"They should consist of military veterans with experience, not pudgy county mounties playing soldier and killing innocents with their ignorance and inexperience."
They are one in the same now. Seriously, where do you think a lot of the Iraq and Afghanistan vets find employment when they get back?
I get so tired of seeing this crap repeated as truism. The gun manufacturers don't "own the NRA". The NRA's 2.4 *MILLION* members do.
The reason further gun control has such trouble passing is that a majority of the people in our Republic don't _wan't_ it. Even Bloomberg and the millions upon millions he's spent can't sway public opinion enough.
If you were to combine all the members of every anti-gun group in the United States it still wouldn't be as high as the NRA, it's not even close.
Fun fact, you realize that Bloomberg spent more money trying to influence "gun control" in the United States last year than the entire gun lobby gave to the NRA?
Are you going to bitch him and his gun control agenda because he's spending millions and millions on it or is that cool because you happen to agree with his message?
With an on-board nuclear reactor and being surrounded by a massive heatsink floating in water I'm not sure how big of a problem electricity and cooling will be.
I was with you until you go to the transmission. Lock up torque convertors are nearly universal in automatic transmissions.
Since you don't know that simple detail I'm forced to wonder how much of the rest of your post is also ignorant.
Also the 90's Metro much touted for its high mileage was a HUGE, and stripped to the bone, pile of junk, something that its praise singers always forget.
You didn't read the link I provided did you? If you had you wouldn't have asked that question.
You register to vote by providing an acceptable form of ID that proves Citizenship, among other things. Within 30 days they will send you a Voter Registration Certificate.
When you go to vote you take the VRC with you and you're golden.
If you don't have your VRC with you then you may still vote but you will have to show some I.D. to prove who you are.
Read the link, it's all clearly spelled out. Moryath's Guardian link is crap and so is their argument.
Texas has more stringent requirements because they have issues with illegal aliens. A student ID card doesn't prove citizenship and neither does a VA card.
Beyond that your point is ridiculous on its face. Veterans are more likely to vote conservative so why would they want to stop them from voting?
So basically you, and the Guardian, need to go in the "Trolling trolls that trolling" bin.
So in conclusion your statement that "most" electric vehicles can go 100 miles and recharge in minutes is completely false.
A small number of very expensive electric cars can as well as a yet *unreleased* model from Honda.
Recharging "in minutes" can only be accomplished with specific and expensive chargers that are NOT commonly available anywhere but perhaps the owners garage.
Sorry if I'm coming across as an ass but the reality of EVs is nowhere close to what you portray it to be and it's time some reality get injected into the hyperbole surrounding these vehicles.
I challenge you to name one that can quick charge in minutes without specific, and expensive, high capacity recharge equipment that has a guaranteed range of around 100 miles.
BTW the leaf is 30 minutes with their special 480v recharge station and the EPA is only getting 73 Miles on a charge so don't use that as an example.
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Fascinating information.
"There are speed-like weight loss drugs that are safe and effective and used in many oyher countries."
Name a couple.
Yeah, it's those darn TeaBaggers! I mean after what they did in CA to UC Berkeley...
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/19/141505658/why-is-college-so-expensive
You're a tool.
"They should consist of military veterans with experience, not pudgy county mounties playing soldier and killing innocents with their ignorance and inexperience."
They are one in the same now. Seriously, where do you think a lot of the Iraq and Afghanistan vets find employment when they get back?
That's right, LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I get so tired of seeing this crap repeated as truism. The gun manufacturers don't "own the NRA". The NRA's 2.4 *MILLION* members do.
The reason further gun control has such trouble passing is that a majority of the people in our Republic don't _wan't_ it. Even Bloomberg and the millions upon millions he's spent can't sway public opinion enough.
If you were to combine all the members of every anti-gun group in the United States it still wouldn't be as high as the NRA, it's not even close.
Fun fact, you realize that Bloomberg spent more money trying to influence "gun control" in the United States last year than the entire gun lobby gave to the NRA?
Are you going to bitch him and his gun control agenda because he's spending millions and millions on it or is that cool because you happen to agree with his message?
Please, link us to these "stats" you quote because they're wrong and I want to show you why.
"Gun control at least tries to keep getting an angry guy to become a guy with a deadly assault rifle."
