The only Trump supporters I know are middle class whites who grew up in small towns, never traveled far from home, and think that Trump will keep Jesus in their house and the colored out of their towns.
Of course it is their right to do nothing, they've been doing that for 7 plus years now. The precedent they are setting is terrible. What if a republican president takes office but democrats take the Senate? Can they just ignore any nominees for 4 years?
Politics is running this country, not any of the boogie men the current crop of candidates want us to blame.
That's not what they are threatening. They have been very public in stating they will not even debate the nominee.
It's one thing to openly question and discuss the candidate, then reject through a vote. It's bullshit to simply say don't bother because we think it should wait until the next president.
If this was November, I would agree with them. It is February. I believe that the average time to nominate and vote on a potential Supreme Court Justice is around 2 months, a vacant seat has never lasted more than 4 months. And the Republicans want to do nothing for 10 months?
Fuck them. I hope Obama nominates a moderate Republican (if any still exist) or a conservative Democrat (I know a few) just to make them look even more stupid.
I will counter your regional weather anecdote with my own.
It hit 60F multiple times in January where I live. This weekend, we're expecting to see temperatures in the 50s. So far this winter, we have not had more than 1 inch of snow on the ground. We have only had 1 week of sub-freezing temperatures. I haven't bothered to get my winter coat out, still wearing my light North Face jacket.
It's sad, my son is now old enough that he wants to go outside and play in the snow.. the only problem is there hasn't been anything worthwhile to play in.
On the bright side, our heating cost is only about 60% of what it normally is during winter.
Hey now.. Dayton is nice because it's only an hour or so from Indy, Columbus, and Cincinnati... and I just built a 4,000 sq. ft home for under $300k that's in a pretty good school district.:)
Reminds me of the time Sammy Sosa (major league baseball) was caught using a corked bat. He claimed he used the corked bats only during warm ups and accidentally grabbed one during a game.
I still remember when the cable companies would charge you per TV in the house and splitters were against the TOS.
The lack of competition is sad. These companies reap so much in terms of subsidies and do very little to invest that money into infrastructure upgrades.
I recently switched from 20/2 (for $80/mo that includes hardware rental fee) to 30/5 @ $65/mo. Just another sleezy tactic they use, automatically hike your prices until you call and complain, then they magically find a better deal. Even 30/5 @ $65/mo is not that good of a deal in most developed countries.
At 20/2, we could not have 2 simultaneous streams going.. my wife watching youtube videos at 480p and I streaming at 1080.
I dabbled in a bit of acting at younger ages and have some close friends still heavily involved in theater. Movies that rely heavily on CG take away the emotion and reaction of not only the actors but also the environment. When filmed in front of a green screen, it becomes much more difficult to get lost in the character. For me, it is similar to running on a treadmill.. I lose motivation to continue going because no matter how hard I run, I still am not going anywhere.
I'm glad movies have taken a step back from the ledge and become a bit more practical with the effects. You can never replace the impact of an actor well immersed in the character.
So there is no energy input to refine oil into gasoline? You don't think technology has improved over the past few decades?
I'm not going to refute many of your points, however saying that it didn't work in the '90s for these reasons doesn't mean it cannot work better now. Enough auto makers are pursuing it (and some have had cars on the road for years) that maybe they can make something that is efficient.
That line is in reference to the GP post where police in other countries do not carry guns. I simply stated that not as many police in those countries are killed in the line of duty.
I'm sure there are more US police that are killed in the line of duty as well.
I look at it as a "chicken or the egg" type question. Which came first, public mistrust of the police or policy paranoia? My dad is a retired cop, sheriff's department for a county with less than 100,000 total residents (I think the department was involved in only 2 or 3 shootings in his 25+ years.. every time the criminal fired the first shots). Even on traffic stops, they are worried that the driver could easily be waiting with a gun in their hand. They do not trust anyone.
I think it's more a statement on society in general. Anyone can be armed and everyone is considered a potential threat.
I've spent a lot of time in Mexico recently. Stop signs are optional and most painted lines on the road are so faded that no one follows them.. however driver actions are very predictable.
Compare that to the US where traffic laws are generally followed and road conditions are much better.. however there are many crazy fucks behind the wheel that do random stupid shit.
Last time this sort of thing happened, the population of humans was not in the billions. The island is the canary in the coal mine. Sure, it would not take much to resettle all these people. What do we do with the billion people that could potential have their lives ruined because they live close to a coast?
Just like humans, the size is a determining factor. The bigger an animal (or human) is, the more stress it puts on key organs such as the heart. Of course there are other factors.
