The good news is the names are pretty easy. Whats the planet orbiting between Kepler-11 B and Kepler-11 D? Oh let me guess it's Kepler-11 C.
What happens when they find a new planet between them? Rename everything farther away, leading to questions like "did you mean the object named Kepler-11 C before [date], or the object named that after [date]?"
Interstate exit numbers suffered this same issue every time a new exit was built, by the way, which is why they all got renumbered after the corresponding mile markers a decade or so ago.
If you are building go with 2 X 6 construction for the exterior walls.
No, if you're building, go with structural insulated panels (SIPs) or insulated concrete forms (ICFs). Using 2x6 construction is just half-assing it, since it doesn't solve the problem of thermal bridging.
When I get around to renovating/adding on to my 2x4 stick-framed house, I'm going to tear off the siding, add a couple inches of rigid foam panels (in at least two layers with staggered seams), and then put the siding back up.
Having a 1.5 storey house doesn't mean the rooms are in the attic; it means you don't have an attic. It's the same situation as with flat roofs or vaulted ceilings.
"Attic" connotes unconditioned space, i.e., outside the insulation.
The "separable security mandate" is imaginary bullshit. The problem is that customers don't even have the choice to shell out for a DVR. I've tried to buy a DVR for use with DirecTV; they won't let me. Even if you got one from Ebay or something, they'd either refuse to activate it or call it a lease and charge you five bucks a month anyway. Comcast is the same way.
To be honest, I'm not holding out too much hope. They're removing more of the magic skills, such as alteration, as well as hand-to-hand and adding dual-wielding and dragons (whoop-de-do). In other words, they're adding even more emphasis on stereotypical hack-and-slash warrior types, and further screwing over magic/stealth/weird players.
For example, in Morrowind, I could create a character that flies around naked and beats people to death with his bare fists. In Oblivion, he'd have to walk and might as well wear armor (because they removed levitation and the "unarmored" skill). In Skyrim, he'd have to use a sword or something, and what's the point in that?
All the evidence that's turned up so far is that nobody legal is willing to do the work for a price that allows people to pay for the produce.
So what? Whether the farmers can afford it or not is irrelevant; the people to pick the crops legally are still there. It's just like how the fact that IT companies cry for H1-Bs because they supposedly can't find qualified programmers willing to work for $30k doesn't mean there aren't still programmers willing to work for $60k. The solution in both cases isn't to tolerate illlegal/H1-B workers; the solution is to realize that the businesses in question have fucked-up business plans and deserve to die!
If the farmers can't harvest their crop because their business model means they can't pay enough to attract legal workers, then they will fail and be replaced with someone that can. There is nothing wrong with this.
Installing solar plants is an admission we will never leave.
Why couldn't we let the Afghans use it after we're gone?
I don't necessarily think solar is the best idea for forward operating bases, but building solar power plants for military and subsequent civilian use in places like Kabul could generate goodwill (just like other infrastructure improvements).
Perhaps because I usually mark spam as 'spam' immediately, that counts as reading or responding.
Why wasn't your spam marked as spam already? Maybe unless your account is brand-new or something (and the filter hasn't been trained yet), it shouldn't be showing up in your inbox at all.
Except for the HD TiVo, CableCard doesn't exist. If you dispute this, find me a counterexample: either a current-model HDTV or a consumer TV capture card (stuff built into Microsoft "Media Center PCs" that you can't buy separately doesn't count).
For all practical purposes, only cable and satellite leased devices can access digital HD. Everything else has to connect via component video and an IR-blaster, at best.
Unless you go with TiVO or myth but I think those are in the minority.
It doesn't matter; even if you do go with TiVO or myth you still need the cable/satellite box, because -- especially for digital or HD -- only those are "allowed" to tune the damn signal!
The latest insult, of course, being the anti-immigrant laws that have resulted in millions of dollars worth of food crops rotting in the fields because there's no-one available to pick them.
There's plenty of people available to pick them; the crop is rotting because the farmers insist on paying slave wages!
It's no different than the H1-B issue, if that helps you understand.
...most dangerous types of guns are easily accessible (again, by itself not a problem), and legal to conceal with even less accountability than before...
Aren't those sorts of guns usually, you know, big and therefore difficult to conceal whether it's legal or not?
...a disproportionate number of people who have not been tested in over 40 years...
Speaking of "disproportionate," isn't Arizona a popular state for retirees?
Yes, and that was his point: Obama/the Federal government wasn't content to let Massachusetts choose Romneycare and other states choose something else (or even choose the same thing, individually); they insisted on imposing it on everyone.
The real problem is that labeling anybody as "conservative" and "liberal" doesn't make sense unless you specify in what way you're talking about. For example, I'm fiscally conservative and socially liberal.
