But then UTC, as corrosponding by definition to that rock's position relative to that gas ball, is probably NOT for you.
If you have a problem with leap seconds and need each and every minute to be 60 seconds more than the sun reaching zenith over London at noon, use GPS time or TAI. More than enough timescales to pick from.
But leave UTC as it is. Redefining UTC to be something else during its lifetime is guaranteed to end badly.
Honestly, I don't see the point in this and they should just retire the magazine and create a new one w/o nudity to compete with the others in that genre;
And give up 60+ years of brand recognition?? They're not nuts. Way easier to use a recognized brand name for eomething completly unrelated
Isn't that how patreon works? Or some other service that started just a few days ago. (Sorry forgot the name. Typical Web2.0 I think. Waooaa, Paperoo, Readaa... a z might be missing.)
because merchants now performed the function of buying big, selling small, and taking the risk of maintaining an inventory in return for a price markup.
And here it is where the problem starts: Now the crop of those 2 farmers have to feed 3!
That's what I meant with "collecteable cars". The ones you named are exactly the ones you can still use to impress others. So what do we have left then:
You can have
can have a new 911, BMW 5 series, or Audi with free fuel, parking, and maintenance for life
for 50 bucks under the condition that you must not show it to anymone.
This is the only way to eliminate the motivation to barter, and I just don't see how you possibly achieve that.
Why do you want to eliminate barter?
It has been eliminated for practical reasons because paying your rent with 3/4 of a cow each month would be rather impractical (change anyone?)
But if those big expenses (rent, health care, insurance) could be taken care of by reversing the polarity of a replicator or other robot. (whatever Technobabble is used here to solve THAT problem) the "small stuff" might be handled by personal barter. You know, that home made jam for that painting or whatever craft we are taking on in our ample leisure time.
Technologically and economically it would be quite feasible to build and supply an entire 20th-century ocean liner for every one of the earth's 18 billion odd inhabitants.
Is it desirable to do so? Of course not.
You're neglecting that there is no use in having your own personal ocean liner when this can't be used to show of your wealth because anyone could have one. Compare how to cars are no longer status symbols to young Europeans in metropolitan areas. With good public transport, you don't need one, and it is more of a hassle with parking and upkeep. "Back then" the only reason for not owning a car was that you couldn't afford one but with average middle class being able to have a average middle class car, it can't be used to show off. (Unless you're in the price range of "collecting" cars)
"Infinite resources" through antimatter thingies creating unlimited energy for replicators is one of the things that this fantasy is build upon and may be considered a prerequisite that puts this whole thing clearly in the "thought experiment" drawer.
But it still leaves some interesting questions. e.g.
Do we need actually infinite resources or would we just need enough resources to cover everyone's needs? This leads to "what are those needs" and "How long can we keep going on artificially raising those needs to keep economy growing". What are we going to do when we can't do that anymore? Would we prefer a shrinking economy or switching to a completely different economic system that doesn't need steady economic growth? And wouldn't that be the dreaded socialism?
And to return to the simpler ones. In such an economy, who would I call to unclog my toilet or to repair the trash recycler?
Thanks! That's 3/4 down this thread and you're the first NOT to talk about looks or tight jeans, but about the actual problem!
Phones are designed to male emergency calls easy - for exactly the reasons you noted. You may have to do a silent call or have an arm and a leg torn off and still need to be able to dial 911. Anything that makes it harder for your butt to dial 911 makes it harder in those situations, too.
Why? Because someone might find out what seat you MIGHT have chosen to sit in? To obtain your frequent flyer number? Some information isn't worth protecting.
If your Frequent Flyer number is worth protecting is decided by the airline and if they use that number for any kind of identification or authentication.
"Hi, My name is Mr. Spanneck and I forgot the passwort to your website" "No problem, we can reset that for you. Could you please give us your mother maidens name and your Frequent Flyer number?"
Sounds still the same to me as IIRC US Tax laws work exactly that way. Big companies can avoid US taxes by keeping their revenues from other countries outside the US. Guess why Apple took a credit do pay dividends to its shareholders? It was cheaper to pay for the cvredit than to repatriate money from their offshore company.
Ok, that's what average Mohamedd Sixpack would want.