We have 2 cats.. and I bet they will live to be 20 since they both annoy the shit outta me. One chews wires and the other only wants food and can't cover her shit in the litter box which stinks up half the house.
You think NASA has stagnated? Who just returned close up pictures of Pluto? Who has an active rover still on Mars?
Sure, other agencies have had some great accomplishments.. there's no reason NASA has to have a monopoly on space exploration. Right now, there really is no point to extended manned space travel. As much as the Star Trek nerd in me wants to travel the stars, we are far away from that ability.
It's funny you think a Soyuz is winning the long term race. They take people to a floating platform. What innovation has Russia provided to space exploration in the past 40 years? They do one thing well, launch rockets to ISS. NASA, ESA, JAXA are all still far ahead.
They were not doing experiences in order to submit papers to academic journals. It was a television show meant to entertain an audience.
No, it was not perfect science. It has been a few years since I have watched but from what I remember, each episode would have one main myth they were testing. If it was statistics based, they would almost always have a baseline to compare results to. If it was event based, they would do their best to replicate the conditions of the myth before they switched gears and simply tried to figure out how to replicate the results.
My wife and I both had Win 7 ultimate installed, I on my desktop and her on a laptop. I see the little upgrade icon in my toolbar but have never been prompted to upgrade. Every time she turned her computer on, there would be a popup asking if she would like to upgrade for free. She eventually did it because she was tired of the pop ups.
I don't know why her experience was different from mine. I don't have any intention of upgrading.
More intelligent by what measure? If you have a higher iq than me, it does not mean you'll come to a better conclusion or make a better decision. I am sure there are some areas you are more knowledgeable than I but other areas I will know more.
How is what you are proposing any different than slaves only being counted as 3/5ths of a person?
What would be nice is our representatives only being on committees where they could prove they were competant on the subject matter.
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The only Trump supporters I know are middle class whites who grew up in small towns, never traveled far from home, and think that Trump will keep Jesus in their house and the colored out of their towns.
Ruining. . That's what I get for replying from my phone.
Of course it is their right to do nothing, they've been doing that for 7 plus years now. The precedent they are setting is terrible. What if a republican president takes office but democrats take the Senate? Can they just ignore any nominees for 4 years?
Politics is running this country, not any of the boogie men the current crop of candidates want us to blame.
That's not what they are threatening. They have been very public in stating they will not even debate the nominee.
It's one thing to openly question and discuss the candidate, then reject through a vote. It's bullshit to simply say don't bother because we think it should wait until the next president.
If this was November, I would agree with them. It is February. I believe that the average time to nominate and vote on a potential Supreme Court Justice is around 2 months, a vacant seat has never lasted more than 4 months. And the Republicans want to do nothing for 10 months?
Fuck them. I hope Obama nominates a moderate Republican (if any still exist) or a conservative Democrat (I know a few) just to make them look even more stupid.
Rio is a shithole. There are some nice areas in Brazil, though, that would have been much better options.
I will counter your regional weather anecdote with my own.
It hit 60F multiple times in January where I live. This weekend, we're expecting to see temperatures in the 50s. So far this winter, we have not had more than 1 inch of snow on the ground. We have only had 1 week of sub-freezing temperatures. I haven't bothered to get my winter coat out, still wearing my light North Face jacket.
It's sad, my son is now old enough that he wants to go outside and play in the snow.. the only problem is there hasn't been anything worthwhile to play in.
On the bright side, our heating cost is only about 60% of what it normally is during winter.
Hey now.. Dayton is nice because it's only an hour or so from Indy, Columbus, and Cincinnati... and I just built a 4,000 sq. ft home for under $300k that's in a pretty good school district. :)
So disagreeing with a conclusion is being an apologist?
Does Win10 phone home? Yes.
Does Win10 phone home at the rate that was originally reported? No.
Is Win10's rate different from other OS rates?
Reminds me of the time Sammy Sosa (major league baseball) was caught using a corked bat. He claimed he used the corked bats only during warm ups and accidentally grabbed one during a game.
I still remember when the cable companies would charge you per TV in the house and splitters were against the TOS.
The lack of competition is sad. These companies reap so much in terms of subsidies and do very little to invest that money into infrastructure upgrades.
I recently switched from 20/2 (for $80/mo that includes hardware rental fee) to 30/5 @ $65/mo. Just another sleezy tactic they use, automatically hike your prices until you call and complain, then they magically find a better deal. Even 30/5 @ $65/mo is not that good of a deal in most developed countries.
