Sometimes it amazes me what automobile users will put up with to stay on the road. Traffic jams... high gas prices... exorbitant insurance premiums... speeding tickets... parking tickets... sleazy used car dealers... sleazy new car dealers... global warming... accidents... dirty air... smog checks... lines at the dmv... toll roads... noise... road rage... wars in the middle east... smelly oil refineries... corrupt oil companies... lemons... shady repair shops... red light cameras... registration fees... finding parking at the mall...
If something is ubiquitous, and the alternatives are not well known or percieved to be inadequate/hard to use, or if people are required by their employers to use it, they'll put up with a lot of shit.
That said, if the downsides are particularly bad in a given situation, the alternatives can become quite popular. This is why public transportation is so popular in Manhattan, even though most of the USA drives everywhere. It's also why so many web servers run Apache, even though most people's desktops run windows.
if you are in calc, you have dedicated your life to understanding numbers up to this point
Not necessarily. You could be a liberal arts major who's only taking calc because it's required. Now if a math/engineering/science major was doing that, it would be sad.
The $1.10 isn't really going to pay for number portability. They're just using it as an excuse to charge you more money. It's like a car dealer adding $499 for "dealer prep" or $600 for an "advertising fee."
It looks like the LAPD is still going after teenagers--this time, 16-year old Megan Dickinson was caught driving 71 miles per-hour in a posted 65 zone. At the maximum statutory damages for felony traffic offenses, this makes Megan's liability at least $825,000, at most a mere $165,000,000. Naturally, the LAPD benevolently offered a $3,500 settlement to avoid these moderate, legally sanctioned damages. As we can hardly forget, the LAPD has already used this technique to settle with a 12 year old. Megan's unsurprising take: 'Yeah, it seems ridiculous.'
It's called "making the punishment fit the crime." Driving drunk and causing a fatal accident is a felony; speeding 6 miles over the limit shouldn't be. Looting people's 401(k)'s is a felony; stealing some clothes from the mall shouldn't be. Oh, and running large scale fraud operations over the internet is a felony; file-sharing shouldn't be.
and starts trading mp3s with her friends. There's no need to get them off the internet, and it just sucks up bandwidth that would be better used for some other purpose, like reading Slashdot.
Come to think of it, suing teenagers could help the RIAA make money -- by speeding up the Itunes downloads. It's not like teenagers are going to give the RIAA their money anymore anyway, so what's the harm in alienating them?
Not really. If no one is playing the older game anymore, the old-game currency would be close to worthless (lots of supply and little demand). Trading old-game money for new-game money would be like trading shares of Enron for US dollars.
I think the bigger concern would be people with a lot of US dollars to convert to game money, combined with people who have a lot of time on their hands using bots to collect money and selling it. The result is more bots than you would otherwise have and, as a result, high inflation. The inflation affects "normal" players by making the items more expensive without making it any easier to collect money by going out and fighting monsters.
The fast cars you're thinking of are powered the normal way - engine power is used to turn the axle, which turns the wheels, and friction between the tires and the ground causes the car to accelerate. If the car's movement creates lift, your acceleration won't be so good (less friction), hence the need for the down force you mentioned.
Most of these cars driving supersonic in the Nevada desert are powered by jet engines, which don't depend on friction between the tire (assuming they even have tires) and the ground. In this case, there's no need for down force. In fact, down force would be a bad thing because the only thing friction would do is slow the car down.
As far as I know, however, these cars don't actually lift up off the ground. If they did, wouldn't they stop being cars and start being aircraft? In which case, why bother spending 2 years designing one of these cars when you could just have the Air Force go out in the desert and fly a fighter jet really low?
I knew the public schools in the USA were bad, but I didn't realize enough people were illiterate that we needed a pictures-only news source. Doesn't anyone read anymore?
Plus, I know the VAST influence that AM radio has.
20 million Dittoheads must have at least some influence. That's 3 Rush Limbaugh listeners for every comment that has ever been posted to Slashdot. And, thanks to the Bush economic policy, there's more and more people with nothing better to do all day than sit around and listen to talk radio. 3 hours a day, 5 days a week of that drivel and people start to believe it. And that's not even counting Dr. Laura, Michael Savage, Matt Drudge, Sean Hannity, etc.
Anyone else notice the ads on the side of the page for automobile engines? They might want to think about fixing their ad serving algorithm before the IPO.
Right... because whenever someone misuses technology, whatever happens is the fault of whoever invented/developed the technology. I guess that means we should blame Henry Ford for DWI deaths, the Chinese for Columbine, Al Gore for bankrupting the music industry, Native Americans for lung cancer, and the Wright Brothers for 9/11.
How does snow affect an induction loop? Temperature effects resistance, but couldn't the design take this into account? If cold or ice does have a significant effect, should the terrorists start packing their guns and box cutters in ice before they go through airport security?
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Sometimes it amazes me what automobile users will put up with to stay on the road. Traffic jams... high gas prices... exorbitant insurance premiums... speeding tickets... parking tickets... sleazy used car dealers... sleazy new car dealers... global warming... accidents... dirty air... smog checks... lines at the dmv... toll roads... noise... road rage... wars in the middle east... smelly oil refineries... corrupt oil companies... lemons... shady repair shops... red light cameras... registration fees... finding parking at the mall...
If something is ubiquitous, and the alternatives are not well known or percieved to be inadequate/hard to use, or if people are required by their employers to use it, they'll put up with a lot of shit.
That said, if the downsides are particularly bad in a given situation, the alternatives can become quite popular. This is why public transportation is so popular in Manhattan, even though most of the USA drives everywhere. It's also why so many web servers run Apache, even though most people's desktops run windows.