But that's I want to win the lottery and wars to end. There's a slight difference between what people would want and an official demand from someone who could be taken seriously.
That's pretty old school. You're paying to have your ads watched. period. measuring if the program is watched was the only way to estimate if your ads are watched until rates would be measured down to seconds resolution. Bur of these two numbers are not unrelated.
Yes and no as part of the result of mapping the human genome is more or less nothing but a map of earlier migrations. And in the very long run, while genetic difference may indeed blend and mix, evolution could come up with some new mutant variation proving successful. (lactose tolerance anyone?)
well, that guy is free to not make any money by selling to people with conflicting "beliefs". And Kim Davis was also free to resign and quit her job the moment she realized that her job duties would conflict with her beliefs. So I don't see any difference in how people would react.
Why the heck is everyone assuming muslim refugees? Lots of people from Syria are Christians that fled persecution there! But then it probably stops being easy and you have to start thinking....
You're using "still" as if you were on a clear timescale. I prefer "currently".
Please don't forget that while in Europe every county-sized kindgom was at war against more other kingdoms than they had neighbours, islamic regions used to be peaceful places with thriving art and science. (Who build all those UN world cultural heritage sites that ISIS is currently demolishing?)
And seeing extremistic morons like that guy reminds me that it might flip again at any time.
I have a little theory that the world religions are taking turns in going crazy and turning into violent fanatics. (And I'm not sure if I should look forward to when it's the Budhhists turn...)
Okay.. but how can they even tell what I'm watching or not watching? I don't participate in any polls.
That's the miracle of statistics. Using that as a crystal ball they never can be completely sure what you watch, but with enough people sharing your age/sex/education/background answering polls, they can be confident enough.
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Right.
But then UTC, as corrosponding by definition to that rock's position relative to that gas ball, is probably NOT for you.
If you have a problem with leap seconds and need each and every minute to be 60 seconds more than the sun reaching zenith over London at noon, use GPS time or TAI. More than enough timescales to pick from.
But leave UTC as it is. Redefining UTC to be something else during its lifetime is guaranteed to end badly.
Honestly, I don't see the point in this and they should just retire the magazine and create a new one w/o nudity to compete with the others in that genre;
And give up 60+ years of brand recognition?? They're not nuts. Way easier to use a recognized brand name for eomething completly unrelated
Isn't that how patreon works? Or some other service that started just a few days ago. (Sorry forgot the name. Typical Web2.0 I think. Waooaa, Paperoo, Readaa... a z might be missing.)
Hence the name: "Bild" (= Picture) "Newspaper" for people who hate to read, Or lack the brains to understand what they're reading.
because merchants now performed the function of buying big, selling small, and taking the risk of maintaining an inventory in return for a price markup.
And here it is where the problem starts: Now the crop of those 2 farmers have to feed 3!
That's what I meant with "collecteable cars". The ones you named are exactly the ones you can still use to impress others. So what do we have left then:
You can have
can have a new 911, BMW 5 series, or Audi with free fuel, parking, and maintenance for life
for 50 bucks under the condition that you must not show it to anymone.
Answer: "What for then? That's not worth the 50!"
This is the only way to eliminate the motivation to barter, and I just don't see how you possibly achieve that.
Why do you want to eliminate barter?
It has been eliminated for practical reasons because paying your rent with 3/4 of a cow each month would be rather impractical (change anyone?)
But if those big expenses (rent, health care, insurance) could be taken care of by reversing the polarity of a replicator or other robot. (whatever Technobabble is used here to solve THAT problem) the "small stuff" might be handled by personal barter. You know, that home made jam for that painting or whatever craft we are taking on in our ample leisure time.
Technologically and economically it would be quite feasible to build and supply an entire 20th-century ocean liner for every one of the earth's 18 billion odd inhabitants.
Is it desirable to do so? Of course not.
You're neglecting that there is no use in having your own personal ocean liner when this can't be used to show of your wealth because anyone could have one. Compare how to cars are no longer status symbols to young Europeans in metropolitan areas. With good public transport, you don't need one, and it is more of a hassle with parking and upkeep. "Back then" the only reason for not owning a car was that you couldn't afford one but with average middle class being able to have a average middle class car, it can't be used to show off. (Unless you're in the price range of "collecting" cars)
"Infinite resources" through antimatter thingies creating unlimited energy for replicators is one of the things that this fantasy is build upon and may be considered a prerequisite that puts this whole thing clearly in the "thought experiment" drawer.