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Yes, because it's so easy to quickly make a phone call when somebody's just stolen your damn phone!
You missed the point: things like the Facebook (not to mention Gmail) login info is what the guy wants to secure!
It's a really obscure "Family Guy" joke.
What happens when they find a new planet between them? Rename everything farther away, leading to questions like "did you mean the object named Kepler-11 C before [date], or the object named that after [date]?"
Interstate exit numbers suffered this same issue every time a new exit was built, by the way, which is why they all got renumbered after the corresponding mile markers a decade or so ago.
More so than Bush Jr., at least!
No, if you're building, go with structural insulated panels (SIPs) or insulated concrete forms (ICFs). Using 2x6 construction is just half-assing it, since it doesn't solve the problem of thermal bridging.
When I get around to renovating/adding on to my 2x4 stick-framed house, I'm going to tear off the siding, add a couple inches of rigid foam panels (in at least two layers with staggered seams), and then put the siding back up.
Having a 1.5 storey house doesn't mean the rooms are in the attic; it means you don't have an attic. It's the same situation as with flat roofs or vaulted ceilings.
"Attic" connotes unconditioned space, i.e., outside the insulation.
The "separable security mandate" is imaginary bullshit. The problem is that customers don't even have the choice to shell out for a DVR. I've tried to buy a DVR for use with DirecTV; they won't let me. Even if you got one from Ebay or something, they'd either refuse to activate it or call it a lease and charge you five bucks a month anyway. Comcast is the same way.
To be honest, I'm not holding out too much hope. They're removing more of the magic skills, such as alteration, as well as hand-to-hand and adding dual-wielding and dragons (whoop-de-do). In other words, they're adding even more emphasis on stereotypical hack-and-slash warrior types, and further screwing over magic/stealth/weird players.
For example, in Morrowind, I could create a character that flies around naked and beats people to death with his bare fists. In Oblivion, he'd have to walk and might as well wear armor (because they removed levitation and the "unarmored" skill). In Skyrim, he'd have to use a sword or something, and what's the point in that?
You don't even necessarily need to dust it off; Skyrim is coming out in November.
So what? Whether the farmers can afford it or not is irrelevant; the people to pick the crops legally are still there. It's just like how the fact that IT companies cry for H1-Bs because they supposedly can't find qualified programmers willing to work for $30k doesn't mean there aren't still programmers willing to work for $60k. The solution in both cases isn't to tolerate illlegal/H1-B workers; the solution is to realize that the businesses in question have fucked-up business plans and deserve to die!
If the farmers can't harvest their crop because their business model means they can't pay enough to attract legal workers, then they will fail and be replaced with someone that can. There is nothing wrong with this.
Why couldn't we let the Afghans use it after we're gone?
I don't necessarily think solar is the best idea for forward operating bases, but building solar power plants for military and subsequent civilian use in places like Kabul could generate goodwill (just like other infrastructure improvements).
Some Wal-Marts, such as the inside-the-Perimeter ones in Atlanta, do close at night.
I want DRM-free access to the raw MPEG stream, as a matter of principle.
Why wasn't your spam marked as spam already? Maybe unless your account is brand-new or something (and the filter hasn't been trained yet), it shouldn't be showing up in your inbox at all.
Except for the HD TiVo, CableCard doesn't exist. If you dispute this, find me a counterexample: either a current-model HDTV or a consumer TV capture card (stuff built into Microsoft "Media Center PCs" that you can't buy separately doesn't count).
For all practical purposes, only cable and satellite leased devices can access digital HD. Everything else has to connect via component video and an IR-blaster, at best.
It doesn't matter; even if you do go with TiVO or myth you still need the cable/satellite box, because -- especially for digital or HD -- only those are "allowed" to tune the damn signal!
The government regulation ought not to be making the boxes use less power; it should be breaking the cable and satellite companies' control over them!
There's plenty of people available to pick them; the crop is rotting because the farmers insist on paying slave wages!
It's no different than the H1-B issue, if that helps you understand.
Aren't those sorts of guns usually, you know, big and therefore difficult to conceal whether it's legal or not?
Speaking of "disproportionate," isn't Arizona a popular state for retirees?
I daresay they could, considering that they're just talking about a normal anti-static bag, the kind most circuit boards come in.
Yes, and that was his point: Obama/the Federal government wasn't content to let Massachusetts choose Romneycare and other states choose something else (or even choose the same thing, individually); they insisted on imposing it on everyone.
The real problem is that labeling anybody as "conservative" and "liberal" doesn't make sense unless you specify in what way you're talking about. For example, I'm fiscally conservative and socially liberal.
Oh, you made an account. See my other reply
Awesome job; now you should use it to bootstrap your own trustable compiler.