At 20/2, we could not have 2 simultaneous streams going.. my wife watching youtube videos at 480p and I streaming at 1080.
I dabbled in a bit of acting at younger ages and have some close friends still heavily involved in theater. Movies that rely heavily on CG take away the emotion and reaction of not only the actors but also the environment. When filmed in front of a green screen, it becomes much more difficult to get lost in the character. For me, it is similar to running on a treadmill.. I lose motivation to continue going because no matter how hard I run, I still am not going anywhere.
I'm glad movies have taken a step back from the ledge and become a bit more practical with the effects. You can never replace the impact of an actor well immersed in the character.
So there is no energy input to refine oil into gasoline? You don't think technology has improved over the past few decades?
I'm not going to refute many of your points, however saying that it didn't work in the '90s for these reasons doesn't mean it cannot work better now. Enough auto makers are pursuing it (and some have had cars on the road for years) that maybe they can make something that is efficient.
It's sad that another Bush is the best thing coming form the (R) side, at least IMO.
Of course the standards are really, really low.
That line is in reference to the GP post where police in other countries do not carry guns. I simply stated that not as many police in those countries are killed in the line of duty.
I'm sure there are more US police that are killed in the line of duty as well.
I look at it as a "chicken or the egg" type question. Which came first, public mistrust of the police or policy paranoia? My dad is a retired cop, sheriff's department for a county with less than 100,000 total residents (I think the department was involved in only 2 or 3 shootings in his 25+ years.. every time the criminal fired the first shots). Even on traffic stops, they are worried that the driver could easily be waiting with a gun in their hand. They do not trust anyone.
I think it's more a statement on society in general. Anyone can be armed and everyone is considered a potential threat.
I've spent a lot of time in Mexico recently. Stop signs are optional and most painted lines on the road are so faded that no one follows them.. however driver actions are very predictable.
Compare that to the US where traffic laws are generally followed and road conditions are much better.. however there are many crazy fucks behind the wheel that do random stupid shit.
Last time this sort of thing happened, the population of humans was not in the billions. The island is the canary in the coal mine. Sure, it would not take much to resettle all these people. What do we do with the billion people that could potential have their lives ruined because they live close to a coast?
Just like humans, the size is a determining factor. The bigger an animal (or human) is, the more stress it puts on key organs such as the heart. Of course there are other factors.
We have 2 cats.. and I bet they will live to be 20 since they both annoy the shit outta me. One chews wires and the other only wants food and can't cover her shit in the litter box which stinks up half the house.
You think NASA has stagnated? Who just returned close up pictures of Pluto? Who has an active rover still on Mars?
Sure, other agencies have had some great accomplishments.. there's no reason NASA has to have a monopoly on space exploration. Right now, there really is no point to extended manned space travel. As much as the Star Trek nerd in me wants to travel the stars, we are far away from that ability.
It's funny you think a Soyuz is winning the long term race. They take people to a floating platform. What innovation has Russia provided to space exploration in the past 40 years? They do one thing well, launch rockets to ISS. NASA, ESA, JAXA are all still far ahead.
That seems like an unfair comparison without any explanation.
They were not doing experiences in order to submit papers to academic journals. It was a television show meant to entertain an audience.
No, it was not perfect science. It has been a few years since I have watched but from what I remember, each episode would have one main myth they were testing. If it was statistics based, they would almost always have a baseline to compare results to. If it was event based, they would do their best to replicate the conditions of the myth before they switched gears and simply tried to figure out how to replicate the results.
Trial and error is science.
My wife and I both had Win 7 ultimate installed, I on my desktop and her on a laptop. I see the little upgrade icon in my toolbar but have never been prompted to upgrade. Every time she turned her computer on, there would be a popup asking if she would like to upgrade for free. She eventually did it because she was tired of the pop ups.
I don't know why her experience was different from mine. I don't have any intention of upgrading.
I'm surprised you came down from your high horse long enough to send a message to us peons.
If J.R.R. Tolkien isn't "news for nerds" then I have no clue what would qualify.
More intelligent by what measure? If you have a higher iq than me, it does not mean you'll come to a better conclusion or make a better decision. I am sure there are some areas you are more knowledgeable than I but other areas I will know more.
How is what you are proposing any different than slaves only being counted as 3/5ths of a person?
What would be nice is our representatives only being on committees where they could prove they were competant on the subject matter.
Maybe in Germany. In the US, they are below industry average for dependability and are always one of the lowest rated brands for quality studies.
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Maybe the engines will run a long time but the owners will spend a lot more money keeping everything else working.