They shut down a facility that was pumping tens of millions of dollars directly into their coffers.
That's the thing about this that makes the least amount of sense to me. I mean, kicking out the South Korean managers is just fine, but why not promote the most competent North Koreans to take their place and keep the factory operating?
I like a nice garden too....veggie garden that is. I plant a nice one each year...not sure why it takes a few years for you?
Fruit trees and bushes, veggies like artichoke (which is perennial in my area) and asparagus (which is not only perennial, but takes 2-3 years before first harvest), etc.
Here's another issue, by the way: if everyone is expected to be so "flexible" that they can't stay in one place long enough to buy a house, how can they possibly expect to have any relationships? Are you really saying that nobody should expect to be able to get married and have both partners be able to find work in the same city?
You know what? You can take your "flexibility" and shove it up your ass!
Some of us care about living, being part of a community, and maybe even having a garden (which takes a few years to mature, and can't be moved). And being able to have that at the same time as a decent job is not too much to ask!!
So Aereo is just a CATV (Community Antenna Television) network, except "on the Internet?"
I guess then that the only reason people want this is that they can't be bothered to put up their own antenna and PVR/streaming box, and prefer to pay a monthly fee instead?
...remove the requirement that Amtrak allow freight on its lines.
Unless I'm mistaken, you've got the situation backwards: Amtrak doesn't own any lines; it's the freight companies that "allow" Amtrak to run on their lines.
Overall, we'd be better off getting rid of corn subsidies, period: We (in the US) are quite far from starving, and our farmers generally aren't broke.
After the undeniable fallout from that (which will take a few years to settle), then we can start talking about switchgrass, biodiesel, and/or reducing tariffs on importer sugar cane and derivatives.
I think it would be easier (politically) to swap the subsidy to a different crop than it would be to eliminate it entirely, especially if said crop could also be "Round-Up Ready." (Monsanto is evil and needs to be destroyed and any subsidy is not ideal, but we're talking about baby steps here...)
And the point of this long-winded, get-off-my-lawn anecdote? Cane sugar, AFAICT, rocks. Beet sugar -might- rock. Corn syrup? Fuck corn syrup. And fuck corn-based ethanol.
You'll get no argument from me! Although I can't be bothered to pay extra for "mexican Coca-Cola," I'll take "Throwback" Pepsi products over "regular" any day of the week.
Corn is useful enough just being corn: It is yummy. And without subsidies, it might even still be primarily a food crop instead of being mostly a chemical base-stock.
You say that as if you think all corn grown is "sweet corn," but the vast majority is an entirely different variety that only livestock might think is tasty.
Corn-based ethanol has subsidies not because ethanol fuel isn't viable without them, but rather because the corn lobby demands them. The lobbyists couldn't care less how the corn gets used; they just realize that making fuel from it increases demand (and appeals to hippie-types better than high-fructose corn syrup).
We'd be better off switching the entire biofuel crop to switchgrass-based ethanol (or better yet, soy-based biodiesel), but then big agribusiness would have to retool.
Indeed, and it works even better if you add some carbon to it. In fact, then you don't even have to bother with that whole "electricity" nonsense; you can simply burn it instead!
Screw the mythical "hydrogen economy!" My car already has no (net) greenhouse gas emissions and doesn't support the middle east. It's also 15 years old, costs about $4000, and runs on biodiesel.
Solving "green transportation" simply isn't that hard; the hard part is simply to recognize that we already have the solution!
Alright, so if even the word "knowingly" is some sort of legal jargon with a non-standard definition, how the fuck is the average person supposed to understand the law?!
Yes, this is Slashdot and everything The Man does is evil, so I get the whole simplification thing. But the real situation was actually a bit complicated. He basically tried to download every article they had, which went beyond the terms of use of the service.
All your talk about "complication" is irrelevant; the bottom line is violating some private company's terms of service is NOT A GODDAMNED FELONY!
War: Whether USA decimates NK with nukes or merely defeats it with conventional warfare, then China waits until the smoke clears, most NKs are dead from starvation and then walks in. No one could stop them.
If USA defeated NK, then when China tried to walk in it would find a whole bunch of US troops occupying it.
We will surrender in a heartbeat if enough lobbiests scream! We are owned by lobbiests from Walmart, Apple, and others and do not care about our own country.
Not to mention, people in the Navy and Air Force have jobs that transfer skills to civilian careers (as opposed to the Army, where everyone is an infantryman first, and a [mechanic/cook/logistics clerk/whatever] second).
