Coins are more expensive to make (both in material and actual money), are bulkier (this more difficult/expensive to ship) and heavy. So no, paper currency isn't likely to go anywhere.
Of course, flattening a dollar bill on a railroad track isn't NEARLY as impressive.
That said, these guys use dollar coins exclusively I believe: http://www.libertydollar.org/
I wish I had a link, but I recall that the DoD did an experiment for y2k. They used the software fix as an opportunity to replace some only mainframes with newer hardware and software. Then they let these 3 old machines run through the end of the year, unpatched.
A formal agreement between 2 parties... It's not like you and I (both individuals, not companies) can sign a contract that sets rules for other people.
Heh... after the meetings about 40 of us (meetings run 300 or so, more when a big name like Nye speaks) go have dinner. The waitress always asks "are you with the Skeptics?" and the easily amused of us answer: "Maybe..."
True, but consider the fact that economic damage is very real and serious.
If a company (and it's reputation) get sufficiently hurt, it may have to close or fire staff. These folks may lose their homes quite easily, especially if many flood the marketplace due to mass firings.
While it may sound cold, the death of 3000 folks on that day was incidental to the major damage done. The US economy was rebounding, that got stalled. Shipping got more expensive (due to increased security and energy costs). Personal freedom was significantly limited. The US persued a foreign policy that has us potentially overextended.
THESE are the major damage caused by the attacks on 9/11. I'm not dismissing the lives of the dead, but they were all beyond pain and terror within 90 minutes. 3 and a half years later the world is still reeling from the economic effects of that day.
Imagine someone compromises Visa in a major way. Or Bank of America. Ya still think the impact is small?
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I'm no XUL expert, but I believe extensions are effective "overlaid" onto the basic mozilla app at runtime. They do not "become part" of the browser any more than HTML and javascript (which ultimately are client-side widgets) in a webpage do.
That's the whole point... make the pure browser as lean as possible, and allow the user to add in extensions as they need it. Ya want adblock, etc. ? Fine, there's a mechanism to write such tools (XUL) and an easy way to install 'em. There's no good reason to integrate them with the browser itself.
There are a lot of EDUCATED people (nationality is not important) that just like to think they are right.
Like just about everyone. The 'Confirmation Bias' is a characteristic of human psychology.
That said, my problem w/Fox "news" isn't that I disagree with the politics, it's the cheap pandering to the masses.
Example: Just before the invasion of Iraq, most news channels were, reasonably enough (given that most americans at the time, when polled, were against an invasion) discussing the 'should we/shouldn't we' issue. I flipped over to fox news and every commercial break ended with a big animated flag / F-16 / eagle montage and big shiny "Freedom on the March!" banner. C'mon guys... let's try for a semblance of restaint.
I use a unique address only for netflix and don't get any spam. I also have an old address I haven't used in 2 years that still randomly gets 10 messages a day. I call BS.
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Coins are more expensive to make (both in material and actual money), are bulkier (this more difficult/expensive to ship) and heavy. So no, paper currency isn't likely to go anywhere.
Of course, flattening a dollar bill on a railroad track isn't NEARLY as impressive.
That said, these guys use dollar coins exclusively I believe: http://www.libertydollar.org/
Y'know... I could really use someone who follows me around doing BS checks... Somehow I'd need said check BEFORE I say something stupid, though.
I wish I had a link, but I recall that the DoD did an experiment for y2k. They used the software fix as an opportunity to replace some only mainframes with newer hardware and software. Then they let these 3 old machines run through the end of the year, unpatched.
Yup, all 3 failed within seconds.
If this movie is predicted to make billions, I'd suggest "BS" as a likely language.
Eh, if you leave yourself open to a nut shot, you deserve it...
Of course, I cheat at paintball and, being tall, shoot OVER most obstacles.
Eh, if no one got seriously hurt, war would be fun.
Call BS? Then explain the popularity of strategy games and paintball.
The combination of intellectual challenge and adrenaline rush is appealing to many people.
That's hardly a fair statement... Think too much? C'mon, it's written in C...
Alternately, readers can grow up a little and not be nasty... but naaahhh, where's the fun in that?
umm, yeah. "who then catch the killer". The police catching themselves (or the corpse, depending how you read that) isn't particularly impressive.
Nonsense.
If someone is killed and it is reported to the police, who then catch them... how exactly weren't the police instrumental?
A formal agreement between 2 parties... It's not like you and I (both individuals, not companies) can sign a contract that sets rules for other people.
No No, that's the Cynics Society. Like they ever meet...
Or maybe the Pessimists Society. They'd meet... but why bother?
Heh... after the meetings about 40 of us (meetings run 300 or so, more when a big name like Nye speaks) go have dinner. The waitress always asks "are you with the Skeptics?" and the easily amused of us answer: "Maybe..."
For anyone interested, Bill Nye will be speaking at the Skeptics Society meeting on April 24. Details here.
Meetings are at Cal Tech (Pasadena, CA)
Empathy is a good trait, but don't let it blind you to the facts.
True, but consider the fact that economic damage is very real and serious.
If a company (and it's reputation) get sufficiently hurt, it may have to close or fire staff. These folks may lose their homes quite easily, especially if many flood the marketplace due to mass firings.
While it may sound cold, the death of 3000 folks on that day was incidental to the major damage done. The US economy was rebounding, that got stalled. Shipping got more expensive (due to increased security and energy costs). Personal freedom was significantly limited. The US persued a foreign policy that has us potentially overextended.
THESE are the major damage caused by the attacks on 9/11. I'm not dismissing the lives of the dead, but they were all beyond pain and terror within 90 minutes. 3 and a half years later the world is still reeling from the economic effects of that day.
Imagine someone compromises Visa in a major way. Or Bank of America. Ya still think the impact is small?
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Moreover... shouldn't the fueling vehicle have also had a gauge?
" no way you're getting away with that one"? Holy Statistical challenge Batman!
I'm working off 2 year old memory, I can't challenge your numbers w/ any links to polls.
Lets say you numbers are right, then the issue was still hotly contested, which was the point I was trying to make.
I dunno... the UU has all kinds of arcane knowledge... my guess would be VMS
Shoulda hosted it on Hex...
I'm no XUL expert, but I believe extensions are effective "overlaid" onto the basic mozilla app at runtime. They do not "become part" of the browser any more than HTML and javascript (which ultimately are client-side widgets) in a webpage do.
That's the whole point... make the pure browser as lean as possible, and allow the user to add in extensions as they need it. Ya want adblock, etc. ? Fine, there's a mechanism to write such tools (XUL) and an easy way to install 'em. There's no good reason to integrate them with the browser itself.
There are a lot of EDUCATED people (nationality is not important) that just like to think they are right.
Like just about everyone. The 'Confirmation Bias' is a characteristic of human psychology.
That said, my problem w/Fox "news" isn't that I disagree with the politics, it's the cheap pandering to the masses.
Example: Just before the invasion of Iraq, most news channels were, reasonably enough (given that most americans at the time, when polled, were against an invasion) discussing the 'should we/shouldn't we' issue. I flipped over to fox news and every commercial break ended with a big animated flag / F-16 / eagle montage and big shiny "Freedom on the March!" banner. C'mon guys... let's try for a semblance of restaint.
I use a unique address only for netflix and don't get any spam. I also have an old address I haven't used in 2 years that still randomly gets 10 messages a day. I call BS.