.
Sure, I'll share, but only by telling you how he worked it out. He noticed that the reaction heat went up as the atomic weight of the oxide did, and looked at the next element in the same family as iron.
Nope! His concoction isn't useful partially because it's too toxic (not always important in a military application) and partially because thermite's already hot enough for what they need. Not being a chemist, I doubt he's ever published, although what I said in my original post is probably enough to let a chemist figure it out.
A friend of mine likes to tell the story of how when he was in high school chemistry, he did a little bit of studying of the periodic chart and found a variation of thermite that was much worse. With the instructor's approval, they made up about a teaspoon of the stuff. Then, the instructor (who really should have known better) put it on a lab bench on an asbestos pad and lit it off. Not only did it scorch the bench, it scorched the ceiling! And no, I'm not going to tell you what they substituted for the iron oxide; not only is this stuff dangerous, the byproducts are, and that should be enough for you to figure it out for yourself.
No. My point was that where I live, we don't need to have garbage trucks going around almost every, single day to get rid of the stuff. We only need to have the trash removed, and once a week's enough to keep on top of that. However, this whole part of the discussion has gotten a tad off-topic by now, hasn't it?
Who said anything about buying things you don't need, or more than you can use just because it's on sale? If there are several markets within convenient shopping distance, you can often save more than the cost of gas by buying different parts of your shopping list at different stores. Also, you can sometimes find things you like on sale that normally cost more than you want to pay, such as asparagus, avocados, some of the fancier cuts of meat and so on. If you don't read the ads, you'll probably never know unless you're in the habit of pricing things like that every time you shop.
As far as your last comment goes, you couldn't possibly be more wrong. Businesses advertise because it brings in more money than it costs. If they didn't advertise, business would drop and they'd have to raise prices. I know; my father worked in grocery markets as a manager, and I learned how such things work from the inside.
I would have no problem with garbage collection going to once a week,
I doubt that the average American would agree with you, but can't prove it. Personally, I live in an area where the infrastructure is modern enough that garbage goes down the drain, and doesn't have to be picked up.
In the five years I've been getting my meds from the VA this way, it's not happened once. If you can't come up with a better argument than that, give up.
How are supermarket ads useful to anyone except someone who doesn't know the supermarket exists?
You can also find out what's on sale at which chain. Knowing in advance which store has the best price can save you quite a bit of money in the long run, but I guess you're not interested in that.
No, we don't have unlimited resources, but we do have far more than we need. Cutting back on services like this is a false economy, because it encourages people to start cutting back on other things as well. Sooner or later, they start cutting back on essential services, and probably sooner.
A slight misunderstanding, here. I was talking about why I don't get my appointments by email. In the long run, however, I still think cutting back mail deliveries to once or twice a week isn't a good idea on general principles.
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Thank you. However, I was referring to the OP, not to TFA.
Everything in the world builds on what came before. However, the work involved in creating a novel is creative and considerable. I know; I've finished three (not published, as yet) and am working on a fourth. Friends and family might have some input, but the author has the last word and has to make the final decision. And, more often than not, that's a single person, not a team.
I'm only guessing here, but I think he means that the "technical definition" of property is "real property." That is, land. He's ignoring that other class of property, "personal property," which includes everything else that can be owned.
Really? I suggest you go down to your local book store and look at the spines of the books. By far, the majority will list exactly one person as the author.
Face it: all too many of the moderators here use Troll, Flamebait, Offtopic and Redundant to censor posts they disagree with. I meta-mod at least once a day, and always mark things like that Unfair.
This has nothing to do with censorship. If he had registered his domain in Europe, there'd be no problem. Nobody would be trying to prevent people in America from viewing his site. Personally, I think it was stupid to embargo the domain, but let's not use the straw man of censorship to show our disapproval.
Exactly. No savings in energy whatsoever. And yet, people keep pushing DST on us because it will save energy. Makes you think, doesn't it?
And how much daylight do you save in winter? How much energy?
Not only that, the ping times will be a tad longer than normal. I know I wouldn't want to be up there playing WoW, that's for sure!
By my standards, you're still a kid! I'm 58 and I'm still not old enough to be a fogey!
It's not exactly a secret. As I've said, anybody can work it out for themselves the same way my friend did. I just didn't want to spell ii out openly so that kids who didn't know how to work it out wouldn't find out. I figure that if they know enough to follow my hints, they probably know enough to be fairly careful about it.
No additional oxidizers. Just powdered aluminum and yrnq bkvqr. Nothing else.
Sure, I'll share, but only by telling you how he worked it out. He noticed that the reaction heat went up as the atomic weight of the oxide did, and looked at the next element in the same family as iron.
Nope! His concoction isn't useful partially because it's too toxic (not always important in a military application) and partially because thermite's already hot enough for what they need. Not being a chemist, I doubt he's ever published, although what I said in my original post is probably enough to let a chemist figure it out.
No, my friend's story is true. There are several reasons this concoction isn't used, and the toxicity of the byproducts is only one.
A friend of mine likes to tell the story of how when he was in high school chemistry, he did a little bit of studying of the periodic chart and found a variation of thermite that was much worse. With the instructor's approval, they made up about a teaspoon of the stuff. Then, the instructor (who really should have known better) put it on a lab bench on an asbestos pad and lit it off. Not only did it scorch the bench, it scorched the ceiling! And no, I'm not going to tell you what they substituted for the iron oxide; not only is this stuff dangerous, the byproducts are, and that should be enough for you to figure it out for yourself.
Of course it is. I've been using a trackball for over a decade now. Wouldn't go back to a rodent for my home computer if you paid me.
No. My point was that where I live, we don't need to have garbage trucks going around almost every, single day to get rid of the stuff. We only need to have the trash removed, and once a week's enough to keep on top of that. However, this whole part of the discussion has gotten a tad off-topic by now, hasn't it?
As far as your last comment goes, you couldn't possibly be more wrong. Businesses advertise because it brings in more money than it costs. If they didn't advertise, business would drop and they'd have to raise prices. I know; my father worked in grocery markets as a manager, and I learned how such things work from the inside.
I doubt that the average American would agree with you, but can't prove it. Personally, I live in an area where the infrastructure is modern enough that garbage goes down the drain, and doesn't have to be picked up.
In the five years I've been getting my meds from the VA this way, it's not happened once. If you can't come up with a better argument than that, give up.
You can also find out what's on sale at which chain. Knowing in advance which store has the best price can save you quite a bit of money in the long run, but I guess you're not interested in that.
By essential services, I mean such things as sanitation services. Would you prefer that we collected trash/garbage only once a month?
No, we don't have unlimited resources, but we do have far more than we need. Cutting back on services like this is a false economy, because it encourages people to start cutting back on other things as well. Sooner or later, they start cutting back on essential services, and probably sooner.
A slight misunderstanding, here. I was talking about why I don't get my appointments by email. In the long run, however, I still think cutting back mail deliveries to once or twice a week isn't a good idea on general principles.