In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 722 heavy bombers of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and 527 of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped more than 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary devices on the city.[1] The resulting firestorm destroyed fifteen square miles (39 square kilometres) of the city centre. Between 22,000â"25,000 people were killed.
Additionally, most speed cameras are not on motorways, but on A roads and smaller.
I was under the impression that there were a lot of average-speed cameras (where the system tracks you from point A to point B and fines you if you get there in less time than it would have taken if you drove the speed limit), which would only work on limited access roads (i.e., motorways).
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It's tech news if you talk about how a missile destroying their factory might affect Samsung's manufacturing yields...
That's the thing about this that makes the least amount of sense to me. I mean, kicking out the South Korean managers is just fine, but why not promote the most competent North Koreans to take their place and keep the factory operating?
Although you still have a point, it becomes less persuasive when you swap countries...
Fruit trees and bushes, veggies like artichoke (which is perennial in my area) and asparagus (which is not only perennial, but takes 2-3 years before first harvest), etc.
Here's another issue, by the way: if everyone is expected to be so "flexible" that they can't stay in one place long enough to buy a house, how can they possibly expect to have any relationships? Are you really saying that nobody should expect to be able to get married and have both partners be able to find work in the same city?
You know what? You can take your "flexibility" and shove it up your ass!
Some of us care about living, being part of a community, and maybe even having a garden (which takes a few years to mature, and can't be moved). And being able to have that at the same time as a decent job is not too much to ask!!
So Aereo is just a CATV (Community Antenna Television) network, except "on the Internet?"
I guess then that the only reason people want this is that they can't be bothered to put up their own antenna and PVR/streaming box, and prefer to pay a monthly fee instead?
Because mass-market pablum will be the only thing produced?
Unless I'm mistaken, you've got the situation backwards: Amtrak doesn't own any lines; it's the freight companies that "allow" Amtrak to run on their lines.
It's named after a Spanish explorer, you jerk!
(I admit, they should have used his full name: "USS Juan Ponce de Leon.")
I think it would be easier (politically) to swap the subsidy to a different crop than it would be to eliminate it entirely, especially if said crop could also be "Round-Up Ready." (Monsanto is evil and needs to be destroyed and any subsidy is not ideal, but we're talking about baby steps here...)
You'll get no argument from me! Although I can't be bothered to pay extra for "mexican Coca-Cola," I'll take "Throwback" Pepsi products over "regular" any day of the week.
You say that as if you think all corn grown is "sweet corn," but the vast majority is an entirely different variety that only livestock might think is tasty.
Corn-based ethanol has subsidies not because ethanol fuel isn't viable without them, but rather because the corn lobby demands them. The lobbyists couldn't care less how the corn gets used; they just realize that making fuel from it increases demand (and appeals to hippie-types better than high-fructose corn syrup).
We'd be better off switching the entire biofuel crop to switchgrass-based ethanol (or better yet, soy-based biodiesel), but then big agribusiness would have to retool.
Indeed, and it works even better if you add some carbon to it. In fact, then you don't even have to bother with that whole "electricity" nonsense; you can simply burn it instead!
Screw the mythical "hydrogen economy!" My car already has no (net) greenhouse gas emissions and doesn't support the middle east. It's also 15 years old, costs about $4000, and runs on biodiesel.
Solving "green transportation" simply isn't that hard; the hard part is simply to recognize that we already have the solution!
Did he at least flip through to make sure there weren't a bunch of blank pages in the middle?
Alright, so if even the word "knowingly" is some sort of legal jargon with a non-standard definition, how the fuck is the average person supposed to understand the law?!
All your talk about "complication" is irrelevant; the bottom line is violating some private company's terms of service is NOT A GODDAMNED FELONY!
The thing is, civil disobedience is usually a misdemeanor, not a felony. Note the difference even in your description: you said "jail," not "prison!"
It's too bad that the only new reactors currently under construction in the US aren't using such a design.
Yes, and that was a bad court ruling, which happens (and which is why courts of appeal exist). It is just unfortunate that case wasn't appealed.
If USA defeated NK, then when China tried to walk in it would find a whole bunch of US troops occupying it.
If North Korea bombed Samsung, Apple would win.
Not to mention, people in the Navy and Air Force have jobs that transfer skills to civilian careers (as opposed to the Army, where everyone is an infantryman first, and a [mechanic/cook/logistics clerk/whatever] second).
Dresden.
Can't you just map the throttle/brakes to whichever joystick isn't being used for steering?
I was under the impression that there were a lot of average-speed cameras (where the system tracks you from point A to point B and fines you if you get there in less time than it would have taken if you drove the speed limit), which would only work on limited access roads (i.e., motorways).