But it still leaves some interesting questions. e.g.
Do we need actually infinite resources or would we just need enough resources to cover everyone's needs? This leads to "what are those needs" and "How long can we keep going on artificially raising those needs to keep economy growing". What are we going to do when we can't do that anymore? Would we prefer a shrinking economy or switching to a completely different economic system that doesn't need steady economic growth? And wouldn't that be the dreaded socialism?
And to return to the simpler ones. In such an economy, who would I call to unclog my toilet or to repair the trash recycler?
Thanks! That's 3/4 down this thread and you're the first NOT to talk about looks or tight jeans, but about the actual problem!
Phones are designed to male emergency calls easy - for exactly the reasons you noted. You may have to do a silent call or have an arm and a leg torn off and still need to be able to dial 911. Anything that makes it harder for your butt to dial 911 makes it harder in those situations, too.
Fun fact: Driving too slow could get you fined, indeed. (Though you would have to drive slow enough to obstruct others)
Why? Because someone might find out what seat you MIGHT have chosen to sit in? To obtain your frequent flyer number? Some information isn't worth protecting.
If your Frequent Flyer number is worth protecting is decided by the airline and if they use that number for any kind of identification or authentication.
"Hi, My name is Mr. Spanneck and I forgot the passwort to your website"
"No problem, we can reset that for you. Could you please give us your mother maidens name and your Frequent Flyer number?"
Sounds still the same to me as IIRC US Tax laws work exactly that way. Big companies can avoid US taxes by keeping their revenues from other countries outside the US. Guess why Apple took a credit do pay dividends to its shareholders? It was cheaper to pay for the cvredit than to repatriate money from their offshore company.
Ok, that's what average Mohamedd Sixpack would want.
But that's I want to win the lottery and wars to end. There's a slight difference between what people would want and an official demand from someone who could be taken seriously.
That's pretty old school. You're paying to have your ads watched. period. measuring if the program is watched was the only way to estimate if your ads are watched until rates would be measured down to seconds resolution. Bur of these two numbers are not unrelated.
Yes and no as part of the result of mapping the human genome is more or less nothing but a map of earlier migrations. And in the very long run, while genetic difference may indeed blend and mix, evolution could come up with some new mutant variation proving successful. (lactose tolerance anyone?)
well, that guy is free to not make any money by selling to people with conflicting "beliefs". And Kim Davis was also free to resign and quit her job the moment she realized that her job duties would conflict with her beliefs. So I don't see any difference in how people would react.
http://www.infowars.com/europe-seizing-homes-to-house-muslim-migrants/
Why the heck is everyone assuming muslim refugees? Lots of people from Syria are Christians that fled persecution there! But then it probably stops being easy and you have to start thinking....
You know that Google does not fact checking?
According to wikipedia Mohammed started preaching in 613, so some digits may have been flipped here.
You're using "still" as if you were on a clear timescale. I prefer "currently".
Please don't forget that while in Europe every county-sized kindgom was at war against more other kingdoms than they had neighbours, islamic regions used to be peaceful places with thriving art and science. (Who build all those UN world cultural heritage sites that ISIS is currently demolishing?)
And seeing extremistic morons like that guy reminds me that it might flip again at any time.
I have a little theory that the world religions are taking turns in going crazy and turning into violent fanatics. (And I'm not sure if I should look forward to when it's the Budhhists turn...)
So basically he's a batshit crazy idiot who is ranting publicly and acting like a whiny bitch?
+5 Informative.
Welcome to /.
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I never heard anything about that Octoberfest story from any serious sources.
Okay.. but how can they even tell what I'm watching or not watching? I don't participate in any polls.
That's the miracle of statistics. Using that as a crystal ball they never can be completely sure what you watch, but with enough people sharing your age/sex/education/background answering polls, they can be confident enough.
"always" is a bit too absolute. Support varied quite a lot depending on historical period and research subject.
While we're at it, why not prove that black equals white and get killed on a zebra crossing?