Less than 3% of all gun crimes, that includes suicides, are committed with an "assault rifle".
Way to tackle an almost non-existent problem! Such Courage!
Nah, it's not more efficient it's just cheaper for the School District. You seen the price of diesel fuel lately?
They already do stream to Linux platforms in the form of Roku and Android.
With an on-board nuclear reactor and being surrounded by a massive heatsink floating in water I'm not sure how big of a problem electricity and cooling will be.
"...but it might save your bacon."
I prefer may bacon cooked, thank you very much!
So when the all coal miners move to get high speed intarwebz what will you do when the lights go out on the East Coast?
I came here looking for this comment and someone commenting on the "Globals" device from Earth:Final Conflict.
It's a shame you're buried so deep!
Is an earthquake a more likely event than a flood in Manhattan?
Your "Go Big Red" comment was very confusing.
In the MidWest and Rocky Mountains "GBR" is almost exclusively referring to the Nebraska CornHusker's and their various sports teams.
I don't know if their use of GBR pre-dates Cornell's but you should be aware that it apparently has regional contexts.
Oh, and UNL has a kickass EE program.
"A golden age lasted until the christians and muslims destroyed it."
That's a fairly bold assertion. Historians are not at all sure who, or even WHEN, the Library of Alexandria was destroyed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria
"They manage their supply chain quite well and know when a new model is about to be released to cut back production."
Mmmmm, this is why you can still buy an iPhone *4* over at the Verizon store, right?
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=5782
Say whaaa?
http://shopping1.hp.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/WW-USSMBPublicStore-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start;pgid=jDJwlVlq2W9SR0Yk2kO1Yuen0000RY7_SsAU;sid=NNLNV0JsddjuVxI9FtUFw5tj5tz1JocNN3Q=?ProductUUID=ymEQ7EN5Nu4AAAEzjhhtcQnj&CatalogCategoryID=
The P420ZMR on that server can handle up to 27 internal drives.
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/arraycontrollers/index.html
The problem ain't weight, it's aeros. Despite its smaller size most motorcycles have far worse aeros than many cars.
I was with you until you go to the transmission. Lock up torque convertors are nearly universal in automatic transmissions.
Since you don't know that simple detail I'm forced to wonder how much of the rest of your post is also ignorant.
Also the 90's Metro much touted for its high mileage was a HUGE, and stripped to the bone, pile of junk, something that its praise singers always forget.
Spoken like someone who hasn't tried to pair an iPhone with anything.
I have, twice, and it's so crippled it's ridiculous.
You didn't read the link I provided did you? If you had you wouldn't have asked that question.
You register to vote by providing an acceptable form of ID that proves Citizenship, among other things. Within 30 days they will send you a Voter Registration Certificate.
When you go to vote you take the VRC with you and you're golden.
If you don't have your VRC with you then you may still vote but you will have to show some I.D. to prove who you are.
Read the link, it's all clearly spelled out. Moryath's Guardian link is crap and so is their argument.
Oh Good Grief. REALLY? That's the best you can do?
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/pamphlets/largepamp.shtml
Texas has more stringent requirements because they have issues with illegal aliens. A student ID card doesn't prove citizenship and neither does a VA card.
Beyond that your point is ridiculous on its face. Veterans are more likely to vote conservative so why would they want to stop them from voting?
So basically you, and the Guardian, need to go in the "Trolling trolls that trolling" bin.
Consider yourself fed.
So in conclusion your statement that "most" electric vehicles can go 100 miles and recharge in minutes is completely false.
A small number of very expensive electric cars can as well as a yet *unreleased* model from Honda.
Recharging "in minutes" can only be accomplished with specific and expensive chargers that are NOT commonly available anywhere but perhaps the owners garage.
Sorry if I'm coming across as an ass but the reality of EVs is nowhere close to what you portray it to be and it's time some reality get injected into the hyperbole surrounding these vehicles.
I challenge you to name one that can quick charge in minutes without specific, and expensive, high capacity recharge equipment that has a guaranteed range of around 100 miles.
BTW the leaf is 30 minutes with their special 480v recharge station and the EPA is only getting 73 Miles on a charge so don't use that as an example.