You can do that today. Take the Southwest Chief to LA, then the Sunset Limited the rest of the way to Phoenix.
Library of Congress: 2,100,000 square feet
San Francisco: 46.7 square miles
Google says that "2100000 square feet/46.7 square miles" is 0.001613.
if you are in calc, you have dedicated your life to understanding numbers up to this point
Not necessarily. You could be a liberal arts major who's only taking calc because it's required. Now if a math/engineering/science major was doing that, it would be sad.
The candidates names are alphabetical
If I ever run for office in Canada, I'm changing my name to Aaron Aabercrombie.
Doesn't it take like 30-35 years from something tragic to become truly funny?
Only one way to find out...
Q: Why were the Kennedys so happy about Arnold Schwarzenegger marrying into
the family?
A: They're hoping they can create a bullet-proof Kennedy.
Q: What did Lee Harvey Oswald say to Michael Jordan?
A: Out the book-depository window, over the sign, through the governor,
nothing but neck...
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The $1.10 isn't really going to pay for number portability. They're just using it as an excuse to charge you more money. It's like a car dealer adding $499 for "dealer prep" or $600 for an "advertising fee."
It looks like the LAPD is still going after teenagers--this time, 16-year old Megan Dickinson was caught driving 71 miles per-hour in a posted 65 zone. At the maximum statutory damages for felony traffic offenses, this makes Megan's liability at least $825,000, at most a mere $165,000,000. Naturally, the LAPD benevolently offered a $3,500 settlement to avoid these moderate, legally sanctioned damages. As we can hardly forget, the LAPD has already used this technique to settle with a 12 year old. Megan's unsurprising take: 'Yeah, it seems ridiculous.'
It's called "making the punishment fit the crime." Driving drunk and causing a fatal accident is a felony; speeding 6 miles over the limit shouldn't be. Looting people's 401(k)'s is a felony; stealing some clothes from the mall shouldn't be. Oh, and running large scale fraud operations over the internet is a felony; file-sharing shouldn't be.
and starts trading mp3s with her friends. There's no need to get them off the internet, and it just sucks up bandwidth that would be better used for some other purpose, like reading Slashdot.
Come to think of it, suing teenagers could help the RIAA make money -- by speeding up the Itunes downloads. It's not like teenagers are going to give the RIAA their money anymore anyway, so what's the harm in alienating them?
Not really. If no one is playing the older game anymore, the old-game currency would be close to worthless (lots of supply and little demand). Trading old-game money for new-game money would be like trading shares of Enron for US dollars.
I think the bigger concern would be people with a lot of US dollars to convert to game money, combined with people who have a lot of time on their hands using bots to collect money and selling it. The result is more bots than you would otherwise have and, as a result, high inflation. The inflation affects "normal" players by making the items more expensive without making it any easier to collect money by going out and fighting monsters.
The fast cars you're thinking of are powered the normal way - engine power is used to turn the axle, which turns the wheels, and friction between the tires and the ground causes the car to accelerate. If the car's movement creates lift, your acceleration won't be so good (less friction), hence the need for the down force you mentioned.
Most of these cars driving supersonic in the Nevada desert are powered by jet engines, which don't depend on friction between the tire (assuming they even have tires) and the ground. In this case, there's no need for down force. In fact, down force would be a bad thing because the only thing friction would do is slow the car down.
As far as I know, however, these cars don't actually lift up off the ground. If they did, wouldn't they stop being cars and start being aircraft? In which case, why bother spending 2 years designing one of these cars when you could just have the Air Force go out in the desert and fly a fighter jet really low?
I knew the public schools in the USA were bad, but I didn't realize enough people were illiterate that we needed a pictures-only news source. Doesn't anyone read anymore?
Plus, I know the VAST influence that AM radio has.
20 million Dittoheads must have at least some influence. That's 3 Rush Limbaugh listeners for every comment that has ever been posted to Slashdot. And, thanks to the Bush economic policy, there's more and more people with nothing better to do all day than sit around and listen to talk radio. 3 hours a day, 5 days a week of that drivel and people start to believe it. And that's not even counting Dr. Laura, Michael Savage, Matt Drudge, Sean Hannity, etc.
Too bad this isn't any more current than the story. Have they found the WMDs yet?
1. Sell transmitters for varying amounts of money, from $300 all the way up to $1 million or more.
2. Whoever has the most expensive transmitter gets the right of way.
My having a radar detector does not affecy anyone but me.
If you crash into me while doing 100mph while the cops aren't around, that affects me.
Anyone else notice the ads on the side of the page for automobile engines? They might want to think about fixing their ad serving algorithm before the IPO.
Porn is far from dead.
Punch in your vote, pull the lever, get a receipt and maybe a jackpot!
You have to vote for Cruz Bustamante to have a chance at the jackpot.
If you go deer hunting with nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons, you'll ruin the meat. That's the difference.
Right... because whenever someone misuses technology, whatever happens is the fault of whoever invented/developed the technology. I guess that means we should blame Henry Ford for DWI deaths, the Chinese for Columbine, Al Gore for bankrupting the music industry, Native Americans for lung cancer, and the Wright Brothers for 9/11.
Of course Sunoco's stock price is up. When the power grid collapses tonight, everyone's going to need gasoline to run their generators.
It's mp3s4free.net, not mp3s4free.com.
How does snow affect an induction loop? Temperature effects resistance, but couldn't the design take this into account? If cold or ice does have a significant effect, should the terrorists start packing their guns and box cutters in ice before they go through airport security?
Affluenza
Makes many of the same excellent points as Overspent American